For The Wild

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For The Wild Podcast is an anthology of the Anthropocene; focused on land-based protection, co-liberation and intersectional storytelling rooted in a paradigm shift away from human supremacy, endless growth and consumerism.

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The Edges in the Middle, II...

05.24.2023

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 Báyò Akómoláfé in conversation with Indy Johar of Dark Matter Labs. Speaking on the ...

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05.24.2023 The Edges in the Middle, III: Báyò Akómoláfé and Indy Johar 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 Báyò Akómoláfé in conversation with Indy Johar of Dark Matter Labs. Speaking on the ...
05.17.2023 AMY WESTERVELT on Uncovering Extraction /334 How do we face the scope of global extraction in the name of oil and gas production? Guest Amy Westervelt joins us this week to consider the full story behind these extractive industries and the role they play in shaping ...
05.10.2023 ANN ARMBRECHT on Sacredness in Supply Chains /333 Adding deep nuance to conversations around herbalism and the botanicals industry, this week’s guest Ann Armbrecht shares her extensive knowledge about herbal supply chains and the effects of herbal commodification. Ann focuses much of her research on the stories behind ...
05.03.2023 RACHEL CARGLE on a Renaissance of Our Own /332 How might we honor and follow the authentic call of our purpose? This week, guest Rachel Cargle shares in a rich and enthralling conversation with Ayana that calls forth themes of rootedness, truth, and renaissance. Rachel honors a rootedness that ...
04.26.2023 KIMBERLY ANN JOHNSON on Pleasure as Pathway /331 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 how life feels. Together, Ayana and this week’s guest Kimberly ...
04.19.2023 The Edges in the Middle, II: Báyò Akómoláfé and V 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 Báyò Akómoláfé in conversation with V (formerly known as Eve Ensler, playwright, author, and ...
04.12.2023 JENNY ODELL on the Attention Economy [ENCORE] /330 This week we are rebroadcasting our interview with Jenny Odell, initially aired in February of 2021. Our attention has operated as currency for the past couple of decades, but with the invasiveness of social media and technology, our ability to ...
04.05.2023 john a. powell on Institutions of Othering and Radical Belonging [ENCORE] /329 This week we are rebroadcasting our interview with john a. powell, originally aired in May 2019. If you enjoy this week’s episode, make sure you listen to the first episode in our special series The Edges in the Middle, which ...
03.29.2023 The Edges in the Middle, I: Báyò Akómoláfé and john a. powell For The Wild is honored to present a series of conversations entitled, “The Edges in the Middle,” in collaboration with UC Berkeley’s Othering and Belonging Institute. In the first of these conversations, Báyò Akómoláfé speaks with john a. powell, Director ...
03.22.2023 TYSON YUNKAPORTA on Unbranding Our Mind [ENCORE] /328 This week we are rebroadcasting our interview with Tyson Yunkaporta originally aired in May of 2021. Struggling to change actual conditions, many have settled for changing the perceptions of the world around us. Tyson Yunkaporta begins by sharing the connections ...
03.15.2023 MORGAN CURTIS on Transmuting Ancestries of Exploitation /327 Rising against growing wealth inequality and resource consolidation, guest Morgan Curtis asks how we might, rather, shape our world in reciprocity, mutual aid, and intentional community. This week, Ayana and Morgan dive deep into the need for repair, healing, and ...
03.08.2023 GABES TORRES on Journeying Together /326 Gabes Torres offers her thoughtful wisdom in this conversation that weaves through healing, interconnection, and embodiment. Focusing on holistic healing and mental health support, Gabes lucidly describes the ways our individual health and well-being are dependent upon our connections and ...
03.01.2023 ROSEMARY GLADSTAR on Thriving Where Planted /325 Rosemary Gladstar calls forth deep gratitude and mindfulness for the plant world as she walks with us through the world of herbalism in this precious episode. Reminding listeners of the value of connecting to the wellspring of Earth, Rosemary contemplates ...
02.22.2023 MALCOLM HARRIS on The Globalization of Forgetfulness /324 Giving listeners a glimpse into his new book, Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World, guest Malcolm Harris joins Ayana in a vast conversation dealing with the shape and form of Palo Alto’s specific place alongside overarching ...
02.15.2023 FRANCESA LIA BLOCK on Finding Rhythm Through Word /323 This week, Ayana is joined by Francesca Lia Block in a heartfelt conversation recognizing the search for self and love through magic, literature, and deeply-felt presence. Francesca brings listeners into her writing practices as she navigates centering beauty in a ...
