
The PloughCast
How can we live well together? What gives life purpose? What about technology, education, faith, capitalism, work, family? Is another life possible? Plough editor Peter Mommsen and senior editor Susannah Black Roberts dig deeper into perspectives from a wide variety of writers and thinkers appearing in the pages of Plough.
Latest episodes

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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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