Best Kate Kavanaugh Podcasts (2024)

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Weaving a New Vision for American Manufacturing and Rural Resilience with Steven Kurutz 1:18:05

11d ago1:18:05

1:18:05

Steven Kurutz grew up in a town of 1500 people in the mountains of Pennsylvania. It was a formative rural experience. He set pins at a local bowling alley. He frequented the town library. It’s where he learned to love books, writing, and the characters of small town America - including the towns themselves. He puts all of that to practice in his ne…

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Complexity, Cooperation, and Beauty - A New Story for Earth with Ferris Jabr 1:43:32

18d ago1:43:32

1:43:32

In this episode, Kate sits down with author Ferris Jabr, whose book Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life comes out on June 25th. Ferris’ love of other animals and plants started at an early age and that fascination has grown into an incredible career as a journalist, exploring the perspective of ecosystems, animals, and the earth itself. Beg…

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the Cold Chain: How Refrigeration Changed... well... Everything with Nicola Twilley 1:32:33

24d ago1:32:33

1:32:33

In this episode, Kate sits down with author and co-host of the Gastropod Podcast, Nicola Twilley, to talk about her new book Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves. Nicola has written an absolute page-turner exploring the massive and far-reaching impacts of refrigeration on just about every aspect of our lives, not…

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Inescapable Reckoning: Fire, Consumption, and Writing with John Vaillant 1:34:11

1M ago1:34:11

1:34:11

In this episode of the Ground Work podcast, Kate sits down with author John Vaillant to begin to tease out some of the themes of his 4 incredible books, 3 works of non-fiction, and one work of fiction. At the recording, John had just been awarded as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World. John and Kate …

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Choosing What to Carry Into the Future: Cate Havstad-Casad is Sowing Change with Regenerative Leather 2:15:59

1M ago2:15:59

2:15:59

Cate Havstad-Casad is leading the revolution in supply chains that nourish communities, ecosystems, and so much more with her regenerative leather company Range Revolution. In this episode, Cate breaks down what it means to re-build and repair the hide to leather supply chain from regenerative ranches, build a regenerative business, and implore cap…

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A Planetary Pulse of Connection: Exploring the Ocean, Science, and Beyond with Helen Czerski 1:37:21

2M ago1:37:21

1:37:21

HELEN CZERSKI is a physicist with a background in bubbles and experimental explosives. Her books The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works and Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life are incredible explorations of looking at the processes of how things that we often don’t truly see in our daily lives are deeply affecting us. In this episode, we…

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Dust: Salvage, Water, and Hope for the Modern World with Jay Owens 1:45:29

2M ago1:45:29

1:45:29

In this episode, Kate sits down with author Jay Owens to talk about her book Dust: The Modern World in a Trillion Particles. Together, they unravel the paradoxes and challenges posed by dust - a small particle that makes a big impact throughout history. Discover how dust connects the Sahara to the Amazon, influences snowmelt, and carries historical…

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The Tapestry of American Manufacturing with Rachel Slade 2:28:19

2M ago2:28:19

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In this episode, Kate sits down with author and journalist Rachel Slade to discuss her books Making It In America: The Almost Impossible Quest to Manufacture in the USA (and How It Got That Way) and Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastore, and the Sinking of El Faro. Rachel’s books are incredible explorations of humanity and she d…

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We are Just Bodies Bodying: Exploring Skin, Touch, and Love with May Lindstrom 2:42:41

2M ago2:42:41

2:42:41

In this week’s episode Kate sits down with the lovely, the ineffable, the effervescent May Lindstrom. Together they explore themes of grace, slowness, and the intricate dance between our inner and outer worlds. May shares many of her incredible stories and laces throughout them a call to live a life full of compassion and love and a cherishing of t…

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Our Nervous System is rooted in the Earth - Episode 127 - Kate Kavanaugh 1:46:43

2M ago1:46:43

1:46:43

Hey there are welcome to the wemove podcast. This week we continue Chris’s conversations into the Nervous System. In conversations one and two of this series, the focus has been with experts in nervous system regulation in Irene Lyons and Dominik Koch. Both of whom Chris has worked with and learned from in his own explorations and practices in NS r…

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the Future is Not Inevitable: Re-Imagining Infrastructure with Deb Chachra 1:26:10

