The Heart Path Podcast Thu, 28 May 2026 09:29:54 -0400 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2532264 en-us © 2026 The Heart Path Podcast yes Support this Podcast 2bbcc2aa-73c9-5f03-b74c-57abb98c04de Evonne Ellis episodic false The Heart Path Podcast spotlights authors, change makers, nature lovers, and creators of all kinds. Each of our podcasts aim to share interviews and stories of beauty, resilience, and inspiration for all.  

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Evonne Ellis https://storage.buzzsprout.com/4wob0su4f2qcirrcnm357jakn3nl?.jpg The Heart Path Podcast Writing the Land with Dr. Lis McLoughlin Writing the Land with Dr. Lis McLoughlin When a pipeline project threatened residents of rural Massachusetts, Dr. Lis McLoughlin partnered with a local land trust and fought to protect her community. She not only succeeded in this endeavor, she established NatureCulture® and the Writing the Land® Project in collaboration with poets in an effort to financially support land trusts and protect lands across the US. 

Bio: Dr. Lis McLoughlin is the founder and director of NatureCulture®, a publishing company through which she directs the Writing the Land® Project which pairs poets with conserved lands, and creates anthologies sold for land conservation. Lis has degrees in Civil Engineering, Education, and Science and Technology Studies. She lives off-grid in Northfield, Massachusetts and part-time in Montréal, Québec. 

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]]> When a pipeline project threatened residents of rural Massachusetts, Dr. Lis McLoughlin partnered with a local land trust and fought to protect her community. She not only succeeded in this endeavor, she established NatureCulture® and the Writing the Land® Project in collaboration with poets in an effort to financially support land trusts and protect lands across the US. 

Bio: Dr. Lis McLoughlin is the founder and director of NatureCulture®, a publishing company through which she directs the Writing the Land® Project which pairs poets with conserved lands, and creates anthologies sold for land conservation. Lis has degrees in Civil Engineering, Education, and Science and Technology Studies. She lives off-grid in Northfield, Massachusetts and part-time in Montréal, Québec. 

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]]> Evonne Ellis Buzzsprout-19249441 Wed, 27 May 2026 10:00:00 -0700 1419 1 19 full false Story Mapping with Poet, Essayist, and Instructor Byron Aspaas Story Mapping with Poet, Essayist, and Instructor Byron Aspaas In this episode, we follow Navajo roads to academia, switch paths from engineering to writing, and change the cadence of running to the peddle of mountain biking, as we process grief through words and story mapping. 

Byron F. Aspaas is Diné. He is Táchii’nii, born for Tódich’iinii, and raised within the four sacred mountains of Dinétah, Byron received his BFA and MFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in creative writing. His writing reflects upon the eradication of Navajoland, which draws readers into discourse about preservation with Diné culture and land. His writing can be found in Weber: The Contemporary West, Denver Quarterly, International Writing Program Collections, The Rumpus, Santa Fe Noir, Shapes of Native Nonfiction and The Diné Reader. Byron will begin as lecturer with Colorado State University – Pueblo (Fall ‘25) and will continue as poetry mentor for Western Colorado University’s Graduate Program in Creative Writing. He lives with his partner, six dogs, and four cats in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 

You can follow Byron at https://www.byronaspaas.com/ and read his Letter to America at https://www.terrain.org/2024/poetry/letter-to-america-aspaas/.

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]]> In this episode, we follow Navajo roads to academia, switch paths from engineering to writing, and change the cadence of running to the peddle of mountain biking, as we process grief through words and story mapping. 

Byron F. Aspaas is Diné. He is Táchii’nii, born for Tódich’iinii, and raised within the four sacred mountains of Dinétah, Byron received his BFA and MFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in creative writing. His writing reflects upon the eradication of Navajoland, which draws readers into discourse about preservation with Diné culture and land. His writing can be found in Weber: The Contemporary West, Denver Quarterly, International Writing Program Collections, The Rumpus, Santa Fe Noir, Shapes of Native Nonfiction and The Diné Reader. Byron will begin as lecturer with Colorado State University – Pueblo (Fall ‘25) and will continue as poetry mentor for Western Colorado University’s Graduate Program in Creative Writing. He lives with his partner, six dogs, and four cats in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 

You can follow Byron at https://www.byronaspaas.com/ and read his Letter to America at https://www.terrain.org/2024/poetry/letter-to-america-aspaas/.