02.08.2023 Episode Swap: HOW TO SURVIVE THE END OF THE WORLD / All About Love For The Wild is honored to be “episode swapping” with the How to Survive the End of the World podcast, hosted by adrienne maree brown and Autumn Brown this week! Known for “learning from the apocalypse with grace, rigor, and ...
02.01.2023 SAMUEL BAUTISTA LAZO on Handmade Futures /322 Grounding this conversation within Teotitlan del Valle in Oaxaca, Mexico, guest Samuel Bautista Lazo, brings listeners into an insightful conversation on the value of craftwork that connects us to the past and plants seeds for the future. Here, Samuel outlines ...
01.25.2023 ALYNDA MARIPOSA SEGARRA on Life on Earth /321 How do we sustain nourishing roots in a time of displacement? This week, guest Alynda Mariposa Segarra invites listeners to examine their relationship to place, comfort, and survival as they discuss their newest album LIFE ON EARTH. Through the art ...
01.18.2023 JOSUÉ RIVAS on Throwing a Glitch in the Social Media Matrix /320 Calling listeners into a magnetic conversation about the power of photography and storytelling, guest Josué Rivas (Mexika and Otomí) opens up new ways of understanding art and creation. With so much capitalistic pressure on modern day creators, photography and content ...
01.11.2023 JAROD K. ANDERSON on Reclaiming Limits /319 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 around us. When we come to ...
01.04.2023 TRICIA HERSEY on Deprogramming from Grind Culture /318 Guided by her new book Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto and fervent calls for real, deep rest, this week returning guest Tricia Hersey joins Ayana to unwind the complicated ties of exhaustion and exploitation. Tricia’s words serve as incantations against ...
12.28.2022 VEDA AUSTIN on Water as Source /317 This week, guest Veda Austin invites us to consider and grow closer to water – as both a preciously vital and often overlooked life source. Veda’s work researching and making art with water has allowed her an intimate look into ...
12.21.2022 END OF YEAR UPDATE In spirit of the Winter Solstice and holiday season, For The Wild is taking a break this week. We hope you are taking great care of yourself as we near the end of this calendar year. We also want to ...
12.14.2022 TIFFANY LETHABO KING on The Black Shoals [with brontë velez], Part Two /316 This week For The Wild Podcast presents Part Two of a two-part conversation between guest host brontë velez and Dr. Tiffany Lethabo King. Circumferencing Dr. Tiffany Lethabo King’s book The Black Shoals: Offshore Formations of Black and Native Studies, brontë ...
12.07.2022 TIFFANY LETHABO KING on The Black Shoals [with brontë velez], Part One /315 This week For The Wild Podcast presents Part One of a two-part conversation between brontë velez and Dr. Tiffany Lethabo King. Circumferencing Dr. Tiffany Lethabo King’s book The Black Shoals: Offshore Formations of Black and Native Studies, brontë and Tiffany ...
11.30.2022 THENMOZHI SOUNDARARAJAN on Annihilating Caste Systems /314 This week, Ayana is joined by Dalit American civil rights activist Thenmozi Soundararajan in a profound conversation detailing the wounds of caste within the United States and across the world. Thenmozhi brings just conviction and soul-filled commitment to the fight ...
11.23.2022 SLOW STUDY: We Will Dance with Mountains Preview We’re taking a pause this week from our regular episodes to share a special snippet from our first Slow Study with Bayo Akomolafe. This offering originates from Bayo’s course “We Will Dance With Mountains: Into The Cracks!” and is an ...
11.16.2022 MAYA KHOSLA on What the Forest Holds /313 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 power of biodiversity. Maya’s expertise on wildfires ...
11.09.2022 SOPHIE STRAND on Myths as Maps /312 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 for uncertain futures with tenderness. Sophie brings to light ...
11.02.2022 DR. VANDANA SHIVA on Diverse Expressions of a Living Earth /311 In this episode centered around global consciousness and rooted local action, returning guest Dr. Vandana Shiva reminds us of the power of commitment in the fight for the Earth. Reflecting on her lifetime of devotion to the land, Vandana highlights ...
10.27.2022 DORI MIDNIGHT on Spinning Webs of Support /310 “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, that supports us to reach towards each other ...
10.19.2022 ISMAIL LOURIDO ALI, J.D. on Post-Prohibition Realities /309 It’s undeniable that right now we are in a rapidly changing and complex relationship with the consumption, production, and reality of drugs, substances, and medicines, and their usage. This week, guest Ismail Lourido Ali, J.D. guides listeners through an overview ...
