What is the polycrisis or meta crisis? It’s the simultaneous occurrence of several catastrophic events all happening at the same time, and well, you don’t have to look far to know that this is the time we are living in. The implications of the polycrisis are often overwhelming when it comes to understanding what comes next, but there’s a necessary longer-term view to consider, so it’s time to get a millennial perspective. We’ll be looking through the lens of the world this generation inherited, what they have witnessed, including institutional decay, and we’ll look ahead to the future, with the polycrisis predicted to expand and get worse. An important insight for GenX and Boomers to take on board.

Within the mix of the polycrisis, we’ll discuss whatever that was in the US with Hegseth and Trump speaking to the generals, as well as the US government shut down, the Philippines has been hit by a 6.9 earthquake in its Cebu province, more than 90 people are buried under a school collapse in Indonesia, Typhoon Bualoi has killed several and displaced thousands in Vietnam, there’s more GenZ protests this time in Morocco, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is in a critical state, the Gaza peace proposal is now in play, there’s a new Covid variant in town, our world is hurtling towards climate disaster and our politicians are doing what (?), and of course, the most important news (being ironic here) Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have separated.

We are thrilled to welcome our youngest guest so far (we think), Alexander (Sasha) Thilmany. Sasha has worked at the US Department of State, initially as an intern and later as an administrative assistant. Before this, he was a program assistant at the Foreign Service Institute, and he also worked as a research associate at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. He is passionate about U.S. foreign policy, researching China and Asia, has worked in anti-corruption and more broadly, as a technical policy analyst. A bright man with a bright future, Sasha is now in Singapore, working out his next chapter. A view worth listening to.

So do join us, get caught up on the news, get inspired into action, this Friday 3rd October 2025, 8am UK, 9am EU, 2pm TH, 3pm SG, 5pm AEST. Streaming across various locations, and no doubt about it, we’d love your support.

The Sh*t Show is a Livestream happening every Friday, where Andrea T Edwards, Dr. David Ko, Richard Busellato and Joe Augustin, as well as special guests, discuss the world’s most pressing issues across all angles of the polycrisis, working to make sense of the extremely challenging and complex times we are all going through, plus what we can do about it. Help us move the needle so we can change the name of the show to something more genteel when (or if) it is no longer a sh*t show.

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To get in touch with me, all of my contact details are here https://linktr.ee/andreatedwards

My book Uncommon Courage, an invitation, is here https://mybook.to/UncommonCourage

My book 18 Steps to an All-Star LinkedIn Profile, is here https://mybook.to/18stepstoanallstar

Do you ever think about the inheritance we are leaving our children and grandchildren? Not monetary, but qualities like clean air, access to clean water, healthy food and a safe and nurturing environment to live in. OR are we on the path to guaranteeing them the opposite, where it will be hard to breath, too hot to go outdoors, food insecurity and famine will be rampant, water shortages a common experience, and we could go on. None of us want that, but the decisions we make today, and the actions we take right now, matter, and so we’re going to look that future in the eye and call on all adults to get involved in any way we can. Local action does result in global impact.

After that, it’s time to dig into the news, and of course, unless you live under a rock, we had Trump’s speech at the UN, Super Typhoon Ragasa hitting China, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and soon Vietnam and Laos, Tylenol has been blamed for Autism, the Rapture… did it happen (?), the fact we’re getting dumber and those Meta glasses ain’t going to help, and of course, the fight for free speech continues. That’s just a start when it comes to the weeks’ news, and we never get through it all, but we give it a go.

We are absolutely delighted to welcome Joseph Masembe who hails from Uganda, and he’s the CEO and founder of Little Hands Go Green, as well as Regional Director, Climate Change Advocacy, East Africa. A passionate advocate for our children’s future, Joseph launched Little Hands Go Green in 2012, as a civil society organization, with a goal to nurture and empower children as the main drivers of environmental conservation education in their schools, homes and communities. Joseph wants to foster a deep-rooted love and passion for the environment among children through engaging and entertaining activities, and get this, they have planted 872,000 trees since they started – amazing! Joseph is a delight, and you will love listening to what he has to share.

