Episodes

Jocelyn C. Zuckerman is my guest on Episode 128 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Jocelyn is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn. The former deputy editor of Gourmet, articles editor of OnEarth, and executive editor of Modern Farmer, she has written for Audubon, The American Prospect, newyorker.com, nationalgeographic.com, and many other publications. A graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya and is a former fellow with th...

Transdisciplinary design for food and sustainability, with Sonia Massari Dr. Sonia Massari on Episode 127 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Sonia has more than 20 years of experience as a researcher, lecturer, consultant, and designer in the fields of food and sustainability education, design methods for innovative agri-food systems. She holds a Ph.D. in Food Experience Design from the Engineering Department at the University of Florence, Italy. For 12 years, she was the Academic Director of th...

David Jensen is my guest on Episode 126 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. David is Coordinator of the UNEP Digital Transformation Task Force at UN Environment Programme and Co-champion of the Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES). He is also the Head of the Environmental Peacebuilding Programme at UN Environment. He has been involved with the UN for going on 21 years now. Since 2009, David has been a leader in a global effort to establish a new multidisciplinary field of en...

Billy Almon is my guest on Episode 125 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Billy is an Astrobiofuturist, exploring biology-inspired solutions to improve the human condition for those of us on earth and those who will travel to the stars. He speaks to multiple generations of inventors, designers, scientists and engineers on designing the future they wish to see. He has spoken to groups at: Harvard University, Rhode Island School of Design, Arizona State University, NASA, NAACP, Hidden Genius Pr...

Sharon Natoli is my guest on Episode 124 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Sharon Natoli is a communication expert who is passionate about creating a better future by helping individuals, organisations and leaders speak up to be heard. She helps her clients own their voice, gain clarity around messages that matter and build personal, collective and organisational power by sharing their thoughts, opinions and ideas effectively and consistently with the world. Sharon believes when individuals are...

James Ehrlich is my guest on Episode 123 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. James is Founder of ReGen Villages Holding, B.V. a Stanford University spin-off company formed in the EU to realize the future of living in regenerative and resilient communities, with critical life support of organic food, clean water, renewable energy and circular nutritional flows at the neighborhood scale. James is also an Entrepreneur in Residence at the Stanford University School of Medicine Flourishing Project, Fa...

Ilana Preuss is my guest on Episode 122 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Ilana Preuss is the Founder & CEO of Recast City. Prior to that she was the Vice President and Chief of Staff at Smart Growth America and led the technical assistance program at the EPA Smart Growth Program. She is a TEDx speaker on “The Economic Power of Great Places” and a featured keynote speaker. COVID-19 brought about a historic collapse in jobs and people’s livelihoods, devastating many small businesses and leaving ...

Dinis Guarda is my guest on Episode 121 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Dinis is an author, academic, influencer, serial entrepreneur and leader in 4IR, AI, Fintech, digital transformation and Blockchain. With over two decades of experience in international business, C level positions and digital transformation, Dinis has worked with new tech, cryptocurrencies, drive ICOs, regulation, compliance, legal international processes, and has created a bank, and been involved in the inception of some...

Ahmed Khan is my guest on Episode 120 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Ahmed Khan is a cellular agriculture consultant and the founder and editor of CellAgri. A news and market insights startup focusing on the future of food with cellular agriculture. CellAgri provides the latest updates and insights on a range of topics and trends relating to the cellular agriculture field. CellAgri’s platform also tracks all the major and upcoming players in the field. Providing them the ability to pos...

Sophie Egan is my guest on Episode 119 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Sophie Egan, MPH is the author of How to Be a Conscious Eater (Workman, 2020)—named one of Bon Appétit’s “Favorite New Books for Climate-Friendly Cooking and Life”—and the founder of Full Table Solutions, a consulting practice that’s a catalyst for food systems transformation. She is also a contributor to The New York Times Health section. An internationally recognized leader at the intersection of food, health, and climat...

Marques D. Anderson is my guest on Episode 118 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Seeking to be globally impactful, Marques created the World Education Foundation in 2009. Through this mission, he has traveled to over 81 countries and developed on-site programs in 21 of those countries. During this time, Marques gained a plethora of knowledge and expertise at the nexus of indigenous wisdom, modern technology and future communities. After writing a PhD proposal in 2017 focused on Cyborg Anthropol...

Prof. Lawrence M. Krauss is my guest on Episode 117 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Lawrence is an internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling author, as well as being an acclaimed lecturer. He is currently President of The Origins Project Foundation, which celebrates science and culture by connecting scientists, artists, writers and celebrities with the public through special events, online discussions and unique travel opportunities. The Foundation produces the Origins Podca...

