

Live Like the World is Dying
Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness
How do we live in a world that might be ending? By preparing to survive that end and by working to prevent it.
A production of Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness.
A production of Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness.
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Sep 5, 2025 • 1h 10min
Casandra on "Pocket Guide to Conflict Mediation"
Episode Summary
This week on Live like the World is Dying, Casandra talks to Inmn about how to mediate a conflict. We've already covered the "why" of conflict mediation, and now it's time for the "how." We also turned this interview into a Feature Zine called Pocket Guide to Conflict Mediation. You can read it for free at tangledwilderness.org.
Host Info
Casandra can be found on BlueSky @hey-casandra.bsky.social and Inmn can be found on Instagram @shadowtailartificery.
Publisher Info
This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness and Blue Sky @tangledwilderness.bsky.social You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness
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Aug 29, 2025 • 1h 3min
This Month in the Apocalypse: August, 2025
Episode Summary
On This Month in the Apocalypse, Brooke, Inmn, and Miriam talk about everything that happened in August, covering wild fires, data centers, a very famous sandwich, the state of policing and resistance to it, and a complicated victory.
Host Info
Inmn can be found on Instagram @shadowtail.artificery. Brooke can be found on Mastodon @ogemakwebrooke. Miriam can be found making funnies on the Strangers' Bluesky
Publisher Info
This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness and Blue Sky @tangledwilderness.bsky.social You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness
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Aug 22, 2025 • 1h 9min
Andy on "A Letter to the Trans Teens Thinking About Giving Up"
Episode Summary
This week on Live Like the World is Dying, we have a crossover episode with the Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness podcast where Miriam talks with Andy about his zine that is our featured zine for August and state of the world that inspired it. The title says it all. Find the zine at www.tangledwilderness.org.
Guest Info
Andy works with the Chosen Family Law Center, which offers free legal services for non-nuclear and LBGTQ families.
Chosenfamilylawcenter.org @andyeyeballs.bsky.social
Host Info
Miriam can be found making funnies on the Strangers' Blue Sky @tangledwilderness.bsky.social
Publisher Info
This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness and Blue Sky @tangledwilderness.bsky.social You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwildernes
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Aug 15, 2025 • 47min
Inside the No More Death's Migrant Death Map
Episode Summary
This week on Live Like the World is Dying, Inmn is joined by Bryce from No More Deaths to talk about their recently published map of migrant deaths in the border lands and the context that makes this report incredibly important. You can read the report at NoMoreDeaths.org
Guest Info
No More Deaths can be found at nomoredeaths.org, on Instagram @nomoredeaths_nomasmuertes, or on Twitter @nomoredeaths.
Host Info
Inmn can be found on Instagram @shadowtail.artificery
Publisher Info
This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness. You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness.
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Aug 8, 2025 • 56min
Bex on Learning New Skills as an Adult
Episode Summary
This week on Live Like the World is Dying, Inmn talks with Bex about the challenges of learning new skills as an adult, different models for learning, and an experiment Bex is doing with a "learning cohort" model to increase the amount of off-grid and preparedness skills that her community has access to without anyone having to learn it all.
Host Info
Inmn can be found on Instagram @shadowtail.artificery or on Bluesky @inmnneruin.bsky.social
Publisher Info
This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness and Blue Sky @tangledwilderness.bsky.social You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness
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Aug 1, 2025 • 57min
This Month in the Apocalypse: July 2025
In a chaotic July, the hosts tackle a distressing executive order seen as attacking the vulnerable and link local policies to the crisis in Gaza. They discuss the dire conditions at a new migrant camp and the military's controversial role in immigration. Record-breaking heatwaves and catastrophic flooding raise alarms about emergency preparedness failures. Amidst the chaos, the show champions community resilience and offers gardening tips to inspire hope and collaboration during tough times.

Jul 25, 2025 • 1h 30min
Logan on Mushroom Foraging and Growing
Episode Summary
This week on Live Like the World is Dying, Inmn talks with Logan about how to get into foraging wild mushrooms. They demystify some of the dangers of mushroom foraging, as well as talk about ways to grow your own mushrooms. They do not talk about how to identify specific mushrooms, nor should this episode be a guide for going out and identifying any particular mushrooms.
Guest Info
Logan is certified in mushroom identification in Kansas (cert #534). Find Logan at Mushrooms by L.B. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/Mushrooms-by-LB/61558336499465/
Links
Identification guides
National Audobon Society Mushrooms of North America https://namyco.org/review/national-audubon-society-mushrooms-of-north-america/
Forest Service Mushroom Identification https://www.fs.usda.gov/nrs/pubs/gtr/gtr_nrs79.pdf
The Mushroom Guide and Identifier https://archive.org/details/the-mushroom-guide-and-identifier/mode/2up
The below are suppliers Logan uses for his mushroom products
Field and Forest https://www.fieldforest.net/
Midwest Grow Kits https://www.midwestgrowkits.com/
Host Info
Inmn can be found on Instagram @shadowtail.artificery.
Publisher Info
This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness and Blue Sky @tangledwilderness.bsky.social You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness
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Jul 18, 2025 • 38min
Mesh Radios with Chiya
Discover the fascinating world of mesh radio systems! Learn how these portable, anonymous devices enable secure communication and their practical applications in emergencies. The hosts discuss innovative uses, like tracking wildlife while maintaining privacy. Explore how adventurers can benefit from mesh radios while hiking or camping. The episode also emphasizes the importance of community support and the creative power of platforms like Patreon.

Jul 11, 2025 • 1h 2min
Kai Cheng on De-Escalation and Dreaming of Abolition
Episode Summary
This week on Live like the World is Dying, Casandra and Kai Cheng chat about conflict deescalation, somatics, transformative justice, and dreaming of abolitionist futures.
Guest Info
Kai Cheng Thom is an author, healer, mediator, sex educator, lasagna lover, and wicked witch. Developer of the Loving Justice Methodology. Dreamer. She’s written a few books, and some of them are even good! She’s an extremist for love.
Explore Kai’s work at: https://kaichengthom.com/
Links
Read some of Kai’s writing on conflict deescalation , mediation, and transformative justice:
https://kaichengthom.substack.com/p/how-to-de-escalate-conflict-and-build
https://substack.com/@kaichengthom/p-159387084
https://ariseembodiment.org/2022/04/05/the-window-of-transformation/
https://ariseembodiment.org/2021/07/07/trauma-group-conflict/
https://kaichengthom.com/2021/06/21/the-loving-justice-conflict-lens/
Host Info
Casandra can be found on BlueSky @hey-casandra.bsky.social
Publisher Info
This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness and Blue Sky @tangledwilderness.bsky.social You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness
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Jul 4, 2025 • 1h 22min
This Month in the Apocalypse: June, 2025
Episode Summary
On This Month in the Apocalypse, James, Miriam, and Inmn talk about everything that happened in June, including a dive into the wildfires in Canada, an update the state of immigration enforcement, and a bit about a contentious election in NYC. Also, friend of the pod, Kneecap makes another appearance.
Here's a link for the fundraiser James mentions for Primrose: http://gofund.me/dda02cc7
Host Info
Inmn can be found on Instagram @shadowtail.artificery. James can be found on Twitter @JamesStout or on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Jamesstout. Miriam can be found making funnies on the Strangers' Bluesky
Publisher Info
This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness and Blue Sky @tangledwilderness.bsky.social You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness
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