The rebalance podcast

A Highwire walker’s journey to find the true meaning of balance.

Celebrated highwire walker Ellis Grover has mastered physical balance, but now faces twin challenges: personal instability and the environmental crisis threatening our planet. From environmental instability to the delicate equilibrium of our own minds, Ellis explores how we've lost our balance in both nature and ourselves. The Rebalance Podcast delves into this precarious state through conversations with environmental activists, scientists, mental health experts, and local changemakers. Ellis investigates the forces destabilising our ecosystems and psyches from while seeking holistic solutions to restore equilibrium. Blending his unique perspective as a wire walker with urgent environmental and personal concerns, Ellis embarks on a journey to rebalance his own life and inspire action to steady our wobbling world, inside and out. Through lighthearted moments and profound questions, he uncovers the interconnected art of balancing on the wire, in our communities, and with the planet itself.

“Balance is imperative for existence from the inner workings of the heart and mind to the planet and even the cosmos beyond it. I believe it’s the overarching fundamental law, the more you ignore it, the worse things get. My rope taught me that.” 

CHAPTER ONE

From source to solution

From Source to Solution is a podcast series that takes listeners on a journey along the River Usk, tracing its path from its pristine source in the Brecon Beacons to its polluted estuary at Newport. Along the way, the series uncovers the critical environmental challenges facing this iconic Welsh river - agricultural runoff, sewage overflows, microplastics, and life threatening industrial contamination - while highlighting actionable solutions through compelling interviews with activists, conservationists, local residents, and policymakers. Blending breathtaking interviews with urgent advocacy, From Source to Solution is both a celebration of the Usk’s natural beauty and a rallying cry for change, aiming to hold those accountable and inspiring hope, direction and solution for a cleaner, healthier future for our waterways.