60 acast.com Jukebox from The Miracle Inn https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/jukebox-from-the-miracle-inn en Morgan Phillips Individualism, Hyperindividualism, Environment, Climate Change, Polarisation, Social Capital, Community, Social Infrastructure Morgan Phillips The Miracle Inn is an attempt to build community in an age of hyper-individualism. We believe that many of the biggest challenges we face today - from the climate and nature crisis to loneliness, declining trust and political division - are made harder by the fact that we come together less, and are slowly forgetting how to. The Miracle Inn is a response to that and a way to reverse the trend. On the Jukebox podcast we ask each guest to choose three songs they'd put on The Miracle Inn jukebox if they were ever to visit. The songs are a starting point for a conversation about their work and their ideas, but we also get to know them a little bit more too. So it is a bit like a conversation you might have with someone at a pub, a bar, a café, or an inn. Hosted by co-founder and executive director of The Miracle Inn, Morgan Phillips.

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]]> The Miracle Inn is an attempt to build community in an age of hyper-individualism. We believe that many of the biggest challenges we face today - from the climate and nature crisis to loneliness, declining trust and political division - are made harder by the fact that we come together less, and are slowly forgetting how to. The Miracle Inn is a response to that and a way to reverse the trend. On the Jukebox podcast we ask each guest to choose three songs they'd put on The Miracle Inn jukebox if they were ever to visit. The songs are a starting point for a conversation about their work and their ideas, but we also get to know them a little bit more too. So it is a bit like a conversation you might have with someone at a pub, a bar, a café, or an inn. Hosted by co-founder and executive director of The Miracle Inn, Morgan Phillips.

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]]> false Morgan Phillips info+6a6af91e501e9815148fd795@mg-eu.acast.com 6a6af91e501e9815148fd795 jukebox-from-the-miracle-inn https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1785395221354-87dbc535-53f4-4b57-8477-05a0da174069.jpeg https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/jukebox-from-the-miracle-inn Jukebox from The Miracle Inn Michael Maniates - Episode 1 - JUKEBOX - The Miracle Inn Michael Maniates - Episode 1 - JUKEBOX - The Miracle Inn Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:53:07 GMT 53:14 6a6b25c31475e45906a5517c false http://www.themiracleinn.org 6a6b25c31475e45906a5517c 6a6af91e501e9815148fd795 michael-maniates-episode-1-jukebox-the-miracle-inn full 1 1 Episode 1: Michael Maniates (July 2026)


For the last four decades we have been urged, as individuals, to 'live green', to be a 'green consumer'. The theory of change we have been sold is this: if enough individuals adopt green lifestyles the planet will be 'saved'. It is a story told to us by brands, politicians, NGOs, and celebrities. Many of us will have told this story ourselves too, to friends, colleagues, family members and, if environmentalism is our profession, our audiences. But what if it isn't true? What if the focus on individual acts of environmental stewardship is a distraction from what really needs to happen. In this first episode of the Jukebox podcast, Professor Michael Maniates asks us to think again about why we choose to live green. 


The Miracle Inn


Jukebox is a podcast by The Miracle Inn, hosted by Dr Morgan Phillips. On the Jukebox podcast we ask each guest to choose three songs they'd put on The Miracle Inn jukebox if they were ever to visit. The songs are a starting point for a conversation about their work and their ideas, but we also get to know them a little bit more too. 


The Miracle Inn is a community interest company and membership organisation focused on tackling the phenomenon of hyper-individualism. 


Sign up to our newsletter at themiracleinn.org/newsletter to learn more about our work and future episodes of the Jukebox podcast.


