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FOR THE WILD on Slow Media

For The Wild - April 24, 2024 18:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
We’re calling in slow media. Feeling into the need for slow, emotionally grounded, and resonant content, we’ll be pausing weekly episodes to fully embody a slow media approach. The past ten years of interviews have shown us how media should be slow, rooted, and steadying, and this shift to slow...

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DORI MIDNIGHT on Spinning Webs of Support [ENCORE]

For The Wild - April 17, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
This  week we are rebroadcasting our episode with Dori Midnight, originally aired in October 2022. “With a prayer to imagine beyond the current structures and systems, and kind of weave ourselves into, and be wrapped inside of, the invisible cloak that is interdependence, that is mutual aid, th...

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KIMBERLY ANN JOHNSON on Pleasure as Pathway [ENCORE]

For The Wild - April 10, 2024 18:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
This week we are rebroadcasting our episode with Kimberly Ann Johnson originally aired in April 2023.  Feeling into the state of our nervous systems and our relationships with each other and ourselves, this episode offers a powerful perspective on the importance of recognizing and tending to ho...

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SOPHIE STRAND on Myths as Maps [ENCORE]

For The Wild - April 03, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
This week we are rebroadcasting our episode with Sophie Strand which originally aired in November 2022.  In this winding and lucid conversation, guest Sophie Strand invites us to investigate our relationality, to embrace rot and decay, to welcome our demons to the dinner table, and to prepare f...

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MAYA KHOSLA on What the Forest Holds [ENCORE]

For The Wild - March 27, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
This week we are rebroadcasting our interview with Maya Khosla which originally aired in November 2022. What can the forest teach us of grief, of joy, of humanity? This week, poet and scientist Maya Khosla invites listeners into the forests of Northern California to find deep reverence for the ...

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ROSS REID How We Talk About What Matters /369

For The Wild - March 20, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Inviting listeners into his deep connection with the forest and the natural world, Ross Reid brings an inspirational energy and commitment to this interview. Connecting around their shared love for old growth and wild places, Ross and Ayana consider what it means to get people interested in prot...

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JAROD K. ANDERSON on Reclaiming Limits [ENCORE]

For The Wild - March 13, 2024 18:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
This week we are rebroadcasting our interview with Jarod K Anderson, originally aired in January 2023.  Bringing us into his world of nature, awe, and magical poetry, guest Jarod K. Anderson reminds us that our human journey is worthy of just as much love and affection as the natural world arou...

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THREE BLACK MEN on the World as Ritual /368

For The Wild - March 06, 2024 19:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
This week we are thrilled to bring you a special conversation from a dear friend of the podcast, Bayo Akomolafe. Recorded while in Ghana for the Three Black Men Tour, this conversation features the voices of Bayo Akomolafe, Resmaa Menakem, Orland Bishop, Victoria Santos and Okhiogbe Omonblanks O...

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ADRIENNE MAREE BROWN on Pleasure as Birthright [ENCORE] /367

For The Wild - February 28, 2024 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
This week we are rebroadcasting our interview with adrienne maree brown which originally aired in April 2019. adrienne maree brown begins this week’s episode by asking, “If we were not ashamed of our pleasure, what would become possible? If we started to understand that pleasure is something th...

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ERIK ASSADOURIAN on Dreams of the Long Future /366

For The Wild - February 21, 2024 19:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Introducing listeners to his way of worship and connection to the Earth, this week’s guest Erik Assadourian offers insight into the religious framing and practical applications of the Gaian way. Erik shares his spiritual path of recognizing interdependence with the Earth and shares how he dreams...

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MERLIN SHELDRAKE on Embodied Entanglements / 365

For The Wild - February 14, 2024 19:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Winding through questions of philosophy, science, and meaning making, this week’s episode brings together vital thoughts on what it means to live an embodied life in an entangled world. Guest Merlin Sheldrake shares the motivations that drew him to study fungi and the complex ways this study has...

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SKY HOPINKA on What We Pass On /364

For The Wild - February 07, 2024 19:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
This week, Ayana is joined by Sky Hopinka in a conversation that dives deep into the meaning of art and film and the stories and emotions we share between generations. Sky grounds the conversation in his incredible expertise and thoughtful approach to media. Touching on the very questions of who...

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Othering and Belonging with Udi Raz, Yasmeen Daher, and Cecilie Surasky

For The Wild - January 31, 2024 19:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
This week we are excited to continue our collaboration with UC Berkeley's Othering and Belonging Institute to bring you a conversation from The Othering and Belonging Conference in Berlin, Germany. This conversation is introduced by Monica Jiang, is moderated by Cecilie Surasky and features the...

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SYLVIA V. LINSTEADT on The Motherline /363

For The Wild - January 24, 2024 19:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Tracing ancestry through the motherline, this week’s guest Sylvia V. Linsteadt introduces listeners to the world of matrilineal myth and wisdom. For Sylvia, story and myth are very much alive and can offer valuable insight especially as we consider what it means to inhabit a place. From stories ...

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TYSON YUNKAPORTA on Inviolable Lore /362

For The Wild - January 17, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
What beckons us, calls to us from beyond? Tuning into a magic that flows from the universe, not from an individualized self, Tyson Yunkaporta offers lucid insight into the current state of the world in this week’s episode. In maddening times of dissonance and disconnection, Tyson speaks to the n...

