Connection in Practice: Serendipity, Reciprocity and Community-Building

This episode marks Rose Claverie’s conversation with Sunny Bates for the Harvest Series.Recorded at Harvest in Kaplankaya, they come together to explore a question that feels increasingly urgent in our modern world: what does real connection truly mean?In this thoughtful and expansive dialogue, Sunny Bates challenges transactional networking and reframes connection as an act of generosity, curiosity, and courage. Reflecting on community, asking, and vulnerability, this episode is a powerful reminder that human connection remains one of our most essential tools.Chapters00:00 – Welcome to Harvest00:29 – What makes a connection extraordinary01:14 – Sunny Bates’ work and background01:53 – Networking without discomfort02:30 – Shyness, asking, and vulnerability03:48 – Becoming a connector from childhood05:12 – Why people fear uncomfortable personalities06:00 – Giving generously and transformation06:10 – How travel reshaped connection07:31 – Networks, generosity, and ripple effects08:25 – Introverts, extroverts, and curiosity09:29 – Managing energy and meaningful interactions10:39 – Hiring, trust, and deep evaluation12:08 – Approaching busy or guarded people13:53 – When connection becomes transactional15:02 – Personal mission and alignment16:05 – Rejection, fear, and asking again17:25 – Phones, avoidance, and modern disconnection18:46 – Advising TED and building communities20:26 – Sustaining engaged communities22:02 – Connection as political resistance24:14 – Regretful connections and responsibility28:24 – Courage, motherhood, and career risk32:14 – The courage to ask32:54 – Closing reflectionsYou can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates.Watch our podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series.Credits:Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequencesTechnician in Kaplankaya: Joel MoriasiMusic by: ChambordHarvest Series is produced in partnership with Athena Advisers and Capital PartnersHarvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen and Roman Carel

This episode marks Rose Claverie’s second conversation with Satish Kumar for the Harvest series.Following their first interview on courage, they reunite to explore a question that feels especially meaningful at the beginning of a new year: how can we live a simpler life?In this gentle and deeply inspiring dialogue, Satish Kumar shares his timeless wisdom on simplicity, inner clarity, and living in alignment with what truly matters, a beautiful way to open the year with intention and perspective.The official website for the Satish Kumar Foundation, the charity set up to continue Satish Kumar’s legacy and support initiatives like Schumacher College.Chapters00:00 – Welcome to Harvest00:29 – Why simplicity matters today01:50 – Living in a world of inequality02:30 – Time, possessions, and lost joy03:40 – Cities, speed, and the coffee example05:00 – “I am the CEO of my life”06:35 – Elegant Simplicity and real wealth07:35 – Sustainability and nature’s economy09:25 – Abundance vs greed10:50 – The BUD principle: Beautiful, Useful, Durable12:00 – Contentment and sufficiency13:55 – Climate change and root causes15:50 – Why change must come from citizens17:50 – Education of head, heart, and hands21:55 – We are nature, not separate from it23:15 – Closing reflectionsYou can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates.Watch our podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series.Credits:Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequencesTechnician in Kaplankaya: Joel MoriasiMusic by: ChambordArtwork by: Davide d'AntonioHarvest Series is produced in partnership with Athena Advisers and Capital PartnersHarvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen and Roman Carel

The Harvest Series podcast, hosted by Rose Claverie, welcomes award-winning composer and music supervisor Justin Levine for a very special conversation that unfolds as much through sound as through words. Recorded in nature during Harvest, this episode blends music, reflection, and creative honesty.Levine shares how creativity should exist beyond productivity, why vulnerability is essential in collaboration, and how major works like Moulin Rouge! are built through trust, humility, and collective vision. He also reflects on courage, leadership, and learning to let creativity exist without judgment.What happens when we stop asking creativity to justify itself and allow it to simply be part of how we live?Chapters00:00 – Welcome to Harvest01:05 – Music as conversation, not performance03:40 – Teaching creativity for its own sake05:10 – Starting without talent or permission06:30 – Growing up self-taught in a musical home08:40 – Discovering music as a profession10:15 – What a music director actually does14:20 – Orchestrating Moulin Rouge!18:15 – Collaboration, ego, and leadership21:00 – Adapting iconic works for Broadway26:35 – Violence, music, and emotional impact32:40 – Courage, vulnerability, and creative trust36:20 – Closing reflections and musicYou can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates.Watch our podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series.Credits:Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequencesTechnician in Kaplankaya: Joel MoriasiMusic by: ChambordHarvest Series is produced in partnership with Athena Advisers and Capital PartnersHarvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen and Roman Carel

