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Stetson is a medical geneticist who writes about his extensive interests on Substack, dipping into a wide range of topics including genetics, neuroscience, human behaviour, psychology, history, literature, culture, politics, and much more. Check out his writing: https://stetson.substack.com Sign up to Shane's Substack: https://recombinationnation.substack.com Read his book, Taming the Apocalypse, about the future of post industrial biological technology: https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

Nate is a long term experimental crop breeder who has also invested heavily in building community to bring other growers together, most notably with the Experimental Farm Network which is developing a wide range of perennial crops. You can follow Nate on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/experimentalfarmnetwork/ Join the Experimental Farm Network: https://citsci.org/organizations/experimental-farm-network/ Buy seeds from the EFN: https://store.experimentalfarmnetwork.org Sign up to Shane's Substack: https://recombinationnation.substack.com Read his book, Taming the Apocalypse, about the future of post industrial biological technology: https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

Jonathan Harris is the spark behind the Church of Burn, a UK group which burn money to reimagine our relationship to this mysterious substance which follows us everywhere. In this conversation we talk about money, sex, privacy and death along with countless other aspects of society which are up for renegotiation during these turbulent times. Read more about the Church of Burn:https://churchofburn.org And find more of John's writings at the Vestry:https://churchofburn.substack.com Sign up to Shane's Substack: https://recombinationnation.substack.com Read his book, Taming the Apocalypse, about the future of post industrial biological technology: https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

Mark Christensen transitioned from a career in accounting to a passion for quantifying the astonishing health benefits of select heritage crops through the power of modern chemistry. He founded the Heritage Foods Crops Research Trust in New Zealand and created a potent organisation to spread his work into the wider community. Check out his organisation: https://www.heritagefoodcrops.org.nz Their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/heritagefoodcrops And their superstar apple : https://www.heritagefoodcrops.org.nz/montys-surprise-apple/ Find more of Shane's work at Substack: https://recombinationnation.substack.com Read his book, Taming the Apocalypse, about the future of post industrial biological technology: https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

Stephen Skolnick is a human microbiome researcher exploring the outer fringes of this rapidly expanding field. His theories on the microbiological origins of a host of significant and baffling diseases like schizophrenia and type 1 diabetes can be found on his substack. Stephen's Substack Eat Shit and Prosper: https://stephenskolnick.substack.com Another episode about the power of microbiology with Bacterium: https://rss.com/podcasts/zeroinputagriculture/2198945/ https://youtu.be/I30ZJcklA3Q?si=HWKM6yL-GB-ywtGh Find more of Shane's work at Substack: https://recombinationnation.substack.com Read his book, Taming the Apocalypse, about the future of post industrial biological technology: https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

Professor Jiang brought deep historical, economic and cultural analysis to the masses through his popular YouTube lectures. In this interview Shane digs deeper into his perspective on the east/west divide as we navigate the unfolding end of the industrial era. Find all of Professor Jiang's videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@PredictiveHistory And sign up to read his substack articles: https://predictivehistory.substack.com Find more of Shane's work at Substack: https://recombinationnation.substack.com Read his book, Taming the Apocalypse, about the future of post industrial biological technology: https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

Professor David Shields is most often known for his work restoring Carolina Golden Rice to prominence in his native South Carolina, but this conversation goes further to explore parallel projects returning a wide range of preindustrial crops to the local food system. We also explore the culture impact of food, and its essential role as a touchstone for identity and belonging. Read more of David's work at his blog: https://davidsanfordshields.substack.com Check out his many books starting here: https://www.amazon.com/Southern-Provisions-Creation-Revival-Cuisine/dp/022614111X https://www.amazon.com/Ark-Taste-Delicious-Distinctive-Define/dp/031647732X He can be reached through his university: https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/artsandsciences/english_language_and_literature/our_people/directory/shields_david.php Find more of Shane's work at Substack: https://recombinationnation.substack.com Read his book, Taming the Apocalypse, about the future of post industrial biological technology: https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

