The Modern Ancestral Mamas Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode we talked all about raw milk with one of the original pioneers and advocates of the raw milk movement. MarK McAfee is the owner of Raw Farms, the largest raw milk dairy in the world! He shared about the history of pasteurization, what it does to raw milk, the benefits of raw milk, questions to ask your dairy farmers, where to find raw milk, and soo much more. This episode is jam packed with information and Mark expertly walks the listener through all the controversy surrounding this sacred food. 

 

Books Mentioned:

Raw Milk Revolution 

The Makers Diet

 

Resources Mentioned:

School of Lunch

Weston A. Price Foundation 

Price Pottenger 

Real Milk

WAPF Raw Milk Baby Formula

Raw Milk Institute

Cornucopia Institute

 

Connect with Mark:

Raw Farm USA

In this episode, Julie, the Crunchy Legal Lady gives valuable legal information regarding corporate research, bodily autonomy laws, and va x ine exemption laws. She dives deep into the history of va x ines and explains how it affects us today. You won’t want to miss this episode and make sure to share it with your family and friends! 

 

Disclaimer: nothing in this episode is legal advice for the listener. The conversations presented in this show are simply for informational purposes only. 

Connect with Julie:

Crunchy Legal Lady

Crunchy Legal Lady

Corey and I wanted to share our thoughts on the three, wonderful episodes we recorded with Mary Ruddick, Deborah Macnamara, and Sally Fallon Morell. We dove into the key takeaways from our conversations with each guest, explored how each episode resonated with our own personal parenting philosophies, and even shared a little behind the scenes snippets. Thank you for joining us on this behind-the-mic journey through our recent episodes. We hope you enjoyed gaining insight into our reflections and perspectives as we navigate the realms of modern parenting and ancestral wisdom. Leave us a review and tell us which was your favorite episode! 

 

Previous Episodes Mentioned

47: Behind the Mic: Corey and Christine's Origin Stories

48: Unearthing Ancestral Wisdom with Mary Ruddick

49: Nourished--Feeding Kids is Deeper than Just Food with Deborah MacNamara

50: Homemade baby formula, raw milk, feeding children, and the Weston A. Price Foundation with Sally Fallon Morell

Corey and I were thrilled to interview the president and co-founder of the Weston A. Price Foundation, Sally Fallon Morell. In this episode we delve into the history of when Sally first read Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, her inspiration for writing Nourishing Traditions, and then how she started the foundation. We touch on how she fed her kids growing up, breastfeeding, homemade baby formula, and feeding teens. Sally also shared snippets of her life living in France with her young family and how she learned to cook. You won’t want to miss this episode! 

Resources Mentioned

Weston A. Price Foundation 

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration

Nourishing Traditions

Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby and Child Care

Price-Pottenger Foundation 

Homemade Baby Formula

 

Become a member of WAPF

Find your local WAPF Chapter Leader

 

Connect with Sally

Nourishing Traditions

@sallyfallonmorel

 

In this episode, we interviewed Dr. Deborah MacNamara, author of the book: Nourished– She talks about how food has been divorced from connection and it was never meant to be this way. In today’s society, we are worrying too much about WHAT to feed our families and forgetting to focus on our relationships. If you are a mama struggling with obsessing over what to feed your child, this episode is a breath of fresh air and will empower you to feel confident in your choices and know that your relationship with your child supersedes the food they are eating. This episode is a must-list and we think the combination of Mary Ruddick’s episode and this one complement each other perfectly. 

 

Previous Episodes Mentioned

How to Love Organ Meats with Janine Farzin

Unearthing Ancestral Wisdom with Mary Ruddick

 

Recipes Mentioned

Serious Eats

Steak and Kidney Tartlet

New York Times Cooking

 

Resources Mentioned

Ellyn Satter's Division of Responsibility

Neufeld Institute

 

Connect with Deborah

Deborah Macnamara

Facebook

instagram

In this episode we have the privilege of exploring the fascinating realm of ancestral wisdom with Mary Ruddick. Mary shares her experiences living with the last of the traditional cultures and what she has learned from them. We discuss connection to nature, communal living, family structures, male and female roles, and how to apply the wisdom of these tribes in our broken, modern society. This is an episode you will want to listen to again and again because it is so fascinating! 

