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Episode 20: Firecast 20: Chloe Russell meets Pete Lawrence

In this episode, Chloe Russell — radio and podcast producer and presenter — takes a walk through the Welsh countryside with community builder, festival founder, and musician Pete Lawrence. Pete reflects on his extraordinary journey, from founding the Cooking Vinyl record label and co-creating the legendary Big Chill Festival, to launching Campfire Convention and Campout gatherings. Together, they…

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Episode 19: Firecast019

Pete Lawrence and Diane Kutz welcome you around the digital campfire for the first time this year with a glide through what's arising for them this week, including the UK elections and our last minute appeal for Trailblazers to stand with us, singing around the campfire, our recent homeopathy session as well as the build up to this year's Campout. Music Selection: All The Bees

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Episode 18: Firecast 018: A Sunny Day

Pete Lawrence and Diane Kutz welcome you around the digital campfire talk with a trawl through what's arising for them this week, the Julian Assange ITV film, digital nomads and our tangled relationship with the state and its institutions, the rise of the WHO, 'being happy and owning nothing', Chilled Cider, Matt Coldrick and building our daily practice, symbols of contemplation and sensitivity…

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Episode 17: Firecast 017: Bob Hillary talks Sacred

Change-maker, song-carrier, channel-writer and earth-protector Bob Hillary talks about the inspiration for his extraordinary new album 'Sacred' "This is the time of the changing of the guard. I believe it's our duty to create the new earth. I had to sell off all my possessions to make this album. My clothes, even my instruments... it was that gnarly." bobhillary.com An interview for Campfire…

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Episode 16: Firecast 016 : Word Up!

Pete Lawrence and Diane Kutz launch a new era of the Campfire Firecast. Catch up on topical news around Campout, vox pops from the recent Spring Weekend at Braziers Park, how to have good conversations, Matt Coldrick's 'Everyday People', a Steely Dan selection and more...

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Episode 15: Firecast 001: Pete Lawrence visits the Community Farm in Somerset

The original first Campfire podcast featuring an interview with founders of the Community Farm in Somerset. In July 2017 I visited the community farm just outside Chew Magna south of Bristol and spoke to Ped Asgarian and Richard Garnett I kicked off by asking Richard about food which he tellingly described as “ a perfect storm of fashion and politics” Food production is now so geared towards…

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Episode 14: Firecast 015: Pete Lawrence presents Deep and Crisp and Even

In December 2000, The Big Chill hosted one of the most memorable concerts I have had the pleasure to be involved with. Tom Middleton, our resident DJ through the years and now esteemed club and yoga session DJ, composer and sleep therapist, fulfilled an ambition. He got to score and perform two of the tracks from the seminal album 76:14 by Global Communication, his project at the time with Mark…

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Firecast 014: Jason Hine - Eco Networking

Jason Hine has just arrived in Greece. Together with the Campfire community, we are exploring possibilities for new Ecovillages and ecovillage networks, where we look towards methods of food production, technologies of reunion, wildcrafting, organizational change, local, national and global economy and currency redesign, dance, myth, mutualistic ways of doing business, forest gardening, boat…

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Firecast 013: Suzi Martineau at the Tree Conference

Tree Conference founder Suzi Martineau talks to Campfire Convention's Pete Lawrence and reflects on this year's conference, shifts in thinking, social change, politics and tree hugging.

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Firecast 012: Campout 2018

Part Two: Campout 2018 was an extraordinary gathering, held at The Bridge Inn in the Black Mountains and curated by its own members. On the second Firecast from the event (a sequel to Firecast 011) we hear from Campfirers who came and made it what it was - "playful, freeing, inspiring, challenging, intense, healing, magic and fun" were some of the descriptions used. Featured : Louise Wallis,…

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