Wild Geese

Anna Howard | Podcast Strategist

Welcome to Wild Geese! Think of this as your little plot in the woods where you can lay down a picnic blanket, gather with your friends, and gab! I’m your host, Anna Corinne - a NYC based podcast strategist and actress. Every other Tuesday, I’m doing deep dives on creativity, community organizing, activism, and more. I want listening to Wild Geese to feel like night in a fluffy chair, cat purring at your feet, warm light creating a glow, and all of your friends in one room together.

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    45. Forget about being lovable. Love will find you anyway.

    Love and worth are not connected. We don't have to earn love by maintaining our innocence. So, now what? RESOURCES MENTIONED: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_We_Meet_on_Vacation_(film)https://www.tiktok.com/@chillbinch/video/7585431135518264590?_r=1&_t=ZT-93GB46E9LYbhttps://www.thecut.com/2020/09/my-brief-experience-with-love-has-been-totally-humiliating.htmlhttps://www.tiktok.com/@unpunishablewoman/video/7594833522116807949?_r=1&_t=ZT-93cLvb8khg6https://i-d.co/article/what-does-it-mean-to-get-womand/https://andreagibson.substack.com/p/what-love-ishttps://substack.com/home/post/p-185775926SUBLIME LINK FOR ACCESS TO ON-SCREEN MEMES & WRITING: https://sublime.app/collection/episode-45 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services

    25 min

  2. 21 JAN

    44. The World Is Re-Enchanted When We Pay Attention To Trees

    RESOURCES MENTIONED: - AID FOR ⁠MINNEAPOLIS⁠ - ⁠The Conscious Universe⁠ by Joe Zadeh - Kristianna Smith's ⁠Tiktok⁠ - ⁠The Light Eaters⁠ by Zoe Schlanger - ⁠Consciousness⁠ - Alex Hanna's ⁠Tiktok⁠ - ⁠Silicon Valley’s Obsession With AI Looks a Lot Like Religion⁠ - Animism ⁠Essay ⁠-⁠ Well Being Economy Alliance ⁠📓 Anna's Substack ⁠Newsletter⁠ ⛅ Wild Geese ⁠Instagram⁠ 💌 Anna's Podcast ⁠Production Services ⁠To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.comTIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro 02:49 Rosetta Stone Sponsorship04:13 Anthropomorphism 07:00 The debate about plant intelligence 07:46 Coping with "unnatural" systems 09:35 Choosing an advocacy 11:13 The Unique Survival mechanisms of plants 12:52 Plant behavior fun facts! 16:31 What is the role of metaphor in science communication? 17:52 What is consciousness? 19:18 Bridging the gap between art and science 21:50 Artificial Intelligence is a misnomer23:20 People are worshipping AI? 25:00 Animism27:00 Well being economies

    29 min

  3. 6 JAN

    43. 2026 creative impulsivity challenge: making art out of curiosity, not fear

    What will happen when we stop hoarding our ideas from ourselves? RESOURCES MENTIONED: - Diabolical Lies - Madeleine Voge’s Reel - The Writing Life by Annie Dillard - Zoe’s TikTok - The Hand by Annabelle Dinda - Literally Just Do Things by Erifili Gounari - Analyzing “The Hand” by Annabelle Dinda - The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer - JB’s Tiktok - Francina Simone's Tiktok 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.com

    33 min

  4. 23/12/2025

    42. The BEST books and essays I Read in 2025!

    Books Mentioned: - The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd- The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston- Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut - Martyr by Kaveh Akbar- Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin- The Book Thief by Markus ZusakEssays Mentioned: - In defense of pretension by Ayan Artan- Fake Fairness is Killing Our Relationships - And It's Everywhere by Jamila Bradley- Erotic Decisions by Museguided- On Agency by Henrik Karlsson- The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser- No One Told Me About Proust by Celine Nguyen- Democracy was founded on the legal suppression of grief, and why politics without art is death by Ellie Robins- Write for Your Life by Emily Rapp Black 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter - https://annacorinne.substack.com/⛅ Wild Geese Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wildgeesepod/#💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services - https://www.annacorinneproductions.com/production

