60 acast.com The Tools at Hand with Harrison Gardner https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrisongardner en harrisongardner personal development, self-improvement, problem solving, resilience, community, innovation, craftsmanship, entrepreneurship, leadership, creativity, life skills, human potential, building, learning, practical wisdom harrisongardner Using what we have, to build what we need. We live in a complex world. And navigating it as the complex, hopeful, emotional, ambitious human beings that we are takes a very real set of tools. The Tools at Hand is a podcast about people who have done the work of finding and developing those tools. People who saw a problem, or felt one, and instead of waiting for someone else to fix it, started figuring it out for themselves. In their community, their discipline, their craft, or their own inner life. Each episode in conversation with one guest who gives an honest account of what it actually took to build something real. The question underneath every conversation is: what did you have to learn to build this?



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]]> We live in a complex world. And navigating it as the complex, hopeful, emotional, ambitious human beings that we are takes a very real set of tools. The Tools at Hand is a podcast about people who have done the work of finding and developing those tools. People who saw a problem, or felt one, and instead of waiting for someone else to fix it, started figuring it out for themselves. In their community, their discipline, their craft, or their own inner life. Each episode in conversation with one guest who gives an honest account of what it actually took to build something real. The question underneath every conversation is: what did you have to learn to build this?



The Tools at Hand podcast is brought to you by Bord Gáis Energy. 



New episodes drop every Thursday.

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]]> false harrisongardner info+69d15ad5d2e95f5131644e74@mg-eu.acast.com 69d15ad5d2e95f5131644e74 the-tools-at-hand-with-harrison-gardner https://anchor.fm/s/10f0b5954/podcast/rss episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/69d15ad5d2e95f5131644e74/1775819070862-6aab0f84-5ae5-44c7-a3fb-bec76a8c9b85.jpeg https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harrisongardner The Tools at Hand with Harrison Gardner https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/69d15ad5d2e95f5131644e74 https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1877157848. Aoife Dunne: Building a Life That Makes You Laugh Aoife Dunne: Building a Life That Makes You Laugh Wed, 06 May 2026 23:00:00 GMT 48:13 69e0e2830b4baf3bf2cb7009 true https://shows.acast.com/the-tools-at-hand-with-harrison-gardner/episodes/aoife-dunne-building-a-life-that-makes-you-laugh 69e0e2830b4baf3bf2cb7009 69d15ad5d2e95f5131644e74 aoife-dunne-building-a-life-that-makes-you-laugh full 1 4 Aoife Dunne is repeatedly selling out her hit comedy show GOOD GRIEF across Ireland and lucky for us, she found a moment in the middle of it all, to join us in the studio. In this episode, she and Harrison talk about what it actually takes to build a creative life, trust your own voice, and use comedy to process the harder parts of being alive with some honesty.


Contains strong language.


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]]> Aoife Dunne is repeatedly selling out her hit comedy show GOOD GRIEF across Ireland and lucky for us, she found a moment in the middle of it all, to join us in the studio. In this episode, she and Harrison talk about what it actually takes to build a creative life, trust your own voice, and use comedy to process the harder parts of being alive with some honesty.


Contains strong language.


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]]> Seán McCabe: Owning the Future Together Seán McCabe: Owning the Future Together Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT 56:15 69e750b9289eeb2c7b426c7e false https://shows.acast.com/the-tools-at-hand-with-harrison-gardner/episodes/sean-mccabe-owning-the-future-together 69e750b9289eeb2c7b426c7e 69d15ad5d2e95f5131644e74 sean-mccabe-owning-the-future-together full 1 3 Most climate action starts with a government or a corporation. Seán McCabe started with a community football club. As the Head of Climate Justice & Sustainability at the Bohemian Climate Cooperative, he and his community are using cooperative ownership to fund renewable energy and retrofit homes from the ground up. He and Harrison talk about what it really means to give people a stake in something, and why that changes everything.


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]]> Most climate action starts with a government or a corporation. Seán McCabe started with a community football club. As the Head of Climate Justice & Sustainability at the Bohemian Climate Cooperative, he and his community are using cooperative ownership to fund renewable energy and retrofit homes from the ground up. He and Harrison talk about what it really means to give people a stake in something, and why that changes everything.


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]]> Iseult Ward: Rescuing Food, Building Systems Iseult Ward: Rescuing Food, Building Systems Wed, 22 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT 48:38 69e0bd1ea0cdd3989c303d95 false https://shows.acast.com/the-tools-at-hand-with-harrison-gardner/episodes/iseult-ward-rescuing-food-building-systems 69e0bd1ea0cdd3989c303d95 69d15ad5d2e95f5131644e74 iseult-ward-rescuing-food-building-systems full 1 2 Every day in Ireland, good food is thrown away while families go without. Iseult Ward co-founded FoodCloud to close that gap and has built one of Europe's most effective food redistribution systems. She and Harrison talk about what it takes to turn a good idea into real infrastructure, and why food is rarely just about food.


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]]> Every day in Ireland, good food is thrown away while families go without. Iseult Ward co-founded FoodCloud to close that gap and has built one of Europe's most effective food redistribution systems. She and Harrison talk about what it takes to turn a good idea into real infrastructure, and why food is rarely just about food.


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]]> Using What You Have to Create What You Need Using What You Have to Create What You Need Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT 1:04:38 69d90556d3f0dd7747cc1df3 false https://shows.acast.com/the-tools-at-hand-with-harrison-gardner/episodes/using-what-you-have-to-create-what-you-need 69d90556d3f0dd7747cc1df3 69d15ad5d2e95f5131644e74 using-what-you-have-to-create-what-you-need full 1 1 Before the guests arrive, Harrison sets out the idea at the heart of this podcast. From a slum in Ahmedabad to Gandhi's salt march, a piece of American legislation that affected everyone… but that nobody read, and a damp stone cottage on the west coast of Ireland, this is the episode that explains why the show exists and what it is for.


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]]> Before the guests arrive, Harrison sets out the idea at the heart of this podcast. From a slum in Ahmedabad to Gandhi's salt march, a piece of American legislation that affected everyone… but that nobody read, and a damp stone cottage on the west coast of Ireland, this is the episode that explains why the show exists and what it is for.


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]]> The Tools at Hand Podcast The Tools at Hand Podcast Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:00:00 GMT 1:08 69d9095e00eb02bda118f4ed false https://shows.acast.com/the-tools-at-hand-with-harrison-gardner/episodes/the-tools-at-hand-podcast 69d9095e00eb02bda118f4ed 69d15ad5d2e95f5131644e74 the-tools-at-hand-podcast trailer 1 Ten conversations. Ten people who stopped waiting and started building. The Tools at Hand podcast. First episode drops this Thursday, and then every Thursday after that.


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]]> Ten conversations. Ten people who stopped waiting and started building. The Tools at Hand podcast. First episode drops this Thursday, and then every Thursday after that.


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