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The Sober BrosDaniel Vitalis Interview on Addiction Recovery & the AI RevolutionWild Fed TV show host Daniel Vitalis joins the Sober Bros to talk about addiction recovery, fitness, AI, and more. Prepare to be blown away by this conversation in episode 12. From the influence of marketing and propaganda to the role of healthy relationships and community, this conversation is both insightful and entertaining. Tune in to learn more about Vitalis' views on nature, society, and technology, and how they intersect with mental health and addiction.
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🎬 A Conversation with Daniel Vitalis on Fitness, Trauma, and Addiction.
🎬 Exploring the Overlapping Worlds of Nature, Society, and Technology.
🎬 From Childhood Trauma to Operant Condition...
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WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodConclusions, The Final Episode with Daniel Vitalis & Grant Guiliano — WildFed Podcast #174It's the final episode of The WildFed Podcast, and Daniel and our show producer Grant Guiliano get together to reflect on the last few years of podcasting together, tie a bow on some of the recurring themes we've discussed on the show, as well as look to the future of WildFed. They chat about the value in reconnecting with the species in your landscape, their thoughts on the future regulations of hunting and foraging, imposter syndrome, plans for a future podcast + a few teasers for Season 4 of the WildFed TV show, and more. We're so...
2023-03-281h 55WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodIn the Shadow of Extinction with Dan Flores — WildFed Podcast #173Well, it’s finally here. The last interview of the WildFed Podcast. We'll be back next week with our producer Grant to do a final wrap-up, but as far as guest appearances go, who better to take us out than Dan Flores, and on what better topic than his new book, Wild New World. The book is incredible, even, dare we say, required reading for anyone who’s been following the journey of this podcast. It’s not just a history of North America and the animals that live here now — the extant animals — and the ones that were here befor...
2023-03-211h 46WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodUncommon Perspectives with A.J. DeRosa — WildFed Podcast #172A.J. DeRosa is the founder of Project Upland — a multi-media operation that produces, in addition to video and web-based content, a quarterly, subscription-based premium print magazine. He’s also the author of the deer hunting cult-classic, The Urban Deer Complex. An accomplished hunter, rabid conservationist, and success in the hunting industry, he is not your typical hunter. Whether it's his politics, which are woven as a through-line throughout his unique positions, or his insistence on activism as a key component of conservation, he occupies a space adjacent — and sometimes quite antithetical — to those typified by what could be...
2023-03-142h 43WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodAgents of Dystopia with Donnie Vincent — WildFed Podcast #170Well, it was bound to happen eventually. But we'll admit, we weren't expecting it to be in this interview. Our guest today is hunter, conservationist, naturalist and filmmaker Donnie Vincent. Someone Daniel was tremendously inspired by — and still is today — when he first set out to get involved in hunting and outdoor media. Donnie is an iconoclast, standing out amongst successful hunting personalities in the way he hunts, looks, speaks, and for his uniquely thoughtful and artistic approach to outdoor media. Daniel and Donnie have podcasted together a few times now, and they've always found an e...
2023-02-282h 01WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodBreaking Bread Together with Andrew Zimmern — WildFed Podcast #169Our guest today is Andrew Zimmern, who you may know from the long-running cable TV series Bizarre Foods or most recently on Outdoor Channel, Andrew Zimmern’s Wild Game Kitchen (which you can watch free on outdoorchannel.com). Daniel has been a fan of Andrew's shows for a lot of years. In fact, they were some of his early inspiration for creating the WildFed TV show. Aside from his television work, Daniel didn’t know much about Andrew, and this was his first time talking with him. Like Daniel, he wants to reframe the way we h...
2023-02-211h 09WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodAllergic To Hare with Tony Seichrist — WildFed Podcast #168Today’s episode is with our good friend Tony Seichrist. Daniel first met Tony at his restaurant, The Wyld, in Savannah, Georgia where he cooked Alligator for Season 1 of WildFed. Since then, he's been featured in two episodes of Season 2, and he was just with us for an episode of Season 3 — making him our most frequent guest on the WildFed TV show. Tony is one of Daniel's favorite people. They share a lot of ideas, opinions and stances on things, yet both help one another to think in new and fresh ways too. He's one of those frie...
2023-02-141h 10WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodHunting New Zealand with Philipp Spahn — WildFed Podcast #166Philipp Spahn and Daniel have been chatting on Instagram for years. Like Daniel, he's a modern-day hunter-gatherer who loves to pursue wild foods in many diverse ways, across the landscape where he lives. Also, like Daniel, he arrived at wild foods through a background in health, nutrition and exercise, and like Daniel, he’s also documenting what he does in video form, which he presents on his YouTube channel The Wild Table. Unlike Daniel, he’s in New Zealand, which has a radically different hunting and fishing management system, a diverse bestiary of game species that are almo...
2023-01-101h 30WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage Food40,000 Generations of Hunters with Dan Flores — WildFed Podcast #165It’s our privilege today to have author Dan Flores on the podcast. Dan Flores is A. B. Hammond Professor Emeritus of Western History at the University of Montana. A distinguished historian of the American West, he is the author of the best-selling books Coyote America and American Serengeti. Daniel had the opportunity to interview him back when those books were published, and he's pleased to be talking with him now about his latest book, Wild New World, The Epic Story of Animals and People in America. Dan is a uniquely gifted environmental historian, and this was on...
2023-01-031h 39WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodAll Over The Place with Tim Clemens — WildFed Podcast #164Our guest today is Tim Clemens of Ironwood Foraging, back for his second appearance. And this one is a lot of fun. In fact, Daniel was enjoying this conversation so much that he had to pull himself away to make his next appointment. They kind of range all over a pretty broad topic set just having fun and seeing where the conversation led them. We think you’ll appreciate the outcome. Otherwise, we're going to be brief today, and let this conversation speak for itself because the grid is down here, and we’ve been without power for...
2022-12-201h 42WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodCan We Save The Seas? with Dr. Ann Cleveland — WildFed Podcast #163Daniel met Dr. Ann Cleveland back on Halloween of this year, when he was invited to give a guest lecture at the Maine Maritime Academy where she’s a Marine Biology Professor. Her husband, Dr. Alan Verde, who is also a professor there, was a guest on our show back on episode #160. While they were there, Ann gave Daniel and his wife a tour of the campus, and they had the opportunity to talk a bit about her work there, and he thought it would be great to get her on the show to discuss it. We di...
2022-12-131h 18WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodNautical Nonsense with Daniel Vitalis & Grant Guiliano — WildFed Podcast #162Thanks for tuning in today! Every once and a while it's fun to take a break from interviewing and just have a conversation between Daniel and our producer and editor Grant — musing, rambling, and recounting our recent adventures and shenanigans. If you’re new to the show, maybe go back an episode to hear our typical format. Otherwise, behold the obnoxious characters who bring you these shows each week, as they sound when not speaking to their betters. Here in Maine, we are beginning the descent into winter. We're pretty excited about that. We're gonna get...
