The Gaggle

Welcome to our first episode!

We are simply thrilled to introduce our guest, Jonathon Stalls. Jonathon is a prolific artist, a visionary wordsmith, and a dedicated walker. We have been deeply moved by Jonathon's presence and we hope you'll be equally challenged and inspired by his call to bear witness to the world that is our home.

Learn more about Jonathon's work at Intrinsic Paths, where you can follow a link to support his work, see his art, and watch his videos. We highly recommend his contemplative walking guides as a place to start.

Finally, our full conversation with Jonathon will be shortly posted on our Patreon stream. Hop over there for an hour-long dose of raw feels.

Welcome to The Gaggle, a collection of eco-spiritual exiles in search of a more inclusive home. The Gaggle recognizes that each of us needs one another for the journey of dealing with the past, embracing the present and shaping a future where all can flourish as they are. These conversations could evoke strong reactions tied to challenging life experiences, so we invite you to join The Gaggle at your own pace, tuning in or out as you feel most comfortable. May this be a safe container for spiritual exploration, belonging, and alignment of body, heart and mind.

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Welcome to The Gaggle, a collection of eco-spiritual exiles in search of a more inclusive home. I’m Ryan David, I’m Ryan Welborn and I’m Will Boesl. The Gaggle recognizes that each of us needs one another for the journey of dealing with the past, embracing the present and shaping a future where all can flourish as they are. These conversations could evoke strong reactions tied to challenging life experiences, so we invite you to join The Gaggle at your own pace, tuning in or out as you feel most comfortable. May this be a safe container for spiritual exploration, belonging, and alignment of body, heart and mind.

The Gaggle is going under construction. Thank you for a year of laughs and exploration. Here's to the next chapter!

In the first week of September, massive works of art replaced over 100 automobile advertisements on billboards and bus stops around England. Car ads that promised impossible rewards, like a stress-free driving experience were replaced with genuine works of art depicting the reality behind the car industry and its mandate of car-dependence, including the inescapable fact of traffic congestion, passenger and pedestrian deaths, pollution and climate change.

We invited Peter Marcuse, a co-founder of Brandalism (the activist organization behind the #AdBrake campaign) to explain the campaign and why the car industry is a perfect target for a public art takeover. As we learned from Peter, we are inundated with the messaging of the car industry everywhere we look, including out in public spaces. The irony is that many of the car ads are targeted at drivers currently stuck in urban traffic, and yet the public continues to buy into the mythology behind the industry.

Peter lays out the simple concept and practices behind what Brandalism has achieved in England and beyond. Far from involving a network of underground spies and friends in high places, Brandalism has made their mark fighting climate collapse with the simplest of tools: paper, paint and allen wrenches. The conversation is highly inspiring and brings us hope that the car industry, like big tobacco, will soon be on its way out of the mainstream and find its place where it belongs: a relic of a giant cultural mistake, a lesson in history and wisdom for future generations.

In this episode, we recap our chat with Greg Weber of Driving Peace. On the one hand, we really appreciated Greg's emphasis on the importance of mindfulness practice. On the other, we both find discomfort with efforts that seem to be focused on treating symptoms instead of zeroing in on root causes. 

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We asked Greg Weber from Driving Peace to spell out the phenomenon of driving anxiety, why it's so prevalent, and what people can do about it. For more information about Greg's work, you can go to drivingpeace.com. 

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We made it to 50 episodes and we are more lost in what we are doing than ever before. In this episode, we break down CCM artist Sixpence None the Richer and discover their connections to the Kabal of children eating elites. Here's to another 50 episodes of bodily noises, confused discussions on reality and lots of new geese to the gaggle

Horsetail and Sumac try to wrap their heads around the Q-Anon phenomenon and what it means for society today and far into the future. Behind the Q-Anon beliefs are even deeper woes, from the social isolation of our time to the xenophobia that ties the paranoia puzzle together. In finding compassion for conspiracists, rather than laugh at or dehumanize them, Sumac and Horsetail turn their attention to another wild idea that has been difficult for many to swallow: that fossil-fuel transportation is far more problematic than our society is willing to admit, yet most still laugh at ideas of “banning cars” or visions of mass numbers of Americans on bicycles as an actual form of transportation.