The Rewilding Podcast w/ Peter Michael Bauer

My guest for this episode is ​Samantha Zipporah. Samantha is devoted to breaking the spells of oppression in reproductive & sexual health through education, healing & liberation.  She has over 20 years of experience honing her craft as an educator, guide & caregiver tending to fertility, sex, & cycles spanning the full womb continuum. Sam’s work rises from an ancient lineage of midwives, witches, & wise women​. A fierce champion of critical thinking skills, her knowledge is integrative & inclusive of modern medicine & science​ as well as traditional & ancient healing practices. S​am provides vital education for everyone from professionals to preteens in her books, courses, & live classes. Her online community The Fruit of Knowledge features monthly live workshops & an abundance of resources & dialogue for womb wisdom keepers & seekers.In this conversation Samantha and I talk about rewilding contraception, and a few of the threads connected to that.NotesSamantha’s Websitehttps://www.samanthazipporah.com/Samantha’s Linktreehttps://linktr.ee/samanthazipporahSamantha’s Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/samanthazipporah/Other Mentions:Peter’s “How to Rewild Yourself” MemesSeeing Like a State by James C. ScottSand Talk by Tyson YonkaportaCaliban and the Witch by Silvia FedericiIUD Side Effects Facebook GroupIUD Awareness WebsitePlease Bleed: Plants and Practical MagicConscious Contraception SkillshareMiscarriage and Abortion Support CourseIncidence of Post-Vasectomy Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-AnalysisSupport the show

Hannes Wingate is an artist, builder, designer, and outdoor survival-skills instructor. He was educated at Central St. Martins College of Art in London. He is known internationally for constructing giant, human sized nests from natural materials found within close range of the build site. He has traveled the world, spending time living with and learning traditional skills from the Sami, Maori, Basque and Native American cultures.In this conversation Hannes and I discuss his practice as an artist, looking at how he transforms people’s perspectives through his sculptural art, storytelling. We touch on some interweaving philosophies and practices like biomimicry, ancestral skills and how creativity lends itself to state resistance. In the second half, Hannes debriefs my experience at Boulder Outdoor Survival School.Notes: Hannes’ InstagramBurnside NestBoulder Outdoor Survival SchoolMaking by Tim IngoldEli Loomis InterviewSupport the show

In this episode I talk with my friend, Rachael Rice. Rachael is an artist, writer, death worker and certified weirdo who crafts scroll-stopping content for people who want to shape change. Her work centers collapse-informed learnings about grief, death, myth, magic and meaning-making in pale times. A neurodivergent queer witch navigating multiple health diagnoses and broadly coded as a white cis woman, Rachael is of Swedish, Scottish, Irish, French, German and English ancestry living and loving with her partner whose income supports her work on the lands of the Chinook in Portland, Oregon. She works in a dozen kinds of media, plays four instruments, speaks three languages, parents two children, and hollers at one cat, usually not all at once. In this conversation, Rachael and I discuss what it means to be “collapse aware,” what death work is and how it relates to societal collapse, and ways you can engage with it. Notes:Rachael’s WebsiteRachael’s InstagramMentions:Collapse Care w/ Carmen Spagnola“Curse of Knowledge”Death Doula/MidwifeLotka Volterra CycleDiminishing-ReturnsSupport the show

In this episode of the Rewild Podcast I talk with David Ian Howe about dogs and rewilding. David is a professional archaeologist trying to popularize the science of anthropology, most often through comedic videos. He is known for his interest and expertise in understanding ethnocynology–the study of the ancient relationship between humans and dogs. As rewilding is in part, a critique of domestication, the relationship between humans and dogs is an interesting area of exploration: at what point does mutualistic symbiosis become parasitic, or vice versa and is the human and dog relationship reflective of that? Listen in as David and I discuss this ancient relationship, among a few other topics. Notes:Links to David’s WorkDavid’s WebsiteDavid’s YoutubeDavid’s PatreonDavid’s InstagramDavid’s TikTokMentionsAshkelon dog cemeteryPrehistoric Dogs as Hunting Weapons: The Advent of Animal Biotechnology by Angela PerriCompanion Species Manifesto: Dogs, People, and Significant Otherness by Donna HarrowayWolf In Dog's Clothing? Black Wolves May Be First 'Genetically Modified' PredatorsWolves in the Land of Salmon by Dave MoskowitzDomestication Gone WildNeotenyFoxy Behavior: how a Russian fox farm uncovered the basis of canine domesticationWolf Totem Jiang Rong Wolves and RavensBadgers & CoyotesDid Dog-Human Alliance Drive Out the Neanderthals?The dark side of oxytocin, much more than just a “love hormone”Riot DogThis Article Won’t Change Your MindAncient Anxiety and ADHDDonny DustConsuming Grief: Compassionate Cannibalism in an Amazonian SocietySupport the show

On this episode of the Rewilding Podcast, I converse with Carmen Spagnola about the necessary self and community care that comes with the realization that we are living in a collapse. Carmen works at the intersection of somatics, trauma recovery, attachment, and mysticism. Her approach to collapse – navigating the converging emergencies of large scale cooperation dilemmas – weaves Wendell Berry sensibilities with Octavia Butler realities. Her book The Spirited Kitchen: Recipes and Rituals for the Wheel of the Year, comes out in the fall of 2022. Notes:Carmen’s Social MediaCarmen’s WebsiteThe Spirited Kitchen BookUtne Reader/Geez Magazine: Preparing for a Beautiful EndIshmael by Daniel QuinnPeak OilTruth and Reconciliation CommissionThe Oil DrumJohn Michael GreenSharon AstykCarolyn Baker: Love in a Time of Apocalypse & Conscious CollapsingThe Collapse of Civilization May Have Already BegunWilderness First ResponderPeter LevineStephen PorgesBelievers by Lisa WellsThe “Collapse” of Cooperative Hohokam Irrigation in the Lower Salt River ValleySupport the show

