Kelly Moody

The Ground Shots Podcast

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The Ground Shots Podcast is an audio project exploring our relationship to ecology through conversations and storytelling with artists, ecologists, farmers, activists, story-tellers, land-tenders and more. How do we do our work in the modern age, when the urgency of ecological and social collapse feels looming? How do we creatively and whole-heartedly navigate our relationships with one another and the land?

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Kelly Moody

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Samuel Bautista Lazo on coming back to the Corn during pandemic, destructive corporate intrusion on indigenous communities in Mexico 13.06.2020 1:21:02

Episode #40 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Samuel Bautista Lazo, who was a guest on Episode #1 of the podcast which aired several summers ago. Listen to the first conversation we had with Samuel here: Episode #1: Samuel Bautista Lazo on weaving in Oaxaca, colonialism, the importance of making things . Samuel is Benizaa (Zapotec) and lives Xiguie'a (Teotitlán del Valle), l...

Dan Nanamkin on the importance of indigenous led skill-share with sovereignty camps 05.06.2020 1:00:03

Episode #39 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Dan Nanamkin. Dan Nanamkin is from the Chief Joseph Band Of Wallowa, Nez Perce, and Colville Confederated Tribes of Washington State has been an advocate/teacher for indigenous culture, community unity, youth empowerment, racial equality, and peace for several decades. Prior to Standing Rock, Dan took one of the leads in helpin...

Jim Croft with Brien Beidler in Santa, Idaho on making books and paper from the ground up 28.05.2020 1:28:12

Episode #38 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Jim Croft, medieval era bookbinder, hand papermaker and wonderful storyteller. This podcast episode was recorded summer 2019 in Santa, Idaho on his homestead during he and his partner Melody's 'Old Ways of Making Books' class they host most summers. This interview was co-facilitated by Brien Beidler, who was featured along Mary S...

Wild Tending Series / Dara Saville on riparian regeneration in the Southwest with the Yerba Mansa Project 16.05.2020 54:38

This episode of the podcast features a conversation with Dara Saville out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dara is an Herbalist and Geographer with a passion for native plants, public lands, and community engagement. She is the founder and primary instructor of the Albuquerque Herbalism bioregional herbal studies program and a columnist for Plant Healer Quarterly, teaching and writing on medicinal p...

Wild Tending series / Zach Elfers of Nomad Seed on experiential ethnobotany, propagating bioregional wild foods in the eastern woodlands and prairies 22.04.2020 2:06:57

Episode #35 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Zach Elfers, an ethnobotanist who lives in eastern Pennsylvania near the Susquehanna River. Zach runs the Nomad Seed Project. From Zach's website: The Nomad Seed Project sets out to research, document, experiment, and propagate wild, native, and perennial plants which have exceptional value to humans and their ecology as food, me...

Kollibri terre Sonnenblume on the Failures of Farming and the Necessity of Wildtending 02.04.2020 1:44:58

Episode #35 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Kollibri terre Sonnenblume, recorded in rural southern New Mexico last month in his outdoor kitchen, surrounded by friendly feral cats. I visited with Kollibri last month, where he is currently living, gardening and writing. He gave me a few of his books to read through, and after I read much of them, we got together to record th...

Hannah Schiller of Foliage Botanics on bioregional herbalism, place-based medicine making, the importance of letter writing 30.03.2020 1:09:52

Episode #34 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Hannah Schiller of Foliage Botanics. Hannah and her herbalism project are based out of the Hudson valley of New York. Hannah and I met back in 2012 when we both interned at the United Plant Savers' Goldenseal Sanctuary in Rutland, Ohio. Since then, we lived a summer together in North Carolina and have involved ourselves in the...

Wild Tending series / Nikki Hill and Gabe Crawford on re-thinking the concept of invasive plants 26.02.2020 1:30:14

Episode #33: Wild Tending series / Nikki Hill and Gabe Crawford on re-thinking the concept of invasive plants Episode #33 of the podcast features another conversation with Nikki Hill and Gabe Crawford recorded on the hillside at Small Potatoes Farm in Paonia, Colorado. Listen to episode #31 with Nikki and Gabe on the basics of wild-tending, here. Gabe Crawford was raised on a small homes...

