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Natureversity Podcast
by Natureversity Outdoor School
The Natureversity Podcast is your field guide to the wild, blending naturalists study, hands‑on survival skills, and the practice of outdoor education to help listeners deepen their nature connection and grow confident in the woods. Episodes cover natural history and species spotlights—plant ID, tracking, seasonal ecology—alongside practical bushcraft like shelter building, firecraft, navigation, wild edibles, and low‑impact camping. The show features in‑depth interviews with naturalists, educators, scientists, and elder wisdom keepers, plus conversations about curriculum, youth engagement, and risk management for teaching outdoors. Subscribe for seasonal listening, skill guides, and episode resources to equip you with the tools and context to explore safely and bring outdoor learning to others.
Episodes
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Pecan Trees
In this episode we’re discussing the secret life of the pecan tree, a true gem of our Texas and American landscape! We’ll dive into its history, usage and everything there is to know when wanting to learn all out our state tree of Texas.
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Raccoons of North America
This episode explores the fascinating life of raccoons, covering their biology, behavior, diet, habitat, reproduction, and interactions with humans. Listen to discover interesting facts and insights about these clever creatures, emphasizing their unique characteristics and the challenges they…
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Hackberry Trees
In this episode of the Natureversity Podcast, we delve into the fascinating world of the Hackberry tree (Celtis laevigata), exploring its rich history and significance in Texas ecosystems. Listeners will learn about the ecological importance of hackberries, their adaptability in diverse...
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Armadillos of Texas
In this episode, we delve into the fascinating world of Texas Armadillos! Join us as we explore their unique behaviors, habitats, diets and more. We'll discuss the intricacies of armadillo family life, including the adorable journey of their babies. Additionally, we’ll take a step back in time to...
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James Michael - Lime Hollow Nature Center
James Michael is an outdoor guide and wilderness survival skills instructor based out of Cortland, New York. He is one of the many instructors who teach outdoor skills to children and adults at Lime Hollow Nature Center. Listen as he talks about how he became a wilderness guide and what it takes…
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Jamie Kimmel Shelton - Fossil Quest
Jamie Shelton is the owner of Fossil Quest, a blog and store dedicated to all Texas Fossils. Jamie uses her passion to help others learn all about what lifeforms used to live here in Central Texas during the Cretaceous Period as the Programs Chair for the Paleontological Society of Austin. She is...
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David Cook - Capital Area Master Naturalists
David Cook is an author, presenter, photographer and the curriculum coordinator for the Capital Area Master Naturalists. David helps organize the training classes for all new CAMN members. He also assists with booking training class locations and speakers. David serves as primary face of CAMN for...
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Tom Elpel - Green University/Botany in a Day
Tom Elpel is a practitioner of outdoor skills, author and the owner of Green University based out of Montana. Tom has spent his entire life studying plants, survival skills and homesteading. Listen as he talks about what inspired him to become a naturalist, an inspirational author and outdoor guide.
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Jason Sabala - Squatch Frontier Fitness & Lumber Society
Jason Sabala is an entrepreneur and local Austin advocate for health, fitness and pushing yourself out of your comfort zones on a daily basis. He is the founder of the Lumber Society, an organization dedicated to providing an opportunity to adults who may have missed out on all the wild…
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Melinda Chow - Austin Youth River Watch
Melinda is the co executive director of Austin Youth River Watch, a non profit organization based in Austin Texas that combines peer mentoring with intensive environmental education, and engage youth through nature-based and experiential service-learning programs in environmental science. Listen…
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Shelia Hargis - Purple Martin Parties of Austin
Shelia Hargis is the organizer of the Purple Martin Parties here in Austin Texas run through the local Travis Audubon Chapter for birding. Listen as she describes how she discovered the joy of birding and why everyone should put on their bucket list, the Purple Martin Party in Austin.
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Shannon Brown - Ecosystem Regeneration Artisans (ERA)
Shannon Brown is the founder of Ecosystem Regeneration Artisans (ERA) Landscapes based out of San Marcos Texas. ERA was built to help unite talented land stewards on outdoor projects that help realize the vision of creating healthy ecological communities. Listen as Shannon tells her story of how...
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Nicole Netherton - Travis Audubon
Nicole Netherton is the executive director for the Travis Audubon, an organization dedicated to conserving wildlife habitats and the ecological balance necessary for healthy, sustainable, and habitable communities. Listen to her story of how she discovered birding through a trip to Antartica…
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Ginger Webb - Sacred Journey School of Herbalism
Ginger Webb has been practicing herbalism for nearly 30 years, as a community herbalist, clinical herbalist, herbal medicine maker, teacher, wild plant lover, botanist, and teacher. She makes and sells herbal medicine through her company Texas Medicinals, and has trained scores of people to be...
