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For The Wild is a slow media organization dedicated to land-based protection, co-liberation, and intersectional storytelling. We are rooted in a paradigm shift away from human supremacy, endless growth, and consumerism. Our work highlights impactful stories and deeply-felt meaning making as balms for these times.

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  • A STATE OF CHANGE: Practicing Honest Hope S1:E3

    A STATE OF CHANGE: Practicing Honest Hope S1:E3
    Oct 22 2026
    What does it mean to practice hope in a changing world? In the final episode based on A State of Change: California’s Forgotten Landscapes, newly revised and expanded by Heyday Books, Ayana Young and artist-naturalist Laura Cunningham explore how we might stay present to what can still be protected, restored, and cared for.Laura reflects on the role of art and imagination in reconstructing California’s ecological past, describing her paintings as “visual hypotheses” shaped by science, historical records, observation, and a willingness to revise what we think we know. Together, Ayana and Laura consider the difference between optimism and what they call “honest hope,” a grounded commitment to protecting the particular places within our reach.Their conversation moves through ideas of cyclical time, grassroots action, and the enduring possibility of ecological change. Laura shares her vision for a future Central Valley shaped by native grasslands, vernal pools, wildlife, and places where people can encounter the beauty of ecosystems that have often been overlooked. They reflect on the power of local communities to care for creeks, shorelines, parks, and small pieces of wild nature, and on the importance of tending to ourselves as we continue the work.As this three-part series comes to a close, the episode leaves us with one of Laura’s formative field experiences: a flash flood that transformed a canyon in the Mojave Desert overnight, revealing the immense forces of geological time in a single moment. The experience became a lasting reminder that landscapes are always changing, sometimes slowly and sometimes all at once. We are left to deeply consider: what might it look like to meet an uncertain future with attention, imagination, and grounded care, allowing our relationship with place to become a lifelong practice?CreditsThank you to our series partner, Heyday Books.🎵 The music featured in this episode is “Junglessa (w/ Dylan Golden Ayock)” by Lake Mary and “Sequoia” by Abby Litman.Artwork © 2026 Laura Cunningham.Audio and Visual Media Production and Publishing by For The Wild: Ayana Young, Erica Ekrem, and Caitlin BrehGet the newly revised book →A State of Change: California’s Forgotten Landscapes (Heyday Books, 2026)Our Series PartnerHeyday Books is an independent, nonprofit publisher founded in 1974 in Berkeley, California. We are a diverse community of writers and readers, activists and thinkers. Heyday promotes civic engagement and social justice, celebrates nature’s beauty, supports California Indian cultural renewal, and explores the state’s rich history, culture, and influence. Heyday works to realize the California dream of equity and enfranchisement.Guest BiographyLaura Cunningham is an artist-naturalist who studied paleontology and biology at the University of California, Berkeley. She has worked field biology jobs for the California Department of Fish and Game, the United States Geological Survey, and various universities, gaining experience with such species as Owens Valley pupfish, salmon and steelhead trout, Yosemite toads, Panamint alligator lizards, and tule elk. Simultaneously, she taught herself the arts of sketching and oil painting and pursued studies of California’s historical ecology. She currently works in the conservation nonprofit field. Her studio is next to Death Valley National Park along the Amargosa River. Learn more and support her work: https://www.patreon.com/Mesophyticum?©2026 For The Wild Studio. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted by any means without written permission from Laura Cunningham and For The Wild Studio.Support the showFor The Wild is a slow media studio dedicated to land-based protection, co-liberation, and intersectional storytelling. We are rooted in a paradigm shift away from human supremacy, endless growth, and consumerism. Founded in 2014, our work highlights impactful stories and deeply-felt meaning making as balms for these times.Find us at www.forthewild.world →Become a For The Wild Partner →Follow us on Instagram →Sign up for our Newsletter →Join our Slow Earth Companion Practice Community →
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    31 Min.
  • A STATE OF CHANGE: Water, Fire, and Life Amidst Change S1:E2

