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ReWild Yourself
by Daniel Vitalis
Welcome to the ReWild Yourself Podcast! I'm Daniel Vitalis, and I'll be your guide through the world of human zoology and lifestyle design. We'll explore the strategies that ancient apes need to thrive in a modern world, awakening our instincts, and freeing our bodies –– and minds –– from the degenerative effects of human domestication.
Episodes
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The Daniel Vitalis Show Is Live
After six seasons hosting WildFed and more than two decades spent exploring nutrition, rewilding, human domestication, and personal transformation, Daniel Vitalis is launching a brand-new podcast. The Daniel Vitalis Show will explore the forces shaping our rapidly changing world — from artificial...
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North America's Forgotten Fruit - Andrew Moore #177
North America's Forgotten Fruit — the Pawpaw — is an excellent reminder that adventures in wild food are still available to us! Andrew Moore is here to share his journey seeking out the largest edible fruit native to the United States. In Andrew's book Pawpaw: In Search of America's Forgotten...
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How Old is Fishing? - Brian Fagan #176
Brian Fagan — one of the world's leading archaeological writers — is back on the show! Brian was born in England and studied archaeology at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was Keeper of Prehistory at the Livingstone Museum (Zambia) and, during six years in Zambia and one in East Africa, was…
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Is Wild Food A Privilege? - Arthur Haines #175
Arthur Haines is back on ReWild Yourself Podcast! Arthur is a good friend and our most esteemed frequent guest on the show. Arthur is a forager, ancestral skills mentor, author, public speaker, and botanical researcher. His work merges the material knowledge of present-day people with the...
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Nature as Your Compass - Tristan Gooley #174
Tristan Gooley returns to ReWild Yourself Podcast to guide us through the lost art of reading nature's signs. Tristan is an author and natural navigator. He teaches people to re-awaken their senses and tune into their ancestral ability to navigate across a landscape using the signs that nature...
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Beyond The War On Invasives - Tao Orion #173
In the final installment of our invasive species series, we hear from Tao Orion — author and permaculturist — for a new perspective on invasives that links restoration with thoughtful habitat design. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Tao has dedicated her life to the art and science of regenerative...
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ReWilding Land, People & Wildlife - George Monbiot #171
"Rewilding holds out hope of a richer living planet that can once more fill our lives with wonder and enchantment." -George Monbiot Prolific author George Monbiot joins us to share his niche in the world of rewilding: rewilding the land. George is an investigative journalist who writes a weekly...
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Heart of a Māori Hunter - Toa Hunter Gather #170
Toa Hunter Gatherer embodies the new generation of hunter-gatherers with a true connection to the natural world. From a very young age, Owen Boynton — Toa Hunter Gatherer — has been passionate about wild country, learning the habitats of the animals with a sense to always want to stay connected....
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Regenerative Agriculture and the Truth About Cowspiracy - Doniga Markegard #169
Doniga Markegard is a rancher with a background in ecology and permaculture, and she's here to share how regenerative agriculture can help to restore the biodiversity of prairie grasslands while simultaneously producing grass-fed, nutrient dense meat. In her youth, Doniga was mentored by some of...
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Preserving Cultural Food Heritage - Lori McCarthy #168
It was an absolute pleasure to talk with Lori McCarthy — a third generation Newfoundlander — about the importance of preserving cultural food heritage for future generations. Lori has dedicated her life to preserving the cultural food of her homeland, Newfoundland and Labrador, through her…
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Native to When? - Ben Falk #166
Ben Falk returns to ReWild Yourself Podcast to add his perspective to our invasive species conversation series! Ben lives in an intentional, resilient, forage-able ecosystem on his homestead in Vermont's Mad River Valley that he designed and continues to evolve. As someone who works closely with...
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Orgasmic Birth: Dancing Babies into the World - Debra Pascali-Bonaro #165
Living 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...
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On Becoming A Generalist - Kevin Kossowan #164
As 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…
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ReWild Your Gut - The Hadza Experiments - Tim Spector #163
Tim Spector — a Professor of Genetic Epidemiology and microbiome researcher — spent three days eating like a hunter-gatherer with the Hadza in Tanzania and dramatically changed the diversity of his gut microbiome. He wrote about his experience in a recent article for CNN, and we brought him on...