    31 min

  5. 09/12/2025

    41. Self-Led learning Ceremonies: Your Best Defense Against Brain Rot

    If you've seen the "personal curriculum," trend online but didn't feel like you could implement it in your own life, here's my take on it! It doesn't need to be a direct mirror of school! RESOURCES MENTIONED:   Dahlia’s Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dahliaquintanilla?lang=en Learning Ceremonies Guide: https://liberatedlearning.org/download-free-learning-spirals-guide/ Are You Asking Enough of Your Brain?: https://substack.com/@naomialderman/p-175410802 The Once and Future King: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Once_and_Future_King How to Start Researching as a Hobby: https://substack.com/home/post/p-168506463 Turning Towards the Wound: Examining Unprocessed Grief in White European Descended Settlers and Finding Ancestrally Supported Pathways Back to Wholeness: https://substack.com/home/post/p-162000427 How Can We Prioritize Decolonization? What Makes an Initiative Decolonial?: https://substack.com/home/post/p-162000427 Research is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods: https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/research-is-ceremony-shawn-wilson “It Feels Fake”: Decolonizing Curriculum and Pedagogy in “It Feels Fake”: Decolonizing Curriculum and Pedagogy in Predominantly White Institutions Predominantly White Institutions: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://educate.bankstreet.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1469&context=occasional-paper-series Learn for Fun or Free Or Fun & Free : https://substack.com/@sarahschauer/p-175242020

    33 min

  6. 26/11/2025

    40. How to Discover What You Want & Actually Ask For It

    I believe desire is a map & we can start using it to actually improve our relationships with others WHILE seeing our dream life come into our physical reality!! RESOURCES MENTIONED: A Woman's Guide to Power Unbound: https://www.kasiaurbaniak.com/unbound-bookLittle Weirds by Jenny Slate: https://www.thejennyslate.com/little-weirdsPleasure Activism: https://adriennemareebrown.net/book/pleasure-activism/ RELATED EPISODES: Watch this if you're ready to rethink romantic relationships: https://youtu.be/olzuQmLQlSQ?si=T6BJ_SX340AQK9uVHow to be a better villager: https://youtu.be/-cNpV9SL6OQ?si=Ib-dv2Y-s3PaQEBg 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services Watch on Youtube To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.com 00:00 intro 01:00 Book of the Month Sponsorship 02:54 How are Desires Different than Goals? 04:54 How can we be ready to answer the question "What do you want?" 05:11 the low maintenance, chill persona is a myth06:25 the most radical thing a woman can do is want07:33 desires about being desired 08:16 You don't choose your desires, your desires choose you08:32 How do we even know what we want?12:51 A prompt to translate desires into asks15:00 Making your asks more specific17:50 Asking for the wrong thing is just information18:11 Satisfying your desires is a highly personal process18:46 Redefining what it means to ask for help 19:53 Maladaptive behaviors we might use to avoid asking for what we want20:22 Yearning can feel like a humiliation ritual21:09 Having conviction in your desires 23:10 How rejection can actually lead to a better outcome24:30 Why I reject wantlessness25:35 How desire can be an empowering community builder27:35 What is pleasure activism? 28:48 Why we all need to talk about what we desire more

    28 min

  7. 11/11/2025

    39. How to Bring Joy & Whimsy Back Into Your Life

    Reconnecting with our inner child is a collective responsibility and it should be FUN! Resources: - Syllabus by Linda Barry- If We're Lucky, We Never Become 'Good' Humans- Interview with Linda Barry- Jamila Bradley's Tiktok- Sarah Schauer's Tiktok📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services

    27 min

  8. 28/10/2025

    38. Creating in the Age of Distraction & A.I Slop

    I experimented with a media consumption break & it had my reflecting our relationship to art. TLDR: everyone's freaking out about AI stealing our creativity. I think humans are more resilient than that. RESOURCES: - Art as Necessity: Rethinking the Fundamentals of Human Survival - The Book Thief- Behind the WallRELATED EPISODES: - How Life Changes When You Realize the Rules are Made Up- The Lost Art of Sensuality📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter - https://annacorinne.substack.com/⛅ Wild Geese Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wildgeesepod/#💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services - https://www.annacorinneproductions.com/productionTo inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.com

    28 min
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Welcome to Wild Geese! Think of this as your little plot in the woods where you can lay down a picnic blanket, gather with your friends, and gab! I’m your host, Anna Corinne - a NYC based podcast strategist and actress. Every other Tuesday, I’m doing deep dives on creativity, community organizing, activism, and more. I want listening to Wild Geese to feel like night in a fluffy chair, cat purring at your feet, warm light creating a glow, and all of your friends in one room together.

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  • Creator
    Anna Howard | Podcast Strategist
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    46
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Anna Howard | Podcast Strategist
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    Wild Geese

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