Unshod with D. Firth Griffith

In this second episode of The Cunning Farmer, Todd Elliott and I tromp-on through Chapter 2 of his pivotal book and masterpiece, The Cunning Farmer: Agrarian Magical Practices, Mythology, and Folklore, diving first into the idea of Sacred Geography and Sacred Spaces and then progressing into the concept of Cosmic Vitality and inter-world spirit-laces in both symbology and practice.Join the Unshod Substack (for free) and commune with us! Purchase The Cunning Farmer HERE.Learn more about Daniel’s work HERE.Episodes or Articles mentioned in the podcastGod Is Red with Taylor Keen Episode 1The Great Animal Master article by Todd Elliott

In this first episode of The Cunning Farmer, Todd Elliott and I begin our walk-through of his pivotal book and masterpiece, The Cunning Farmer: Agrarian Magical Practices, Mythology, and Folklore, diving first into the cross-pollination of myth and magik in view of the general human practice of agriculture. We also talk about ancient languages and how the study of language helps us understand the layers of colonialism and the truths hidden yet in our memory and marrow.Purchase The Cunning Farmer HERE.Learn more about Daniel’s work HERE.Note: in this episode, I say the name of the Biblical Eve is chara, but that is not true. It is chava and the version in the podcast is a simple mispeak. I apologize. Chara is the lenition of cara, the Irish word for friend.

In this episode of God Is Red, Taylor Keen (Omaha / Cherokee) and I discuss Ehanamani’s great masterpiece, Mitakuye Oyasin: We are All Related, diving into the pre-colonial / Indigenous worldview of relationship—from balance to harmony to language to the lace weaving us the stars (cosmology and astronomy). Join in!Learn more about Taylor’s work HERE.Learn more about Daniel’s work HERE.Join in relationship with us and become a PAID subscriber HERE.Trigger warning—this conversation has the potential to make you mad. It also has the potential to wake you up. It carries great medicine, if you let it. If you are uninterested in such an affair, move on. If you are open and your heart is willing to see the many-selves dancing about, take a gander.

In this episode of God Is Red, we walk through Taylor Keen's (Omaha / Cherokee) book, Rediscovering Turtle Island: Chapter 8, Indigenous Archeoastronomy!Taylor's words show how sacred geometry and, at times, sacred algebra structure places like the Newark Earthworks and Serpent Mound with the Stars. This conversation also faces the reckoning: why interest in Indigenous wisdom often fades when it challenges modern agriculture, settler myths, or Jeffersonian nostalgia. We compare Old World sites like Avebury with Turtle Island’s sacred geography / mounds to dissolve the myth that life travels in only one direction. And we look ahead to Taylor’s next book on Picture CaveIf you’re up to rethink “civilization,” astronomy, and what it means to be related with land and sky, jump in! Then share your take, leave a review, and subscribe so more listeners can find these stories and the living science written in earth.Listen to Chapter 1 of Rediscovering Turtle IslandLearn more about Taylor's work HERE.Purchase Rediscovering Turtle Island HERE.Learn more about Daniel's work HERE.

In this episode of God Is Red, we walk through Taylor Keen's (Omaha / Cherokee) book, Rediscovering Turtle Island: Chapter 7, Cohokia!A thousand years ago, a star lit the sky and a city surged beside the Mississippi. In this conversation, Taylor and Daniel go deep into Cahokia’s rapid rise, its trading web from the Great Lakes to the Gulf, and the ceremonies that surrounded the diverse languages and lineages into what can be described, perhaps, as an urban experiment. Taylor takes us through the story from Picture Cave’s ninth-century rock art to the Cohokia's rites, asking how cosmology, corn, and power shaped daily life at scale.Learn more about Taylor's work HERE.Purchase Rediscovering Turtle Island HERE.Learn more about Daniel's work HERE.

