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As spring reaches its peak in the Northern hemisphere, the For The Wild Team is awash with all of the excitement and emotions that come with this new season. Of course, spring brings fresh buds and new life, but it is also a time to remember the decay that brings fertility, the slow melt that brings fresh streams, and the long journeys that bring growth.

As we call in slow media and take a pause from our weekly episodes, we are feeling into the new ways creative energy can manifest through us, and we are excited to share that journey with you.

We ask ourselves: How can we learn to live seasonally – not just with the surface-level fluctuations of the earth, but deeply with the lessons and rhythms of cycles?

How can I love this spring
when it’s pulling me
through my life faster
than any time before it?
When five separate dooms
are promised this decade
and here I am, just trying
to watch a bumblebee cling
to its first purple flower.
I cannot save this world.
But look how it’s trying,
once again, to save me.

“This Spring” by James A Pearson
– from The Wilderness That Bears Your Name

We’re calling in slow media.

Feeling into the need for slow, emotionally grounded, and resonant content, we’ll be pausing weekly episodes to fully embody a slow media approach. The past ten years of interviews have shown us how media should be slow, rooted, and steadying, and this shift to slow media will honor all that we have learned from years of beautiful conversations. 

Over the coming months, we will be bringing you print, film, long form media, deeply focused podcast series, and in-person events that will center community and connection. We invite you to dive in deep with us. Stay tuned to our socials, newsletter, website, and podcast feed for updates and announcements! 

We’re embracing content that is deeply-rooted, resourced rather than reactionary, and that offers perspectives based on lived, tangible experiences. Society is moving at an inhuman and inhumane pace right now. Rather than submitting to a culture of constant productivity, we are focusing on moving at the earth’s pace. We’re answering to nature, spirit, and community, not to the clock.

Photo: Field sculptures by Veijo Rönkkönen

As For The Wild shifts to slower and more rooted content, help us learn how we might best honor your time and attention.

We’re looking for listener feedback on what you’d like to see from us, how our content has resonated with you, and what content feels worthy of your attention in these fragmentary times. 

Fill out the Survey here.
(Estimated time to complete is about 10 minutes)

Explore our archive of conversations.

As we embrace a slow approach to content, now is an incredible time to dive into our library of episodes. You can listen to episodes going back to our beginnings in 2014 by visiting our website here or on any platform where you stream podcasts.

“I come here for solace and connection, for talks that are so real I know I am not bleeding alone, and for kindness and inclusivity so deep I cannot forget that we are all singing together.” — For The Wild listener

“As always: magically concise, deeply grounding and beautifully designed. A grounding balm in the ache of the world.” — Byronie W.

”What a great resource. Beautiful and inviting. I took my time with it and appreciated the text-based summaries and the chance to choose which episodes I would listen to in full. I enjoyed the curation of different episodes into themes of related material. Thank you for the artistry of the content and the format.” — Martha M.

The juiciness and depth of this Art of Surrender zine keeps me coming back for more. I am re-reading since my purchase and continue to appreciate the thoughtfulness poured into its creation all together. Thank you for the gift that continues to give... I want to share it with others!!” — Erin R.

Want to contribute
to our zines?

Join our mission to share beautifully curated and rooted content. We’re calling out to artists who would like to share their work in For The Wild’s monthly digital zines.

We feature 1-2 artists per zine and highlight artists whose work is in alignment with our values and vision.

We invite artwork that explores the following themes: emergence, the holobiont, fungi and friends, deep time, web of relations, slowness, reciprocity, connection to Earth, and more. We are looking for artwork that encourages softness in the face of difficulty, rest and rootedness rather than urgency, and tenderness within community.

• What feels like a reverent pace at which to interact with the world?
  
  

• What feelings do the changing of the seasons bring up for you? How can you hold both honor and grief for change?
  
  

• What is your relationship like with media? What feeds you? What drains you?
  
  

• Where is your attention wandering off to these days? How can you listen to what your body-mind craves?
  
  

• What is pulling at your soul right now? What deserves your attention? At which altars do you want to worship?

Listener support is our main source of funding, and our radical, grassroots approach needs resourcing now more than ever. In supporting us through this journey you are not only supporting our dedicated team of creatives, working away on books, records, events, and longer form projects, working away on books, records, events, and longer form projects, but are also supporting the slow media ethos.

To keep For The Wild and our work going, please consider making a one time donation at forthewild.world/donate or by joining us on Patreon at patreon.com/forthewild. We’d love to connect with you there!