The WildlyKnown Life

By Niki Hardy

Science, faith, and wonder to help the spiritually underwhelmed, grown-assed humans of the world, say yes to the sacred tug for more within us all.

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The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.

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April 23, 2026 13: Why Did God Create Sleep?
Apparently a third of us don't get enough sleep and desperately want to sleep for longer, sleep more deeply and with fewer interruptions, which makes it unsurprising that the US sleep industry is worth $136 billion. And of course it's growing year on year. But what exactly is sleep? What's the point of it? And why did God create us with the need to sleep a third of our lives being horizontal and seemingly unproductive and unresponsive and unproductive?
Let's dive in.

HELPFUL LINKS
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LzpSQCkXuDg
Lectio 365: https://lectio365.com/
Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/niki.hardy
Join me 'round the campfire (The WildlyKnown Life Substack): https://www.nikihardy.substack.com/
Check out my books: https://www.nikihardy.com/
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17min
April 16, 2026 12: A Wild Take on an Ancient Practice to Hear God in Scripture
According to my Bible reading plan, I have managed to fall over three weeks behind. And that's after I've already reset the start date to catch up when I got a month behind a while ago. The goal was to listen to the entire Bible in a year so that I could fall in love with the arc of the narrative and the God of its pages.
Today, we're doing my own version of Lectio Divina. Let's dive in.
HELPFUL LINKS
Episode 10: https://www.nikihardy.com/resource_redirect/landing_pages/2151959700
Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/niki.hardy
Join me 'round the campfire (The WildlyKnown Life Substack): https://www.nikihardy.substack.com/
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19min
April 13, 2026 11: The Science-Scripture Combo Proven to Calm Anxious Minds
Worry gets a bad rap, and understandably, but surprisingly God created us to worry. He just didn't create us to live life worried. Let's dive in.

HELPFUL LINKS
Dr. Chris Lee's website: https://www.drchrislee.com/
Join me at the Worry Workshop
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19min
April 02, 2026 10: A Love Letter For The Troubled
Today's episode is a love letter from God to you, to us, to me, written entirely in scripture. My prayer is that it reminds us all of who we're hoping in and how loved we are, because these things go a long way to activating our parasympathetic nervous system and our calm response. May it calm your heart, your mind, your body, and your soul. Let's dive in.
HELPFUL LINKS
Join me at the Worry Workshop
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12min
March 26, 2026 9: Name and Face Your Fears with Mary Marantz
My guest and my friend, Mary Morantz, knows what it's like to walk the muddy, tangled, and often treacherous path of learning to come alive to what feeds us and drives us and overcome the beliefs and actions holding us back from being and doing all we're created for.
Now, she's the bestselling author of Dirt and Underestimated, as well as the host of the popular podcast, The Mary Marantz Show and I can't wait for you to get to know her more today.
Let's dive in.
HELPFUL LINKS
Follow Mary on IG
Mary's website
Order Underestimated
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42min
March 19, 2026 8: Can't Decide?
When we're faced with more options than we've got brain space or time to process, we need some soul friendly ways to deal with the overwhelm so we don't shut down or get mad at God for not making it clearer. Let's dive in.
HELPFUL LINKS
Take the Wildly Known Life Quiz
Watch this episode on YouTube
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11min
March 12, 2026 7: Waiting on God… or Avoiding Change? The Truth About Clarity and Courage
The wasteland or the wilderness, it's not exactly at the top of many people's destination bucket list. Often it's obvious when we've entered the wasteland. But it's also possible to be living in the wasteland for years and be blissfully unaware. But something does feel muted, maybe a bit flat, a smidge directionless, and like we're not living in the lane we were born for. We do the things, we show up, we keep our responsibilities, because our people still need loving and feeding, the bills still need paying, and the rubbish still needs taking to the curb. And yet there's this inner whisper.
Let's dive in.
HELPFUL LINKS
Take the Wildly Known Life Quiz
Order God, Can We Chat?
If Women Rose Rooted by Sharon Blackie
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Watch this episode on YouTube
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16min
March 05, 2026 6: Is This What I'm Meant To Do with My Life?
If you spent your life helping others live their dreams, or you've pressed hold on what you want for any number of reasons, you might have secretly thought something along the lines of, "I have spent so long being there for everyone else, I'm not sure I even know what I want anymore, or if it even matters. And what if I do figure it out, only to discover I've missed my chance? And anyway, part of me worries that wanting more from God, from life, makes me kind of greedy or ungrateful."

Asking questions like these, they remind me of something I learned a few years ago about how God wired us for what he has for us. Let's dive in.
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13min
February 26, 2026 5: How Nature and Creativity Save Us When Life's Painful with Tanner Olson
Our guest today, author and my favorite poet, Tanner Olson, doesn't offer quick fixes, inspirational fluff, or Pollyanna platitudes. Instead, he walks alongside us with down-to-earth honesty, compassion and calm, acknowledging that healing takes time and hope often starts small.
Tanner lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, Sarah, dog, Pancake, and their son, Judah. For the last decade, he has been writing and speaking about hope, faith, and love to audiences online and across the US. His writing has been described as “hopefully unique” as it blends faith, humor, and curiosity. Through his words, Tanner points readers and listeners toward the ultimate source of hope and love, Jesus.
In April 2025 Tanner released his first children’s book, All the Things I Say to God (Zonderkidz). His new book of poems and essays with HarperCollins, Getting Through What You’re Going Through, released February 2026.
Tanner travels around the country, sharing poetry and delivering messages of hope.
For more, find Tanner online at writtentospeak.com or on instagram @writtentospeak.
Let's dive in.
HELPFUL LINKS
Follow Tanner on IG
Tanner's website
Order Getting Through What You're Going Through
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35min
February 19, 2026 4: Myth-busting Stillness and Our Love-Hate Relationship with It
Today I want to take us one step further into a moment of stillness. But before we go there, we'll also bust a few myths about stillness to make it just a bit less scary. Let's dive in.
HELPFUL LINKS
Listen to Episode 3: God Rarely Yells: How to Quiet the Noise and Hear God
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11min

FAQs about The WildlyKnown Life:

How many episodes does The WildlyKnown Life have?

The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.