The AskNature Podcast
The AskNature Podcast explores biomimicry and nature-inspired design. Hosted by The Biomimicry Institute, it examines how natural systems can inform innovation and resilience. Through conversations with scientists, designers, and change-makers, the show uncovers practical strategies drawn from the natural world. Its goal is to inspire creative solutions for systemic change by asking what we can learn from nature.
Episodes
Gamelihle Sibanda
To close our inaugural season, engineer and biomimic Gamelihle (Gama) Sibanda takes us on a journey from his formative years in Zimbabwe to using the architectural wisdom of ants and termites to solve real-world flooding crises.
Tune in to episode 6 to explore how one can take a childhood curiosity of observing insects and turn it into a global engineering framework, bringing together Ind
Baratunde Thurston
If we asked nature, what would it teach us about the true meaning of community, democracy, and technology?
As we AskNature for balance in a digital age of rapid AI and cascading climate crises, storyteller, author, and host Baratunde Thurston invites us to transition from a story of isolated extraction to a declaration of interdependence.
“How do we remember our belonging to each other an
Julia Watson
As we AskNature for nature positive solutions to climate resilient design, author and designer Julia Watson challenges us to look beyond high tech fixes and embrace the multi generational genius of LO-TEK infrastructure.
"I’m really interested in exploring: How is contemporary technology interacting or intersecting with ancestral knowledge systems to create new forms of technologies that
Tristan Gooley
If we asked nature, what would it reveal about the landscapes we walk through every day?
“Every single shape, every color we see is a solution to a certain problem” – Tristan Gooley
As we AskNature to help us read the clues and signs of the more than human world, natural navigator Tristan Gooley reminds us that nothing in nature is random and everything is connected.
Tune in to Episode 3
Robin Wall Kimmerer
We have the knowledge that we need to change our worldview, and yet we don't change. What's the missing piece?
“It may seem simplistic to say, ‘Well, what we need is a different story.’ But what is it that has changed and guided us through history? It's stories. I can say, ‘I am going to live as if the world is a gift for which I need to be grateful, for which I need to reciprocate, for w
Janine Benyus and Christiana Figueres
What is the design intent of our lives?
Janine Benyus and Christiana Figueres open the series in conversation about biomimicry, belonging, and what it actually means to live in relationship with the rest of the natural world.
"What is the design intent of our actions, of our words, of our thoughts? If we can be much more mindful about that, much more thoughtful and frankly much more lovin
Trailer
At a time of unprecedented ecological and social challenges, people across regions, industries, and movements are asking: what happens when we look to nature to guide our way forward? The AskNature Podcast explores that question and the revolutionary answers it yields—bringing together diverse voices to uncover nature-inspired strategies for resilience, innovation, and systemic change. Se
Recommended
Telli Talks with Telli Swift
Harmonize Your Life: Conversation on Self-Care for Women of Color
Lighting the Legal Career Path
High Performance Mindset | Learn from World-Class Leaders, Consultants, Athletes & Coaches about Mindset
Pintastic® Pinterest Podcast
Learn 50 English Phrases While You Sleep | Everyday English Phrases & Vocabulary
The Daily
The Joe Rogan Experience
World News Tonight with David Muir
Talk About Talk - Executive & Leadership Communication Skills
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
Stand In The Circle
