Best Paonia Podcasts (2024)

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Jason Hone on biblical ethnobotany and ecology of the holy lands 2:03:15

3M ago2:03:15

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Episode # 82 of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation with Jason Hone on medicinal herbs of biblical times and the historical ecological transformation of the holy lands. Jason Hone practices as a holistic provider for patients of all walks of life. He has worked in various disciplines of healthcare since 1996. His experience includes emergenc…

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81: Ethan Bonnin on Ecological Degradation at the Borderlands 2:55:36

4M ago2:55:36

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Ethan graduated from Humboldt State University with a degree in Wildlife Biology and Conservation. Currently, he works in the advocacy world for habitat protection and restoration on public lands that face various resource extraction industries. He homesteads on a piece of desertified land In southern Arizona and is attempting to reverse desertific…

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Elizabeth Yaari on regenerating desert land at the Night Owl Food Forest in Paonia, Colorado 1:38:47

4M ago1:38:47

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read ful show notes here Together with the insects, animals, plants and elements Elizabeth Yaari is transforming a dry patch of semi arid desert into a thriving regenerative seven layered food forest. “Anything is possible”, she says “even when you have 6 1/2 inches of rain a year.” To spend time with Elizabeth is to enter a realm where depth matte…

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Samantha Zipporah on radical fertility & the politics of birth 2:11:20

5M ago2:11:20

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full shownotes here Samantha Zipporah is a midwife, author & educator in service to healing & liberation. Sam’s path rises from an ancient lineage of midwives, witches, & wise women with expertise spanning the continuum of birth, sex, & death. She is devoted to breaking the spells of oppression in reproductive & sexual health by connecting people w…

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Jacquie Hill on the medicine of Ponderosa Pine and botanical research ethics 1:55:15

6M ago1:55:15

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See full show notes here Family loving, community enthusiast Jacquie Hill is a plant person doing planty things on the Western Slope of Colorado. After practicing her blend of story-rich, folk herbal medicine for 10+ years, she took her studies to academia, earning a bachelor’s degree in botanical sciences from Bastyr University in 2019. While ther…

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Episode 18 - Portugal - Castles and Cliffs, Part 2 36:35

6M ago36:35

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We have reached the Algarve! Travels with Baby Caleb, discovering beaches and more castles, and interactions with fellow travelers.

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Episode 17 - Portugal: Castles and Cliffs, Part 1 33:30

6M ago33:30

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4 years later, traveling via camper van with 10 month old Caleb Rowan Houtz, newest adventure buddy! This is a bit of a mini series chronicling our adventures in Portugal. Days 1 and 2 of a 3 week pilgrimage.

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Episode 16 - Meet Paonia and World Trip Reflections 33:52

6M ago33:52

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This just in! Never before heard audio from immediately after our trip! An interview with Zane and Kaja Bowman about their gorgeous Colorado mountain home town and their very thoughtful and loving questions towards us only 2 months after returning from our 9 month adventure around the globe back in 2019!…

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Calyx Liddick of Northern Appalachia School on the historical connection between ecological conservation and eugenics 2:54:55

9M ago2:54:55

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Episode #76 is a conversation with Calyx Liddick of Northern Appalachia School in southern Pennsylvania. (trigger warning, this episode may contain content that could be triggering to some as we address the history of scientific racism and the eugenics movement) read full show notes and resources here Calyx Liddick is a bioregional herbalist, ethno…

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Sylvia Poareo on Planting Seeds of Collective and Inclusive Regeneration 2:32:56

9M ago2:32:56

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Read extended show notes here (photo of Sylvia taken by Ricardo Nagaoka, used with permission from photographer. ) Episode #76 of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation with Sylvia Poareo from Connecting Within, out of Ashland, Oregon. Sylvia Poareo is a gentle Curandera/Consejera (healer/spiritual counselor) whose work is rooted in guiding and…

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Kelly solo on teaching riparian ecology, preparing for a season on the land 28:40

11M ago28:40

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Hey ya’ll, This is a quick and dirty solo podcast episode where I update you on some of the things I’m doing this summer including offering in-person ecology immersions in western Colorado on the Grand Mesa. I give a little overview of some of what we did in my last immersion that was 4 days, focused on riparian ecology. Talk on travel, loneliness …

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Alex Zubia on the importance of good food, community and love in Fresno, California 1:47:27