The Honest Sorcerer is an engineer from Eastern Europe with a passion for studying the resource limits squeezing our global industrial economy. We talk about the intersections between advancing technology, eroding resources, deflating demographics and scrambling politics along with many other topics usually considered in isolation. The discussion peaks with a survey of the geopolitics of all the major regions of the planet. Read more of The Honest Sorcerer on Substack: https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com Find more of Shane's work at Substack: https://recombinationnation.substack.com Read his book, Taming the Apocalypse, about the future of post industrial biological technology: https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

Bruce Steele works with resilient, low input staple crops (including oaks for flour) and breeds heritage mangalitsa pigs in Southern California. Check out Bruce's substack: https://steeleb.substack.com Learn more about Bruce's farm: https://www.winfieldfarm.us Read Shane's weekly blog for free, or support his work with a paid subscription to get access to his audiobook and archive of past posts: https://recombinationnation.substack.com

John Michael Greer is a historian of religion, the occult, and every aspect of history that typical historians overlook. In this conversation we explore the cultural impact of industrialisation and deindustrialization, and the many ways the future will be weirder and more wonderful than expected. Read John's weekly blog posts: https://www.ecosophia.net John's dreamwidth journal: https://ecosophia.dreamwidth.org All of Johns many and varied books can be found here and at other distributors: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001IOFELW Find more of Shane's work at Substack: https://recombinationnation.substack.com Read his book, Taming the Apocalypse, about the future of post industrial biological technology: https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

Mandy operates a fantastic nursery in England specialising in a mind blowing diversity of perennial vegetables. Shane interviews her about her collecting and breeding projects, the challenges of running a commercial nursery, the advantages of buying rural land as a collective and loads of other topics. Learn more about Mandy's nursery : https://incrediblevegetables.co.uk/about-us/ Find more of Shane's work at Substack: https://recombinationnation.substack.com Read his book, Taming the Apocalypse, about the future of post industrial biological technology: https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

Shane talks to Sebastian Coccioba about his obsession with plant biotechnology, and how his determination to build his own home laboratory (including a gun that shoots genes into plants) paid off. Also includes a survey of all the techniques an independent scientist could consider mastering. Read more of Sebastian's work at his open lab book : https://binomicalabs.notion.site/?v=cc508bd627a64aa7bf84512445e87e8e Follow Sebastian's updates : https://x.com/ATinyGreenCell Find more of Shane's work at Substack: https://recombinationnation.substack.com Read his book, Taming the Apocalypse, about the future of post industrial biological technology: https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/ Hide

Shane grills Simon Michaux on the key resource limits preventing the promised renewable energy transition and his comprehensive plans to develop a thorium powered alternative. Read more about Simon's work at: The complex systems limits threatening industrial civilisation: https://www.simonmichaux.com The plan to build an alternative civilisation: https://www.promethean-nexus.com The plan to develop sustainable thorium energy: https://www.vulcancatalyst.com Follow Shane's work at Substack: https://recombinationnation.substack.com Read his book, Taming the Apocalypse, about the future of post industrial biological technology: https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

Thomas Picard is a landrace cucurbit breeder from France who works with melons, watermelon, pumpkin and kiwano. You can read more about his work at the Going to Seed forum- https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/thomaspicard/summary Links to the Going to Seed conference will be added once they are available. Follow Shane's work at his Substack blog: https://recombinationnation.substack.com Read his book, Taming the Apocalypse, about the future of post industrial biological technology: https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

In this final episode of season 1, I outline plans for the podcast, Substack and planned YouTube channel in the coming year, then answer a stack of questions from followers of my work. The podcast will be relaunching in November as Recombination Nation, so stay subscribed while I take a break and prepare for a stellar second season. Find more of Shane’s work at: Zero Input Agriculture blog Taming the Apocalypse audiobook Our Vitreous Womb