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LAYLA K. FEGHALI on The Land in Our Bones /361

For The Wild - January 10, 2024 19:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
In a timely and heart-wrenching episode, returning guest Layla K. Feghali shares the power and perseverance of homeland, even in the face of colonial violence. As the genocide in Palestine continues and worsens, Layla offers a powerful call to listen to our rage and take real action against empi...

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MOLLY YOUNG BROWN on The Great Turning /360

For The Wild - January 03, 2024 19:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
What if we started with gratitude? With love? In this episode Ayana is joined by longtime mentor Molly Young Brown in a discussion that tends to what it means to be human in times of polycrisis and unraveling. Grounding the conversation in practice of group processing, activism, and relationali...

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END OF YEAR UPDATE 2023

For The Wild - December 20, 2023 19:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
In the spirit of the solstice, we are taking a pause from our regular episode schedule. We’re also taking the time to express our immense gratitude for the wonderful community that makes For The Wild possible – our lovely team, our community of guests, our Patreon community, and our listeners al...

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The Edges in the Middle, VII: Báyò Akómoláfé, Sa’ed Atshan, Cecilie Surasky

For The Wild - December 13, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Continuing the conversation series, “The Edges in the Middle,” presented in collaboration with UC Berkeley’s Othering and Belonging Institute, For The Wild is delighted to share this conversation between Báyò Akómoláfé, Sa’ed Atshan, and Cecilie Surasky.  Starting from the premise that all peop...

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SANDOR ELLIX KATZ on Cultures of Fermentation /359

For The Wild - December 06, 2023 19:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
“No organism is an island.” As Sandor Katz reminds us in this delightful and informative episode, all life on earth is deeply interdependent. Though modern food systems alienate us from our environments and from the ways, we cannot totally sever ourselves from the environments and nutrients that...

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BETTY MARTIN on The Language of Consent /358

For The Wild - November 29, 2023 19:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
In this week’s episode we tap deep into the trust, desire, intimacy, and vulnerability that come from relationality. Betty Martin offers her vast knowledge of bodywork, somatics, and consent to give listeners insight into what she calls “The Wheel of Consent,” a quadrant that details a practice ...

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KURT RUSSO on a Prayer of Mourning /357

For The Wild - November 22, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
How can a relationship with one animal open the door to the depths of humanity? In this episode, returning guest Kurt Russo shares how he came to see the world through Tokitae, a Southern Resident Orca held captive in the Miami Seaquarium for decades. As he mourns Tokitae’s recent death, Kurt re...

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ERIN MANNING on the Choreography of Neurodiversity /356

For The Wild - November 15, 2023 19:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Blending theory, practice, and fascinating cultural vision, this week’s conversation with Erin Manning calls into question the systems and practices that keep us stuck.    Erin’s imagination and openness seem endless as she describes how we may work to create movements for other ways of being. ...

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CORRINA GOULD on Settler Responsibility and Reciprocity [ENCORE] /355

For The Wild - November 08, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
This week we are taking a pause from our regularly scheduled releases to rebroadcast Corrina Gould’s potent and powerful episode that originally aired in November 2020.  We hope that this episode serves as a reminder of humanity and land rematriation in the face of deep colonial violence. The g...

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FARIHA RÓISÍN on the Courage of Listening to Our Bodies /354

For The Wild - November 02, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
This week, Fariha Róisín offers both timely and timeless wisdom on what it means to live in a body that has experienced trauma. This is a conversation that bears witness to the deep terror and distress of the world and still charges forward with undying compassion and care – the compassion and c...

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PERDITA FINN on the Long Story of Our Souls /353

For The Wild - October 25, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Invoking ancestry, magic, and a deep relationship with the Dead, this week’s guest Perdita Finn invites listeners into a world of mystery. Perdita’s work, including her new book Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World, calls humanity to engage with a faith in the unseen world, a...

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JACQUELINE SUSKIN on The Poetry of Seasons /352

For The Wild - October 18, 2023 17:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
As those of us in the Northern Hemisphere enter into autumn, this week’s guest Jacqueline Suskin reminds us that the earth gives us dedicated time for reflection. In a conversation that roots deeply into seasonality and life’s rhythms, Jacqueline’s meditations and suggestions feel perfectly time...

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OBI KAUFMANN on the Ecotone of Art and Science /351

For The Wild - October 11, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
What is life at the edges of ecosystems, at the moments of convergence? In this week’s episode, guest Obi Kaufmann introduces listeners to his understanding of consilience – emphasizing the importance of art and science in sacred relationship.  Obi shares in a reverie about what California has ...

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JASON BALDES on Buffalo and Land Rematriation /350

For The Wild - October 04, 2023 18:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Bringing us to the Wind River Reservation, this week’s guest, Jason Baldes, shares his work to bring back wild Buffalo to Wind River and to rematriate land to the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes. Jason offers his deep wisdom about the ecological, spiritual, and cultural importance o...

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The Edges in the Middle, VI: Báyò Akómoláfé, Madhulika Banerjee, and Minna Salami

For The Wild - September 27, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Continuing the conversation series, “The Edges in the Middle,” presented in collaboration with UC Berkeley’s Othering and Belonging Institute, For The Wild is delighted to share this conversation between Báyò Akómoláfé, Madhulika Banerjee, and Minna Salami.  Speaking on the theme, “Democracy an...

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