Are you looking at our society racked with disconnection, poor mental and physical health, social injustice, and the wanton destruction of the natural world and asking yourself, “What can I do?” Join experimental anthropologist Peter Michael Bauer as he converses with experts from many converging fields that help us craft cultures of resilience. Weaving together a range of topics from ecology to wilderness survival skills to permaculture, each episode deepens and expands your understanding o ...
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Welcome to the MOJO Record Club. Join Andrew Male and the MOJO family of musicians, writers and music obsessives as we hunt down classic albums, buried treasures and the very best new records. Subscribe now at https://www.mojo4music.com/podcast/
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It's easy to imagine the future looks like today, but 30 years ago flat-screen TVs, global biodisasters, online communities, and plant-based meats only existed in research labs and as probability equations in papers across the country. Research is happening every day that never makes the news; research that will change what our future will look like. We're joined by experts in the field to discuss how the research they are doing today will have ripple effects across space and time. Join Nash ...
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The MOJO Record Club Reviews: Cassandra Jenkins & Johnny Blue Skies
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This week as the MOJO Record Club's Andrew Male and MOJO Associate Editor Jenny Bulley discuss new albums from Cassandra Jenkins and Sturgill Simpson's new alter ego Johnny Blue Skies. You wait forever for an expansive genre-expanding album of personal revelation and then two come along at once. Tracklisting: Petco, written by Cassandra Jenkins fro…
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The Lankum polymath discusses the beefed-up drone of the Lankum sound, the awesome power of repetition, folk as time travel, and delves deep into his wild youth and his love of the Subhumans and folk-punk Laureate, Patrik Fitzgerald. Tracklisting: (cover of D.K. Gavan’s) Rocky Road To Dublin, from the 2023 EP, Live In Dublin, Written by D.K. Gavin,…
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The MOJO Record Club with Peter Buck - bonus episode
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Peter Buck rocks up to talk about R.E.M., Laura Nyro, pandemic life and his new collaboration with Luke Haines. Tracklisting: 1. The British Army on LSD, from the album, All the Kids are Super Bummed Out, by Luke Haines and Peter Buck, released by Cherry Red Records 2. Eli’s Coming, by Laura Nero, (eternally beguiling and cryptic 1968 LP), Eli And …
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The MOJO Record Club Review: Beth Gibbons and Michael Head
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A new music special, as the MOJO Record Club’s Andrew Male and John Mulvey dig into a couple of key new releases from Beth Gibbons and Michael Head. A Scousadelic Krapp’s Last Tape, anyone? 1. Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band 'Shirl's Ghost, released on Modern Sky 2. Beth Gibbons 'Lost Changes' released on Domino Records…
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The MOJO Record Club with Richard Hawley - Part 2
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Richard Hawley’s visit to The MOJO Record Club continues, as he goes deeper into The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark, The Byrds, Gram Parsons, the wildness of bluegrass, the secret origins of country-rock, and his father’s connection to Hendrix! Tracklisting: Dillard and Clark, ‘Out on The Side’, written by Gene Clark , released on A&M Reco…
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The MOJO Record Club with Richard Hawley Richard Hawley takes The MOJO Record Club on a journey from the mean streets of Sheffield to the bluegrass badlands of Dillard & Clark, via detours to the Lincolnshire Riviera and Asteroid City. What was Scott Walker better at – pool or darts? Tracklisting: 1. Richard Hawley ‘Prism In Jeans’, written by Rich…
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The MOJO Record Club with Richard Thompson
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The MOJO Record Club with Richard Thompson The captain of British folk-rock sails into the MOJO Record Club to discuss his new album, Ship To Shore, Donald Trump, his love for Doc Watson & The Watson Family, Liege & Lief and “BLOODBATHS OF LUST”! Tracklist: 1. Singapore Sadie, written by Richard Thompson and released on New West Records 2. Your Lon…