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]]> Evonne Ellis Buzzsprout-19180145 Thu, 14 May 2026 18:00:00 -0700 2312 1 18 full false Positive Interference: The Audacity to Create a Better Future with Eco Poet, Erin Robertson Positive Interference: The Audacity to Create a Better Future with Eco Poet, Erin Robertson What happens when we take action toward a better future? We could end up sending ripples of "buoyant hope" and "positive interference" into the world. In this episode of The Heart Path Podcast, we talk with Eco Poet, Biologist, and Nature Writing Facilitator, Erin Robertson, about land partnerships, climate change, fire, and the resiliency of humanity when faced with the unknown. 

Erin Robertson is the author of What the River May Bring:  Impressions of Interior Alaska and the forthcoming Singed Seeds:  A Marshall Fire Year.  In 2017, Erin founded BoCo Wild Writers, her outdoor nature writing class offerings. Her poetry has been published in the North American Review, Cold Mountain Review, Poet Lore, Deep Wild, and elsewhere, and has been performed by Ars Nova Singers and The Crossing choir. She is the current Writer-in-Residence for Friends of Coal Creek, and past honors include being a guest artist hosted by the U.S. Consulate in Kazakhstan, Voices of the Wilderness Artist in Residence at Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge in Galena, Alaska, Boulder County Artist in Residence at Caribou Ranch, and awards in the Front Range Book Prize, Michael Adams Poetry Prize, and Columbine Poets Members' Contest. Erin earned her Master of Science in Museum and Field Studies from the University of Colorado studying botany and environmental interpretation, and worked as a conservation biologist advocating for endangered species in the Rocky Mountain West for nine years. Her remarkable husband, two sons, parakeet, and pup teach her about wonder every day. Website: erinrobertson.org, wildwriters.org.  Instagram, Facebook:  @bocowildwriters

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]]> What happens when we take action toward a better future? We could end up sending ripples of "buoyant hope" and "positive interference" into the world. In this episode of The Heart Path Podcast, we talk with Eco Poet, Biologist, and Nature Writing Facilitator, Erin Robertson, about land partnerships, climate change, fire, and the resiliency of humanity when faced with the unknown. 

Erin Robertson is the author of What the River May Bring:  Impressions of Interior Alaska and the forthcoming Singed Seeds:  A Marshall Fire Year.  In 2017, Erin founded BoCo Wild Writers, her outdoor nature writing class offerings. Her poetry has been published in the North American Review, Cold Mountain Review, Poet Lore, Deep Wild, and elsewhere, and has been performed by Ars Nova Singers and The Crossing choir. She is the current Writer-in-Residence for Friends of Coal Creek, and past honors include being a guest artist hosted by the U.S. Consulate in Kazakhstan, Voices of the Wilderness Artist in Residence at Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge in Galena, Alaska, Boulder County Artist in Residence at Caribou Ranch, and awards in the Front Range Book Prize, Michael Adams Poetry Prize, and Columbine Poets Members' Contest. Erin earned her Master of Science in Museum and Field Studies from the University of Colorado studying botany and environmental interpretation, and worked as a conservation biologist advocating for endangered species in the Rocky Mountain West for nine years. Her remarkable husband, two sons, parakeet, and pup teach her about wonder every day. Website: erinrobertson.org, wildwriters.org.  Instagram, Facebook:  @bocowildwriters

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]]> Evonne Ellis Buzzsprout-19080616 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:00:00 -0700 2489 1 17 full false Image Rooted in Memory with Frontexto Artist and Poet, Octavio Quintanilla Image Rooted in Memory with Frontexto Artist and Poet, Octavio Quintanilla In this episode, we explore imagery rooted in memory with Frontexto artist, poet, publisher, and instructor, Octavio Quintanilla. 