1y ago1:47:27

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read the entirety of the show notes for this episode here. Episode #73 of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation with Alex Zubia (XeF) out of Fresno, California. Alex Zubia, who goes by “Xef” is a Chef by trade. Born and raised in Fresno, CA (yokuts Land). Alex attended The California Culinary Academy in San Francisco (Ramaytush Ohlone land) in…

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Kelly solo on borders, rising to the occasion, weaving ecologies and land immersion 48:13

1y ago48:13

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Episode #73 is a solo episode with Kelly Moody, Ground Shots Podcast regular host. I get into a slew of things on this episode, reflecting on camping near the Mexican border and the implication of borders, water, fire and ecological disturbance, summer field immersion programs I’m doing in Western Colorado this season and more. A shorter episode wi…

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Lisa Ganora on molecular level connection, the magic of herbal constituents 2:35:42

1y ago2:35:42

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Sign up for my spring mini study group starting February 10 (sign ups open for a limited time!) here: Terratalk sessions Episode 72 of the Ground Shots Podcast is with Lisa Ganora, herbalist and plant chemist, out of Paonia, Colorado. Lisa and I got together at her Elderberry’s Farm spot, on the edges of Paonia, Colorado’s town limits. On a cloudy …

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writer, botanist, Susan Tweit on being a walking ecosystem, writing the deserts of the West 2:01:17

1+ y ago2:01:17

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Susan Tweit is a plant biologist with a calling to restore nature and our connection with the community of the land especially close to home. Plants are her people, as she says, fascinated by the myriad ways they weave the world’s living communities, forming the green tapestry that covers this planet. Susan began her career as a field ecologist stu…

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#70: Sarah Galvin: internal and external landscape tracking to address trauma, mothering in the modern world 2:08:25

1+ y ago2:08:25

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Episode #70 of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation with Sarah Galvin of the House of Yore who was a past guest on the podcast. direct link to episode on our website Listen to Episode #54: Sarah Galvin of House of Yore on the need for madness and chaos medicine in our culture here. You might want to pop over and listen to that episode first b…

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Nikki Hill with Sigh Moon on Botany as Archaeology, to Stop a Lithium Mine 2:20:15

1+ y ago2:20:15

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Episode #69 of the Ground Shots Podcast was recorded in southern Oregon this past August among old Juniper trees tucked just below a special Tableland mesa, with Nikki Hill of Walking Roots, and Sigh Moon assisting in the conversation. Link to our website where you can donate to the podcast, and find the blog post on the podcast episode with photos…

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Wild Tending Series / A conversation in a Camas meadow. Adam Larue of Sharpening Stone on tending wild plants in southern Oregon 1:47:01

2y ago1:47:01

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Episode #68 of the podcast is a conversation with Adam Larue of Sharpening Stone Gathering, out of Grants Pass, Oregon. visit our blog post on the episode to see a few photos of the land where we interviewed: https://www.ofsedgeandsalt.com/podcastblog/2022/6/12/episode-68-a-conversation-in-a-camas-meadow-adam-larue Adam and I recorded this conversa…

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Ted Packard on bodies as a multiplicity, coyote-trickster troubadour-ing, music as ecological channeling, kids and nature connection, & creating communities of mutuality 3:21:40

2y ago3:21:40

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Direct link to episode with extra photos and Ted's poetry: https://www.ofsedgeandsalt.com/podcastblog/tedpackard Ted studied History and Anthropology at Christopher Newport University, got a Master’s in Teaching, went on the road with the Momentary Prophets band, and then went to study with Alderleaf Wilderness College and Wilderness Awareness Scho…

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An ode to Doug Elliott, Appalachian storyteller, herbalist and naturalist 2:07:09

2y ago2:07:09

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To access full blog post on the episode, full show notes and a photo diary, click below: https://www.ofsedgeandsalt.com/podcastblog/dougelliott Doug Elliott is a naturalist, herbalist, storyteller, basket maker, back-country guide, philosopher, and harmonica wizard. For many years made his living as a traveling herbalist, gathering and selling herb…

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#65: Wild Tending Series / Janet Kent and Dave Meesters of the Terra Sylva School of Botanical Medicine on disempowering the engines of disruption through intentional land-tending 2:53:09

