Voices of Emergence
Voices of Emergence hosts conversations at the edge of what's emerging — exploring leadership, consciousness, systems change, and the future of human flourishing. Each episode brings together thinkers, practitioners, and leaders navigating complexity with clarity and care. Hosted by Alex de Carvalho and Rudy de Waele, this is a space for deep listening, inner inquiry, and collective renewal.
Episodes
Be Ready For a Renaissance, with Samantha Sweetwater
We sit down with Samantha Sweetwater, author of True Human and founder of One Life Circle, for a deep and honest conversation about what it really means to become “truly human” in a world moving at breakneck speed.We talk about emergence as something both beautiful and destabilizing. We explore the difference between living from domination versus living from reciprocity. And we ask a simp
"Everybody Wants the Medicine, Nobody Wants to Do the Dishes" - Stephanie Long Canavesio on Embodiment
In this episode, Stephanie Long Canavesio (Presence Embodied) shares what she means by emergence: the willingness to feel what we have pushed down, and the slow liberation from the chains of the mind.We talk about addiction and recovery, her pivotal meeting with Gabor Mate, nervous system safety, and why peak experiences do not equal healing. Real transformation, she argues, happens throu
How to Become Indigenous to Earth Again, with Lucas Buchholz
What the Kogi teach us about balance, guardianship, and the living worldWe sit with Lucas Buchholz, author of A Book of Balance and founder of the Timeless Wisdom Academy and the nonprofit Sacred Future.Lucas spent around ten years in relationship with the indigenous Kogi people of Colombia, a living lineage carrying a pre-industrial cosmovision rooted in balance, reciprocity, and deep at
Building Capacity for an Uncertain World | Voices of Emergence
We are living through a time of acceleration, instability, and deep uncertainty.Institutions feel brittle. Old narratives no longer orient us. New ones have not yet fully emerged.In this conversation, Alex de Carvalho and Rudy de Waele share a clear articulation of what Voices of Emergence is, why it exists, and where it is going.This is not a political discussion, and it is not an attemp
Meeting an Uncertain World | A Voices of Emergence Listening Circle
We gathered for an online community gathering, bringing together podcast guests and members of our wider community for a relational, unscripted conversation.This was a space for presence, listening, and shared sensemaking in a time marked by uncertainty, grief, technological acceleration, geopolitical instability, and deep questions about what kind of humans we are becoming.Across voices
Book Launch: When the Almond Trees Bloom (with Samina Vabo Ansari)
This is a conversation with Samina Vabo Ansari, an Afghan-Norwegian lawyer with a background in diplomacy, having worked at the intersection of peacebuilding and innovation. She reflects on the global shift of our time and the deeper calling behind her book, A Call to Bloom Before Your Time, in a world that is asking us to be courageous. Get your copy at https://whenthealmondtreesbloom.co
Beyond Urgency: A Practice of Emergence — with Rudy de Waele
In this episode of Voices of Emergence, the roles gently shift. For the first time, co-host and co-founder Rudy de Waele steps into the guest seat, and we slow down together to explore what shaped his path.This is not a standard biography. Its a reflective conversation about emergence as a relational process, and about leadership as stewardship of conditions rather than control of outcome
The Caterpillar Melts, the Memory Remains, with Sophie Strand
Myth As Biology, Rewilding Masculinity, And The Stories Shaping Our FutureIn this episode, we sit down with writer and mythopoetic thinker Sophie Strand for a wide-ranging conversation on myth, illness, ecology, and the stories shaping our future.Sophie shares how chronic illness changed her relationship to myth, not as metaphor, but as something cellular and lived: a way communities carr
From Dystopia to Possibility: Lucian Tarnowski on Designing a Thriving Planetary Future
We sit down with Lucian Tarnowski, founder of United Planet, to explore one of the most important questions of our time: What does it take to shift from a dystopian worldview into a lived experience of possibility?Lucian argues that belief is a form of technology — and right now, humanity is being “conquered by dystopia.” Our collective pessimism feeds back into the systems we build. To c