Octavio Quintanilla is the 2025 Texas Poet Laureate and the author of the poetry collections, If I Go Missing (Slough Press, 2014), The Book of Wounded Sparrows (Texas Review Press, 2024), which was longlisted for the National Book Award, and Las Horas Imposibles / The Impossible Hours, winner of the 2024 Ambroggio Prize of the Academy of American Poets (University of Arizona Press, 2025).  

Octavio is the founder and director of the literature & arts festival, VersoFrontera, publisher of Alabrava Press, and former Poet Laureate of San Antonio, TX. His Frontextos (visual poems) have been published and exhibited widely. He teaches Literature and Creative Writing at Our Lady of the Lake University and was recently inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters. 

Website: https://www.octavioquintanilla.com/

IG: @writeroctavioquintanilla  Twitter: @OctQuintanilla  

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]]> In this episode, we explore imagery rooted in memory with Frontexto artist, poet, publisher, and instructor, Octavio Quintanilla. 

Octavio Quintanilla is the 2025 Texas Poet Laureate and the author of the poetry collections, If I Go Missing (Slough Press, 2014), The Book of Wounded Sparrows (Texas Review Press, 2024), which was longlisted for the National Book Award, and Las Horas Imposibles / The Impossible Hours, winner of the 2024 Ambroggio Prize of the Academy of American Poets (University of Arizona Press, 2025).  

Octavio is the founder and director of the literature & arts festival, VersoFrontera, publisher of Alabrava Press, and former Poet Laureate of San Antonio, TX. His Frontextos (visual poems) have been published and exhibited widely. He teaches Literature and Creative Writing at Our Lady of the Lake University and was recently inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters. 

Website: https://www.octavioquintanilla.com/

IG: @writeroctavioquintanilla  Twitter: @OctQuintanilla  

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]]> Evonne Ellis Buzzsprout-19016044 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0700 1397 1 16 full false Living Poetry with Poet and Teacher, Allie Rigby Living Poetry with Poet and Teacher, Allie Rigby In this episode of The Heart Path Podcast, we expand our minds, hearts, and rekindle creative spark with Poet and Author of Moonscape for a Child, Allie Rigby.  

Allie Rigby is a poet with roots in the chaparral of Southern California. Moonscape for a Child is her debut poetry collection (Bored Wolves, 2024). Writing honors include a Fulbright Fellowship, a William Dickey Fellowship, and contribution to the annual Bread Loaf Writing Conference. Her poems and essays appear on Living on Earth Radio, WFIU’s The Poet’s Weave, Equatorial Literary Magazine, Parentheses Journal, and more. She has a master’s degree in English: Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. She has taught at Ovidius University, Loft Literary Center, Point Reyes National Seashore Association, and for events with the US-Romanian Embassy. She is an editor for The SEEfest Review and the curator behind Living Poetry. You can find more of her work at www.allierigby.com. She's on IG @allie.j.rigby.

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]]> In this episode of The Heart Path Podcast, we expand our minds, hearts, and rekindle creative spark with Poet and Author of Moonscape for a Child, Allie Rigby.  

Allie Rigby is a poet with roots in the chaparral of Southern California. Moonscape for a Child is her debut poetry collection (Bored Wolves, 2024). Writing honors include a Fulbright Fellowship, a William Dickey Fellowship, and contribution to the annual Bread Loaf Writing Conference. Her poems and essays appear on Living on Earth Radio, WFIU’s The Poet’s Weave, Equatorial Literary Magazine, Parentheses Journal, and more. She has a master’s degree in English: Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. She has taught at Ovidius University, Loft Literary Center, Point Reyes National Seashore Association, and for events with the US-Romanian Embassy. She is an editor for The SEEfest Review and the curator behind Living Poetry. You can find more of her work at www.allierigby.com. She's on IG @allie.j.rigby.

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]]> Evonne Ellis Buzzsprout-18971313 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0700 1216 1 15 full false Looking into the Eyes of Bear: Embracing Wild Joy with Author and Wilderness Guide, Larry Glover Looking into the Eyes of Bear: Embracing Wild Joy with Author and Wilderness Guide, Larry Glover In this episode, we shed layers of self and society to embrace joy and wholeness in nature with author and wilderness guide, Larry Glover. 

