Stefanie shares how sharks regulate the ocean’s ecosystem, the ramification of dwindling shark populations, and the many reasons that the market for shark, ray, and skate meat has more than doubled since the early 1990s.

Ayana and Pádraig explore the language of uncommon belonging; how we must learn from our shame and the danger of forgetting history, the life cycle of violence, the nature of colonial power, and how to confront the inheritance of privilege.

An on the ground interview between Maia Wikler and xʷ is xʷ čaa that goes beyond old-growth logging and big tree activism to explore Indigenous sovereignty, the responsibility of bearing witness, the importance of distinguishing between short term actions and more…

We slow down to acknowledge the beauty and power of fungal decomposition with guest Giuliana Furci who shares a lesson in divine time, the transformation of energy, and the necessity of decomposition.

We look at the work of Virginia Free Farm with guest Amyrose Foll. By providing free produce, plants, seeds, chicken, and ducks Virginia Free Farm is addressing the quality of food offered to their community, while also working to strengthen their local foodshed by getting more folks involved in gardening and small-scale farming.

Tiokasin shares about the savior mentality that can arise when we act to address the many issues that threaten Earth and kin at this moment. Rather than being guided by solutions and salvation, we acknowledge where we are at in this consciousness and how we can challenge ourselves to give back to the Earth without intrusion.

Alongside Helena, we dream into what sort of global ethics we need to put into place as we restructure the global trade network, how localization is a wealth-building strategy, and the importance of all movements for life, dignity, and reverence to begin seriously looking at the economic trajectory we are on.

Tyson calls us to unbrand our minds and deeply interrogate where we are sourcing our thoughts from, the ramifications of becoming a trauma-obsessed society, and how to identify environments for emergence.

Bani discusses the fetishization of land and lifeways and how tourism facilitates ongoing cycles of domination creating unstable economies, and rendering local communities vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Bani urges us to ask questions that aren’t really encouraged in the travel space including: how can we have a connection to place that isn’t based on escapism and domination?

Williams guides us to explore acts of the imagination as we shift into consciousness and expand our sense of family to both human and wild. As so many of us grapple with the omnipresent question of “what do we do?”, Terry provides us with salve through stories of the beauty and power of our gifts, and the living histories of the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau.

Gopal reminds us to think about the climate crisis as a message in which we are being asked to respond by tending to our all of relationships, not just reducing atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide.

Jordan shares about the tremendous ripple effects of missing relatives, where the media continues to get it wrong, and the crippling economic tolls incurred by families as they are punished during periods of urgency and loss.

K’asheechtlaa shares the oral history of herring abundance in context to what a typical herring harvest looks like today, industry’s inability to act with reverence, and how Herring Protectors are working to protect the herring and the culture tied to them.

Dr. Davis explains why there is so much conflicting evidence when it comes to EMF and RF exposure, possible explanations for why colorectal cancer is increasing amongst young people, how electromagnetic radiation impacts migratory species, and what tree crowns are telling us about radio frequency radiation.

Dr. Prescod-Weinstein challenges us to not fixate on our fear of a perishing night sky, but instead, look at how the night sky can be a part of liberation discourse. Recognizing this value, Dr. Prescod-Weinstein outlines the right to the night sky and what comprehensive accessibility to know and love the night sky means.

Nkem explores resilience in conjunction with co-liberation and how our bodies are deep wells that are here to sustain us, as long as we listen to them. Nkem also challenges our capitalistic impulses around healing, wellness, and control, our inability to accept limitations as gifts, and appeasement as a biological and cultural response.

We speak with artist, immigration lawyer, and activist Carolina Rubio MacWright on the ongoing travesty of family separations, the inherent trauma of U.S. detention centers, and how we can begin revamping our laws, values, policies, and systems when it comes to migration.

We begin by looking at how kincentricity is different from many other ecological teachings that remain mired in the historical legacy of environmentalism and science, a legacy which has historically disavowed the human as a way to exalt their respective fields, instead, Enrique provides examples of humans being “keystone species”.

Ella traces the powerful connection between our ability to go against mainstream capitalist ways of being and our capacity for deep connection with ourselves and each other. We interrogate how much of identity is our truth, and how much of it is the echoing trends of dominant culture.

So and Pinar explore how tracking and trailing answers the call of our ancestral bodies and the land, what deep intimacy with the more than human world looks like, how place-based skills are tools of liberation, and how to heal community; we cannot solely be in reciprocal relationships, we must be in accountable ones as well.