The Museum Inside Us: Regenerative Museums with Lucimara Letelier
Ancestral Memory, Decolonization, and Cultural LeadershipWhat if museums were not monuments to the past, but living ecosystems in service of life?In this conversation, cultural strategist and regenerative thinker Lucimara Letelier joins Rudy de Waele and Alex de Carvalho to explore how museums—and all cultural institutions—can evolve from extractive, colonial structures into places of hea
Fred Destin on Venture, Velocity, and What Endures
Fred Destin is co-founder of Stride.VC and one of Europe’s most respected venture capitalists.Over two decades, Fred has backed some of Europe’s most iconic startups, but this conversation goes far beyond business. Fred shares his deeply personal journey, revealing how he moved from hyper-performance to presence, from stoicism to stewardship, and from capitalism’s speed to life’s flow.We
From Globalization to Ancient Futures with Helena Norberg-Hodge
Reclaiming connection, community, and the wisdom of placeWe sit with Helena Norberg-Hodge, a pioneer of the localization movement, founder and director of Local Futures, and author of Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh.Helena begins by naming a painful truth she has witnessed on every continent over the last forty years: young people everywhere are struggling with depression. She invit
Regenerative Capital – Reimagining Finance for the Ecology of Life
A circle of inquiry into what money becomes when we treat it as a living system.In this Voices of Emergence gathering, we convene a deep dialogue with Ida Faldbakken, Alessa Berg, Dana Ulrike Glatz, and Fredrik Blomquist to explore the future of finance through the lenses of regeneration, reciprocity, and ecological intelligence.Together we ask:What happens when we shift from extraction t
Weaving a Living World with Hajar Tazi
We sit with Hajar Tazi, storyteller, poet, and ecosystem weaver devoted to Pachamama’s flourishing. Hajar shares how childhood moments of mystical union shaped her life, why ecosystem weaving is “care over control,” and how bioregional networks can become islands of coherence in a sea of chaos.We explore the imaginal as a real field of collaboration, the Rights of Nature as a bridge towar
Alessa Berg on Turning Capital into Regeneration
Meet Alessa Berg, founder and CEO of Top Tier Impact, the global ecosystem of impact and sustainability leaders shaping the future of capital and culture.Alessa shares her journey from traditional finance to regenerative economics, and how her multilingual, cross-cultural background turned her into a translator between worlds—between capital and consciousness, systems and stories.Together
Capital in Service of Life, with Dana Ulrike Glatz
Systems entrepreneur and impact investor Dana Ulrike Glatz joins us to explore how capital can flow in service of life—guided by indigenous wisdom, embodied leadership, and alliances rooted in reciprocity.We trace Dana’s path from a grounded childhood in rural Germany to spiritual initiation in India, through World Economic Forum rooms and into the Amazon—where she’s convening an Ancestra
Recoding the Future, with Canay Atalay
In this luminous conversation, we sit down with Canay Atalay — transformation architect, regenerative innovation strategist, and founder of the RX Innovation Institute — to explore how we can redesign the operating systems of business, technology, and leadership through the feminine principle and a regenerative lens.Canay shares her journey from the pharmaceutical and media industries to
The Emerging Self, with Louie Valotti
In this episode, we sit down with Louie Valotti — founder of Genesis Health and guide at the intersection of biology, consciousness, and healing.Trained in Compassionate Inquiry with Dr. Gabor Maté and initiated into the Peruvian Q’ero lineage of shamanism, Louie bridges modern trauma work with ancient ritual and spiritual science.Together we explore:- how trauma becomes a portal for the
AI, Ethics & Emergence - Rethinking Our Relationship with Intelligence
A circle of inquiry into the soul of intelligence — human, artificial, and planetary.In this special Voices of Emergence gathering, we convene a deep dialogue with Amanda Efthimiou, Lisanne Buik, Timothée Brès, and Fred Destin — exploring what it means to stay human in an age of accelerating intelligence.Together we ask:How can AI serve life, not control?What does it mean to “parent” arti
