The Whimsy Farm Podcast

Carolyn Crane
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Carolyn Crane speaks with good people doing good things for social and environmental justice issues. 

  1. SEASON 2, EPISODE 18 TRAILER

    Episode Eighteen: In Conversation with Laura Pritchett

    Send us a text Welcome everyone, to Season Two of the podcast, and Episode Eighteen.  Late last fall, in anticipation of being out of the studio for my shoulder replacement, I spoke at length with Laura Pritchett, author and educator and, as we soon found out, kindred spirit.  Enjoy our free-flowing conversation about honoring the wild with us, personal authenticity, and journeying inward during these winter months.   Laura is the author of seven novels, most recently Playing with (wild)Fire and Three Keys. She’s also written two works of nonfiction. She directs the Nature Writing MFA program at Western Colorado University.  You can find her online at www.laurapritchett.com. Support the show

    7 min

  2. 4D AGO · BONUS

    Bonus Episode: Celebrating the Solstice with Poetry Sustains and Maryam Barrie

    Send us a text December 21 marks the Capricorn Solstice--the Winter Solstice for the Northern Hemisphere. Poet Maryam Barrie joins me on this extended edition of Poetry Sustains to share Brigit Pegeen Kelly's "Song".  Song tells the story of a young girl, her beloved pet goat, and the cruelty that darkness brings. What happens when darkness meets light? When foolishness meets wisdom? When the heart and the brain work in power together? Join us as we explore "Song" and the light within us at the darkest time of the year.  Here's link to the poem: https://poets.org/poem/song Support the show

    39 min

  3. DEC 15

    Episode Seventeen: Susan J. Tweit on "Bless the Birds" and Cultivating Terraphilia

    Send us a text My guest on Episode Seventeen is author Susan J. Tweit. Her most recent memoir is "Bless The Birds: Living with Love in a Time of Dying."  In this book, Tweit chronicles the journey she and her husband Richard Cabe take shortly before his death. Cabe and Tweit collaborated on the term and definition of "terraphilia", a concept that guides Tweit's work today.  You can find Susan at susanjtweit.substack.com Support the show

    58 min

  4. SEASON 1, EPISODE 17 TRAILER

    Episode Seventeen: Susan Tweit on "Bless the Birds" and Cultivating Terraphilia

    Send us a text My guest on Episode Seventeen is author Susan J. Tweit. Her most recent memoir is "Bless The Birds: Living with Love in a Time of Dying."  In this book, Tweit chronicles the journey she and her husband Richard Cabe take shortly before his death. Cabe and Tweit collaborated on the term and definition of "terraphilia", a concept that guides Tweit's work today.  You can find Susan at susanjtweit.substack.com Support the show

    6 min

  5. DEC 1

    Episode Sixteen: Chuck Collins and "Burned by Billionaires"

    Send us a text I speak with Chuck Collins, author of Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power are Ruining Our Lives and Our Planet. Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he co-edits Inequality.org. He is the author of several books including Born on Third Base, The Wealth Hoarders, and, with Bill Gates, Sr., Wealth and Our Commonwealth.  He also wrote a novel of speculative fiction entitled Altar to an Erupting Sun. Chuck Collins lives in Vermont.  Support the show

    50 min

  6. SEASON 1, EPISODE 16 TRAILER

    Episode Sixteen Teaser: Chuck Collins and "Burned by Billionaires"

    Send us a text I speak with Chuck Collins, author of Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power are Ruining Our Lives and Our Planet. Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he co-edits Inequality.org. He is the author of several books including Born on Third Base, The Wealth Hoarders, and, with Bill Gates, Sr., Wealth and Our Commonwealth.  He also wrote a novel of speculative fiction entitled Altar to an Erupting Sun. Chuck Collins lives in Vermont.  Support the show

    6 min

  7. NOV 15

    Episode Fifteen: Mark Dyken and The Beauty Way

    Send us a text Mark Dyken and his brother Bear Dyken have been visiting the Navajo Reservation in Arizona for decades now, offering boots-on-the-ground support for families that refused forced relocation in the 1990s. Founders and members of the band Clan Dyken, they tour northern California and southern Oregon each fall to raise funds and awareness of the Dineh people and The Beauty Way. For more information about Clan Dyken's activism on the Navajo Reservation: https://www.clandyken.com/category/beauty-way/ Shelly Muniz's book "When The Creator Moves Me: A Story about Music, and Creative Activism" is available from your favorite independent book seller. Support the show

    46 min

  8. SEASON 1, EPISODE 15 TRAILER

    Episode Fifteen Teaser: Mark Dyken and The Beauty Way

    Send us a text Mark Dyken and his brother Bear Dyken have been visiting the Navajo Reservation in Arizona for decades now, offering boots-on-the-ground support for families that refused forced relocation in the 1990s. Founders and members of the band Clan Dyken, they tour northern California and southern Oregon each fall to raise funds and awareness of the Dineh people and The Beauty Way. For more information about Clan Dyken's activism on the Navajo Reservation: https://www.clandyken.com/category/beauty-way/ Shelly Muniz's book "When The Creator Moves Me: A Story about Music, and Creative Activism" is available from your favorite independent book seller. Support the show

    6 min
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Carolyn Crane speaks with good people doing good things for social and environmental justice issues. 

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    Carolyn Crane
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  • Episodes
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