Lyla June is a Diné singer, writer, and activist. Her music and message centers around intergenerational and inter-ethnic healing, as well as Indigenous philosophy. In this episode Lyla and Eric talk about the traumatic roots of the settler colonial paradigm, how our guiding stories and sense of self are necessarily rooted in homeland, and how delicate and brittle American society has become without a place-based identity, among other things.

In this solo episode Eric talks about where the value of things comes from. He delves into the Buddhist idea of the hungry ghost and the American Indian notion of the wetiko, the cannibal who consumes far beyond the point of satiety. He reflects on how these archetypes have become overwhelmingly common in modern society, fueled by consumerism, and what steps we can take to escape from that downward spiral.

Dr. Frederick Kaufman is the author of Bet the Farm: When Food Stopped Being Food, as well as other books, and has also written for Harper’s Magazine. He’s a Professor at City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism, and has written about food and finance for, at this point decades. In this episode Fred and I talk about the origins and function of commodity markets, what a derivative is, transparency in food markets, commodifying ecosystem services, and money as metaphor, among other th

JP Sears is an emotional healing coach, video producer, teacher, speaker, author, and curious student of life. His book How to Be Ultra Spiritual, was released in March of 2017. He and Eric talk about producing his comedic Ultra Spiritual YouTube videos, how using humor can help people drop their guards and see their shadows more clearly, how hurt people tend to hurt people, how our beliefs are wonderful servants but terrible masters, and which of his many videos is his favorite, among other things.

In this solo episode, Eric talks about social icons who have stumbled due to allegations of racist behavior, sexual harassment, or sexual assault and how society is demanding more accountability of people, particularly white men. He covers the topics of privilege, accountability, impact vs intent, and how to better navigate this transition, among other things.

Vera Longtoe Sheehan is a culture bearer, artist, educator and activist who is a member of the Elnu Abenaki Tribe in southern Vermont. In this episode she talks with Eric about the political importance of state or federal recognition for the Abenaki tribes of the American Northeast, how education has become a foundational component of decolonization work in this region, and the impacts of cultural appropriation on Abenaki and other Native American people, among other things.

Thomas Elpel is the founder of Green University, the Outdoor Wilderness Living School, and HOPS Press. In this episode Tom and Eric talk about different ways that people process reality, the practical consequences of losing our connection to nature, how to scavenge wild meat in modern society, finding ways to live without having a job, and the quickening pace of change in modern society, among other things.

Derek Nance was featured in a 2013 Vice article titled This Guy’s Eaten Nothing But Raw Meat For Five Years, as well as a follow-up article a couple years later. In this episode he and Eric talk about what drew him to make raw meat a cornerstone of his diet, the benefits of intermittent fasting, the importance of choosing quality meats in a raw food diet, and his experience with the unexpected that came from being featured in his Vice articles, among other things.

In this solo episode of A Worldview Apart Eric talks about the relationship between traumatic events of his past and how they’ve inhibited his ability to connect with people. He introduces a practice called inner tracking that he’s learned to help identify trauma, and talk about storytelling strategies he uses to help release that trauma.

Abdul Mujib founded North Country Kettlebells in 2008, and is also an avid wilderness skills enthusiast. He and Eric talk about the influences warrior archetypes had on them, learning about their limits, and experimenting with the Wim Hof method that uses cold exposure as a mindfulness practice. They also talk about the benefits of learning to expand their spheres of awareness and decrease their spheres of disturbance, among other things.