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Isaac Streckenbach - Nurture Nature Within
Isaac is the found of Nurture Nature Within based out of Galveston Texas. NNW offers the opportunity for individuals or groups to reconnect with themselves through nature in a way that supports healing and growth using tools and practices from the combined experience of Nature Guides…
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Sarah Coles - Texas Children in Nature Network
Sarah Coles is the Executive Director of the Texas Children in Nature Network. She has been working within the informal education system for almost two decades. Listen as she describes how working at an institution focusing on EcoHistory (the study of how humans have adapted and influenced their...
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David Holladay - Stone Age Living Skills Guide
Widely regarded as one of the country's foremost educators in Stone Age living skills, David is a frequent lecturer, author, songwriter and consultant on primitive technologies, edible/medicinal plants, and pre-Columbian culture. He served for 18 years as head instructor at BOSS and was education...
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Robin Blankenship - Earth Knack Stone Age Living Skills
Author and songwriter Robin Blankenship is the owner and director of Earth Knack and has been working in the outdoor education field since 1978. Robin has been an instructor for Larry Dean Olsen, National Outdoor Leadership School, Outward Bound and a multitude of primitive skills gatherings…
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Angel Schatz - Central Texas Mycological Society
Angel Schatz radiates passion for understanding the ecosystem of central Texas and making mycology education accessible to anyone who shares interest. She is the education and outreach specialist for the Central Texas Mycological Society based in Austin Texas. Formally an experience designer and...
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Layla Prestwood - TreeFolks
Layla is community tree planter with TreeFolks based out of Austin Texas. TreeFolks is dedicated to empower Central Texans to build stronger communities through planting and caring for trees. Listen as Layla discusses the history of TreeFolks as well as how they're helping get people outside by...
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Tim Smith - Jack Mountain Bushcraft
Tim Smith is the owner and founder of Jack Mountain Bushcraft School in Masardis, Maine on the banks of the Aroostook River. Tim is an avid outdoorsman and has been a Certified Maine Guide for over 23 years. He's been on numerous shows about survival as well as written books, blogs and articles…
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Tammy Katner - Hamilton Pool Farm & Vineyard
Tammy is the owner of Hamilton Pool Farm & Vineyard located in Dripping Springs Texas. HP Farm & Vineyard is dedicated to restoring the land by increasing soil fertility and the interconnection of all life on the farm, from people to animals to insects to plants to soil microbes. HPFV offers...
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Braden DeLonay - Fire Scouts
Braden is a certified Xchange Guide and nature connection facilitator whose been working in the field for over a decade. He is the founder of 'Work Shift' which is dedicated to bringing corporate folks to the outdoors to benefit their health, focus, and productivity. Braden also runs Fire Scouts...
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Melissa Hagen - Tillery Street Plant Company
Melissa is the Greenhouse Manager at Tillery Street Plant Company located here in Austin TX. Tillery is dedicated to the sale and propagation as well as the education of a wide variety of homegrown heirloom herbs and vegetables, perennials and annuals, cold hardy cactus, Citrus, and trees. Listen...
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Dave Van Hook - Natural Soap Maker & Educator
Dave has been a soap maker for over 25 years. He's been a teacher at wilderness and primitive skills gatherings such as Wintercount and Rabbitstick since 2013. Listen as Dave discusses the gatherings, soap making history and how making soap brought together his community within the gatherings.
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Tony Pike - Ancient Wisdom Survival School
Tony Pike is the owner of Ancient Wisdom Survival School based out of Nevada, Missouri. AWSS teaches students the primitive living skills that are necessary to survive both short and long term in the wilderness. Listen and hear all about how Tony got started and what it takes to survive in the wild.
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Phillip Liebel - Primitive Wilderness Survival
Phillip is owner and founder of Primitive Wilderness Survival based out of Chico Texas. PWS offers classes on primitive hunting, archery and bow building, flintknapping and so much more. Phil's goal is to get people outdoors while ensuring that they stay safe and comfortable when traveling,...
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Jessica Gilzow - Austin Nature & Science Center
Jessica is the Programs Director for the Austin Nature and Science Center here in Austin Texas. She has worked for over 17 years in the world of environmental education and discusses what it's been like working for the ANSC during that time. Listen as she tells stories of major changes that have...
