WorldWild Podcast

When all things seem uncertain we take solace in that which connects us to ourselves, to each other, to the land. When we are forming we learn to eat through the hospitality of the feminine; the womb, the breast, what the mother eats the child does also. And the land is the greatest mother of all, its abundant provisions are given over and over to us. We are speaking this week with Alys Fowler, horticulturist and journalist, about what we can do to confront issues of power, dominance, control, and what the wild provisions can tell us about the relationships we need the most right now...

Fergus Drennan is a wild food experimentalist and educator who once ate only wild food for three months, he also crafts and teaches on wild paper-making and natural dyes and paints. Miles and Fergus go back over fifteen years; they talk about their early days driving to London to sell their foraged goods and Fergus recounts the story of how he managed to shut a major street down with police surrounding his wild food-filled car after making a delivery to The Ivy...

Mental health in the hospitality industry has become more recognised and spoken about in recent years. Andrew Clarke, chef and mental health ambassador, is working with restaurants to build spaces where people can share their struggles in a nurturing environment. Going through his own bout of depression a few years ago he began the hard work on himself. Now he wants to share his experience and to create a healthier and more fulfilling work-life for those in the same position...

Bruce Parry has visited with many indigenous tribes throughout his career in television and film. Now he has come to a point of wanting to put what he has learned of egalitarian values and land-based culture into action in his own life. Joining the conversation is forager, expedition leader and traditional crafts teacher Nicola Burgess for an open discussion of what kind of society we want to live in...

All citizens, put your hands in the soil! Those are the words of David Benjamin Blower, musician, theologian, and podcaster, who talks with us about what to do when things are soon to change radically, what Francis Bacon left in his wake, on what comes after collapse, and why we must break down the wall between 'reality' and 'metaphor'...

Musician, improviser, and educator Sam Bailey talks about wildness and spirit in improvisation, the relationship between craft and the unconscious and the role of serendipity. Plus, an improvised performance!

In Sao Paulo we catch up with Cesar Costa, head chef at Corrutela, to talk about a new food system, the job of chefs, the importance of love in food, and what he is doing on the ground to set up new supply chains and ways of eating out...

On the trail with a top truffle hunter and her truffle-hunting dogs to seek out that wondrously scented and much-heralded subterranean treat...

Stinging nettles. They conjure up a lot of images, maybe a few teary-eyed remembrances, so you may be surprised to learn of their historical use in textiles. We delve into nettle fibre history, processing techniques for fibre preparation and what the future may hold for wild crafts...

Where do humans stand in the picture of nature? Our dictionary definition says we are outside of it, but how can this be right in a relational world? We talk with Finnish forager and teacher Anu Tossavainen about this and more; including a review of the berry and mushroom season in our respective countries and a look at why reindeers are moving south in Finland...