Connect with Mary

Mary Ruddick

Enable Your Healing

@MaryQueenofHeart

Youtube: Sherlock Holmes of Health

Cows4Kids 

In this heartfelt episode, join our hosts as they take a stroll down memory lane, delving into the enchanting tale of how their paths first crossed. The hosts open up about their initial impressions of each other, their decision to start a podcast together, and their ideas for naming the show. Listeners will be treated to amusing anecdotes, relatable awkward moments, and perhaps even a few surprises as the hosts reminisce and journey down memory lane together. Grab a mug of broth or tea and settle in for a fun ride with Corey and Christine. If you enjoyed this episode and would like to hear more personal stories, leave a review and let your MAM hosts know! 

 

Previous Episodes Mentioned:

Episode 0--The Prequel

72 Years of Wisdom

Corey and I are thrilled to be back in 2024 with more educational, interesting, and fun episodes for you! We wanted to start the year off by learning all about herbalism. Lisa Masé is a holistic nutritionist, herbalist, and parent homesteading on the traditional lands of the Abenaki people in Vermont. In this episode, we discuss the basics of herbalism, growing herbs, the differences between tinctures, salves, and tonics, the best herbs to have in your medicine cabinet, and much more. Grab a pen and paper because you will want to write down everything Lisa says, especially towards the end of the episode! Our interest grew as the conversation progressed, and we plan to have her on for part 2. 

 

Books Mentioned:

Chewing the Fat

Eating to Extinction 

The Culinary Pharmacy 

 

Resources Mentioned:

The Detox Project

Seeds of Renewal

Earthley

Mountain Rose Herbs

Herb Pharm

 

Connect with Lisa:

The Culinary Pharmacy 

Harmonized Living

@harmonizedliving

@harmonizedlife

Mamas, are you TTC, pregnant, nursing, or struggling with gestational diabetes then this is the episode you want to listen to! Lily Nichols is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to perinatal nutrition and we cover everything you will want to know about the subject. Some of the subjects we touch on are: the best foods to eat when trying to conceive; how much protein a pregnant woman needs; which foods provide key micronutrients for a developing baby; to take the glucose test or not; prenatal vitamins; and lots of other informative topics.

Please share this episode with all your mama friends far and wide! One of the reasons we created MAM was because we wish this was a podcast we had when we were young pregnant mothers raising babies. Share the knowledge and wealth and let’s work together to raise healthy, happy, and well-nourished children. 

 

Books Mentioned:

Real Food for Gestational Diabetes

Real Food for Pregnancy

Glucose Goddess

 

Articles Mentioned:

Can you eat too much fish in pregnancy?

I failed the glucola

 

Prenatal Vitamin Recommendations

FullWell

Optimal Prenatal

 

Connect with Lily:

Lily Nichols

@lilynicholsrdn

Reading aloud isn’t just for little kids! Sharing stories through oral tellings is an ancient tradition and in our modern world the custom is just as, if not even more, rich and necessary. Sarah MacKenzie gives us so much through this interview, as well as through her books and podcast. She is the kind of mom friend we all need. Full of encouragement and backed up with science, Sarah helps us revive the art of reading aloud for education, connection, relationships, and nourishment. 

 

Note: We do talk about homeschooling in this episode, but we also talk about how to use all of Sarah’s wisdom in a non-homeschooling home as well. 

 

Resources Mentioned:

25 Cent Notebook Episode of Read Aloud Revival 

Nurturing Confident Communicators, Institute for Excellence in Writing, Andrew Pudewa

The Read-Aloud Handbook, by Jim Trelease

The Reading Promise, by Alice Ozma

Wired for Story, by Liza Cron

Dr. Michael Gurian 

Marie Ripple (All About Reading)

Dr. Arnold Gesell - The Gesell Institute

30 Million Words, by Dana Suskind

Aggressively Happy, by Joy Clarkson

 

Story Books Mentioned:

Detectives in Togas

Story of the World

King Bidgoods in the Bathtub

Matilda

Ella Enchanted

Anne of Green Gables

Wuthering Heights

Percy Jackson 

Bud, Not Buddy 

Little House series

Harry Potter series

American Girl series

Dear America series 

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Tom Sawyer

Hardy Boys series

Babysitters Club series

Calvin and Hobbs 

Watership Down graphic novel

 

Sarah’s books:

Teaching from Rest

Read Aloud Family 

A Little More Beautiful

While Everyone is Sleeping

 

Connect with Sarah MacKenzie:

Waxwing Books

Waxwing on Instagram

Read Aloud Revival

RAR on Instagram