Emergence Magazine Podcast
Episodes
Tending Soil — Emma Marris
23 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From her own backyard compost pile in Oregon to the dark earths of the Amazon and Liberia, Emma Marris explores the possibility that there is more to ...
The Seeds of Ancestors: A Day at Soul Fire Farm – Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder
23 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Leah Penniman is a Black Kreyol farmer and food justice activist. This profile explores her work to create spaces for people of color to heal and reco...
Praise Song for the Kitchen Ghosts — Crystal Wilkinson
23 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Raised on her grandmother’s jam cake, biscuits, and sweet black tea, Crystal Wilkinson evokes a legacy of joy, love, and plenty in the culinary trad...
Dwelling on Earth — Jay Griffiths
23 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Marveling at worms, fungi, and the pioneering water bear, Jay Griffiths brings our attention to what dwells beneath our feet, inviting us to remember ...
We Learned to Fear Tiger and to Love Squirrel – Lisa Lee Herrick
23 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the storied universe of Hmong cosmology, Squirrel is revered for its ability to outsmart the hunter. In this narrated essay, Lisa Lee Herrick recal...
Fermenting Culture – David Zilber
23 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this in-depth interview, David Zilber, director of the fermentation lab at Noma—named the best restaurant in the world—discusses how food is cu...
Speaking the Anthropocene – Robert Macfarlane
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this in-depth interview, writer Robert Macfarlane takes listeners on a journey through language and landscape, exploring how a precision of utteran...
The Language of the Master – Paul Kingsnorth
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Kingsnorth faces his suspicion that modern written language is in fact a tool of ecocide. Paul is the author of the novels “The Wake” and “...
Atlas with Shifting Edges – Elizabeth Rush
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Rush reflects on climate change as a transformational force on our landscapes and the words we might use to grasp this shifting reality. Her...
The Voices of Birds and the Language of Belonging – David G. Haskell
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Haskell enters the intricate and generative soundscape of the world of birds, inviting us to join in a practice of cross-species listening as a ...
On the Language of the Deep Blue – Charles Foster
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In an effort to seek out a language beyond the human, Charles Foster travels to the Isle of Skye to listen to the intricate vocalizations of the eight...
Losing Language – Camille T. Dungy
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rejecting the refrain “there are no words,” author and poet Camille T. Dungy reaches for a language that can encompass the experience of lonelines...
A Forest Walk – Practice Guided by Kimberly Ruffin
22 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As a companion to Kimberly Ruffin's essay “Bodies of Evidence” from our Faith issue, she created this guided practice offering ways to connect to ...
Ancient Root – Linda Hogan
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For Chickasaw novelist and poet, Linda Hogan, hope lives where faith has fallen away. During an encounter with caged elephants, she experiences a wave...
Wave Patterns – Aylie Baker
26 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this narrated essay, Aylie Baker reflects on her experiences sailing by canoe under Micronesian Master Navigator Sesario Sewralur and shows how we ...
The Religious Value of the Unknown – George Prochnik
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In an age when the fate of the world is frightfully unknown, George Prochnik, author of “In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of ...
Radical Dharma – angel Kyodo williams
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this in-depth interview, Reverend angel Kyodo williams reflects on our widespread crisis of story, the failure of institutional religions to offer ...
Bodies of Evidence – Kimberly Ruffin
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As Kimberly Ruffin revisits her upbringing and spiritual heritage, she compiles the bodies of evidence that have invigorated her spirit. A certified N...
Lone Moon Lights Cold Spring – Bill Porter (Red Pine)
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this in-depth interview, Bill Porter, famously known as the translator Red Pine, reflects on his encounters with Chinese hermits and his long histo...
A Letter to my Husband – Hala Alyan
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Struggling to explain her belief in God to her atheist husband, award-winning Palestinian American poet Hala Alyan reflects on her Muslim faith as ine...
Ecological Conversion – Paul Elie
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Struck by the thought that the Catholic Church and the natural world have traded places as sources of transcendence, Paul Elie wonders how religion an...
Imagining Burial – Lia Purpura
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this narrated essay, writer and poet Lia Purpura delves into the horrified wonder and holiness of death, exploring burial practices that are intend...
Hallowed Ground – Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The roots of religious belief and the sacredness of nature were once closely entwined: the ancient yew grows in the churchyard; the forest monks of Th...
Myrtle's Medicine – Kinitra Brooks
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In a world where the cosmologies of black women are continually erased and excluded from knowledge traditions, Kinitra Brooks seeks connection with he...
On the Road with Thomas Merton – Fred Bahnson
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the summer of 1968, Christian mystic Thomas Merton undertook a pilgrimage to the American West. Fifty years later, writer Fred Bahnson set out to f...
The Great Work: Alchemy and the Power of Words – Paul Kingsnorth
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Kingsnorth is a writer living in rural Ireland. Recalling a visit from a dark figure in a dream, who reappeared in his novel "The Wake," Paul ref...
Born was the Mountain – Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this in-depth investigative story, Emergence Magazine staff writer Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder explores the collision of values unfolding on the summ...
Magic and the Machine — David Abram
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David Abram is a cultural ecologist and philosopher. In this essay, he reflects on our undying urge to recreate a primal experience of intimacy with t...
When You Meet the Monster, Anoint His Feet – Bayo Akomolafe
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bayo Akomolafe is a writer and lecturer from western Nigeria. In the age of the Anthropocene and entrenched politics of whiteness, this essay brings u...
Corn Tastes Better on the Honor System – Robin Wall Kimmerer
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a writer, scientist, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is author of the acclaimed book "Braiding Sweetg...
Myth of Progress — An Interview with Paul Kingsnorth
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, writer Paul Kingsnorth discusses some of the central themes explored in his work. The conversation centers on the "myth of progress...
Winds of Awe and Fear — Nick Hunt
10 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Hunt is a writer, journalist, storyteller, and self-described wind-walker. His latest book, "Where the Wild Winds Are," tells the story of four E...
Mud and Antler Bone — Martin Shaw
10 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This past August we had a chance to sit down and talk with Martin about the intelligence that lies at the heart of myths. The best stories, he says, o...
Wildwood — Kara Moses
10 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this essay Kara visits a primordial, old-growth forest in Poland. Here she meets a herd of bison, encounters loggers and felled trees, tracks wolve...
On Being Alone — Craig Childs
10 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Craig Childs writes about adventure, wilderness, and science. His books include "Atlas of a Lost World," "Apocalyptic Planet," "Finders Keepers," and ...
From Dirt — Camille T. Dungy
10 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this essay Camille reflects on the journey of seeds, how much of what we plant in our gardens was brought to our soils during the slave trade, and ...
Creaturely Migrations on a Breathing Planet — David Abram
18 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this narrated essay, cultural ecologist and philosopher David Abram questions the deep intelligence that lies at the heart of crane, butterfly, and...
A Storm Blown from Paradise — Paul Kingsnorth
18 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Beginning with W. B. Yeats's iconic poem, "The Second Coming," acclaimed writer Paul Kingsnorth narrates his essay "A Storm Blown from Paradise," an i...
Wild Fire, Flat Water — Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder
05 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Emergence Magazine staff writer Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder travels to the Great Plains of Nebraska and South Dakota, to speak with peo...
Widening Circles — Joanna Macy
05 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, Buddhist eco-philosopher Joanna Macy discusses her personal journey into the worlds of anti-nuclear activism, Buddhism, and deep ec...