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Microsolidarity is an open research network developing patterns and practices for mutual aid communities. This is not a podcast exactly, more like an audio diary for people participating in the research.

If you prefer video to audio, you can find many of these recordings on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOjcWjpjOqzbV9T3tSR6O7z_eic-Puqaa

More info at www.microsolidarity.cc
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Introducing 7 communities from the Microsolidarity Network

MicrosolidaritySep 02, 2022

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Organizing Limicon 2024

Organizing Limicon 2024

Debrief with the Organizing team of Limicon 2024

Feb 27, 202401:22:00
Microsolidarity Network Retreat 2024 Debrief

Microsolidarity Network Retreat 2024 Debrief

Jocelyn, Sara, Gui, Jonas and Rich debrief the Winter Retreat 2024. Check out Substack to receive more updates and a summary of the outcomes of the retreat: https://microsolidarity.substack.com/ Learn more about the intermediate practice program here: https://www.microsolidarity.cc/practice-programs/intermediate-program


video version: https://youtu.be/48pbES-eqvw

Feb 13, 202401:30:18
Dreaming into the future of the Network

Dreaming into the future of the Network

In yesterday's Network Call Gui and Jonas hosted an inquiry into what we're individually and collectively visioning for the Microsolidarity Network, and how it can support us in the year ahead. See the prompts written below, and feel free to share any of your own responses! We'll be taking them into consideration within any ideation and planning sessions during the upcoming winter Network Retreat in Spain next week.


- What challenges and uncertainties are you expecting in the year ahead, for yourself, your community and our network?


- What would become possible for your community if those challenges where no longer there?


- How can the network support your community to move forward?


- What is your vision for yourself, your community and our network?

Feb 02, 202401:16:52
Roles, Responsibility & Risk in Collective Endeavours

Roles, Responsibility & Risk in Collective Endeavours

For this month's Microsolidarity Network Call, Gui Trevisan led us through a connecting authentic relating game, surfacing topics that are present for each of us in our lives at the moment. Listen in to the conversation that followed as we reflected on what had come up in our smaller group conversations.

Dec 09, 202344:05
Crewing with Young Families, Homeschoolers, and Elders - Josh & Amy

Crewing with Young Families, Homeschoolers, and Elders - Josh & Amy

Video of this conversation is here: https://youtu.be/UVbqPDQsjKo

Oct 19, 202340:02
Gathering Weekly & Moving Slowly - Josh & Amy

Gathering Weekly & Moving Slowly - Josh & Amy

Video of this conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vissfYXI5rs


More info: http://microsolidarity.cc

Oct 11, 202355:53
Berlin Microsolidarity Project - Nicki Endres & Richard D. Bartlett
Sep 19, 202301:12:11
Ambivalent Leadership - Richard D. Bartlett & Johnson Hsieh

Ambivalent Leadership - Richard D. Bartlett & Johnson Hsieh

If you want to join our monthly network call, subscribe here: https://opencollective.com/microsolidarity

Sep 01, 202301:20:32
Summer Camps 2023 Reflections & Network Retro
Aug 04, 202301:03:01
Troika Consulting Takeaways

Troika Consulting Takeaways

In this month's Network Call, our small intimate group of 6 tuned in from the US, Europe and Asia to tap into each other's wisdom, support and creativity with a Troika Consulting practice. Tune in to hear our reflections and takeaways!

Jul 06, 202313:46
VibeCamp 2 Debrief w/ Brooke

VibeCamp 2 Debrief w/ Brooke

Links mentioned in the conversation:

Previous interview with Brooke: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/Microsolidarity/episodes/VibeCamp-Debrief-with-Brooke-e1ffnat


Critter's reflections from his experience as a VibeCamp participant: https://t.co/gB9q3LWcBS


https://www.microsolidarity.cc/participate/events

Jun 23, 202351:44
Community Village, the Berlin Microsolidarity Project & the Microsolidarity Research Crew

Community Village, the Berlin Microsolidarity Project & the Microsolidarity Research Crew

Listen along this month as Caleb Tenenbaum shares about his community-based meditation program, Community Village, Nicki and Jocelyn share about the Berlin Microsolidarity Project, and Abi gives us an update on the Network's very own Research Crew!


Here are few further links mentioned in the call:


Microsolidarity Summercamps! USA Europe Microsolidarity Practice Programs (June 6 - 15th) Learn the basic Microsolidarity concepts and connect & practice with other community builders! Registration is now open! If you're a microsolidarity practitioner you can become a member and join our calls by contributing a minimum of €3/month via our Open Collective

Jun 01, 202301:04:17
Understanding Change + a Micro-Insurance Scheme Proposal?

Understanding Change + a Micro-Insurance Scheme Proposal?

