Recombination Nation

Glenn Roberts is the founder of Anson Mills, an extraordinary project to bring traditional landrace staple crops back from the brink of extinction in his part of the humid south eastern USA. This interview digs into how he achieved such an extraordinary feat, looking for clues to how others could follow his example in their own bioregions.
Read much more about Anson Mills here: https://ansonmills.com/

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Andiru is a conlang enthusiast who took things the next step and created the auxiliary language Baseyu along with a dedicated community of enthusiasts. Auxiliary languages are designed to be small, simple and accessible enough for anybody to learn them as a new global common tongue- kind of like the Tower of Babel in reverse.
You can check out the project here: https://baseyu.com
Browse the dictionary: https://dictionary.baseyu.com/en
Join the community on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Baseyu/
And request a discord invite there.

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Okan learnt two of the most successful constructed languages- the sprawling, romantic Esperanto and cute minimalist Toki Pona.
After covering the history of these languages we delve deeper into the dynamics of experimental language communities, the psychology of conlangers, and the potential interplay of culture, technology and experimental languages in the near future.
Drop me a message on substack if you would like to reach out to Jan.
Try learning Toki Pona yourself here: https://wasona.com
Learn more about Esperanto here: https://lernu.net

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Malcolm Collins is an unclassifiable frontiersman for the coming century of chaos, a hardened fighter from the trenches of the culture wars, and a pronatalist who put his own blood line on the line by having a gaggle of embryo selected children with his lovely wife Simone, who cohosts their Based Camp podcast.
You can watch their diverse discussions at Based Camp: https://www.youtube.com/@SimoneandMalcolm
And also check out their Pragmatists Guide book series: https://www.goodreads.com/series/365119-the-pragmatist-s-guide

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Chuck Chan is an accomplished amateur crop breeder from the humid cloud forests of California, adapting plants to his little pocket of Andean climate. He has made the most of his challenges by breeding a host of rare crops which struggle in other places, particularly the root crop Mashua, and papaya relative Vasconcellea along with numerous other projects. We also delve into how he manages his diverse plant collection and his experiences sharing the breeding work with the wider community.
You can check out glimpses of his successes through his regular posts: https://www.facebook.com/chuck.chan.562019

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