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Nature Revisited
by Noorden Productions
Nature Revisited is a podcast that explores our relationship with the natural world through interviews, stories and discussions that highlight the notion that nature is not a place one goes to, but rather a place one is a part of - that We Are Nature.
Episodes
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Revisit: Tamara Dean - At Home in the Driftless
Tamara Dean is the author of The Human-Powered Home as well as short stories and essays which have appeared in The American Scholar, The Georgia Review, the Guardian, STORY Magazine, and numerous other publications. On this episode of Nature Revisited, Tamara relates an array of personal...
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Episode 184: Michael Carter, Jr - Africulture
Michael Carter, Jr. is an agricultural innovator and educator in Unionville, Virginia. He has dedicated his career to advancing sustainable farming practices and promoting African heritage in agriculture. Michael’s international experiences, including work in Ghana, Israel, and Kenya, have shaped...
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Revisit: David James Duncan - Sun House
David James Duncan is an American novelist and essayist, known for his two cult bestselling novels, The River Why and The Brothers K, among others. On this episode of Nature Revisited, farmer and author Scott Chaskey (Soil and Spirit) interviews David about his latest acclaimed work Sun House, an...
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Episode 183: David George Haskell - How Flowers Made Our World
David George Haskell is a British and American biologist, writer, and a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist in General Nonfiction. Haskell holds degrees from the University of Oxford (BA), Cornell University (PhD) and is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Emory…
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Revisit: Dorn Cox - The Great Regeneration
Dorn Cox is a farmer-technologist, the research director for the Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment in Freeport, Maine, and farms with his family on 250 acres in Lee, New Hampshire. He is a founder of the farmOS software platform and Farm Hack, and is active in the soil…
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Episode 182: Marina Richie - Feathered Forest
Marina Richie is an award-winning nature writer. With degrees in Journalism and Biology, she has led conservation initiatives as a communications director, authored two children’s nature books, penned award-winning wayside exhibits, and now dedicates her time to writing books, poetry, and...
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Revisit: Jon Waterman - Into The Thaw
Jon Waterman is a former park ranger, wilderness guide, and a prolific author of books on adventure, exploration, and the environment. On this episode of Nature Revisited, Jon recounts his decades-long history of explorations of the Alaskan Arctic. Having returned to the Noatak headwaters after…
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Episode 181: Giulio Boccaletti - The Environmental Republic
Giulio Boccaletti, PhD is a British-Italian author, water expert, and climate scientist. His work has been at the intersection of geophysical and ecological science, public policy, and business strategy. Water security and our relationship with Earth's climate are particular interests of his as…
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Revisit: Ellen Zachos - Mythic Plants
Ellen Zachos is a Harvard graduate, former Broadway actor, professional gardener and the author of eleven books including, most recently, Mythic Plants: Potions and Poisons from the Gardens of the Gods. On this episode of Nature Revisited, Ellen shares her varied personal background and takes us...
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Episode 180: Cal Flyn - The Savage Landscape
Cal Flyn is an award-winning writer from the Highlands of Scotland. She writes creative nonfiction, literary criticism, and long-form journalism. Cal’s journalistic writing has been published in Granta, National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, The Sunday Times, The Economist, and others. On...
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Revisit: Dr. Vandana Shiva - The Nature of Nature
The author of more than 20 books, Dr. Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalization writer. On this episode of Nature Revisited, Dr. Shiva lays out the emergency we all face: extinction, climate havoc and the global food...
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Episode 179: Richard Louv - Noticing
Richard Louv is an American journalist and Audubon Medal winning author best known for his 2005 bestselling book Last Child in the Woods. His work focuses heavily on the psychological, physical, and cognitive benefits of human-nature interaction across all ages. He coined the term "nature-deficit...
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Revisit: Eiren Caffall - The Mourner's Bestiary
Eiren Caffall is an award-winning writer and musician whose writing on loss and nature, oceans and extinction has appeared in numerous publications. On this episode of Nature Revisited, Caffall talks about her recent first novel The Mourner’s Bestiary, a literary memoir on loss and chronic…
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Episode 178: Dillon Osleger - Trail Work
Dillon Osleger is a scientist, writer, and environmental advocate whose work is anchored in society's relationship with wild and rapidly changing environments. With an academic background in geology, ecology, and climate science, he has spent over a decade working on trail restoration, land...
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Revisit: Amy Tan - The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan is an American author best known for her novel The Joy Luck Club (1989) as well as other novels, short story collections, children's books, and a memoir. Tan is the recipient of the National Humanities Medal, among other awards, and her writing has been praised for its bravery in…
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Episode 177: Miriam Horn - Homesick for a World Unknown
Miriam Horn is an author, environmental advocate, journalist and filmmaker. Her background includes work for the Environmental Defense Fund and the U.S. Forest Service in Colorado, working on habitat conservation, landowner and community partnerships, and public education. Her latest book…
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Revisit: Patrick Dougherty - Stickworks
Patrick Dougherty is an award-winning American environmental artist best known for his sculptures and installations constructed with sticks and saplings. Over his decades-long career he has constructed over 300 works across the United States and abroad. On this episode of Nature Revisited…
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Episode 176: Josie Iselin - The Mysterious World of the Bull Kelp Forest
Josie Iselin is a photographer, author, and book designer, including The Mysterious World of the Bull Kelp Forest (2026). She is also a co-director of Above/Below, a campaign to bring the recognition afforded forests on land to the kelp forests below the ocean’s surface. Synthesizing the…
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Revisit: Mark J. Easter - The Blue Plate
Mark J. Easter is an ecologist, researcher, and author of more than fifty scientific papers and reports related to carbon cycling and the carbon footprint of agriculture, forestry, and other land uses. On this episode of Nature Revisited, Mark offers us a picture of the impact the foods we eat...