3M ago1:26:10

1:26:10

In this episode, materials scientist and engineering professor Deb Chachra shares about infrastructure. Her book ‘How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems that Shape Our World’ is a multi-layered dive into infrastructure. In this episode, Deb and Kate explore ideas of how we move resources to bodies and waste away from bodies. It is a brief exp…

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Seeing the Unseen: How Sand Builds Our World with Vince Beiser 1:31:14

3M ago1:31:14

1:31:14

Sand. It’s everywhere and it’s foundational to the built and digital worlds, yet we rarely see or think about it. Vince Beiser’s the World in a Grain tells the story of sand as it makes its way into the materials that make up our world: concrete, glass, silicon chips, and beyond. In this episode of the podcast, we explore some of the broader implic…

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Our Relationship to Our Resources: A Solo Episode with Kate Kavanaugh 1:08:44

3M ago1:08:44

1:08:44

Our relationship to resources shapes the world. Our food, our clothing, our devices, our building materials and the infrastructure that underpins moving them from place to place. On this podcast, we've explored a lot around food as a resource - its impact on land and human health and some of the inputs and externalities of our food system. Now, I'd…

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How to Be Animal with Melanie Challenger 1:20:53

4M ago1:20:53

1:20:53

In this episode of the podcast, Kate sits down with author and poet Melanie Challenger to discuss her two books How to Be Animal and On Extinction. Melanie also hosted the beautiful podcast ‘Psychosphere’ exploring the minds of animals outside of the human animal. This episode explores our disconnection with nature and how it begins in childhood an…

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Building an Agriculture We Can Live In with Cole Mannix 1:42:43

4M ago1:42:43

1:42:43

In this episode, I (Kate Kavanaugh) sit down with Cole Mannix of Old Salt Co-Op to talk about vertically integrating the agriculture of the middle with systems that are built to serve ranchers and consumers alike. Cole talks about his innovative business (and funding) structure, the upcoming Old Salt Festival in Helmville, Montana in June (I went l…

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The Gravity of Risk and the Potential of Opportunities: Regenerative Agriculture Businesses with Robby Sansom 2:06:56

4M ago2:06:56

2:06:56

Robby Sansom is one of the founders of Force of Nature Meats and has a mind for marrying the qualitative with the quantitative. In this episode, Robby and Kate explore what it means to build sustainable business models, try to make really massive numbers a little bit more tangible, and speak candidly about the meat industry. It’s an episode that ex…

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Your Fertility is Your Health: Real Food for Fertility with Lily Nichols, RDN 1:36:30

5M ago1:36:30

1:36:30

Lily Nichols returns to the podcast to discuss what it means to optimize for fertility - and for vitality. This episode is for everyone: men, women, people trying to conceive and not! Lily’s new book “Real Food for Fertility,” centers on how whole foods can enhance fertility. The book is backed by extensive research with over 2,500 citations and co…

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Circular Economies and Linear Infrastructure: the Complex Interplay of Roads, Beavers, and Ecosystems with Ben Goldfarb 1:39:31

5M ago1:39:31

1:39:31

In this episode, Kate sits down with author Ben Goldfarb to discuss the profound effects of beavers and humans on ecosystems, particularly through the construction of roads and habitats. Ben Goldfarb is the author of Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet and Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter…

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Reconnecting the body to its Movement - Episode 126 - Dominik Koch 1:45:37

6M ago1:45:37

1:45:37

Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast . The next episode in our exploration of the nervous system, this week Chris talks Dom Koch, one of the practitioners we have worked with for many years, about how the nervous system is the governing body for our movements, but when it feels unsafe or from past experiences, it might reduce the number of o…

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Becoming a Bridge: Exploring Process, Transformation, and Story through Fermentation with Dr. Julia Skinner 1:56:45

6M ago1:56:45

1:56:45

In this episode, Kate sits down with Dr. Julia Skinner to discuss all manner of things, as it tends to be when two generalists sit down together. Julia’s work is multi-disciplinary, weaving together threads of her interests into a celebration of creative practice, fermentation, food history, the history of libraries, and beyond. The conversation ex…

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Dream: The Art and Science of Slumber with Scott Carney 1:37:19