Brien Beidler and Mary Sullivan on the importance of the crafts of bookbinding and papermaking 02.02.2020 1:30:53

This episode of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with craftsfolk Brien Beidler and Mary Sullivan at the off-grid rural Idaho homestead of Jim Croft and Melody Eckroft during their summer 2019 'Old Ways of Making Books' class. Brien, Mary and I sat down at the end of a three week workshop period where we all had different roles as both teachers and students during Jim and Melody's y...

Wild Tending series / Nikki Hill and Gabe Crawford on the basics of wild-tending 09.01.2020 1:40:30

Episode #31 of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation with Nikki Hill and Gabe Crawford, recorded on a sunny day in Paonia, Colorado on the wild edges of Small Potatoes Farm this past November. Gabe Crawford was raised on a small homestead outside of Durango, Colorado and started learning about plants from an early age. He got launched on his plant journey by studying with Katrina Blair at t...

Laura Pendell on the work of the late Dale Pendell: ethnobotanist, poet and writer who conducted unique and important research on 'power plants' 30.11.2019 1:46:19

Episode #30 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Laura Pendell, writer, artist and partner of the late ethnobotanist Dale Pendell. Laura and I got together after several meet-ups last year to record this conversation in their shared library and studio in Penn Valley, California this past summer. We intended to record a conversation that celebrates Dale's work, perspective and u...

Marc Williams on the Green Path, the urgency of 're-localizing' and accessibility issues around learning land-based skills 12.11.2019 1:16:12

Episode #29 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Marc Williams, who is based out of Asheville, North Carolina. I took a trip to the Southeast this past September, where I visited my folks in southern Virginia and friends in Asheville, NC. Marc and I met up for an interview in West Asheville, NC, in the backyard of our mutual friend. I've known Marc since 2012 or so, when I move...

Tamara Wilder on wild foods in northern California, animal processing, wild tending and the importance of ancient technologies 28.10.2019 1:39:16

Episode #28 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Tamara Wilder, who is based out of Ukiah, California. Tamara has been teaching various ancestral skills from wild foods preparation, primitive fire-making, hide tanning, cordage and more for several decades. She co-wrote the book 'Buckskin: The Ancient Art of Braintanning' ' with Steven Edholm. She co-founded the organization Pal...

Katie Russell on building political and cultural bridges with the Buffalo Bridge Project outside of Yellowstone National Park 10.10.2019 1:08:20

Episode #27 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Katie Russell, the founder of the Buffalo Bridge Project on the ongoing work of the Buffalo Bridge Crew. We sat down to chat in my camper behind the laundromat in Twisp, Washington while we ate cherries and saskatoon berries. Katie Russell lives in the Methow valley in Washington state, on the east side of the Cascades, which i...

Acoustic Ecology mixtape with Lisa Schonberg: using sounds from the Brazilian Amazon, Hawai'ian islands 26.09.2019 40:46

Hey ya'll, Episode #26 of the Ground Shots Podcast is a mixtape of work composed by the musician and ecologist Lisa Schonberg influenced by soundscapes from the land where she does scientific research. Lisa is featured in conversation in Episode #25 of the podcast. Listen to our conversation about Lisa's music and research in #25, and then listen to this mixtape to enjoy Lisa's work. Lisa plays wi...

Lisa Schonberg on using acoustic ecology to study ants in the Amazon and endemic bees in Hawai'i, making science accessible through musical composition 26.09.2019 51:47

Episode #25 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Lisa Schonberg. We sat down at her home in Portland, Oregon, in-between her various research projects in the tropics. Lisa is a composer, percussionist, field recordist, teacher, and writer with a background in entomology and ecology. Lisa has traveled extensively to carry out fieldwork and perform environment-informed music. She...

A musical ode to the Arrowleaf Balsamroot: a morning with Epona and Rainan Heathen at the Saskatoon Circle Gathering, in the Methow Valley, Washington 03.09.2019 52:35

Episode #24 the Ground Shots Podcast features a field recording of a morning spent with Epona Heathen and her child Rainan outside their camp at the 2019 Saskatoon Circle Gathering in the Methow Valley, near Twisp, Washington. Epona sings a few striking and emotive songs for me, and speaks about her intentions behind her music. This episode is especially focused on Epona's song 'Our Lady of the Su...