Our regular online events are open to all and can be found at themiracleinn.org/events-calendar


To support the podcast and our wider work please become a member of The Miracle Inn at themiracleinn.org/join


Michael's song choices


  1. 'Southern Cross' by Crosby, Stills and Nash
  2. 'The Pretender' by Jackson Brown
  3. 'Come Downstairs and Say Hello' by Guster


We have created a Spotify playlist featuring all three songs and a song from Euros Child's album The Miracle Inn. If you have another device within earshot, you could put this playlist on in the background while you listen to the conversation: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/21kCG0lHZJrlkjnZg4PHpM?si=ff34531dd322461e




Michael's 'accidently on purpose' item


The item Michael would 'accidentally on purpose' leave behind at The Miracle Inn in the hope that someone might pick it up and engage with it is a documentary 'The adventures of a radical hillbilly'. You can watch it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSwW0zc-QBQ



Mentioned during the conversation


Book: The Living-Green Myth: The Promise and Limits of Lifestyle Environmentalism by Michael Maniates: https://www.hive.co.uk/product/michael-maniates/the-living-green-myth--the-promise-and-limits-of-lifestyle-environmentalism/23212676


Essay: Individualization: Plant a Tree, Buy a Bike, Save the World? by Michael Maniates: http://www.sindark.com/phd/thesis/sources/Maniates.pdf


Book: Consumption Corridors - Living a Good Life within Sustainable Limits by Doris Fuchs, Marlyne Sahakian, Tobias Gumbert, Antonietta Di Giulio, Michael Maniates, Sylvia Lorek, Antonia Graf: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9780367748746/consumption-corridors-doris-fuchs-marlyne-sahakian-tobias-gumbert-antonietta-di-giulio-michael-maniates-sylvia-lorek-antonia-graf


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]]> Episode 1: Michael Maniates (July 2026)


For the last four decades we have been urged, as individuals, to 'live green', to be a 'green consumer'. The theory of change we have been sold is this: if enough individuals adopt green lifestyles the planet will be 'saved'. It is a story told to us by brands, politicians, NGOs, and celebrities. Many of us will have told this story ourselves too, to friends, colleagues, family members and, if environmentalism is our profession, our audiences. But what if it isn't true? What if the focus on individual acts of environmental stewardship is a distraction from what really needs to happen. In this first episode of the Jukebox podcast, Professor Michael Maniates asks us to think again about why we choose to live green. 


The Miracle Inn


Jukebox is a podcast by The Miracle Inn, hosted by Dr Morgan Phillips. On the Jukebox podcast we ask each guest to choose three songs they'd put on The Miracle Inn jukebox if they were ever to visit. The songs are a starting point for a conversation about their work and their ideas, but we also get to know them a little bit more too. 


The Miracle Inn is a community interest company and membership organisation focused on tackling the phenomenon of hyper-individualism. 


Sign up to our newsletter at themiracleinn.org/newsletter to learn more about our work and future episodes of the Jukebox podcast.


Our regular online events are open to all and can be found at themiracleinn.org/events-calendar


To support the podcast and our wider work please become a member of The Miracle Inn at themiracleinn.org/join


Michael's song choices


  1. 'Southern Cross' by Crosby, Stills and Nash
  2. 'The Pretender' by Jackson Brown
  3. 'Come Downstairs and Say Hello' by Guster


We have created a Spotify playlist featuring all three songs and a song from Euros Child's album The Miracle Inn. If you have another device within earshot, you could put this playlist on in the background while you listen to the conversation: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/21kCG0lHZJrlkjnZg4PHpM?si=ff34531dd322461e




Michael's 'accidently on purpose' item


The item Michael would 'accidentally on purpose' leave behind at The Miracle Inn in the hope that someone might pick it up and engage with it is a documentary 'The adventures of a radical hillbilly'. You can watch it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSwW0zc-QBQ



Mentioned during the conversation


Book: The Living-Green Myth: The Promise and Limits of Lifestyle Environmentalism by Michael Maniates: https://www.hive.co.uk/product/michael-maniates/the-living-green-myth--the-promise-and-limits-of-lifestyle-environmentalism/23212676


Essay: Individualization: Plant a Tree, Buy a Bike, Save the World? by Michael Maniates: http://www.sindark.com/phd/thesis/sources/Maniates.pdf


Book: Consumption Corridors - Living a Good Life within Sustainable Limits by Doris Fuchs, Marlyne Sahakian, Tobias Gumbert, Antonietta Di Giulio, Michael Maniates, Sylvia Lorek, Antonia Graf: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9780367748746/consumption-corridors-doris-fuchs-marlyne-sahakian-tobias-gumbert-antonietta-di-giulio-michael-maniates-sylvia-lorek-antonia-graf


Organisation: The Story of Stuff Project: https://www.storyofstuff.org/

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