2022-12-061h 21WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodCorals, Cucumbers, and Jellies (Oh My) with Alan Verde PhD — WildFed Podcast #160Who doesn’t love Marine Biology? Daniel recently had the opportunity to give a talk at the celebrated Maine Maritime Academy, addressing a class of marine biology and oceanography students. While he was there he met today’s guest, Dr. Alan Verde. Alan is a biologist and diver who specializes in corals, anemones, jellyfish, sea cucumbers and octopus. Alan, along with the school where he teaches, is training the future generations of young people who will eventually contribute to the stewardship of our seas. It’s a big responsibility, given the precarious situation we now find ourselves in on...
2022-11-221h 24WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodThe Turkey Whisperer with Dr. Mike Chamberlain — WildFed Podcast #159If you haven’t been already, we're thrilled to introduce you to Dr. Mike Chamberlain. Somehow, over our years of making this show, we weren't aware of this man or his incredible work on turkeys. Now we feel like we've been stumbling around in the dark. Ok, that’s probably an overstatement, since we’ve had some great mentors, and we’ve had several excellent and very informed turkey hunters and biologists on the show over the years. But Mike seems to possess a meta-knowledge of these birds, seamlessly combining the science of their biology and ecology with the experien...
2022-11-141h 16WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodWho Hunts, Who Doesn't & The Politics of Why with Paul McCarney PhD — WildFed Podcast #158We're talking today with Paul McCarney, PhD. Paul’s an environmental social scientist, hunter, and conservationist that lives in Canada’s remote Yukon. You could think of it as our northern neighbor’s Alaska. He’s in Whitehorse, which is north of Juneau but east of Anchorage. Most recently, Paul hosted the HuntToEat Podcast, where he covered topics that, until recently, haven’t been part of the typical hunting or conservation conversation. Like Daniel, Paul’s an adult-onset hunter. Coming to it later in life — like so many people today — has given him some unique perspectives tha...
2022-11-081h 39WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodUrban Foraging with Lisa Rose — WildFed Podcast #157Our guest today is Lisa Rose, author of the new book: Urban Foraging, Find, Gather, and Cook 50 Wild Plants, as well as a few other titles on foraging and food. Though urban foraging doesn’t come up much on this show, it's always been important to Daniel. It was how he first started foraging, finding plants that grew in his backyard, snacks that grew up through the cracks in his sidewalk, or most importantly, harvesting fruits from neighborhood trees and abandoned lots around town. So we were glad to see that Lisa took this topic on, as it...
2022-11-011h 18WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodWild Turkeys and Black Swans with Fred Bird — WildFed Podcast #156As eaters of wild turkey meat, maybe we're a little biased, but we're huge believers in the National Wild Turkey Federation’s mission. Turkeys were Daniel's gateway into hunting itself, and he has initiated several other new hunters by bringing them out for their first birds too. We're of the opinion that stewarding turkeys and turkey habitat is, in a way, caring for lots of other species too. Turkey habitat is, after all, deer and bear habitat. They share the woods with lots of other game and nongame species that we all love and celebrate. And...
2022-10-251h 24WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodDreams, Archetypes & Becoming A Predator with Philippe Grenade-Willis — WildFed Podcast #153Our interview today is with Philippe Grenade-Willis, someone Daniel's been working with for a few years now on various art projects for both WildFed and Surthrival. Philippe is an incredible illustrator with a passion for the outdoors and the creatures that live there. In a nod to Daniel's former podcast, ReWild Yourself, today’s episode is a bit more esoteric than most of the content we curate here, but it’s also a LOT of fun. Daniel and Philippe talk about art, dreams and archetypes. About the metaverse, transhumanism, and how quickly we are headed into artificial worl...
2022-10-041h 46WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodA Range of Edibility with Daniel Vitalis & Grant Guiliano — WildFed Podcast #151It’s always fun for Daniel to sit down with his good friend — WildFed producer and cinematographer Grant Guiliano — to podcast without a guest. Just them, talking behind the scenes. Daniel and Grant are currently filming Season 3 of the WildFed TV show for Outdoor Channel, which means they're on the road a lot — flying, driving, boating, hunting, fishing, and foraging, and, of course, filming it all. It’s a lot of hotels, AirBnBs, and time away from home. One constant is the time they end up spending together, so there’s always a lot to talk about when they sit down to...
2022-09-201h 25WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodPawpaw, An American Treasure with Michael Judd — WildFed Podcast #150The pawpaw is a North American native, growing wild in 26 States! But you wouldn’t know it by seeing or tasting it. About the size of a small to medium-sized mango, with a custardy flesh that ranges from creamy white to pumpkin pie orange, you’d swear it's a tropical fruit. But, you’d be wrong, since it is, in fact, a temperate species. Despite its more mild climatic preference, it still boasts quintessential tropical flavor notes. Mango and papaya, pineapple and banana, caramel and some aroma we can only describe as a combination of nutmeg, cinnamon, and clove. U...
2022-09-131h 18WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodBoat to Table, Know Your Fisherman with Molly Lutcavage, PhD — WildFed Podcast #149We’re back today with our good friend Molly Lutcavage, Oceanographer, Bluefin Tuna and Sea Turtle Physiologist, and the Director of Large Pelagics Research at the University of Massachusetts. Her last appearance on the show was back on episode 16 of this podcast, The Truth About Bluefin Tuna, making her one of our earliest podcast guests! She was also featured in Season 2 of the WildFed TV show on Outdoor Channel, in our Atlantic Bluefin Tuna episode. Her ground-breaking work on Atlantic Bluefins has revealed that, contrary to what most folks have been led to believe, the Atlantic Bluefin Tu...
2022-09-061h 52WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodThe Fad-Free Diet: Oxalates, Superfoods & Common Sense with Dr. Bill Schindler — WildFed Podcast #148We’re back today with internationally-known archaeologist, primitive technologist, and chef, Bill Schindler. Bill’s been on the show once before to discuss his book, Eat Like A Human, and he’s back today to talk about the human diet, through the lens of his professional focus of ancestral human foods, food acquisition, and the traditional processing techniques we once used to make our food edible or more nutritious. After our recent episode with Sally Norton, which was episode #142 “Are Oxalates Destroying Your Health” — where we discuss oxalic acid and other oxalates in our food supply — Dan...
2022-08-301h 22WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodThe KavaCast, Foraging Honolulu with Nat Bletter, PhD — WildFed Podcast #144Welcome to today’s episode with Nat Bletter, PhD, which we’re jokingly calling “episode 1 of the KavaCast”, since Nat, an ethnobotanist, prepared kava kava, or what the Hawaiians call 'awa for Daniel and Grant just prior to recording. Kava is the root of Piper methysticum, a member of the black pepper family, with mildly intoxicating properties that have been used deep into antiquity by Polynesian people throughout the South Pacific. Since it’s often used to facilitate conversations, meetings, and negotiations, as well as to celebrate gatherings, we decided it would be a great beverage to consume wh...
2022-08-021h 28WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodForaging Arizona with Chef Brett Vibber — WildFed Podcast #143Arizona is one of Daniel's favorite places on earth. He first started going while he was in his 20’s visiting a hot spring there several times a year, which was once the healing grounds for Geronimo and the Apache who rode and raided with him. Over the years he's gone often, from the Mexican border up to the Grand Canyon, from the high-altitude, forest canopies of the Sky Islands to the arid low-lying Sonoran desert. He's even spent a couple of winters in Sedona, which has to be one of the prettiest places in North America. All th...