So please, come and join us, get caught up on the news, get inspired into action, this Friday 26th September 2025, 8am UK, 9am EU, 10am Uganda, 2pm TH, 3pm SG, 5pm AEST. Streaming across various locations, and no doubt about it, we’d love your support.

The Sh*t Show is a Livestream happening every Friday, where Andrea T Edwards, Dr. David Ko, Richard Busellato and Joe Augustin, as well as special guests, discuss the world’s most pressing issues across all angles of the polycrisis, working to make sense of the extremely challenging and complex times we are all going through, plus what we can do about it. Help us move the needle so we can change the name of the show to something more genteel when (or if) it is no longer a sh*t show.

#TheShitShow #UncommonCourage

To get in touch with me, all of my contact details are here https://linktr.ee/andreatedwards

My book Uncommon Courage, an invitation, is here https://mybook.to/UncommonCourage

My book 18 Steps to an All-Star LinkedIn Profile, is here https://mybook.to/18stepstoanallstar

When it comes to anything to do with sustainability, it’s often the elephant in every room, but for our special guest, organic waste was the biggest elephant that needed tackling where he is living - Bali, Indonesia. Most people are aware Bali has a waste problem (viral videos are everywhere), but most of the focus is on non-organic waste, like plastics. Would you be surprised to learn that organic waste is 72% of the waste flow in Bali? Think of all the methane and leachates being released from that.

Of course, in the second half, we’re going to get stuck into as much of the world news as we can cover, including a week in - where are we on the Charlie Kirk murder and all its ramifications? The fight for freedom of speech (or lack of), Trump’s UK visit, Australia’s National Climate Risk Assessment report, the war in Gaza and further abroad, Tik Tok’s new owners, Roger Hallam’s answer to democracy – Sortition – is it worth considering (?), the cost of Europe’s summer of extreme heat, Russia’s aggressions into NATO states, and a whole lot more.

To help us dig into our theme, and all the news, we are thrilled Tobias Wilson said yes to joining us. Tobias has gone from being a major player in the marketing and creative industry in Asia, to founding Shiva Industries, a Bali-based business, specializing in Aerobic Digestion solutions and Organic Waste Management systems, designed to transform organic waste into valuable resources. Shiva Industries combines environmental stewardship with economic viability, paving the way for a greener and more sustainable future in Indonesia and beyond. He's also going to share the inspiration on why he started, hoping to inspire others to tackle the elephant in the room where they live.

Come and join us, get caught up, this Friday 19th September 2025, 8am UK, 9am EU, 2pm TH, 3pm SG/Bali, 5pm AEST. Streaming across various locations, and no doubt about it, we’d love your support.

The Sh*t Show is a Livestream happening every Friday, where Andrea T Edwards, Dr. David Ko, Richard Busellato and Joe Augustin, as well as special guests, discuss the world’s most pressing issues across all angles of the polycrisis, working to make sense of the extremely challenging and complex times we are all going through, plus what we can do about it. Help us move the needle so we can change the name of the show to something more genteel when (or if) it is no longer a sh*t show.

#TheShitShow #UncommonCourage

To get in touch with me, all of my contact details are here https://linktr.ee/andreatedwards

My book Uncommon Courage, an invitation, is here https://mybook.to/UncommonCourage

My book 18 Steps to an All-Star LinkedIn Profile, is here https://mybook.to/18stepstoanallstar

Is AI a risk to you? Has it already impacted you? Or are you hoping it will just go away? One thing is certain, AI is here to stay and what it means to all of us is something we need to get our heads around, so we can prepare. Whether you’re a university graduate looking for a shrinking number of jobs, or a senior leader, AI is going to change your work, one way or another. So, what does that look like?

