What I’m listening to

I listen to a lot of business and economic podcasts. But not wanky, boring ones, just good, down to earth ones.

I've updated a list of my favourite picks to start the year off in 2024.

Business

1. Good Future with John Treadgold (one I only just discovered. Business leaders talking about sustainability, ESG and impact investing who are re-defining economics and building companies as a force for good)

2. How I work (delving into the working days of some of the world’s most successful innovators)

3. Imperfect Action (actionable tips and strategies to build a business that brings you joy)

4. One Wild Ride (real conversations with incredible humans doing mind-blowing things in the purpose-driven space)

5. Make Good (conversations with Australian artists, designers and entrepreneurs that examines how they use design to shift behaviour and thinking for the better)

6. Forces for Good (telling the story of economic systems change through the lens of the B Corp movement)

Economics and money

The last three of these are all from the USA, but most episodes are still very relevant.

1. Passive Income Project (two Aussies guys discussing the psychology, principles and practice of mastering your money)

2. Girls that Invest (two Kiwi millennials demystifying investing)

3. Planet Money (how money shapes the world, in ‘pub speak’)

4. The Indicator (bite sized version of Planet Money)

5. The Journal (a podcast about money, business and power)

Environment

1. Hope is a Verb (from my favourite good news source, Future Crunch. What does it take to change the world? Interviews with the people who are making it happen: the unknown heroes who are mending our planet, stitching together a new future and showing us the best of what it is to be human)

2. What Could Go Right? (another great good news source, the Progress Network, talks to the people, ideas, and news pointing the world in a positive direction)

3. A Positive Climate (focused on the cool ways to tackle climate change)

4. How to save a planet (smart, inspiring stories about the mess we're in and how we can get ourselves out of it)

5. Death by Birding (talking everything birds with a broad selection of guests, from expert twitchers to rockstars, bird novices to film-makers, professional bird photographers to historians)

6. The Great Simplification with Nate Hagans (explores the systems science underpinning the human predicament. Conversations span human behavior, monetary/economic systems, energy, ecology, geopolitics and the environment)

7. The Nature Positive Network (biodiversity, business and tech collaborate for nature positivity)

Science

1. Short Wave (new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines)

1. Science Vs (takes on fads, trends, and the opinionated mob to find out what’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between)

Architecture and the built environment

1. Sustainable Builder Yak (the challenges of building high-performance, sustainable homes)

2. The Outlier Podcast (for everyone who is interested in building better homes)

3. Get It Right with Undercover Architect (help you learn how to create a home that makes your life better)

4. Passive House Podcast (featuring interviews with the leaders, practitioners, and change-makers in the global Passive House movement)

5. Level Up with Duayne Pearce (chatting all things in the building industry)

6. Building with BuildHer (chat about all things building and renovating and everyday people making their mark in the building industry.)

7. Office Talk (conversations with leading Australian architects about their businesses, work and lives)

Misc

1. The Art of Manliness (not just for men, interesting chats on many different topics)

2. 7am (A daily news podcast from the publisher of The Monthly and Saturday Paper)

3. All the Dirt (gardening, sustainability and food)

4. The Lise & Sarah Show (a stream-of-consciousness roller coaster, delivering laughter-related muscle soreness and guaranteed whip-lash)