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What if the knowledge we need most for the future is something we’ve spent centuries forgetting?Meet Victor Steffensen, Tagalaka man, author, filmmaker, musician and co-founder of the Living Knowledge Network. For decades, Victor has worked with Indigenous communities in Australia and around the world to revive traditional ways of reading and caring for Country. His new book, The Knowledge, asks a much bigger question: what have we lost by separating ourselves from the natural world - and what might happen if we learned how to listen again?From why the climate crisis may actually be an identity crisis to how Western science and Indigenous Knowledge Systems can work together and the deceptively simple idea that everything we create should help nature flourish - this is a conversation about Indigenous knowledge as you might never have heard it before. Not as something that belongs to a select few, but as the wisdom that underpins us all.In this episode:Why Victor believes we’re all Indigenous to the planetWhy he thinks the climate crisis is, at its heart, an identity crisisWhat happens when a landscape loses its identity and how you bring it backHow ancient knowledge and modern science can strengthen each otherThe possibilities of reviving cultural memory and practiceAnd why, instead of arguing about who created the mess we're in, it’s time to get on with cleaning it upTimestamps:00:50 Introduction to Victor Steffensen05:21 Why Indigenous Knowledge is for everyone09:17 The moment that sparked 'The Knowledge' for Victor13:00 Indigenous Knowledge v Western Science17:32 What Victor has learned from apply the Knowledge in different countries20:06 Midpoint Reflections22:40 The Knowledge Triangle24:41 The Identity Crisis31:21 What does this actually look like?34:47 The job of cleaning up the mess41:32 Final ReflectionsWant to know more about The Knowledge?👉 Read Victor's new book, The Knowledge(Available online & at all good bookstores) 👉 Explore the Living Knowledge Network👉 Follow the team's work: Instagram. LinkedIn. Facebook. Video. Image Credit: Harry Vincent - Living Knowledge NetworkAbout Fix The News:Fix The News is a solutions-focused media platform sharing stories from the frontlines of progress - exploring what’s working in the world and the people making it happen.Subscribe & follow:If you enjoyed this episode, follow the podcast and leave a review - it helps more people find these stories.Production credits:Hosted by Angus Hervey and Amy Davoren-RoseProduced by Fix The NewsAudio production: Anthony Badolato, Hear That! This episode was produced in Australia on the lands of the Gadigal, Wurundjeri and Woi Wurrung peoples.

The story of farming has always been one of adaptation. The next chapter may be its most one important yet.In this special episode of Fix The News, we bring together two conversations exploring one of the defining questions of our time: how do we feed a growing world without destroying the planet that we depend on?Meet Professor Rattan Lal, one of the world's leading soil scientists and a World Food Prize laureate, whose life's work has transformed our understanding of the living world beneath our feet. Then meet Alesha Miller, Chief Strategy Officer at Digital Green, who's helping smallholder farmers across Africa and Asia combine generations of local knowledge with artificial intelligence to build more resilient food systems.Together, they help us unpack that that the future of agriculture isn't about choosing between nature and technology, tradition and innovation, or human and artificial intelligence. It's about strengthening both. In this episode:Why healthy soil is the foundation of healthy food systemsHow our lifestyle choices today will help shape the futureThe importance of the world's 500 million smallholder farmersHow AI can amplify rather than replace human knowledgeWhy trust matters as much as technologyWhy the future of farming may depend on combining old wisdom with new ideasTimestamps:00:13 The most common occupation on earth03:45 Meet Professor Rattan Lal04:54 Why soil is a living entity08:37 What does Regenerative Agriculture actually mean?12:05 The Law of Return20:53 Midpoint Reflections22:47 Meet Alesha Miller25:47 What is Digital Green?30:14 Can weather predictions save AI?37:21 Technology and Trust43:04 Closing Reflections: Choose BothDig Deeper:👉Professor Rattan Lal 👉 Digital GreenAbout Fix The News:Fix The News is a solutions-focused media platform sharing stories from the frontlines of progress - exploring what’s working in the world and the people making it happen.Subscribe & follow:If you enjoyed this episode, follow the podcast and leave a review - it helps more people find these stories.Production credits:Hosted by Angus Hervey and Amy Davoren-RoseProduced by Fix The NewsAudio production: Anthony Badolato, Hear That! This episode was produced in Australia on the lands of the Gadigal, Wurundjeri and Woi Wurrung peoples.

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Welcome back to NewsFix and our first edition for 2026. This week's headlines include – a counterpoint to the Middle East, astonishing progress on cancer, a golden age of vaccines, murder and homicide rates decline in the world’s leading cities, coal bites the dust (again) and Love Island for lizards? NewsFix is brought to you by ⁠Fix TheNews⁠. Hosted by Anthony Badolato, ⁠Hear That! ⁠ Ifyou want to get in touch with the team, email [email protected]

This week's headlines include – a medical breakthrough in Gaza; death rates plummet for one of our most contagious viruses; ‘Empty Spain’; Australia’s environmental reform;more bad news for fossil fuels and AI for good. NewsFix is brought to you by ⁠Fix TheNews⁠. Hosted by Anthony Badolato, ⁠Hear That! ⁠ If you want to get in touch with the team, email [email protected]