In this Harvest Series episode hosted by Rose Claverie, multidisciplinary artist Cosmo Gonik shares how music, movement and spirituality meet in his life. From barefoot ecstatic dance floors in Bali and Paris to tarot sessions rooted in Jodorowsky’s lineage, Cosmo opens up about art as a healing practice. Recorded at Harvest in Kaplankaya, it’s a conversation about courage, creativity and trusting your body.Cosmo's playlist (Cuarto Mundo)Chapters:00:01:58 – Mission: make people dance sober at Harvest00:02:23 – Barefoot, no phones, no alcohol: the ecstatic container00:02:57 – We only learned to dance drunk in discos00:03:24 – Discovering ecstatic dance in Bali00:03:38 – Why being a dancer in life matters00:03:53 – Warming up shy beginners with theatre exercises00:04:22 – Dancing with yourself, eyes closed, without judgment00:05:12 – Designing the musical script: build, climax, landingYou can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates.Watch our podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series.Credits:Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequencesTechnician in Kaplankaya: Joel MoriasiMusic by: ChambordHarvest Series is produced in partnership with Athena Advisers and Capital PartnersHarvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen and Roman Carel

Entrepreneur, ocean advocate, and co-founder of Aqua-Spark, Amy Novogratz joins Rose Claverie for a deeply moving conversation about the future of food, the health of our oceans, and the courage it takes to rebuild a life after crisis. A pioneer in sustainable aquaculture, Amy has spent the last decade championing innovation, restoring marine ecosystems, and reshaping how the world thinks about protein — all born from a profound love for the sea.In this episode, Amy shares how a transformative expedition to the Galápagos set the course for her life’s mission, how she and her husband built the world’s first global sustainable aquaculture fund, and how a sudden brain tumor forced her to confront vulnerability, resilience, and the meaning of purpose. This is a story about devotion — to the planet, to partnership, and to the possibility of a better food system.You can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates.Chapters0:00 Welcome to the Harvest Series0:40 Introducing Amy Novogratz: Entrepreneur, Ocean Advocate2:00 The Future of Food: Why Aquaculture Matters3:25 Rewriting the Reputation of Fish Farming5:10 Conservation, Innovation & the Turning Point for Aquaculture7:00 Good Aquaculture, Bad Aquaculture & What Actually Matters9:20 Inside a Modern Fish Farm: Volcanic Rock, Geothermal Energy & Arctic Char12:00 Tech in the Water: Sensors, Hydroacoustics & Disease Prevention14:20 Microbial Ingredients, Immunity & the Next Frontier of Fish Feed16:00 Traceability, Data & the Aquaculture Revolution18:00 Investors, Impact Capital & Building a First-of-Its-Kind Fund21:00 The Ocean as an Underfunded Ecosystem23:00 Climate Change, Warming Seas & the Urgency of New Protein Systems25:30 A Law for the Ocean: Protecting 30% by 203026:10 Falling in Love with the Ocean: From Pleasure to Purpose28:30 Meeting Her Husband on a Galápagos Expedition30:00 The Brain Tumor: Diagnosis, Surgery & the Fight to Recover33:00 Building While Healing: Purpose as Lifeline34:50 Courage, Determination & Choosing Life36:00 Sustainability Isn’t Complicated: Common Sense Solutions38:00 How to Choose Fish: Apps, Ratings & Talking to Your Fishmonger40:00 Where to Find Amy & Aqua-Spark41:00 Closing Reflections: Food, Oceans & the FutureWatch on YouTubeYou can watch all podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series.CreditsSound editing: @lesbellesfrequencesTechnician in Kaplankaya: Joel MoriasiMusic: ChambordHarvest Series is produced in partnership with Athena Advisers and Capital Partners.Harvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen & Roman Carel

