The Bristol Conversations – Manish Jain
From Local Futures Podcast by Local Futures
October 28, 2025 · 28 min · Season 5 · Episode 6
About this episode
Manish Jain discusses his disillusionment with the dominant system and the shift towards local wisdom with host Helena Norberg-Hodge.
In this conversation, Manish and Helena Norberg-Hodge bounce of each other in a radical questioning of concepts like progress, freedom, wealth, empowerment and knowledge. Manish shares his personal story of disillusionment with the dominant system, sketching the profound worldview shift he had to undergo in order to come back to life, love, and local wisdom.
People in this episode
Host: Helena Norberg-Hodge
Guest: Manish Jain
Topics covered
- progress
- freedom
- wealth
- empowerment
- knowledge
- local wisdom
- worldview shift
Keywords
- disillusionment
- local wisdom
- worldview shift
- empowerment
- knowledge
- freedom
- progress
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