Leon Wang is my guest on Episode 116 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Leon Wang or 王立中 (Wáng Lì Zhōng) is a genderqueer Taiwanese 2nd gen American (they/them, ki/kin) who is able-bodied with an invisible neurodiversability. In essence, they are an (Auto)Catalyzing Connector, Exploration Facilitator, and Networks Weaver. At heart, ki is an extreme generalist that is creating conduits toward (b)righter futures. Leon leverages deep expertise in Life-Centered Design, Nature-Inspired Creativity, Em...

Dr. Carolyn Kousky & Dr. Billy Fleming are my guests on Episode 115 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Carolyn is Executive Director at the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center at the University of Pennsylvania, where she also directs the Policy Incubator. Carolyn research examines multiple aspects of disaster insurance markets, disaster finance, climate risk management, and policy approaches for increasing resilience. She has published numerous articles, reports, and book ch...

How to thrive in uncertain times, with Larry Robertson. Larry Robertson has advised leaders in growth, strategy, adaptability, and innovation for nearly three decades. He’s been described as “a big firm consulting brain, without all the worthless baggage.” His knowledge is deep, and his style direct, passionate, and creative. The results, and nearly 30 years in business, speak for themselves. He’s the founder and President of strategy and innovation advisory firm Lighthouse Consulting, a frequen...

Oisin Lunny is my guest on Episode 113 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Oisin is an award-winning marketer, webinar and podcast host, MC, public speaker, virtual event consultant, UX business professor, and journalist. His work has been translated into Chinese and Arabic, and read over half a million times as a senior contributor to Forbes, music editor at PHOENIX Magazine, and via regular contributions to The Guardian, CX Magazine and many others. Oisin has hosted, moderated, and given keynot...

Eve is a globally-recognized thought leader who focuses on the intersection of the Digital Age, food trends, and well-being. She is the author of Hungry: Avocado Toast, Instagram Influencers, and Our Search for Connection and Meaning. Eve researches human behavior and the impact of 21st century technologies and cultural events, and examines how these shifts impact people's wants and needs, all through the lens of food and lifestyle trends. With her unique blend of investigative reporting, analys...

Profitable solutions for the planet, with Dr. Bertrand Piccard. Is my guest on Episode 110 of Inside Ideas. My guest today is a living legend in making historic round-the-world trips that have come to redefine what is possible for humanity. Serial explorer and ambassador for clean technologies, Dr. Bertrand Piccard has done it all and is probably planning to do it all again, in ways that continue to shift paradigms and unveil the new futures that are available to us today. When Bertrand took the...

Dr. Brent Loken is my guest on Episode 110 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Brent is the Global Food Lead Scientist for WWF. In his role, Brent provides thought leadership through forward-looking research, science direction for goal setting, scientific analysis in support of strategy development, and the management of internal and external science talent to support the Global Food Practice team in advancing an ambitious agenda. Previously, Brent worked for EAT, the science-based global p...

Dr. Youssef Nassef is my guest on Episode 109 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Youssef started the work on adaptation to climate change in the United Nations system, and has led the adaptation workstreams under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change since their inception. He possesses 30 years of experience in diplomacy and international environmental policy, and is a seconded diplomat from the Egyptian Foreign Service. While assuming progressively higher levels of leadershi...

Eric Toensmeier is my guest on Episode 108 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Eric is the award-winning author of Paradise Lot and Perennial Vegetables, and the co-author of Edible Forest Gardens as well as a contributor for Drawdown. He is an appointed lecturer at Yale University, and an international trainer, presenting in English and Spanish in the US, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, and the Caribbean. Eric has studied permaculture and useful plants of the world for over two decades. He managed an...

Untethered from tech, with Sini Ninkovic Episode 107 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley Sini’s family fled Former Yugoslavia 1992 and found refuge in Austria where he quickly learned the most important skill of his life: adapting to new circumstances. Since then, Sini received an MBA from UC Berkeley and helped companies like BMW, Lucid Motors and Apple for ten years to release new tech into the world. In 2019, Sini left Apple as he realized that he needed to adapt once again... this time to a...

Discussing the documentary: 8 Billion Angels, with Terry Spahr Terry is the Executive Director of Earth Overshoot, a nonprofit dedicated to making nature and its resources central to all personal and public decision-making through targeted education and advocacy. Terry, a filmmaker, naturalist, and environmental activist is an expert on sustainability and the intersection of human consumption and population as the primary drivers of environmental destruction. Spahr is the producer of the 2020 do...

Jasper Udink ten Cate is guest on Episode 105 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Jasper is an artist and designer, the founder of 'Creative Chef Studio' with 15 years in the food business and 6 years as an artist. Creative Chef Studio is a multidisciplinary art & design studio where Jasper and his team create experiences that evolve around his artworks, designer objects and stories that are often, but not necessarily linked with food. These ‘experiential recipes’ use ingredients like biotech, ph...