    A STATE OF CHANGE: Water, Fire, and Life Amidst Change S1:E2
    Oct 22 2026
    Ayana Young and Laura Cunningham return to A State of Change: California’s Forgotten Landscapes, newly revised and expanded by Heyday Books. Laura shares how decades of research became a story-driven exploration of ecological memory, resilience, and recovery, offering a glimpse into what California has held and what may still return.California has always been a landscape in motion. Water shifts across floodplains, rivers change course, fire renews forests and grasslands, and species like Chinook salmon have shaped the land through generations of abundance. In this conversation, they consider what it means to work with these living processes and make room for their continued movement.They talk through the state’s once-vast wetlands and floodplains, the dramatic decline and gradual recovery of tule elk, and the astonishing abundance of salmon that once filled California’s rivers. Laura recounts a hard-won effort to remove part of a fence at Point Reyes, allowing tule elk greater freedom of movement. For Laura, this small victory became an example of what she calls an “honest kind of hope,” grounded in close attention to what is possible and the patience to keep working toward it. The conversation also turns toward rivers, fire, and the knowledge carried through generations of stewardship. Laura reflects on Karuk and Yurok cultural burning practices along the Klamath River and what they have taught her about patience, observation, and respect for Indigenous knowledge.This episode asks: what might conservation become when we care for a place by tending to its capacity for change?CreditsThank you to our series partner, Heyday Books.🎵 The music featured in this episode is “Junglessa (w/ Dylan Golden Ayock)” by Lake Mary and “River Holy” by Høly River.Artwork © 2026 Laura Cunningham.Audio and Visual Media Production and Publishing by For The Wild: Ayana Young, Erica Ekrem, and Caitlin Brehm.Get the newly revised book →A State of Change: California’s Forgotten Landscapes (Heyday Books, 2026)Our Series PartnerHeyday Books is an independent, nonprofit publisher founded in 1974 in Berkeley, California. We are a diverse community of writers and readers, activists and thinkers. Heyday promotes civic engagement and social justice, celebrates nature’s beauty, supports California Indian cultural renewal, and explores the state’s rich history, culture, and influence. Heyday works to realize the California dream of equity and enfranchisement.Guest BiographyLaura Cunningham is an artist-naturalist who studied paleontology and biology at the University of California, Berkeley. She has worked field biology jobs for the California Department of Fish and Game, the United States Geological Survey, and various universities, gaining experience with such species as Owens Valley pupfish, salmon and steelhead trout, Yosemite toads, Panamint alligator lizards, and tule elk. Simultaneously, she taught herself the arts of sketching and oil painting and pursued studies of California’s historical ecology. She currently works in the conservation nonprofit field. Her studio is next to Death Valley National Park along the Amargosa River. Learn more and support her work: https://www.patreon.com/Mesophyticum?©2026 For The Wild Studio. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted by any means without written permission from Laura Cunningham and For The Wild Studio.Support the showFor The Wild is a slow media studio dedicated to land-based protection, co-liberation, and intersectional storytelling. We are rooted in a paradigm shift away from human supremacy, endless growth, and consumerism. Founded in 2014, our work highlights impactful stories and deeply-felt meaning making as balms for these times.Find us at www.forthewild.world →Become a For The Wild Partner →Follow us on Instagram →Sign up for our Newsletter →Join our Slow Earth Companion Practice Community →
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    31 Min.
  • A STATE OF CHANGE: The Art of Ecological Memory S1:E1

    A STATE OF CHANGE: The Art of Ecological Memory S1:E1
    Oct 22 2026
    What becomes possible when we learn to see a place through the layers of its memory? Host Ayana Young speaks with artist-naturalist Laura Cunningham about her newly revised and expanded book, A State of Change: California’s Forgotten Landscapes (Heyday Books, 2026).Through field sketching, careful observation, and imagination rooted in research, Cunningham invites us to slow down and look closely at the birds, plants, waterways, and landscapes that shape a place. Together, they explore how drawing can deepen our attention, open our senses, and bring us into a more intimate relationship with the world around us.Cunningham shares her practice of reconstructing California’s historical landscapes, bringing scientific evidence into conversation with field observation and imaginative inquiry. Together, they explore shifting baselines, the landscapes held in collective memory, and the ways our sense of what is possible is shaped by what we have witnessed ourselves. Looking to the past becomes a way of widening our vision, revealing the abundance and complexity that have shaped these places across generations.This conversation is an invitation to slow down and look again, to become curious about what a place remembers, to let the past expand our imagination, and to consider how a deeper sense of belonging might shape our future.CreditsThank you to our series partner, Heyday Books.Artwork © 2026 Laura Cunningham.🎵 The music featured in this episode is “Junglessa (w/ Dylan Golden Ayock)” by Lake Mary and “Unseen Song” by Samara Jade. Podcast Production and Publishing by For The Wild: Ayana Young, Erica Ekrem, and Caitlin Brehm.Get the newly revised book →A State of Change: California’s Forgotten Landscapes (Heyday Books, 2026)Our Series PartnerHeyday Books is an independent, nonprofit publisher founded in 1974 in Berkeley, California. We are a diverse community of writers and readers, activists and thinkers. Heyday promotes civic engagement and social justice, celebrates nature’s beauty, supports California Indian cultural renewal, and explores the state’s rich history, culture, and influence. Heyday works to realize the California dream of equity and enfranchisement.Guest BiographyLaura Cunningham is an artist-naturalist who studied paleontology and biology at the University of California, Berkeley. She has worked field biology jobs for the California Department of Fish and Game, the United States Geological Survey, and various universities, gaining experience with such species as Owens Valley pupfish, salmon and steelhead trout, Yosemite toads, Panamint alligator lizards, and tule elk. Simultaneously, she taught herself the arts of sketching and oil painting and pursued studies of California’s historical ecology. She currently works in the conservation nonprofit field. Her studio is next to Death Valley National Park along the Amargosa River. Learn more and support her work: https://www.patreon.com/Mesophyticum?©2026 For The Wild Studio. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted by any means without written permission from Laura Cunningham and For The Wild Studio.Support the showFor The Wild is a slow media studio dedicated to land-based protection, co-liberation, and intersectional storytelling. We are rooted in a paradigm shift away from human supremacy, endless growth, and consumerism. Founded in 2014, our work highlights impactful stories and deeply-felt meaning making as balms for these times.Find us at www.forthewild.world →Become a For The Wild Partner →Follow us on Instagram →Sign up for our Newsletter →Join our Slow Earth Companion Practice Community →
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    31 Min.
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