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Out of the Wild with Ken Ilgunas

Author of travel memoirs "Walden on Wheels" and "Trespassing across America." Also, movie critic, "right to roam" advocate, and psychotherapist in training. From Western New York, writing from Scotland.

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Sep 15, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 15, 2026

    Freelance Writer Reborn (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 8, 2026

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

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  3. Issue · Sep 1, 2026

    The Ultimate Life Hack (opens the original)

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    I’m pretty close to my peak-health. Every morning, I drink a “kale smoothie,” and once a week a ginger shot. I give myself an 8-out-of-10 for sleep (daughter still wakes me up too much), and I probably haven’t been fitter than I am now since my high school days of “two a day” football practices. Like so many other people, I’ve pretty much given up alcohol and all my other vices (dark chocolate) are being appropriately managed. Subscribe now<div class="captioned-image-contai

  4. Issue · Aug 25, 2026

    Graveyard of Book Ideas (opens the original)

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    Yesterday, I polished off my book proposal for my book-in-progress, The Future Wild: A Rewilded World, a Resurrected Bestiary, and Nature’s Next Big Comeback.Usually, when I think I’m done with a writing project, that means I have at least another six months of work ahead of me, and maybe that’s the case here, but it nevertheless feels like a milestone. Subscribe nowThis book idea, like any book idea, requires a lot of investment. Last year, around this time, I spent about $3K t

  5. Issue · Aug 18, 2026

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

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