In this second episode of Indie Publishing, Angie and Daniel discuss a world where algorithms pick what books are published and what books are not, how riding market trends determines more of what agents and publishers see as "good" than the quality of writing, the strength of the story, and even the purpose of story itself. It is stories that make us human, and the stories are many. Angie and Daniel open up about why they chose indie publishing, what they have learned from rejections and near-closes with agents, and how sales and marketing teams boisterously shape which books make it to shelves and which do not. From audiobook production shock to royalty splits that pale to pay authors what they deserve, Angie and Daniel also break down the real math of storytelling and the practical realities that every author faces.If you’ve ever wondered whether Amazon's Kindle Unlimited helps or hurts, why preorders feel invisible, or how much a book's cover actually costs, you may enjoy this yarn! They also get candid about craft, discussing how hook-first culture, originated by Agents and queries, can warp a novel, forcing fireworks into page one while the middle goes slack, while the storyline tanks and even falls limp. Daniel argues for protecting slow openings, layered worlds, and voices that don’t mirror the algorithm’s taste. Then, Angie and Daniel discuss how fantasy as a genre, a genre originally constructed to explore the weird and off-shoot worlds and stories, has developed strangely into a linear story-ground: trend waves demand dragon rider and romantasy, but the new mythologies, gothic whispers, and odd structures that breathe weird breaths go missing.Toward the end, Angie and Daniel discuss the role of Indie publishing in keeping the storytelling doors open. That intimacy and living stories turn commerce into conversation: signing paperbacks, tucking art prints into packages, and hearing what resonates directly with readers help keep the oral-storytelling human alive and healthy.If this episode helps you on your journey, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a review to help more humans find us.Daniel Firth Griffith is markâko and seanchaí, a participant citizen of Earth Mother, a father, horse-friend, sacred butcher, magikal storyteller, and award-winning indie author of six books on kincentric ecology, mythology, and horror. Learn more about Daniel's work and books HERE!Angelina Kelly is an indie author and biologist who was born and raised in Alaska and has an inherent love for nature. She now lives in British Columbia where she works as a biologist and writes epic fantasy books that weave in her reverence for wilderness and the natural world. Learn more about Angie's work and books HERE!Watch this episode on YouTubeListen to this episode inside our Community

In this episode of God Is Red, we walk through Chapter 6 of Taylor's book, Rediscovering Turtle Island. Taylor (Omaha / Cherokee) traces the thread from language migrations and the “overkill hypothesis” to Omaha corn medicine and the Calumet peace rite, asking how ceremony restores balance between sacred feminine and sacred masculine.Learn more about Taylor's work HERE.Purchase Rediscovering Turtle Island HERE.Learn more about Daniel's work HERE.

What does it take to make human art today? Is worth it? We kick off a new series on Indie Publishing with my dear friend and found-sister Angie Kelly today! Welcome to Episode 1. On this episode, Angie and I work to pull back the curtain on the emotional and economic substrate behind a book: the thousands of quiet hours, the minimum‑wage calculus, the edits that cost more than many tired authors even earn, and the launch-day silence that can follow years of work.From there, Angie and I dive into the attention economy bent on reshaping how readers discover books, and all art, from BookTok and Bookstagram to other strange realities that can crown a title overnight, and we highlight how trend saturation squeezes nuance and human-ness, leaving quieter and highly crafted novels invisible. Angie speaks well on why publishers chase velocity, why flashy debuts can fizzle just as fast, and how fan-fiction-to-film pipelines and algorithm-friendly marketing pathways distort realities of art.If you care about books built by human hearts, you’ll find both something here. Join us, subscribe, and share this episode with a reader or writer who needs it!Angelina Kelly is an indie author and biologist who was born and raised in Alaska and has an inherent love for nature. She now lives in British Columbia where she works as a biologist and writes epic fantasy books that weave in her reverence for wilderness and the natural world. Learn more about Angie's work and books HERE!Learn more about Daniel's work and books HERE!

In this episode of God Is Red, we walk through Chapter 5 of Taylor's book, Rediscovering Turtle Island. Taylor (Omaha / Cherokee) guides us through the sacred site of Pahuk—known to the Pawnee as an "animal lodge" and to neighboring nations as a holy hill. We trace how a place becomes a teacher: a river crossing near a mound that echoes an earthen-lodge, a spring tied to underworld passages, an oak savanna forming a threshold. The landscape isn’t backdrop; it’s scripture, sanctuary, and archive.Learn more about Taylor's work HERE.Purchase Rediscovering Turtle Island HERE.Learn more about Daniel's work HERE.

In this 9th installment of the God is Red series, Taylor Keen (Omaha / Cherokee) takes us deep into his book, Rediscovering Turtle Island. We look straight at the American habit of loving the “passing Indian” while resisting Indigenous knowledge when it asks us to change how we farm, worship, and govern. The reckoning hurts. It also heals.Learn more about Taylor's work HERE.Purchase Rediscovering Turtle Island HERE.Learn more about Daniel's work HERE.