Out of the Wild

1. Episode · Sep 9, 2026

   25. Roderick Nash on Wilderness, Old Age, and the Next Thousand Years (opens the original)

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   Historian Roderick Nash — author of the landmark Wilderness and the American Mind — joins us for a wide-ranging conversation on the roots of America's wilderness idea and where it should go next. We trace his early awe in places like the Grand Canyon, why Thoreau and Muir were received so differently, and how his scholarship pulled him into advocacy. Nash argues the case for wilderness must shift from human benefit to the intrinsic rights of other species, and unpacks his 'Island Civilization' v

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2. Episode · Aug 18, 2026

   24. Gordon Buchanan: Rewilding Scotland, ADHD, and the second half of life (opens the original)

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   Wildlife filmmaker Gordon Buchanan joins Ken for a wide-ranging conversation that moves from The Talking Parcel to the wild edges of Scotland. Gordon opens up about the favorite book, movie, and album that shaped him, what it's meant to recognize his own neurodivergence, and how ADHD medication has changed his day-to-day life. He reflects on the transition out of full-time parenting and constant striving — and the new phase of life that's opening up on the other side. From there the conversation

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