The Strange Attractor
Welcome to The Strange Attractor, an experimental podcast exploring ways of being, seeing, and doing that are grounded in the interconnectedness and the systems view of life. Drawing on complexity science, philosophy, wisdom traditions, and bio-inspired design, we explore how learning to see differently can help us build and create a more resilient and regenerative future.
The Strange Attractor
Latest Episodes
The McMansion Problem, Insurers as Climate Enforcers & AI for Better Materials ft. Sonja Markovic
Australia keeps building some of the biggest homes on Earth – around 240 square metres on average, with custom builds regularly hitting 300 to 400 – right as climate events intensify, insurance gets tighter, and the construction supply chain st...
The Designer Turning Oyster Shells Into Bioceramics ft. Chloe Harper E23
Oyster shells don’t look like the start of a serious construction material, but they might be. We sat down with Chloe Harper, a biomaterials-obsessed industrial designer, to talk through her journey from tinkering with early biocomposites to bu...
What Does Dubstep Have to Do With Regeneration? ft. Murray Gray | TSA E22
What connects a Shoreditch nightclub at 2am, a palm agroforestry project in the Amazon, and the question of whether anything can ever truly be 'regenerative'?In this long-form conversation on Strange Attractor, Sam sits down with Murray...
The Age of Algae: Seaweed, Systems & Regenerative Futures ft. Vasundhara Gaur & Simon Beirouti from Compound | 21
Plastic is everywhere, and not just in landfill. It’s in our clothes, our water, and the invisible systems that make 'single use' feel normal. We sit down with Simon and Vasundhara from Compound, a CoLabs venture...
Utilium: A Nature-Based Biofilm Buster ft. Dr. David Stapleton | E20
David is a researcher-turned-innovator with three decades in biomedical science, a PhD-era discovery that reshaped our understanding of energy metabolism, and a new company, Utilium, born from a hospital bed an...
