After an incredibly meaningful and successful five years, I’ve decided to end the podcast. Thank you for all of your support, time, and trust. I’m off to begin a new chapter, and I’ll hope you’ll continue to follow along.To stay in touch, subsc

#140 Catalyzing Wider Organisms of Belonging with Ian MacKenzie

Oct 27th, 2023 1h 29m

Ian MacKenzie is a new paradigm artist who’s been tracking the global emergence of imaginal culture for the past 15 years. From the desert of Burning Man to the heart of Occupy Wall St, Ian has amplified the voices of visionaries, artists and a

#139 A Holistic and Intuitive Approach to Life and Ecology with Peter May

Aug 10th, 2023 2h 4m

Peter May is an alchemist, a Grammy award-winning musician, a tree whisperer, a firefighter (and firemaker), an athlete, an architect, and an all around fascinating human being. Peter and I discuss how his love of ecology first developed as a k

#138 Taking Advantage of Everything That Makes Life Worth Living with Sarah Jones

Aug 2nd, 2023 1h 23m

Sarah Jones and her husband Michael are fourth generation potato farmers in Hooper, CO. Their farm, Jones Farms Organics, is paving the way in the San Luis Valley (the nation’s second largest fresh potato growing region in the U.S.) for regener

#137 Critical Ethnobotany and Reimagining Our Role in Ecology with Kelly Moody

Jul 17th, 2023 1h 38m

Kelly Moody is a critical ethnobotanist, philosopher, teacher, writer, and podcast host. After growing up in rural southern Virginia on her grandmother’s tobacco farm, Kelly’s interest in plants and ecology never left her. She received a B.A. i

#136 Critical Spirituality, Ecstatic Literacy & Psychedelic Harm Reduction with Jules Evans

Jun 30th, 2023 1h 28m

Jules Evans is a philosopher, journalist, and author, whose work centers around the interplay between rational and ecstatic states of consciousness. Currently, Jules is leading the Challenging Psychedelic Experiences Project - researching psych

#135 Making a Living From Sunlight and Soil with George Whitten and Sam Schmidt

Jun 1st, 2023 1h 39m

George Whitten, along with his wife Julie, own Blue Range Ranch (also known as San Juan Ranch) located in the high desert of Colorado’s San Luis Valley. Originally pastoralists, George and his family have been ranching on the same land for well

#134 To Worship at the Altar of Life, Death, Sex, and Love with Erin Ginder-Shaw

May 2nd, 2023 1h 58m

Erin is a professional writer who’s currently studying to get her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. Erin is also one of my closest friends, and my former Whore Rapport co-host. Since ending Whore Rapport last fall, Erin and I both felt that there w

#133 Build Me a Castle of Dreams: Musings on Saturn in Pisces with Jenny Kellogg

Mar 6th, 2023 1h 46m

Jenny is a certified astrologer, holds a PhD in Modern Languages and Literatures, a B.A. in Classical Philology, and has studied ancient civilizations and languages for over 25 years. She’s also a trauma-informed coach, spiritual guide, and one

#132 Pursuing Gender Reconciliation Through Love and Compassion with William Keepin and Cynthia Brix

Feb 23rd, 2023 2h 11m

William Keepin and Cynthia Brix are co-founders of Gender Equity and Reconciliation International. William, a climate scientist and physicist who also trained in clinical psychology with Stanislav Grof began GERI thirty years ago under the name

#131 Can getting better at one thing help us get better at everything else? (A solo episode / life update)

Jan 15th, 2023 1h 1m

For the past few months I’ve found myself in a deep internal dialogue exploring the nature of my desires, my relationship to will, and my capacity for action. In the face of difficult choices, divergent interests, or upon reaching a fork in the

#130 Living Nomadically on Horseback with Michael Ridge

Dec 19th, 2022 1h 37m

Michael Ridge has spent the last decade living and traveling nomadically on horseback, mostly in the Pacific Northwest. He is an expert in primitive skills and wild foods, and possesses a level of bravery and commitment to core values that I fi

#129 Envisioning, Designing and Creating Spaces for the Future with Johanna Hoffman

Nov 27th, 2022 1h 46m

Johanna Hoffman is a designer, urbanist and strategist exploring the ties between design, planning, fiction and futures. She’s the founder of Design for Adaptation, a studio using strategic planning, interactive storytelling and speculative des