Tune in here for a summary of this month's Microsolidarity Network Call! This month Community Alchemist Lana Jelenjev ran a skill share session on the Satir Change Model, while a 'network support' breakout room allowed space to chew on a proposal for collectivising the financial risks of running community events. Could we have a new network "micro-insurance" scheme in the works? LINKS to further info: Download the full Satir Model guide here. (Put MICROSOLIDARITY in the coupon code to get it for free) Learn more about Understanding Organisational Change from Lana! Check out her upcoming courses through The Hum. See the Doc outlining the new "micro-insurance" scheme here Your feedback and critical thinking is very welcome :) And, if you'd like to help get the ball rolling, we welcome any contributions you'd like to throw into the hat! Microsolidarity Summercamps! USA Europe Microsolidarity Practice Programs (June 6 - 15th) Learn the basic Microsolidarity concepts and connect & practice with other community builders! Registration is now open - click here!


If you're a microsolidarity practitioner you can become a member and join our calls by contributing a minimum of €3/month via our Open Collective


May 04, 202312:52
Companionship and Support for Being with the Trouble

Companionship and Support for Being with the Trouble

Catch a snapshot of the vibe and explorations during the Microsolidarity Network Call on 6th April 2023.

Apr 06, 202309:51
Solving Loneliness as a Nomad - Johnson Hsieh & James Baker

Solving Loneliness as a Nomad - Johnson Hsieh & James Baker

Reflecting on the experience of building microsolidarity crews while living on the road.

Mar 13, 202329:29
Microsolidarity Summer Camp!?

Microsolidarity Summer Camp!?

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Mar 03, 202312:13
Learnings from Hosting "Embodying Collective Transformation" with Karl Steyaert

Learnings from Hosting "Embodying Collective Transformation" with Karl Steyaert

Karl Steyaert is an IFS Practitioner, NVC Trainer, Therapist,  Transformational Facilitator, and general change agent. Together with  Jocelyn Ames, Catherin Tran, and Nadine Helm, he hosted three  back-to-back month-long “Embodying Collective Transformation  Residencies” at the Life Itself Hub in Bergerac France, in the fall of  2022.   

In this conversation, we explore some of the lessons learned from  running this massive community experiment. It feels like we only  scratched the surface. Still, there are definitely some nuggets in  there, including topics like framing an event like this, being explicit  about the purpose of any gathering, the nuanced challenges around  leadership that come with shifting roles during an event, how living  together in a close container produces a lot of learning material for  personal growth and how inner and interpersonal work relate to the  “world work”.  

To get informed when the ECT team puts up new offerings, you can sign up  for the newsletter of the Cultural Catalyst Network: https://culturalcatalystnetwork.org/contact/ 

For a deep dive into this project's philosophical and ideological  underpinning, you can check out this conversation with Karl and Theo on  the Life Itself Podcast: https://lifeitself.org/podcast/embodying-collective-transformation-with-karl-steyaert  

Jonas also wrote a series of articles on his own learnings from  participating in the November residency. You can find them here: https://jonasgroener.com/learnings-from-the-embodying-collective-transformation-residency/  

More about Microsolidarity: https://microsolidarity.cc

Jan 12, 202355:39
Debriefing after a climate activist gathering w/ Jonas Gröner

Debriefing after a climate activist gathering w/ Jonas Gröner

A conversation with Jonas Gröner reflecting on his recent gathering of climate justice activists from around Vienna, Austria.  

You can catch up on our previous conversation here: https://anchor.fm/Microsolidarity/episodes/Weaving-Social-Fabric-With-Climate-Justice-Activists-e1jnoei

More about Jonas: https://jonasgroener.com/  

More about microsolidarity: http://microsolidarity.cc

Jan 09, 202350:26
Morgan & Rich reflecting on the Denver 2022 gathering

Morgan & Rich reflecting on the Denver 2022 gathering

video of our conversation is here: https://youtu.be/SGvr4r_hB28

find out more about Morgan's work at Morganic Movement - https://morganicmovement.my.canva.site/

Jan 09, 202350:16
BridgeSpace Commons PDX & Microsolidarity

BridgeSpace Commons PDX & Microsolidarity

Ioan, Josh & Rich talk about the joys & challenges of organising a new community centre in Portland OR  

learn more about the Community Mastery Board here: https://drew.agilelearningcenters.org/alc-one-pagers/ 

and support Microsolidarity here: https://opencollective.com/microsolidarity

Jan 09, 202301:10:14
Reflecting on our Denver Microsolidarity Gathering in October 2022

Reflecting on our Denver Microsolidarity Gathering in October 2022

Rich Bartlett, Lisa-Marie Pierre, and Jordan Lyon reflect on our experiences and harvest our learnings from an Autumn 4-day Microsolidarity gathering in Denver, CO from October 26th-29th.