Of course, we’re not just going to cover AI – that will be the focus of the first hour – we’re also going to dig into the news that is circulating around the world this week. From the GenZ protests in Nepal and what that means through a wider lens, to the latest climate reports, including the release of “Science Under Siege” by Dr’s Michael Mann and Peter J Hotez, the Epstein files and that nasty birthday book, France’s political upheaval again, Israel’s bombing in Qatar and on it goes. We are not living in dull times, that’s for sure.

We are delighted to welcome Andrew Milroy to join us this week. Andy is a deeply experienced technology analyst, who’s covered cybersecurity, cloud and data strategy, and more prominently in these times, he’s an AI and digital risk advisor, through his company @Veqtor8. Andy really is one of the world’s most experienced technology industry analysts, with a leadership track record spanning the US, Europe, and Asia Pacific. His focus today is on helping executives simplify complexity and position cybersecurity, cloud, and AI not just as risks to manage, but as drivers of business value. We’re excited to hear what he has to say.

Come and join us, get caught up, this Friday 12th September 2025, 8am UK, 9am EU, 2pm TH, 3pm SG, 5pm AEST. Streaming across various locations, and no doubt about it, we’d love your support.

The Sh*t Show is a Livestream happening every Friday, where Andrea T Edwards, Dr. David Ko, Richard Busellato and Joe Augustin, as well as special guests, discuss the world’s most pressing issues across all angles of the polycrisis, working to make sense of the extremely challenging and complex times we are all going through, plus what we can do about it. Help us move the needle so we can change the name of the show to something more genteel when (or if) it is no longer a sh*t show.

#TheShitShow #UncommonCourage

To get in touch with me, all of my contact details are here https://linktr.ee/andreatedwards

My book Uncommon Courage, an invitation, is here https://mybook.to/UncommonCourage

My book 18 Steps to an All-Star LinkedIn Profile, is here https://mybook.to/18stepstoanallstar

After a much-needed long break, The Sh*t Show is back, and while we have an amazing line-up of guests to discuss all angles of the polycrisis between now and the end of the year, this show is just the four of us, making sense of everything that’s been going on these last couple of months. It’s been something hasn’t it?

Where do we even start? The US moving towards an authoritarian state might be a good place, and at least we know Trump is still alive now. Or should we focus on the surge in anti-immigration protests around the globe, bringing some common sense to the discussion? Gaza and Ukraine continue, with forever wars on the horizon, and is China making its play to be the world leader?

The climate emergency continues to accelerate with scientists getting increasingly urgent in their message, and of course, AI maintains its place in the headlines – the good, the bad and the ugly. We also have the global economy in the mix of everything that’s going on and understanding that is critical.

How do we get ready for such an uncertain future – whether its losing our jobs to AI or societal collapse due to geopolitics, climate calamities, war, or more? It’s a complex time, people are seriously struggling with their mental health, the far-right movement is on the rise, and even if we don’t acknowledge it, something has got to give. No doubt the anticipation of that is not helping anyone. Yep, it’s intense, so tell us - what’s another big topic front of mind for you?

Come and join us, get caught up, this Friday 5th September 2025, 8am UK, 9am EU, 2pm TH, 3pm SG, 5pm AEST. Streaming across various locations, and no doubt about it, we’d love your support.

The Sh*t Show is a Livestream happening every Friday, where Andrea T Edwards, Dr. David Ko, Richard Busellato and Joe Augustin, as well as special guests, discuss the world’s most pressing issues across all angles of the polycrisis, working to make sense of the extremely challenging and complex times we are all going through, plus what we can do about it. Help us move the needle so we can change the name of the show to something more genteel when (or if) it is no longer a sh*t show.

#TheShitShow #UncommonCourage

To get in touch with me, all of my contact details are here https://linktr.ee/andreatedwards

My book Uncommon Courage, an invitation, is here https://mybook.to/UncommonCourage

My book 18 Steps to an All-Star LinkedIn Profile, is here https://mybook.to/18stepstoanallstar

It’s our last show of the season (we’ll return first Friday in September) so don’t miss out, because we are going to cover a VERY important topic - what it means to be pro-human in a world accelerating towards machine dominance across all aspects of our lives. The leaders of the tech world (aka the tech bros) are saying things like AI will change the world more than anything in the history of mankind, while also acknowledging they don’t know what it means for the future of their own children.