Steven Edholm of Paleotechnics and Skillcult on bark-tanning leather naturally 01.09.2019 2:00:01

Episode #23 the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Steven Edholm who homesteads outside of Ukiah, California. Steven co-runs an educational land skills project called Paleotechnics with Tamara Wilder and a skills-based YouTube channel called Skillcult which focuses on axes, fruit trees, grafting, hide tanning, primitive fire making, making lime for the garden, among many other top...

A candid evening of conversation in Santa, Idaho with Alyssa Sacora of the Patchwork Underground on The Ground Shots Project, travel, trauma, love, old ways of making things, connecting to the land through our work 03.08.2019 1:15:37

Episode #22 of the Ground Shots Podcast This episode of the podcast features a conversation with Alyssa Sacora of the Patchwork Underground , who lives near Asheville, North Carolina. Alyssa came out to northern Idaho to take Jim Croft's 'Old Ways of Making Books' class held every year or every other year on the homestead of Jim Croft and Melody Eckroft, where I have been teaching the leather, par...

Alicia Toldi on promoting accessible artist residencies with the Piney Wood Atlas project, spoon carving and post-permaculture training reflections 03.08.2019 1:21:12

Episode #21 of the Ground Shots Podcast This episode of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Alicia Toldi, who currently lived in Oakland, California. Alicia co-runs Piney Wood Atlas. According to their website: "Piney Wood Atlas is a collaborative project between citizen artists Alicia Toldi and Carolina Porras and was formed out of a desire to help spread the word about the ma...

Freddie Mango Roots on Korean Natural Farming in Hawai'i, growing up in the deep south, culturing culture and a Kaua'i Food Forest plant walk 29.06.2019 1:49:43

Episode #20 of the Ground Shots Podcast. This episode of the Ground Shots Podcast was recorded at the Kaua'i Food Forest on a volunteer day one Saturday in May 2019. Freddie Mango Roots is one person in the core volunteer collective that tends the food forest on the island. He utilizes Korean Natural Farming techniques at the food forest as well as at his own gardens at home. We spend some time to...

Hannah Smith on hut caretaking in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, writing as an act of noticing, giving care to a dying earth 31.05.2019 1:37:36

Episode #19 of the Ground Shots Podcast. In this episode of the Ground Shots Podcast, I chat with Hannah Smith, a writer, naturalist, hiking and climbing guide who lives seasonally working outdoor jobs or doing artist residencies in different parts of the country. I interviewed Hannah while we camped together in Big Sur, California early April 2019. Hannah and I studied papermaking and printmaki...

Amy Armantrout of Scavenge Magic out of Eugene, OR on infusing planetary grief into garments with Black Walnut, scavenging to shift land relationships 29.05.2019 1:11:37

Episode #18 of the Ground Shots Podcast. This episode of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Amy Armantrout of Scavenge Magic. Amy and her project are located outside of Eugene, Oregon. This episode was recorded late last summer on the land where Amy lives outside of town. We sat in her outdoor kitchen, a space where she dyes used garments from thrift stores primarily with Bla...

Ep. 17: The Kaua'i Food Forest and subtropical agroforestry with Paul Massey and Rob Cruz 17.05.2019 1:42:02

This episode of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Paul Massey and Rob Cruz of the Kaua'i Food Forest. The Kaua'i Food Forest is a community-based subtropical food ecosystem located on Kaua`i's north shore in the ahupua`a (watershed) of Kalihiwai, a project born from the collaboration of three nonprofit organizations: Regenerations Botanical Garden , Mālama Kaua`i, and the Sanct...

Ep. 16: Lindsey Leach on trauma informed council for children, systematic racism in Richmond, VA, revisioning history 04.05.2019 1:19:59

Episode 16 of the Ground Shots Podcast. This episode is a conversation with Lindsey Leach, who lives in Richmond, Virginia. I recorded our conversation this past October, while I was doing a printmaking residency in Petersburg, Virginia at Cornmeal Press, the studios of Aimee Joyaux, our guest from Episode 14. When this interview was recorded, Lindsey was working as the Development Manger at Chi...