Larry Glover is the author of Wild Joy: Ecospiritual Encounters with Nature as Teacher, Healer, and Lover; winner of two Gold Medals in the 2025 Global Book Awards. He aspires to discover what being human truly is, particularly in a paradoxical world woven of mystery and consciousness and fire and water and air and earth and spirit and soul too. He struggled from an early age with a madness that would destroy himself, which he came to recognize as a cultural story of separation and unworthiness for life. Larry now leans into our shared love of nature to inspire and deepen what it is to truly love the self, through his writing, speaking, coaching, workshops and wilderness retreats held in conjunction with the Cheryl Slover-Linett and the non-profit leadfeather.org. He is author of Wild Joy, Ecospiritual Encounters with Nature as Teacher, Healer, and Lover. 

Discover more of Larry’s writing and how to engage with him at larryglover.com and download a free gift: Healing the Jehovah Wound: A Path to Wholeness and Wild Joy.

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]]> In this episode, we shed layers of self and society to embrace joy and wholeness in nature with author and wilderness guide, Larry Glover. 

Larry Glover is the author of Wild Joy: Ecospiritual Encounters with Nature as Teacher, Healer, and Lover; winner of two Gold Medals in the 2025 Global Book Awards. He aspires to discover what being human truly is, particularly in a paradoxical world woven of mystery and consciousness and fire and water and air and earth and spirit and soul too. He struggled from an early age with a madness that would destroy himself, which he came to recognize as a cultural story of separation and unworthiness for life. Larry now leans into our shared love of nature to inspire and deepen what it is to truly love the self, through his writing, speaking, coaching, workshops and wilderness retreats held in conjunction with the Cheryl Slover-Linett and the non-profit leadfeather.org. He is author of Wild Joy, Ecospiritual Encounters with Nature as Teacher, Healer, and Lover. 

Discover more of Larry’s writing and how to engage with him at larryglover.com and download a free gift: Healing the Jehovah Wound: A Path to Wholeness and Wild Joy.

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]]> Evonne Ellis Buzzsprout-18836845 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0700 1920 1 14 full true Celebrating Life with Poet and Founder of Black Hills Writers Collective, Starr Paul Celebrating Life with Poet and Founder of Black Hills Writers Collective, Starr Paul In this episode, we cartwheel through life with Poet, Starr Paul, while we celebrate the one-year anniversary of her organization, Black Hills Writers Collective, and listen to her newest poems inspired by her pregnancy with Baby V. 

Starr Paul is a Black Hills based poet from Spearfish, South Dakota. Starr serves as the Founder and Co-director of The Black Hills Writers Collective, Host of the Arise Online Open Mic Series, and Board Member of the South Dakota State Poetry Society. She holds her M.F.A in Poetry from Western Colorado University. Her work can be found in the Santa Fe Literary Review, Literary Matters, The Last Stanza Poetry Journal, and the Three Peaks Review Literary Magazine.  

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]]> In this episode, we cartwheel through life with Poet, Starr Paul, while we celebrate the one-year anniversary of her organization, Black Hills Writers Collective, and listen to her newest poems inspired by her pregnancy with Baby V. 

Starr Paul is a Black Hills based poet from Spearfish, South Dakota. Starr serves as the Founder and Co-director of The Black Hills Writers Collective, Host of the Arise Online Open Mic Series, and Board Member of the South Dakota State Poetry Society. She holds her M.F.A in Poetry from Western Colorado University. Her work can be found in the Santa Fe Literary Review, Literary Matters, The Last Stanza Poetry Journal, and the Three Peaks Review Literary Magazine.  

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]]> Evonne Ellis Buzzsprout-18776886 Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:00:00 -0800 1565 1 13 full false "Traveler, There is No Road" with Poet and Naturalist, Derek Sheffield "Traveler, There is No Road" with Poet and Naturalist, Derek Sheffield In this episode, we follow Derek Sheffield's travels through poetry, editing, and publishing and celebrate our connection with all living beings--both human and non-human. 