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The MOJO Record Club: Shabaka Hutchings and Myriam Gendron reviewed
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Andrew Male and John Mulvey dig into a couple of their favourite new releases from Shabaka Hutchings and Myriam Gendron. For all your ambient jazz flute needs – and more… Tracklist: 1. I’ll Do Whatever You Want, featuring André 3000, Floating Points and Laraaji, written by Shabaka Hutchings and released on Impulse! Records 2. Long Way Home, written…
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What is a Subsistence Economy and What Makes Them So Resilient w/ Dr. Helga Vierich
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To attain the level of resilience that cultural rewilding calls for, requires moving away from an economy based on extraction for profit that lays waste to local ecosystems and destroys ancient ways that people have lived from the land. To move away we need alternatives, and examples of how other people have found and maintained sustainability. How…
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The MOJO Record Club podcast welcomes the brilliant Australian multi-tasker Oren Ambarchi to our ranks, for a wide-ranging chat about David Behrman, Paul McCartney and AMM, Jim O’Rourke,10cc, and the karaoke secrets of the global avant-garde elite! Plus Andrew Male and John Mulvey dig into new releases by Oisin Leech and Cassie Kinoshi. Tracklistin…
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The Reality of Hunter-Gatherers w/ Dr. Robert Kelly
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Rewilding is about seeking a reciprocal relationship to the environment and to one another. Material and cultural conditions kept humans in relative check with their ecologies for potentially millions of years, so what were they? If we are to understand this, we must hold up a lens and look at the diversity of hunter-gatherers (both past and presen…
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The Waterboys’ Mike Scott joins The MOJO Record Club to explore his Whole Of The Moon era, revisit John Lennon’s Imagine, deconstruct Dancing In The Dark, and tell us about recording with Bob Dylan. Plus new releases from Brittany Howard and Gerycz Powers Rolin. Every precious dream and vision underneath the stars! Tracklisting: 1. The Waterboys ‘T…
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The MOJO Record Club with Joe Talbot from IDLES
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Season Two of the MOJO Record Club kicks off with a righteous first guest: Joe Talbot of IDLES, who tells Andrew Male about TANGK, Timber Timbre, Lee Moses, Bill Callahan, The Pharcyde, Van Morrison, Traams, The Smiths and much more. Plus new albums from The Smile and House Band, and “a sinister raconteur with a dagger…” TRACKLISTING: IDLES 'Grace'…
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Rewilding Cities Through Place-making Permaculture w/ Mark Lakeman
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City landscapes are perhaps the most decimated and human centric habitats in today’s world. These landscapes are in need of thoughtful rewilding. Cities are some of the most domesticated places, but also positioned in some of the most historically fertile places. Cities were built where they are, because these places had access to a diverse array o…
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Rewilding Your Connection to the Land Through Stories w/ Jason Godesky
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The longer a culture exists in a place, the more stories they have of that place. These stories act a way for people to interact with the land where they live and also act as social filters for how to perceive the land as well. Stories also engage people with the landscape through their imagination and when linked to a physical activity can make th…
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Hunting and Gathering Like a BOSS w/ Randy Champagne
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There are few opportunities for people living in modern contexts to experience what life would be like living in a band of hunter-gatherers. While there are still several cultures in the world living this way, most are protected from outsiders through organizations like Survival International. While rewilding isn’t a synonym for primitive living, o…
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Rewilding as Anti-Fascism w/ Cara Delia Schwab
