Last Born In The Wilderness

Emma Kathryn, author of Reclaiming Ourselves from Gods&Radicals Press, joins me to discuss her writings exploring the practical steps we all can take to reclaim basic skill sets, such as foraging, cooking, folk medicine, and witchcraft. // Episode notes: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/emma-kathryn // Sustain + support: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness // Donate: ht...

Kristen Ghodsee, professor of Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, joins me to discuss her work and lived experience researching the collapse of the Soviet Union and state socialism in Eastern Europe, the immediate and long-term impacts this event had on those that previously lived under those regimes, and how the rapid privatization and the imposition of capitalism...

Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow-in-Residence of the Post Carbon Institute, returns to the podcast to discuss the massive power outages several regions of the United States, in particular Texas, have experienced over several weeks in February, leaving millions of people without electric power and potable water. He explains the increasingly precarious situation we find ourselves in as fossil fuel en...

Stephen Jenkinson, author of Die Wise and Come of Age, returns to the podcast to discuss what he and musical collaborator Gregory Hoskins have been up to since their Nights of Grief and Mystery global tour was cancelled when coronavirus lockdowns began last year. Released in November, they put together two albums, DARK ROAD and ROUGH GODS. // Episode notes: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com/...

Political strategist and organizer Akin Olla joins me to discuss the history of the FBI’s assault on left-wing activists over the decades and the absolute necessity for organizers to have operational security in today’s political climate as Big Tech companies “depoliticize” their platforms in the wake of the Capitol siege last month. We address several of his recent articles published at The Guard...

David Nickles—Managing Editor of Psymposia, underground researcher, and harm reduction advocate—joins me to discuss the ongoing commodification, medicalization, and corporatization of psychedelics and the intersections between the far right, conspirituality, and psychedelia. // Episode notes: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/david-nickles // Sustain + support: https://www.patreon.c...

Award-winning writer, poet, and scholar Frank B. Wilderson III joins me to discuss his book ‘Afropessimism,’ a "seminal work on the philosophy of Blackness" that, through a combination of profound personal reflection and meta-critical theory, peers deeply into the heart of the Black experience in the world today. // Episode notes: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/frank-wilderson //...

Professor Alex Vitale, sociologist and author of The End of Policing, joins me to discuss the Capitol siege on January 6th, the role the Capitol police played in the event, and the deeply political reasons the police were under-resourced, under-staffed, and completely overwhelmed in the face of the mob. // Episode notes: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/alex-vitale-2 // Sustain + s...

Journalist, activist, and researcher of far right movements, Spencer Sunshine returns to the podcast to discuss the MAGA siege on the Capitol on January 6th, what led up to it, and what to expect from the far right as we transition into Joe Biden’s presidency. // Episode notes: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/spencer-sunshine-3 // Sustain + support: https://www.patreon.com/lastbor...

Joe Brewer—change strategist, complexity researcher, and cognitive scientist—returns to the podcast to update us on the regenerative land restoration work he and his family have been engaged in since we spoke early last year. This discussion includes themes elaborated on in his new book The Design Pathway published on the Earth Regenerators website, as well as what it means to be "future indigenou...

Duncan Tarr, prison abolitionist and researcher for Perilous: A Chronicle of Prisoner Unrest Across the US and Canada, joins me to discuss their recent report on the wave of strikes, rebellions, and general acts of civil disobedience—organized by detainees in prisons, jails and ICE detention centers—that have occurred since the coronavirus pandemic began early last year. // Episode notes: https://...

David Lundgren, tribal attorney and author, joins me to discuss his new book, Massacre Rocks: A Campaign of Deception. Through years of research, Dave has uncovered "inconsistencies in historical accounts of emigrant massacres along the Oregon Trail that did not reflect official governmental records," most notably in the case of a massacre of white emigrants allegedly committed by a small band of...

Melissa Troutman and Joshua Pribanic, co-directors of the documentary Invisible Hand, join me to discuss the Rights of Nature movement beautifully documented in their film. I ask them to define the philosophy and legal framework communities across the US (and the world) are implementing to battle against corporate-led environmental destruction in their localities. // Episode notes: https://www.las...

