Green-Wood Cemetery, in the middle of Brooklyn, feels unexpectedly wild. The 478 acres are alive with old trees, flowers, bees, fungus, wild and feral animals. Yes, it's also full of dead people — the “permanent residents” of Green-Wood, as they refer to them, comprise a Who’s Who of 19th century NY.

What can cities do to prepare themselves for natural disasters brought on by climate change? Jainey Bavishi, one of the key leaders in climate preparedness for the Obama administration, discusses the resiliency work she’s led for New York City after Hurricane Sandy.

Join Wild Talk host Jay Erickson and some of his colleagues at Modus, a digital agency, as they paddle on the Hudson River to Bannerman Island and visit a castle with an explosive history. They are meeting in person for the first time since the pandemic, lock downs and working from home.

What are the unique challenges facing Black women physicians in America? Dr. Omolara Uwemedimo joins us to discuss the impact racism has on doctors and patients alike, medical career burnout and healing communities with more than just medicine.

Chloe Cockburn is a lawyer, an activist, and an organizer. She currently leads strategy on criminal justice reform for Open Philanthropy, a research foundation that identifies giving opportunities, makes grants, and publishes its findings publicly.

What can the wild world teach us about how to push through in tough times? And how can we use those lessons to help ourselves, and our kids, look towards a future none of us can yet define? In this short, co-host Emily Kagan-Trenchard goes on a deeply personal journey to craft a new ritual for finding ways to keep going.

Can we help address the opioid epidemic just by changing the way we speak about it? Dr. Sandeep Kapoor shares how words can be powerful medicine in treating everything from alcoholism to gun violence.

This winter feels like a time of surrender. In the midst of the cold, dark season and the cultural winter we have been plunged into by the pandemic, how might we learn to slow down, repair and contemplate the lessons that winter can offer?

In the wake of #metoo and #blacklivesmatter, and as we confront the growing threat of violent extremism in the US… what comes next? How can societies and souls overcome our greatest failings? Humanitarian, activist and TV host Zainab Salbi shares hard-won insights about conflict and healing.

Magic is sometimes said to be the only honest profession - the magician promises to deceive you, and then they do. But we love these slights of hand and fantastic illusions, even when we know we’re being fooled, because there is a joy in having our minds set off balance.

What do forests, psychedelics, and breathing through one side of your nose all have in common? They’re good medicine, according to Dr. Julie Holland, for repairing our connection to ourselves, each other and to the wider world around us.

Head outside with us as we talk with fascinating thinkers about how they connect to the natural world and how we can best navigate our uncertain times.