Wise Traditions

Austin Durant, author of "Fearless Fermenting" and founder of The Fermenters Club, shares his journey into the world of fermentation. He demystifies the process, discussing nutrient enhancement and the health benefits of homemade ferments. Austin encourages listeners to embrace their fears and start fermenting with simple kitchen tools. He highlights the resurgence of fermentation as a cultural trend and explores the distinction between living and processed foods. Tune in to discover how even a daily serving of ferments can boost your health!

Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz, a curandera and herbalist educator, dives into the transformative power of the Earth’s elements. She shares her healing journey from a health crisis to embracing slow living and ancestral practices. Listeners will discover recipes like the revitalizing nopal agua fresca and ginger fire honey chews. Felicia also emphasizes the importance of connecting with nature, advocating for barefoot grounding, and the magic of indoor plants. Her insights on reclaiming traditional healing provide a refreshing reminder of the wisdom that surrounds us.

How are the many cell towers, wifi signals, and electromagnetic fields around us affecting our health? And what can we do about them? Dan Stachofsky, the founder of Essential Energy, learned about their effects the hard way, as his family dealt with numerous health issues provoked by the non-native fields. Today, he tells his story and offers simple suggestions for not only mitigating negative EMFs but also amplifying healthy frequencies around us. Visit Dan's website: essentialenergy.us Become a member of the Weston A. Price Foundation at westonaprice.org (and use code pod10) Check out our sponsors: American Blossom Linens and Lumiram

"Safe and effective." This is the mantra of those in favor of vaccinations, who claim that they save lives. But, there is mounting evidence that they are neither safe nor effective. Most of us simply haven't been privy to the facts. That is about to change. Magdalene Taylor is the Director and Editor of The Informed Parent (TiP), a journal to encourage an informed vaccination decision based on a wide range of information. Magda was once a believer in vaccines until she came across some literature that gave her pause. Now she equips parents with information on the hazards associated with so-called immunizations. This episode focuses on many relevant topics including how few doctors speak out about vaccination risks, how little they actually know about vaccines, and how the entire medical industry is captured by the pharmaceutical industry. Magda also shares books, reference materials, and more to empower parents, along with suggestions for how to manage well-meaning relatives and friends (and medical professionals) who insist that any vaccine hesitancy is problematic. Visit Magdalene's website: informedparent.co.uk Order WAPF's free info pack at westonaprice.org Check out our sponsors: Paleovalley and Harvest Right

Pills for every ill. Viruses that we must inoculate ourselves against. Treating the body as a machine. This is the allopathic model of medicine and it completely inverts and subverts who we are as conscious human beings. Today, Mark Gober, the author of the "Upside Down" series of books, busts many modern medical myths. He tackles many of our assumptions about contagion, who we are as human beings, and how we heal. Visit Mark's website: markgober.com Join our Nourishing Our Children Facebook group Check out our sponsors: New Biology Clinic and MASA Chips

Sometimes homesteading is idealized and you get stars in your eyes, thinking it'll be so perfect... until it's not. Aimee and John Willis of Vintage Meadows tell the story of how a health crisis made them pivot from their original life goals into homesteading. They bought 4 acres and gave it a go. Then they had to sell it all and start all over, and over, and over again. You might call it a failure, a pivot, or simply relatable – but whatever it is, it shows the resilience of two people who want to nurture themselves and their community well and who haven't thrown in the towel just yet. Visit Aimee and John Willis' website: vintagemeadows.farm Follow the Wise Traditions on the podcast app of your choice or on Apple Podcasts Check out our sponsors: Optimal Carnivore and Sirius Nutrition

Shots, nutrient-deficient diets, and pesticides are negatively impacting our children's health...and have been for some time. Today, Zen Honeycutt, founder and president of Moms Across America, offers startling insights on the serious damage and repercussions of all of the above. She discusses studies that points to the fact that our children are getting more toxins than nutrients in their lunches, and she shares her own personal heartbreaking loss and why this is making her more determined than ever to fight on behalf of our nation's children. She also shares where she aligns with the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) movement and where she sees a need for improvement. Visit Zen's website: Moms Across America Join the Nourishing Our Children Facebook group Check out our sponsors: American Blossom Linens and Lumiram

In this engaging discussion, Tara Couture, author of 'Radiance of the Ordinary' and homesteader at Slowdown Farmstead, shares her journey through life's complexities. She reveals how she balanced farm life with family, emphasizing the importance of nurturing relationships over business pursuits. Tara also discusses the moral responsibilities of raising animals and finding beauty amidst grief, especially after losing her daughter. Her insights on the value of hard work and building community connections around food are both inspiring and thought-provoking.

In April 2025, the Idaho Medical Freedom Act was passed. Leslie Manookian of the Health Freedom Defense Fund crafted the legislation and lobbied for it to become law, in order to protect residents of Idaho from being fired, excluded, or discriminated against for not taking or using a medical intervention. What if you could pass similar legislation where you live? Would you like insights on how to preserve medical freedom for you and your community? Leslie today gives us the back story on what motivated her in the first place to help her fellow Idahoans. And she describes the hurdles she faced as she pushed to get the act passed. She also discusses how Big Tech has been implicated in the suppression of our freedom, starting way before 2020, and why it's so important to work in our local communities to push back against the encroachment of our freedoms from tech and pharmaceutical companies and the government. Visit Leslie's website: healthfreedomdefense.org Become a member of the Weston A. Price Foundation (use code pod10) at westonaprice.org Check out our sponsors: Optimal Carnivore and American Blossom Linens

Traditional diets maximized nutrients. Modern diets minimize them. Our current health crisis stems from our departure from traditional food and health ways – both how we raise our livestock and grow our produce, to what we do to it before it reaches our plate. Sally Fallon Morell, the President and founder of the Weston A. Price Foundation, explains where we've gone wrong and what we can do to rectify it. Visit Sally's website: Nourishing Traditions Follow the Wise Traditions podcast on your favorite podcast platform! Check out our sponsors: New Biology and Optimal Carnivore