For The Wild - The Year Ahead (2025)

00:00:00.000 hello for the wild community it's ayana i am speaking to you from a chilly blustery evening

00:00:18.900 in the subarctic you may hear bobo cuddling near me and the fire crackling along and as we enter

00:00:27.400 2025, I wanted to send a deep thank you to all of you who have followed along for this incredible

00:00:34.700 decade-long journey that has been for the wild. This year, we dove deep into what it means to

00:00:41.660 create sustainable, thoughtful content that seems to encourage attention and foster our abilities

00:00:48.500 to sit with vital issues rather than to distract. This year especially, the future of independent

00:00:54.680 media and critical, thought-provoking content seems uncertain. In times like these, the For

00:01:02.040 the Wild team is even more dedicated to providing our listeners with meaningful listening experiences

00:01:07.900 and media that embraces slow, deep learning. We are only able to do this with your generous

00:01:14.860 support. Our Patreon support has been what's kept us going through the year, and we are so grateful

00:01:20.300 to everyone who has contributed to us there. If you haven't already, this is a great time of the

00:01:25.760 year to join our Patreon community where you can get access to our extended episodes, special

00:01:30.800 updates, and our zine library. You can support our Patreon at patreon.com slash for the wild

00:01:37.520 and can donate to us directly at forthewild.world slash donate. We absolutely need your support to

00:01:44.980 continue making the content you have come to know and love. Reflecting on this past year, I am so

00:01:52.000 grateful to the For the Wild team and to the time we have had together to create content that we are

00:01:58.160 so thrilled to share with you. This past year has allowed us the time and space to focus on our slow

00:02:04.420 media approach. And as part of this, we just released our second slow study with BioKomalafe

00:02:10.500 and the emergence network you can purchase this incredible course at for the wild dot world slash

00:02:16.440 for a sneak peek of the slow study join us on patreon we have more zines and sneak peeks of

00:02:23.720 content coming soon and additionally we have used this past year to record some incredibly exciting

00:02:30.620 content that we'll be sharing with you very soon this includes a series that deep dives into books

00:02:37.660 with some of our favorite authors and guests including adrian ray brown trisha hersey and more

00:02:42.200 and a very special series recorded in person with sophie strand and perdita finn thanks so much for

00:02:49.600 spending the time with me and for continuing to tune into for the wild throughout the years

00:02:53.940 i'm sending you all so much love for our entire team and i am now going to get back to cuddling

00:03:00.900 with bobo and sitting next to the crackling fire on this cold cold evening okay y'all thanks so

00:03:07.640 much and stay tuned. Thank you for listening to this announcement from For The While. The music

00:03:25.020 from this episode is called Interconnectednesses from the album Subtle Movements by Surya Bato

00:03:32.140 Ficina, Nate Mercero, and Carlos Nino, courtesy of Leaving Records. For the Wild is made by Ayanna

00:03:39.640 Young, Erica Ekrem, Julia Jackson, and Jackson Kroof. Thanks for listening.

For The Wild - January 09, 2025