The ADDA
The ADDA
Podcast Description
"Adda" is the Hindi word for the place where people come together to deliberate, disagree and move on better for the experience of having had the chance to do it. We are a space where the topics affecting our world are unpicked, so that we can better understand them and ourselves. We come with a sense of curiosity and a desire that by exploring different perspectives maybe we can grow and show up a little bit better in the world. We’re believers that good conversations lead to better perspectives and better perspectives undoubtedly lead to better decision making and action.
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The podcast focuses on critical social issues such as non-violence, sustainability, and community empowerment. Episodes like E10 with Rajni Bakshi delve into the relevance of non-violence in contemporary society, while E9 explores the concept of radical love and its application in today's world. Other topics include media bias, economic systems, and environmental challenges.
Tired of one-sided narratives and staged conversations? Welcome to The ADDA, where genuine, cross-cultural dialogue sparks profound understanding and drives systemic change.
Hosted by Deepa Mirchandani, The ADDA (from the Hindi for a space for deliberation) offers the nuanced exploration missing in today’s media. We unpick global issues with curiosity, bringing together authentic voices for better decisions and real-world impact.
Warning: Contains messy conversations, occasional profanity and zero jargon!
What if we could not just appreciate nature, but be nature? Things would get a lot better, fast.
In this episode, Deepa speaks to Melina Angel about Biomimicry, from its practical application in design to its many values as a practice and a relationship with becoming nature, not just emulating it.
As a practitioner, academic and systems poet, Melina uses biomimicry to understand, work with and shift societal challenges. She lives in Bogóta, Colombia and teaches in Costa Rica, Colombia & the USA.
The conversation is fluid and weaves through the challenges of systems, explores the opportunity in seeing private sector businesses as living organisms and gets into what it takes to confront our own vulnerabilities. We flirt between the concrete and the visceral trying to see a way forward for much more intentional living, designing and creation new structures for society as a whole. It gets animated and into the messiness of what’s really needed to transform the social sector – and where that often starts with ourselves and holding up the mirror to challenge the role that we think we’re playing and the one that we really are.
We hope you enjoy the conversation.
The ADDA is brought to you by The Deep & Meaningful Consultancy.
Host: Deepa Mirchandani
Music: Unreasonable World by Bernard Schimpelsberger (http://www.bernhard.co.at/)
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