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Fascist ideology has been on the rise, with a calculated effort on the part of fascists, to infiltrate environmental movements. Rewilding has seen its fair share of this over the years. As a return to our egalitarian roots, rewilding is the political opposite of fascism. And yet, there are foot holds of sort, within the ideology and world view that…
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The MOJO Record Club with Peter Buck
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Peter Buck rocks up to talk about R.E.M., Laura Nyro, pandemic life and his new collaboration with Luke Haines. Plus Andrew, John and the usual animal menagerie wax lyrical about new releases by the Arctic Monkeys and Oren Ambarchi… Talk about the passions! Tracklisting: 1. The British Army on LSD, from the album, All the Kids are Super Bummed Out,…
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The MOJO Record Club with Stuart Braithwaite
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Mogwai’s spaceship-hunting Stuart Braithwaite is Andrew Male’s latest guest, bringing with him a mighty audio “massage of the soul”. Plus MOJO Associate Editor Jenny Bulley, new records by Bill Callahan and Lucretia Dalt, and some ambient rabbits. It’s a trip! Tracklisting: 1. Ritchie Sacramento, by Mogwai, written by Mogwai and released on Rock Ac…
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The Coral’s James Skelly helps Andrew Male and Chris Catchpole “explore the spaces between the sun and the shadows”. To be explored, specifically: Cillian Murphy and Bela Lugosi; Phil Spector and Celine Dion; and elusive butterfly and self-proclaimed “all-out pain” Bob Lind. Oh, and new ones by Sparklehorse and our old friend Alabaster DePlume, too…
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“Let’s be brilliant!” Punk paragon Gina Birch is the latest star to join the MOJO Record Club, with tales of Raincoats, Hangovers and a musical revelation via food poisoning. Then Jenny Bulley joins Andrew Male to unpack the new David Bowie box, discover a lost treasure of outlaw country, and sample some fresh Turkish psych... Release the Anatolian…
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Pauline Black brings radical optimism to the MOJO Record Club, as she reveals the folk roots of The Selecter, and the liberating brilliance of Pentangle’s Basket Of Light. Then stick around for new releases, as Andrew Male and John Mulvey explore the latest records from Arooj Aftab and Lana Del Rey. Bongwater comparisons, anyone? Tracklisting: 1. H…
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The MOJO Record Club with Kristin Hersh Catch a wave with Kristin Hersh, as the Throwing Muses legend tells Andrew Male and Chris Catchpole about “tasty” sounds, Experimental Jelly, being a surf mom, and 40 years of fighting the good fight against the music biz. Plus the new album from Blake Mills, and some unheard revelations from Vivian Stanshall…
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The MOJO Record Club with Natalie Merchant
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The MOJO Record Club with Natalie Merchant Natalie Merchant reveals her spectacular Nico, Marlene Dietrich and Ray Davies impressions, as she rolls up at the club to discuss Chelsea Girl, “medieval torture”, stealing eight-tracks and much more. Plus Andrew Male and Danny Eccleston pore over the new Depeche Mode album and an amazing Kinks “psychic d…
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Direct from Ardent Studios in Memphis, Big Star’s Jody Stephens brings a neglected Texan treasure to the MOJO Record Club. But why has Willis Alan Ramsey still not released a follow-up, 51 years later? And what new releases are Andrew Male and John Mulvey excited about in spite of themselves? Tracklisting: 1. Willis Alan Ramsey, Boy from Oklahoma, …
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The MOJO Record Club with Mick Head
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From Liverpool with Love! MOJO’s Album Of The Year winner Michael Head joins Andrew Male to reveal how Forever Changes forever changed Shack, The Pale Fountains and The Red Elastic Band. Plus Iggy Pop, Jeff Parker, Miles & Gil, Matt Monro and, as usual, much more. Tracklisting: 1. Fluke, song and lyrics by Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band, from …
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All the hits and more, as Andrew Male revisits a few highlights of our podcast so far with Thurston Moore, Miki Berenyi, Robyn Hitchcock, Alabaster DePlume, Gina Birch, Tim Burgess, Barry Adamson and the MOJO gang. Your one-stop soul-cleansing music podcast destination!
