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A Flower Growing Out of a Compost Heap — with Charlie Mgee

A Flower Growing Out of a Compost Heap — with Charlie Mgee

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"A song is sort of like a flower coming out of a compost heap." — Charlie Mgee, Formidable VegetableCharlie Mgee once turned down $120,000 a year cutting carrots for a fossil fuel company. His finger wouldn't send the email. Instead, he took $2,000 and spent a year volunteering at festivals around the country — ending up at Woodford, where the seed of Formidable Vegetable was planted in a permaculture talk at the Greenhouse.More than 20 years later, he's built a straw house in Denmark, WA with 40 friends. For a while, he could buy a croissant from the local bakery made from the same wheat crop as his walls. He's played Glastonbury five times, quit flying for seven years, and written a viral song from a hotel room in Slovakia that got shared by Reggie Watts and contributed — he'll take it — to a wobble in a certain streaming giant's share price..Harley Breen sits down with Charlie for a conversation that covers an almost unreasonable amount of ground. They talk about what permaculture actually is once you get past the composting dunny of Charlie's childhood and into the systems thinking, the indigenous knowledge frameworks, and the radical idea that self-sufficiency is a myth — community is the point. About the impossible balance of being a touring musician who believes in living locally. About a major streaming platform investing artist royalties in AI killer drone technology, and the song Charlie wrote about it in a hotel room in Slovakia. About what it means to be a Luddite in 2025 as an act of resistance. And about active hope — the Joanna Macy framework that keeps Charlie going on the days when nihilism starts winning.Also: garden snails purged with flour, eaten like salami bites, and treated as pets first. You've been warned.This episode is for:Anyone who has ever wondered if the small ethical choices they make actually add up to anythingPeople who believe music can change the world — and want to hear from someone who has spent 20 years testing that theoryAnyone who has looked at the state of the world and needed someone to give them a framework for not losing their mindDive in to hear about:The $120,000 fossil fuel job Charlie's finger wouldn't let him accept — and the year of festival volunteering that followedHow a permaculture talk at Woodford's Greenhouse stage became the origin story of Formidable VegetableThe viral song recorded in a hotel room in Slovakia, Reggie Watts, and what it means to chip away at a giantWhy Charlie quit flying for seven years, what it cost him, and why he started againActive hope — Joanna Macy's framework for staying functional in the face of the world's problemsWhy AI music is the next frontier and Charlie's plan to troll it backKey topics: Formidable Vegetable, Charlie Mgee, permaculture, regenerative living, music activism, Woodford Folk Festival, sustainable building, Glastonbury, AI music, active hopeTo come to the Woodford Folk Festival this year visit: https://woodfordfolkfestival.com/FOR MORE:Harley Breen: https://www.harleybreen.com.auFormidable Vegetable:Socials: https://www.instagram.com/formidableveg/https://www.instagram.com/not_just_charlieWeb: https://formidablevegetable.com.au/https://formidablevegetable.bandcamp.com/ Joanna Macy and the Work That Reconnects: https://workthatreconnects.orgCREDITS: Host: Harley Breen | Guest: Charlie Mgee of Formidable Vegetable | Executive Producer: Benny Wallington, Bree Hickson-Jamieson | Producers: Cameron Scurrah, Georgia Shaw, Amelie Barham, Benjamin 'Tofty' Toft | Video Editing: Nick Haddow | Music by: The East Pointers | Recorded on Jinibara Country Recorded December 2025#RadioWoodfordia #FormidableVegetable #CharlieMgee #HarleyBreen #WoodfordFolkFestival #Woodfordia #Permaculture #Sustainability #MusicActivism #AIMusic #RegenerativeLiving #ActiveHope #Podcast #LiveMusicJoin the Woodfordian Citizens:Perks -- Bi-Monthly emails sharing the ins and outs of the world of Woodfordia and the people who keep the heart beating.- Special invites to special events on site at Woodfordia. Super special.- Bonus podcast content- Early early bird access to Woodford Folk Festival tickets- Early access to workshop bookings at Woodford Folk FestivalVisit: woodfordia.org/woodfordia/become-a-citizenMore information at www.woodfordia.orgFor the festival: www.woodfordfolkfestival.comFor Harley: https://www.harleybreen.com.au/Credits:Host: Harley BreenExecutive Producers: Bree Hickson-Jamieson, Josh Weier, Benny WallingtonAudio mastering: Kieron AtkinsonMusic by: The East Pointers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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