Guest bio: Derek Sheffield is the 8th poet laureate of Washington State (2025-2027). His books include Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry, winner of a 2024 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, Not for Luck, selected by Mark Doty for the Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize, Through the Second Skin, runner-up for the Emily Dickinson First Book Award, and Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy. A two-time finalist for the Washington State Book Award, his other awards include the Foreword Reviews Indies Book of the Year in Nature Writing and the James Hearst Poetry Prize judged by Li-Young Lee.  He teaches at Wenatchee Valley College and Western Colorado University, edits poetry for Terrain.org, and can often be found in the woods along the eastern slopes of the Cascade Range near Leavenworth, Washington. 

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]]> In this episode, we follow Derek Sheffield's travels through poetry, editing, and publishing and celebrate our connection with all living beings--both human and non-human. 

Guest bio: Derek Sheffield is the 8th poet laureate of Washington State (2025-2027). His books include Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry, winner of a 2024 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, Not for Luck, selected by Mark Doty for the Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize, Through the Second Skin, runner-up for the Emily Dickinson First Book Award, and Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy. A two-time finalist for the Washington State Book Award, his other awards include the Foreword Reviews Indies Book of the Year in Nature Writing and the James Hearst Poetry Prize judged by Li-Young Lee.  He teaches at Wenatchee Valley College and Western Colorado University, edits poetry for Terrain.org, and can often be found in the woods along the eastern slopes of the Cascade Range near Leavenworth, Washington. 

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]]> Evonne Ellis Buzzsprout-18701618 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0800 1389 1 12 full false Tapping into the Muse & Trusting the Path with Poet, Cheryl Slover-Linett Tapping into the Muse & Trusting the Path with Poet, Cheryl Slover-Linett In this episode, we celebrate Cheryl Slover-Linett's first published poetry collection, The Seduction of the Daughter in Fifteen Pieces, while we follow the muse, trust in the path, allow for vulnerability, value the healing process of writing, and learn more about Cheryl's wilderness retreat business, Lead Feather. 

If you are interested in joining Cheryl for one of her upcoming online readings, here are the links: 

Sunday, February 15th, 9am PT, 12pm ET, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88224296577?pwd=7tp2w4hNqK72pa7H5fbXYQcZ1bxoBE.1

Wednesday, February 18th, 5pm PT, 8pm ET, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85316882585?pwd=TIAiH86raoywMPjaaAQWakKls7rb7y.1

Poet Bio: Cheryl Slover-Linett (she/her) is a poet based in Santa Fe, NM. She is the author of The Seduction of the Daughter in Fifteen Pieces (dancing girl press 2025). Her poetry has been featured in Amethyst Review, Eunoia Review, River Mouth Review, Sky Island Journal, Foothill Poetry Journal and Hole In The Head Review, among others, and she has served on the editorial teams at Terrain.org and High Desert Journal. She received her MFA from Western Colorado University and also holds degrees from UCLA and Yale University. In addition to writing, she leads wilderness retreats through Lead Feather, the nature non-profit she founded in 2008, and spends as much time as she can on the rivers and in the mountains of northern New Mexico. Learn more about Cheryl’s work at leadfeather.org. 

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]]> In this episode, we celebrate Cheryl Slover-Linett's first published poetry collection, The Seduction of the Daughter in Fifteen Pieces, while we follow the muse, trust in the path, allow for vulnerability, value the healing process of writing, and learn more about Cheryl's wilderness retreat business, Lead Feather. 

If you are interested in joining Cheryl for one of her upcoming online readings, here are the links: 

Sunday, February 15th, 9am PT, 12pm ET, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88224296577?pwd=7tp2w4hNqK72pa7H5fbXYQcZ1bxoBE.1

Wednesday, February 18th, 5pm PT, 8pm ET, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85316882585?pwd=TIAiH86raoywMPjaaAQWakKls7rb7y.1

Poet Bio: Cheryl Slover-Linett (she/her) is a poet based in Santa Fe, NM. She is the author of The Seduction of the Daughter in Fifteen Pieces (dancing girl press 2025). Her poetry has been featured in Amethyst Review, Eunoia Review, River Mouth Review, Sky Island Journal, Foothill Poetry Journal and Hole In The Head Review, among others, and she has served on the editorial teams at Terrain.org and High Desert Journal. She received her MFA from Western Colorado University and also holds degrees from UCLA and Yale University. In addition to writing, she leads wilderness retreats through Lead Feather, the nature non-profit she founded in 2008, and spends as much time as she can on the rivers and in the mountains of northern New Mexico. Learn more about Cheryl’s work at leadfeather.org. 