These very same people ushered in the social media revolution, which has degraded our democracies across the world, with mis- and disinformation ruling the airwaves, authoritarianism and populism on the rise everywhere, so surely we should all be a little sceptical and ask the question - can we trust them? Should we?

They are already billionaires, with AI predicted to make them trillionaires, but where do we fit into this story – you and I? For the majority of us, the speed of technological change is happening at a pace we can’t comprehend (which is not surprising when those designing it can’t understand it either), but what does it mean to us (jobs, income, security), not to forget the bigger environmental impact if we keep draining the natural world of water and energy to “feed” these machines.

It all leaves you wondering - where are we headed, exactly?

To help us dig into this really interesting topic as we untangle the polycrisis, we are delighted to welcome Neal Moore, who is a content strategy and storytelling consultant at Moore's Lore Media, a pro-human writer and podcaster, and he is a writer, producer and actor for Pretty Neat Productions, which develops and produces original English IP for audio dramas, film and TV in Southeast Asia. Neal has done some really cool stuff, so you are guaranteed to enjoy listening to his point of view.

After all of that, we’ll dig into the on-going sh*t show that is the world news, from the extreme flooding events in the US and Nepal/China, extreme heat deaths across Europe in June and early July based on a rapid attribution study, bee die-offs in the US, the environmental impacts of rare earth metal processing in China, BRICS plus US tariffs, Australia’s devastating algal bloom, as well as much more, but yeah nah, we’ll leave Epstein out of it, because it’s being done-to-death!

Come and join us Friday 11th July 2025, 8am UK, 9am EU, 2pm TH, 3pm SG, 5pm AEST. Streaming across various locations. Remember, it’s our last show for the season and we’d love your support.

The Sh*t Show is a Livestream happening every Friday, where Andrea T Edwards, Dr. David Ko, Richard Busellato and Joe Augustin, as well as special guests, discuss the world’s most pressing issues across all angles of the polycrisis, working to make sense of the extremely challenging and complex times we are all going through, plus what we can do about it. Help us move the needle so we can change the name of the show to something more genteel when (or if) it is no longer a sh*t show.

#TheShitShow #UncommonCourage

To get in touch with me, all of my contact details are here https://linktr.ee/andreatedwards

My book Uncommon Courage, an invitation, is here https://mybook.to/UncommonCourage

My book 18 Steps to an All-Star LinkedIn Profile, is here https://mybook.to/18stepstoanallstar

There’s a lot going on in the news as always, but at least it didn’t feel like World War III was going to start this week! But a lot still happened, with Thailand's constitutional court suspending Prime Minister Shinawatra, Trumps ‘big beautiful’ bill passing its next stage (but what does it really mean for the global economy?), and the extreme ‘heat dome’ which was sitting over North America moving over Europe, with heat deaths reported, and European countries recording the hottest June temperatures on record.

Meanwhile Downunder, people living along the NSW Coast have been hunkering down for a ‘Bomb Cyclone’, massive floods have hit from Italy to the Himalayas, and Japan is bracing for a megaquake, as a decades-old manga prediction by reclusive artist Ryo Tatsuki is due Saturday, 5th July 2025. The biggest news, you probably didn’t hear, is happening in the great Southern Ocean - should we be concerned?

Amid all the climate calamities, one of the most important risks we face is - how do we ensure our food supply? A regular topic on the show, because future forecasts are dire and the risks closer than most people acknowledge, so we are delighted to welcome Kristof Hayes as our special guest this week.

Kristof is the founder of listt.io, where he is working on appropriate technology solutions for nature friendly farming, and he’s an entrepreneurial engineer with a technical background in electronics, control systems, automation, robotics and IoT. Today, he is focused on contributing to projects where sustainability and technology meet, building prototypes to demonstrate business value early, then scaling fast.