2022-07-261h 21WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage Food100 Trees with Adam Haritan — WildFed Podcast #141Our guest today, back now for his second time, is Adam Haritan of LearnYourLand.com. He’s probably best known for his fantastic YouTube channel by the same name. He’s got over 175 videos there that teach folks how to identify and use the wild species all around them. Recently he launched a tree identification course that caught Daniel's eye, and we thought it would be fun to talk with him about trees from a wild food perspective. Trees provide us with so much, and it’s easy to take that for granted. Wood for our ho...
2022-07-121h 12WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodAlewives and Other Tales with Daniel Vitalis & Grant Guiliano — WildFed Podcast #140Today Daniel's sitting down with his good friend, WildFed Cinematographer and Producer Grant Guiliano to talk a bit about what we've been up to this year and to give you a behind-the-scenes look at our upcoming third season of the WildFed TV show on Outdoor Channel. We’re currently filming ten new episodes that’ll debut this coming winter, so we’ve been in the woods and on the water, but also in the air and on the road too. Grant and Daniel don’t get to do too many shows like this one, just catching...
2022-07-051h 28WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodPrairie Dogs & Prairie Turnips with Travis 'Good Bull Man' Condon — WildFed Podcast #138You may remember that last September we had the honor and privilege of going out to the Standing Rock Reservation to harvest a buffalo — or bison for those who prefer the scientific name — for the second season of the WildFed TV show. Our friend Travis hosted us, showed us around, and introduced us not only to the buffalo, but to the people and the Dakota culture too. He was with us for the hunt, and he and Daniel broke that buffalo down together on the prairie too. It was an incredible experience. While we were ther...
2022-06-211h 13WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodThe Most Taboo Hunt with Jen Shears — WildFed Podcast #137We've got a great show for you today, but first, we think a little context is important. Please listen to Daniel's monologue in the introduction to this podcast.
As a podcaster, Daniel's always been interested in topics that flirt around the edges of the taboo. And today’s episode certainly qualifies. Hunting itself has become controversial in our modern era, which, given that this was our primary food acquisition method for something like 300,000 years — in other words, our entire existence — until just recently, seems strange. But even where the general public has accepted it as a legitimate pursuit...
2022-06-141h 14WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodNo Turning Back with Avani Vitalis — WildFed Podcast #133Today’s episode is a very special one for Daniel. Not just because our guest is his brilliant and beautiful wife Avani Vitalis, but also because they're talking about her very first hunt. Until this spring turkey season, Avani never really imagined herself hunting. She’s been incredibly supportive of Daniel as a hunter, not just cheering him on, but helping with both practical and logistical aspects. Whether it’s been paddling the canoe on his squirrel hunts or cleaning the grinder and cutting boards after he butchers game, it's always been a team effort. But when it’s c...
2022-05-171h 37WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodFood, A Trojan Horse for Knowledge with Tim Clemens — WildFed Podcast #131Tim Clemens, AKA @MNForager on Instagram, is the founder of Ironwood Foraging Co, a Minnesota-based wild food and foraging education company, and someone Daniel's been writing back and forth with on social media for some time now. He was formerly the president of the Minnesota Mycological Society, which gives him deep expertise on edible fungi, and he also has a degree in anthropology and archeology, so his perspectives on foraging are firmly grounded in an understanding of big human history. Daniel and Tim finally got a chance to meet up for a podcast and discuss...
2022-05-031h 15WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodIndigenous Food Systems & the Zombie Apocalypse with Linda Black Elk — WildFed Podcast #128Our guest today is Linda Black Elk, an ethnobotanist specializing in the traditional foods and medicines of the Great Plains and the Director of Food Sovereignty at United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, ND. She’s also the mother of three Lakota sons. There's a lot of overlap in Linda and our philosophies around foraged foods and medicines, particular in how we see each species as more of a “who” than a “what,” since getting to know them is more like getting to know another person than it is like buying an inanimate product. Linda and Daniel...
2022-04-121h 20WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodFalconry, Hunting with Birds of Prey with Everett Headley — WildFed Podcast #123Everett Headley is back on the show today, this time, to discuss a topic we’ve been wanting to learn about for ages… Falconry. That’s right, hunting with a bird of prey. Each year, when we go through our own state's hunting regulations, we're always transfixed by the “grey squirrel falconry season.” We think, just what is this anyway, and who is doing it? Well, Everett is here today to give us a primer on what falconry is, who does it, and how. Of course, we’ll learn a lot about these incredible birds too. ...
2022-03-081h 32WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodReflections on Berry Picking with Bob Krumm — WildFed Podcast #121Our guest today is Bob Krumm — author of several wonderful books on berry foraging that span the Pacific Northwest to New England and a fly fishing guide on the Bighorn River since the 1980s. In fact, still guiding clients today, Bob's now the eldest guide on the river — quite a distinction. We love this conversation because Bob's got qualities that we really want to cultivate in this life. He's so kind and good-hearted, and his outlook on life is so beautifully positive. Bob's been gathering berries for jams and jellies for decades, and he sent Daniel several bott...
2022-02-2257 minWildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodA Hunting Dialectic with Everett Headley — WildFed Podcast #118Daniel set out to interview today’s guest — Everett Headley — on the topic of falconry… cooperative hunting with a bird of prey. He’s a Montana resident that, amongst other things, hunted with a red tail hawk and is now training a peregrine falcon. All very interesting stuff that we've wanted to learn more about for years. But from the moment we started speaking, it was obvious that the natural flow of their conversation was going in a different direction. Both Everett and Daniel take a very philosophical approach to hunting and to understanding their relationship to the outdoors and the wi...
2022-02-021h 25WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodIs Camouflage Necessary for Hunting? With Daniel Vitalis — WildFed Podcast #117Is camouflage necessary for hunting? How much of it is gimmick and hype? If it does work, to what degree does it make sense to be employing it? Join Daniel for a solo edition of the podcast as he takes a deep dive into the art and practicality of camouflage. Nature regularly employs camouflage for deception — both for predators and for prey — and it's important that we, as hunters, consider our visibility in the landscapes we're moving through. In this episode, Daniel explains how camouflage works and gives an overview of the myriad of different camo...
2022-01-261h 05WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodWay of the CyberTracker with Dr. Kersey Lawrence — WildFed Podcast #114Today’s guest is Senior Cyber Tracker Kersey Lawrence. If you’ve been listening to the show for a while, you’ve heard Daniel speak to a few skilled trackers in past episodes. This skill, of studying, identifying, and ultimately tracking and trailing animals was — most likely — fundamental to the development of the modern human brain and perhaps even to language itself. At one time, this skill would have been nearly universal amongst humans, but of course, in our more modern era, it’s atrophied to the point that most of us can’t identify the tracks of...
2022-01-041h 30WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodEat Like A Human with Dr. Bill Schindler — WildFed Podcast #108Today’s show really harkens back to Daniel's roots! His earliest work was focused on nutrition, which has been a primary interest of his for more than two and a half decades. He eventually landed on a wild foods lifestyle by following that thread of interest wherever it led. After becoming very dissatisfied with modern dietary dogma and popular fad diets, he started looking into our ancestral past for clues about what the human animal needs for nutritional inputs, and at what worked historically. Today's guest — Dr. Bill Schindler — is author of the new book Eat Like A Huma...
