Listening to the Land – Details, episodes & analysis

In this edition of the Listening to the Land podcast we remember our great friend and ally, Marina O’Connell, who died last week at her farm in Devon.

I had the privilege of interviewing Marina in March 2022 after the publication of her book, Designing Regenerative Food Systems, but the interview was never released. We are honoured to bring it to you here as a way of remembering the phenomenal contribution Marina made to the movement and to the lives of so many around her.

Francesca and Rachel talk to psychologist and mythologist, Sharon Blackie, and writer and documentary-maker, Manchán Magan, about how we can overcome our historic separation from the land and cultivate kinship with the landscape through myth and story, ancestral knowledge and traditional agricultural practices. 

Listening to the Land is a podcast produced in partnership between the Real Farming Trust and Animate Earth Collective. Hosted by Francesca Price and Rachel Fleming. 

What would it be like if we could hear the voice of the Land? What would it say to us and how would it change the way we live and work? Welcome to Listening to the Land, where Francesca Price (Oxford Real Farming Conference and the Real Farming Trust) and Rachel Fleming (Animate Earth Collective) will be exploring how to build a deeper and more reciprocal relationship with the Land. 

Francesca and Rachel talk to Patrick MacManaway, who works with farmers in the UK, US and Australia, to help release trauma from their land and restore it to its natural state of vitality and abundance. Also Bríd Walsh who works as a therapist and land healer on a retreat centre in Somerset. Together they consider whether it is possible for us all to converse with the land and in doing so, help heal our shared trauma.

Listening to the Land is a new podcast from the Real Farming Trust and Animate Earth Collective. Hosted by Francesca Price and Rachel Fleming, it explores how to build a deeper and more reciprocal relationship with the Land. Listen to the trailer and subscribe on PodBean, Apple Podcasts or Spotify to be the first to hear new episodes.

Rachel and Francesca hear from ceremonialist and writer, Angharad Wynne, and farmer and founder of Glasbren, Abel Pearson about the ways they bring ceremony, ritual and vigil into their work and daily lives. Together they explore how we can celebrate this time of the year and welcome the darker, winter months as an opportunity for rest, renewal and creativity.

Listening to the Land is a new podcast from the Real Farming Trust and Animate Earth Collective. Hosted by Francesca Price and Rachel Fleming, it explores how to build a deeper and more reciprocal relationship with the Land. Subscribe on PodBean, Apple Podcasts or Spotify to be the first to hear new episodes.

In this episode of Listening to the Land, Rachel, Colin and Manda discuss how traditional Indigenous knowledge systems can inform us about how we listen to the Land.

Colin works with the wisdom traditions of South Africa, specifically those that are based on our relationships with the ancestors and spirits of nature. He looks at where these ancient indigenous practices collide and coalesce with the knowledge and belief systems of the west.

Manda is the founder of the Accidental Gods podcast and the author of 16 novels, including a thrutopian vision, Any Human Power. Manda has also been, variously, a veterinary surgeon, regenerative smallholder, and contemporary shamanic teacher.

Listening to the Land is a new podcast from the Real Farming Trust and Animate Earth Collective. Hosted by Francesca Price and Rachel Fleming, it explores how to build a deeper and more reciprocal relationship with the Land. Subscribe on PodBean, Apple Podcasts or Spotify to be the first to hear new episodes.

Satish Kumar has walked the world and come into contact with everyone from world leaders to the greatest mountains and deserts on our planet.  He is a tireless activist who has never stopped advocating for a more reciprocal relationship with Nature.  “If we look after the land, it will look after us” he says.  Now in his late eighties, he’s still campaigning, walking, making compost and planning a revolution in radical love.

Listening to the Land is a new podcast from the Real Farming Trust and Animate Earth Collective. Hosted by Francesca Price and Rachel Fleming, it explores how to build a deeper and more reciprocal relationship with the Land. Subscribe on PodBean, Apple Podcasts or Spotify to be the first to hear new episodes.