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]]> Evonne Ellis Buzzsprout-18612927 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0800 1598 1 11 full true Beyond Walls with J. Drew Lanham Beyond Walls with J. Drew Lanham In this episode we follow bird migrations from Alaska to South Carolina, admire sunsets with strangers, and make stops along the way for raven and moose on a journey to Yosemite and Denali National Park and Preserve with J. Drew Lanham. 

Guest Bio: A native of Edgefield, South Carolina, J. Drew Lanham is the author of The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature, which received the Reed Award from the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Southern Book Prize, and was a finalist for the John Burroughs Medal. He is a birder, naturalist, and hunter-conservationist who has published essays and poetry in publications including Orion, Audubon, Flycatcher, and Wilderness, and in several anthologies, including The Colors of Nature, State of the Heart, Bartram’s Living Legacy, and Carolina Writers at Home. An Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Master Teacher at Clemson University, he and his family live in the Upstate of South Carolina, a soaring hawk’s downhill glide from the southern Appalachian escarpment that the Cherokee once called the Blue Wall. 

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]]> In this episode we follow bird migrations from Alaska to South Carolina, admire sunsets with strangers, and make stops along the way for raven and moose on a journey to Yosemite and Denali National Park and Preserve with J. Drew Lanham. 

Guest Bio: A native of Edgefield, South Carolina, J. Drew Lanham is the author of The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature, which received the Reed Award from the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Southern Book Prize, and was a finalist for the John Burroughs Medal. He is a birder, naturalist, and hunter-conservationist who has published essays and poetry in publications including Orion, Audubon, Flycatcher, and Wilderness, and in several anthologies, including The Colors of Nature, State of the Heart, Bartram’s Living Legacy, and Carolina Writers at Home. An Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Master Teacher at Clemson University, he and his family live in the Upstate of South Carolina, a soaring hawk’s downhill glide from the southern Appalachian escarpment that the Cherokee once called the Blue Wall. 

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]]> Evonne Ellis Buzzsprout-18548684 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0800 2397 1 10 full false "Haunted Bodies, Haunted Hearts" with Essayist, Kimberly Smith Williams and Poet, Joshua Eric Williams "Haunted Bodies, Haunted Hearts" with Essayist, Kimberly Smith Williams and Poet, Joshua Eric Williams In this episode, we listen to the story of writers, Kimberly and Joshua Williams--from how they met to how they create together as a couple. We also hear about Kimberly's memoir, "Haunted Bodies, Haunted Hearts," the practice of seasonal writing, red clay people, passed down recipes, and how family and land shape who we are today. 

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]]> In this episode, we listen to the story of writers, Kimberly and Joshua Williams--from how they met to how they create together as a couple. We also hear about Kimberly's memoir, "Haunted Bodies, Haunted Hearts," the practice of seasonal writing, red clay people, passed down recipes, and how family and land shape who we are today. 

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]]> Evonne Ellis Buzzsprout-18458199 Mon, 05 Jan 2026 14:00:00 -0800 2362 1 9 full false Joyful Resistance with Author, Amy Irvine Joyful Resistance with Author, Amy Irvine In this episode, we hear about Amy Irvine's new book, Almost Animal, and learn how we can expose roots of generational trauma to build a foundation of joyful resistance. 



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]]> Evonne Ellis Buzzsprout-18402827 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:00:00 -0800 2540 1 8 full false A Backcountry Literary Tour with Poet, Author, and Teacher, CMarie Fuhrman A Backcountry Literary Tour with Poet, Author, and Teacher, CMarie Fuhrman In this episode, we embark on a journey through words, rutted roads, writing workshops, and Idaho backcountry with author and teacher, CMarie Fuhrman. As we travel over uneven and rocky terrain, we learn how to trust in the unknown and continue moving forward until we find the magic. 