2+ y ago2:53:09

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Episode #65 of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation with Dave Meesters and Janet Kent of the Terra Sylva School of Botanical Medicine out of Madison County, North Carolina. https://www.ofsedgeandsalt.com/podcastblog/terrasylvaschool After trying to get together for a conversation all summer, we finally met up in the early fall at Dave and Jan…

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#64: Mary Morgaine Plantwalker of Herb Mountain Farm on care-taking a botanical sanctuary in Appalachia 1:22:54

2+ y ago1:22:54

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Episode #64 is a conversation with Mary Morgaine Plantwalker of Herb Mountain Farm in Weaverville, NC. This episode was recorded in person in the gardens of Herb Mountain Farm August 2021. Mary Morgaine Plantwalker is one of the main caretakers of Herb Mountain Farm alongside her partner, Hart Squire. Located in the oldest mountains on earth, Herb …

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Living in the wilderness, fermenting on the road and facing the immediacy of death with Marissa Percoco 1:59:11

2+ y ago1:59:11

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Episode #63 is a conversation with Marissa Percoco out of Barnardsville, NC. Marissa (she/her) is an avid fermentation enthusiast who has spent the last 10 years exploring community and the wilds, as well as living deeply with various fermented cultures and local plants, and learning how it all comes together. Traveling through the wild places of T…

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Chama Woydak of Homegrown Families on birth, death, and land connection 1:21:51

3y ago1:21:51

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Episode #62 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Chama Woydak of Homegrown Families and Dancing Springs Farm, out of Asheville, North Carolina. Chama and I have a relationship that spans over a decade, which began when I landed on her farm in 2012 to go to herbal medicine school. We ended up farming together for a few years befo…

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Jillian Ashley aka. Jill Trashley on the origins of the NOHM collective, nomadic business, community & plant tending across ecologies 2:07:24

3y ago2:07:24

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Episode #61 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Jill Trashley out of Asheville, North Carolina. ... ... Earlier in the Spring, Jill and I met up in Asheville to distill some Lemon Balm together. First, we went to her friends’ house, down the road from hers, where we had permission to harvest Lemon Balm from their very abundant …

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#60: Land Diary / Southern Appalachia and Nettles in Spring 39:39

3y ago39:39

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Episode #60 of the Ground Shots Podcast is a solo episode with Kelly, glimpsing into a window of Spring in southern Appalachia. In this episode of the podcast, I chat about paying attention to details of place and how those moments of attention become stories of reverence. Some observations late May on the current land where I’m spending time Info …

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Is there such a thing as an "Invasive Species"? A conversation with Matt Chew Ph.d. hosted by Kollibri terre Sonnenblume, Nikki Hill and Gabe Crawford 2:59:01

3y ago2:59:01

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Episode #59 of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation with Professor Matt Chew, and is hosted by Kollibri terre Sonnenblume, Nikki Hill and Gabe Crawford. Dubbed a ‘gadfly of invasion biology’ by Scientific American, Matt Chew is known for critiquing ecology’s overreliance on societal metaphors and conservationists’ misapplication of notions li…

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A conversation with Sean Croke of the Hawthorn School of Plant Medicine 1:03:58

3y ago1:03:58

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Episode #58 of the podcast features Sean Croke, who runs the Hawthorn School of Plant Medicine in the Pacific Northwest. In this episode of the podcast, we talk about: Sean’s herbalism practice herbalism during covid and the gain in interest in natural medicine since the pandemic started some special characteristics of Cascadia and the Pacific Nort…

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Gabe Crawford interviews Angela Moles P.h.D. on the rapid evolutionary responses of plants due to climate change, challenging scientific dogma 1:28:15

3y ago1:28:15

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Episode #57 of the podcast is a conversation between Gabe Crawford and Dr. Angela Moles. Gabe Crawford, a former podcast guest, hosts this episode of the Ground Shots Podcast. Gabe has been conducting research on the history of anthropogenic landscapes, ecology, botany, and ethnobotany, and discovering bias and racism in those fields that have carr…

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Dan Nanamkin part two: Gabe Crawford catches up with Dan on how his indigenous community stepped up to Covid, updates on the Young Warrior Society 1:30:12

3y ago1:30:12

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In this episode of the podcast, Gabe Crawford, a former podcast guest, catches up with Dan Nanamkin, who was featured previously on Episode #39 of the Podcast. Dan Nanamkin is from the Chief Joseph Band Of Wallowa, Nez Perce, and Colville Confederated Tribes of Washington State has been an advocate/teacher for indigenous culture, community unity, y…

