The Heart Path Podcast
The Heart Path Podcast spotlights authors, change makers, nature lovers, and creators of all kinds. Each of our podcasts aim to share interviews and stories of beauty, resilience, and inspiration for all.
Episodes
18 episodes
Story Mapping with Poet, Essayist, and Instructor Byron Aspaas
In this episode, we follow Navajo roads to academia, switch paths from engineering to writing, and change the cadence of running to the peddle of mountain biking, as we process grief through words and story mapping. Byron F. Aspa...
Positive Interference: The Audacity to Create a Better Future with Eco Poet, Erin Robertson
What happens when we take action toward a better future? We could end up sending ripples of "buoyant hope" and "positive interference" into the world. In this episode of The Heart Path Podcast, we talk with Eco Poet, Biologist, and Nature Writi...
Image Rooted in Memory with Frontexto Artist and Poet, Octavio Quintanilla
In this episode, we explore imagery rooted in memory with Frontexto artist, poet, publisher, and instructor, Octavio Quintanilla. Octavio Quintanilla is the 2025 Texas Poet Laureate and the author of the poetry collections, If I...
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Living Poetry with Poet and Teacher, Allie Rigby
In this episode of The Heart Path Podcast, we expand our minds, hearts, and rekindle creative spark with Poet and Author of Moonscape for a Child, Allie Rigby. Allie Rigby is a poet with roots in the chaparral of Southern ...
Looking into the Eyes of Bear: Embracing Wild Joy with Author and Wilderness Guide, Larry Glover
In this episode, we shed layers of self and society to embrace joy and wholeness in nature with author and wilderness guide, Larry Glover. Larry Glover is the author of
Celebrating Life with Poet and Founder of Black Hills Writers Collective, Starr Paul
In this episode, we cartwheel through life with Poet, Starr Paul, while we celebrate the one-year anniversary of her organization, Black Hills Writers Collective, and listen to her newest poems inspired by her pregnancy with Baby V.
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"Traveler, There is No Road" with Poet and Naturalist, Derek Sheffield
In this episode, we follow Derek Sheffield's travels through poetry, editing, and publishing and celebrate our connection with all living beings--both human and non-human. Guest bio: Derek Sheffield is the 8th poet laureate of Washi...
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Tapping into the Muse & Trusting the Path with Poet, Cheryl Slover-Linett
In this episode, we celebrate Cheryl Slover-Linett's first published poetry collection, The Seduction of the Daugh...
Beyond Walls with J. Drew Lanham
In this episode we follow bird migrations from Alaska to South Carolina, admire sunsets with strangers, and make stops along the way for raven and moose on a journey to Yosemite and Denali National Park and Preserve with J. Drew Lanham.
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"Haunted Bodies, Haunted Hearts" with Essayist, Kimberly Smith Williams and Poet, Joshua Eric Williams
In this episode, we listen to the story of writers, Kimberly and Joshua Williams--from how they met to how they create together as a couple. We also hear about Kimberly's memoir, "Haunted Bodies, Haunted Hearts," the practice of seasonal writin...
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Joyful Resistance with Author, Amy Irvine
In this episode, we hear about Amy Irvine's new book, Almost Animal, and learn how we can expose roots of generational trauma to build a foundation of joyful resistance.
A Backcountry Literary Tour with Poet, Author, and Teacher, CMarie Fuhrman
In this episode, we embark on a journey through words, rutted roads, writing workshops, and Idaho backcountry with author and teacher, CMarie Fuhrman. As we travel over uneven and rocky terrain, we learn how to trust in the unknown and continue...
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We Are Nature: Practicing Terraphilia with Author and Botanist, Susan J. Tweit
In this episode, we reflect on our connection with nature, honor reciprocal relations with all living beings, and trade out fear and darkness for an "ocean of light and love" with Author and Botanist, Susan J. Tweit.
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Writing Into Wonder with Poet Laureate of Evermore, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
In this episode, we embark on a journey through wonder on and off the page with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. As we navigate through hardship and grief, we find infinite possibilities in the power of adjusting our minds and hearts to allow our pat...
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Weaving Wild into Our Everyday Lives with Environmental Educator and Facilitator, Deb Matlock
"No matter where we are, the natural world is all around us." In this episode, we follow Deb Matlock's journey through Wild Rhythms and discover how we can strengthen our connection to our wild selves and the more than human world.&...
Poetic Resistance with Activist, Poet, and Attorney, Will Falk
In this episode, we discuss the Rights of Nature Movement and how poetry, art, and action can be wielded as tools of resistance to protect what we love.
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