Send us Fan Mail In the fourth episode of their Landscapes series, Marti and Todd explore ecotones — the zones in nature where different environments meet and interact, generating new forms of life that neither could produce alone. Todd opens with the etymology of ecotone — eco from the Greek for household, the living relationships of a place, and tone from the Greek for tension and stretching, the same root that gives us the vibration of a musical string and the vitality of a tonic. From the...
May 25
1 hr 3 min
Send us Fan Mail Wayfinding once meant discovering one's path through never-before-encountered territory, step by experiential step — the opposite of its modern meaning, which is following signs through spaces already fully mapped. This inversion becomes the episode's animating question: what have we lost when we stopped reading the intelligence of living territories and started looking for the right playbook? The conversation moves through Wade Davis's writings on dead reckoning, the Polynes...
Mar 7
1 hr 2 min
Send us Fan Mail What if 50% of wildlife species are actually recovering—and no one's talking about it? Wildlife ecologist Simon Mustoe challenges the catastrophe narratives dominating conservation, revealing a radically different picture of what's happening on Earth. In this Landscapes episode, Simon explores how animals don't just inhabit ecosystems—they build them. From whales fertilizing ocean food webs to elephants shaping forests, wildlife carries the cultural knowledge and behaviors th...
Nov 12, 2025
1 hr 21 min
Send us Fan Mail In this inaugural Landscapes episode, Marti traces the word's surprising origins from Dutch "land" and "ship," revealing how understanding of place began with fluid conversation between territories. The discussion moves from physical geographies to what Andean elders call "landscapes of the heart"—internal territories of relationship and meaning that shape who we become. The conversation explores how Western separation from Nature impoverishes both external and internal lands...
Sep 28, 2025
52 min
Send us Fan Mail In the final episode of their "Problem with Problems" series, Marti Spiegelman and Todd Hoskins explore the deeper dynamics that lie beneath our habitual problem-solving orientation. They introduce the Andean principle of "sourcing from who you're becoming, not from who you have been" and examine how this shift in awareness transforms leadership, relationships, and our capacity to respond to life's challenges. Marti and Todd discuss how moving beyond the fixed, self-referenti...
Jul 9, 2025
1 hr 8 min
Send us Fan Mail In this second installment of "The Problem with Problems" series, hosts Marti Spiegelman and Todd Hoskins explore how our dualistic worldview impacts our sense of belonging. They discuss how a binary "either/or" perspective shrinks our awareness to two dimensions, forcing us to see ourselves as either included or excluded, which fundamentally limits our creative capacity and connection to the world. Marti and Todd propose that true belonging isn't about fitting in with specif...
May 12, 2025
58 min
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Marti and Todd begin a new three-part series exploring "The Problem With Problems," focusing first on the worldview that centers around problems and solutions. They open with a revealing story about forest management, where the seemingly simple solution to prevent all forest fires actually created the conditions for far more devastating blazes – a perfect illustration of how our problem-solution mindset often backfires in complex living systems. The conversat...
Mar 11, 2025
1 hr 3 min
Send us Fan Mail In the final episode of their climate consciousness series, Marti and Todd welcome Liz Carlisle, associate professor at UC Santa Barbara and author of "Healing Grounds: Climate Justice and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming." They explore the essential relationship between human consciousness and agriculture through the lens of indigenous wisdom and regenerative farming practices. Carlisle shares insights learned from women farmers and indigenous leaders about the importa...
Nov 24, 2024
1 hr 3 min
Send us Fan Mail In the third episode in their series on climate consciousness, Marti and Todd are joined by Felipe Benitez, the founder of Corazón Latino. They dive into a discussion on approaches to leadership and addressing climate change through a lens of love, compassion, and engaging diverse communities. Benitez emphasizes the importance of reconnecting people, especially communities of color, with Nature in joyful and experiential ways, rather than relying on top-down messaging o...
Apr 7, 2024
1 hr 4 min
Send us Fan Mail In continuing the series on climate consciousness, Marti and Todd welcome guest Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir, an Icelandic author, filmmaker and sustainability leader. Hrund discusses the Icelandic concept of "InnSæi" which means intuition or "inner sea." She describes how InnSæi represents seeing within oneself, understanding one's place in the world, and navigating life with an inner compass. The conversation explores how modern life has disconnected people from their InnSæi and ...
Dec 21, 2023
1 hr 7 min