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Recombination Nation

Shane Simonsen
Sustainable Agriculture
Chestnut Breeding
Zero Input Agriculture
Daylilies
Epigenetics
Genetics
Crop Breeding
Seeing Like a State
Genetic Diversity
Environmental Stress
Disease Resistance
Low Input Farming
Bioregional Agroforestry Suitability Analysis
Community Involvement In Agriculture
Permaculture
Vitamin C
Thurston County
Rural Communities
Culinary Applications
James C. Scott

Explore the intersection of evolution, ecology and civilisation with crop and livestock breeders, low input farmers, social engineers and a dazzling array of deep thinkers.

Read more of Shane Simonsen's work at the Recombination Nation substack.

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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 a... more

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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 fo... more

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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 indu... more

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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 l... more

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Stephen Skolnick
Microbiologist specializing in the human microbiome
Episode: The Microbiome Revolution with Stephen Skolnick
Professor Jiang
A geopolitical analyst and educator with broad insights into history and cultural dynamics.
Episode: How This Civilisation Ends with Professor Jiang
David Shields
Professor focused on food systems, agriculture, and cultural heritage
University of South Carolina
Episode: Restoring Lost Crops with Professor David Shields
Bruce Steele
Experimental primitivist farmer with a deep history in agriculture
Winfield Farm
Episode: Bruce Steele
John Michael Greer
A prolific fiction and nonfiction writer, a blogger, and a speaker on history, culture, religion, and economics.
Episode: Archdruid John Michael Greer
Dr. Simon Michaux
Mining engineer and researcher specializing in resource sustainability and energy systems.
Episode: Simon Michaux
Thomas Picard
An evolutionary crop breeder from France working with PEPS on land race crop breeding.
PEPS
Episode: Thomas Picard
Harriet Mella
Soil ecology and agroecology specialist
Episode: Harriet Mella
Dr. Greg Wilkeen
Backyard microbiologist and founder of Bactelium
Bactelium
Episode: Greg Willkeen from Bactelium

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The Microbiome Revolution with Stephen Skolnick
Q: What do you think about the direct effects of the microbiome on mental health?
Skolnick relates gut bacteria impacts to conditions like schizophrenia, suggesting a crucial link between microbiome diversity and mental health.
Restoring Lost Crops with Professor David Shields
Q: Are there some advantages working with orphan species rather than unusual strains of commodity crops?
You could explore orphan crops like jobs tears which are off the radar, making them less of a concern. Plus, there's historical and cultural significance in the cultivars that could be harnessed.
Restoring Lost Crops with Professor David Shields
Q: Do you think that's one of the key advantages of annual grain crops, that they have a capacity for rapid scalability?
I'm totally on board with that line of thought because annual grain crops can quickly scale up to produce food in response to disasters, unlike perennial crops which take much longer to become productive again.
Restoring Lost Crops with Professor David Shields
Q: I wonder how your kind of origin in literature and history gave you special perspectives and advantages that I don't think other people have necessarily brought to this whole movement. What do you think about that?
Literary knowing the books, as well as registering what actually happens, makes you exquisitely aware of certain types of issues that have to be confronted if you're going to make grains work or other vegetables work.
Bruce Steele
Q: Can we talk wheat, and then we'll jump on to amaranth?
The difficulty in processing some of the older grains highlights the importance of selecting the right crops for efficiency and yield.

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Focusing on sustainable agriculture and innovative farming techniques, this series features a variety of experts including crop and livestock breeders, soil ecologists, and social engineers. Listeners will encounter discussions around low-input farming practices, biological technologies, and evolving ecological dynamics, as well as the societal aspects of agriculture and food production. Noteworthy are the conversations that combine insights from evolutionary biology and cultural perspectives, allowing for a unique approach to understanding current agricultural challenges and future solutions. The narrative challenges conventional agricultural wisdom and emphasizes the importance of community, environmental resilience, and personal narrativ... more

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