Wild Geese

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• 52. When I Accept Myself Just As I Am, I Change 26.05.2026 27min

  Email wildgeesepod@gmail.com with any questions you want answered on the show! RESOURCES MENTIONED: - Rulerless Casey Tiktok- Tiktok- Let Them Tiktok- Martyr by Kaveh Akbar- Mad Men clip- 4000 Weeks: Time Management For Mortals- The Diary of Anais Nin 1931-1934CONNECT WITH ME📓 Anna's Substack ⁠Newsletter⁠ ⛅ Wild Geese ⁠Instagram⁠ 💌 Anna's Podcast ⁠Production Services
• 51. become the creative director of your career 07.05.2026 33min

  The Artist's Guide to Making Money Online (Without Falling For Scams or Scamming People)Use code WILDGEESENB for a 25% off Notability subscription! ⁠https://promo.notability.com/wildgeese⁠RESOURCES MENTIONED:- WTF Is a Portfolio Career- How to Make Money on the Internet (Pt.1)- Offer Design Sprint with Lexi Merritt- Reach out by Molly Beck- Reach Out Party with Carly Valancy- Latasha James Tutorials- Copywriting with Saffana- How to Escape a Career that Makes You Feel Dead Inside- Positioning for Generalists who want to work for themselves- Resources When You're Done Climbing the Career Ladder- What's Actually In People's Portfolio Careers?
• 50. Your Obvious Idea Is Your Best Idea 21.04.2026 27min

  We all need to collectively decide to stop stopping ourselves from making things because they've been made before!! Also, stop sh*tting on people for making things that have been made before! Use code WILDGEESENB for a 25% off Notability subscription!! https://promo.notability.com/wildgeese RESOURCES MENTIONEDCHECK OUT MY NEW VLOG CHANNEL ON YTConnect with me:📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 the pressure to create original ideas 02:09 Living the questions - Rilke 04:05 art as a container for your questions 04:38 don't be afraid to do the obvious08:44 sometimes, i'm in over my head10:30 giving myself what I need through my creations11:41 do we need new ideas, or better influencers? 12:52 social reproductive labor14:58 the discomfort of care17:00 social reproductive labor & influencers18:40 complexities of sharing your work online 19:53 wondering about what already exists 21:30 ideas are not private property22:30 the problem of pain C.S Lewis23:00 your lived experience already IS original 25:00 digital gardening25:30 when i accept myself just as I am , I change 26:00 accept your ideas like you would accept a loved one To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.com
• 49. I Changed My Mind About Intimacy 08.04.2026 25min

  RESOURCES MENTIONED & MEMES INCLUDED: https://sublime.app/collection/ep-49-...CHECK OUT MY NEW VLOG CHANNEL ON YT: https://www.youtube.com/@annahowardvlogsCONNECT WITH ME: 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services
• 48. What Carried Me Through The Confusion of My Early Twenties 25.03.2026 25min

  RESOURCES MENTIONEDCONNECT WITH ME: 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.com
• 47. Become Your Own Muse 10.03.2026 30min

  To try everything Sublime has to offer, visit https://sublime.app/?ref=anna & use code: wildgeese for 20% off at checkout! "The role of the lover is exactly the same as the role of the artist. If I love you, I must make you aware of the things you do not see." - James BaldwinRESOURCES: https://sublime.app/collection/sublime-ep-2CONNECT WITH ME: 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services This episode is sponsored by Sublime.
• 46. Let It Linger: Ritualized Note-Taking To Take Your Attention Back 24.02.2026 29min

  Instructions for Living a Life: Pay Attention. Be Astonished. Tell About It. - Mary Oliver Resources Mentioned: Henrik Karlsson essayWe've Always Been DistractedYou're Shaped By What You Pay Attention toBecoming WiseAll the Ghosts You Will BeRelated Episodes: RitualsSensualityDigital Gardening📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services
• 45. Forget about being lovable. Love will find you anyway. 10.02.2026 25min

