Manda Bonus Episodes Archives

Thoughts from the Edge: Manda explores Thrutopian narratives, the building of intent and the paths to a future we’d be proud to leave behind

In this solo episode, Manda walks us through the middle way between the dystopia of now, towards the utopia of a future in which humanity flourishes as an integral part of a thriving plant. What could it and would it be like if each of us woke up every morning feeling safe, feeling confident in our ability to meet the challenges of the day in ways that would leave the world a better place? How would we feel if every moment of life was alive with a sense of meaning and purpose, of connection to all parts of ourselves, each other and the web of life?

Honouring Fear as Your Mentor: Thoughts from the Edge with Manda Scott

Manda dives deep into the nature of fear, what it is and how we might find our own resources, resilience and capacity to work with the parts that catch our attention. Given this, it is recommended that you listen at a time and place where you can give it full attention.

Thoughts from the Edge: Navigating the turbulent seas of the incoming year with grace and courage

In this solo episode, Manda Scott reflects on the year just gone and looks ahead to the one that’s coming and lays out ideas for how we can be the change we need to see in the world. Join us for New Year’s eve and let’s find ways we can step into 2026 with grace, courage, bringing the best of ourselves in service to life.

December Solstice meditation – suitable northern and southern hemispheres

Here’s our December Solstice Meditation for 2025 – please find a place and time where you can relax, take space for yourself, and build the connections to the web of life that will carry us forward.

Word Magic 2025 – Accidental Gods’ pick of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and podcasts through the year

Mandas’ pick of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and podcasts through the year…

Bonus: Thoughts from the Edge – If the current system is not fit for purpose, what’s our core response?

The current system is not broken – it is doing what it was always designed to do – which is to shovel wealth and power from the many to the few at a human scale and from the more-than-human world to the industrial/technical maw of predatory capitalism at an ecological scale.

Living through the Death of Democracy: Manda’s thoughts on love, liberty and the continued existence of complex life on earth

We are living through the death of democracy and the onset of Techno-Feudalism. But this is not a time when linear systems can hold and feudalism was nothing if not linear. So how can we be part of a transformative process that will let us lay the foundations for a future we’d be proud to leave behind?

Solstice Cheer: Three Friends uphold a Podcasting Tradition with Della Duncan, Nathalie Nahai and Manda Scott

By any measure, this year has been pretty turbulent and our capacity to predict anything at all for 2025 is fairly ragged, but that doesn’t stop us from celebrating Della’s news, and sharing the ways we find stability and maintain sanity in a world that feels increasingly precarious. Whatever else is happening, friendship is the glue that builds community and all of us – we who make the podcasts and everyone who listens – are building a de facto community of passion and purpose. So thank you for being there. I hope you enjoy what follows.

Seven Generations Perspective Meditation for December 2024

This meditation aims to offer a long-wide-deep perspective on our place as conscious nodes in the web of life – the journey that brought us here and the places humanity may go. Please give yourself plenty of time both to experience the journey and to reflect afterwards. If it helps to write down your feelings, images, ideas or sensations afterwards, please do.

Must Read, Must Listen, Must View: Manda’s favourite books, podcasts and videos this Winter Season

It’s that time of year – when all we really want is to curl up and reflect, go inside, become the potential that will arise in the unfolding spring. If you want things to listen to or watch or read as you head into the long-nights, then these are (some of) the things that have caught my attention this year. Enjoy!

Autumn Equinox meditation 2024

Here is an Autumn Equinox Meditation to help set you up for the shift from the long days to the long nights.

#Bonus: Thoughts at the Autumn Equinox 2024 – how, what, when, where and why – with Manda Scott

This is our regular September bonus episode – a brief look at where we’re at – how I (Manda) see things just now as we head deeper into the moment of transformation.