Through the Portal of Place with Daniel Christian Wahl
We speak with biologist, whole-systems designer, and author Daniel Christian Wahl, whose book Designing Regenerative Cultures has inspired changemakers and communities worldwide.Together they explore how regeneration moves beyond sustainability — not as a brand or technique, but as life’s innate process of creating the conditions for more life.Daniel reflects on emergence and complexity,
The Ecology of Meaning with Jean-Philippe Steeger
What if the way we speak, listen, and relate could regenerate culture itself?In this episode of Voices of Emergence, we sit down with Jean-Philippe Steeger—narrative practitioner, facilitator, and founder of Perspectivist—to explore communication as a living, relational art. Drawing from his personal story and professional work at the intersection of systems change, story, and somatics, J
From Scarcity to Ubuntu with Mamadou Touré
What happens when ancestral wisdom meets frontier tech? In this conversation, Mamadou Touré — founder of Ubuntu Tribe — lays out a living philosophy of “shared prosperity” where finance becomes regenerative, transparent, and truly inclusive.We explore:Ubuntu as a practical operating system for business (“I am because we are”)Why Western finance skews toward accumulation (collateral + info
Emergence After Emergency, with Ryan “Ra” James Kemp
What if emergence wasn’t a trend, but a remembering? What if complexity is not something to solve, but to compost?In this rich and deeply poetic conversation, we sit with Ryan (Ra) James Kemp, a systems futurist, relational architect, and cultural integration guide who walks between quantum systems, indigenous cosmologies, regenerative design, and embodied remembrance.From the sacred flow
Beyond Binaries - Virginia Vigliar on Attention, Awe, and the Work of Connection
In a world built on speed, separation, and distraction, what happens when we pause long enough to feel the world again?Writer and researcher Virginia Vigliar explores what it means to live with attention, to move with awe, and to reclaim the quiet power of connection.Known for her sensorial essays and poetic activism, Virginia speaks of “soft deconditioning” as a gentle rebellion against
Ida Faldbakken: From Impact to Wisdom | Daring, Lineage & Creative Resilience in an AI Age
What does it take to lead from courage when the old system makes one last stand? In this episode, cultural futurist and ecosystem builder Ida Faldbakken joins us to explore daring as a practice, naming what’s hard, finding beauty in the mess, and cultivating creative resilience in a world moving fast.We go deep on:Daring & vocalizationCreativity as grounded forceAncestral memory &
Silke von Brockhausen on Healing Systems Through Community, Embodiment, and Listening
In this deeply resonant episode, we sit with Silke von Brockhausen—a regenerative leader, facilitator, and former UN insider who’s spent two decades navigating crises from Sierra Leone to Afghanistan.Silke shares her journey from institutional peacebuilding into the living waters of regeneration, where healing systems begins with healing ourselves. Together, we explore what it means to le
Bayo Akomolafe on Cracks, Tricksters, and Dancing Sideways with Collapse
What if the cracks in our world weren’t problems to fix, but portals to step through?In this mythic, poetic, and gently disorienting conversation, Bayo Akomolafe invites us into the liminal, into the spaces between collapse and emergence, between logic and story, between the human and more-than-human. We explore what it means to become otherwise in times of profound unraveling.Bayo shares
Designing Gracious AI with Lisanne Buik
In this episode, we sit down with futurist and visionary Lisanne Buik, founder of the Gracious AI philosophy. Lisanne shares her journey from tech entrepreneurship and burnout to receiving a transformative vision that reshaped her approach to technology. Together, we explore:What it means to design technology with grace rather than controlHow feminine and masculine energies can balance in
Hyperhumanism, Endo-Technologies, and the Future of Consciousness, with Carl Hayden Smith
What does it truly mean to be human in an age of artificial intelligence, cyberdelics, and immersive technologies?In this electrifying conversation, we’re joined by Carl Hayden Smith—professor, researcher, and mythic technologist—whose work spans extended-state DMT research, journaling as consciousness architecture, and a framework he calls Hyperhumanism: a radical alternative to transhum
