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Jun 12, 2024 • 21min

The PloughRead: From Scrolls to Scrolling in Synagogue by J. L. Wall

J. L. Wall describes how the way we read scripture has changed and the way that it has remained the same.
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Jun 5, 2024 • 25min

The PloughRead: The Tech of Prison Parenting by Robert Lee Williams

Robert Lee Williams tells how even a little tech in prison can make a big difference.
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May 22, 2024 • 1h 1min

82: Regenerative Agriculture in the Lake District

Authors and farmers James and Helen Rebanks discuss their practice of regenerative agriculture in the Lake District, focusing on breeding healthy cattle and sheep through natural processes. They address the importance of recognizing unseen labor, exploring the roles of farmers' wives and stay-at-home moms. The conversation touches on rewilding, food origins, and the impact of book releases on amplifying ordinary voices. They emphasize the need for regenerative agriculture to restore wetlands and increase biodiversity in farmlands.
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May 17, 2024 • 15min

The PloughRead: Why I Hunt by Tim Maendel

Tim Maendel describes his love of hunting and the connection it gives him to the human species' natural history.
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May 10, 2024 • 19min

The PloughRead: Breakwater by Rhys Laverty

Rhys Laverty writes about the Alderney Breakwater, a crumbling jetty in the Channel Islands that protects a way of life.
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May 8, 2024 • 7min

The PloughRead: Lambing Season by Norann Voll

Norann Voll learned some of life’s most important lessons from her father while caring for sheep.
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May 3, 2024 • 29min

The PloughRead: The Sadness of the Creatures by Peter Mommsen

Peter Mommsen asks if humans should live by the laws of nature.
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Apr 26, 2024 • 16min

The PloughRead: Are You a Tree? by Joy Clarkson

In an excerpt from her book, Joy Marie Clarkson explores the natural metaphors that we use. Are you a tree, she asks, or are you a potted plant?
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Apr 24, 2024 • 20min

The PloughRead: Meeting the Wolf by Greta Gaffin

Greta Gaffin asks if humans should return to nature, and looks to the lives of two saints who taught us to make peace with it instead.
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Apr 19, 2024 • 26min

The PloughRead: The Leper of Abercuawg by David McBride

David McBride introduces his new translation of The Leper of Abercuawg, a thousand-year-old Welsh poem in which an outcast seeks comfort in the wild.

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