Dr. Robin DiAngelo is a lecturer at the University of Washington, and is actively engaged in ant-racism work within and outside academic settings. She coined the term ‘White Fragility’ in an essay of the same name published in 2011. In this episode she and Eric talk about the the set of behaviors this term describes, and what role those behaviors play in perpetuation white supremacy in the United States.

This episode of A Worldview Apart was released on November 24, 2017, the day after Thanksgiving in the USA. This day is also referred to as Black Friday, and Eric uses this episode to reflect on the role that marketing and advertising plays in perpetuating consumerism. He also explores how consumerism, as an ideology, robs us of sovereignty over our sense of self, how his relationship with money has changed over the years, and a couple tools he’s used to control his spending habits, among other things.

Pinar Sinopoulos-Lloyd is the co-founder of Queer Nature, a nature-connection, rites of passage, and ancestral skills project serving the LGBTQIAP+ community. They also guides vision fasts for queer and/or women-identified folks. In this episode they and Eric talk about what drew Pinar to ancestral skills, what it’s like growing up with a sensory reality that differs from the ‘consensus’ reality, suicide as an attempt at initiation, resilience, and the capacity to heal trauma as a survival skill.

Dr. Nicole Apelian is a scientist, educator, wilderness guide, herbalist and traditional skills instructor, among other things. In this episode she and Eric talk about nature connection, bird language, how she controls her multiple sclerosis using diet, lifestyle practices, and herbs, and the importance of giving women who are interested in survival skills female role models in the media, among other things.

Dana Gunders is a researcher and author who has studied and written extensively about food waste. In this episode she and Eric talk about how she became interested in food waste, how the price of food influences people’s mindfulness about food waste, strategies for reducing waste in the kitchen, and advice for students interested in pursuing careers in reducing food waste, among other things.

Christian Dymond is a marriage and family therapist and the founder of Nature centered Psychotherapy, a model which integrates multiple modalities of psychotherapy with an emphasis on nature, farm, and animal-based therapeutic experiences. In this episode, he and Eric talk about how he uses large animals in therapeutic settings, the ability of large prey animals to inspire mindfulness and self-reflection, and the value of being sensitive to how we impact others around us, among other things.

Todd Miller is a journalist and an author. His most recent book was Storming the Wall: Climate Change, Migration, and Homeland Security. Todd and Eric talk about what compelled him to bring together inquiries on border militarization and climate migration, relationships between climate-related crises and inequality, and how climate denialism in the Trump administration seems to be a smokescreen to hide the way climate-related planning is happening within the US military, among other things.

Doniga Markegard is a regenerative rancher who lives outside the San Francisco Bay area. She recently released her first book Dawn Again: Tracking the Wisdom of the Wild. In this episode she talks with Eric about the story behind her book’s title, following your passion and finding your gifts, and providing young women with more role models in wilderness skills and regenerative agriculture, among other things.

Dr. Peter Fox is a chiropractor by trade, and author of the book Operating System Nature: The Awakening of Man the Healer. In this episode he and Eric talk about how the adoption of agriculture and development are portrayed in creation myths, how energy flows the ecosystems, and how nature balances competitiveness and cooperation, among other things.

In this solo episode Eric notes the #metoo and #Ididit phenomena, which leads to a broader commentary about the links between personal trauma and oppressive behavior. He finishes the episode talking about how insights he gained from years in martial arts have helped him explore and release personal trauma in support of anti-oppression work.