Death in The Garden

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit deathinthegarden.substack.com On this bonus episode of Death in The Garden with Alex Leff of Human Nature Odyssey , Alex takes us along on a deep-dive into The Score by game philosopher C. Thi Nguyen. In this episode we discuss all things quantification and gamification, and the ways that our civilization has prioritized what can be mea...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit deathinthegarden.substack.com On this bonus episode of Death in The Garden with Alex Leff of Human Nature Odyssey , we talk about the strangely beautiful, gore-filled sequel to Danny Boyle’s genre-defining film, 28 Days Later — 28 Years Later . Set 28 years after the rapid spread of the “rage virus” across Britain, we follow a group of...

On this episode of Death in The Garden , we’re sharing the interview we did with Allan Savory, president and co-founder of the Savory Institute , an organization created to regenerate grasslands by training and connecting global practitioners in how to holistically manage their land to restore biodiversity. Last April, we had the opportunity to travel to Zimbabwe to film promotional material for A...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit deathinthegarden.substack.com On this bonus episode of Death in The Garden with Alex Leff of Human Nature Odyssey , we’re talking about a strange little documentary that came out in 2020 called Spaceship Earth. When Jake and I first saw this film, we were impacted in a surprising way. Beyond the project of Biosphere 2, the film ultimate...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit deathinthegarden.substack.com MASSIVE SPOILER WARNING! Do not listen to this podcast if you haven’t watched Andor. Close the post! Don’t risk spoiling this show for yourself. If you’re thinking to yourself, “ Psht , they’re talking about a Disney Star Wars show ? Sounds dumb! I don’t care if that’s spoiled for me!” please be advised tha...

On this episode of Death in The Garden , we’re sharing our most recent interview with Helena Norberg-Hodge that we did while we were in Ladakh, India. Helena is the director of Local Futures , the organization leading the global localization movement. This interview was recorded following the events of the Planet Local Summit , which was a profoundly inspiring event that brought brilliant people f...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit deathinthegarden.substack.com We are so excited to share with you our brand new collaboration with the wonderfully bright Alex Leff from his greatly inspiring podcast, Human Nature Odyssey . We insist that you follow his podcast immediately, and do consider joining his Patreon . As fellow creatives trying to understand our place in the...

We are happy to announce that the podcast is back ! To break our long hiatus, we’re excited to share with you this beautiful podcast with our friends Thomas and Tess. Tess is a home-birth midwife and Thomas runs Heart of Men , a group council with the aim of reorienting men internally and externally and helping heal the wounded masculine in the culture. As you’ll hear, Tess and Thomas feel called...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit deathinthegarden.substack.com On this episode of “Death in The Garden,” we discuss Finite and Infinite Games: a Vision of Life as Play and Possibility by the late professor of religion, James P. Carse. We wanted to discuss this book because there’s a great difference between the pop-culture reception of this book and some of the deeper...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit deathinthegarden.substack.com On this episode of “Death in The Garden,” we discuss the incredibly fascinating, profound, and instructive book, The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist . Following a similar structure to the book, we first talk about what brain lateralization i...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit deathinthegarden.substack.com On this episode of “Death in The Garden,” we discuss what we can learn from the Luddites and how the true meaning of what they stood for can be instructive for how we deal with the rise of A.I. and in our time. In addition to discussing the Luddites, we discuss other works of fiction from the industrial age...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit deathinthegarden.substack.com On this episode of “Death in The Garden” we are sharing our conversation with Alex Leff, which was co-released for his podcast subscribers. Alex Leff is the creator and visionary behind Human Nature Odyssey , which is a cinematic audio journey through the fantastic and iconic book, Ishmael by Daniel Quinn....

On this episode of “Death in The Garden,” Maren is reading her recent piece, The Tales that Really Matter - Part I . In this audio essay, you’ll hear tracks and clips from The Lord of the Rings films by Peter Jackson, and music composed by Howard Shore. Additionally, you’ll hear original synth soundscapes inspired by Howard Shore’s compositions, from the songs “In Dreams”, “The Road Goes Ever On…,...

