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. 6D AGO

    Episode Twenty-Two: Jim Robbins on "The Wonder of Birds"

    Send a text I speak with author Jim Robbins about his latest book "The Wonder of Birds" and other recent and upcoming writing projects.  The material below is quoted from the back page of "The Wonder of Birds." "Jim Robbins was born and raised in Niagara Falls, New York, but has lived in Montana since 1977. He has written for The New York Times for more than thirty-five years, on a wide range of topics but with a special focus on science and environmental issues. He has also written for Audubon, Conde Nast Traveler, Smithsonian, Vanity Fair, The Sunday Times, Conservation, and numerous other magazines. He has covered environmental stories across the United States and in far-flung places around the world, including Mongolia, Mexico, Chile, Peru, The Yanomami Territory of Brazil, Norway, and Sweden.  "["The Wonder of Birds"] is his sixth book. His first, "Last Refuge: The Environmental Showdown in the American West" (1993), was about reconciling the way we as a species live with our knowledge of ecosystems. He is also the author of "A Symphony in the Brain" (2000) and co-author of "The Open Focus Brain" (2007), about the critical and overlooked role that attention plays in our lives, as well as "Dissolving Pain" (2010), about the role of attention in pain. His interest in the nexus between the human central nervous system and the natural world grew out of of these three books.  "His fifth book, "The Man Who Planted Trees" (2012) is about the crisis in the world's forests caused by climate change and resource development."    You can find Jim on X or Twitter @JimRobbins19, on Facebook at Facebook.com/writerjimrobbins and at jimrobbinswriter.wordpress.com. Support the show

    52 min

  2. SEASON 2, EPISODE 22 TRAILER

    Episode Twenty-Two Teaser: Jim Robbins and "The Wonder of Birds"

    Send a text Coming March 15, I speak with author Jim Robbins about his latest book "The Wonder of Birds" and other recent and upcoming writing projects.  The material below is quoted from the back page of "The Wonder of Birds." "Jim Robbins was born and raised in Niagara Falls, New York, but has lived in Montana since 1977. He has written for The New York Times for more than thirty-five years, on a wide range of topics but with a special focus on science and environmental issues. He has also written for Audubon, Conde Nast Traveler, Smithsonian, Vanity Fair, The Sunday Times, Conservation, and numerous other magazines. He has covered environmental stories across the United States and in far-flung places around the world, including Mongolia, Mexico, Chile, Peru, The Yanomami Territory of Brazil, Norway, and Sweden.  "["The Wonder of Birds"] is his sixth book. His first, "Last Refuge: The Environmental Showdown in the American West" (1993), was about reconciling the way we as a species live with our knowledge of ecosystems. He is also the author of "A Symphony in the Brain" (2000) and co-author of "The Open Focus Brain" (2007), about the critical and overlooked role that attention plays in our lives, as well as "Dissolving Pain" (2010), about the role of attention in pain. His interest in the nexus between the human central nervous system and the natural world grew out of of these three books.  "His fifth book, "The Man Who Planted Trees" (2012) is about the crisis in the world's forests caused by climate change and resource development."    You can find Jim on X or Twitter @JimRobbins19, on Facebook at Facebook.com/writerjimrobbins and at jimrobbinswriter.wordpress.com. Support the show

    2 min

  3. FEB 15

    Episode Twenty-One: Rowena Yeseta & Poetry Sustains: Big Beautiful Love in Its Many Forms

    Send a text In this episode we celebrate love: big beautiful love. This time of year, we’re programmed to focus on couple love. Cupid and his arrow, etc., among other cliches. But there is a much more expansive love available to us, Neptunian rather than Venusian. It’s terraphilia, as author Susan Tweit calls it. Love of the earth and all its inhabitants. Love for those with us and those who have departed.  First, we’ll hear from writer Rowena Yeseta. Then we’ll welcome Maryam Barrie for another segment of Poetry Sustains.  Support the show

    1h 14m

  4. FEB 1

    Episode Twenty: Author Carol Menaker on the case of Mohammed Burton

    Send a text I  speak with author Carol Menaker and discuss her memoir "The Worst Thing We’ve Ever Done, One Juror’s Reckoning with Racial Injustice." Her book explores the trial and unjust incarceration of Freddy Muhammed Burton, imprisoned for over fifty years now in Pennsylvania for crimes he did not commit.  Update: On January 8, Menaker reported that "Muhammed was transferred to Chester, PA from Somerset, PA, an event that has been underway for more than two years. He told Eleanor (Jonathan Gettleman’s mother) that he was so happy. That he felt like he’d gone from hell to heaven and that the people are very nice. Turns out the Chester facility is designated for all the “old heads” so many of the inmates there are known to him because they’ve all been moved around the system for years.  Apparently he knows half the men who are there." Carol Menaker’s website: www.carolmenaker.com   Abolitionist Law Center Website: https://abolitionistlawcenter.org/ Correspond with Mohammed Burton:   Smart Communication TADOC SCI - Somerset,       Fred Burton AF3896 PO Box 33028, St. Petersburg FL 33733 United States Support the show

    51 min

  5. SEASON 2, EPISODE 20 TRAILER

    Episode Twenty Teaser: Author Carol Menaker on the case of Mohammed Burton

    Send a text I  speak with author Carol Menaker and discuss her memoir "The Worst Thing We’ve Ever Done, One Juror’s Reckoning with Racial Injustice." Her book explores the trial and unjust incarceration of Freddy Muhammed Burton, imprisoned for over fifty years now in Pennsylvania for crimes he did not commit.  Carol Menaker’s website: www.carolmenaker.com   Abolitionist Law Center Website: https://abolitionistlawcenter.org/ Correspond with Mohammed Burton:   Smart Communication TADOC SCI - Somerset,       Fred Burton AF3896 PO Box 33028, St. Petersburg FL 33733 United States Support the show

    5 min

  6. JAN 15

    Episode Nineteen: Keith Runyan and Quaker Earthcare Witness

    Send a text I speak with Keith Runyan, activist, speaker, and new father. With a background as an educator, Keith began his Quaker activist career with a 12-day hunger strike to increase awareness of the importance of climate action to the Friends Community and the general public. In 2024, along with his partner and child, he began a traveling ministry inspiring action on the planetary crisis.  Keith is the General Secretary at Quaker Earthcare Witness, where he’s leading the QuakerEarth Campaign to unite global earthcare action.  Keith and I discuss the mission of Quaker Earthcare Witness, his recent journey to the CoP30 in Brazil, and how to navigate the climate crisis with hope and courage.  Support the show

    53 min

  7. SEASON 2, EPISODE 19 TRAILER

    Episode Nineteen Teaser: Keith Runyan and Quaker Earthcare Witness

    Send a text I speak with Keith Runyan, activist, speaker, and new father. With a background as an educator, Keith began his Quaker activist career with a 12-day hunger strike to increase awareness of the importance of climate action to the Friends Community and the general public. In 2024, along with his partner and child, he began a traveling ministry inspiring action on the planetary crisis.  Keith is the General Secretary at Quaker Earthcare Witness, where he’s leading the QuakerEarth Campaign to unite global earthcare action.  Keith and I discuss the mission of Quaker Earthcare Witness, his recent journey to the CoP30 in Brazil, and how to navigate the climate crisis with hope and courage.  Support the show

    6 min

  8. JAN 1

    Episode Eighteen: In Conversation with Laura Pritchett

    Send 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

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

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  • Creator
    Carolyn Crane
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    42
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 The Whimsy Farm Podcast
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