Sarah Rowe, wife, mother, farmer, WWE superstar, and so much more joins us for a chat about the vikings, history, and the need for community. We touch a bit on heritage, food and how eating according to our ancestral roots could benefit us.

Sarah also handles on farm butchering for her herd of cows, is a modern day milkmaid, and even a living history reenactor!

Vea Carpi, a farm-to-table restaurant owner, cook, author, and farmer, joins in for this episode all about Italian culture, history, and more. We talk the differences between American and Italian food options and even educational dichotomies. Is homesteading seeing a revival in Italy as it is in America? What is hunting like in Italy? All this and more in this episode!

In this episode, our hosts Dad, Dirk Cedergren, comes on to explain all about power generation and some history behind it. We touch on topics ranging from electric cars to coal mine reserves to the question of fossil fuels and sustainability. Is there any truly green energy? Tune in for more!

Dinner table episodes are casual conversations centered around a historical subject. In this weeks release, we talk about some of our favorite inventions and how they impacted humanity. From the telegraph and water pumps to medical imaging and the washing machine, every invention that took hold on a wide scale impacted humanity and daily living. Have you thought about it?

Stay curious friends!

This week we have an episode releasing with the lovely Lacy Stewart of Stewart Farms Coop. We talk raw milk, conventional farming, the USDA, and breaking away from the traditional 9-5 in order to emphasize connection on many levels.

Books: 

The Unsettling of America by Wendell Barry

Dairy links:

https://milk.procon.org/historical-timeline/

Monty Browning and Bryan Burkhardt are on for this episode talking about traditional bowhunting, stories from before technology impacted their hunts, and the importance of mentoring. Through some stories and memories we learn a little bit about what hunting was like in years past and the importance of real skills and passing it on.

This episode was not focused as much on history, more of a general conversation with pieces of information woven in. Tune in early next week for an essay episode on the history of bowhunting.

Author and wildlife biologist Ron Rohrbaugh came on the podcast this week to have a conversation about hunting, conservation, and some of the history behind it all. 

Book recommendation: 

Traditional Bowhunter's Path by Ron Rohrbaugh 

The Last Stand by Michael Punk

In this episode, I sit down with Mary of Willabee Market, a sustainable, zero waste store that has a hope of "Cultivating greener communities one bee at a time." We talk all things bees, their part in history, and sustainability.

Book recommendation:

Honeybee Democracy Tom Seeley

Unfortunately poor audio, but in this episode I am joined by 10 year old Ayla to talk about idioms and some of their historical origins. We also digressed a bit into the silliness that can be the English language.

Nautical idioms we read about:

https://owlcation.com/humanities/50-Nautical-Terms-And-Sailing-Phrases-That-Have-Enriched-Our-Language

On this episode of The Gone Before, we talk with Anne Briggs, also known as Anne of All Trades. As a fellow lover of the Victorian Era, woodworking extraordinaire and preserver of historical tools, Anne was a wonderful guest to have on the show. We talk about everything from using sheep as a replacement for mowing the lawn to what the agricultural revolution did to the family and community. Tune in to hear us shoot the breeze over some morning tea and dive a little deeper into Victorian History.