The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh
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From Soil to Shelf: The Science of Beauty With Jorge Blanco
What does it mean for beauty to be part of ecology rather than separate from it? Willow sits down with Jorge Blanco, Davines' North America Culture & Creative Director, for a conversation about…
Maria Popova on Turning Matter Into Meaning
How do we stay open amid uncertainty? In this episode, Willow sits down with Maria Popova, writer and founder of The Marginalian, for a conversation about meaning, wonder, and the unknown. They…
Pattie Gonia: How Nature Can Help Us Transcend Binaries
How can we see nature as an invitation to break down binary thinking? In this episode, Willow sits down with environmental drag queen Pattie Gonia to explore the outdoors as a space that bridges…
Artist Olafur Eliasson on Seeing What We’ve Been Blind To
How can getting in touch with our senses help us reconnect with the world around us? Nature has shaped the work of artist Olafur Eliasson for decades. From glowing suns indoors to melting glaciers in…
Giuliana Furci Is Your Guide to the Enchanting World of Fungi
Beneath our feet, fungi connect forests, turn death into life, and quietly sustain the world we live in. Mycologist Giuliana Furci has spent decades studying and sensing into them. In this…
Uncovering the Holy Ordinary with Terry Tempest Williams
Note: This episode includes a brief mention of death by suicide. Please take care while listening. Willow sits down with award-winning author Terry Tempest Williams to explore the spiritual…
Suzanne Simard: How to Be a Mother Tree
What if the forest is not scenery, but kin? In this episode of The Nature Of, Willow speaks with forest ecologist, Suzanne Simard, about the hidden networks that connect trees beneath our feet and…
Death Doula Alua Arthur: Dying Is the Secret to Living
What if remembering we will die is what teaches us how to live? In this episode of The Nature Of, Willow is joined by death doula and New York Times bestselling author, Alua Arthur, to explore how…
Elizabeth Kolbert: Why Wonder Is Still Worth Searching For
This week on The Nature Of, Willow speaks with Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author Elizabeth Kolbert about what it means to bear witness to a changing world. Drawing from her new book Life…
Stories from the Deep with Cristina Mittermeier and Paul Nicklen
What does it cost to truly document the natural world, and why do some people keep returning even when the risk is real? In this episode of The Nature Of, Willow sits down with renowned conservation…
Baratunde Thurston on Natural vs. Artificial Intelligence
What does it mean to live in right relationship with intelligence, human, more than human, and now artificial? In this episode of The Nature Of, Willow sits down with writer, storyteller, and Life…
Robin Wall Kimmerer: The Land Loves You Back
In this week’s episode of The Nature Of, Willow sits down with Robin Wall Kimmerer, beloved scientist, author of Braiding Sweetgrass, and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. They explore the…
Roxane Gay: How Feminism Grows From Here
Movements evolve the way ecosystems do—through tension, adaptation, and collective resilience. In this episode, Willow is joined by writer and cultural critic Roxane Gay to explore the shifting…
Kate Marvel Will Change How You Feel About Planet Earth
In this episode, host Willow Defebaugh is joined by renowned climate scientist and writer Kate Marvel for a conversation about her book, Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet.…
Robert Macfarlane on Embracing Flow and Letting Rivers Heal Us
What does it mean to move like a river and to live in flow with the world around us? In this episode, Willow is joined by one of the world’s most celebrated nature writers, Robert Macfarlane, to…
Suleika Jaouad on Living Every Day Like It’s Your First
How can we alchemize pain into possibility? In this episode, Willow is joined by bestselling author, artist, and three-time cancer survivor Suleika Jaouad to explore the nature of imagination as a…
‘The Nature Of’ Returns Oct. 21
The Nature Of is coming back with even more inspiring conversations. Every other week. All year long.Join us as we continue walking this path towards reconnection with ourselves, each other, and the…
Esther Perel on Interconnection and Curing Modern Loneliness
How can the way we cultivate relationships with one another offer insight into healing our fractured relationship with nature? In this episode, Willow is joined by renowned psychotherapist and…
Maggie Rogers on How to Protect—and Nurture—Your Creativity
Nature is the ultimate artist—shaping landscapes over millennia, sculpting coastlines with waves, and composing symphonies in birdsong. In this episode, Grammy-nominated musician Maggie Rogers joins…
Bayo Akomolafe: How to Move Through Chaos Without Needing Control
What if the rupture of these tumultuous times is not an ending, but an opening? In this episode, Willow speaks with Bayo Akomolafe, philosopher, poet, and thinker whose work challenges us to step…
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The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh has published 27 episodes since March 2025, covering topics in Nature, Philosophy.
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