2021-11-161h 47WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodSo Many Things, Behind the Scenes with Daniel Vitalis & Grant Guiliano — WildFed Podcast #097Today’s episode was a lot of fun to record, since it's rare that Grant Guiliano — co-producer of this podcast and co-creator of the WildFed television series — and Daniel sit down to just record a show together. There’s so many fun stories and interesting reflections on the things we learn and encounter during — and outside of — those productions — and we thought it would be fun to share some of that with you today! If you’re just tuning in for the first time, this episode isn’t our typical content, since we’re usually interviewing wild food experts, wildlif...
2021-08-311h 49WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodMay You Feel Every Tick with Avani Vitalis — WildFed Podcast #093May You Feel Every Tick. It’s a salutation and a toast. It’s a farewell, and adieu. It’s an admonition in tick country to stay tuned into your senses, a reminder to feel. So, for those of you who spend any time in the outdoors, we say it to you now as well… May You Feel Every Tick. We’ve got a special edition of the podcast for you today, because our guest is none other than Avani Vitalis — Daniel's wife, teammate, and very best friend. Daniel and Avani get asked a lot how they dea...
2021-08-032h 40WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodWho Are We? Hunting and the Stories We Tell with Arthur Haines — WildFed Podcast #086Arthur Haines, a recurring guest of the WildFed Podcast and TV show, is back today, and he’s here to talk about hunter attitudes and relationships to animals and the landscape, and how that influences the non-hunting public's perception of hunting as a lifestyle. Hunting is a tremendous responsibility, especially today when such a small part of the public participates. The way we hunt, talk about hunting, write and post about it, and behave on and off of wild landscapes all influences how hunting is perceived and, therefore, how it will be — or won’t be — carried into the future w...
2021-06-152h 17WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodThe Original Human Diet with Daniel Vitalis — WildFed Podcast #077We're doing something a little different this episode — Dr. Matt Dawson of the Wild Health Podcast will be interviewing Daniel! Get a behind-the-scenes look into the philosophy that informs this show as Daniel takes us back to the very beginning of his health and wellness journey. He shares about his transition from strict veganism to a natural human diet and what his diet looks like today. He also discusses one of the main pillars of what it means to be WildFed — developing meaningful relationship with species and how important this is to fostering ecological awareness and stewardship. Enjoy! Vi...
2021-04-1358 minWildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodMidwifing Sharks: A Fish Story with Daniel Vitalis — WildFed Podcast #072In today's episode, our host Daniel Vitalis shares an incredible experience he had fishing for a blacktip shark in the Florida Keys. Despite strong, well-managed populations here in the US, fishing for sharks has become somewhat controversial — largely due to unregulated and unethical practices in other parts of the world — and Daniel's story leads this episode into a much bigger conversation about the complexities of fisheries, regulations, hunting predators and the emotional charge around charismatic species, and the future of hunting and fishing in the US. Enjoy! View full show notes, including links to resources from this epis...
2021-03-091h 32WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodIn the Sugarbush: Your Guide to Maple Syrup with Arthur Haines — WildFed Podcast #068It's always a pleasure to have Arthur Haines — botanist, forager & Maine Guide — back on the show! In this episode, Daniel and Arthur go in-depth on maple syrup, maple trees, and their own home sugar bushes. An iconic wild food of the Northeast, maple syrup is an important staple in both Daniel and Arthur's homes. Tune in to gain an understanding of the process of harvesting maple syrup, its indigenous history, health benefits and nutrient profile, along with simple strategies for a beginner's maple sugaring set-up. If you're interested in getting started harvesting maple syrup, this conversation will give you inval...
2021-02-091h 14WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodTurkey Calls, 6 Hunters Tell Their StoriesTune into this special edition of The WildFed Podcast for a spring turkey hunt recap from six hunters — some seasoned turkey hunters and some just starting out — including a few familiar voices. From the calls and the shots to missed opportunities and amusing predicaments to a young boy's first turkey hunt and the hunt from a perspective of a state turkey biologist — this episode is packed with insights! Our guests include Carter Heath, Christi Holmes, Justin King, Kevin Merrow, Kelsey Sullivan, and our podcast host Daniel Vitalis. An enjoyable and informative listen for avid turkey hunters and beginners alike! V...
2020-07-282h 02WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodHunter Angler Gardener Cook with Hank ShawIn this episode, Daniel chats with Hank Shaw — award-winning food writer, hunter, angler, forager & chef. Hank started his wild foods website — one of the largest sources of wild food recipes on the internet — in 2007, and he shares how he's seen wild food culture change over the years. Always on the quest for new terrain, Hank gives us an inside look into how he learns about wild foods when he's in a new eco-region. Daniel and Hank also discuss foraging regulations, the hunter-forager divide and more! View full show notes, including links to resources from this episode here: https...
2020-05-121h 39WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodFinding Your Niche: Developing a Wild Food Practice with Daniel Vitalis Have you been wanting to get into wild foods but run into significant barriers to entry? Are you looking to expand on your current hunting, fishing, or foraging practice? In this solo episode of The WildFed Podcast, our host Daniel Vitalis — an adult-onset hunter/gatherer himself — will guide you through his top strategies for getting started finding your niche in the world of hunting, fishing & foraging. You'll hear tips on identifying your optimal foraging range, the value in finding species that are easily harvested without a lot of technical skills & equipment, the steps you can take to get started hunt...
2019-12-101h 42WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodTastes Like Chicken, A Roundtable with Arthur HainesA lively fireside chat with Arthur Haines, Sara Moore, William Orne and Daniel Vitalis after a weekend spent fishing for lake whitefish in Northern Maine. Topics discussed include what’s changed over the years in the North Maine Woods, fishing regulations and staying legal, the history of whitefish and Bill’s moose calls. View full show notes, including links to resources from this episode here: https://www.wild-fed.com/podcast/002
2019-11-121h 40WildFed Podcast — Hunt Fish Forage FoodWho We Are with Daniel Vitalis Welcome to the inaugural episode of The WildFed Podcast! In this episode, our host Daniel Vitalis introduces WildFed, shares a little bit about who we are and discusses what you can expect from WildFed, both the podcast and the forthcoming Video Show. View full show notes, including links to resources from this episode here: https://www.wild-fed.com/podcast/001
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ReWild YourselfOrgasmic Birth: Dancing Babies into the World - Debra Pascali-Bonaro #165Living in a society that promotes the idea of painful childbirth as the norm, it’s hard for many to imagine that childbirth does not only not have to be painful, but it can actually be orgasmic. Debra Pascali-Bonaro is here to shed light on the myths of childbirth and remind us that birth can be full of pleasure and delight. Debra has trained thousands of doulas and birth professionals around the world in the practices of gentle birth support. She is the creator and director of Orgasmic Birth, a documentary that examines the intimate nature of birt...
2017-10-051h 33ReWild YourselfOn Becoming A Generalist - Kevin Kossowan #164As modern hunting and gathering as a movement and a way of life gains momentum, we need continue to discuss, define and evolve what it means to be a conscientious hunter-gatherer. Kevin Kossowan — documentary filmmaker and creator of the gorgeous and thoughtful series, From The Wild — joins us for a conversation on all things hunting and gathering. His series From The Wild is a Canadian-based documentary series following a group of food industry friends exploring the wild foods that surround them — putting them face to face with the adventures and uncharted culinary territories that wild foods offer. From R...
