What I’m listening to
UPDATED 6 DECEMBER 2024
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 2025.
Business
Good Future with John Treadgold (business leaders talking about sustainability, ESG and impact investing who are re-defining economics and building companies as a force for good).
15 Minutes with the Boss (giving listeners access to some of the top CEOs in Australia by the Australian Financial Review).
Impact Boom (people, stories and inspiration to help you create maximum positive impact).
The Wisdom & Action Podcast (join Small Giants Academy co-founder, Berry Liberman, as she speaks with brilliant people around the world who are exploring meaningful interventions for a hopeful future).
The Mucky Middle (Paper Moose founder CEO and executive creative director Nick Hunter chats to business leaders about finding the perfect balance between purpose and profit).
How I work (delving into the working days of some of the world’s most successful innovators).
Imperfect Action (actionable tips and strategies to build a business that brings you joy).
One Wild Ride (real conversations with incredible humans doing mind-blowing things in the purpose-driven space).
Make Good (conversations with Australian artists, designers and entrepreneurs that examines how they use design to shift behaviour and thinking for the better).
Forces for Good (telling the story of economic systems change through the lens of the B Corp movement).
Soul Traders (for creatives and freelancers who want to build an intentional business in alignment with their life and their values).
Economics and money
The last three of these are all from the USA, but most episodes are still very relevant.
The Australian Finance Podcast (your crash course guide to sorting out your finances, one episode at a time).
Follow the Money (the Australia Institute's podcast the explains big economic issues in plain English).
The Fin (The biggest stories in business, markets and politics, and why they matter, explained by the best financial journalists in the country).
Passive Income Project (two Aussies guys discussing the psychology, principles and practice of mastering your money).
Girls that Invest (two Kiwi millennials demystifying investing).
Planet Money (how money shapes the world, in ‘pub speak’).
The Indicator (bite sized version of Planet Money).
The Journal (a podcast about money, business and power) .
Environment
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).
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).
Solving for Climate (data scientist Hannah Ritchie and Rob Stewart are fascinated by solutions to the climate crisis and the innovators, entrepreneurs and scientists behind them).
A Positive Climate (focused on the cool ways to tackle climate change).
How to save a planet (smart, inspiring stories about the mess we're in and how we can get ourselves out of it).
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).
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).
The Nature Positive Network (biodiversity, business and tech collaborate for nature positivity).
Business of Biodiversity by NSW Saving our Species (exploring how landholders, tech companies and innovators are making a difference for threatened species and bringing them back from the brink. The podcast explores why biodiversity is not just good for the environment but business, too).
The Regen Narration (Exploring the stories that are changing the story, enabling the regeneration of life on this planet).
Architecture and the built environment
The Mindful Builder Podcast (delving deep into the rarely discussed psychological and emotional aspects of the building industry, hosted by my mates Hamish of Sanctum Homes and Matt of Carland Constructions).
Sustainable Builder Yak (the challenges of building high-performance, sustainable homes).
Hypecast by HIP V HYPE (new ideas around housing, sustainability and climate action to explore ways to support the sustainable growth of our cities and regions).
The Outlier Podcast (for everyone who is interested in building better homes).
Get It Right with Undercover Architect (help you learn how to create a home that makes your life better).
Passive House Podcast (featuring interviews with the leaders, practitioners, and change-makers in the global Passive House movement).
Level Up with Duayne Pearce (chatting all things in the building industry).
Building with BuildHer (chat about all things building and renovating and everyday people making their mark in the building industry).
Office Talk (conversations with leading Australian architects about their businesses, work and lives).
Science
Short Wave (new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines).
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).
Misc
The Art of Manliness (not just for men, interesting chats on many different topics).
7am (A daily news podcast from the publisher of The Monthly and Saturday Paper).
All the Dirt (gardening, sustainability and food).
The Lise & Sarah Show (a stream-of-consciousness roller coaster, delivering laughter-related muscle soreness and guaranteed whip-lash).
