Nature Revisited

Dr. Mark V. Barrow, Jr. is an American author, environmental historian, and a prominent professor of history at Virginia Tech. His writing and academic research deeply explore the intersection of American culture, natural history, wildlife conservation, and human-induced extinction. On this episode of Nature Revisited, we explore the history of human-caused extinction and the naturalists and concerned citizens who first recognized it. With the destruction of the passenger pigeon and the precipitous decline of the bison, professional scientists and wildlife enthusiasts alike began to understand that even very common species were not safe from the juggernaut of modern, industrial society. That realization spawned public education and legislative campaigns that laid the foundation for the modern environmental movement. Nature's Ghosts book: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/N/bo6043479.html Listen to Nature Revisited on your favorite podcast apps, on YouTube, or at https://noordenproductions.com Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bdz4s9d7 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n7yx28t Subscribe on Youtube Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/bddd55v9 Podlink: https://pod.link/1456657951 Support Nature Revisited https://noordenproductions.com/support Nature Revisited is produced by Stefan van Norden and Charles Geoghegan. We welcome your comments, questions and suggestions - contact us at https://noordenproductions.com/contact

Scott Stokoe is a Vermont-based ecologist and educator who works with institutions to develop and expand their offerings in sustainability education through the creation of hands-on, applied learning. On this episode of Nature Revisited, Scott returns to discuss the looming climate crisis and how the solution lies not with identifying the problems we face nor in the way we communicate them, but in changing the very mental models culturally instilled in us - paradigms which fundamentally shape the way we view the natural world and our place within it. [Originally published May 12, 2025. Ep 146] Recommended Resources: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34956707-being-salmon-being-human https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/314114.The_Web_of_Life https://www.fritjofcapra.net/ https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/thinking-in-systems/ https://donellameadows.org/ Listen to Nature Revisited on your favorite podcast apps, on YouTube, or at https://noordenproductions.com Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bdz4s9d7 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n7yx28t Subscribe on Youtube Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/bddd55v9 Podlink: https://pod.link/1456657951 Support Nature Revisited https://noordenproductions.com/support Nature Revisited is produced by Stefan van Norden and Charles Geoghegan. We welcome your comments, questions and suggestions - contact us at https://noordenproductions.com/contact

Madison Murphy Barney is an Indigenous sister, author, doula, and story-driven strategist. Across her work, she operates under the truth that when we are guided by the wisdom of our bodies, our communities, and our stories we make better decisions, strengthen trust, and increase impact. On this episode of Nature Revisited, Barney weaves the guiding attributes of mushrooms and ancestral wisdom into an inspiring metaphor that calls us back into the right relationship with each other and with our planet. Barney invites us into a more engaged life with the world and ourselves by embodying the innate qualities of the wondrous mycelial world. Madison's website: https://madisonmurphybarney.com/ Madison's book: https://redwheelweiser.com/book/our-ancestors-want-us-to-be-mushrooms-9781578639236/? Listen to Nature Revisited on your favorite podcast apps, on YouTube, or at https://noordenproductions.com Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bdz4s9d7 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n7yx28t Subscribe on Youtube Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/bddd55v9 Podlink: https://pod.link/1456657951 Support Nature Revisited https://noordenproductions.com/support Nature Revisited is produced by Stefan van Norden and Charles Geoghegan. We welcome your comments, questions and suggestions - contact us at https://noordenproductions.com/contact

Gary Paul Nabhan is an agricultural ecologist, ethnobotanist, and award-winning author whose work focuses primarily on the plants and cultures of the desert American Southwest. He is considered a pioneer in the local food movement and the heirloom seed saving movement. On this episode of Nature Revisited, Gary recounts the fascinating story of his life, tracing his transformation from a neurodivergent boy finding refuge in nature to a pathbreaking scientist-activist working at the intersection of ecology, faith, and community resilience. His recent memoir Water In The Desert, serves as an inspiring guide to the deeply collaborative ethic and practice of care required to flourish in kinship on Earth, offering in the process a vision for cultural renewal. Water In The Desert book: https://milkweed.org/book/water-in-the-desert?srsltid=AU7gw4V1R9v04Hma1LCipBd9cMCppDYrRWb6ot5vNykEDrHfsNbS6H7j Listen to Nature Revisited on your favorite podcast apps, on YouTube, or at https://noordenproductions.com Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bdz4s9d7 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n7yx28t Subscribe on Youtube Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/bddd55v9 Podlink: https://pod.link/1456657951 Support Nature Revisited https://noordenproductions.com/support Nature Revisited is produced by Stefan van Norden, Scott Chaskey, and Charles Geoghegan. We welcome your comments, questions and suggestions - contact us at https://noordenproductions.com/contact

