Episode 37 - The Low Road and the High Road: Alastair McIntosh and Some Wisdom from Scottish Land Reform and Waterways

Scottish writer, Academic, and Spiritual Activist Alastair McIntosh sits down with Sara Jolena Wolcott to talk about his work on land reform, waterways and housing; the importance of Community Gardens, and the current state of America amidst the coming US election. This includes reflections from the island from which Donald Trump's maternal family comes. 

1:33 - Introduction to Alastair Macintosh
5:38 - About Dark Mountain
12:00 - Land of trust and land ownership
20:40 - History
24:20 - On Trump and the American definition of "success"
33:00 - On Community Gardens
36:40 - Archetypes -  Trump
41:20 - Divisions in America
48:00 - Paying attention to waters: Rivers and Oceans
58:00 - Possible American Futures

Referenced material:

Other Books mentioned in the episode:

• Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump
• Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

Alastair's books:
Soil and Soul
Riders on the Storm: the Climate Crisis and the Survival of Being
Poacher's Pilgrimage: an Island Journey
Spiritual Activism: Leadership as Service
Parables of Northern Seed: Anthology from BBC's Thought for the Day
Island Spirituality: Spiritual Values of Lewis and Harris

Alastair's website


Featured Music:
Music: The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond
by Marie Narelle
Publication date 1906
Source: Archive.org