6M ago1:37:19

1:37:19

Scott Carney makes his second appearance on the podcast to talk about his new book Dream: the Art and Science of Slumber. It's a deliciously short book that reframes sleep. It's a little bit science and a little bit art and it manages to quote Jurassic Park once, so it's a big win. In this episode, Scott and I chase some rabbits around ideas relate…

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Nervous System Healing - Episode 125 - Irene Lyon 1:48:12

6M ago1:48:12

1:48:12

The weMove podcast is getting in to the Nervous System, what it is, what it does for us and how we can relearn how we communicate with it to take us from a place of fight, flight, freeze, fawn to a more regulated alert and healthy state giving us back the power to experience life and movement. We have heard the phrase Nervous System many times and …

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The In Betweens, Goals as Process, and Type 2 Fun with Kate Kavanaugh 59:19

7M ago59:19

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In this solo episode, Kate dives into those spaces that are neither here nor there, the "in betweens", exploring the idea that when we set goals now (point a) for a place in the future (point b), the real gift is the process that unfolds in between. With that in mind, Kate explores the tension between not wanting to fall into the hustle and product…

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What Are the Stories We Tell, the Stories We Don’t Tell, and Why? The Cost of Free Land with Rebecca Clarren 1:18:41

7M ago1:18:41

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In this episode Kate is joined by author Rebecca Clarren to explore her book Cost of Free Land; Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance. The Cost of Free Land explores an entwined history; one of Rebecca’s Jewish ancestors and their land in South Dakota and the Lakota that had been forced off that land by the US government. In the podcast, Rebecc…

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the Phosphorus Paradox: Fertilizing Our Future or Fueling Our Folly? With Dan Egan 1:22:57

8M ago1:22:57

1:22:57

In this episode, Kate is joined by Dan Egan, author of the Devil’s Element: Phosphorous and a World Out of Balance. Why phosphorus? Phosphorus is vital for life on Earth and plays a pivotal role in fertilizers that sustain agriculture. However, it’s also a finite resource where its overuse in fertilizers has led to significant environmental concern…

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We Are the Drivers of Our Species' Tomorrows with Cat Bohannon 1:31:57

8M ago1:31:57

1:31:57

This week, Kate sits down with author Cat Bohannan to talk about her book Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution. This conversation takes you on a captivating journey through the intricacies of human evolution viewed through the stories our bodies have to tell - and the female body in particular. In this podcast, they e…

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Chasing Elk, Dreams, and Stewardship with Lindsey Davis 1:53:48

8M ago1:53:48

1:53:48

Lindsey Browne Davis is a writer, hunter, entrepreneur, and naturalist. Based in Salt Lake City, Lindsey draws from her experiences farming, foraging, hunting, and running businesses to talk candidly about chasing our dreams, even when it feels almost impossible. This is a wide ranging and inspiring podcast where we discuss the overlap between stew…

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One Foot in Front of the Other: Walking Through Hard Times with Kate Kavanaugh 1:08:07

9M ago1:08:07

1:08:07

Hey. It’s Kate. I’ve been absent and I want to talk some about why and what it means to be in a challenging season of life. So often we hear from people once they reach the other side of challenge - but we rarely hear from them when they’re in the thick of it. Well, I’m in the thick of it, and so this vulnerable episode is three parts: where I’ve b…

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Becoming Apprenticed to Your Body with Irene Lyon (Part 3) 59:52

10M ago59:52

59:52

Irene joins the Mind, Body, and Soil podcast for her third visit to discuss what it means to become apprenticed to your body. Better yet, a little tardiness on Kate’s part at the beginning of the episode allows Kate and Irene to explore in real time the difference between a regulated and dysregulated nervous system. In it, the idea of “window of to…

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The State of Regional Food Systems: An Update from Kate + Old Salt Panel 1:23:41

11M ago1:23:41

1:23:41

In this episode, Kate gives us an update about regional food systems through the lens of her butcher shop, Western Daughters, and the decision of whether or not to close. What does it mean to support regenerative food systems as a food business - and where does financial sustainability come into the conversation? Kate leads us through the struggles…

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From Smokejumping to Garlic Farming and Everything in Between with Rob Krapfel 2:08:43

