This week we are rebroadcasting our interview with Jarod K Anderson, originally aired in January 2023.
Bringing us into his world of nature, awe, and magical poetry, guest Jarod K. Anderson reminds us that our human journey is worthy of just as much love and affection as the natural world around us. When we come to nature with intention, how might it guide us towards love and inspiration? In a time where so many of us are feeling lost, confused, and not connected to a purpose, we often abdicate our power to make meaning in favor of buying prepackaged narratives about who we are based on what we consume. Tapping into the beauty of telling our own stories and making our own meaning, Jarod and Ayana counter what we have been taught about worth. This episode highlights the power of the humble in the face of the grandiose and attention seeking. We are people of a place, Jarod reminds us, and the intimate, internal, and local work we do matters, just as our small bodies in this vast universe matter infinitely.
Writer, Poet, and podcaster Jarod K. Anderson (creator of The CryptoNaturalist Podcast) has built a large audience of readers and listeners with his strange, vibrant appreciations of nature. Ranging from optimistic contemplations of mortality to appreciations of single-celled organisms, Jarod is forever writing love letters to the natural world.
Music is “Pine Chant” by Sara Fraker and Lachlan Skipworth. “Inspired by tree-ring growth data from the University of Arizona’s Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, Pine Chant is a sonic embodiment of twelve Arizona trees and an emotional response to climate crisis.” Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points.
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FRANCESA LIA BLOCK on Finding Rhythm Through Word /323
Episode Swap: HOW TO SURVIVE THE END OF THE WORLD / All About Love
SAMUEL BAUTISTA LAZO on Handmade Futures /322
ALYNDA MARIPOSA SEGARRA on Life on Earth /321
JOSUÉ RIVAS on Throwing a Glitch in the Social Media Matrix /320
JAROD K. ANDERSON on Reclaiming Limits /319
TRICIA HERSEY on Deprogramming from Grind Culture /318
VEDA AUSTIN on Water as Source /317
END OF YEAR UPDATE
TIFFANY LETHABO KING on The Black Shoals [with brontë velez], Part Two /316
TIFFANY LETHABO KING on The Black Shoals [with brontë velez], Part One /315
THENMOZHI SOUNDARARAJAN on Annihilating Caste Systems /314
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MAYA KHOSLA on What the Forest Holds /313
SOPHIE STRAND on Myths as Maps /312
DR. VANDANA SHIVA on Diverse Expressions of a Living Earth /311
DORI MIDNIGHT on Spinning Webs of Support /310
ISMAIL LOURIDO ALI, J.D. on Post-Prohibition Realities /309
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