Top episodes with Cyprian, Buck Johnson, Shagbark Hick, Catholic Land Movement, Climate Anxiety
Thriving the Future passed 100 episodes and 2 years in November.
These are the Top 6 Episodes of 2023. Surprisingly, most of them were not about Homesteading.
Ep. 74 – Crisis is a Decision Point – with Cyprian
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The highest downloaded Thriving the Future episode of all time.
- Are you prepared mentally and spiritually for what is coming?
- As Cyprian said in March 2020, “the world as you know it has ended. You need to get to acceptance.”
- The larger game at play – It’s all spiritual warfare.
- #BuildTheArk – what does that mean?
Ep. 83 – You’re Gonna Make It – with Randy the Adirondacker (Shagbark Hick).
Andy Hickman (shagbark_hick on Twitter/X) joined me to talk about his video on Twitter: “You’re Gonna Make it”. (This is the BEST video I have seen on the Internet! It always puts a smile on my face.)
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Andy shared about about purposefully living the life of a vagabond/hobo in his early adult years, and talks about #Thriving even through adversity. You mighht think that having nothing would be the opposite of Thriving. But there is some great insight and tips on having the appropriate mindset, alignment, and most of all hope in adversity.
Check out Andy’s Substack – Hickman’s Hinterlands. It is well worth subscribing to!
Ep. 94 – Thriving and Overcoming Autoimmune Disease with Ryan Mitchel Brown from Decentralized Radio Podcast
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Ryan Mitchel Brown from Decentralized Radio Podcast shares about his health journey through autoimmune disease. We talked about Low-T, coming back from an eating disorder with the Carnivore diet, the importance of light therapy, limiting blue light to get the best sleep.
Ep. 80 – Empowering Children to Navigate Climate Anxiety with Roman
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Roman joined me to discuss empowering youth with the survival skills needed to navigate our world.
80% of youth said that they are concerned about the climate. No matter what “side” you are on, this is a mental health disaster.
We jumped off of the engagement and conversation on this FoxTwinHollow tweet about his upcoming class – Helping Children Navigate Climate Anxiety :
Ep. 105 – How to Propagate your own Trees, Plants, and Flowers for Free, and Sell the Extras as a Side Hustle – with Grant Payne
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Besides Perpend, Grant has been on the podcast more than anyone. He brings his usual enthusiasm that is just contagious – You want to go out and do stuff after listening to him!
This episode is How to Build a Nursery Side Hustle, and has tips that you can also use on your homestead to save and propagate trees and plants, with enough abundance to sell the extras.
Ep. 95 – The Catholic Land Movement with Mike Thomas
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Tips on building community and networking
The Catholic Land Movement is a colloquial network of Catholic homesteaders who are looking to support one another educationally through fellowship and mutual aid with focusing on Catholic liturgical life as the center of those homesteading activities.
They are a network of chapters in Catholic parishes nation wide, who host workshops, coordinate work projects, share skills.
Mike Thomas from The Catholic Land Movement shares about the movement. Mike is a homesteader who lives in upstate NY.
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What I really liked:
- The Backyard Forest Garden e-book
- Agroforestry
- Restoration Agriculture: Designing Your Perennial Farm presentation from Permaculture Voices by Mark Shepard
- Permaculture Thorns, A Book About Trying to Build Permaculture Community, by Paul Wheaton.
- Plus 2 books by Nicole Sauce.
Get some cider from Posterity Ciderworks. You heard Brendan on Ep. 113 – Finding Heirloom Apple Trees in Long Forgotten Homesteads.
I like the Happy Little Accidents cider. I am also going to try the Elderberry Rose’.