Voices of Emergence
Conversations at the Edge of Transformation
A Podcast and Community for Emergent Futures
Our Episodes
Voices of Emergence is a podcast exploring what becomes possible when we lead with presence, mythic intelligence, and soul. Hosted by Alex de Carvalho and Rudy de Waele, each episode features honest, embodied conversations with visionaries, edge-walkers, and culture-makers sensing into a more beautiful world. This is a space for deep listening, inner inquiry, and collective renewal.
Finding Meaning in Uncertain Times with Brendan Graham Dempsey
https://youtu.be/6DqhxvRFz3k What happens when the stories we grew up with no longer make sense? In this episode, we sit down with Brendan Graham Dempsey—writer, poet, and cultural philosopher—to explore how we find meaning in uncertain times. Brendan shares his personal journey from losing faith...
Thinking Like Gaia with Thomas Mansfield
https://youtu.be/YQ-bS8IBXI4 In this episode of Voices of Emergence, we sit down with regenerative strategist and eco-linguist Thomas Mansfield, founder of Pale Blue and creator of Cards for Life and the Thinking Like Gaia framework. Thomas invites us into a living conversation about language, systems,...
Borderless Belonging with Samina Vabo Ansari
https://youtu.be/UGgK32r-ZZ8 In this powerful episode of Voices of Emergence, we sit down with Samina Vabo Ansari, an Afghan-Norwegian leader, bridge-builder, and ethical technology advocate whose life traverses war zones, forests, UN chambers, and sacred dialogue circles. Born into the chaos of post-Soviet Afghanistan, raised...
Amánda Efthimiou on Integration and the Future of Conscious Leadership
https://youtu.be/zgynoTIXJvU What if science and ceremony weren’t at odds, but deeply connected? In this episode, we sit down with Amánda Efthimiou, a global speaker, systems thinker, and founder of INTEGRA, for a conversation that moves from brain science to ancestral wisdom, from personal growth...
How Nature Teaches Leadership: Giles Hutchins on Becoming Future-Fit
https://youtu.be/XfNDDWnmRsI What does it take to lead in a world that’s unraveling and being reborn at once? In our premiere episode of Voices of Emergence, we speak with Giles Hutchins—author and pioneer in regenerative leadership—about the deep inner and outer shifts required of leaders...
Monika Jiang on Loneliness, Belonging, and the Future of Community
https://youtu.be/qSfNdyxbvp0 In this soul-nourishing episode of Voices of Emergence, we’re joined by writer, facilitator, and community builder Monika Jiang, founder of The Oneliness Project. Monika’s life and work explore the fertile space between loneliness and belonging, between estrangement and interdependence. We talk about the...