Seven in ten Americans identify as Christian. For a movement like rewilding to gain more traction, it must intersect with the belief systems of the culture at large on some level. I am not a Christian, though I am interested in the intersection of rewilding and christianity. Since I live in the United States, I feel it’s important to understand enough about the dominant cultures here and where to find common ground in rewilding narratives. In this episode I chat with two friends of mine who are both pastors. Solveig Nilsen-Goodin and Aric Clark. Rev. Solveig Nilsen-Goodin is an ordained pastor in the Lutheran Church, a spiritual director, grief coach, writer, author of the book: What is the Way of the Wilderness: An Introduction to the Wilderness Way Community, and co-editor and contributor to A Grounded Faith: Reconnecting with Creator and Creation in the Season of Lent. Solveig helped found EcoFaith Recovery, and founded and pastored the Wilderness Way Community for eleven years. She and her husband Peter are raising two teenage boys in NE Portland.Rev. Aric Clark is pastor of Mt. Home and Sherwood United Methodist Churches. He is also a writer, a speaker, and an activist who lives in Portland, Oregon. He is the co-author of Never Pray Again: Lift Your Head, Unfold Your Hands, and Get To Work, a book which challenges readers to embrace a concrete other-centered spirituality, and editor of Faithful Resistance: Gospel Visions for the Church in a Time of Empire. When not pastoring, writing, or protesting he is parenting two teenagers and indulging a love of tabletop gaming.Our conversation topics range from anarchism, feminism, death, grief, decolonization and the histories of the church, the challenges of working in institutions and much more. Notes:Christian AnarchismBread Not Stone: The Challenge of Feminist Biblical Interpretation by Elisabeth Schussler FiorenzaIshmael by Daniel QuinnCatholic Worker MovementThe Smell of Rain on Dust by Martin PrechtelFinisia Medrano Hildegard Von BingenBelievers: Making a Life at the End of the World by Lisa WellsRewilding the Way by Todd WynwardChed MyersWatershed DiscipleshipEcofaith RecoveryBecoming Rooted: One Hundred Days of Reconnecting with Sacred Earth by Randy WoodleyA Grounded Faith: Reconnecting with Creator and Creation in the Season of LentThe Leaven CommunityWhat is the Way of the Wilderness?Support the show

In this conversation, writer Sophie Strand explores the vital connection between myth and rewilding. A passionate advocate for blending ecology, spirituality, and storytelling, she delves into the significance of place-based myths and their role in maintaining ecological knowledge. Sophie shares insights on the Dionysian archetype as a transformative force against rigid societal norms, and discusses the impact of microbiology on behavior and identity. Practical rewilding practices, including engaging with ecosystems and understanding dietary taboos, round out this enlightening discussion.

Recently one of my patrons asked me what my day to day rewilding looked like. This is a glimpse into some of that, but also with perspective on what it might look like for others. Support the show

My guest today is Jason Godesky. Jason is an old friend and colleague of mine. We met in the early 2000’s on an internet chat board called “Ish Con” short for Ishmael Conference. It was a place to discuss the ideas presented in the books by Daniel Quinn. It was here that I gave Jason the nickname, “The Machine Gun” for his ability to remember and rapidly deploy facts, journals, studies, ethnographies, and more to back up many of the positions in what we would later call Rewilding. When ishcon closed down in 2006, I bought the domain rewild.info and invited Jason to help create a new online chat board specific to rewilding. Jason is well known for his essays on his now defunct blog, The Anthropik Network. A few years ago when Rewild Portland acquired rewild.com, I asked Jason to write the content to help people describe what rewilding means. These days his main focus is on using storytelling and gaming to promote the concepts of rewilding. Though, every once and a while he’ll post a new essay on a particular topic of interest. It’s his latest essay, entitled “Overpopulation” that we’ll be discussing here on the rewilding podcast today. Notes:Jason’s ProjectsOverpopulation by Jason GodeskyThe Fifth WorldThe Fifth World PatreonMentionsIshmael by Daniel QuinnMaking Kin Not Population Perceptions of the Environment by Tim IngoldPopulation Growth Daniel QuinnLotka–Volterra equationsLaw of Limited CompetitionEurope & The People Without History by Eric WolfThe Collapse of Complex Societies by Joseph TainterAgainst the Grain by Richard ManningAll Things Being Equal: A Review of The Dawn of EverythingOvershoot by William CattonThe Neolithic refrigerator on a Friday nightWhy These Bears “Waste” FoodJevons Paradox: The Efficiency DilemmaDisinterpretationDegrowthSupport the show

In this episode I return to the theme of this podcast: rewilding. It's used in so many contexts now, from video games to outdoor clothing to lifestyle branding. But what does it really mean? Where did it emerge? How can we stay authentic to the meaning as it gets absorbed by mainstream capitalism? This is a good refresher for those familiar with my work, as well as a nice starting place for those who have recently come across the podcast. Notes• Ishmael by Daniel Quinn• Against the Grain by James Scott• The Maya Forest GardenSupport the show