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For The Wild 10/22/26 For The Wild 10/22/26

A State of Change: Practicing Honest Hope, S1:3

In the final episode of A State of Change: Practicing Honest Hope, Ayana Young and artist-naturalist Laura Cunningham explore honest hope, cyclical time, grassroots action, and the particular places we can still protect and restore. Laura reflects on using art and imagination to reconstruct California’s ecological past, and imagines a future shaped by native grasslands, wildlife, local stewardship, and renewed relationships with place. They consider how small, sustained acts of attention can become meaningful forms of ecological care, and Laura shares a formative story of a flash flood that transformed a Mojave Desert canyon overnight, revealing the power and rhythm of natural change.

For The Wild 10/22/26 For The Wild 10/22/26

A State of Change: Water, Fire, and Life Amidst Change, S1:2

In the second episode of A State of Change, Ayana Young and artist-naturalist Laura Cunningham explore ecological restoration through the movement of water, fire, wildlife, and living landscapes. They discuss California’s lost abundance of tule elk and salmon, the return of Tulare Lake, cultural burning with Karuk and Yurok communities, and what it means to restore ecological processes rather than recreate a static past. Laura shares why slowing down, paying attention, and learning to live with change may be essential to a resilient future.

For The Wild 10/22/26 For The Wild 10/22/26

A State of Change: The Art of Ecological Memory, S1:1

Artist-naturalist Laura Cunningham explores California’s landscapes across time in her revised book, A State of Change: California’s Forgotten Landscapes (HeyDay Books, 2026). Through art, science, field sketching, and research-rooted imagination, she considers how close observation can deepen our attention to the places we inhabit and expand our sense of what is possible. In conversation with For The Wild host, Ayana Young, she reflects on shifting baselines, ecological memory, and how remembering what a place has held can help us imagine its future.

For The Wild 6/4/26 For The Wild 6/4/26

Fat of The Land, Dolce S1:5

In our final episode, we move between ancient memory and rituals made at the dinner table that reflect on the legacy of slow food. It is about the way we attend to Earth and care for its continuity, asking not what we can take from it, but what we can give in return.

For The Wild 5/28/26 For The Wild 5/28/26

Fat of The Land, Contorni S1:4

This episode traces the shifting contours of Italian food culture amid tourism, commercialisation, convenience, and the global appetite for an imagined “Italian cuisine.” What happens to taste when food becomes spectacle, an export or a brand? And, what tastes are lost? Can they ever be reclaimed?

For The Wild 5/21/26 For The Wild 5/21/26

Fat of The Land, Secondi S1:3

Focusing on women’s stories, histories, and layers of expectations around femininity, the body, and even the earth, that come from this, the conversation considers the complexities of lived and inherited wisdom; how they might be at odds, and where they may be reconciled.

For The Wild 5/14/26 For The Wild 5/14/26

Fat of The Land, Primi S1:2

Through reflections on patience and the wisdom of living within natural cycles, we are invited to imagine beyond a world of instant gratification. As Mila reminds us, “nature needs time.” What kind of fulfillment becomes possible when we learn to move at nature’s pace?

For The Wild 5/7/26 For The Wild 5/7/26

Fat of The Land, Aperitivo S1:1

What does it mean to be independent as growers and gardeners while also recognizing our deep interconnectedness with both the land and each other across time? This opening episode grounds us in Sicily with Carlo and Jessie at Slow Life Family Farm.

For The Wild 4/16/26 For The Wild 4/16/26

In the Company of Humpbacks S1:4

In this Patreon exclusive, we return to the field in continued conversation with Dr. Fred Sharpe and his collaborators. This episode widens its lens, tracing the seasonal patterns of humpback behavior, communication, and migration as they intersect with rapidly shifting ocean conditions. Moving between observation and reflection, Fred and Ayana speak to the importance of long-term listening: how knowledge is built not only through data, but through sustained relationships with place, species, and season.