Tamara Dean is the author of The Human-Powered Home as well as short stories and essays which have appeared in The American Scholar, The Georgia Review, the Guardian, STORY Magazine, and numerous other publications. On this episode of Nature Revisited, Tamara relates an array of personal experiences that culminated in her latest work Shelter and Storm: At Home in the Driftless, based on her time living in the Driftless region of Wisconsin. Seeking a way to live lightly on the earth in the midst of climate chaos, her quest drew her to a unique landscape untouched by glaciers. It was there that she confronted the challenges of meeting basic needs while facing the ravages of climate change. [Originally published April 28, 2025. Ep 145] Tamara Dean's website: https://tamaradean.media/ Shelter and Storm book: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517918569/shelter-and-storm/ Listen to Nature Revisited on your favorite podcast apps, on YouTube, or at https://noordenproductions.com Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bdz4s9d7 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n7yx28t Subscribe on Youtube Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/bddd55v9 Podlink: https://pod.link/1456657951 Support Nature Revisited https://noordenproductions.com/support Nature Revisited is produced by Stefan van Norden and Charles Geoghegan. We welcome your comments, questions and suggestions - contact us at https://noordenproductions.com/contact

Michael Carter, Jr. is an agricultural innovator and educator in Unionville, Virginia. He has dedicated his career to advancing sustainable farming practices and promoting African heritage in agriculture. Michael’s international experiences, including work in Ghana, Israel, and Kenya, have shaped his holistic approach to farming. He works on his family’s farm, Carter Farms, and founded Africulture, a nonprofit organization that teaches the principles, plants, and practices of African-descended agriculture while fostering cultural and racial identity. On this episode of Nature Revisited, Carter presents an eclectic brew of history, culture, African-centered perspectives, and African American farm realities. He recalls inspiring stories of African innovators as well as sobering facts tracking the severe decline in the number of Black farmers in the United States over the last century. Drawing on the lifecycle of a plant as a metaphor for both individual growth and the larger story of African American farming, Carter evokes the relationship between soil health (metaphorically, society and community) and plant health (i.e., the ability of Black farmers and families to thrive). When the civil rights gains and progress toward economic parity for Black Americans of the past fifty years may be slipping away, Carter envisions a better future through several foundational principles of Africulture. Africulture Book: https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/africulture/?srsltid=AU7gw4V_Y3MTborR3SCm70RcdrPV2gUF5aoLcelWuGj85RBGejGts7Gi https://learnafriculture.com/ https://thecarterfarms.com/ https://blackfarmersindex.com/ Listen to Nature Revisited on your favorite podcast apps, on YouTube, or at https://noordenproductions.com Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bdz4s9d7 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n7yx28t Subscribe on Youtube Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/bddd55v9 Podlink: https://pod.link/1456657951 Support Nature Revisited https://noordenproductions.com/support Nature Revisited is produced by Stefan van Norden and Charles Geoghegan. We welcome your comments, questions and suggestions - contact us at https://noordenproductions.com/contact

David James Duncan is an American novelist and essayist, known for his two cult bestselling novels, The River Why and The Brothers K, among others. On this episode of Nature Revisited, farmer and author Scott Chaskey (Soil and Spirit) interviews David about his latest acclaimed work Sun House, an "epic comedy about the quest for transcendence in an anything-but-transcendent America, set amid the gorgeous landscapes of the American west". Guided by Chaskey's deft observations, Duncan describes how a lifetime of experiences - many drawn from nature itself - served as inspiration for Sun House's sweeping, lyrical vision of a more open-hearted world. [Originally published April 14, 2025. Ep 144] David's website: https://www.davidjamesduncan.com/ Sun House book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david-james-duncan/sun-house/9780316129374/ Listen to Nature Revisited on your favorite podcast apps, on YouTube, or at https://noordenproductions.com Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bdz4s9d7 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n7yx28t Subscribe on Youtube Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/bddd55v9 Podlink: https://pod.link/1456657951 Support Nature Revisited https://noordenproductions.com/support Nature Revisited is produced by Stefan van Norden and Charles Geoghegan. We welcome your comments, questions and suggestions - contact us at https://noordenproductions.com/contact