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Andrew Male and the team reassemble for a trip into the liminal zone in search of 2022’s hidden musical treasures. Heavy vegetables, good dust and coffee shop riot grrls guaranteed! Tracklisting: 1. Broken Eyes by Plosivs, released on Swami Records 2. Feline, by Mart Avi, self-released on Bandcamp 3. This is Rolling Mills Are Burning Down by Jake X…
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We head back to a hot London summer at the end of the hippy era, as Jethro Tull’s “Nureyev with a flute” Ian Anderson talks vividly about Roy Harper, folk versus rock, musicians versus the music biz, and much more. Plus Andrew Male and Danny Eccleston dig MOJO’s compilation of unheard Stax demos, and yet more great Arthur Russell finds. Tracklistin…
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The Mojo Record Club with Robert Forster Robert Forster waxes lyrical on Roberta Flack, Leonard Cohen, Samuel Beckett and the necessity of pretension. But where, ask Andrew Male and Ian Harrison, do The Go-Betweens sit on the prog/post-punk spectrum? Tracklisting: 1. Tender Years, written by Robert Forster and released on Tapete Records 2. This is …
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The MOJO Record Club with Jim O'Rourke
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Composer producer and all-round musical polymath Jim O’Rourke joins host Andrew Male and MOJO Editor John Mulvey to discuss his recent score for Kyle Armstrong’s Hands That Bind and one of his favourite LPs, Jaco Pastorius’ 1981 jazz fusion masterpiece, Word Of Mouth. Plus, we delve into some of the week's best new releases from Kieran Hebden & Wil…
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The MOJO Record Club with Toyah Wilcox & Robert Fripp
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The MOJO Record Club decamps to Toyah and Robert Fripp’s kitchen to remember lockdown rock-outs, revisit Bowie’s liminal zones in Berlin and Milton Keynes, and discover the surprising connections between King Crimson and The Shaggs! Plus new albums from Bob Dylan and Califone. Tracklisting: 1. 'Supermen', written by David Bowie, and originally rele…
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The MOJO Record Club with Rickie Lee Jones
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Live from New Orleans and “the jazz side of life”, Rickie Lee Jones joins the MOJO Record Club – not just to discuss Van Morrison’s Veedon Fleece, but to sing us a fair portion of it! Plus Andrew Male and Jenny Bulley on the latest new releases from Bill Orcutt and Jana Horn. Let’s improvise! Tracklisting: 1. Just in Time, by Comden & Green, perfor…
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A tour of rock’s meaner alleyways, courtesy of our guest Tim Burgess and the scuzz-opera of his secret hero, Armand Schaubroeck. Plus Andrew Male and Ian Harrison draw Tim into a cul-de-sac with new releases from Weyes Blood and Horse Lords. Street hassle obligatory! Tracklisting: 1. Tim Burgess, Sure Enough, written by Tim Burgess and released on …
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The MOJO Record Club with Nick Banks
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Pulp’s Nick Banks is the latest guest of the MOJO Record Club; author, potter, punk historian and Jarvis Cocker’s faithful drummer. Nick joins Andrew Male and Chris Catchpole to discuss the Pulp reunion, creativity over technique and The Slits... He remembers the first time, and the second, and the third! Plus new releases from Public Image Ltd and…
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The MOJO Record Club with Yo La Tengo
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What’s on the flipside of a CD? Yo La Tengo’s Georgia Hubley and Ira Kaplan are the latest inductees to the MOJO Record Club, sharing their love of Bob Marley and The Clean with Andrew Male. Then stick around for a trip deep into Bob Dylan’s archives… Baby, follow us down! Tracklisting: 1. Aselestine, by Yo La Tengo, written by Ira Kaplan and Georg…
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From his Massachusetts attic studio Lloyd Cole ponders music celebrity golf tournaments, tells us the best way to insult a musician and talks to Andrew Male and Jenny Bully about his love for Joan As Police Woman’s 2006 debut LP, Real Life. Plus, new albums by Mudhoney and Everything But The Girl, stray cat noises, the joy of small dogs and the mid…
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There’s uncooked haggis on the rider and compelling stories galore, as the excellent novelist Ian Rankin joins Andrew Male and Keith Cameron to hymn the fairy tales for hard men of Jackie Leven. Plus a trip into the darkened teenage bedrooms of The Murder Capital, and a reckoning with the eternal challenges of John Cale. From Fife to The Waste Land…
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Let’s make this one precious: Kevin Rowland joins the MOJO Record Club to discuss Dexys past and present and the enduring genius of Van Morrison. Plus Andrew Male and Chris Catchpole tackle new releases by Tinariwen and BC Camplight... “It ain’t why, why, why, it just is!” Tracklisting: 1. I’m Going to Get Free, written by Kevin Rowland and release…