Video here: https://youtu.be/p0y4qGz0pXQ

More about Microsolidarity: http://microsolidarity.cc

Jan 06, 202301:01:21
Neighborhood Organising in Pennsylvania - Seth Bush & Richard D. Bartlett
Oct 18, 202201:05:48
Introducing 7 communities from the Microsolidarity Network

Introducing 7 communities from the Microsolidarity Network

Here's a recording from our monthly Microsolidarity Network Call, hosted by Jocelyn. Video is here.

Presentations by:

If you want to join us for the next monthly network call, see here: https://www.microsolidarity.cc/participate/events

Sep 02, 202230:31
Primal Gathering: regenerative community building with Nicole Bosky
Aug 24, 202201:00:25
Catalyzberlin Debrief with Ananta

Catalyzberlin Debrief with Ananta

Ananta is @meansinfinity on Twitter. She recently organised a gathering of Twitter people at Medley, a new creative space in Berlin: http://medley.berlin

Rich interviewed her to share any lessons learned.

More about microsolidarity at http://microsolidarity.cc

Aug 23, 202201:08:20
Kaicamp Debrief
Jul 30, 202201:27:60
a roadmap for high-trust communities

a roadmap for high-trust communities

more at http://microsolidarity.cc

Jul 28, 202212:46
Twitter is for Making Friends - Catalyzbon Event Debrief - Silvia Bastos

Twitter is for Making Friends - Catalyzbon Event Debrief - Silvia Bastos

This conversation is about using Twitter to make meaningful community. Rich is in conversation with Silvia, who recently organised a 30-person gathering in Lisbon.  The fundraiser Silvia mentioned: https://www.gofundme.com/f/buddi-and-hap-relief-fund  Join us in the Microsolidarity Discord: https://discord.gg/Kp2xVuSFAX  More at: http://microsolidarity.cc

Jul 20, 202201:05:03
Weaving Social Fabric With Climate Justice Activists

Weaving Social Fabric With Climate Justice Activists

A conversation with Jonas Gröner about his plans to create more community among the climate justice activists in Vienna, Austria.  More about microsolidarity: http://microsolildarity.cc

Jun 13, 202248:22
What We Learned From the 1st Gathering of Microsolidarity Practitioners

What We Learned From the 1st Gathering of Microsolidarity Practitioners

Learn more about Microsolidarity here: http://microsolidarity.cc

Learn more about Doomer Optimism here: https://anchor.fm/doomer-optimism
and here: https://doomeroptimism.substack.com/

Jun 09, 202201:42:29
Managing Participation Inequity in a Housing Coop

Managing Participation Inequity in a Housing Coop

Polarity Management tweet is here: https://twitter.com/RichDecibels/status/1361705188285906945

Learn more about Microsolidarity here: http://microsolidarity.cc

Jun 09, 202201:22:59
Karl Steyaert interview before Microsolidarity Gathering

Karl Steyaert interview before Microsolidarity Gathering

1st Microsolidarity Gathering is happening in Belgium May 2022 (now sold out). 

If you want to join the 2nd gathering, in USA in November, see http://microsolidarity.cc for more info. 

More about Karl: http://www.karlsteyaert.com/about/

Apr 27, 202222:19
VibeCamp Debrief with Brooke

VibeCamp Debrief with Brooke

Vibecamp is https://vibecamp.xyz/

Brooke is @gptbrooke on twitter

Here's how you can donate to the organising team.

Video of this conversation: https://youtu.be/DaQqVBGYPQA

See http://microsolidarity.cc for more

Mar 09, 202250:41
Cults & Community Heartbreak with QC
Mar 09, 202201:20:19
Community & Uncertainty - repost from Reach Truth Podcast

Community & Uncertainty - repost from Reach Truth Podcast

Richard Bartlett speaks with Tasshin Fogleman about Enspiral, microsolidarity, collapse, cults, DAO's, and more.

Originally published on the Reach Truth Podcast:

https://tasshin.com/podcast/


Nov 22, 202101:37:15
Intentional Society

Intentional Society

James Baker, founder of Intentional Society, speaking with Richard D. Bartlett about their community building experience, especially focussed on questions of how to decentralise leadership.  Their website is here: https://intentionalsociety.org/

Nov 22, 202157:58
Blivande - 1st team retreat - Oct 2021

Blivande - 1st team retreat - Oct 2021

A conversation with Diana Monsberger, community organiser at Blivande house in Stockholm. They're having their first team retreat soon, so Diana talked with Rich about how to design the gathering.  