#128 Mending Our Myths and Planting Seeds of Future Stories with Téo Montoya

Nov 2nd, 2022 1h 46m

Téo Montoya is a Human Design Analyst, Metamodern Myth Mender, Indigenous Futurist writer and multimedia artist. His work focuses on synthesizing cosmological and spiritual systems, myths, archetypes, and modalities to find ways of supporting a

The MGSW Book Club Returns: Community Style (Audio)

Oct 31st, 2022 10m 33s

Just wanted to share a quick update about the return of our official Millennial’s Guide to Saving the World book club.If you’re already on Substack/signed up for the book club, no need to listen to this. Just wanted to make sure to make the ann

#127 Healing, Transformation, and Evolution through Movement and Dance with Vangelis Legakis

Oct 6th, 2022 1h 34m

Van is an educator and practitioner in dance, healing and spirituality with over 20 years of experience. He integrates Eastern and Western modalities to create a holistic dance education, centering on how dance can enlighten our perspectives on

#126 Navigating Darkness & Becoming an Apprentice of the Unknown with Deborah Eden Tull

Sep 16th, 2022 2h 3m

Deborah Eden Tull (who goes by Eden) is a Zen meditation and engaged dharma teacher, public speaker, author and sustainability educator, as well as the founder of Mindful Living Revolution. She trained for seven and a half years as a Buddhist m

#125 Paradox, Polarity and Nuance in Astrology with Whitney Will

Sep 6th, 2022 1h 56m

Whitney returns to the podcast to discuss how paradox, polarity and nuance show up in astrology, and how to best utilize concepts of “good” and “bad” to provoke self-awareness. How can nuance be used to both invite and prevent growth? How can w

#124 Reckoning With Our Disconnection From Grief, Elderhood and Community, Part Two with Kimberly Ann Johnson

Aug 21st, 2022 1h 53m

Kimberly Ann Johnson is a somatic experience practitioner, sexological bodyworker, author, podcast host, and doula. She returns to the podcast to speak about the turmoil of the past couple years, and recounts the journey that led her to co-auth

#123 Reckoning With Our Disconnection From Grief, Elderhood and Community, Part One with Stephen Jenkinson

Aug 17th, 2022 2h 8m

Stephen is a culture activist, teacher, author, and co-founder if the Orphan Wisdom School. His work centers around grief, elderhood, community, and is rooted in knowing history, being claimed by ancestry, and working for a time we won’t see. S

#122 Reclaiming Curiosity and Connection in Dangerously Divided Times with Mónica Guzmán

Aug 6th, 2022 1h 54m

Mónica Guzmán is an author, journalist, and bridge builder. She is the Director of Digital Storytelling at Braver Angels, a nonprofit working to depolarize America, and author of the book “I Never Thought Of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly

#121 Celebrating Unpopular Opinions and the Fluidity of Identity with Lenore Black

Jul 26th, 2022 1h 47m

Lenore Black, a fan favorite of the show, returns for a second episode. It’s an understatement to say that a lot has changed in the year and a half since Lenore and I first connected, both personally and collectively. We speak about Lenore’s mo

#120 Growing Up Maasai in a Complex, Changing World with Elia Edward Mollel

Jul 13th, 2022 1h 28m

Chris and I had the pleasure of spending ten days with Elia on our trip to Tanzania last month, and sat down to record a podcast with him at Lake Eyasi. Elia is half Maasai, and spent much of his childhood being raised by his Maasai grandfather

#119 Rerooting our Stories and Rewilding our Mythology with Sophie Strand

Jun 26th, 2022 1h 43m

Sophie is a writer based in the Hudson Valley who focuses on the intersection of spirituality, storytelling, and ecology. We speak about personal and collective mythologies and how so many of our stories have been deracinated from their roots i

#118 Anti-Racism 2.0: Reclaiming Love and Rejecting Division with Chloé Valdary

Jun 10th, 2022 1h 33m

Chloé is a writer and entrepreneur whose company, Theory of Enchantment, offers an alternative to conventional anti-racism training. Instead of focusing on dualistic thinking and division, Chloé’s company embraces and promotes love and compassi