Welcome back to the “Death in The Garden” podcast! A lot changed for us over the past 4 months, and we’ve needed to take some time to figure out how to proceed with the film/podcast/writing project in light of a change in resources. But we’re back! As a preface to what is to come, we’re sharing today a reading of a short myth-inspired tale that Maren wrote last year, which was inspired by the work...

On this episode of “Death in The Garden,” we spoke to author and farmer Chris Smaje about his new book Saying No to a Farm-Free Future which was written in response to George Monbiot’s book Regenesis. We talk about the dangers of the ecomodernist worldview, about how the narrative of progress inhibits practical solutions, and we discuss at length the importance of moving towards agrarian localism...

On this episode of “Death in The Garden” we are joined by James Connolly , producer of the film series and dear friend, to discuss this recent “Barbenheimer” phenomenon to accompany the piece Maren wrote on the subject last week in her piece below: On this far reaching discussion, we discuss both films and what they represent to each of us, as well as what they both say about the broader culture....

On this episode of “Death in The Garden,” we had a conversation with Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen of Nordic Animism , a project which aims to recover Euro-traditional animist knowledge and share it with a contemporary audience as a means of understanding ourselves, our kinship relations with other-than-humans, and ultimately working towards a resilient future for all life on earth. Rune is a Danish histo...

On this episode of “Death in The Garden,” we’re sharing a more produced podcast version of the recording of The Quantitative Cosmology: The Historical Precedent for George Monbiot's Worldview and its Implications Today for our podcast listeners who might not be subscribed to our Substack. In this essay, I (Maren) explore the historical roots of the mechanistic, reductionistic, and ultimately quant...

On this episode of “Death in The Garden,” we had the pleasure of interviewing Helena Norberg-Hodge , linguist, author, and filmmaker behind the incredible localization organization, Local Futures . She has written several books, such as Ancient Futures and Local is Our Future: Steps to an Economics of Happiness . In this expansive interview we discuss the broad impacts of globalization and develop...

On this episode of “Death in The Garden,” we are pleased to share with you the first in our new series of podcasts entitled “A 30,000 ft. View with James Connolly”. James Connolly is the producer of Sacred Cow and Death in The Garden , a chef, an artist, and an all around brilliant guy. On this episode, James interviews the author of We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New...

For our 50th podcast, we decided it would be a good time for us to speak candidly about where we have come from, where we are going, and where we are now with the project: not only as an update to those who have been following us for a long time, but as a way to introduce ourselves to everyone who is new to Death in The Garden. We discuss the creative process, and the challenges that come when one...

On this episode of “Death in The Garden”, we are sharing a reading of our recent Substack piece entitled The Terrible and the Tantalizing: Grappling with AI, Machine Learning, and the Future of Art , where we discuss the emergence of AI “art” and the ramifications it is having for artists. In this essay, we discuss what art is and isn’t, and whether or not we’re comfortable with the definition bei...

On this episode of “Death in The Garden,” we talked with pastoralist advocate, ethnoveterinarian, and author Ilse Köhler-Rollefson about her new book, Hoofprints on the Land . We absolutely loved Ilse’s book, and were honored to discuss it in detail with her. We talked about sedentarization being used as a tool of colonial control, the importance of decolonized animal science, the brutality of fac...

On this episode of “Death in The Garden” , we share our film interview with Stephen Corry, former CEO of Survival International , indigenous rights activist, and author of Tribal Peoples: For Tomorrow’s World. On this episode we discuss how land theft, assimilation, and sedentarization are threatening indigenous cultures worldwide in the name of homogenizing culture under a Western colonial paradi...

On this episode of “Death in The Garden,” we’re sharing our interview with our friend, fellow podcast host, up-and-coming author, educator, and farmer/gardener, Derrick Weston. Derrick is the co-host of the Food and Faith Podcast alongside Anna Woofenden , and the pair’s book The Just Kitchen: Invitations to Sustainability, Cooking, Connection, and Celebration will be available soon! We had the pl...