
#11 - How do you stay grounded in a noisy world?
I chat to regular guest Mick Waters about how we try to stay grounded in a noisy world. Slow pace on this one.

Hosted by Richard Hatcher · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 11 episodes
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Interrogating the ideas and systems shaping society and the planet. Broadcasting from Melbourne, we explore Australian and global politics, economics, and the forces shaping our world. With backgrounds in renewable energy, finance, and politics, we attempt to bring informed, thoughtful commentary to complex issues. If you care about governance, wealth inequality, corruption, environmental decline, and the concept of progress, you might enjoy this podcast.
Richard Hatcher hosts Sensible Systems, a news show with 11 episodes published.

I chat to regular guest Mick Waters about how we try to stay grounded in a noisy world. Slow pace on this one.

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In this introductory episode, Richard Hatcher and Mick Waters have a rollicking and wide ranging discussion on topics such as: AI impacts on society, money, power, Trumps behaviour and impact on culture, foie gras geese,
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