2017-09-281h 38ReWild YourselfA Forager’s Guide to Preventing Tick-Borne Illness - Dr. Stephen Rich #162As the prevalence of ticks and tick-borne illness continues to grow, particularly in the northeastern United States, the modern hunter gatherer (and all who enjoy spending time in the natural world) must be acutely aware of the risk of tick exposure when out on the landscape and have a comprehensive tick strategy in place. Dr. Stephen Rich is here to take us on an intimate tour of the tick and how we can best mitigate our risk of tick-borne disease. Dr. Stephen Rich is a Professor of Microbiology and Director of the Laboratory of Medical Zoology at...
2017-09-141h 57ReWild YourselfParasites! Who’s Inhabiting Your Gut? - Evan Brand #160Our bodies are a walking ecosystem that we share with trillions of microbes. While the majority of these microbes are native and beneficial, you might be surprised to learn that many of us are harboring parasites that can be the root cause of symptoms like chronic fatigue, brain fog, depression and more. Evan Brand is here to share the truth about parasites, how to test for them and how we can restore the ecology of our human animal. Evan is an Author, Podcast Host and a Louisville, Kentucky-based Board-Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner and Nutritional Therapist. He...
2017-08-312h 22ReWild YourselfThe Ancestral Biology of Birth - Dr. Sarah Buckley #153How can you create conditions that are private, safe and unobserved for yourself during childbirth? This question is a core message behind the work of Dr. Sarah Buckley — author of the best selling book Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering and mother of four home-born children. Dr. Buckley is a New-Zealand-trained GP/family physician with qualifications in GP-obstetrics and family planning and currently combines full-time motherhood with her work as a writer on pregnancy, birth, and parenting. Women were biologically designed to give birth in the wild, and oftentimes, the conventional maternity care system does not effectively support the an...
2017-07-191h 39ReWild YourselfWhy I Eat Wild - Daniel Vitalis #147Why do I eat wild? There are many reasons behind my choice to eat wild and many levels at which this question can be answered. Eating food is perhaps the most intimate act we perform, as my friend and regular podcast guest Arthur Haines so eloquently expresses in his lectures. The food — the organisms — you eat literally becomes your body. And, as we know, the dietary choices we make have vast implications on our environment as well as ourselves. Food, and where it comes from, reaches right to the heart of what it means to be human. Our...
2017-06-142h 09ReWild YourselfWay of the Sea Huntress, Part One - Kimi Werner #138The ocean has long been a source of sustenance, inspiration and adventure for Kimi Werner. Free diving to the ocean floor on a single breath to catch each day’s meal, Kimi is intimately connected with her local ecosystem. Her passion for spearfishing and ocean ecology has led her to be a heart-driven voice for conscientious hunting and conservation. Growing up off the grid in an isolated part of coastal Maui, Kimi was introduced to spearfishing by her father, who freedove for her family’s primary food source. Discovering her passion for free diving later in life, she...
2017-04-271h 43ReWild YourselfCross Your Threshold — Into the Unknown - Petra Lentz-Snow #136“…The modern day renewal of rites of passage is essential not only for the health of the individual, but also for the health of our communities and for the planet." -School of Lost Borders Petra Lentz-Snow has guided vision fasts and wilderness rite of passage programs for over 20 years and is currently serving as Co-Director and Board Member at the School of Lost Borders. A rite of passage is a ceremony or ritual that marks a transition into a new life stage. Some rites of passage occur naturally over the course of your life and others are brought about by c...
2017-04-121h 31ReWild YourselfNature’s Interconnected Lesson Plan - Chris Morasky #135Chris Morasky is a wildlife biologist with 30 years experience teaching Stone Age skills and nature connection and is considered one of the top Stone Age skills experts in North America. After many years spent living in the wilderness and small communities of British Columbia, Idaho and Utah, Chris left his primitive lifestyle and transitioned to living in the metropolis of Los Angeles. Through this experience, Chris has gained a unique perspective on the intersection of ancient skills and future technology, and he’s here to tell us why it’s essential for humanity to understand how to merge the wisd...
2017-04-051h 53ReWild YourselfMirror Neurons, ShapeShifting & the Body Map - Simon Thakur #133Simon Thakur is the creator of Ancestral Movement — an approach to embodied practice aimed at radically transforming and expanding the sense of self, by exploring and rediscovering patterns of movement and awareness that are part of our species’ history, both recent and ancient. In this episode, we explore how to open up the realm of infinite expression with our bodies through a basic understanding of mirror neurons, body-mapping, comparative anatomy and animal mimicry. While that might sound complex, Simon explains that "As we explore, we find that the body is full of layer upon layer of extraordinary, ancie...
2017-03-221h 46ReWild YourselfWinter Playlist: ReWilding Movies - Daniel Vitalis #130During the winter season, we tend to spend more time indoors. This winter I’ve been spending my indoor-time honing some ReWilding skills — such as my hand drill practice (friction fire), tending to my fishing lines (for ice-fishing), and processing foods from the fall harvest. My partner Avani and I like to watch a movie, documentary, or episodic show while we carry out the rhythmic processing of our acorns into flour. While there’s some obvious irony in the idea of using modern media to “inspire” ReWilding, video has all but replaced the stories told by our elders around the fire e...
2017-02-021h 02ReWild YourselfFor the Love of Fat - Nora Gedgaudas #128My friend Nora Gedgaudas — author, nutritionist and repeat ReWild Yourself Podcast guest — joins me to discuss the essential nutrient that our bodies literally evolved to eat: Fat. In her latest book Primal Fat Burner (coming soon to a bookstore near you!), Nora refutes the popular mainstream belief that saturated fat is the culprit of disease and shares how dietary fat is actually crucial to vibrant physical and mental health. We cover a lot of ground in this episode as Nora guides us through the ancestral diet we are built for, the nutrients we need to acquire from anim...
2017-01-052h 07ReWild YourselfReWild Resolutions - Solstice Special — Daniel Vitalis #127Season 2 of ReWild Yourself Podcast is coming to a close, and I’m so grateful to each and every one of you for your support this year! This episode is debuting on the Winter Solstice, a time of the year when many of us are reflecting on the past year and setting goals for the upcoming journey around the sun. In 2017, I’d like to encourage you to renew your ReWilding vow and become a master of the elements. I take you through each element — Earth (food), Water, Air, Fire — sharing my personal resolutions, as well as my suggestions for how...
2016-12-211h 48ReWild YourselfStrategies for Gut Health - Summer Bock #126Summer Bock believes that good health starts in the gut, and she is dedicated to helping people heal their digestive issues naturally. You have about three pounds worth of microbiota lining your gut that is active, diverse and affects way more than just your digestion. In this interview, Summer is here to share how you can for keep your gut strong, healthy and motile. We discuss her top strategies for repopulating gut flora, how stress affects your gut health and what you can do about it, how to remineralize your body and we even get into the growing trend...
