SANDI AULT—Reporting from the WILD

We might self-sabotage our own intentions by waiting for perfect. The perfect time. The perfect reason. The perfect party. The perfect leader. Or we could do what’s right and say it’s close enough for rock and roll. Get full access to Sandi Ault - Reporting from the WILD at sandiault.substack.com/subscribe

We are in dangerous, deep, dark tyranny territory now. What should we do? Sandi Ault - Reporting from the WILD is a reader-supported publication. Please become a paid subscriber. Your support will help me to continue my work. Run into the sun. Get full access to Sandi Ault - Reporting from the WILD at sandiault.substack.com/subscribe

In the light of all the news about the Epstein files, the lyrics of an old song have been haunting me. Get full access to Sandi Ault - Reporting from the WILD at sandiault.substack.com/subscribe

We're teetering on a rock hoping to survive, needing a miracle, trying to effect our own rescue. The courts, the Democrats in Congress who are fighting without the tools they need, the volunteers and citizens across the country who are giving whatever they have, doing whatever they can do...will it be enough against the chilling torrent of surging tyranny? Will it be in time? Listen to this story...

The bell tolls for democracy. LET US PREY. Get full access to Sandi Ault - Reporting from the WILD at sandiault.substack.com/subscribe

This thrilling tale from the WILD will get your heart racing. And it has a parallel in the danger we face today. In spite of how hard we try to believe in the power of the people over greed and billionaire global alliances, corruption, and general moral decay, the landslide away from democracy has begun, and the ground we stood on yesterday is slipping away. Now, I don't think we can get there fro...

As they see the gold-tinged glare of greed growing like a pathogen in the White House and the despicable deeds of the richest man in the world, it seems more and more people who voted for this, or who simply didn't vote at all, are already beginning to surrender their stockpile of false beliefs and their foolish faith in their former leader. Some have even joined the demonstrations against the evi...

You may find yourself worrying about how we will make it. You may find yourself wondering what you can do. Things are not getting better. How can we prepare? You may find yourself inspired by this story from the WILD. Sandi Ault - Reporting from the WILD is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Sand...

I will say this about wolves: there is never much point in trying to shape or tame them. The adventure is more about who we become as a result of loving them. Get full access to Sandi Ault - Reporting from the WILD at sandiault.substack.com/subscribe

Here’s a story that’s stranger than fiction because fiction foretold it. Great truth tellers and freedom fighters from long ago and from today have been forecasting this moment through their work. Today, we are waking up in the worlds they warned us about. What should we do? As one character says in his manifesto: TRY. Get full access to Sandi Ault - Reporting from the WILD at sandiault.substack.c...

A story from my wildland firefighting adventures compares the state of our nation today with the dangers of a complex fire. When firefighters respond to a wildfire, they don't think about the odds. They employ their skills and devotion to do what they can; they work together to create and hold the line, and they don't quit until the fire is out. Neither should we. Are we going to be too slow, too...

We may live in the BADLANDS now, baby, but we're bad-asses when we all get together to make some good noise and get in some good trouble. Yes, even though we’re living in the BADLANDS, this story comes full circle to hope. Get full access to Sandi Ault - Reporting from the WILD at sandiault.substack.com/subscribe

Our country is falling off a cliff. Take it from someone who has spent some serious time on craggy canyon rims and treacherous slopes: when the structure of the surface beneath you starts to erode, fast-moving landslides can literally take away the ground on which you stand. In this country, we are all perched on the edge of a crumbling precipice right now. Every week or so, I write a blog post on...

Greed, avarice, bloodsucking vandalism, destruction, and dismembering is happening to our democracy… and to the WILD. And we’re expected to keep the moneybags full. Thanks for reading Sandi Ault - Reporting from the WILD! Please help me build my audience by sharing this podcast with your friends! Get full access to Sandi Ault - Reporting from the WILD at sandiault.substack.com/subscribe

Betrayed. Abandoned. Screwed over. Heisted. Robbed. Ripped off. Conned. Maybe we need a few more wolves. Get full access to Sandi Ault - Reporting from the WILD at sandiault.substack.com/subscribe

I am going to tell you a WILD story before I am done, but first I have to tell you a bit more of what has got me to the state of remembering the time I had to sit alone a long while with a corpse in the cold at sunset. Get full access to Sandi Ault - Reporting from the WILD at sandiault.substack.com/subscribe

This story is about a time when I lived in a high mountain valley. In the middle of the worst snowstorm in years, an infant needed to be taken to the hospital but the roads were closed and packed with three feet of snow. A small band of volunteer firefighters and community members banded together to relay the baby down the cliff-edged mountain road in the driving snow and darkness to meet an ambul...

Thanks for reading Sandi Ault - Reporting from the WILD! This post is public so feel free to share it. If you like the unique combination of storytelling, music, sound effects, professional production and political inspiration, please share this with others so we can grow our audience. My friends, most of you have heard this term: hurt locker. It means: a place of profound pain and deep discomfort...

I have a story to tell you about how—when things can change suddenly in your path—you can find your way around the danger. Too many have been too silent as the new oligarchy takes power in Washington, including our elected representatives. This has left us with the sound of silence and a vacuum in leadership. But how about you? Are you still silent, or have you sprung into action to defend our dem...

This is Sandi Ault, reporting from the WILD. And this is the audio podcast companion to my blog on Substack. This is episode 3: A WILD ROBBERY—I WISH I HAD A RIVER I'm going to tell you a story that really happened. It's about the time when I went to the post office, the bank was robbed, a baby was born, and—at least initially—a criminal got away with stealing in plain sight. And even though this...

Episode 2 of the companion podcast to Sandi Ault’s Substack blog SANDI AULT—Reporting from the WILD… wherein I tell the story of a time when my husband and I barely survived a flood from monsoons in a remote desert canyon, because we got distracted and missed the warning signs. With so much at stake in our lives now, we need to pay attention to those alerts and warnings on our own inner dashboards...

SANDI AULT, award-winning author of the WILD Mystery Series, tries to make sense of a country that is torn apart following the 2024 election cycle. As the 2nd largest (and one of the most beautiful) cities in the country burns in a catastrophic result of decades of client denial, we can all see apocalyptic signs around us. An ex-president who was an exceedingly decent man dies just as an exceeding...