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Téo Montoya part two: the role of indigenous futurism in world building 1:51:50

3y ago1:51:50

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Episode #55 is a conversation with Téo Montoya of the Indigenous Futures Podcast. Téo was our guest on episode #48 of the podcast. Episode #48 was a series of recordings from his joining Gabe Crawford and I on the Colorado Trail last summer for a couple days during our Plant-a-go walk. After that episode went out, Téo and I chatted about doing anot…

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Sarah Galvin of House of Yore on the need for madness and chaos medicine in our culture 1:40:07

3y ago1:40:07

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Episode #54 of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation with Sarah Galvin, who hosts and creates with House of Yore, formerly Forest and Fjord. Sarah hosts exploratory ancestral workshops through House of Yore, as well as sells small batch bioregional herbal medicine. *** In this conversation with Sarah, we talk about: *** Sarah’s traveling years…

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Wild Tending Series / Gabe and Kelly on ecological history, anthropogenic landscapes and the negative side of conservation 1:42:32

3+ y ago1:42:32

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This episode of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation between Kelly Moody and Gabe Crawford. We haven’t done an episode together since we were on the Colorado Trail this past summer. So, we wanted to talk about the research we have been doing since we got off of the trail, and while hermiting a bit in our bell tent camp along a riparian corrid…

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Kelly speaks about her upbringing and the Ground Shots Podcast origins 1:10:26

3+ y ago1:10:26

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This episode of the podcast features the host, Kelly, solo, speaking about her upbringing in the south and her journey towards starting the Ground Shots Project and Podcast. Find the FULL transcript for this episode on our Patreon page, here. This episode of the Ground Shots Podcast is a first! It’s me, Kelly, the podcast host, speaking solo about …

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Wild Tending Series / Ali Meders-Knight on integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge into landscape management 50:21

3+ y ago50:21

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This episode of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation with Ali Meders-Knight, out of Chico, California. Ali Meders-Knight is a Mechoopda tribal member, mother of five, and traditional basketweaver based in Chico, CA. She is a Mechoopda Tribal liaison working to form partnerships for federal forest stewardship contracting and tribal forestry pr…

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Listen to COVID-19 precautions in Mam language 5:52

3+ y ago5:52

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Listen to COVID-19 precautions in Mam language by High Country NewsBy High Country News

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Wild Tending Series/ Forest Farming in the Ozarks with Wren Haffner and Ini Giesbrecht of Mountain Jewel Center for Earth Connection 1:27:36

3+ y ago1:27:36

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This episode of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Wren Haffner and Ini Giesbrecht of Mountain Jewel Center for Earth Connection, an 18 acre homestead in the Ozarks. I’ve been following Mountain Jewel for a few years now on Instagram, since before Wren and Ini started tending the land they steward. I’ve been consistently inspired…

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Kelly & Gabe with Téo Montoya on the Colorado Trail: indigenous futurism, finding sacredness in all places 1:25:23

3+ y ago1:25:23

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Episode #48 of the Ground Shots Podcast is the last recording Gabe and I conducted on our 2020 Colorado Trail Plant-a-go walk. This episode documents a few conversations Gabe and I had with our friend Téo Montoya who came to hike with us for a brief stint on the west side of the Collegiate Loop section of the trail. Téo Montoya is a Lipan Apache(Nd…

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47 : Sharon Kallis in Vancouver, BC on creatives as unique problemsolvers for ecological issues, using invasive plants in community building through craft 1:49:19

3+ y ago1:49:19

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Episode #47 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with artist and creative land-tender Sharon Kallis, who lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Sharon is a community engaged environmental artist. I met Sharon last year at the Saskatoon Circle ancestral skills gathering in eastern Washington. Before the gathering, one of my good friends had …

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Kelly and Gabe reflect from mile 300 of the Colorado Trail on Texas Creek, west side of the Collegiate Loop 1:37:56

3+ y ago1:37:56

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Episode #46 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation between Gabe Crawford and Kelly Moody tuning in around mile 300 of their ‘Plant-a-go’ thru-hike walk on the Colorado Trail this summer. To listen to their reflections on the first 100 miles of the walk, listen to Episode #43, here. In this episode of the podcast, we talk about: redefin…

