72. What are you doing with your life? Or; Angels and Demons at Play
When are you going to become a productive member of society?
71. The Art of Inner Tracking with Luke McLaughlin of Holistic Survival School
What does it mean to be a primitive skills instructor in the heart of the city? What happens when we embrace the contradictions of modern living?
70. How and Why to Eat Acorns - A Step-by-Step Foraging Tutorial
Everything you need to know to start gathering and eating acorns this season!
69. Climate Change Grief Pt. II - Visions, Wildfires, and the Children of Compost
Recognizing that top-down solutions have failed to materialize, the time has come for us to begin self-organizing in the interests of preserving and regenerating whatever is within our reach.
68. Coping With Climate Change Grief - What Comes After Acceptance?
What happens when we allow ourselves to grieve over a war that’s already been lost? How do we move from climate pessimism to climate acceptance?
67. Uncovering America's Hidden Empire with Historian Daniel Immerwahr
Daniel Immerwahr, author of How to Hide an Empire, shares some of the stranger-than-fiction stories that characterize America’s unique brand of imperialism.
66. Explaining Nothing, Defending Nothing - Behind the Scenes with Sam Sycamore
In this episode I explain what’s been going on behind the scenes of the podcast, and what to expect going forward.
65. Rainwater Harvesting for Adaptive Habitats with Rob Avis of Verge Permaculture
Design and install your own rainwater catchment system with Rob’s tried-and-true techniques.
64. Partnering with Powerful Trees - How and Why with Akiva Silver of Twisted Tree Farm
Akiva Silver shares the true value of working with some of the world’s most generous and abundant tree crops.
63. The Collapse is Not Your Fault: Climate Change and Near-Term Human Extinction
Who is responsible for our rapidly changing climate and our rapidly declining ecosystems?
62. The Pursuit of Irrelevance and Illegibility with Sam Sycamore
The Powers That Be will never offer you an exit, so it’s up to you to seek out novel strategies for engaging on your own terms.
61. Bearing Witness to Wounded Landscapes with Trebbe Johnson, author of Radical Joy For Hard Times
Author Trebbe Johnson invites us to create simple acts of beauty for the wounded places we love.
60. You Do Not Exist
You do not exist. I do not exist. Ask your I: “What are you”? And your I will reply, “I am not.”
59. Home is Where the Truck is Parked with Kelly Moody of the Ground Shots Podcast
A discussion about life, land, plants & death with Kelly Moody, in her camper on the beach in Santa Cruz, California.
58. Disrupting Racism Using Deep Connection with Aaron Johnson, Porsha Beed and Jennie Pearl of Holistic Resistance
Holistic Resistance is dedicated to dealing with and healing from racism by fostering deep personal connections.
57. Sexual Liberation and the Question of Masculinity with Ev'Yan Whitney, Sexuality Doula
Ev’Yan Whitney encourages women and men alike to fight the patriarchy by taking ownership of their sexuality; plus, Sam Sycamore shares some thoughts on the path towards healthy masculinity.
56. Seaweed Foraging on the California Coast with Heidi Herrmann of Strong Arm Farm
Where ocean meets land: that’s where you’ll find Heidi Herrmann, who spends the better part of each summer meticulously hand-harvesting wild seaweed.
55. Reading Your Body, Reading the Land with Adam Haritan of Learn Your Land
Adam Haritan invites us to connect the dots between personal health and environmental health.
54. Ecological Awareness and the Wildlife Web with Thomas J. Elpel
Wilderness living instructor Thomas Elpel dishes on his latest project Wildlife Web, and shares wisdom gleaned through many years of teaching ecological literacy.
53. What is the Good Life? Reflecting on a Decade with Sam Sycamore
“Sam Sycamore, how do you define the good life?”
52. Civilized to Death and Living on the Fringes with Chris Ryan, host of Tangentially Speaking
What if all those hallmarks of modernity that we think we can’t live without are actually killing us?
51. Wildlife Tracking and Coastal Prairie Ranching with Doniga Markegard, author of Dawn Again
Wildlife tracker and holistic rancher Doniga Markegard describes how her unique background informs her life out on the coastal prairie of California.
50. Cannabis Culture in Oregon with Micayla Harland of Hash It Out
Hash It Out host Micayla Harland shares her expertise regarding all things cannabis, from terpenes to concentrates to working in this booming new industry.