Char Chit Chat

Char Chit Chat is created by Dylan Graves and explores char in New Zealand and beyond. The podcast aims to interview a range of people involved in biochar, activated charcoal, carbon anodes, and so on. The main subject will tend to be biochar as that is most accessible and scales from individuals making char in their woodstove over the winter to large industrial pyrolysis units outputting several tonnes per day. Biochar is also a great soil conditioner and improver and so is relevant to gardeners and farmers alike. An introduction and overview of Biochar: https://www.sces.org.nz/biochar

Char Chit Chat is a education podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 32 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Char Chit Chat, a education show with 32 episodes published.

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  CCC S2E10 with Phil Stevens (Slow Farm)

  Jun 19, 202615 min

  Dylan's first face to face podcast with an update from Phil in Ashhurst about what he is up to (S1E2 here ). We had just returned from Hamilton with John after Fieldays 2026 and I was spending two days staying with Phil on my way to Wellington. Phil has been at this property , soon after arriving from the States, for 21 years. It was great to have a tour of his permaculture influenced block of around 1 ha in size. Captioned photos show some of what was on show: https://passionatepermies.wordpress.com/2026/06/20/phil-stevens-podcast-no-2/ Phil also showed me a small local community garden at the library and community orchard near his farm. It seems Ashhurst has benefited from like minded people contributing towards community resilience over the years. Phil is the current Chair of Biochar Network New Zealand and also has some great biochar info on his Slow Farm website: https://slowfarm.co.nz/services/biochar Listen to the podcast on your favourite podcast app, including YouTube podcasts.

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  CCC S2E9 with Lydia Thomsen (Pickled Compost)

  May 26, 202643 minS0

  <p>Episode 9 with Lydia from the Wairarapa covers the relationship between soil health, plant nutrition, and human health. Lydia is a qualified nutritionist on a mission to pickle household food scraps using bokashi buckets along with her bone char made from her friend's Complete Cow farm business, and supporting people on a mission to improve their health.</p><p><br></p><p>We talk about her 2 businesses; Pickled Compost and her personalised nutrition support and her work in public health and as a market gardener. There are some great images from Lydia's websites on the supporting blog post: https://passionatepermies...

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  CCC S2E8 with John Valentine

  May 14, 202630 minS0

  <p>Episode 8 with John explores his recent discovery of biochar for his compost and his method of making it in a stainless steel bucket. This takes some work to do, but in a social context such as hanging out with his grandchildren, is way more like constructive play and not really work at all.</p><p>John has embedded himself into the community in various ways along the Kapiti Coast, living in Paraparaumu, working in Raumati and hanging out at the community gardens in Paekakariki, especially when the char-b-que is fired up and cooking some sausages! He talks about his...

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  CCC S2E7 with Stephen Newman

  Apr 26, 202639 minS0

  <p>Episode 7 features Stephen who lives just north of Auckland on 23 acres. He is one of the farmers who receives food waste from the City To Farm project featured in Season 1 Episode 6. We talk about how he deals with that food waste on his property and what he is using the resulting biochar enriched compost for.</p><p>We learn about Stephen's dung beetle breeding endeavour and how good dung beetles are for livestock based systems.</p><p>Stephen's passion for regenerative agriculture comes across nicely and is evidenced with the work he does with Kaipara Regenerative Farming Group, Future...

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  CCC S2E6 with James McNally

  Apr 20, 202634 minS0

  <p>Episode 6 featured James from the Hawkes Bay. We talk about his current role as a tutor at Land Based Training where he hopes to incorporate biochar into the horticulture courses.</p><p><br></p><p>James' passion for biochar shows through as we get into the chat. He bought himself a kontiki kiln several years ago and wanted to create a business making and selling biochar and blends with other products, but struggled to finance it fully. It is now on the back burner while he works at his current employer. James mentions a company in Australia called Pyrolitech...

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