Wild with Sarah Wilson Sarah Wilson

OK, this week is a kind of personal and also sociological muse-fest (from someone who's been on ALL the apps since shortly after the last ice age). I cover how I first went on the apps in 2010 (and share what I wrote about it at the time), about my experiences on Raya and, yes, on the latest app people are talking about, Feeld. I had to drop my shame for this one. However, I include a bunch of sociological perspectives and reflections some of you might find useful (and very familiar).
Note, I’m making the Substack version of this episode free for everyone. Over there you can find all the links to the articles I reference.
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Frank Ostaseski (Buddhist; end-of-life teacher; elder) helps people die best. He has accompanied over 1,000 people through the dying process and trained thousands of healthcare clinicians and family caregivers around the world. He was also a lecturer at Harvard Medical School and has taught at Google and Apple Inc., has been honoured by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and appeared on Oprah and Sam Harris’ Making Sense podcast. I asked Frank to join me to talk through his book, The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully.
Death, grief and loss are always with us, but I feel we are needing moral and spiritual guidance more than ever (every 6-12 months or so I try to cover this issue on Wild, generally aligning with a dialling up in world events). In this chat Frank and I talk through simple techniques for coping with the loss we’re feeling watching the carnage in Gaza, witnessing climate destruction and polarisation.
SHOW NOTES
Get hold of The Five Invitations
Here’s Frank Ostaseski's website where you can find a bunch of resources
You might like to listen to the interview I did with death walker Stephen Jenkinson
And this conversation with Clancy Martin about grief and suicide
As well as my glorious chat with Sister Helen Prejean and the other death row episode with Devin Moss
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I need to give everyone here a bunch of updates…Plus, the BONUS video episode I promised with Dr Louise Newson is now live. Louise answers your questions about libido, whether to take HRT, how to manage menopause when you have Hashimotos etc, you can find it here.
SHOW NOTES
Here’s the Wild chat about perimenopause and menopause with Dr Louise Newson from earlier this week.
Here’s more information about my news…(hint: a new book which you can be part of, STARTING NEXT WEEK).
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Dr Louise Newson (British GP; hormone specialist) is regarded as the “medic who kickstarted the menopause revolution”. For two decades women have been denied treatment for a debilitating condition that affects more than half the population, thanks to one (faulty) study that linked hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to cancer. Louise has been on a mission to undo the damage and educate women on their real choices.
In this chat, I try to cover off what every woman I know is asking right now:
Is HRT safe or not?How do I weigh up the risks and benefits?How do I know which hormone, how much and when?Are there Big Pharma interests at play?Do I need to take it if I’m healthy?And, Is it just me or has perimenopause and menopause got worse for this generation?
NOTE: The next episode is a follow-up, where I get Louise to answer the granular, intimate menopause questions posed by the Substack community! Don’t miss it.
SHOW NOTES
To connect with Louise, and to check out her resources on menopause and peri-menopause, follow this link
You can download Louise's Balance app here
Get hold of her books here
And here’s that New York Times article on menopause
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Today’s question is one I always love answering…what do I stuff into my backpack, and what backpack do I actually use (ditto hiking shoes, tent, gear etc)?
I do a show and tell for this one, so the video version over at Substack probably makes sense. I throw in some minimalist hacks, too.
SHOW NOTES
Join the conversation over on Substack and post your own Ask Me Anything here
Book your one-on-one with me here
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Parag Khanna (climate migration expert; AI founder) is a global strategist who forecasts human movement around the world and has a company, Climate Alpha, that predicts real estate values based on exposure to climate risk. He’s also recently published a book - MOVE: The Forces Uprooting Us  - that details how billions of us will be migrating, and living nomadically, within this century.
Parag has been named one of Esquire's "75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century" and featured in Wired magazine's "Smart List" and has written several books on empires, global order, the future of conflict and migration… you get the drift. As fertility declines and large slabs of the planet go underwater or become too hot and too uninsurable (in a property sense), we’re left to ask, where in the world should we live? And, should we bother “investing” in real estate anymore? Parag answers both, plus how we should be future-proofing our kids and why the best place to live is where the young people are flocking.
SHOW NOTES
Visit Parag's website to learn more and find all his books here
Catch up on my recent episode on Doughnut Economics with Kate Raworth
Here’s the Substack post I wrote explaining fertility collapse where you can also post further questions you might have.
And here’s the AMA episode I did on buying real estate in 2024.
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