{"podcast":{"title":"Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast","slug":"accidental-gods-the-thrutopian-podcast-830699","podcast_index_feed_id":830699,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/accidental-gods","website_url":"https://accidentalgods.life","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/hmQPhFuv1s5_5QcngkfwrUBqg9X6t9SEcVPDgJHk99A/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jNjRl/ZmU1NTg1MWQ2NmFl/MzkzZGIzNjlhYTU4/OTM0NS5qcGVn.jpg","author":"Accidental Gods","episode_count":395,"summary":"Another World IS still Possible. The old system was never fit for purpose - and now it's collapsing around us. So how do we co-create a Thrutopian future that we'd all be proud to leave as our legacy? What stories can we weave of possibility? Of transformation? What happens if we commit to a world based on generative values: compassion, courage, integrity? What happens if we let go of the race for meaningless money and commit instead to the things that really matter: clean air, clean water, clean soil - and clean, clear, courageous connections between all parts of ourselves, between ourselves and each other, between ourselves and the Web of Life - so that we can reclaim our birthright as self-conscious nodes in the web of life? We can do this. Some of us already are. Every week on Accidental Gods we speak with the people who are living this world into being, courageous pathfinders who are exploring the emergent edge of inter-becoming. As a species, we have all the answers, we just haven't yet crafted all the new stories and woven them into a future that works. We have the choice now - we can choose to transform…or we can face the chaos of a failing system. Our Choice. Our Chance.…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-16T10:24:02.025894+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/accidental-gods-the-thrutopian-podcast-830699"},"episode":{"title":"Grown Up Politics: 2.  How can Andy Burnham deliver a future that works? With Rupert Read and Clive Lewis MP","slug":"grown-up-politics-2-how-can-andy-burnham-deliver-a-future-that-works-with-rupert-read-and-clive-lewis-mp","published_at":"2026-07-12T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/accidental-gods-the-thrutopian-podcast-830699/grown-up-politics-2-how-can-andy-burnham-deliver-a-future-that-works-with-rupert-read-and-clive-lewis-mp","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/accidental-gods-the-thrutopian-podcast-830699","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/825ba030","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/825ba030/3fa761cc.mp3","summary":"As we (and everyone else) predicted a whole month ago in episode #341 , Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election for Labour and is going to be the next Prime Minister. So now the question is one we ask on this podcast all the time - how can we bring power to those with wisdom and wisdom to those with power? Specifically, how can he deliver a future that repairs the ruptures within our national and international culture in a time frame that works while in the face of biophysical collapse and the onward march of the political wing of predatory capital? In today's bonus episode, we're delighted to joined again by Rupert Read , Co-Director of the Climate Majority Project, and newly, by Clive Lewis, the Labour MP for Norwich South to explore the potential of this pivotal moment. We recorded on one of the hottest days of one of the hottest years in human history with the El Niño effect due to ramp up considerably in the next 12-18 months. We're at a moment of geopolitical instability engineered by the hard-right (although here in the UK we have the summer silly-season comedy interlude of Nigel Farage deciding to charge the taxpayer for an unnecessary by-election and finding himself opposed primarily by man wearing a bin on his head. Link here for non UK listeners who may find this somewhat confusing). That apart, what do we who care about a future we'd be proud to leave behind really want from our politicians? At this stage, there's all to hope for, so we talked to two deeply thoughtful, motivated people who spend all of their time working for exactly this future, thinking about how we get from where we are to a place that offers hope to future generations - and who are capable of talking eloquently, in detail - and wisely about the steps we can take to walk us through fr…","meta_description":"As we (and everyone else) predicted a whole month ago in episode #341 , Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election for Labour and is going to be the next…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4297,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/accidental-gods-the-thrutopian-podcast-830699/episodes/grown-up-politics-2-how-can-andy-burnham-deliver-a-future-that-works-with-rupert-read-and-clive-lewis-mp/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/accidental-gods-the-thrutopian-podcast-830699/grown-up-politics-2-how-can-andy-burnham-deliver-a-future-that-works-with-rupert-read-and-clive-lewis-mp.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}