10.14.2022 SLOW STUDY: Bayo Akomolafe's We Will Dance With Mountains: Into the Cracks! This Slow Study Course is a series of lectures and practice prompts from Bayo Akomolafe's 2021 edition of "We Will Dance With Mountains: Into the Cracks!" wherein 1000+ people gathered. It is a carnivalesque course in postactivism, a matter of ...
10.12.2022 LARK ELODEA on Appalachians Against Pipelines /308 The Mountain Valley Pipeline, which runs through West Virginia to Virginia is on the verge of completion following intense legislative and legal battles. This episode reminds us of the danger in this, and amidst such battles, Appalachians Against Pipelines shows ...
10.05.2022 TUSHA YAKOVLEVA on the Invitation of Invasive Plants /307 This week guest Tusha Yakovleva calls on us to remember our millennium-old relationship with weedy beings and the gifts of wild and invasive plants. It’s estimated that worldwide spending on invasive species exceeds one trillion dollars annually. But if we ...
09.28.2022 YOALLI RODRIGUEZ on Grief as an Ontological Form of Time /306 This week, guest Yoalli Rodriguez brings us to the Chacahua-Pastoría Lagoons in Oaxaca, Mexico, to investigate deep connections with land, ongoing colonial violence, and the grief that comes alongside loving a place. The Chacahua-Pastoría Lagoons have long been vital spaces ...
09.21.2022 ANTONIA ESTELA PÉREZ on Uncovering Plant-Human Intimacy /305 Breathing in the joy and lessons of the plant life surrounding us, Ayana and guest Antonia Estela Pérez share an enriching conversation on the power and magic of coming to know the world around us. Antonia dives into the tension ...
09.14.2022 Dr. MIMI KHÚC on Claiming Unwellness /304 Guided by her curated work Open In Emergency (a “hybrid book project” including a Tarot Deck and a “hacked” DSM), Dr. Mimi Khúc and Ayana share in a deep conversation touching on mental health, collective unwellness, and the power of ...
09.07.2022 Dr. BRETT STORY on How We Belong to Each Other /303 This week, Ayana is joined by filmmaker and author Dr. Brett Story. Together, they ponder justice, accountability, and interconnection in a complex and rapidly changing world. In this intellectual and timely conversation, Brett begins by unpacking how carceral logics and ...
08.31.2022 CLAUDIA SERRATO on Earth-Centric Gastronomy /302 This week, guest Dr. Claudia Serrato opens our minds to the sensual, political, and vital nature of our relationship to food. Our bodies are a landscape in their own right and with Indigenous feminist theory in mind, this episode bears ...
08.24.2022 ANG ROELL on the Relations of the Beehive /301 How might we steward relationships of generosity, see beehives beyond the human-imposed gaze? This week, guest Ang Roell leads us to better understand bees and our entangled relationship to them. Bees, from the honeybees we may be familiar with to ...
08.17.2022 Dr. BAYO AKOMOLAFE on Coming Alive to Other Senses /300 “The fugitive is the figure of the Anthropocene, a political invitation to unlearn ‘mastery,’ to fall to the Earth, to learn how to commune with soil… In a sense, the fugitive answers the question that is hidden within the words ...
08.10.2022 Dr. CLINT CARROLL on Stewarding Homeland /299 In this new episode of For The Wild podcast, Ayana and guest Dr. Clint Carroll, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, discuss the mobility of Cherokee ethical frameworks as they are applied to environmental governance projects for Land Back. Exploring ...
08.03.2022 ALEXIS SHOTWELL on Resisting Purity Culture /298 This week we are joined by guest Alexis Shotwell to discuss how we might turn from the purity politics that govern many of our lives and this hurting world toward collective struggles for transformation and liberatory futurisms. Rather than forfeiting ...
07.27.2022 Dr. JAMAICA HEOLIMELEIKALANI OSARIO on Reclaiming Aloha /297 Support the show
07.20.2022 Dr. LARRY WARD on Healing the Colonial Mind /296 In this episode of For The Wild podcast, we plumb into racial karma and healing systemic trauma in the American context with guest Dr. Larry Ward. Covering the neuroscience of trauma, the habit of racism, and various typologies of systemic ...
07.13.2022 KYLE WHYTE on the Colonial Genesis of Climate Change [ENCORE] /295 This week we are rebroadcasting our interview with Dr. Kyle Whyte originally aired in January of 2020. The United States has more miles of pipeline than any other country in the world. Pipeline construction is one of the many ways ...
07.06.2022 Dr. MAX LIBOIRON on Reorienting Within a World of Plastic [ENCORE] /294 Support the show
06.29.2022 LINDA BLACK ELK on What Endures After Pandemic [ENCORE] /293 This week we are rebroadcasting our interview with Linda Black Elk originally aired in April of 2020. On this week’s episode, we speak to Linda Black Elk on traditional medicine, community wellness and systemic transformation amidst pandemic. Our conversation begins ...
06.22.2022 RICHIE RESEDA on Dismantling Patriarchy [ENCORE] /292 Support the show

