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Unshod with D. Firth Griffith

Daniel Firth Griffith

Health & Fitness

Frequency: 1 episode/18d. Total Eps: 77

Conversation about relearning the kinship worldview with author, horse-drawn woodwright, and renowned storyteller, D. Firth Griffith. Unshod is a podcast and community that believes to rebel, we must pause, that we live with Earth as Earthlings, that we must approach creativity, curiosity, and compassion in conversation.… but we must approach this ground UNSHOD. This has nothing to do with "saving the world." It has everything to do with leaving the right kind of tracts in the mud.

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God Is Red: Stories That Never Die, A Journey Into Indigenous Mythology with Taylor Keen, Episode 5

Season 4 · Episode 37

Monday, September 1, 2025 • Duration 52:25

In this 6th installment of the God is Red series, Taylor Keen (Omaha / Cherokee) takes us deep into the womb of Earth Mother to explore the ancient and living stories preserved in Picture Cave, a sacred site containing Siouan rock art dating back 1,000 years. The first half of the episode is a passionate storytelling that bridges millennia, where Taylor unveils the cosmology of his ancestors through vivid tales of First Man, First Woman, Morning Star, and the Thunder Twins.

As Taylor explains, these aren't distant myths but encoded memories that continue to resonate in the blood and spirit of indigenous peoples today. The conversation then unfurls into why ancient peoples sought to document oral traditions in rock...

Whether you're indigenous to the Land below your feet or not, these ancient stories offer profound perspective on what it means to live in right relationship with land, community, and Spirit. They remind us that mythology isn't just about preserving the past—it's about creating possibilities for a more beautiful future.

Learn more about Taylor's work HERE.

Learn more about Daniel's work HERE.

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Remembering Our Rootedness with Veronica Stanwell of RootedHealing

Season 4 · Episode 36

Monday, August 18, 2025 • Duration 01:30:26

In this Unshod yarn, Veronica Stanwell of RootedHealing and Daniel explore the themes of community, intentional/slow living, and the importance of stories and ceremonies in our lives. We dialogue about the challenges of modernity, the impact of technology in our little and mammal lives, and the need to reclaim our roots.

Veronica shares her experiences living in community in the Southwest of the British Isle, while she also emphasizes the significance of slowing down and participating in embodied practices, from story to ceremony.

The conversation centers on the interplay between storytelling and ceremony, and the potential for these embodied memberings to foster healing and transformation in such a modern, fast-paced world.

Toward the end, we also get to explore the themes of interconnectivity and language, and the importance of reciprocal relationships with nature using our syllabaries. Touching on animism and ancient languages as a deepening to our connection to the land and our ancestors, while also reflecting on the limitations of modern language.

About Veronica: As a multidisciplinary healing + creative arts practitioner, Veronica weaves her love for embodied ecology, land lore, ceremony and song into intimate explorations for connection, healing and growth. MSc studentship in Consciousness + Transpersonal Psychology with the Alef Trust, alongside work with Rooted Healing (as founder + director), are driven by her fascination with the fabric of life and our belonging within it. Veronica's background in professional theatre continues to guide her work, carrying reverence for the power of story, music, expression, catharsis and playfulness. Her longing for a collective intimate relationship with life is apparent and contagious. She serves to remind you that we belong and that the mystery of life is worth falling in love with, again and again.

Learn more about RootedHealing HERE.

Learn more about Daniel's work HERE.

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God Is Red: Bison-Bird-Man and Blood Memory with Taylor Keen, Episode 4b

Season 4 · Episode 35

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 • Duration 25:33

Taylor Keen returns for the fifth installment of the God is Red series to explore indigenous mythology, storytelling, and our cosmic origins carried in ancient rock art and cave paintings.

Episode website HERE.

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God Is Red: Sacred Indigenous Mythology with Taylor Keen, Episode 4a

Season 4 · Episode 34

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 • Duration 53:32

Taylor Keen returns for the fourth installment of the God is Red series to explore indigenous mythology, storytelling, and our cosmic origins carried in ancient rock art and cave paintings.

Episode website HERE.

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Living a Sacred Harvest with Mansal Denton

Season 4 · Episode 33

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 • Duration 01:42:16

What happens when we strip away heart from agriculture? When cherishing, healing, and loving the land are replaced by metrics, units, and profit margins? Join me in this in-person yarn with my friend, Mansal Denton, as we explore this living and sacred harvest.

Learn more about Mansal HERE.

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Buy Daniel's Books HERE.

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God Is Red: Indigenous Agriculture and Why The Mother Will Live On with Taylor Keen, Episode 3

Season 4 · Episode 32

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 • Duration 01:00:32

This yarn with my friend Taylor Keen explores the intersection / divergence of indigenous wisdom and modern agriculture, emphasizing the sacredness of food and the importance of traditional practices. We discuss the historical context of agriculture, the impact of corporate practices on indigenous methods, and the need for a deeper understanding and spirituality of the relationship between humans and Earth.

Episode website HERE.

