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Offering embodied insight into the ways in which healing manifests in our personal and collective lives, Prentis brings a thoughtful and empathetic perspective to this crucial conversation that fosters deeper belonging with each other and the Earth.
Gumbs speaks to her understanding of Lorde’s work as “geological,” following the connection Lorde draws between Blackness and graphite—and our existence at every layer of Earth’s interior. Gumbs shares lessons for reciprocity, earthly embodiment, and the poetry of living.
Sharing stories from her childhood in Lebanon, Céline (founder of Slow Factory) gives us a look at what it means to be a hakawati (storyteller) and asks listeners what it means to have faith in times of crisis and how to commit to your morals in the face of suppression.
Ayana and Marcia discuss Marcia’s new book, Turning to Stone, and contemplate a life lived in conversation with the very Earth that holds us. Marcia offers us her grounding presence and her awareness of geologic time cycles that churn beyond human perception.
Sharing sweet balm from her new book We Will Rest! The Art of Escape, Tricia reminds us of the art of being alive. In this meditative episode, Tricia asks listeners what it might mean to have faith in mystery and to begin without knowing the full course.
adrienne shares more about her new book Loving Corrections and reminds us of what it means to value relationships and reflection across humanity. Adrienne speaks to the call to choose the Earth, the muscle and soul required to hold oppositional energy, and the beauty that comes from being willing to look back at ourselves with honesty.
Now especially, the future of independent media and critical, thought provoking content seems uncertain. In times like these, the For The Wild team is even more dedicated to providing our listeners with meaningful listening experiences and media that embraces slow, deep learning.
This Slow Study Course is a series of lectures and practice prompts from Bayo’s 2023 edition of We Will Dance With Mountains: Vunja! wherein 1400+ people gathered. It is a carnivalesque course in postactivism, a decoration of the walls of the cracks, a cultivating of bewilderment together, and a sitting-together-until-something-happens.
We’re calling in slow media and embracing content that is deeply-rooted, resourced rather than reactionary, and that offers perspectives based on lived, tangible experiences. Rather than submitting to a culture of constant productivity, we are focusing on moving at the earth’s pace.
Ross and Ayana consider what it means to get people interested in protecting the places that sustain us. How can we inspire the connection with the land that brings people to defend it?
These three visionary Black men, along with Victoria Santos and Omonblanks, invite us into a radical re/imagination of how we respond to our time. They sense into emergent possibilities, triangulating toward a synthesis of new forms, new magic, and new directions.
Ayana returns with a heartfelt update from For The Wild. After years of digital storytelling, the team is embracing in-person, land-based conversations—launching a walking series with Sophie Strand and crafting a wild and tangled anthology. New paths are forming—and support is needed to bring them to life.