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The MOJO Record Club with The Drive-by Truckers
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The MOJO Record Club takes a road trip into the Dirty South with the Drive-By Truckers’ Mike Cooley and Patterson Hood. From Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to Athens, Georgia, in the company of The Glands, Hall & Oates, Todd Rundgren and more. Plus onwards to Northern Ghana and mid-Wales to review the best new albums! Tracklisting: 1. Where The Devil Don’…
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Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake is our latest inductee to the MOJO Record Club, bringing with him the astonishing Quebec by Ween. Plus Andrew Male and John Mulvey dig into Neil Young’s long-awaited Chrome Dreams, and the final album by the incendiary trumpeter and composer jaimie branch. Tracklisting: 1. Back To The Light, written by Norman Blake, a…
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This week, the whirlwind of creativity that is Warren Ellis gently ushers your host Andrew Male and MOJO Editor John Mulvey into the church of Alice Coltrane. Plus Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Jerry Lee Lewis, Karen Dalton, Bob Dylan, Bitchin Bajas, Ralph Stanley and a stunning Lou Reed revelation! Tracklisting: 1.Alice Coltrane - My Favourite Thing…
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Soundtrack don Barry Adamson joins Andrew Male for a trawl through the shadowy world of classic movie scores. Plus new albums from Suede and Makaya McCraven, and an epiphany in the Scala Cinema! Tracklisting: 1. Prelude, Vertigo by Bernard Herrmann, 1996 reissue of Vertigo on Varese Sarabande 2. Vertigo, sung by Billy Eckstine and written by Jay Li…
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Community Rewilding in the City w/ Sharon Kallis
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In this episode I’m talking shop with my friend and colleague Sharon Kallis. Sharon facilitates a community organization similar to Rewild Portland in Vancouver BC called Earthand Gleaners Society. She is an award winning artist who focuses on fiber arts through a locavore lens, by growing, foraging, and gleaning raw materials and processing them i…
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On this episode I am once again chatting with my friend and colleague Woniya Thibeault. This episode contains spoilers for the television series ALONE, of which Woniya has been a contestant on twice. If you haven’t watched season 6 or Alone Frozen, I recommend doing so before listening. Woniya came in second place on ALONE season 6, and more recent…
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Rewilding in Eastern Australia w/ Eva Angophora
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Rewilding looks different in places all around the world, but also shares many similarities: from settler-colonialism to mainstream co-option. In this episode we’ll be looking at Rewilding in Eastern Australia. My guest is Eva Angophora. Founder of Wild Beings, barefoot wanderer Eva has spent the most part of the last 5 years living outside in vari…
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Subsistence Challenges w/ James V Morgan
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Subsistence–the way we acquire our food–is a central aspect of rewilding. To talk with me both about the anthropology of subsistence but also the challenges and practicality of it is James V. Morgan. James is a former professional anthropologist who has spent nearly two decades studying and working with indigenous hunter-gatherers on three continen…
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Permaculture is a design science for creating regenerative landscapes. In rewilding, we often perceive it as a kind of technology based on ancient hunter-gatherer-horticultural subsistence strategies from around the world. While there are many valuable criticisms about permaculture (just as there are about rewilding), it is still one of the most ef…
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Rewilding in Britain w/ Scott Baine
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For regular listeners to the podcast, and those entrenched in the rewilding movement, we know that rewilding looks different in various places, and has different meanings (sometimes often leading to conflict). While human, anarchic rewilding has been around just as long as conservation rewilding, they often seem to be at odds–especially when it com…
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We wrap up our first season and discuss favorite moments, future goals of the show, whether or not we should embrace our alien overlords, and if beaches made of cremated remains are the best way to build a beach body. We'll be back in July; check out our other podcasts Death & Friends, The Poor Proles Almanac, and the Gastropocene in the meantime!…
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