02. Shocks

Kia ora koutou, nau mai haere mai ki te Wildest Streams. Welcome to the podcast that elaborates on dialogues held within and around a community initiative known as Critical Signals. For three months in 2025, Critical Signals temporarily held residence at 115 Taranaki street in Te Whanganui a Tara, during which we held a range of discussions, seminars, workshops, and gatherings dealing with our anthropological world; climate response, community resilience, data sovereignty, food systems, and the creative potential of community response. In this podcast, we reflect on and share some of those dialogues, with me, your host, Clay. Thanks for being here.

In this episode, the second in our six-part series, we will sit and talk with Finn Illsley-Kemp in the back of the Critical Signals space, talking over our precariously placed city. We walked down from Zealandia to Katherine Mansfeild House to get a measure of what we were talking about in a more embodied way, so you will hear a couple of clips from the walk, along with some interstitial tidbits from Dr Catherine Dyer, and Jonathan Boston from their respective talks on economics and insurance in climate change.

“SHOCKS”

What disasters are we on the brink of? What change is coming, how do we prepare? Calmly, together, with hope and information. The leaders are out of the building, shmoozing with business and political leaders of other countries. Tinakori aka No Dinner, our cultural identity / social history requires healing so we can build a better future together. Get other there and meet your neighbours.

Credits

• Additional Recordings by Jackson Gittings
• Hosted by Clay Joy Smith

Full Recordings

• Dr Catherine Dyer
• Jonathan Boston
• Finn Illsley-Kemp

Acknowledgements

Great appreciation and thanks to the following sponsors and donors that allow this podcast to be made: Goethe Institute, Te Herenga Waka, Toi Aria, nikau, Monash University, Te Pūnaha Matatini, Mouthfull, Hugo & Blowfish, and all of the generous PledgeMe donors.