Barefoot & Bearded is the title of our podcast thanks to your votes!
- Barefoot & Bearded = 11
- Home in the Sage = 6
- It Doesn’t Taste Poisonous = 5
- Trail Mix = 5
- Shit in the Woods = 4
- Naturalist For You = 3
- Trailhead = 2
- Weird Beard Show = 1
- No Escape = 1
- Barefoot Wisdom = 1
- The Naturalist = 1
- The Dirt on Crazy = 1
Noteworthy suggestions from our community:
- Sage Scrub Superman
- Sage Scrub Sagas
- Chaparral Sojourner
- Forage This
- Naughty Native Naturalist
- Deep Green Thoughts
- Outdoors & Free
- Dirt on Nature
- Back to Our Roots
- The Local Wilderness Podcast
– Where We Are
Updated Podcast Format:
Topics:
- Announce upcoming events: tours, presentations, workshops, Farmer’s Market, Malki Museum, etc.
- Steps to going primitive/traditional indigenous life ways
- How to live in harmony with nature
- Understanding our niche within the ecosystem
- Cultivating a deeper relationship with our immediate environment
- Eating food waste (pizza in Keflavik Airport, dumpster diving), foraging, sleeping in parks and other activities associated with vagrants
- Tales of Crystal Cove, Santiago Park, Disneyland, Wind Wolves Preserve, Irvine Ranch, Inside the Outdoors (bathroom humor)
- Memorable nature stories - personal/intimate experiences
Games:
- NAME THAT SOUND! - Test guest’s nature knowledge by playing mystery nature sounds - birds, bugs, mammals, etc.
- IT DOESN’T TASTE POISONOUS - Guests try wild foraged/hunted items for first time - bugs, roadkill, acorns, etc. Hear their reactions.
- URBAN MYTHS (True or False) –
1) Do you need toothpaste, fluoride or a toothbrush to preserve your teeth?
2) Is it against health code to go barefoot in a retail food establishment?
3) Do eggs need to be refrigerated?
4) Does raw milk go bad?
5) Do natural skin oils protect you from the sun?
6) Are white mushrooms poisonous?
7) Does locking your door prevent theft from house or car?
8) Can you eat seaweed from the beach?
- TRAIL MIX – Have guests read ingredients of well known processed foods.
- SHIT IN THE WOODS – Ask guests if they’ve ever peed or pooped in the woods. If yes, then they have guests share their favorite related experience.
- NO ESCAPE – Discussion about one-use disposable petrochemical products and our effort to avoid them. Stories about experiences at restaurants, grocery stores, airports, etc.
– DEEP GREEN THOUGHTS: HONEST REVIEWS OF LOCAL NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES
1) Local parks
2) New books
3) Educational services
4) Eco-products
5) Nature visitor centers
6) Films/TV shows
BACK TO OUR ROOTS:
- What is your favorite nature movie or TV show?
– What was your worst camping experience?
- Have you seen a mountain lion, badger, ringtail, roadrunner or horned lizard in SoCal?
- Have you ever drunk from a stream?
- Do you hunt or fish?
- What is your favorite nature escape?
- Have you ever seen wildlife having sex? If so, details?
- Have you ever been lost in nature?
- What primitive survival skill would you like to learn and why?
SAGE SCRUB SUPERMAN QUIZ SHOW: Test guest’s natural and cultural history knowledge.
- What is the Latin genus for ________?
- Name one of the channel islands.
- Name the four national forests in Southern California.
- How many fingers does a CA Newt have on one hand? On one foot?
- Name the tribe of the LA Basin and Northern Orange County.
