3 JUL 2020 · A conversation with Eric Rochow of Garden Fork TV.

30 MAR 2020 · A conversation with Johnny Sanphillippo of Granola Shotgun about preparing for a crisis.

11 DEC 2019

20 NOV 2019 · Root Simple reader Pat just informed me of the passing of Larry Korn, who was a guest on our podcast in October of 2015. Larry was probably best known as the translator of Masanobu Fukuoka’s One Straw Revolution. but he was a lot more than that. Larry, almost single highhandedly, is responsible for bringing Fukuoka's revolutionary ideas to the rest of the world. A few people have told me that Larry's words in this interview changed their lives and so, in his honor, I thought I would repeat the episode.

2 OCT 2019

17 SEP 2019 · On this 133rd episode of the Root Simple podcast Kelly and I talk to Akiva Silver of Twisted Tree Farm, described in his author bio as a "homestead, nut orchard and nursery located in Spencer, New York where he grows around 20,000 trees a year using practices that go beyond organic." Akiva's background is in "foraging, wilderness survival and primitive skills." He is also the author of Trees of Power: Ten Essential Arboreal Allies just published by Chelsea Green. In our conversation we discuss how trees could replace a lot of the staple crops in our diet.

9 AUG 2019 · Recording in front of a live audience at a meeting of the Long Beach Beekeepers, Max Wong discusses her beekeeping practices and the process of legalizing beekeeping in Santa Monica and Los Angeles.

5 JUN 2019 · A conversation with Kendra Gaeta about our sense of smell and the work of the Institute of Art and Olfaction

23 MAY 2019 · A conversation with artist Jessica Rath.

8 MAY 2019 · A conversation with herbalist EagleSong Gardener.