David George Haskell is a British and American biologist, writer, and a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist in General Nonfiction. Haskell holds degrees from the University of Oxford (BA), Cornell University (PhD) and is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Emory University in Atlanta. On this episode of Nature Revisited, Haskell examines the role flowers played in creating the world we know today. When they evolved, they remade the natural world: Gorgeous petals and alluring aromas transformed former enemies into cooperative partners. The radical genetic flexibility of flowers allowed them to build and sustain rainforests, savannahs, prairies, and even ocean shores. Flowers catalyzed human evolution, and we now depend on them for food and a healthy planet. https://dghaskell.com https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/775876/how-flowers-made-our-world-by-david-george-haskell/ Listen to Nature Revisited on your favorite podcast apps, on YouTube, or at https://noordenproductions.com Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bdz4s9d7 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n7yx28t Subscribe on Youtube Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/bddd55v9 Podlink: https://pod.link/1456657951 Support Nature Revisited https://noordenproductions.com/support Nature Revisited is produced by Stefan van Norden and Charles Geoghegan. We welcome your comments, questions and suggestions - contact us at https://noordenproductions.com/contact

Dorn Cox is a farmer-technologist, the research director for the Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment in Freeport, Maine, and farms with his family on 250 acres in Lee, New Hampshire. He is a founder of the farmOS software platform and Farm Hack, and is active in the soil health movement. On this episode of Nature Revisited, Dorn breaks down his radical vision of hope for the future of healthy regenerative agriculture. By employing the same data-sharing and networking tools used to visualize and identify the global instability in our climate and our communities, there is potential to revolutionize how we manage food production around the world, decentralizing and deindustrializing the structures and governance that have long dominated the agricultural landscape. [Originally published March 11, 2025. Ep 143] The Great Regeneration book: https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/the-great-regeneration/ Listen to Nature Revisited on your favorite podcast apps, on YouTube, or at https://noordenproductions.com Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bdz4s9d7 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n7yx28t Subscribe on Youtube Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/bddd55v9 Podlink: https://pod.link/1456657951 Support Nature Revisited https://noordenproductions.com/support Nature Revisited is produced by Stefan van Norden and Charles Geoghegan. We welcome your comments, questions and suggestions - contact us at https://noordenproductions.com/contact

Marina Richie is an award-winning nature writer. With degrees in Journalism and Biology, she has led conservation initiatives as a communications director, authored two children’s nature books, penned award-winning wayside exhibits, and now dedicates her time to writing books, poetry, and advocating for wildlands and wildlife. On this episode of Nature Revisited, Richie takes us into the ancient forests of Cascadia, a bioregion which rivals the Amazonian rainforest in significance for climate and biodiversity. These 'feathered forests' are a hidden vertical world of wild trees that are home to an incredible array of bird species. These birds are guides to intricate and imperiled communities thriving at every level, from understory to midstory to overstory. They steer us to cool havens within multilayered, centuries-old groves that are critical refugia in a time of climate crisis. Their songs and flights show us what we must protect for the future of threatened birds, forests, and humankind. https://www.marinarichie.com https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/827850/feathered-forest-by-marina-richie/ Listen to Nature Revisited on your favorite podcast apps, on YouTube, or at https://noordenproductions.com Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bdz4s9d7 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n7yx28t Subscribe on Youtube Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/bddd55v9 Podlink: https://pod.link/1456657951 Support Nature Revisited https://noordenproductions.com/support Nature Revisited is produced by Stefan van Norden and Charles Geoghegan. We welcome your comments, questions and suggestions - contact us at https://noordenproductions.com/contact