12M ago2:08:43

2:08:43

Rob Krapfel has been challenging himself for a long time. Whether teaching himself how to upland hunt as a teenager, navigating a career as a fish biologist, or becoming a smokejumper in his late 20’s, Rob has something to say about persistence and perseverance. Envisioning a life of adventure from a young age with a desire to do many different thi…

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10% Human with Alanna Collen 1:57:30

12M ago1:57:30

1:57:30

How do we begin to explore and illustrate the multi-factorial complexity that surrounds us? This has become one of the guiding questions of the podcast and Alanna Collen, author of 10% Human, has a gift for navigating the tangled webs of connection. Author and evolutionary biologist, Alanna’s book set an early stage for conversations around the mic…

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A Process of Reclamation - Part 2 with Tara Couture 2:14:45

1y ago2:14:45

2:14:45

In this episode, I bring back Tara Couture for a second round of talking about the intricacies and complexities of health and what it means to reimagine and reclaim that at a personal, familial, and community level. In this episode, Tara and I deep dive into some of our personal health journeys and exploring the knowledge of not taking a one size f…

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Exploring the Mystery + Embracing the Unknown with Fred Provenza 2:23:15

1y ago2:23:15

2:23:15

Over the course of a couple of months, Fred and I spent a lot of time writing back and forth about mystery and uncertainty with the intention of bringing that conversation to the podcast. Fred Provenza is well known for his research contributions to the field of livestock nutrition and behavior, but this conversation goes beyond that and into the g…

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Everything Happens in Relationship with Kate Kavanaugh 1:00:42

1y ago1:00:42

1:00:42

On today's special episode, host Kate Kavanaugh shares a talk she gave in Fredericksburg, Texas for the What Good Shall I Do Conference. It is an exploration of the myriad of ways that we are deeply interconnected - pulling threads from soil science, ecology, botany, cellular biology, mysticism and spirituality, and philosophy. At the end, is a mes…

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Becoming Edible: Aliveness, Death, and the Invisible Dimension with Dr. Andreas Weber 2:03:15

1y ago2:03:15

2:03:15

Andreas Weber has studied marine biology and cultural systems alongside his work with theoretical biologist Francisco Varela. Andreas has worked over the years on the concept of enlivenment and looking at the “biosphere as a meaning-creating and poetic reality”. This episode is about dissolving the boundaries of a mechanistic worldview and finding …

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Cook Your Way to an Economy of Peace with Cate Havstad-Casad 2:26:45

1y ago2:26:45

2:26:45

Cate Havstad-Casad is redefining what it means to be a holistic entrepreneur. Using her lens of holism and looking at how to scale businesses while still keeping in mind natural limits of growth, she has built Havstad Hat Co and Range Revolutions and Casad Family Farms in conjunction with her husband, Chris. She is as passionate about soil as she i…

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The Skill of Staying Human with Daniel Vitalis 2:05:39

1+ y ago2:05:39

2:05:39

As the digital world looms, this discussion is an exploration of built and natural worlds and how they impact us as a species. Daniel Vitalis, host of WildFed on the Outdoor Channel and formerly host of the podcasts Rewild Yourself and Wild Fed, joins Kate in a conversation that finds humanity at different points in time and with different viewpoin…

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Leaving Our Children Shade with Katie Forrest 1:56:07

1+ y ago1:56:07

1:56:07

Katie Forrest, together with her husband Taylor Collins, is the founder of Epic Bar and one of the minds behind Force of Nature Meats and Roam Ranch in Fredericksburg, Texas. Katie herself is a force of nature as a business owner, mother, wife, rancher, and human. Together, we explore the perennial nature of hope and how we can think about modeling…

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Increasing Connection + Sensation with Adrian Grenier 1:19:52

1+ y ago1:19:52

1:19:52

So many of us have had the experience of nature, of farming, bringing us back to ourselves. Adrian Grenier’s story isn’t much different - several years ago he found himself disconnected and in a state of constantly numbing. Coming back to the idea of ‘chop wood, carry water’ he came home to a place after changing just about everything. Adrian and I…

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Bringing Death Home with Heidi Boucher 2:05:47

