Raising Wild

In the first episode of Raising Wild, Ashley Arnold talks with Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods and Noticing: Intimate Encounters with the Natural World , about what children lose when they lose regular, direct contact with the natural world, and why the answer isn't as simple as blaming screens. Richard traces the roots of nature-deficit disorder through technology, parental fear,...

Welcome to Raising Wild! This is a podcast about raising kids—and ourselves—a little more feral. On purpose. In this short trailer, host Ashley Arnold introduces Raising Wild, a new podcast from Wild Idea Media about childhood, nature, freedom, risk and the wild parts of ourselves we don’t want to lose. Through conversations with writers, scientists, educators, adventurers, leaders, athletes and p...