2016-12-161h 31ReWild YourselfReWild 101 - Arthur Haines and Daniel Vitalis #125Arthur Haines — botanist, taxonomist, primitive skills practitioner and a regular guest on ReWild Yourself podcast — is back on the show, and we have some VERY exciting news to share with you. For the past year, Arthur has been pouring his heart into writing a book that is a foundational education in human ecology and the ReWilding lifestyle. From the diet of Homo sapiens to a look at civilizations past to expanding comfort zones through hormesis, Arthur takes us through the book chapter by chapter, hitting the highlights of each topic as we go. At the heart of the book, and...
2016-12-151h 35ReWild YourselfSelf-care, A Woman's Guide - Nadine Artemis #124Nadine Artemis is a trailblazer in the new paradigm of women’s self care, and in this interview, she lays out her favorite practices to nurture the female body. Nadine is the founder of Living Libations — an exquisite line of lotions, potions, scents, creams and essential oils that I use personally — and a regular guest on ReWild Yourself podcast. In our past two interviews, Nadine has detailed her Stop, Seal and Seed method for dental care and skin care, and in this episode, she shares how women can apply this method to vaginal care. We learn what conven...
2016-12-072h 04ReWild YourselfVibram, How FiveFingers Came To Be - Chris Melton #123As an avid barefooter, I’ve tried countless barefooting shoes over the years, but none compare to Vibram FiveFingers. I’ve been a fan of FiveFingers for some time — they have allowed me to develop a foot dexterity, nimbleness and strength that I didn’t know was possible! It was so exciting to get a chance to talk to Vibram’s Director of Sales and Distribution, Chris Melton. Chris shares the story of Vibram's early beginnings, how FiveFingers came to be, the evolution of some of their most loved models and what we can look forward to from them...
2016-12-021h 17ReWild YourselfNeurogenesis and the Better Brain - Dr. Brant Cortright #122Our brains produce new brain cells throughout our entire lives through a process called neurogenesis, and in this podcast, Dr. Brant Cortright is going to share what this means for our brain health and how we can enhance the way our brains operate. Dr. Cortright is a clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychology at California Institute of Integral Studies, specializing in cutting-edge brain health and neuroscience-informed depth therapy. When we increase the rate of neurogenesis, we see things like improved cognitive function, better memory, less stress, more energy and increased immune health. When we decrease the rate...
2016-11-301h 35ReWild YourselfMovement Ecology - Katy Bowman #121How much of your movement are you outsourcing? Biomechanist and best-selling author Katy Bowman is back on ReWild Yourself podcast to share how we can transition to a more movement-rich lifestyle by outsourcing less of our daily needs and operations. Katy is passionate about Nutritious Movement, "a whole-body movement program that utilizes Movement Micronutrients, Movement Macronutrients, and habitat (lifestyle) changes to nourish all trillion of your body’s parts.” In this interview, we cover some of the valuable material in Katy’s new book Movement Matters where she dissects our cultural sedentism and the issues with our conven...
2016-11-231h 36ReWild YourselfThe Science of the Spiritual - Dr. Dan Siegel #118What is the mind? How does the mind differ from the brain? These are some of the questions Dr. Daniel Siegel explores in his second appearance on the ReWild Yourself podcast. Dr. Siegel is a noted neuropsychiatrist and New York Times best-selling author, and he has just released a new book that delves into consciousness, subjective experience and the self-organizational properties of the mind. In this episode, we go deeper into some of the topics we covered in our first conversation. We discuss how Dr. Siegel navigates the worlds of science and spirituality in his work, how brain activity...
2016-11-021h 34ReWild YourselfWhy I Hunt - Daniel Vitalis #117Over the past year, I have fully immersed myself in the hunting side of the modern hunter gatherer lifestyle. From trout and deep sea fishing to hunting wild turkey, black bear and coyote, my experiences harvesting wild animals to put meat on my table have been profound and life-changing, and I’d like to share my story with you. As a conscientious omnivore, I’m always striving to develop a closer relationship with the food I consume. Through hunting and gathering bio-regionally, I’m able to participate with my local ecology and develop an intimate relationship with the place I call...
2016-10-262h 12ReWild YourselfReal Food, Fake Food - Larry Olmsted #115Are you eating what you think you are? As a modern hunter gatherer, I am quite conscious and meticulous about the foods I consume. I base my diet on a Four Kingdoms approach (eating from the animal, plant, fungal and bacterial kingdoms), and I strive to source the majority of my food bio-regionally. I still shop at Whole Foods and occasionally dine at farm to table-style restaurants, of course, and I was shocked to learn of the rampant food fraud that extends to seemingly reputable grocers and eateries. Award-winning food journalist and travel writer Larry Olmsted wrote...
2016-10-121h 32ReWild YourselfWild Movement, Urban Landscapes - Julie Angel #114Julie Angel is a filmmaker, author and photographer who documents the current ‘age of athletisiscm’ with a focus on Parkour, MovNat, buildering and much more. What’s buildering, you might be asking? I thought it was a typo at first, too, but Julie explains this small, but passionate, subculture as we get into the fascinating world of urban movement mavericks. In this interview, Julie takes us back to the early beginnings of Parkour. In researching her Parkour-themed PhD thesis, she spent time on the streets getting to know the Yamakasi — the original group of Parkour practitioners — and got an up-c...
2016-10-071h 32ReWild YourselfLast Common Ancestor - Craig Stanford #113What a treat it was to talk with primatologist and biological anthropologist Craig Stanford. If you’re a regular listener of ReWild Yourself podcast, you probably know how deeply fascinated I am with the great apes. I think they give us a window into understanding ourselves biologically, into understanding our wildness and even help us to glimpse into our origins. Craig — author of sixteen books and over one hundred scholarly and popular articles — has studied chimpanzees extensively, studying their hunting behavior in Tanzania in collaboration with Dr. Jane Goodall, studying chimps and mountain gorillas in Uganda and more...
2016-10-051h 48ReWild YourselfGrassroots Bioremediation - Leila Darwish #111Leila Darwish, community organizer and grassroots bioremediation expert, joins me on the podcast to give us an inside look into the promising possibilities of bioremediation to heal our earth’s most damaged landscapes. Bioremediation is the use of biological agents to remove or neutralize contaminants; allying with living systems to detoxify contaminated environments. Leila has worked as a community organizer in Canada and the US on campaigns such as tar sands, fracking, nuclear energy, coal, climate justice, water protection, and more. Her energy and optimism in the face of these devastating environmental issues is inspiring. In this in...
2016-09-281h 54ReWild YourselfTrauma Awareness & the Spiritual Bypass - Dr. Gabor Maté #110Renowned speaker and bestselling author Dr. Gabor Maté joins me for a powerful conversation on addiction and takes us into the heart of where trauma originates. With years of both scientific research and direct interaction with patients challenged by hard-core drug addiction and mental illness in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Dr. Maté offers a unique and authentic perspective on the topics of addiction, mind-body wellness and ADD. In this interview, Dr. Maté illuminates how our modern society perpetuates trauma by fostering a culture of disconnection and dissociation. From childhood trauma to trauma passed down to us from the g...
2016-09-151h 39ReWild YourselfA More Capable Human - Stefano Tripney #109Stefano Tripney is a contextual movement coach and MovNat certified trainer who creatively bridges the inner workings of the mind and body with our collective external landscapes in order to explore, learn, experience, and play with the world and our place in it. Earlier this summer, Stefano and I spent a week together hiking through the forests of Maine, gathering wild foods, fishing and foraging wild water. In between harvesting wild pine pollen and trout fishing, we sat down at the ReWilding headquarters to discuss Stefano's philosophies on being a more capable human. During this fun and...
