Podcast Episodes

DO 294 - Rural Revival and the USDA with Nate and Jason Mauck

Nate sits down with Jason Mauck to discuss his hard-won experience running Munsee Meats, a small-scale meat processing operation in Indiana. What started as an opportunistic response to empty shelves…

Published on 1 day, 12 hours ago

DO 293 - Antitrust Law, Beef Politics, and Actually Using Government Power

Antitrust attorney Basel Musharbash discusses recent political whiplash in beef markets and the broader question of how actually to enforce anti-monopoly law. The conversation covers why ranchers eru…

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

DO 292 - Breaking the Beef Cartel: Mike Callicrate on Monopoly Power, Maker-Owned Markets, and the Fight for Rural America

Welcome to Beef Week! 🐄

Nate sits down with rancher, entrepreneur, and farm advocate Mike Callicrate for a deep dive into the crisis facing America's cattle industry—and the path forward.Mike traces t…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

DO 291 - Building an Edible Perennial Nursery with Nick Wrenn of Living Soil Tree Farm

Building an Edible Perennial Nursery with Nick Wren Nick Wren of Living Soil Tree Farms joins Jason to talk about the practical realities of starting and running an edible perennial nursery. Nick sha…

Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago

DO 290 - Distributism, Local Commons, and Agrarian Futures with Chris Smaje

Jason and Ashley welcome back Chris Smaje to discuss his new book, “Finding Lights in a Dark Age,” now available for purchase. Chris is a returning guest who first appeared on the podcast to discuss …

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago

DO 289 - Beef, Bartering, and the Agorist's Guide to Not Starving with Nigel, Nate, and Jason

Nigel Best doesn’t have time for your bullshit. He’s too busy welding gates, rotating cattle, building spiral staircases, and conducting “illicit beef transactions” in Craigslist parking lots.

Missour…

Published on 1 month ago

DO 288 - Beyond Interchangeability: Leah Sargeant on the Dignity of Dependence

Why We Need Each Other More Than Ever

https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268210335/the-dignity-of-dependence/

https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-great-feminization/

Ashley welcomes back Leah Sargeant to di…

Published on 1 month ago

DO 287 - Graze Against the Machine: Breaking Up Big Ag, Rewilding America, and the Future of Food

Fresh from dinner with Wendell Berry in Kentucky, the crew discusses Paul Kingsnorth’s new book and the deep tensions in American agriculture. From Trump’s controversial beef deal with Argentina to t…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

DO 286 - Building a Regenerative Landscaping Business with Tres of GreenBox Homes

Creating member networks, local food systems, and recession-proof community infrastructure

Jason talks with Tres, co-founder of GreenBox Homes, about creating a regenerative landscaping company that c…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

DO 285 - AI and The 95% Extinction Threshold

AI safety researcher Nate Soares explains why he believes there's at least a 95% chance that current AI development will lead to human extinction, and why we're accelerating toward that outcome. Soar…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago