The Altered State - WE NEED TO TALK
Altered State’s mission is to foster intelligent debate and stimulate thought through live talks and podcasts. We explore politics, pop culture, contemporary lifestyles, and a green future. We strive to inspire forward-thinking ideas and to cultivate a community for the curious and open-minded. For more Altered State content visit alteredstate.org.uk
Episodes
On May 1st in Gut Rot - Are Ultra-Processed Foods the New Tobacco, business owner and food entrepreneur Charlie Bigham, Heloise Balme of the Bristol Food Network and Will Shotton of Tibico fermentary gave us the lowdown.
We talked fermentation, culture, food deserts and fibre, fibre fibre. Our podcast brings you the edited highlights
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Highlights from our BEWARE THE IDES OF MUSK talk that was held on 27th March. Professor Colin Gavaghan of Bristol University, Green councillor Cara Lavan and Dr Marcus Gilroy-Ware of SOAS discussed whether Elon Musk was containable and if so, what the possibilities are to do so. The host on the evening was Rudy Millard.
Podcast host is Al Farquhar
Music courtesy of Tony Njoku / PRAH Recordings
Highlights from our Health and Happiness talk on 6th Feb. Mushrooms and chocolate are great antidotes to the February blues according to Tom Baxter, founder of the Bristol Fungarium, and Joe McDonnell, Director of local chocolate maker, Radek's. Tom came to mushrooms later in life after chasing down fraud in Siberia. Joe told us about the chocolate making process, and the exotic lucuma flower he uses. Tom entertained us with fungi ...
Highlights from the brilliant A LIFE LESS ORDINARY talk on Nov 19. Hearing 3 differing stories of bravery and compassion, we learnt to never underestimate the human spirit. Our panel comprised of Douglas Robertson, who survived 38 days on a raft in the Pacific Ocean, war zone medic for Médicins Sans Frontières, Dr. Rachael Craven, and endurance athlete and mental health advocate, Dan Beaumont. They were hosted by author Polly Morla...
For our 7th talk on Oct 22nd, we discussed greenwashing versus credible climate action and what we can all do to make a difference. Our panel comprised author Natalie Fee of plastic pollution pressure group City To Sea, Jessica Ferrow of environmental consultancy 12 and Veronica Wignall of Adblock Bristol. It was an optimistic and informative discussion that left the audience with multiple ways to retain agency and to make a positi...
For our 6th event on Sept 11th, we talked with ex-conspiracist Brent Lee, senior investigative reporter Sian Norris from openDemocracy and Dr. Alessandro Miani from Bristol University's School of Psychological Science about what powers conspiracy theories and how they affect our understanding of the truth.
Podcast host Al Farquhar guides us through the highlights.
For our 5th event on Jun 26th we talked with Masha Alyokhina & Olga Borisova of the anti-Putin feminist art collective P*ssy Riot about what happens to democracy when there’s no opposition, no free media and a servile judiciary. Podcast host Al Farquhar guides us through the highlights.
On April 24th, our host Rudy Millard was joined by Nigel Toon, CEO of AI company Graphcore, speculative fiction author Heather Child, and Colin Gavaghan, Professor of Digital Futures at the University of Bristol, to discuss AI.
Podcast host Al Farquhar guides us through the highlights.
On 6th Feb Panellists Charlotte Hitchmough of The Rivers Trust, Will McBain of ARUP and Simon Evans of the Rivers Wye and Usk Foundation joined our host Rudy Millard at the Hen and Chicken in Southville.
The panel discussed the national shame that is the state of Britain’s rivers, who and what is to blame for this literal sh*tshow and how we can sort it out.
Podcast host Al Farquhar guides us through the highlights.
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