  Love and worth are not connected. We don't have to earn love by maintaining our innocence. So, now what? RESOURCES MENTIONED: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_We_Meet_on_Vacation_(film)https://www.tiktok.com/@chillbinch/video/7585431135518264590?_r=1&_t=ZT-93GB46E9LYbhttps://www.thecut.com/2020/09/my-brief-experience-with-love-has-been-totally-humiliating.htmlhttps://www.tiktok.com/@unpunishablewoman/video/7594833522116807949?_r=1&_t=ZT-93cLvb8khg6https://i-d.co/article/what-does-it-mean-to-get-womand/https://andreagibson.substack.com/p/what-love-ishttps://substack.com/home/post/p-185775926SUBLIME LINK FOR ACCESS TO ON-SCREEN MEMES & WRITING: https://sublime.app/collection/episode-45📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services
• 44. The World Is Re-Enchanted When We Pay Attention To Trees 21.01.2026 28min

  RESOURCES MENTIONED: - AID FOR ⁠MINNEAPOLIS⁠- ⁠The Conscious Universe⁠ by Joe Zadeh- Kristianna Smith's ⁠Tiktok⁠- ⁠The Light Eaters⁠ by Zoe Schlanger- ⁠Consciousness⁠- Alex Hanna's ⁠Tiktok⁠- ⁠Silicon Valley’s Obsession With AI Looks a Lot Like Religion⁠- Animism ⁠Essay⁠-⁠ Well Being Economy Alliance⁠📓 Anna's Substack ⁠Newsletter⁠ ⛅ Wild Geese ⁠Instagram⁠ 💌 Anna's Podcast ⁠Production Services ⁠To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.comTIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro 02:49 Rosetta Stone Sponsorship04:13 Anthropomorphism 07:00 The debate about plant intelligence 07:46 Coping with "unnatural" systems 09:35 Choosing an advocacy 11:13 The Unique Survival mechanisms of plants 12:52 Plant behavior fun facts! 16:31 What is the role of metaphor in science communication? 17:52 What is consciousness? 19:18 Bridging the gap between art and science 21:50 Artificial Intelligence is a misnomer23:20 People are worshipping AI? 25:00 Animism27:00 Well being economies
• 43. 2026 creative impulsivity challenge: making art out of curiosity, not fear 06.01.2026 32min

  What will happen when we stop hoarding our ideas from ourselves? RESOURCES MENTIONED: - Diabolical Lies- Madeleine Voge’s Reel- The Writing Life by Annie Dillard- Zoe’s TikTok- The Hand by Annabelle Dinda- Literally Just Do Things by Erifili Gounari- Analyzing “The Hand” by Annabelle Dinda- The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer- JB’s Tiktok- Francina Simone's Tiktok📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.com
• 42. The BEST books and essays I Read in 2025! 23.12.2025 31min

  Books Mentioned: - The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd- The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston- Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut - Martyr by Kaveh Akbar- Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin- The Book Thief by Markus ZusakEssays Mentioned: - In defense of pretension by Ayan Artan- Fake Fairness is Killing Our Relationships - And It's Everywhere by Jamila Bradley- Erotic Decisions by Museguided- On Agency by Henrik Karlsson- The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser- No One Told Me About Proust by Celine Nguyen- Democracy was founded on the legal suppression of grief, and why politics without art is death by Ellie Robins- Write for Your Life by Emily Rapp Black📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter - https://annacorinne.substack.com/⛅ Wild Geese Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wildgeesepod/#💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services - https://www.annacorinneproductions.com/production
• 41. Self-Led learning Ceremonies: Your Best Defense Against Brain Rot 09.12.2025 33min