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A Forager's Guide to Preventing Tick-Borne Illness - Dr. Stephen Rich #162
As 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...
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An Elemental Guide to Renegade Beauty - Nadine Artemis #161
Nadine Artemis is back on ReWild Yourself Podcast to discuss how to reveal and revive your natural radiance by embracing "renegade" beauty. Nadine is the creator of Living Libations, an exquisite line of serums, elixirs, and essentials oils for those seeking the purest of the pure botanical…
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Parasites! Who's Inhabiting Your Gut? - Evan Brand #160
Our 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…
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The Quest for Wild Terroir - Pascal Baudar #159
Today's show explores terroir — the flavor of place. Discovering the wild flavors of your local bioregion is a smart and ecologically interactive way to intimately engage with your place and add context to the story of your food. Pascal Baudar — wild food researcher and a self-styled "culinary...
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A History of Water and Humankind - Brian Fagan #158
Water — our most vital resource — is a topic that is quite often on our minds. There are the global water issues such as the fact that 783 million people do not have access to fresh water, droughts throughout our planet are becoming more wide-spread and the biodiversity of our oceans is declining...
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On Being A Mortal Animal - Dr. Scott Eberle #156
"How you live is how you die," Dr. Scott Eberle — a physician specializing in end-of-life care — tells us in today's interview. Having spent many years at the bedside of the dying, Scott has learned some important lessons from those participating in their final rite of passage, and he's here to...
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Tales from the Wild Table - Connie Green #155
What a pleasure it was to speak with lifelong forager and pioneer in sustainable commercial wild food and mushroom foraging, Connie Green. Connie founded one of the very first and largest wild food businesses in the U.S., Wine Forest, where she still resides as "head huntress," overseeing a...
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Culinary Solutions to Eco Problems - Joe Roman #154
Joe Roman — conservation biologist, author & editor 'n' chef of EatTheInvaders.org — joins us for the second interview in our informal series on the topic of invasive species. Joe's research focuses on endangered species conservation and marine ecology, and he is a researcher at the Gund…
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The Ancestral Biology of Birth - Dr. Sarah Buckley #153
How 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...
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Forager's Guide to Tending the Wild - Sam Thayer #152
Samuel Thayer — internationally recognized authority on edible wild plants — was one of our very first guests on ReWild Yourself Podcast (way back in Episode #2!), and I'm so honored to have him back on the show for Episode #152 to discuss a fundamental topic for the conscientious forager:...
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Ancestral Amnesia & the Village Mind - Stephen Jenkinson #151
Stephen Jenkinson is back on ReWild Yourself Podcast to stretch our minds and hearts as he shares with us a bit of his elder wisdom on restoring real human culture. Stephen is a teacher, author, storyteller, spiritual activist, farmer and founder of the Orphan Wisdom School, a teaching house and...
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Eating Aliens - Jackson Landers #150
Can we eat our way out of our "invasive species" dilemma? Jackson Landers thinks that's part of the solution. The issue of invasives is becoming more prevalent as these species continue to spread, causing ecological destruction and the loss of native species and habitat all throughout our planet....
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Adventures in Unschooling & Practiculture - Ben Hewitt #149
Author and practiculturalist Ben Hewitt is back on ReWild Yourself Podcast to give us a peek inside his adventures in building a lifestyle living with and from the land. Ben resides on a thriving 100-acre homestead in Vermont where he and his family explore back-to-the-land living, permaculture...
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MovNat, How to Get Involved Now — Danny Clark #148
I'm often asked for advice on career opportunities in the world of ReWilding. Many people feel stuck in the rut of a 9-5 and dream of doing work in the world that's fulfilling, meaningful, adds value to the lives of others and is in line with their personal beliefs and values. I've spent over a...
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Why I Eat Wild - Daniel Vitalis #147
Why 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...
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Ask a Mortician - Caitlin Doughty #146
Caitlin Doughty — mortician, author and death acceptance advocate — joins us for a candid and humorous exploration of our mortality. Caitlin is on a mission to help our death-phobic society overcome anxieties about death and make death a part of life. She sheds light on all areas of death and the...