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God Is Red: Sacred Indigenous Agriculture with Taylor Keen, Episode 2

Season 4 · Episode 32

Thursday, June 5, 2025 • Duration 56:33

Taylor highlights the significance of rituals in agriculture and the memory embedded in seeds, advocating for a return to indigenous practices to foster a more sustainable future and more. Taylor also touches BIGFOOT and figures like Bigfoot and the historical context of agricultural practices in America, emphasizing the need for a return to more harmonious and collaborative ways of living with the land.

Episode website HERE.

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God Is Red: Stewardship or Sovereignty with Taylor Keen, Episode 1

Season 4 · Episode 31

Thursday, May 29, 2025 • Duration 01:15:53

What if our approach to regenerating the planet is fundamentally flawed by the Settler-Colonial Worldview? What if it is not our approach as much as it is our heart--our relationship to the Land as the Land?

In this profound conversation with my friend, Taylor Keen—a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, Harvard graduate, and founder of Sacred Seed—we explore the stark contrast between indigenous wisdom and the modern environmental movements of Regenerative Agriculture, Sustainable Development, and so much more.

Taylor takes us deep into the origins of Turtle Island, the indigenous name for Earth (Not America) found in creation stories dating back over 15,000 years. This isn't just mythology, as Taylor speaks—it's a cosmological understanding that connects human existence to both stars and soil. Through Taylor's storytelling, we discover how indigenous peoples maintain sustainable relationships with the land for thousands of generations, while our modern "green" movements often perpetuate the same mindsets that created our environmental crisis over and over and over again, masking its problems as solutions, or salvation.

The conversation challenges the very heart of our relationship with Earth. Taylor explains how indigenous traditions place plants first, animals second, and humans third—a radical departure from the dominion-based thinking that characterizes even well-intentioned environmental efforts. When he speaks about traditional agricultural knowledge, like planting by moon cycles or having only women of childbearing age plant seeds, we glimpse ourselves undeveloped by the millennia of careful colonization and observe our once-spiritual spiritual connection.

Most provocatively, I think, Taylor questions whether our rush to "save" the planet portrays the same arrogance that damaged it. Drawing on teachings from Vine Deloria Jr. and John Trudell, he suggests a different trace forward—one where we stop giving power to colonial and linear minds and instead become true kin with the land. "God is the land," Taylor insists, suggesting that treating Earth with the same reverence we give to religious texts might be our only path to survival.

Whether you're concerned about climate change, passionate about regenerative agriculture, or simply trying to understand your place in the natural world, this conversation will challenge your thinking and open new possibilities for healing our broken relationship with Mother Earth.

About Animism and Ceremony for Settlers with Kelley Harrell

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 • Duration 53:57

What does it mean to truly live the relationship of the animate world around us? How must our path as Settler-Colonialist effect this relationship? In this episode with my friend Kelley Harrell, we discuss this and many surrounding topics!

This conversation explores the profound challenges and opportunities of cultivating animistic awareness in these uncertain times.

Kelly, an animist, death walker, and author, shares her journey of navigating America's settler culture while developing authentic spiritual practices with runes. She articulates the crucial difference between intellectually believing in animism and embodying that life-way through direct relationship with place. "Animism for me is the thing that I strive for," she reflects, "but I often feel that I'm so entrenched in American settler culture that I will never be able to really claim it."

As climate "chaos" disrupts our seasonal patterns and ecological relationships, Kelly calls us to develop new ceremonies that honor both ancestral wisdom and present realities. The Land remembers what our ancestors did – and it remembers what settlers continue to do today. Holding both of these truths becomes essential for authentic animistic practices today. Or just in being human: a good kin.

The conversation turns toward the end to Kelly's work with Runes as living entities rather than static symbols. When approached from an animistic perspective, these ancient symbols offer a bridge between worlds.

Perhaps most powerfully, in the end, we explore death – both literal human death and the countless transformations that comprise ecological cycles. We explore how our culture's fear of death manifests as our impatience with natural process. We see that it takes Earth 100 years to create an inch of soil, but we want it in 1.

Kelly is an animist, author, deathwalker, and death doula held and tended by Tuscarora, Woccon, and Sissipihaw land. For the last 25 years, through Soul Intent Arts, she has helped others ethically build thriving spiritual paths. Her work is Nature-based, and centers soul tending through the Elder Futhark runes oracle, animism, ancestral tending, and deathwork. Kelly also host the podcast, , and also writes as a celebration of the Elder Futhark in season.

Kendrick Lamar, Toni Morrison, and the Sacredness of Story with Kern Carter

Season 4 · Episode 29

Saturday, February 15, 2025 • Duration 01:31:20

In this episode, I talk with my friend Kern Carter as he shares his insights on the intricate relationship between storytelling, culture, and identity, emphasizing the importance of patience and authenticity in the writing process. He reflects on the influence of artists like Kendrick Lamar and Toni Morrison, advocating for a diverse representation in literature while highlighting the essential role of writers in society.

Learn more about Kern on his WEBSITE or SUBSTACK.

Unshod Links:

Sacred Field Harvesting Course HERE.

Order my The Plain of Pillars new book HERE.

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