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]]> In this episode, we embark on a journey through words, rutted roads, writing workshops, and Idaho backcountry with author and teacher, CMarie Fuhrman. As we travel over uneven and rocky terrain, we learn how to trust in the unknown and continue moving forward until we find the magic. 

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]]> Evonne Ellis Buzzsprout-18321568 Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:00:00 -0800 2257 1 7 full false We Are Nature: Practicing Terraphilia with Author and Botanist, Susan J. Tweit We Are Nature: Practicing Terraphilia with Author and Botanist, Susan J. Tweit In this episode, we reflect on our connection with nature, honor reciprocal relations with all living beings, and trade out fear and darkness for an "ocean of light and love" with Author and Botanist, Susan J. Tweit. 

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]]> In this episode, we reflect on our connection with nature, honor reciprocal relations with all living beings, and trade out fear and darkness for an "ocean of light and love" with Author and Botanist, Susan J. Tweit. 

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]]> Evonne Ellis Buzzsprout-18245962 Mon, 24 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0800 2159 1 6 full false Writing Into Wonder with Poet Laureate of Evermore, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer Writing Into Wonder with Poet Laureate of Evermore, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer In this episode, we embark on a journey through wonder on and off the page with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. As we navigate through hardship and grief, we find infinite possibilities in the power of adjusting our minds and hearts to allow our paths to unfold. 

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]]> In this episode, we embark on a journey through wonder on and off the page with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. As we navigate through hardship and grief, we find infinite possibilities in the power of adjusting our minds and hearts to allow our paths to unfold. 

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]]> Evonne Ellis Buzzsprout-18077390 Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0700 2397 1 5 full false Weaving Wild into Our Everyday Lives with Environmental Educator and Facilitator, Deb Matlock Weaving Wild into Our Everyday Lives with Environmental Educator and Facilitator, Deb Matlock "No matter where we are, the natural world is all around us." 

In this episode, we follow Deb Matlock's journey through Wild Rhythms and discover how we can strengthen our connection to our wild selves and the more than human world. 

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]]> "No matter where we are, the natural world is all around us." 

In this episode, we follow Deb Matlock's journey through Wild Rhythms and discover how we can strengthen our connection to our wild selves and the more than human world. 

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]]> Evonne Ellis Buzzsprout-18017290 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0700 2215 1 4 full false Poetic Resistance with Activist, Poet, and Attorney, Will Falk Poetic Resistance with Activist, Poet, and Attorney, Will Falk In this episode, we discuss the Rights of Nature Movement and how poetry, art, and action can be wielded as tools of resistance to protect what we love. 

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]]> In this episode, we discuss the Rights of Nature Movement and how poetry, art, and action can be wielded as tools of resistance to protect what we love. 

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]]> Evonne Ellis Buzzsprout-17927920 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:00:00 -0700 1770 1 3 full false Poetry for All with Western Slope Poet Laureate and Visual Artist, Wendy Videlock Poetry for All with Western Slope Poet Laureate and Visual Artist, Wendy Videlock This week's episode leads us through beginner's mind, hollow bone, the long view, and practical poetry, as we journey through joy with Poet Laureate and Visual Artist, Wendy Videlock. 

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]]> This week's episode leads us through beginner's mind, hollow bone, the long view, and practical poetry, as we journey through joy with Poet Laureate and Visual Artist, Wendy Videlock. 

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]]> Evonne Ellis Buzzsprout-17844376 Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:00:00 -0700 2554 1 2 full false We are the Solution: Writing a New Story with Author, Naturalist, and Educator, Steve Ramirez We are the Solution: Writing a New Story with Author, Naturalist, and Educator, Steve Ramirez In this episode, we share ideas of how we can write a new story and paint a different picture of this world by envisioning change and acting toward solutions.

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]]> In this episode, we share ideas of how we can write a new story and paint a different picture of this world by envisioning change and acting toward solutions.

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]]> Evonne Ellis Buzzsprout-17769004 Mon, 01 Sep 2025 13:00:00 -0700 2818 1 1 full false