Episode Description
<p id="yui_3_17_2_1_1521043711430_527"><strong>Did you know that some scientists say that oaks produce more nuts annually than <em>every other nut tree</em>—both wild and commercial—<em>combined?</em></strong></p> <p>Nuts, right? (Yeah, yeah—laugh it up. The pun was intended.)</p> <p>Acorns, or oak nuts, are nutritional powerhouses.</p> <p><em><strong>Depending on the species, a single acorn can contain up to 18% fat, 6% protein, and 68% carbohydrate</strong></em><strong>—</strong><em><strong>with the rest just being water, minerals, and gut-healthy fiber. </strong></em></p> <p>Acorns are also great sources of both vitamins A and C, as well as having a long list of essential and nonessential aminos acids. </p> <p>With those numbers, it's easy to understand why the native people here in California never resorted to agriculture and why—interestingly—they never spoke of—or created traditions for—famine.</p> <p>To speak more about this abundant wild food, I'm excited to introduce to you someone I've mentioned many times on Ancestral Health Radio before: Daniel Vitalis.</p> <p>I waited for what seemed like a couple years for this interview... Which, by the way, is a solid two hours. So I decided to break it up into a two-part episode, so your ears can have something to munch on later.</p> <p>Daniel's helped me, as well as many of my friends, better understand ecology through ancestral lifeways.</p> <p>In today's episode, you'll learn...</p> <ul> <li><strong>Why Daniel says he no longer has a morning routine,</strong></li> <li><strong>The wild food Daniel believes is going to revolutionize food production (hint: It's "not a grain"),</strong></li> <li><strong>Why Daniel's use of technology scares him (and why technology should scare you, too), and...</strong></li> <li><strong>Much, much more.</strong></li> <li> <h2 id="yui_3_17_2_1_1521043711430_572"><strong id= "yui_3_17_2_1_1521043711430_571">Episode Breakdown</strong></h2> <ul> <li> <p>Welcome Daniel onto the show</p> </li> <li> <p>The significance of being a symbol and the impact that idea has on Daniel</p> </li> <li> <p>Why Daniel separates the mundane intricacies of his personal life from his business life</p> </li> <li> <p>Daniel's opinion on actors and sports figures as political commentators</p> </li> <li> <p>Why Daniel says he's not the person to speak about productivity or systems related to entrepreneurship</p> </li> <li> <p>How Daniel is currently prioritizing in his personal life </p> </li> <li> <p>Why Daniel no longer subscribes to the idea of morning routines</p> </li> <li> <p>Why Daniel and his partner don't live together</p> </li> <li> <p>Four of Daniel's daily practices</p> </li> <li> <p>The one skill Daniel's currently spending most of his time on</p> </li> <li> <p>Why processing food takes president over many facets of Daniel's lifestyle</p> </li> <li> <p>Daniel's favorite foraging season</p> </li> <li> <p>Daniel explains the anthroposcene era and its significance to modern hunting and gathering</p> </li> <li> <p>Why Daniel says you'd be hard pressed to find any true hunter-gatherers these day</p> </li> <li> <p>The wild food Daniel believes is going to revolutionize food production (hint: It's "not a grain")</p> </li> <li> <p>The role grains have played in the civilizing of the modern world</p> </li> <li> <p>What Daniel says is more exciting, and bigger work, than any one food</p> </li> <li> <p>The two-pronged idea behind Daniel's episode, "Is Wild Food A Privilege?"</p> </li> <li> <p>Daniel opens up and shares his traumatic background growing up in the United States</p> </li> <li> <p>Why building a loyal team of people who share your vision can be one of the hardest things you can ever do</p> </li> <li> <p>Daniel's thoughts on white privilege and America's self-correcting constitution</p> </li> <li> <p>Why Daniel won't touch the topic of evolutionary and biological psychology </p> </li> <li> <p>Why we're currently fighting an information-based civil war</p> </li> <li> <p>Daniel's personal conservation efforts</p> </li> <li> <p>Why most of the people Daniel says he's inspired by are not people who specifically identify with the word rewilding</p> </li> <li> <p>The four guests that have most impacted Daniel over the span of 175+ episodes of the Rewild Yourself podcast (Stephen Jenkinson, Dan Flores, Gabor Maté, and Neil Strauss) </p> </li> <li> <p>Why Daniel says he likes to find inspiration outside of the rewilding community rather than from within it</p> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>