We’ll get a glimpse into Groundswell 2025, a UK festival of regenerative agriculture, how we can engineer robust food systems and why this might look different to what we currently know or do at scale today, we’ll talk about rural regeneration which is transforming farms into more diverse enterprises, BUT also challenging the question of who can be a farmer, and we’ll get down to the dollars and investments required, as well as how young entrepreneurs can enter this space and thrive at nature's pace.

Come and join us Friday 4th July 2025, 8am UK, 9am EU, 2pm TH, 3pm SG, 5pm AEST. Streaming across various locations.

The Sh*t Show is a Livestream happening every Friday, where Andrea T Edwards, Dr. David Ko, Richard Busellato and Joe Augustin, as well as special guests, discuss the world’s most pressing issues across all angles of the polycrisis, working to make sense of the extremely challenging and complex times we are all going through, plus what we can do about it. Help us move the needle so we can change the name of the show to something more genteel when (or if) it is no longer a sh*t show.

#TheShitShow #UncommonCourage

To get in touch with me, all of my contact details are here https://linktr.ee/andreatedwards

My book Uncommon Courage, an invitation, is here https://mybook.to/UncommonCourage

My book 18 Steps to an All-Star LinkedIn Profile, is here https://mybook.to/18stepstoanallstar

It’s been an extraordinary week in the news. The bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites left the world holding its breath – what comes next? Because SOMETHING will come next. Then a ceasefire was called, or was it, and that’s the end of it – bombing for peace really does work apparently. Regardless, we’ve never had a US President like Trump, so who knows what’s going to happen, but the world is certainly heating up, in more ways than one.

However, before we get stuck into the news, we are going to talk soil health and food security, one of the most important issues of our time – but you wouldn’t know it based on media coverage! We’re already feeling the impacts with the cost of food, but what happens when food is not only more expensive, but the shelves are empty? How do we address it? What’s happening now and what needs to happen?

We are delighted to welcome Katie Critchlow, the co-founder and co-CEO of Re-Genus, which delivers a range of natural, regenerative fertilisers, growing media and natural crop nutrition, bringing life back to soils and boosting the health and resilience of crops. Cathy has more than 20 years’ experience in impact leadership and green innovation, including eight in the c-suite of cutting-edge green start-ups, and diverse experience in corporate and NGO leadership roles. We are excited to hear what she has to say.

Then it will be back to the news. In Europe, NATO has been in full swing, and the language of diplomacy has been incredibly sycophantic. The Great Leader of the US is being acknowledged for ending the nuclear threat from Iran and allies have (mostly) made a commitment to increase defence spending to 5% - but not until 2035, and guess who won’t be alive then? No doubt about it, the language of diplomacy has entered a new era, but there’s a deeper message in that.

It’s a surreal time, where the only thing that appears to have been obliterated is the truth, with the politicization of intelligence a huge threat to all of us. But that’s not the only news – we’ll talk about the diplomatic dance going on between India and Pakistan, Thailand could be on its way to another coup, and Oxfam’s latest report states the wealth of the world’s 3,000 billionaires surged by $6.5tn in real terms over the past decade. Bezos/Sánchez wedding is so in-tune with our times, no?

Come and join us Friday 27th June 2025, 8am UK, 9am EU, 2pm TH, 3pm SG, 5pm AEST. Streaming across various locations.

The Sh*t Show is a Livestream happening every Friday, where Andrea T Edwards, Dr. David Ko, Richard Busellato and Joe Augustin, as well as special guests, discuss the world’s most pressing issues across all angles of the polycrisis, working to make sense of the extremely challenging and complex times we are all going through, plus what we can do about it. Help us move the needle so we can change the name of the show to something more genteel when (or if) it is no longer a sh*t show.

#TheShitShow #UncommonCourage

To get in touch with me, all of my contact details are here https://linktr.ee/andreatedwards

My book Uncommon Courage, an invitation, is here https://mybook.to/UncommonCourage

My book 18 Steps to an All-Star LinkedIn Profile, is here https://mybook.to/18stepstoanallstar