Dancer and healer Gil, from Amenti, joins Rose Claverie for a raw and revelatory conversation about trauma, transformation, and the wisdom of the body. Raised in a strict religious environment and navigating life-altering psychosis, Amenti forged a healing path through movement, eventually creating a method that blends dance with psychology and ancient spiritual knowledge.This episode explores how the body stores memories, how community can catalyze change, and why the shadow we fear may hold the keys to our liberation.You can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates.Chapters:0:00 Welcome to the Harvest Series0:52 Introducing Amenti: Dancer, Healer, Teacher2:10 Courage Through the Body: Mission at Harvest3:25 Childhood, Religion &amp; Disconnection from the Body5:00 Dance as a Secret Sanctuary6:30 Hip-Hop as Community, Culture &amp; Self-Awareness9:00 Excommunication, Family Tension &amp; Choosing Dance11:10 World Championships &amp; Inner Turmoil12:00 The Psychotic Break: Four Days in Another Reality14:00 Body Memory &amp; Somatic Triggers15:30 Healing Without Therapy: Inventing Movement Medicine17:00 Sharing the Practice: Amenti is Born19:10 Amenti’s Meaning &amp; Spiritual Roots21:00 The Shadow as Ally, Not Enemy24:00 Layered Method: From Power to Symbols26:00 Ego Structures, Energetic Blueprints &amp; Somatic Scanning28:00 Dance, Archetypes &amp; Community Healing30:00 Transformation Is a Process, Not an Event31:30 Advice for Listeners: Healing Through Feedback &amp; Movement34:00 Healing in Marginalized Communities36:00 We Move to Remember We’re Human38:00 The Most Courageous Thing: Dancing His Story PubliclyWatch our podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series.Credits:Sound editing by: <a href="https://instagram.com/lesbellesfrequences"...

Dr. Pippa Malmgren joins host Rose Claverie on the Harvest Series Podcast for a sweeping conversation on technology, geopolitics, and what it means to be human in an age of exponential change. From quantum chips to the emotional intelligence revolution, Malmgren reveals how we might escape scarcity thinking and embrace a future defined by empathy and abundance.Recorded in Kaplankaya, Türkiye, this episode journeys through the corridors of power, the illusions of conflict, and the surprising promise of prosperity for all.You can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates.Watch our podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series.Chapters:0:00 Intro &amp; Welcome to Kaplankaya0:57 Meet Dr. Pippa Malmgren2:12 Heartware vs Hardware: Tech for the Human Condition3:40 AI, Subspace, and the Prosthetics of Progress5:23 The Peace Movement You’re Not Seeing7:13 Space-Based Solar Power and the End of Energy Scarcity9:04 Quantum Chips and the Collapse of Time10:17 Tradition vs Tech: Can We Live Simply and Advance?11:25 Left Brain Lock &amp; Heart-Space Thinking13:00 Economics in the Age of Abundance15:14 Scarcity-Based Pricing Models Collapse17:00 Complexity, Silos, and Breaking Algorithmic Bubbles20:14 Empathy, Curiosity, and Talking Across Divides21:28 Inside the White House: Pressure, War, and Waking Up24:10 Cold War in Hot Places, Hot War in Cold Ones28:16 Trump, Tariffs, and Deep State Disruption32:15 Manufacturing, Globalization, and the Real Agenda36:07 A Woman’s Journey: From Navy Suits to the Heart40:00 Courage in Parenting &amp; Leadership44:00 Final Reflections and Call to Heart-Led ChangeCredits:Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequencesTechnician in Kaplankaya: Joel Moriasi<span class="ql-ui"...

