The Newt Podcast
The Newt Podcast
Podcast Description
Join The Newt in Somerset's Head of Programmes, Arthur Cole, as he pulls on his walking boots and warmly welcomes a smorgasbord of experts in their field to walk through the remarkable Somerset estate and share their passions.From gardeners to chefs, conservationists to business leaders, sports personalities to scientists, celebrities to local heroes and everyone in between, this is a series that promises to inspire and delight the listener.
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The podcast centers around themes of nature, gardening, and personal stories, highlighted by episodes featuring diverse topics such as the art of willow weaving with Stefan Jennings, regenerative gardening with Marian Boswall, productive growing practices with David Rowley, and insights into journalism and nature's lessons with John Ridding. Special focus is placed on the intersections between environmental appreciation and various professional insights.
Join The Newt in Somerset’s Head of Programmes, Arthur Cole, as he pulls on his walking boots and warmly welcomes a smorgasbord of experts in their field to walk through the remarkable Somerset estate and share their passions.
From gardeners to chefs, conservationists to business leaders, sports personalities to scientists, celebrities to local heroes and everyone in between, this is a series that promises to inspire and delight the listener.
Bruce Parry, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Marian Boswall & Gaz Oakley delve into the cultural momentum around nature and discuss what it all really means and why it is more relevant than ever.
Recorded in-front of a live audience at the Gather & Grow: Connections Festival 2025. We bring together a stellar line-up of thought leaders, writers and experts for three days of relevant, impactful discussions.
The three-day event was packed with wellness sessions, workshop tasters (for adults and children), live music, BBQs, foodie pop-ups, Sunday lunch with Ana Ortiz and Gill Meller, and an inspiring series of panel talks.
Join Hannah MacInnes (broadcaster & journalist, Times Radio, How To Academy) as she chairs the talks and introduces us to fascinating speakers:
Bruce Parry is an English documentarian, indigenous rights advocate, author, explorer, trek leader and former Royal Marines commando officer. He employs an ethnographic style and a form of participant observation for his documentaries. Bruce's new series of 'Tribe with Bruce Parry' was aired on BBC2 in April 2025 and is available on BBC iPlayer.
Dr Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg is a multidisciplinary artist examining our fraught relationships with nature and technology. Through artworks, writing, and curatorial projects, Daisy’s work explores subjects as diverse as artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, conservation, biodiversity, and evolution, as she investigates the human impulse to “better” the world. She experiments with simulation, representation, and the nonhuman perspective to question the contemporary fixation on innovation over conservation, despite the environmental crisis. Daisy's 'Pollinator Pathmaker' video installation for the British Library's 'Unearthed' exhibition and her 8-metre tapestry for the Design Museum can be experienced now.
Marian Boswall is a leading landscape architect and horticulturalist, was a lecturer in Historic Garden Conservation at Greenwich University for several years and is a co-founder of the Sustainable Landscape Foundation. Marian's work combines conservation and regeneration in gardens for historic estates, private homes and community sanctuaries which are as beautiful as they are biodiverse. Marian's recent book, 'The Kindest Garden: A Practical Guide to Regenerative Gardening' is available now in all good bookshops.
Gaz Oakley is classically trained chef originating from Cardiff, Wales. After many years working in top restaurants & a sabbatical from the industry and a few health issues, he made a big change to adopt a plant based lifestyle. With this new lifestyle, his passion for cooking exploded again. In 2016 Gaz launched a YouTube channel sharing his stories through food. Since then he’s reached over 1.6 million subscribers, made a series in Wales, Mexico & Jamaica & written 3 best selling cookbooks. Gaz's book, 'Plant to Plate', released in May 2025 is available in all good bookshops.
The Newt Podcast is created by the team at The Newt in Somerset and produced by Harry Coade at Sound Matters. If you enjoyed this episode, follow The Newt Podcast to enjoy more walks and talks across the estate, or better still become a Newt Member to visit our estate yourself, stay the night, or shop The Newt online.
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