Addy Adewusi is a creative entrepreneur who operates a digital strategy consultancy called Creaction Co. In this episode she and Eric talk about what solopreneurism is and why she was attracted to it, how to keep the value that we generate, having the courage to ask for what we want, using minimalism as part of our life strategy, and about planning to be embarrassed, among other things.

Christina Ducharme is a mother, herbalist, energy healer, and licensed acupuncturist. She owns Blue Heron Acupuncture in Burlington, Vermont. In this episode she and Eric talk about what attracted her to the healing arts, the origins of past life and ancestral trauma and how to heal it, the impacts of nature deficit disorder, the perils of living in a distracted society, the trauma associated with formal education, and practices we can use to break out of old patterns, among other things.

Harlan Morehouse is a lecturer at the University of Vermont with a keen interest in how people negotiate their futures with regard to 21st century social and environmental uncertainties. In this episode he and Eric talk about how catastrophic narratives favor individualism over collectivism, how Harlan stays balanced while immersing himself in these narratives, and why the white middle class in America is so fascinated by the conditions of its own demise, among other things.

Laurie Ristino is a legal and policy expert on food security, the farm bill, ecosystem services, and private lands conservation. In this episode she and Eric talk about some of the ways the Farm Bill has failed, how the pace of change in food and agriculture impacts the success of legislation, the urban-rural divide in the United States, and the impacts of privatizing agricultural innovation, among other things.

M. Jahi Chappell is the senior research fellow in Agroecology and Agricultural Policy at Coventry University’s Centre for Agroecology, Water, and Resilience. In this episode he and Eric talk about why people go hungry in a world with a superabundance of food, the five As of food security, how some governments collude in an attempt to censor discussion about food rights and food sovereignty, and problematic elements of neo-Malthusianism, among other things.

Shannon Martinez is a former Neo-Nazi who today develops and implements programs to inoculate people against violence-based lifestyles and ideologies. She and Eric talk about how anger and a desire for belonging drew her to Neo-Nazism in her teens, the turn of events that led her away from hate, the importance of listening to people trapped in cycles of hate, and using time in nature to inoculate people against hate, among other things.

Jason Hirsch is an anthropologist who studies the history and philosophy of medicine, with a particular interest in Western herbalism and its relationships and tensions operating alongside mainstream medicine in the United States. In this episode he and Eric talk about the impact that seeing ourselves as separate from nature has on health and healing, healing plants as a radicalizing force, and Western herbalism as an anti-capitalist institution, among other things.

Stephen Jenkinson is a teacher, author, storyteller, spiritual activist, farmer, and founder of the Orphan Wisdom School. In this episode he talks with Eric about ancestry and culture, about the difference between entitlement and privilege, and about roots of white supremacy. He and Eric also talk about learning versus knowing, the value of ambivalence, and the difference between getting older and becoming an elder, among other things.

Eugene Kim is a medical student with plans for a residency in psychiatry. He writes weekly reflections on his medical education, and produces the On Death podcast. In this episode he and Eric talk about how so many people struggle when confronted with conversations on death, the spiritual crisis in the western world and how it relates to mental health issues, and what prompted him to explore a psychiatry practice that may eventually include psychedelics, among other things.

Daniel Hansche is a wildlife tracker and naturalist whose work in conservation and education has taken him from wolf dens to elk herds, and now to rhino and lion trails. In this episode he and Eric talk about how he became interested in animal tracking, the tension between loving animals and hunting, what birds can tell us about our broader landscapes, and how little attention some of us can afford to pay in our everyday lives, among other things.