Welcome to 2026, with a curtain-raiser series of bite size highlights drawn from the 2025 wrap up.

2025 started with a summer series featuring nine episodes I produced a few years ago for The RegenNarration spin-off podcast Clean State, focused on regenerative transitions in my home state of Western Australia. That series included previously unheard conversations and still has plenty of currency.

Here's how I previewed it a year ago in ep 236. And here are the voices, places and tunes you're hearing today:

0m - Chantal Caruso (ep 237), with Eden is Lost, by Selfless Orchestra

0.39 - Dr Gary Kendrick (ep 238)

0.50 - Dr Vanessa Rauland (ep 239)

1.10 - Shannon Leigh (ep 240)

1.28 - Dale Tilbrook (ep 241)

1.43 - Stephen King (ep 242)

2.07 - Cindy Stevens (with husband Simon Wallwork) (ep 243)

2.36 - A little Station ID (ep 244), with A Forests Dream, by Cloudjumper (from Free Music Archive), for the ep with Jess Beckerling, now a WA MP

2.55 - Clinton Walker in language (ep 245), of Murujuga in WA (awarded World Heritage status last year)

3.26 - Clinton Walker in English (ep 245), with Stones & Bones, by Owls of the Swamp.

To access all episodes, including the full 2025 highlights package in ep 289, head to the website (where there’ll often be photos), or wherever you get your podcasts.

With thanks to our guests and the musicians who generously granted permission for their music to be heard here.

Title image: Clinton Walker at Murujuga (from his website).

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