The Ground Shots Podcast
by Kelly Moody
The Ground Shots Podcast is an audio project exploring our relationship to ecology through conversations and storytelling with artists, ecologists, farmers, activists, story-tellers, land-tenders and more.How do we do our work in the modern age, when the urgency of ecological and social collapse feels looming? How do we creatively and whole-heartedly navigate our relationships with one another and the land?
Episodes
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#90: Wind Clearwater. 20 years of permaculture in the desert
This episode of the Ground Shots Podcast is with Wind Clearwater, a horticulturist and permaculturist who lives near Hotchkiss, Colorado. For over 30 years, Wind Clearwater has been dabbling in horticulture, permaculture and landscape design. For the past 20 years, he has expanded his knowledge…
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#89: Morgan Sjogren on advocating for western lands through immersive journalism
Morgan Sjogren writes about Western lands and water through a lens of history, culture, science, and adventure. She is the author of Path of Light: A Walk Through Colliding Legacies of Glen Canyon (Torrey House Press 2023); 2025 Utah Book Award Winner and Library of Congress "Great Reads from…
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#88: Trevor Warmedahl of Sour Milk School & Milk Trekker on the necessity of reclaiming pastoralism
Episode #88 of the Ground Shots Podcast is with Trevor Warmedahl, who tuned in to this conversation from Albania where he was mending from a broken leg. Trevor Warmedahl is a traveler who spends his time documenting the worlds cheesemaking, dairying, and pastoral traditions. In his work as a...
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#87: Samuel Bautista Lazo and Mandalin Sattler on becoming good food for rock woman in Oaxaca, Mexico
birthday fundraiser for the podcast Episode #89 of the Ground Shots Podcast was recorded in the gallery at Dixza Farm and Rugs in Teotitlan de Valle, Oaxaca Mexico, in early February. It was recorded with Samuel Bautista Lazo, past podcast guest, and Mandalin Sattler, whose music has been…
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Episode #86: Wild Tending Series/ Samuel Bautista Lazo & Damián Jiménez Martínez on Tseé Xigie radio - ecology, wild tending, land politics (Español/English)
In this episode of the podcast, we talk about: the biodiversity of agaves, some of the issues with cultivation under pressure of capitalism, and private land ownership complexity of the commons in Oaxaca under pressure of modernity agave use for textiles, wild and rare species, and benefit of...
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#85: Dr. Cara Judea Alhadeff: Viscous Expectations: Justice, Vulnerability, The Ob-scene
consider supporting the annual fundraiser for the podcast in celebration of my 38th birthday, here. This episode of the Ground Shots Podcast is with Dr. Cara Judea Alhadeff. We did this interview in person this past summer in Paonia, Colorado. I have been sharing studio space with her partner…
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We all eat the Colorado River: this watershed is a microcosm of our society with Jeff Wagner
full shownotes and maps to reference in this episode: groundshots.substack.com Episode #84 of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation with Jeff Wagner out of Paonia, Colorado, director of Groundwork, a regional nonprofit educating about food systems in a changing world and more. Sign up for my...
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Callie Russell on tending ecosystems with goats
for full shownotes to this episode, go to our website post here or our substack post here Episode #83 of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation with Callie Russell, an interview recorded in the field on a goat walk in New Mexico this past March. You may know Callie from the Alone show, though…
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Jason Hone on biblical ethnobotany and ecology of the holy lands
Episode # 82 of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation with Jason Hone on medicinal herbs of biblical times and the historical ecological transformation of the holy lands. Jason Hone practices as a holistic provider for patients of all walks of life. He has worked in various disciplines of...
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81: Ethan Bonnin on Ecological Degradation at the Borderlands
Ethan graduated from Humboldt State University with a degree in Wildlife Biology and Conservation. Currently, he works in the advocacy world for habitat protection and restoration on public lands that face various resource extraction industries. He homesteads on a piece of desertified land In...
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Elizabeth Yaari on regenerating desert land at the Night Owl Food Forest in Paonia, Colorado
read ful show notes here Together with the insects, animals, plants and elements Elizabeth Yaari is transforming a dry patch of semi arid desert into a thriving regenerative seven layered food forest. "Anything is possible", she says "even when you have 6 1/2 inches of rain a year." To spend time...