Some questions:  

- how to work with 35 people
- how to include people who don't desire structured intimacy
- how to make it fun and not too serious
- how to include people who can't participate for the full duration of the retreat
- how to encourage people to speak with people they wouldn't otherwise connect with
- how to connect the newbies with people who have been around for longer
- what kinds of rituals can work in this community  

Links:
- Blivande House: https://www.blivande.com/
- Troika Consulting: https://www.liberatingstructures.com/8-troika-consulting/
- Open Space: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology
- Authentic Relating: https://authenticrelating.co/what-is-ar/
- Jojojo question cards: https://www.jojojo.cards/

Oct 02, 202151:14
Enspiral Europe - 1st Gathering

Enspiral Europe - 1st Gathering

Silvia Bastos is one of the co-hosts of the recent Pico Island gathering: https://anchor.fm/Microsolidarity/episodes/Pico-Island-Congregation---1st-Summer-Gathering---June-2021-e136g6k

She interviewed Richard Bartlett, one of the co-hosts of the recent Enspiral Europe gathering. 

Video of this conversation is available here: https://youtu.be/W6T65zm2Jl4

Mentioned in this conversation: 

https://visakanv.gumroad.com/l/friendlynerdbook
https://LifeItself.us
https://en.lacuisinedelabienveillance.org/les-messagers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology
https://www.liberatingstructures.com/8-troika-consulting/
https://epiccollaboration.com/approaches/mg-taylor-practiced-anz-paz
https://www.thehum.org/post/how-do-we-want-to-be-together
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1145867.Sitting_in_the_Fire
https://www.moodcafe.co.uk/media/50868/1.1%20Trigger%20Logs.pdf

http://microsolidarity.cc

Sep 02, 202159:51
Pico Island Congregation - 1st Summer Gathering - June 2021

Pico Island Congregation - 1st Summer Gathering - June 2021

Silvia Bastos, Michal Korzonek & Richard D. Bartlett have a "debrief" conversation after the first gathering of their microsolidarity community in Pico Island, off the coast of Portugal.

Lavishly documented here: https://pico.microsolidarity.cc/projects/summer-gathering-2021

Join the next Microsolidarity practice program: http://thehum.org/microsolidarity 

More about the Microsolidarity project: http://microsolidarity.cc

Video of this conversation: https://youtu.be/4CmvciBqGTk

Jun 21, 202101:19:02
Joshua Vial & Richard D. Bartlett: the journey of a community founder

Joshua Vial & Richard D. Bartlett: the journey of a community founder

Joshua Vial is the founder of Enspiral: we talk about what it's like to be a community founder, how to decentralise power, creating adult-to-adult relationships, vision, experimentation, safety & harm, freedom & responsibility... and lots of other good stuff :)

If you're not familiar with Enspiral, here's some introductory links:

  • a 2 min video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY6eZIbgNrM
  • a 30 min presentation from Alanna Irving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ABqCgKi4X0
  • an interview with Jim Rutt and me https://www.jimruttshow.com/rich-bartlett/

More links:
http://microsolidarity.cc/
https://joshuavial.com/
https://handbook.enspiral.com/

Video from this conversation available here: https://youtu.be/1_3OxvUkPPo

Jun 20, 202101:05:03
Cultural Catalyst Network - Presentation from Karl Staeyert & Leonie Smith
Jun 01, 202027:31
Microsolidarity in Maastricht, pt 2

Microsolidarity in Maastricht, pt 2

Previous episode is here: https://anchor.fm/Microsolidarity/episodes/Microsolidarity-in-Maastricht-pt-1-ebnh65

Bea + Josh are starting a new microsolidarity community in Maastricht in the Netherlands. This is their second conversation with Rich & Nati where they present their plans and seek feedback. We talk about crews, how to develop a sense of shared ownership & participatory culture, and meeting online vs in person.

More info: http://microsolidarity.cc

Apr 29, 202001:02:08
Cultural Catalyst Network - conversation with Karl Steyaert & Richard D. Bartlett
Apr 07, 202001:04:24
Courage & Cooperation: interview with Ari in the Air & Richard D. Bartlett
Apr 02, 202001:12:17
2x7x2 Relational Practice with Ronan Harrington and Richard D. Bartlett
Mar 20, 202028:02
Markel Cormenzana and Richard D. Bartlett get to know each other
Mar 18, 202001:05:04
Microsolidarity in Maastricht pt 1
Feb 11, 202058:46
Nati and john talking about pods at Enspiral
Dec 13, 201932:07
Discussion about Crews at Enspiral Summer Retreat 2019

Discussion about Crews at Enspiral Summer Retreat 2019

Here's a conversation recorded at the big annual gathering of Enspiral, talking about the very practical side of starting and running Crews. This recording is annotated with lots of links, over here:

https://www.microsolidarity.cc/discussing/enspiral-summer-retreat-feb-2019


Feb 27, 201901:11:44
Research questions

Research questions

Links & background here: https://www.microsolidarity.cc/discussing/research-questions

Feb 15, 201946:24