In this episode, I want to approach the theme of growing through the maelstrom in four parts. First, I’m going to keep embracing the cringe, and will perform another Gaunate piece called Rougelike, with the theme of approaching the apocalypse from various angles. It’s a great piece, I think you’ll like it.

Second, I will tell the story of my experience literally gardening through the 2020 powerful derecho storm that smashed across Iowa, and the newfound community I shared in the aftermath.

Third, I will share my current experience growing in this spring's social and political maelstrom, what exciting gardening plans I have for the year and what I am currently doing. I love talking about gardening and I’ve got a lot planned for this year so I think this will be a fun segment to listen to. And fourth, I want to offer some higher level analysis of growing through the social and political maelstrom we find ourselves in. Not so much a play by play of the daily news that has happened, but some larger trends and lenses we can use to grow in our understanding and navigate through the present environment in alignment with our values.

This is a slight change to our scheduled programing where I take on the flood of shit coming our way and offer some ideas on how I am trying to thrive through it all as an act of resistance.

Reflections

1. Personal Journey
2. Episode 2 and 3 through the lens of composting
3. Questioning conventional wisdom.

Reupload with reprocessed audio*, In this episode, I talk about a key encounter with a resident from my time as a Certified Nurses Aid. I then go into two more anecdotes to discuss the destructive and regenerative duality of fire as applied to living systems and politics.

This is episode 2 of the Regen Beacon. In this week's episode,

I share stories from my childhood at boy scout camp and a walk home from work recently to explore the theme of internal consistency. I then lambast the rank hypocrisy of MAGA Christians for their wanton disregard for the teachings of Jesus, completely violating their internal consistency as I see it. I conclude the episode with advice for observing deeply the natural world around you, as a means to develop "Garden Eyes."

In this inaugural episode, host we take an honest look at society in the immediate aftermath of the 2024 election. We look at what the future might hold, using lesions form the Republican led state of Iowa. Using our pain, we focus our fight for the future to fight for the weakest in society, to fight for the salamanders. We unpack the guiding light for this podcast, to make more life than death.