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Episode 175: Ben Cosgrove - Topograph
Ben Cosgrove is a traveling composer-performer whose music explores themes of landscape, place, and environment. Described as “a sonic plein-air painter who uses his piano as a paintbrush,” Ben's music "incorporates elements of classical, folk, country, blues, pop, et cetera, and can be by turns...
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Revisit: Leigh Ann Henion - Night Magic
Leigh Ann Henion is the bestselling author of Phenomenal + Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and other Marvels of the Dark. Her writing has appeared in Smithsonian, The Washington Post, and Oxford American, among other publications. On this episode of Nature Revisited, Leigh...
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Episode 174: Rowan Jacobsen - In Defense of Sunlight
Rowan Jacobsen writes about science and nature and the less-explored corners of the world for Harper’s, Outside, The Atlantic, Scientific American, Smithsonian, and many other publications. He is the author of nine books, including In Defense of Sunlight. On this episode of Nature Revisited,...
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Revisit: John Navazio - A Tribute
John Navazio was a breeder of genetically-resilient, open-pollinated leafy greens and root crops for regenerative farming practices. He also authored The Organic Seed Grower, a comprehensive manual for the serious vegetable grower. His work focused on developing varieties with robust growth…
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Episode 173: Megan Eaves-Egenes - Nightfaring
Megan Eaves-Egenes is a Lowell Thomas Award-winning travel writer whose work explores the intersections of landscape, culture, and the natural world. A passionate advocate for dark skies, she is the editor of DarkSky International's Nightscape magazine and founded Dark Sky London, a community…
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Revisit: Yolonda Youngs - Framing Nature
Yolonda Youngs is an Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at CSU San Bernardino and a dedicated scholar, teacher, researcher, and leader. Her expertise lies within national parks and protected areas, environmental policy, conservation of natural resources, and cultural...
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Episode 172: Gabrielle Cerberville - Gathered
Gabrielle Cerberville aka the "Chaotic Forager" is a foraging educator, community mycologist, and climate advocate. Known for her informative, funny, high-energy social media content, Gabrielle has given keynotes, classes, and forays around the country. She researches the intersection between…
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Revisit: Cynthia Jurs - Summoned By The Earth
Cynthia Jurs is a dharma teacher (Dharmacharya) in the Order of Interbeing of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, and in recognition of her dedication in carrying out the Earth Treasure Vase practice, she was made an honorary lama in the Vajrayana tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. On this episode of Nature...
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Episode 171: Beronda L. Montgomery - When Trees Testify
Beronda L. Montgomery is a writer, researcher, science communicator, and professor at Michigan State University and Grinnell College. With a PhD in Plant Biology, her research has centered on how photosynthetic organisms adapt to changes in their environment. On this episode of Nature Revisited,...
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Revisit: Obi Kauffman - The State of Fire
Obi Kaufmann is an American naturalist, writer, and illustrator. Among the books he has authored are The California Field Atlas, a guide to the state's ecology and geography, and most recently The State Of Fire - Why California Burns. [Originally published Oct 1st, 2024. Ep 131] On this episode…
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Episode 170: Alexandra Mitjans - Ashoka and Changemakers
Alexandra Mitjans is a Co-Director of Ashoka, working to promote a global movement of change agents through the identification and support of social entrepreneurs and individuals with innovative solutions to society’s most pressing social, cultural, and environmental challenges. On this episode…
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Revisit: Alex Matthiessen - My Father and His Legacy
Peter Matthiessen (1927 – 2014) was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, environmental activist, and zen teacher whose works dealt with the destructive effects of encroaching technology on preindustrial cultures and the natural environment. He is the only American writer to win…
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Episode 169: Terry Tempest Williams - The Glorians
Terry Tempest Williams is an American writer, educator, conservationist, and activist. Writing in the genre of creative nonfiction and lyrical essay, her work focuses on social and environmental justice ranging from issues of ecology and the protection of public lands and wildness, to women's...
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Revisit: Gary Paul Nabhan - Desert Earth
Gary Paul Nabhan is an agricultural ecologist, ethnobotanist, and award-winning author whose work focuses primarily on the plants and cultures of the desert American Southwest, including the book The Nature of Desert Nature. In this episode of Nature Revisited, Gary re-introduces us to the...
