Wild Beings Podcast

• EP 10. Modern day Hunting & Gathering w/ Arthur Haines

  Arthur Haines is a Maine hunting, fishing, and recreation guide, forager, ancestral skills mentor, author, public speaker, and botanical researcher.  He grew up in the western mountains of Maine, a rural area that was home to swift streams known for their trout fishing. He spent most of his childhood in the Sandy River Valley hiking, tracking, and foraging.  Arthur now runs the Delta Institute of Natural History in Canton, Maine, where he teaches human ecology, focusing on the values of foraging, wildcrafting medicine, and primitive living skills.  He operates an apprenticeship program where students spend a moon (28-days) learning place-based skills, communal living, ancestral child rearing, and human rewilding. He continues to spend a great deal of his free time practicing his skills as a modern hunter-gatherer.  In 2017, he authored “A New Path”, a comprehensive work on nature connection and rewilding, detailing how to incorporate ancestral practices into modern living.  As a research botanist for the Native Plant Trust, he completed an inclusive flora of the New England region titled “Flora Novae Angliae” and has authored over twenty publications in peer-reviewed journals and books, including naming species of plants new to science.  His series of YouTube videos has inspired thousands of people interested in foraging wild edible and medicinal plants. Learn more at www.arthurhaines.comDuring this conversation we discuss Arthurs seasonal way of gathering food, his in depth botanical knowledge , what it means to be part of ecology & so much more.

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• Ep. 9 Australian Anthropology & Stories from the Desert with Dr Miles Holmes

  Miles Holmes is an anthropologist & director of NatureFix, an organisation aimed towards wellness through nature. The common thread of his professional work is facilitating engagement between people and land. He works all across Australia with Aboriginal communities specialising in human, country & cultural interactions. Often this takes the form of ecological research & cultural heritage surveys. Miles work has led into building relationships with Indigenous folks all over the country working to support their cultural aspirations. During this conversation we dive into the stories from Miles 20 years visiting & working with the Warlpiri People of the Desert. Stories of tracking, hunting, keeping warm in the cold desert nights & bridging the two worlds. We learn about Miles work with NatureFix, offering the modern medical system a simple solution with outdoors therapy. Resources mentioned:Pemulwuy by Eric WilmontElder Jerry Jangala https://ictv.com.au/video/11743-jerry-jangala-kuyu-punguChristine Micheals https://ictv.com.au/video/13058-christine-ellis-michaels-kuyu-punguTracking Resources https://www.walyaku.org.au/#/st/0NatureFix www.naturefix.lifeContact Miles personally via [email protected]

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• EP 8. Ancestral Movement & Ecological Embodiment; The Land Shapes Us with Simon Thakur

  Humans have come a long way sincethe beginning of our evolutionary journey. We have adapted through manydifferent landscapes which all play a part in how our body/mind/brains functiontoday. Simon Thakur has dedicated his life to understanding this ancestraljourney on a very deep level. Creator of Ancestral Movement, a framework & philosophy influenced by various Traditional movement practises, Simons academic work within evolutionary biology, body work modalities & the landscape. Simon has delved deep into our ancient origins prehuman & beyond, deep into the early stages of our evolutionary journey & created practises around accessing the innate intelligence within us all. In a world that is so disconnected from natural movement, true embodiment & the animal body, this conversation gives us some thought provoking insights into the potential of the body & mind when in relationship with the landscape. A fascinating take on rewilding the senses, the body & the mind. Simons Website:⁠https://www.ancestralmovement.com/⁠Instagram:⁠https://www.instagram.com/ancestralmovement/?hl=en⁠Books mentioned:Your Inner Fish by Neil ShubinThe Master & his Emissary by Iain Mcgilchrist The Body has a Mind of its Own by Sandra BlakesleeThe Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge The Developing Mind by Daniel j.SiegelThe Human Zoo by Desmond Morris

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• EP 7. Rewilding with Peter Michael Bauer

  Rewilding is a philosophy & set of values which enable us to live like humans once again. In a world that is rife with disconnection & deterioration of human societies & landscapes, rewilding gives us a framework to guide us back into a connected way of living. It is about bridging the concepts & land-based lifestyles of hunter gatherers & using those beliefs & practises to guide us forward into a way of living that is connected to each other & the land. Peter Michael Bauer is an anthropologist, experimental archeologist, historian & life-long community organiser. His work focuses on the social & environmental impacts of the neolithic revolution & how understanding these impacts can provide us with solutions to the 6th mass extinction. Since the early 2000's Peter has been an integral catalyst in the human rewilding movement. This movement works to create resilience through the return to place-based regenerative subsistence strategies, inspired by those that exist outside of and those that existed prior to agrarian states (Indigenous folks). Peter is also an author, rewilding & ancestral skills teacher & founder fo Rewild Portland. Website https://www.rewildportland.com/Peters Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/petermichaelbauer/?hl=enRewild Portland IG https://www.instagram.com/rewildportland/References: Ishmael by Daniel QuinnAgainst the Grain by James ScottRewilding the West by Dave Foreman  Podcast with Dr. Leonard Martin https://open.spotify.com/episode/0NK5jRcTEl7Dy4URKBynj9?si=0fe3c2861b9e460c

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• EP 6. Traditional Leather, Ancestral Skills and Alone with Dr Theresa Emmerich Kamper

  Dr Theresa Emmerich Kamper is a renowned teacher of ancestral skills specialising in traditional leather making. With a PHD in Prehistoric Leather analysis & 30 years of hands on experience with traditional tanning, Theresa is a wealth of knowledge in this field and has a lot of fascinating survival experiences to share.Theresa was on season 8 of the TV series Alone in the US where she spent 69 days surviving in the arctic. She was also on bbc's Surviving the Stone Age, a month long wilderness survival experience using only stone-age equipment.   Topics discussed:- The science of traditional tanning methods- Making clothing with buckskin- Archeological findings of leather- Theresa's time out on Alone season 8- Surviving the Stone Age experience - Prehistoric technologies - Humans have been shaped by our prehistoric past- Raw hide boat adventure- Animal craft workshops - Theresa's upcoming Centre for Ancient TechnologiesFind Theresa at http://www.theresaemmerich.com/ and on FB as Theresa Emmerich & IG as Traditional Leather.

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