Wilderness Within
Wilderness Within is a podcast hosted by Kai J. Lee that explores inner worlds through shared stories and lived experiences with changemakers and visionaries. Each episode celebrates triumphs, failures, learnings, and vulnerabilities, aiming to dive beyond the superficial into the depths of personal devotions and motivations. The podcast also features personal stories from Kai's life as a community-supported, purpose-driven content creator and former nomad.
Episodes
Jim Barngrover - Soil, Sovereignty, and Seeds of Resilience (WW 09)
What does it truly mean to provide for a community and care for the earth beneath our feet?In this episode of Wilderness Within, Kai J. Lee sits down with elder, lifelong organic grower, and sustainable agriculture pioneer Jim Barngrover at his home in Helena, Montana. Recorded during the summer of 2023 against the backdrop of the landmark Held v. Montana youth climate trial taking place just bloc
Andy Vantrease - Following Your Heart, Work as Devotion, Cyclic Nature of Everything (WW 08)
Some conversations take time to find their moment. This one was recorded in Mazunte, México in January 2023, just over three years ago now, waiting for the right container to release it into.Andy and I were housemates on the Oaxacan coast. We'd wake up, walk to morning meditations at a local centre, drift down to the beach, cook together, and marvel at the plants and wildlife around our tropical s
Alyson Noele Sagala - Making Meaning and Letting Go as a Creator (WW 07)
"Living with openness isn’t easy, but it’s the only way I feel truly connected."In this intimate, firelit conversation recorded in the oak woodlands of Mendocino, I sit down with someone who has long felt like a little sister to me - Alyson. We’ve shared many chapters over the years, from our time living and working in Nepal to weaving our own creative paths through life. What we spoke about in 20
Scott Hanson - Becoming the Man, Husband, and Father He Had Journaled About (WW 06)
"It’s no longer getting healthy because I should. It’s getting healthy because I’m trying to become fit for fatherhood - physically, mentally, spiritually, emotionally."In this heartfelt catch-up, I sat down with my dear friend and brother, Scott Hanson - a man whose life story reminds me (and all of us) what happens when you listen to your gut, surrender to change, and build a life of intentional
Kai J. Lee - Becoming the Storyteller: A Walk Through Truth, Grief, and Gratitude (WW 05)
In this deeply personal solo episode, yours truly, Kai J., return to one of the lands that raised me - Los Angeles - to walk, reflect, and speak aloud the truths that have shaped my latest chapter. Through spontaneous storytelling on the trail, I explore what it means to finally meet the hero I've been searching for: myself. From honouring ancestral roots and interviewing my parents on camera for
Tamara Wilder - The Journey of Becoming an Elder and Ancient Skills Teacher (WW 04)
After a hiatus, we're back! This episode features a very special guest and friend, Tamara Wilder.Tamara became fascinated by ancient living skills in at age 19 when she attended an Ancient Living Skills gathering. She was “hooked” and quickly began incorporating the practice of skills into her daily experience. Ever since, she has been dedicating her life to enjoying, learning, researching, experi
Beth Huggins - Learnings from 7 Years of Service in Nepal (WW 03 )
In this episode, I speak with Beth Huggins amongst the hills of coastal Ecuador on land being stewarded and restored by Regeneration Field Institute. Beth believes in development work that intimately considers unique community and individual needs with a systemic and holistic approach. I recall her soaking up the book (amongst countless other books) 'How Can I Help?' while living and working toget
Orion Haas - Being Human, Conscious Impact, and Purpose through Service (WW 02)
In this episode, I have a connective walk and talk with Orion Haas, a long-time friend, brother, and collaborator amongst the jungle on the outskirts of Tulum, Mexico. Orion speaks into the early months of our friendship, then diving into our time and work in Nepal which brought us into a post-disaster, service-oriented community and the contrast to the living situation then in Tulum as a newly ma
Mariana Jimenez Moreno - Connected Living through Travel and Natural Building (WW 01)
In our first full episode with a guest, I have a connective walk and talk with Mariana Jimenez Moreno, a dear friend, natural building teacher, and community living advocate in the tranquil forested art walk at Holistika in Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Mariana speaks into her unique dual-world upbringing in Mexico & the United States, snippets of travel and living experiences in Mexico, France
Kai J. Lee - The Backstory to a New Devotion (WW 00 - Trailer)
In this pilot episode-trailer, I, Kai J. Lee, share the "ah-ha" moment of this podcast in the Spring of 2021 during a camping trip with an old friend outside of Los Angeles in southern California, and the months and years that followed of its shaping and materialization.Next up - our first full episode with guest and dear friend, Mariana Jimenez Moreno.Wilderness Within (WW) is an exploration of i
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