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Samantha Zipporah on radical fertility & the politics of birth
full shownotes here Samantha Zipporah is a midwife, author & educator in service to healing & liberation. Sam's path rises from an ancient lineage of midwives, witches, & wise women with expertise spanning the continuum of birth, sex, & death. She is devoted to breaking the spells of oppression…
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Jacquie Hill on the medicine of Ponderosa Pine and botanical research ethics
See full show notes here Family loving, community enthusiast Jacquie Hill is a plant person doing planty things on the Western Slope of Colorado. After practicing her blend of story-rich, folk herbal medicine for 10+ years, she took her studies to academia, earning a bachelor's degree in…
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Calyx Liddick of Northern Appalachia School on the historical connection between ecological conservation and eugenics
Episode #76 is a conversation with Calyx Liddick of Northern Appalachia School in southern Pennsylvania. (trigger warning, this episode may contain content that could be triggering to some as we address the history of scientific racism and the eugenics movement) read full show notes and resources...
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Sylvia Poareo on Planting Seeds of Collective and Inclusive Regeneration
Read extended show notes here (photo of Sylvia taken by Ricardo Nagaoka, used with permission from photographer. ) Episode #76 of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation with Sylvia Poareo from Connecting Within, out of Ashland, Oregon. Sylvia Poareo is a gentle Curandera/Consejera...
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Kelly solo on teaching riparian ecology, preparing for a season on the land
Hey ya'll, This is a quick and dirty solo podcast episode where I update you on some of the things I'm doing this summer including offering in-person ecology immersions in western Colorado on the Grand Mesa. I give a little overview of some of what we did in my last immersion that was 4 days,...
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Alex Zubia on the importance of good food, community and love in Fresno, California
read the entirety of the show notes for this episode here. Episode #73 of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation with Alex Zubia (XeF) out of Fresno, California. Alex Zubia, who goes by "Xef" is a Chef by trade. Born and raised in Fresno, CA (yokuts Land). Alex attended The California…
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Kelly solo on borders, rising to the occasion, weaving ecologies and land immersion
Episode #73 is a solo episode with Kelly Moody, Ground Shots Podcast regular host. I get into a slew of things on this episode, reflecting on camping near the Mexican border and the implication of borders, water, fire and ecological disturbance, summer field immersion programs I'm doing in…
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Lisa Ganora on molecular level connection, the magic of herbal constituents
Sign up for my spring mini study group starting February 10 (sign ups open for a limited time!) here: Terratalk sessions Episode 72 of the Ground Shots Podcast is with Lisa Ganora, herbalist and plant chemist, out of Paonia, Colorado. Lisa and I got together at her Elderberry's Farm spot, on the...
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writer, botanist, Susan Tweit on being a walking ecosystem, writing the deserts of the West
Susan Tweit is a plant biologist with a calling to restore nature and our connection with the community of the land especially close to home. Plants are her people, as she says, fascinated by the myriad ways they weave the world's living communities, forming the green tapestry that covers this...
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#70: Sarah Galvin: internal and external landscape tracking to address trauma, mothering in the modern world
Episode #70 of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation with Sarah Galvin of the House of Yore who was a past guest on the podcast. direct link to episode on our website Listen to Episode #54: Sarah Galvin of House of Yore on the need for madness and chaos medicine in our culture here. You…
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Nikki Hill with Sigh Moon on Botany as Archaeology, to Stop a Lithium Mine
Episode #69 of the Ground Shots Podcast was recorded in southern Oregon this past August among old Juniper trees tucked just below a special Tableland mesa, with Nikki Hill of Walking Roots, and Sigh Moon assisting in the conversation. Link to our website where you can donate to the podcast, and...
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Wild Tending Series / A conversation in a Camas meadow. Adam Larue of Sharpening Stone on tending wild plants in southern Oregon
Episode #68 of the podcast is a conversation with Adam Larue of Sharpening Stone Gathering, out of Grants Pass, Oregon. visit our blog post on the episode to see a few photos of the land where we interviewed:...
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Ted Packard on bodies as a multiplicity, coyote-trickster troubadour-ing, music as ecological channeling, kids and nature connection, & creating communities of mutuality
Direct link to episode with extra photos and Ted's poetry: https://www.ofsedgeandsalt.com/podcastblog/tedpackard Ted studied History and Anthropology at Christopher Newport University, got a Master's in Teaching, went on the road with the Momentary Prophets band, and then went to study with...
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An ode to Doug Elliott, Appalachian storyteller, herbalist and naturalist
To access full blog post on the episode, full show notes and a photo diary, click below: https://www.ofsedgeandsalt.com/podcastblog/dougelliott Doug Elliott is a naturalist, herbalist, storyteller, basket maker, back-country guide, philosopher, and harmonica wizard. For many years made his living...