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Episode 168: Mark Granlund - Art For Nature
Mark Granlund is an artist, writer, and public art administrator who explores the personal experience of natural landscapes, human activity and contemporary culture. His work utilizes traditional genres of landscape and still life. In his landscapes, Granlund shares the rhythms, layers and…
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Revisit: Paul Bierman - When The Ice Is Gone
Paul Bierman is professor of environmental science at the University of Vermont, where he develops methods to understand ice and date rocks. His findings have been published in Science and Nature and in his recent book When The Ice Is Gone. On this episode of Nature Revisited, Bierman reveals a...
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Episode 167: Eyal Frank - Environmental Economist
Eyal Frank is an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. Working at the intersection of ecology and economics, his research addresses three broad questions – how animals contribute to specific production functions, how market dynamics reduce natural…
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Revisit: Basil Camu - From Wasteland To Wonder
Basil Camu is the author of From Wasteland to Wonder and the co-founder of Leaf & Limb, a North Carolina tree care service founded by Basil's father in 1997. On this episode of Nature Revisited, Basil recounts how what began as a traditional blue collar tree removal business transformed- through...
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Episode 166: Stephanie McDonough - Farm To Table Kids
Stephanie McDonough is the founder of Farm To Table Kids, an educational movement that helps children connect with nature through regenerative gardening, farm to table cooking, and nature crafting. On this episode of Nature Revisited, Stephanie aka 'Farmer Steph' recounts how her backyard project...
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Episode 165: Priyanka Kumar - The Light Between The Apple Trees
Priyanka Kumar is a prolific and widely published writer who has authored over a hundred essays and reviews on subjects including the high desert and bird migration. Her latest book The Light Between The Apple Trees brilliantly weaves together science and childhood memories with the apple’s…
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Episode 164: Marcia Bjornerud - Turning To Stone
Marcia Bjornerud is an American structural geologist and writer. She is the Walter Schober Professor of Environmental Studies and Professor of Geosciences at Lawrence University. She is also the author of Timefulness, Reading The Rocks, and Turning To Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of…
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Episode 163: Amorina Kingdon - Sing Like Fish
Amorina Kingdon is a science journalist and fiction writer living in Victoria, British Columbia. While working as a staff writer and researcher for Hakai Magazine covering ocean and coastal science around the world, she became fascinated by underwater sound. The result is her recent book Sing…
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Revisit: Ben Goldfarb - Crossings
Ben Goldfarb is an independent conservation journalist and award-winning author of books that include Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet. On this episode of Nature Revisited, Ben describes how roads have transformed our planet and disrupted the natural order of…
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Episode 162: Kelsey Timmerman - Regenerating Earth
Kelsey Timmerman is a journalist, speaker, and the New York Times bestselling author of Regenerating Earth, Where Am I Wearing?, Where Am I Eating?, and Where Am I Giving?. His immersive storytelling takes readers, audiences, and listeners to the people and places behind the products they…
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Revisit: Boyce Upholt - The Great River
Boyce Upholt is a “nature critic” and author whose writing explores the relationship between humans and the natural world, especially in the U.S. South. Originally from Connecticut, Upholt moved to the Mississippi Delta in 2009, where he discovered an unexpected wilderness amid an agricultural...
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Episode 161: Elspeth Hay - Feed Us With Trees
Elspeth Hay is a writer, public radio host and a proponent of place-based living. Her recent book Feed Us With Trees reveals how nut trees can transform our diets, landscapes, and future. On this episode of Nature Revisited, Hay explains why we don't need to choose between feeding ourselves and...
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Revisit: Nadina Galle - The Nature of Our Cities
Nadina Galle is an ecological engineer and technologist dedicated to working with urban ecologists and planners to apply current and developing technologies to improve urban ecosystems for future generations. Best known for her pioneering work on the "Internet of Nature" (IoN), a global movement...
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Episode 160: Lance Richardson - True Nature: The Lives of Peter Matthiessen
Lance Richardson is an award-winning journalist, essayist, educator, and the author of House of Nutter (2018) and recently, True Nature: the Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen (2025). On this episode of Nature Revisited, contributing interviewer Scott Chaskey sits down with Lance to discuss his…
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Revist: Craig Kauffman - Rights of Nature
Craig Kauffman is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Oregon, and a member of the United Nations Knowledge Network on Harmony with Nature. He is also the co-author of the book 'The Politics of Rights of Nature - Strategies for Building a More Sustainable Future'. With...
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Episode 159: Amanda Leland - Sea Change
Amanda Leland is the Executive Director of the Environmental Defense Fund, bringing unlikely allies together to find the ways that work to support healthy communities and economies while reducing climate impacts. She previously led EDF’s Oceans program, a global team in 14 countries focused on...
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Revisit: Yolonda Youngs - Our National Parks
Yolonda Youngs is an Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at CSU San Bernardino and a dedicated scholar, teacher, researcher, and leader. Her scholarly expertise lies within national parks and protected areas, environmental justice, conservation of natural resources,...
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Nature Revisited is a podcast that explores our relationship with the natural world through interviews, stories and discussions that highlight the notion that nature is not a place one goes to, but rather a place one is a part of - that We Are Nature.
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