We sit down with our teachers to explore the slow and long path of service, the short and slippery path to sorcery, what it means to be the hollow bone and how Zach and Jess are bringing eastern ideas and philosophy into a shamanic lineage that originated in the Amazon.

Do weed dealers get some things right? We explore the philosophy and spirituality behind aligning your income with your interests.

On our first episode back, we sit down with our good friend and Alasdair's business partner at Wild Within, Kelly Margerum. Together we recap our recent experience guiding two, 10-day wilderness retreats in the High Sierras. We discuss the challenges in leading wilderness retreats, what we think made these trips so magical, entrepreneurship, being in a business partnership, marketing and being visible as a small business and much more.

[Repost] Hon hon hon! Do the French really talk about food all the time? Julie-Roxane shares some of her favorite French idioms and you guessed it: they all have to do with food. Can you guess what they mean? Join us as with some cheese or a glass of wine as we poke fun at the French and their obsession with food.

[Repost] What if women chose to stay home to give birth?

That's the radical question that's sparked a global movement. As the leader of the Free Birth Society, Emilee Saldaya is working to change our Western narrative of birth and remind us what birth is all about.

Emilee joins us on the show to talk about the untold risks and man-made trauma of birthing in our current medical system and why a woman-centered birth is so critically important for a healthy mother-baby, healthy families and a healthy society.

[Repost] This week's episode is a special one. Alasdair and Julie-Roxane share their most disturbing travel story. Crime. Drugs. Sabotage. Charles Manson. It's a small town with a dark past and a malevolent secret. Make yourself a warm drink and curl up (but maybe keep the lights on), let's get into it!

[Repost] Julie-Roxane and Alasdair sit down to talk about 2019 and end up having an impromptu conversation about depression and how they make space for it in their lives and in their relationship.

[Repost] Alasdair and Julie-Roxane recount their recent experience going to a nudist camp in southeast France with Martine, Julie-Roxane's mom.

[Repost] JR and Alasdair sit down with their first ever guest, Danny van Leeuwen, a dear friend, an author, a speaker and a patient/caregiver activist amongts many other things.

Together, they explore the many thresholds that Danny, now in his 60s, has crossed during his very rich lifetime.

We explore a tough question we are grappling with in our lives.