Seeds of Renaissance

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I No Longer Have Hope: Sarah Wilson on Living Fully in a Collapsing World | Over the Mountains #19

September 30, 2026

Journalist, activist, and bestselling author, Sarah Wilson, spent three years researching civilisational collapse and wrote her way through it on Substack with 65,000 readers, and ended up with a Penguin bestseller being translated into six languages. Working through her own grief, sadness, and frustration, we got a book that reads like a hand-held journey into the reality many of us have been avoiding.In this episode, Rufus and Sarah discuss why no one is really to blame — and why that reali...

Art at the Edge of the Unknown: Sylvie Barbier on the Art of the Second Renaissance | Over the Mountains #18

September 09, 2026

In this episode, Amanda Zamparo, friend and fellow member of the Art of the Second Renaissance Collective, moves Sylvie back through her own journey: from her childhood dancing on tables as a small child, to being absorbed in the paintings of naked women, to founding Life Itself alongside Rufus Pollock. A portrait appears of an artist who has always been searching for the same thing — a practice that connects, that comes from beyond the self yet returns there.Amanda and Sylvie discuss what it...

The Pragmatic Visionary: Michael Lerner on fifty years of asking the questions nobody wanted to fund - and being right | Over the Mountains #17

July 29, 2026

Some people have a gift for seeing what matters before the world is ready to hear it. Michael Lerner — founder of Commonweal, pioneer of integrative cancer care, and one of the early architects of the polycrisis framework — has spent fifty years making bets that frightened his colleagues and proved to be right. In this conversation with Rufus Pollock, he traces a remarkable life: from a New York childhood steeped in political philosophy and psychology, through the counterculture of the early ...

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Who is an ideal guest for Seeds of Renaissance?

Seeds of Renaissance typically books well-known public figures. Typical guest background: Established philosophers, neuroscientists, psychologists, consciousness researchers, spiritual thinkers, authors, and founders or leaders of organizations working on social, ecological, or civilizational transformation. Common among recent guests: Published influential books or scholarship; Founded or led notable institutions; Developed recognized theories or frameworks. Recent guests include Michael Lerner, Iain McGilchrist, and John Vervaeke.

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High. It mostly books established leaders in its field.

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Recent episodes cover Civilization, Philosophy, Spirituality, Consciousness, and Wisdom. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.