For The Wild 4/9/26 For The Wild 4/9/26

In the Company of Humpbacks S1:3

Rachel Meade joins Ayana to rethink what we mean by study, communication, and the goals of biology and conservation. What might change if we were more honest about our uncertainties and willing to admit what we don’t know? Could that openness lead to stronger relationships and better science?

For The Wild 4/2/26 For The Wild 4/2/26

In the Company of Humpbacks S1:2

Dr. Fred Sharpe and Ayana as we get to know him and his research team more intimately. Together, they reflect on grounding scientific work in awareness and relationality, offering insight into the deeper purpose behind conservation. The episode explores how our pursuit of knowledge shapes and is shaped by our relationships with the more-than-human world, while also embracing the sensory, emotional pull of curiosity about nature.

For The Wild 3/26/26 For The Wild 3/26/26

In the Company of Humpbacks S1:1

Joe Olson and Dr. Fred Sharpe examine whale sound analysis, humpback communication, and ocean acoustics. This immersive introduction invites listeners to deepen their understanding of whale songs, sonic ecology, and our connection to the more-than-human world.

For The Wild 12/25/25 For The Wild 12/25/25

PLANTS ARE POLITICAL on the Sweetness of Watermelon and Prickly Pear S1:3

Aya shares about both the symbols and material history of watermelon and prickly pear in Palestine, From reminders of resilience and patience to subtle efforts of resistance, this episode leaves us with the sweet promise of freedom and liberation to come.

For The Wild 12/18/25 For The Wild 12/18/25

PLANTS ARE POLITICAL on the Flavor of Za'atar S1:2

Aya and Ayana reflect on za’atar, its deep presence in Palestinian kitchens, and the ban on foraging it that is selectively enforced against Palestinians. Aya emphasizes a deep connection to the land, carried through the flavors of Palestinian food and the scent of its kitchens.

For The Wild 12/8/25 For The Wild 12/8/25

PLANTS ARE POLITICAL on the Lifeway of Olive Trees S1:1

Aya and Ayana explore how olive trees shape Palestinian lifeways through everyday routines and long-held traditions. Olives are rooted in memory, community, and resilience and remain deeply defining across the region.

For The Wild 10/23/25 For The Wild 10/23/25

ILLUMINATING WORLDVIEWS on The Art That Reclaims Us S1:4

Artists Aubyn O’Grady and Jackie Olson share about The Willow Basket Project. Together with Ayana, they explore the ways that art can root us in place, support mining reclamation work, and even build bridges with unlikely allies.

For The Wild 10/16/25 For The Wild 10/16/25

ILLUMINATING WORLDVIEWS on AI and Courting the Otherwise S1:3

Vanessa Andreotti and Ayana explore what it means to live well amid the fractures of modernity. Reflecting on the tensions of birth and death in our time, Vanessa shares her idea of hospicing modernity—the act of bearing witness to a system that is unraveling.

For The Wild 10/9/25 For The Wild 10/9/25

ILLUMINATING WORLDVIEWS on Land, Language, and Love S1:2

X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell and Guná Jensen explore the vital work of Tlingít language revitalization. Set within the lands of the Yukon, this episode is a moving tribute to the power and significance of Indigenous language learning.

For The Wild 10/2/25 For The Wild 10/2/25

ILLUMINATING WORLDVIEWS on Emotional Competency S1:1

What does it mean to have a colonized heart? Touching upon the role of feeling in our overall wellbeing, Ayana, Dr. Lee Brown, and Elder Mark Wedge explore how emotional regulation and connection are essential to the work of decolonization.

For The Wild 8/5/25 For The Wild 8/5/25

Homage: JOANNA MACY on the World as Lover and Self /371

On July 19th, Joanna Macy, our beloved teacher and past guest, died peacefully at home in Berkeley, California. In honor of her incredible legacy and the significant impact her work continues to have, we are rebroadcasting her episode “The World as Lover and Self,” originally released in January of 2015.