2016-09-142h 07ReWild YourselfThe Reverent Hunter - Donnie Vincent #108"Don't confuse me with being anything else other than proud. Proud to be a hunter. It's time we stop apologizing for how we get our protein. This is who we are. Unless you’re a small time rancher, small time farmer, a hunter or fishermen... you really have no idea where your food comes from. Most people don’t even think about it. Well, we think about it. ” —Donnie Vincent Donnie Vincent — explorer, biologist, conservationist, and sportsman — explores some of the world’s most remote lands, sharing stories of his expeditions through a variety of films that inspire conservation and a love and...
2016-09-071h 40ReWild YourselfF*ck Shoes - Daniel Vitalis #107This solo episode is a comprehensive breakdown of my experiences with barefooting. As a long-time barefooting proponent, I’ve traversed thousands of miles of various terrain with bare feet or minimalist footwear, and I’ve learned quite a bit about the often unknown and under-utilized capabilities of the human foot. I detail my experiences wearing minimalist footwear in challenges like the Tough Mudder and GoRuck, as well as during my recent backcountry hunter course. I break down my favorite minimalist footwear brands, unpack the myth of arch support and share some not often discussed benefits of barefooting that I’ve dis...
2016-08-311h 57ReWild YourselfYour Skin, An Owner's Manual - Nadine Artemis #106Radiant sense-visionary Nadine Artemis — creator of Living Libations — is back on ReWIld Yourself podcast! In this interview, Nadine gives us a complete breakdown of how to properly care for our skin with the Stop, Seal and Seed approach. She shares what dietary and self-care practices are proven to produce healthy, glowing skin, as well as what hygiene products and foods are less-than-optimal. You’ll learn why bacteria is your skin’s best friend, the popular skin care product that you most want to avoid, Nadine’s core skin care recommendations and so much more. Consider this an owner’s manual for y...
2016-08-241h 50ReWild YourselfSurvival Guide For Future Humans - Mike Adams #105My long-time friend Mike Adams aka the Health Ranger joins us on the show to discuss lifestyle tips for the future human in the modern world. Mike is an outspoken consumer health advocate, award-winning investigative journalist, internet activist and science lab director. Mike lives his life with purpose and integrity, and his passion shines through his prolific work. Mike shares his latest research and findings on some of our modern toxicities like GMOs, glyphosate and radioactivity, and he offers his top lifestyle strategies to maintain resiliency and robust health in our post-industrial world. We cover a lot...
2016-08-171h 16ReWild YourselfHealing the Land - Ben Falk #104Ben Falk joins us to discuss permaculture and the art of regenerating landscapes. Ben is an author and the founder of Whole Systems Design, LLC, a land-based response to biological and cultural extinction and the increasing separation between people and elemental things. He shares about his experiences using permaculture to create edible landscapes and set ecosystems in motion. Ben, a former eco-warrior, has turned his passion for our earth into a beautiful dedication to healing the trauma of the land. EPISODE BREAKDOWN: Daniel answer your questions on the role of dance in ReWilding and addresses your...
2016-08-111h 34ReWild YourselfStaying Authentic in an Edited World - Luke Storey #103My good friend Luke Storey has spent the past 20 years developing and refining a robust way of life based on the principles of nature and spirituality, while embracing technology and modern convenience. Luke is back on the show for an in-depth conversation on vulnerability and authenticity in our edited modern world. The health and personal development world tends to be filled with public figures projecting polished positivity and motivation, and while all of that has its place, true change is often inspired in others when you share vulnerabilities and shine light on your own shadows. Luke and...
2016-08-032h 15ReWild YourselfAre you Kinesthetically Literate? - Tom Myers #101Tom Myers — the originator of the Anatomy Trains Myofascial Meridians — joins us on the show to teach us a bit about our anatomy and how the highly complex fascial network works in our bodies. According to Anatomy Trains, fascia is the biological fabric that holds us together; it’s the 3-D spider web of fibrous, gluey, and wet proteins that hold them all together in their proper placement. I met with Tom up at the Anatomy Trains headquarters in Maine, and in this interview, Tom shares his incredible philosophies on a wide range of topics. Our conversation traver...
2016-07-272h 24ReWild YourselfWhy I’m a Conscientious Omnivore - Daniel Vitalis & Arthur Haines #100 "To deny that humans are predators is comparable to rejecting that humans are communal organisms." — Arthur Haines In a recent podcast episode (Why I'm Not a Vegan - Daniel Vitalis #94), I shared my personal experience with veganism and discussed the core reasons why I think we need to reexamine the Vegan approach. After this show aired, I received an outpouring of feedback from you — thank you to all who listened and took the time to write me! As promised, I invited Arthur Haines — botanist, taxonomist, primitive skill practitioner and regular guest on ReWild Yourself podcast — to join me to discuss so...
2016-07-201h 58ReWild YourselfWhy I Fish Tenkara - Daniel Galhardo #99If you’ve been following my adventures this summer, you’ll know that I’ve been really into foraging wild protein, particularly fish, from my local landscape. I’ve grown to love the Tenkara fishing — a minimalist fly fishing method that originates in the mountains of Japan. Daniel Galhardo — founder of Tenkara USA, the first company to introduce Tenkara outside of Japan —joins us to share his passion for Tenkara and the world of trout fishing. "A rod, line and fly. Line connects to the tip. Easy casting of a fly to spots where the fish are, intuitive landi...
2016-07-131h 35ReWild YourselfStrategic Relocation: Where should you live? - Joel Skousen #98What is the best location for a ReWilder to live? I’m asked this question quite often, and in this episode, you’ll learn some important criteria to consider when thinking of where you want to live long-term. Joel Skousen — pioneer in the preparedness movement, author and publisher of the World Affairs Brief — joins us to discuss strategic relocation. From potential environmental and governmental threats to ReWilding lifestyle requirements, there is much to factor in when strategically relocating. Do you want the freedom to homeschool or practice alternative medicine where you live? Do you want to have access t...
2016-07-061h 15ReWild YourselfThe Modern-Day Sweat Lodge - Clearlight #97Sweating has always been an integral part of being human. Indigenous groups, like those in North America, used the sweat lodge used a sweat lodge, and today, many of us use saunas for this purpose. In this episode, you’ll learn the benefits of regular sauna use in my conversation with the leaders in the infrared sauna industry, Dr. Raleigh Duncan and Andy Kaps of Clearlight Saunas. When you’re using a sauna regularly, the health benefits are clear, and these benefits are also backed by extensive studies and research. The folks from Clearlight are here to shar...
2016-07-021h 12ReWild YourselfWhy I'm Not a Vegan - Daniel Vitalis #94Why aren’t I a Vegan? I get asked this question all the time, and in this solo episode I break down the core reasons why I think we need to reexamine the Vegan approach. I consider myself to be a conscious omnivore and promote a Four Kingdoms approach to diet (eating from the animal, plant, fungal and bacterial kingdoms). In my personal quest for the most natural diet, I was a vegan for about 10 years. In this show, I’ll tell you a bit about my experience as a vegan, why I started eating animal foods again and why...
