In this debut episode, Madison and Abbey give a brief history of why they started Bristlecone Firesides. They discuss disconnection from the Earth and the tragedy of living decontextualized. And more to the point, they discuss the spiritual impacts of living in the culture of disconnection and how we can subvert those impacts through At-One-Ment and regaining a connection to the Earth.

*Forgive the audio quality in this first episode. True to form, Madison is good with dirt, but bad with technology.

**Corrected Aldo Leopold Quote because Madison’s memory is bad: “There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace.”

Books and Links:
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
The Art of the Commonplace by Wendell Berry
Let Them Eat Dirt by B. Brett Finlay, PhD and Marie-Claire Arrieta, PhD
Catch the Trailer if you missed it

Music by Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com)

Madison

Madison

Equal parts hippie-mystic, gastronomist, and comic-book nerd, Madison is not your average Mormon. By day he works to protect Utah's wildlands with Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. And by night he cooks, reads, and otherwise lives a pretty normal life. Madison takes great pride in being his niece’s and nephew’s favorite uncle, his three sister’s favorite brother, and his parent's favorite son (he has no brothers to compete with).