In this episode of the Harvest Series podcast with Rose Claverie, poet and performer Rupi Kaur shares her journey from childhood in Punjab to becoming a global literary voice. She reflects on how trauma, resilience, and feminism shape her work.Rupi reads her poem Timeless, challenging societal views of aging women, and discusses how success brought both joy and pressure at a young age. She opens up about her immigrant family’s sacrifices, her father’s feminist influence, and the courage it takes to speak out on political and cultural issues.Blending performance, poetry, and vulnerability, this conversation explores how art can transform pain into power and build connection across borders. How can we each find the courage to let go of old stories and create new ones?You can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates.Watch our podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series.Credits:Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequencesTechnician in Kaplankaya: Joel MoriasiMusic by: ChambordArtwork by: Davide d'AntonioHarvest Series is produced in partnership with Athena Advisers and Capital PartnersHarvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen and Roman Carel

In this explosive episode of the Harvest Series Podcast, host Rose Claverie sits with independent journalist Aaron Maté to examine media complicity in war narratives, from Russiagate to Palestine. Aaron reflects on his personal journey as a journalist exiled from mainstream platforms for refusing to follow the script. The interview took place during Harvest, in Kaplankaya, on May, 2025.Aaron explained why real courage today means and risking your reputation to uphold truth.Chapters:0:00 Intro: Aaron Maté and the Cost of Truth1:35 Russiagate: A Cold War Revival4:48 Rachel Maddow and the Myth Machine9:12 Media Complicity in Selling Wars13:27 What the OPCW Leak Reveals18:02 The Weaponization of “Conspiracy Theorist”21:40 Courage in the Face of Smear Campaigns27:10 Palestine: Liberal Hypocrisy and Moral Collapse34:26 Why the Truth Matters—Even If You’re Alone41:00 Final Reflections: Journalism as a Moral ActYou can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates.Watch our podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series.Credits:Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequencesTechnician in Kaplankaya: Joel MoriasiMusic by: ChambordHarvest Series is produced in partnership with Athena Advisers and Capital PartnersHarvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen and Roman Carel

This episode of the Harvest Series podcast, hosted by Rose Claverie, features Daniel Barcay, Executive Director at the Center for Humane Technology. Recorded at Harvest in Kaplankaya, Turkey, the conversation explores how AI is reshaping society and what it means for our future.Daniel reflects on lessons from the rise of social media, the dangers of addictive design, and why AI carries even greater stakes. He explains how AI impacts relationships, privacy, and decision-making, and why it could both empower humanity or destabilize it.From emotional manipulation by AI companions to the risk of losing control when autonomous agents act in our world, this dialogue uncovers both urgent threats and inspiring opportunities. Ultimately, the discussion calls for awareness, policy, and responsible design — and for each of us to ask: are we using AI to become the people we want to be?Chapters00:00 – Introduction &amp; Harvest welcome 00:29 – AI: Best friend or threat? 01:20 – Raising awareness of tech’s impact 02:08 – Promise and instability of new tech 03:04 – Lessons from social media’s design flaws 05:02 – The attention economy explained 06:24 – The Social Dilemma and global awareness 07:16 – Social media as humanity’s first AI contact 08:25 – Distorted mirrors of society 09:33 – China’s intentional tech policies 10:26 – From channels to AI companions 12:02 – Ambiguity in relationships with AI 13:30 – Risks: sycophancy &amp; flattery 15:26 – AI competing for affection 17:13 – Super-stimulus: AI partners vs. real relationships 18:42 – Polarization &amp; intellectual humility 20:15 – Privacy, memory, and hidden data 22:27 – AI as con man: trust and betrayal 22:44 – Case study: character AI &amp; youth suicide 25:08 – Liability &amp; legal responsibility 27:40 – Product liability &amp; AI frameworks 28:34 – Control: can we prevent AI chaos? 29:19 – Lessons from financial flash crashes 30:28 – Rise of autonomous AI agents 31:53 – Society-wide responsibility for AI 33:19 – What individuals can do 35:12 – Policy and design solutions 36:19 – Engineers and responsibility codes 37:09 – Daniel’s personal journey 40:06 – Courage: leaving Google 42:04 – Can AI start a war? 44:06 – Final advice: use AI, but consciouslyYou can follow us on Instagram at @HarvestSeries or @rose.claverie for updates.Watch our podcast episodes and speaker sessions on YouTube: Harvest Series.Credits:Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequencesTechnician in Kaplankaya: Joel MoriasiMusic by: ChambordArtwork by: Davide d'AntonioHarvest Series is produced in partnership with Athena Advisers and Capital PartnersHarvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen and Roman Carel