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Through Use: Awakening Human Ecology - Thomas Elpel #145
Thomas J. Elpel is an author, builder, conservationist and a pioneer in experiential education. Inspired by his childhood adventures exploring and foraging the wild lands of Montana with his grandmother, Thomas developed a passion for the natural world at a very young age. He has dedicated his…
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Miscarriage, Menstruation & Mindful Mothering - Chloe Parsons #144
My dear sister Chloe Parsons joins us on ReWild Yourself Podcast to talk all things motherhood. Chloe blends her unique experience as a nutritional therapist, MovNat trainer and a mother of two to invigorate modern women with renewed perspective on health and happiness. She works with clients and...
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The Hidden Cost of Veganism - Lierre Keith #143
In past episodes of ReWild Yourself Podcast, I've explained why I'm not a vegan (ReWild Yourself Podcast #94) and, instead, why I'm a conscientious omnivore (ReWild Yourself Podcast #100). In my personal quest for the most natural diet for the human animal, I was a vegan for about 10 years, and…
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Things Your Doctor Can't Say - Dr. Jack Wolfson #142
Dr. Jack Wolfson "The Paleo Cardiologist" joins us on ReWild Yourself Podcast for a lively conversation on everything from natural heart health to vaccines to geoengineering. Dr. Wolfson is a board-certified cardiologist who believes bad nutrition and toxins create heart health problems. At his...
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On Lions, the San and Being Alone — Dr. Nicole Apelian #141
Dr. Nicole Apelian joins us to share about her experience living with Lions and the San Bushmen in southern Africa. Nicole is a scientist, mother, educator, researcher, expeditionary leader, safari guide, herbalist and traditional skills instructor. Nicole's background is as diverse as it is...
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The Barefoot Podiatrist - Dr. Ray McClanahan #140
Our feet are so much more capable than many of us are aware, and innovative podiatrist Dr. Ray McClanahan is here to share how we can attain strong, flexible, proprioceptive and resilient feet that engage their world meaningfully. In his 18 years as a podiatrist, Dr. Ray has learned that most…
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Way of the Sea Huntress, Part Two - Kimi Werner #139
In part two of the Way of the Sea Huntress, professional spearfisherwoman Kimi Werner shares the beautiful story of her relationship with her local aquatic ecology and what led her from competitive spearfishing to spearfishing for food. Coming full circle, one of the most important parts of...
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Way of the Sea Huntress, Part One - Kimi Werner #138
The 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...
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Cross 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...
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Nature's Interconnected Lesson Plan - Chris Morasky #135
Chris 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…
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Human Milk is the Human Norm - Jennifer Grayson #134
"Scientists mapped the human genome a decade ago, but we still haven't mapped what's in human milk." —Jennifer Grayson Jennifer Grayson — breastfeeding mother and author of Unlatched: The Evolution of Breastfeeding and the Making of a Controversy — has made it her mission to find out how & why...
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Mirror Neurons, ShapeShifting & the Body Map - Simon Thakur #133
Simon 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…
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The Gateway Bug - Johanna Kelly & Cameron Marshad #132
"Two billion people in 80% of the world's countries consume insects as part of their daily diet, and entomophagy has been practiced by those cultures for thousands of years." In today's bonus ReWild Yourself Podcast episode, I talk with the creators of the new documentary film The Gateway Bug,...
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Winter Playlist: ReWilding Movies - Daniel Vitalis #130
During 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…
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For the Love of Fat - Nora Gedgaudas #128
My 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...
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ReWild Resolutions - Solstice Special — Daniel Vitalis #127
Season 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...
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Strategies for Gut Health - Summer Bock #126
Summer 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…
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ReWild 101 - Arthur Haines and Daniel Vitalis #125
Arthur 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…
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Self-care, A Woman's Guide - Nadine Artemis #124
Nadine 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…
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Vibram, How FiveFingers Came To Be - Chris Melton #123
As 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…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to the ReWild Yourself Podcast! I'm Daniel Vitalis, and I'll be your guide through the world of human zoology and lifestyle design. We'll explore the strategies that ancient apes need to thrive in a modern world, awakening our instincts, and freeing our bodies –– and minds –– from the degenerative effects of human domestication.
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Welcome to the ReWild Yourself Podcast! I'm Daniel Vitalis, and I'll be your guide through the world of human zoology and lifestyle design. We'll explore the strategies that ancient apes need to thrive in a modern world, awakening our instincts, and freeing our bodies –– and minds –– from the...
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