Marjorie Cohn, professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and former president of the National Lawyers Guild, discusses President Trump and his legal team's ongoing attempt to perform an "electoral coup" since the presidential election last month. She describes, in detail, the legal challenges Trump's team have made in the last several weeks, as well as the likelihood of their success in...

Jared Yates Sexton, political commentator and author of American Rule: How A Nation Conquered The World But Failed Its People, returns to the podcast to discuss the state of the Trump Administration and “Trumpism” post-election, with former Vice President Joe Biden winning the presidential election last month, and Trump still refusing to concede. // Episode notes: https://www.lastborninthewilderne...

In this interview, I speak with Amy Lou, a registered nurse currently working in the ICU at the local hospital in Twin Falls, Idaho. Amy has been attending to patients suffering from COVID-19 for several months. She describes the impact this pandemic is having on healthcare workers' ability to provide an adequate level of care as infection rates in Idaho continue to spike, with insights into the h...

In this interview, I speak with Sami Ruggles, a registered nurse working in the COVID Unit at the local hospital here in Twin Falls, Idaho. Sami describes the impact the coronavirus pandemic is having on healthcare workers' ability to provide adequate care for patients suffering from the virus, as well as the role comorbidities in the general population has played in the severity of the public hea...

In this interview, I speak with Jennifer Gardner, a registered nurse living and working in Twin Falls, Idaho. Jennifer Gardner has a background in obstetrical nursing, and currently works in Perianesthesia in Southern Idaho. She has just completed her Master’s degree as a Family Nurse practitioner. I’ve known Jennifer for several years now, and asked her if she would be willing to discuss the impa...

In this episode, I speak with Jennifer Gardner, Sami Ruggles, and Amy Lou — registered nurses working locally in Southern Idaho. This episode is a compilation of segments of each of those interviews, with the full interviews to be released alongside this episode as well. // Episode notes: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/registered-nurses // Sustain + support: https://www.patreon.c...

In this episode, I speak with Cultural Somatics practitioner and teacher Tada Hozumi. This discussion, in many ways, builds upon my previous interview with animist counselor Dare Sohei, a colleague of Tada's, in exploring and articulating the Cultural Somatic framework that encapsulates their approach in addressing systemic oppression, colonized bodies, dance, ancestral trauma, and call-out cultur...

In this episode, I speak with animist counselor and artist Dare Sohei.  In the very beginning of this discussion, I asked Dare what the animism in animist counseling is. From there, Dare tells me how the recognition of our inherent relationships—whether they are secure or insecure attachments to our bodies, the land, ancestors, more-than-human life, and cultural somas (such as "white supremacy," a...

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Ira Leifer, founder and CEO of Bubbleology Research International Inc, and researcher who specializes in bubble-related oceanographic processes, satellite remote sensing, and air pollution. // Episode notes: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/ira-leifer // Sustain + support: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness // Donate: https://www.paypa...

In this episode, I speak with prolific writer and historian Gary Lachman, author of numerous books on the evolution of consciousness, popular culture, and the history of the occult. Most recently, his works include The Return of Holy Russia: Apocalyptic History, Mystical Awakening, and the Struggle for the Soul of the World, and Dark Star Rising: Magick and Power in the Age of Trump, both of which...

In this episode, I speak with political activists and commentators Shemon and Arturo, authors of several articles published at Ill Will Editions, including Theses on the George Floyd Rebellion, The Rise of Black Counter-Insurgency, and The Return of John Brown: White Race-Traitors in the 2020 Uprising. Since late May of this year, cities across the United States have been rocked by numerous riots...

In this episode, I speak with writer, arborist, and professional horticulturist Max Paschall. We discuss his essay The Lost Forest Gardens of Europe, published at the Shelterwood Forest Farm website. In addressing the ever-increasing, ongoing impacts anthropogenic climate change is having on food production and land management, for those of us that descend from European colonizers in North America...