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For The Wild episodes:

The Edges in the Middle, III: Báyò Akómoláfé and Indy Johar

AMY WESTERVELT on Uncovering Extraction /334

ANN ARMBRECHT on Sacredness in Supply Chains /333

RACHEL CARGLE on a Renaissance of Our Own /332

KIMBERLY ANN JOHNSON on Pleasure as Pathway /331

The Edges in the Middle, II: Báyò Akómoláfé and V

JENNY ODELL on the Attention Economy [ENCORE] /330

john a. powell on Institutions of Othering and Radical Belonging [ENCORE] /329

The Edges in the Middle, I: Báyò Akómoláfé and john a. powell

TYSON YUNKAPORTA on Unbranding Our Mind [ENCORE] /328

MORGAN CURTIS on Transmuting Ancestries of Exploitation /327

GABES TORRES on Journeying Together /326

ROSEMARY GLADSTAR on Thriving Where Planted /325

MALCOLM HARRIS on The Globalization of Forgetfulness /324

FRANCESA LIA BLOCK on Finding Rhythm Through Word /323

Episode Swap: HOW TO SURVIVE THE END OF THE WORLD / All About Love

SAMUEL BAUTISTA LAZO on Handmade Futures /322

ALYNDA MARIPOSA SEGARRA on Life on Earth /321

JOSUÉ RIVAS on Throwing a Glitch in the Social Media Matrix /320

JAROD K. ANDERSON on Reclaiming Limits /319

TRICIA HERSEY on Deprogramming from Grind Culture /318

VEDA AUSTIN on Water as Source /317

END OF YEAR UPDATE

TIFFANY LETHABO KING on The Black Shoals [with brontë velez], Part Two /316

TIFFANY LETHABO KING on The Black Shoals [with brontë velez], Part One /315

THENMOZHI SOUNDARARAJAN on Annihilating Caste Systems /314

SLOW STUDY: We Will Dance with Mountains Preview

MAYA KHOSLA on What the Forest Holds /313

SOPHIE STRAND on Myths as Maps /312

DR. VANDANA SHIVA on Diverse Expressions of a Living Earth /311

DORI MIDNIGHT on Spinning Webs of Support /310

ISMAIL LOURIDO ALI, J.D. on Post-Prohibition Realities /309

SLOW STUDY: Bayo Akomolafe's We Will Dance With Mountains: Into the Cracks!

LARK ELODEA on Appalachians Against Pipelines /308

TUSHA YAKOVLEVA on the Invitation of Invasive Plants /307

YOALLI RODRIGUEZ on Grief as an Ontological Form of Time /306

ANTONIA ESTELA PÉREZ on Uncovering Plant-Human Intimacy /305

Dr. MIMI KHÚC on Claiming Unwellness /304

Dr. BRETT STORY on How We Belong to Each Other /303

CLAUDIA SERRATO on Earth-Centric Gastronomy /302

ANG ROELL on the Relations of the Beehive /301

Dr. BAYO AKOMOLAFE on Coming Alive to Other Senses /300

Dr. CLINT CARROLL on Stewarding Homeland /299

ALEXIS SHOTWELL on Resisting Purity Culture /298

Dr. JAMAICA HEOLIMELEIKALANI OSARIO on Reclaiming Aloha /297

Dr. LARRY WARD on Healing the Colonial Mind /296

KYLE WHYTE on the Colonial Genesis of Climate Change [ENCORE] /295

Dr. MAX LIBOIRON on Reorienting Within a World of Plastic [ENCORE] /294

LINDA BLACK ELK on What Endures After Pandemic [ENCORE] /293

RICHIE RESEDA on Dismantling Patriarchy [ENCORE] /292

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