Animism: Listening to the Land Podcast
By Filip Tkaczyk
Animism: Listening to the Land PodcastApr 30, 2021
Episode 14 - Being Salmon, Being Human
A great dialogue with Martin Lee Mueller on how to be a good relative. How to work towards being more fully human through our relationship with the broader, wilder world we belong to. How do we apprentice ourselves to place and to other beings?
Episode 13 - Interview with Dr. Rune Hjarno Rasmussen from Nordic Animism
A really great interview with Dr. Rune Hjarno Rasmussen, a major contributor to animist dialogue, land relationality and someone breathing life into Animist practices in Europe.
Please check out his work on Youtube at Nordic Animism and help support him on Patreon!
Episode 12 - Make It More Relational
A mini-episode. A reading of an essay on making outdoor education and wildlife tracking more relational.
Episode 11 - Interview with Sophie Strand
This is a fun and thought-provoking episode with Sophie Strand. She is a brilliant writer, story teller and animism who is publishing several works in the next year. Her work is exploding on social media and I hope she reaches many readers and listeners with her embodied ideas. May they spread like spores in many directions on the wind.
Episode 10 - Animism 101
A brief and concise introduction to Animism. This is a solo episode.
Episode 9: Spring & Rebirth
Nathan and I have returned to share more on Animism. In this episode we share stories of connecting with the rising energy of renewal and rebirth of spring. Sandhill cranes, nesting hawks, wildflowers and encounters with belonging.
Episode 8: Acknowledgement
In this episode we discuss what it means to practice acknowledgement of places and beings in our life in a respectful way. Especially, the practice of land acknowledgement.
Episode 7: Re-connecting to Land
After months away from recording, we return to share our stories. The common theme in this one is re-connecting to land after experiences and periods of time when we feel disconnected. Re-membering as in being re-immersed in our wild community and feeling that we belong.
Episode 6: Animist Poetry
In this episode, Fil shares some fun and inspiring animist poems. This one is short and sweet. Enjoy!
Episode 5: Interview with Nathan
In this interview, Fil interviews Nathan. Asking questions about his relationship with Animism, land and more.
Episode 4 - Q & A Interview with Fil Tkaczyk
Episode 3: Cosmology & Animism
This time, we dive more deeply into cosmology. What is cosmology? How does it shape how we see the world and live in it? What ways do our cultural stories shape our lives, relationships and expectations?
Episode 2: The Language of Animacy
This episode is about the language of animacy. How does language shape our relationship to the living world? What are the languages of the land?
Episode 1: Introductions to Animism
Nathan and I introduce animism as a way of being in connection with the living world. We discuss reciprocity, respect, the practice of giving attention to the other-than-human beings and more.