TSL:SFN – The Way to World Peace w/ Ken Callison

TSL:SFN – The Way to World Peace w/ Ken Callison

Ken Callison is an entrepreneur, researcher, and author of the new book The Way to World Peace: An Idea Whose Time Has Come.  Written in a moment of rising geopolitical tension, nuclear risk, and environmental instability, the book reframes world peace not as a lofty ideal but as a practical and necessary step for human survival. Ken has spent decades […]

TSL:SFN – The Nature Embedded Mind w/ Julie Brams

TSL:SFN – The Nature Embedded Mind w/ Julie Brams

Julie Brams is an Earth-centered psychotherapist, meditation teacher, and author of The Nature Embedded Mind: How the Way We Think Can Heal Our Planet and Ourselves. Her work sits at the intersection of psychology, ecology, and social justice, exploring how our deep sense of separation from nature affects both personal well-being and collective health. Drawing from clinical practice, scientific research, […]

TSL:SFN – Wildfire Days w/ Kelly Ramsey

TSL:SFN – Wildfire Days w/ Kelly Ramsey

Kelly Ramsey is a former wildland firefighter and debut author of Wildfire Days, a gripping memoir about her time as the only woman on an elite hotshot crew battling megafires in California. With raw honesty, she shares the physical, emotional, and cultural toll of life on the fireline—and what it reveals about a West increasingly shaped by climate-fueled disaster. Find […]

TSL:SFN – Regenerating Earth w/ Kelsey Timmerman

TSL:SFN – Regenerating Earth w/ Kelsey Timmerman

Kelsey Timmerman is a New York Times bestselling author and globe-trotting journalist who brings big global issues down to a human scale. In his latest book, Regenerating Earth, he dives into the world of regenerative agriculture—traveling from Indiana cornfields to the Amazon rainforest—to explore how farmers and Indigenous communities are healing the planet by working with nature, not against it. […]

TSL:SFN – Bad Naturalist w/ Paula Whyman

TSL:SFN – Bad Naturalist w/ Paula Whyman

Paula Whyman is the author of the new memoir Bad Naturalist and the award-winning short story collection You May See a Stranger. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The American Scholar, and numerous literary journals. In Bad Naturalist, Paula shares her often humorous and deeply honest journey of ecological restoration on 200 wild acres in the Virginia mountains […]

TSL:SFN – Shelter and Storm w/ Tamara Dean

TSL:SFN – Shelter and Storm w/ Tamara Dean

Tamara Dean is an award-winning essayist whose work explores the intersection of nature, community, and resilience. In Shelter and Storm: At Home in the Driftless (University of Minnesota Press, April 22, 2025), she reflects on her move to a Wisconsin farm and the lessons learned through living close to the land. Through twelve vivid essays, Dean blends science, history, and […]

TSL:SFN – The Insect Epiphany w/ Barrett Klein

TSL:SFN – The Insect Epiphany w/ Barrett Klein

Barrett Klein investigates mysteries of sleep in societies of insects, creates entomo-art, and is ever on the search for curious connections that bind our lives with our six-legged allies. Barrett studied entomology at Cornell University and the University of Arizona, fabricated natural history exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History, worked with honeybees for his PhD at the University of Texas at Austin, […]

TSL:SFN – Into The Clear Blue Sky w/ Rob Jackson

TSL:SFN – Into The Clear Blue Sky w/ Rob Jackson

Rob Jackson is the Chair of the Global Carbon Project, a Senior Fellow at Stanford’s Woods Institute for the Environment and Precourt Institute for Energy, and a professor of earth science at Stanford University. Through global scientific leadership and groundbreaking research, communications, and policy activities, Jackson’s work has reduced millions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions and improved human health, […]

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