Anne Strainchamps

Peabody Award-winning journalist and podcaster. Co-founder of "To The Best Of Our Knowledge," host and producer of "Wonder Cabinet."

Madison, WI

Episodes by Anne Strainchamps (32 available)

Green-bordered collage: a hollowed, weathered maple trunk in sunlit leaves, dark branches against blue sky, and Robert Moor in a denim shirt.

29 Aug 2026

Tree Thinking with Robert Moor

Robert Moor is a “tree person.” He says when you spend a lot of time in trees, time slows down - and branching and pruning can become life lessons.

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Three-panel collage: sunlight through green leaves, purple coneflowers, and Melanie Harris smiling outdoors in a teal wrap.

22 Aug 2026

The Ecowomanist Theology of Rev. Dr. Melanie L. Harris

A founder of ecowomanism on Black ancestral land wisdom, generational memory and healing through earth-honoring faiths.

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Three-panel collage with green border: top-left a lit pillar candle against a dark background, bottom-left frost-rimmed green leaves, right poet Christian Wiman in glasses and a denim shirt.

15 Aug 2026

Poetry Against Despair with Christian Wiman

Poet Christian Wiman reflects on everyday wonders, his ambivalence about religion, a long struggle with cancer, and how he finds joy in suffering.

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Three-panel collage with green border: top left, an erupting volcano; right, writer Cal Flyn on a hillside below a cliff; bottom left, poet Gary Snyder, in sunglasses, against storm clouds.

08 Aug 2026

Chasing Wilderness with Cal Flyn (and Gary Snyder)

Cal Flyn journeys to some of Earth's most forbidding landscapes in search of an ancient, dangerous idea: wilderness. And Gary Snyder on inner wildness.

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Episodes by Anne Strainchamps (32 available)

Time out for wonder

Tree Thinking with Robert Moor

The Ecowomanist Theology of Rev. Dr. Melanie L. Harris

Poetry Against Despair with Christian Wiman

Chasing Wilderness with Cal Flyn (and Gary Snyder)