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The Urban Exodus Podcast

Urban Exodus, hosted by Alissa Hessler

We are in the midst of a Great Awakening. In this uncertain world, people are changing course and getting back to their roots. This movement is happening all over the world. This is the Urban Exodus.

Urban Exodus shares honest and inspiring stories of life transitions and transformations. It offers wisdom and practical advice for country dreamers, rural folk, and urban-dwellers alike, who want to feel more connected to the natural world and the purpose and choices in their lives.  

Episodes
Live to Learn, Learn to Live: A world explorer plants roots on his ancestral homelands, and hand builds an eco village where he teaches people how to shift towards more earth centric living | Joshua Kwaku AsieduMarch 22, 2024
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Academics leave city life to build a regenerative sheep farm and eco retreat in the Australian bushMarch 08, 2024
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Decentralized Life: A hip London restaurant manager leaves city life to hand build a homestead in Belize with her familyFebruary 23, 2024
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Fungi Future: A Boston couple’s road to recovery and Covid leap of faith leads to mushroom farming in rural VermontFebruary 09, 2024
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A tech entrepreneur’s climate and Covid motivated move from San Francisco to her husband’s home state of Maine allows for time to reflect, reconnect and start a new chapter rooted in purpose | Grace ChenJanuary 26, 2024
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An astrocartographer taps into the wisdom of the cosmos, trading New York City for a slower paced, digital nomad life in rural France January 12, 2024
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Wanderland Wonder: A tech exec finds healing in nature & builds a place where people can reconnect with the wild | Jonathan Weston of @wanderlandusaDecember 29, 2023
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A scientist’s backyard growing journey blossoms into a mission to advocate for greater food security through home & community gardens | Ashlie Thomas of The Mocha GardenerDecember 15, 2023
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A Modern Shepherd: A Queer musician and textile artist leaves academia for agricultureDecember 01, 2023
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Twin sisters of @busyhomebodies homestead in a city apartment during Covid & manifest their self-sufficiency dreamsNovember 17, 2023
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A writer leaves the tech world for a small island in the Puget Sound and creates rewilding retreats to reconnect with nature | Hillarie Maddox of Black Girl Country LivingNovember 03, 2023
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Susana Zaldivar of @Home.Coop.Garden reflects on her healing journey homesteading in her in-laws backyard October 20, 2023
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A Sydney-based creative couple's journey into ranching and climate activism in New Zealand | Nicola Harvey & Pat Ledden of Slow Stream FarmApril 07, 2023
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Community, Music & Art: A professional musician and artist relocate to Woodstock with their two young kids to have more space to create and grow | KT & Marco BeneventoMarch 24, 2023
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Rural Schools Matter: The community and economic impact of public schools in rural communities | Mara Tieken, author & educatorMarch 10, 2023
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Van Life: A poet and power plant operator's nomadic shift fosters joy, creativity and communityFebruary 24, 2023
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Finding Paradise: A journalist and her family's Covid motivated move from Toronto to rural Costa Rica provides a shift in perspective and better quality of life February 10, 2023
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Dirt Road Revival: A young politician works to rebuild rural politics by tackling polarization through conversation | Maine Senator Chloe MaxminJanuary 27, 2023
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A NYC fashion/art icon returns to her home country of St. Lucia to farm, create and build a life on her own termsJanuary 13, 2023
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Three Years in a Tent: A digital strategist & her family slow build a homestead on a remote Canadian island | Rachel Segal, Cortes Island, BCDecember 16, 2022
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Be the Change: From healthcare to farming, a food activist is born December 02, 2022
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Hometown revival: She left the LA ad world to help her rural hometown community thriveNovember 25, 2022
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Ancestral Homecoming: From corporate life in NYC to traditional living in rural HondurasNovember 18, 2022
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Seeds, Sacrifice, and Service: A veteran's journey to healing through the soil | Jon Jackson of Comfort FarmsNovember 11, 2022
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A teacher raises $200k for a school garden to reconnect kids with nature & alleviate food insecurity | Sonya Harris of Bullock GardensMay 26, 2022
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