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Eric Paulus - Ecology Action
Eric Paulus is the Operations Director at Ecology Action’s Circle Acres Nature Preserve located in East Austin near Roy Guerrero Park. Before joining Ecology Action, Eric owned a small farm and plant nursery called Regeneration Eco-Farm. Listen as he tells his story of how Circle Acres and…
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Gabby Caraballo - Natureversity Education Staff
Gabby is an instructor and outdoor wilderness guide at Natureversity here in Austin Texas. Her background in Environmental Studies has helped her create an exciting life filled with taking kids out on wilderness expeditions across the Central Texas Hill Country.
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Shae Weaver & Ashley Stowers - Havenwood Nature School
Shae and Ashley are the Executive and Assisting Directors for Havenwood Nature School located in Dripping Springs Texas. Havenwood offers high-quality early childhood education through a wide-range of imaginative, collaborative, hands-on lessons. Their nature-based curriculum cultivates…
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Hayley Hudnall - Austin Wildlife Rescue
Hayley is the Executive Director of Austin Wildlife Rescue here in Austin TX. Whether its training staff to answer inquires from the public about wildlife, supporting qualified rehabilitators to provide care for animals or helping create educational programs designed to mitigate conflicts between...
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Greyson Offerman - Graduate of Natureversity
Greyson is one of Natureversity's very first students from back in 2013. Now, all grown up, Greyson details how nature has affected his life from an early age and what he's done with his life departing from school and Natureversity. From raising captive reptiles to building trails in national…
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Allison Frueh - Nature Immersion Guide
Allison was one of Natureversity's first teachers back in 2013 and has since gone on to become a powerful force in nature connection. From helping individuals over stress with forest therapy, to helping contribute to citizen research in tree climbing in Panama and finally helping people get fit...
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Hope Carr - Austin Zoo
Hope Carr is Austin Zoo's education manager and outreach coordinator. Listen as she talks all about what its like to work and care for animals while at the zoo here in Austin.
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Carter & Taylor Liston - Natureversity Staff
Carter and Taylor Liston are twins who both work at Natureversity Outdoor School in Austin Texas. Carter and Taylor discuss what its like being a teacher, how their childhood shaped their passion for the outdoors and what their experience has been while working at Natureversity.
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Lee Burton - Naturalist Studies
Lee Burton is the owner and founder of Naturalist Studies, an education organization dedicated to advancing the foundational skills of wilderness living and wildlife tracking. Lee has been a practitioner of outdoor skills for over 10 years and has a primary focus of wildlife tracking and bird...
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Ellie Rome - Comfort Zone Retreats
Ellie Rome is a certified weight loss and emotional eating coach. She is also the founder of Comfort Zone Retreats - an organization dedicated to building community, pushing through comfort zone, mental and physical wellbeing, healthy food, personal growth, nature, yoga, breath-work, ice-baths,...
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Jesse Wordon - Primitive Pursuits
Jesse Wordon is an avid wilderness survival practitioner and has been an outdoor educator for youth and adults at Primitive Pursuits in Ithaca New York since 2020.
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Cameron Johnson - Natureversity Education Staff
Cameron Johnson is an outdoor and wilderness skills instructor here at Natureversity Outdoor School in Austin Texas. Listen as Cameron shares his story about how he became a wilderness skills educator and dreams to one day be on Alone.
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Kelly Magleby - Southwest Desert Style Potter
Kelly Magleby is a primitive potter and outdoor skills instructor. She is the Organizer of the Wilderness Instruction & Skills Exchange Group that organizes primitive skills courses based out of Utah.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Natureversity Podcast is your field guide to the wild, blending naturalists study, hands‑on survival skills, and the practice of outdoor education to help listeners deepen their nature connection and grow confident in the woods.
Episodes cover natural history and species spotlights—plant ID, tracking, seasonal ecology—alongside practical bushcraft like shelter building, firecraft, navigation, wild edibles, and low‑impact camping. The show features in‑depth interviews with naturalists, educators, scientists, and elder wisdom keepers, plus conversations about curriculum, youth engagement, and risk management for teaching outdoors.
Subscribe for seasonal listening, skill guides, and episode resources to equip you with the tools and context to explore safely and bring outdoor learning to others.
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Natureversity Outdoor School
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Natureversity Podcast currently has 41 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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The Natureversity Podcast is your field guide to the wild, blending naturalists study, hands‑on survival skills, and the practice of outdoor education to help listeners deepen their nature connection and grow confident in the woods. Episodes cover natural history and species spotlights—plant ID,...
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Natureversity Podcast is created and hosted by Natureversity Outdoor School.
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