Podcast Episodes

Magic and the Machine — David Abram

Season 3

David Abram is a cultural ecologist and philosopher. In this essay, he reflects on our undying urge to recreate a primal experience of intimacy with the surrounding world, offering notes on technolog…

Published on 6 years, 9 months ago

Winds of Awe and Fear — Nick Hunt

Season 2

Nick Hunt is a writer, journalist, storyteller, and self-described wind-walker. His latest book, "Where the Wild Winds Are," tells the story of four European winds and their effects on the landscape,…

Published on 7 years, 1 month ago

Mud and Antler Bone — Martin Shaw

Season 2

This past August we had a chance to sit down and talk with Martin about the intelligence that lies at the heart of myths. The best stories, he says, ought to be trailed not trapped, and approached wi…

Published on 7 years, 1 month ago

Wildwood — Kara Moses

Season 2

In this essay Kara visits a primordial, old-growth forest in Poland. Here she meets a herd of bison, encounters loggers and felled trees, tracks wolves, and observes how a healthy forest is in a cons…

Published on 7 years, 1 month ago

On Being Alone — Craig Childs

Season 2

Craig Childs writes about adventure, wilderness, and science. His books include "Atlas of a Lost World," "Apocalyptic Planet," "Finders Keepers," and "The Animal Dialogues." In this essay Craig takes…

Published on 7 years, 1 month ago

From Dirt — Camille T. Dungy

Season 2

In this essay Camille reflects on the journey of seeds, how much of what we plant in our gardens was brought to our soils during the slave trade, and the legacy of trauma and triumph that lies within…

Published on 7 years, 1 month ago

Creaturely Migrations on a Breathing Planet — David Abram

Season 1

In this narrated essay, cultural ecologist and philosopher David Abram questions the deep intelligence that lies at the heart of crane, butterfly, and salmon migration patterns.

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Published on 7 years, 4 months ago

A Storm Blown from Paradise — Paul Kingsnorth

Season 1

Beginning with W. B. Yeats's iconic poem, "The Second Coming," acclaimed writer Paul Kingsnorth narrates his essay "A Storm Blown from Paradise," an inquiry into linear and cyclical time and the swee…

Published on 7 years, 4 months ago

Wild Fire, Flat Water

Season 1

In this episode, Emergence Magazine staff writer Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder travels to the Great Plains of Nebraska and South Dakota, to speak with people who are restoring the native prairie and lear…

Published on 7 years, 4 months ago

Widening Circles — Joanna Macy

Season 1

In this interview, Buddhist eco-philosopher Joanna Macy discusses her personal journey into the worlds of anti-nuclear activism, Buddhism, and deep ecology.

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Published on 7 years, 4 months ago