2016-06-151h 30ReWild YourselfSpring water to your door? - Mukhande Singh #92As we often discuss on this show, developing and maintaining a connection to the elements — fire, earth, water, air — is a vital component of a beneficial overall health strategy. Direct, personal connection to your water source is a topic I’m particularly passionate about, and I’ve offered strategies and best practices for procuring your own spring water in a previous episode of the podcast (Why I Forage Wild Water - Daniel Vitalis #80). Gathering your own spring water is not always possible for everyone, for various reasons (location, lack of time, etc), so for all of you on the West Coa...
2016-06-0355 minReWild YourselfWhy I Forage Wild Water - Daniel Vitalis #80My personal health strategy is based on the 4 elements: Earth, Water, Air, Fire. The food I consume, the air I breathe, the solar energy I take in, the water I drink.
I’ve been gathering my water from springs for the past decade, and today I’m going to share a bit about my personal water strategy and the spring water gathering best practices I’ve learned along the way!
EPISODE BREAKDOWN:
New show intro
Guest shout out
Beard care
Want to work with FindASpring?
4 Elemental health strategy
Spring water vs. tap water
Surface w...
2016-03-301h 18ReWild YourselfHow To Feed Your Human, Part 1 - Arthur Haines #76Arthur Haines is back on the show! Arthur is both a mentor to me and a good
friend, and he has been fundamental to many of the concepts presented on
this podcast. As I mentioned last week, we’ll be taking a break from the
podcast while we carry out a major revamp behind the scenes. Our very first
podcast guest on ReWild Yourself! was Arthur Haines, and so I cannot think
of a better way to close out this chapter than an interview series with
Arthur. In this episode, we begin a discussion on how to feed your human,
an...
2015-12-091h 21ReWild YourselfHow to Make a Daniel Vitalis - Neil Strauss #72This the most vulnerable and intimate interview I’ve ever shared publicly.
I’ve decided to release the full unedited version, where I share deeply
personal moments from my fairly traumatic childhood, because I think it’s
important that we begin to have this conversation.
But first, let me introduce you to this week’s guest: My friend Neil
Strauss is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Game, Rules of
the Game, Emergency, and Everyone Loves You When You’re Dead. Most
recently, Neil has published an incredibly powerful piece of work called
The Truth: An Uncomfortable Books Abou...
2015-11-111h 28ReWild YourselfMeet the Life Stylist, Part 1 - Luke Storey #64In this week's podcast, my good friend Luke Storey joins me for an
intimate, peer to peer conversation on setting up a holistic strategy for
lifestyle design. Luke has spent the past 18 years developing and refining
a robust way of life based on the principles of nature and
spirituality, while embracing technology and modern convenience.
Luke and I apply many of the same lifestyle principles to our very
different lives, and in this rap session, we have an awesome time
discussing our personal strategies and adaptations to modern life. We break
it all down for you using a four elemental st...
2015-09-161h 20ReWild YourselfDo You Take This Man To Be Your Owner? - Daniel Vitalis #53In this stream-of-consciousness rant, I break down the his-story of
husbandry!
Episode Breakdown:
* Evolution of humans
* Our ancient toolkit
* Origins of hierarchy
* The Creation Myth — His-story
* I now pronounce you husband and wife
* ReWild Your Mind
2015-07-0257 minReWild YourselfInside the Mind of Daniel Quinn - Daniel Quinn #50“You're captives of a civilizational system that more or less compels
you to go on destroying the world in order to live.… You are captives —
and you have made a captive of the world itself. That's what's at
stake, isn't it? —your captivity and the captivity of the world.”
― Daniel Quinn, Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
Daniel Quinn is the author of the best-selling book Ishmael and a pioneer
in the concept of ReWilding. Daniel’s books had a massive influence on my
life trajectory, and I am so honored to have had the opportunity to
interview him! Our conversa...
2015-06-101h 15ReWild YourselfNature Deficit Disorder - Daniel Vitalis #49Are you getting enough time outside for your physical, emotional, mental,
spiritual, and sexual well-being? Join me for a stream-of-consciousness
rant on strategically setting up a lifestyle that affords you
nature-connection! No matter where you live, or what your current lifestyle
is like, nature-connection is always possible. In this episode, I
break down a few of my top practices to add into your repertoire to foster
(or restore) your connection to the natural world.
Episode Breakdown:
* My recent endeavors in archery and movement programming
* A look inside Elementary School
* Can you go without tan lines this summer?
* Going barefoot — experiencing the en...
2015-06-031h 04ReWild YourselfDispatch 8 Reflections - Daniel Vitalis #42From oysters to getting rid of my couch to what I learned from Dispatch
8...in this stream-of-consciousness rant, I give you the rundown on what
I've been up to lately and some of the new insights I've been incorporating
into my life.
Episode Breakdown:
* Daniel’s latest adventures
* Eating wild marine animals
* Daniel’s relationship with Western furniture
* Ideas for going “furniture-free” in your home
* Thoughts on Dispatch 8
* Getting Things Done
* Being fearless in purging things from your life
* Immortality projects
* Intentional mortality salience
2015-04-1454 minReWild YourselfDispatch 7 Reflections - Daniel Vitalis #26In this stream-of-consciousness rant, I break down the main skills we need
to learn to be fit for the 3 main environments: wild, urban and virtual.
Episode Breakdown:
* Fit for what?
* Being fit for the 3 main environments: wild, urban and virtual
* The Glyph explained
* Earth | Food Foraging
* Water | Water Gathering
* Air | Shelter Building
* Fire | Fire Starting
* Human Self Defense
* First Aid
* Awareness
2014-12-231h 10ReWild YourselfDispatch 6 Reflections - Daniel Vitalis #23In this stream-of-consciousness rant, I reflect on Dispatch 6 of ReWild
Yourself! magazine.
EPISODE BREAKDOWN:
* Influenza season
* Who really uses psychoactive medicines
* Using entheogens to awaken spirituality | Hallmark card spirituality
* Realizing that plants and animals are not our “resources"
* Death simulator
* The blurry line of food and drugs
* The shaman path
* Getting into the right state and space when experiencing entheogens
2014-12-021h 01ReWild YourselfReWilding Our Birth Experience - Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova #11In this episode of ReWild Yourself! podcast, I have a deep discussion with
Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova, one of the pioneers of Conscious Evolution and
founder of Birth Into Being, about how our traumatic birth experiences
shape our psychology.
Episode Breakdown:
* Our world experience begins before conception
* Birth experience is related to emotional memory
* We are raising a society programmed to have needs neglected
* Thousands of years of slavery still live in our bones
* Daniel’s birth and childhood experience
* Most of our fears have deep ancestral roots
* Myths of birth complications
* The altered state of Ecstatic Birth
* The #1 way to avoid comp...
2014-08-261h 44ReWild YourselfDispatch 4 Reflections - Daniel Vitalis #10I will be sharing the occasional stream of consciousness rant on ReWild
Yourself! podcast, and I've just recorded the first one!
Episode Breakdown:
* Podcast song origins
* Information on my only ReWilding immersion workshop this year
* Will you ever see me on a TV show?
* Dispatch 4 reflections and Gobekli Tepe
2014-08-1943 min