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#65: Wild Tending Series / Janet Kent and Dave Meesters of the Terra Sylva School of Botanical Medicine on disempowering the engines of disruption through intentional land-tending
Episode #65 of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation with Dave Meesters and Janet Kent of the Terra Sylva School of Botanical Medicine out of Madison County, North Carolina. https://www.ofsedgeandsalt.com/podcastblog/terrasylvaschool After trying to get together for a conversation all…
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#64: Mary Morgaine Plantwalker of Herb Mountain Farm on care-taking a botanical sanctuary in Appalachia
Episode #64 is a conversation with Mary Morgaine Plantwalker of Herb Mountain Farm in Weaverville, NC. This episode was recorded in person in the gardens of Herb Mountain Farm August 2021. Mary Morgaine Plantwalker is one of the main caretakers of Herb Mountain Farm alongside her partner, Hart...
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Living in the wilderness, fermenting on the road and facing the immediacy of death with Marissa Percoco
Episode #63 is a conversation with Marissa Percoco out of Barnardsville, NC. Marissa (she/her) is an avid fermentation enthusiast who has spent the last 10 years exploring community and the wilds, as well as living deeply with various fermented cultures and local plants, and learning how it all...
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Chama Woydak of Homegrown Families on birth, death, and land connection
Episode #62 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Chama Woydak of Homegrown Families and Dancing Springs Farm, out of Asheville, North Carolina. Chama and I have a relationship that spans over a decade, which began when I landed on her farm in 2012 to go to herbal medicine...
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Jillian Ashley aka. Jill Trashley on the origins of the NOHM collective, nomadic business, community & plant tending across ecologies
Episode #61 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Jill Trashley out of Asheville, North Carolina. ... ... Earlier in the Spring, Jill and I met up in Asheville to distill some Lemon Balm together. First, we went to her friends' house, down the road from hers, where we had...
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#60: Land Diary / Southern Appalachia and Nettles in Spring
Episode #60 of the Ground Shots Podcast is a solo episode with Kelly, glimpsing into a window of Spring in southern Appalachia. In this episode of the podcast, I chat about paying attention to details of place and how those moments of attention become stories of reverence. Some observations late...
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Is there such a thing as an "Invasive Species"? A conversation with Matt Chew Ph.d. hosted by Kollibri terre Sonnenblume, Nikki Hill and Gabe Crawford
Episode #59 of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation with Professor Matt Chew, and is hosted by Kollibri terre Sonnenblume, Nikki Hill and Gabe Crawford. Dubbed a 'gadfly of invasion biology' by Scientific American, Matt Chew is known for critiquing ecology's overreliance on societal…
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A conversation with Sean Croke of the Hawthorn School of Plant Medicine
Episode #58 of the podcast features Sean Croke, who runs the Hawthorn School of Plant Medicine in the Pacific Northwest. In this episode of the podcast, we talk about: Sean's herbalism practice herbalism during covid and the gain in interest in natural medicine since the pandemic started some...
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Gabe Crawford interviews Angela Moles P.h.D. on the rapid evolutionary responses of plants due to climate change, challenging scientific dogma
Episode #57 of the podcast is a conversation between Gabe Crawford and Dr. Angela Moles. Gabe Crawford, a former podcast guest, hosts this episode of the Ground Shots Podcast. Gabe has been conducting research on the history of anthropogenic landscapes, ecology, botany, and ethnobotany, and...
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Dan Nanamkin part two: Gabe Crawford catches up with Dan on how his indigenous community stepped up to Covid, updates on the Young Warrior Society
In this episode of the podcast, Gabe Crawford, a former podcast guest, catches up with Dan Nanamkin, who was featured previously on Episode #39 of the Podcast. Dan Nanamkin is from the Chief Joseph Band Of Wallowa, Nez Perce, and Colville Confederated Tribes of Washington State has been an...
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Téo Montoya part two: the role of indigenous futurism in world building
Episode #55 is a conversation with Téo Montoya of the Indigenous Futures Podcast. Téo was our guest on episode #48 of the podcast. Episode #48 was a series of recordings from his joining Gabe Crawford and I on the Colorado Trail last summer for a couple days during our Plant-a-go walk. After that...
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Sarah Galvin of House of Yore on the need for madness and chaos medicine in our culture
Episode #54 of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation with Sarah Galvin, who hosts and creates with House of Yore, formerly Forest and Fjord. Sarah hosts exploratory ancestral workshops through House of Yore, as well as sells small batch bioregional herbal medicine. *** In this conversation...