1+ y ago2:05:47

2:05:47

Heidi Boucher is a home funeral guide and writer and director of the documentary ‘In the Parlor’ where she follows the intimate journey of three families as they navigate caring for their dead at home. Heidi’s work with death is tender and truly beautiful. In this episode we unpack how funerals moved from the parlors of our homes to funeral parlors…

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How the Stimulus of Death Shapes Our Responses to Life with Scott Carney 1:36:10

1+ y ago1:36:10

1:36:10

Scott Carney’s book ‘the Wedge’ changed my life a little bit, and it has led me down a rabbit hole into his work over the years. From the Enlightenment Trap, to What Doesn’t Kill Us, and into some of his interviews around consciousness. In this episode, we dive deep into death and how our biological programming to fear it can be both a hindrance an…

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Choosing The Stories We Tell Ourselves with Caroline Nelson 3:05:03

1+ y ago3:05:03

3:05:03

Quick Note: A technical glitch in new recording software meant that my audio was recorded not on my microphone. My deepest apologies for the decline in audio quality! It’s still great, just a little tinny, won't happen again! Caroline is a rancher, cow girl, an entrepreneur, and a newly minted podcast host of Chews Wisely. In this marathon episode,…

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Technology, Processed Food, and Thumbs Make Us Human (But not in the ways you might think).... 1:43:55

1+ y ago1:43:55

1:43:55

Dr. Bill Schindler is an experimental archaeologist, anthropologist, restauranteur, hunter, butcher, father, husband…. And Renaissance man when it comes to early man. Author of ‘Eat Like a Human’, Bill and I dive right into a conversation about the origins of homo sapiens and how technology and morphology shaped our modern form. We talk about hunti…

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Start a Farm: Can Raw Cream Save the World? with Blair Prenoveau 1:50:03

1+ y ago1:50:03

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Blair is a farmer, a mother, a homeschooler, a milkmaid, a renegade. On this episode, I sit down with Blair Prenoveau who you might know as @startafarm on Instagram. In this episode, she unpacks why you might start a farm including the deep purpose, nutrition, and connection it offers. She doesn’t, however, shy away from the hardships and together …

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A Hero’s Journey for Humanity: Death in the Garden with Maren Morgan and Jake Marquez 2:26:57

1+ y ago2:26:57

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Maren Morgan and Jake Marquez are on a journey to find the truth and the root of connectedness through their film, podcast series, and future book - Death in the Garden. In this episode, we unpack a lot of the stories, mythologies, narratives, and perhaps truths of what it means to be human. At the beginning, Jake and Maren lead us through the gard…

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Löyly + The Spirit of Sauna Culture 1:16:45

1+ y ago1:16:45

1:16:45

UPDATE: Permaculture Freedom podcast is now called Land by Hand podcast. Listen to the first couple minutes to learn more about this update and the direction the show is headed. And for the main content of this episode...It's Sauna season and I thought this show might be a great introduction to the cultural traditions of Sauna from the far north of…

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The Discipline/Pleasure Axis and Coming Home to Farming with Alex Rosenberg-Rigutto 2:18:40

1+ y ago2:18:40

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Alex Rosenberg-Rigutto could not be defined by a single metric, maybe other than to say that her joy and zest for life are definitively contagious. In this incredible episode, Alex details the arc of her life and her journey to farming, stopping along the way to explore important aspects of what makes us human from our interaction with our environm…

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Where Do the Food Lies Begin? Searching for Sapien Wisdom with Brian Sanders 1:37:31

1+ y ago1:37:31

1:37:31

Brian Sanders is the brain behind the upcoming film series Food Lies and the Instagram account by the same name. His work with Food Lies and his podcast, Peak Human, is about uncovering the lies we’ve been told about food. We dive deep in this podcast to explore where the engine driving the lies in our food system might have gotten its start. How f…

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A 30,000 Foot View of Our Food, Health, and Education System (aka the Sanitization, Medicalization, and Technification of Nearly Everything) with James Connolly 2:35:38

1+ y ago2:35:38

2:35:38

James Connolly is a film producer (most recently - Sacred Cow), co-host of the Sustainable Dish podcast, avid reader, and passionate about food. It’s hard to encapsulate this conversation in a description - we cover a lot of ground. At its core, it’s the broad strokes of just how we ended up in our current paradigm. We start about 150 years ago, wh…

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