Schuyler Brown on Living Beyond the Illusion of Control
What happens when we treat work as a path of individuation rather than performance? How do we hold sacred space amid collapse, and what does it take to build the New Earth from the ground of our bodies—not the illusion of control? In this mythic, soul-stirring episode, strategist-turned-mystic Schuyler Brown joins us to explore the journey from corporate towers to kundalini awakenings, fr
Awakening the Sacred Body with Pamela von Sabljar
In this deeply embodied conversation, Pamela von Sabljar joins us to explore the fierce grace of relational leadership, the subtle art of polarity, and the invitation to live from the wisdom of the felt sense. We explore how awakening the feminine is not about gender—but about presence, eros, and the movement of life itself. Pamela shares how letting go of control and embracing the unknow
Polarity as Portal, with Timothée Bres
What if artificial intelligence could be a mirror for your soul? It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the chaos of the world today. But what if, instead of turning away, we could use all that intensity to create something new? In this episode, we talk with Timothée Brès, a fascinating guide who works at the intersection of technology, culture, and what it means to be truly human. He bridges t
Monika Jiang on Loneliness, Belonging, and the Future of Community
In this soul-nourishing episode of Voices of Emergence, we’re joined by writer, facilitator, and community builder Monika Jiang, founder of The Oneliness Project. Monika’s life and work explore the fertile space between loneliness and belonging, between estrangement and interdependence.We talk about the hidden beauty in aloneness, the language of the body, and what it means to build commu
Finding Meaning in Uncertain Times with Brendan Graham Dempsey
What happens when the stories we grew up with no longer make sense?In this episode, we sit down with Brendan Graham Dempsey—writer, poet, and cultural philosopher—to explore how we find meaning in uncertain times. Brendan shares his personal journey from losing faith to rebuilding a new relationship with spirituality, story, and culture.We talk about:How to face collapse without falling i
Thinking Like Gaia with Thomas Mansfield
In this episode of Voices of Emergence, we sit down with regenerative strategist and eco-linguist Thomas Mansfield, founder of Pale Blue and creator of Cards for Life and the Thinking Like Gaia framework. Thomas invites us into a living conversation about language, systems, and transformation—from addiction and spiritual awakening to co-designing regenerative cultures. We explore how lang
Borderless Belonging with Samina Vabo Ansari
In this powerful episode of Voices of Emergence, we sit down with Samina Vabo Ansari, an Afghan-Norwegian leader, bridge-builder, and ethical technology advocate whose life traverses war zones, forests, UN chambers, and sacred dialogue circles. Born into the chaos of post-Soviet Afghanistan, raised among Norwegian fjords, and shaped by a deep commitment to belonging, Samina speaks to the
Amánda Efthimiou on Integration and the Future of Conscious Leadership
What if science and ceremony weren’t at odds, but deeply connected? In this episode, we sit down with Amánda Efthimiou, a global speaker, systems thinker, and founder of INTEGRA, for a conversation that moves from brain science to ancestral wisdom, from personal growth to the future of AI. Amánda shares her story of navigating anxiety, studying the brain, and discovering the power of pres
How Nature Teaches Leadership: Giles Hutchins on Becoming Future-Fit
What does it take to lead in a world that’s unraveling and being reborn at once?In our premiere episode of Voices of Emergence, we speak with Giles Hutchins—author and pioneer in regenerative leadership—about the deep inner and outer shifts required of leaders today. Together, we explore how to move from control to coherence, from burnout to embodied presence.We cover:The shift from achie
Recommended
Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
The Theory of Psychoanalysis - Carl Jung
A Life Engineered
پادکست بهزاد بلور | Behzad Bolour's Podcast
The Rabbit Hole: Conspiracy Theories
The Swerve Podcast: Obscure Topics | Conspiracy Theories
The Bread and Banter Podcast
The Conspiracy Podcast
Cult of Conspiracy
Dispatches from Reality
The Conspiracy Files