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Wild Tending Series / Gabe and Kelly on ecological history, anthropogenic landscapes and the negative side of conservation
This episode of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation between Kelly Moody and Gabe Crawford. We haven't done an episode together since we were on the Colorado Trail this past summer. So, we wanted to talk about the research we have been doing since we got off of the trail, and while…
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Kelly speaks about her upbringing and the Ground Shots Podcast origins
This episode of the podcast features the host, Kelly, solo, speaking about her upbringing in the south and her journey towards starting the Ground Shots Project and Podcast. Find the FULL transcript for this episode on our Patreon page, here. This episode of the Ground Shots Podcast is a first!...
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Wild Tending Series / Ali Meders-Knight on integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge into landscape management
This episode of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation with Ali Meders-Knight, out of Chico, California. Ali Meders-Knight is a Mechoopda tribal member, mother of five, and traditional basketweaver based in Chico, CA. She is a Mechoopda Tribal liaison working to form partnerships for federal...
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Anna-Marija Helt on poisonous plants of the southern Rockies, bridging tradition and science in herbalism
Episode #50 of the Ground Shots Podcast is a conversation with the clinical herbalist Anna-Marija Helt Ph.D., who lives in Durango, Colorado. Marija has been studying herbs, mushrooms and essential oils intensely since 2008, training at the Ohlone Center of Herbal Studies with Pam Fisher, at…
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Wild Tending Series/ Forest Farming in the Ozarks with Wren Haffner and Ini Giesbrecht of Mountain Jewel Center for Earth Connection
This episode of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Wren Haffner and Ini Giesbrecht of Mountain Jewel Center for Earth Connection, an 18 acre homestead in the Ozarks. I've been following Mountain Jewel for a few years now on Instagram, since before Wren and Ini started tending…
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Kelly & Gabe with Téo Montoya on the Colorado Trail: indigenous futurism, finding sacredness in all places
Episode #48 of the Ground Shots Podcast is the last recording Gabe and I conducted on our 2020 Colorado Trail Plant-a-go walk. This episode documents a few conversations Gabe and I had with our friend Téo Montoya who came to hike with us for a brief stint on the west side of the Collegiate Loop...
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47 : Sharon Kallis in Vancouver, BC on creatives as unique problemsolvers for ecological issues, using invasive plants in community building through craft
Episode #47 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with artist and creative land-tender Sharon Kallis, who lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Sharon is a community engaged environmental artist. I met Sharon last year at the Saskatoon Circle ancestral skills gathering in eastern...
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Kelly and Gabe reflect from mile 300 of the Colorado Trail on Texas Creek, west side of the Collegiate Loop
Episode #46 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation between Gabe Crawford and Kelly Moody tuning in around mile 300 of their 'Plant-a-go' thru-hike walk on the Colorado Trail this summer. To listen to their reflections on the first 100 miles of the walk, listen to Episode #43, here.…
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John Mahkewa on the wisdom of clay
This episode of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with the potter and artist John Mahkewa, Hopi-Tewa elder currently living in Yuma, Arizona. John and I met a few years ago at the Buckeye Gathering, an ancestral skills gathering that usually occurs in the Spring in Concow,...
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Ramona Moonflower on protecting the Redwoods in the 90's, using forest therapy to re-connect to place
This episode of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Ramona Moonflower Rubin, an activist and forest therapist living in the Bay area of California. Ramona Moonflower Rubin walks a path woven of science, spirituality and activism connecting human and ecological health. Ramona...
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Kelly and Gabe reflect on the first six segments of their Plant-a-go on the Colorado Trail
Episode #42 features a conversation between Kelly Moody (podcast host) and Gabe Crawford, previous podcast guest. In this episode of the podcast, we discuss our observations on the first six segments or first 100 miles or so of our Colorado Trail Plant—a-go walk. We talk about the nature and...
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Charity Cimarron of Mother Marrow out of Asheville, NC on intentional creativity in connection to the land
Episode #42 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a conversation with Charity Cimarron, the main singer and songwriter behind the music project Mother Marrow. Charity and I met in 2013 in Asheville, North Carolina and have been friends ever since. I'm honored to feature her music at the theme song...
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Wild tending series / Michael Ridge of Walking with Western Wildflowers on living nomadically year-round wild-tending on horseback
Episode #41 of the Ground Shots Podcast features a story documenting my visit with Michael Ridge of Walking with Western Wildflowers August 2019 in Kamiah, Idaho, Nimiipuu country. In this episode with Michael we talk about: the importance of ecological participation as a way to belong to place...
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The Ground Shots Podcast is an audio project exploring our relationship to ecology through conversations and storytelling with artists, ecologists, farmers, activists, story-tellers, land-tenders and more.How do we do our work in the modern age, when the urgency of ecological and social collapse feels looming? How do we creatively and whole-heartedly navigate our relationships with one another and the land?
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