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John Mahkewa on the wisdom of clay 1:08:01

3+ y ago1:08:01

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This episode of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with the potter and artist John Mahkewa, Hopi-Tewa elder currently living in Yuma, Arizona. John and I met a few years ago at the Buckeye Gathering, an ancestral skills gathering that usually occurs in the Spring in Concow, California. Since this gathering where I met John and took hi…

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Ramona Moonflower on protecting the Redwoods in the 90's, using forest therapy to re-connect to place 39:56

3+ y ago39:56

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This episode of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Ramona Moonflower Rubin, an activist and forest therapist living in the Bay area of California. Ramona Moonflower Rubin walks a path woven of science, spirituality and activism connecting human and ecological health. Ramona studied Cultural Ecology at the University of Santa Cruz…

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Kelly and Gabe reflect on the first six segments of their Plant-a-go on the Colorado Trail 1:32:55

3+ y ago1:32:55

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Episode #42 features a conversation between Kelly Moody (podcast host) and Gabe Crawford, previous podcast guest. In this episode of the podcast, we discuss our observations on the first six segments or first 100 miles or so of our Colorado Trail Plant—a-go walk. We talk about the nature and spectrum of small to extreme disturbances on the land We …

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Charity Cimarron of Mother Marrow out of Asheville, NC on intentional creativity in connection to the land 1:35:04

4y ago1:35:04

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Episode #42 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Charity Cimarron, the main singer and songwriter behind the music project Mother Marrow. Charity and I met in 2013 in Asheville, North Carolina and have been friends ever since. I’m honored to feature her music at the theme song and outro for the Ground Shots Podcast. In this epis…

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Wild tending series / Michael Ridge of Walking with Western Wildflowers on living nomadically year-round wild-tending on horseback 43:50

4y ago43:50

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Episode #41 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a story documenting my visit with Michael Ridge of Walking with Western Wildflowers August 2019 in Kamiah, Idaho, Nimiipuu country. In this episode with Michael we talk about: the importance of ecological participation as a way to belong to place Michael's way of wild-tending nomadically on horseback…

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Samuel Bautista Lazo on coming back to the Corn during pandemic, destructive corporate intrusion on indigenous communities in Mexico 1:21:02

4y ago1:21:02

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Episode #40 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Samuel Bautista Lazo, who was a guest on Episode #1 of the podcast which aired several summers ago. Listen to the first conversation we had with Samuel here: Episode #1: Samuel Bautista Lazo on weaving in Oaxaca, colonialism, the importance of making things. Samuel is Benizaa (Zap…

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Dan Nanamkin on the importance of indigenous led skill-share with sovereignty camps 1:00:03

4y ago1:00:03

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Episode #39 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Dan Nanamkin. Dan Nanamkin is from the Chief Joseph Band Of Wallowa, Nez Perce, and Colville Confederated Tribes of Washington State has been an advocate/teacher for indigenous culture, community unity, youth empowerment, racial equality, and peace for several decades. Prior to St…

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Jim Croft with Brien Beidler in Santa, Idaho on making books and paper from the ground up 1:28:12

4y ago1:28:12

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Episode #38 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Jim Croft, medieval era bookbinder, hand papermaker and wonderful storyteller. This podcast episode was recorded summer 2019 in Santa, Idaho on his homestead during he and his partner Melody’s ‘Old Ways of Making Books’ class they host most summers. This interview was co-facilitat…

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Wild Tending Series / Dara Saville on riparian regeneration in the Southwest with the Yerba Mansa Project 54:38

4y ago54:38

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This episode of the podcast features a conversation with Dara Saville out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dara is an Herbalist and Geographer with a passion for native plants, public lands, and community engagement. She is the founder and primary instructor of the Albuquerque Herbalism bioregional herbal studies program and a columnist for Plant Healer…

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Wild Tending series / Zach Elfers of Nomad Seed on experiential ethnobotany, propagating bioregional wild foods in the eastern woodlands and prairies 2:06:57

4y ago2:06:57

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Episode #35 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Zach Elfers, an ethnobotanist who lives in eastern Pennsylvania near the Susquehanna River. Zach runs the Nomad Seed Project. From Zach’s website: The Nomad Seed Project sets out to research, document, experiment, and propagate wild, native, and perennial plants which have excepti…

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