{"podcast":{"title":"Sustainability, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Politics, Activism, Biodiversity, Carbon Footprint, Wildlife, Regenerative Agriculture, Circular Economy, Extinction, Net-Zero · One Planet Podcast","slug":"sustainability-climate-change-renewable-energy-politics-activism-biodiversity-carbon-footprint-wildlife-regenerative-agriculture-circular-economy-extinction-net-zero-one-planet-podcast-4488328","podcast_index_feed_id":4488328,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/oneplanet/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.creativeprocess.info/pod","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/oneplanet/podcast_cover.jpg","author":"Mia Funk","episode_count":564,"summary":"The story of our environment may well be the most important story this century. We focus on issues facing people and the planet. Leading environmentalists, organizations, activists, and conservationists discuss meaningful ways to create a better and more sustainable future. Participants include EARTHDAY.ORG, Greenpeace, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, PETA, European Environment Agency, Peter Singer, 350.org, UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development, Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Earth System Governance Project, Forest Stewardship Council, Global Witness, National Council for Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Public Leadership, Marine Stewardship Council, One Tree Planted, Polar Bears International, EarthLife Africa, Shimon Schwarzschild, and GAIA Centre, among others. Interviews conducted by artist, activist, and educator Mia Funk with the participation of students and universities around the world. One Planet Podcast Is part of The Creative Process’ environmental initiative. www.oneplanetpodcast.orgwww.creativeprocess.info INSTAGRAM @creativeprocesspodcast","last_synced_at":"2026-06-24T22:19:16.834344+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sustainability-climate-change-renewable-energy-politics-activism-biodiversity-carbon-footprint-wildlife-regenerative-agriculture-circular-economy-extinction-net-zero-one-planet-podcast-4488328"},"episode":{"title":"Games that Help Us Reconnect with Nature, Our Sense of Wonder & Play with C. THI NGUYEN","slug":"games-that-help-us-reconnect-with-nature-our-sense-of-wonder-play-with-c-thi-nguyen","published_at":"2026-03-13T18:16:55+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sustainability-climate-change-renewable-energy-politics-activism-biodiversity-carbon-footprint-wildlife-regenerative-agriculture-circular-economy-extinction-net-zero-one-planet-podcast-4488328/games-that-help-us-reconnect-with-nature-our-sense-of-wonder-play-with-c-thi-nguyen","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sustainability-climate-change-renewable-energy-politics-activism-biodiversity-carbon-footprint-wildlife-regenerative-agriculture-circular-economy-extinction-net-zero-one-planet-podcast-4488328","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/oneplanet/2626814","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/301089/2626814/oneplanet/2026_03_13_18_16_46_bd1b0d41-645c-48d8-8298-43b9a4cd8ff9.mp3","summary":"We live in a world obsessed with tracking. From our sleep scores to our social media engagement, invisible systems constantly quantify our worth. But when we replace our deepest values with these thin, easily measurable numbers, we lose a part of our humanity. It is time to step outside the magic circle of optimization and reclaim the unstructured joy of being alive. C. Thi Nguyen is a philosopher whose work gets to the heart of the invisible structures that define modern life. He first established himself as a food writer, exploring the sensory world, before turning his intellectual gaze toward the philosophy of games and agency. He’s the author of Games: Agency As Art .His new book is The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game .He argues that when we simplify our values for the sake of a leaderboard, something inside the human spirit begins to die. In it, he explores a concept called \"value capture\"—the moment we stop caring about the experience and start obsessing over the metric. He joins me now to discuss how we can lead a playful, spontaneous life without getting lost in the scoring systems of the 21st century. (0:00) THE MEANING OF LIFE IS THE CREATIVE PROCESS Why the most valuable parts of life are impossible to measure (6:46) VALUE CAPTURE DEFINED How external metrics and institutional scoring systems take over our personal values (11:38) THE METRICS WE LIVE BY The invisible toll of screen time, credit scores, and daily optimization (19:44) THE LOGIC OF QUANTIFICATION Why simple numbers travel well but strip away vital human context (24:13) THE MAGIC CIRCLE OF PLAY Understanding the difference between a gamified life and the true beauty of struggle (31:56) ART AS A GAME How taking the hard way and avoiding efficiency leads to genuine creative expressi…","meta_description":"We live in a world obsessed with tracking. From our sleep scores to our social media engagement, invisible systems constantly quantify our worth. 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