  If you've seen the "personal curriculum," trend online but didn't feel like you could implement it in your own life, here's my take on it! It doesn't need to be a direct mirror of school! RESOURCES MENTIONED:  Dahlia’s Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dahliaquintanilla?lang=enLearning Ceremonies Guide: https://liberatedlearning.org/download-free-learning-spirals-guide/Are You Asking Enough of Your Brain?: https://substack.com/@naomialderman/p-175410802The Once and Future King: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Once_and_Future_KingHow to Start Researching as a Hobby: https://substack.com/home/post/p-168506463Turning Towards the Wound: Examining Unprocessed Grief in White European Descended Settlers and Finding Ancestrally Supported Pathways Back to Wholeness: https://substack.com/home/post/p-162000427How Can We Prioritize Decolonization? What Makes an Initiative Decolonial?: https://substack.com/home/post/p-162000427Research is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods: https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/research-is-ceremony-shawn-wilson“It Feels Fake”: Decolonizing Curriculum and Pedagogy in “It Feels Fake”: Decolonizing Curriculum and Pedagogy in Predominantly White Institutions Predominantly White Institutions: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://educate.bankstreet.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1469&context=occasional-paper-seriesLearn for Fun or Free Or Fun & Free : https://substack.com/@sarahschauer/p-175242020
• 40. How to Discover What You Want & Actually Ask For It 26.11.2025 28min

  I believe desire is a map & we can start using it to actually improve our relationships with others WHILE seeing our dream life come into our physical reality!! RESOURCES MENTIONED: A Woman's Guide to Power Unbound: https://www.kasiaurbaniak.com/unbound-bookLittle Weirds by Jenny Slate: https://www.thejennyslate.com/little-weirdsPleasure Activism: https://adriennemareebrown.net/book/pleasure-activism/RELATED EPISODES: Watch this if you're ready to rethink romantic relationships: https://youtu.be/olzuQmLQlSQ?si=T6BJ_SX340AQK9uVHow to be a better villager: https://youtu.be/-cNpV9SL6OQ?si=Ib-dv2Y-s3PaQEBg📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services Watch on Youtube To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.com00:00 intro 01:00 Book of the Month Sponsorship 02:54 How are Desires Different than Goals? 04:54 How can we be ready to answer the question "What do you want?" 05:11 the low maintenance, chill persona is a myth06:25 the most radical thing a woman can do is want07:33 desires about being desired 08:16 You don't choose your desires, your desires choose you08:32 How do we even know what we want?12:51 A prompt to translate desires into asks15:00 Making your asks more specific17:50 Asking for the wrong thing is just information18:11 Satisfying your desires is a highly personal process18:46 Redefining what it means to ask for help 19:53 Maladaptive behaviors we might use to avoid asking for what we want20:22 Yearning can feel like a humiliation ritual21:09 Having conviction in your desires 23:10 How rejection can actually lead to a better outcome24:30 Why I reject wantlessness25:35 How desire can be an empowering community builder27:35 What is pleasure activism? 28:48 Why we all need to talk about what we desire more
• 39. How to Bring Joy & Whimsy Back Into Your Life 11.11.2025 27min

  Reconnecting with our inner child is a collective responsibility and it should be FUN! Resources: - Syllabus by Linda Barry- If We're Lucky, We Never Become 'Good' Humans- Interview with Linda Barry- Jamila Bradley's Tiktok- Sarah Schauer's Tiktok📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services
• 38. Creating in the Age of Distraction & A.I Slop 28.10.2025 28min

  I experimented with a media consumption break & it had my reflecting our relationship to art. TLDR: everyone's freaking out about AI stealing our creativity. I think humans are more resilient than that. RESOURCES: - Art as Necessity: Rethinking the Fundamentals of Human Survival- The Book Thief- Behind the WallRELATED EPISODES: - How Life Changes When You Realize the Rules are Made Up- The Lost Art of Sensuality📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter - https://annacorinne.substack.com/⛅ Wild Geese Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wildgeesepod/#💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services - https://www.annacorinneproductions.com/productionTo inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.com
• 37. The Critical Thinking Crisis: Choosing Curiosity Over Certainty 14.10.2025 32min

  Critical thinking skills require all of us to let go of our need for certainty. Are we willing to do that? RESOURCES: - Eliza Day's Tiktok- Some of Your Are Engaging in Cop Behavior- Maybe We're All So Worried About Getting In Trouble Because We Keep Trying to Get Each Other in Trouble by Hannah Glenn- A Hierarchy of Thinking Styles- Key Questions for Media Literacy- Debate Me! by Priya Jain- How to be a critic by Ayan Artan- Twitchy Witch Tiktok- Kristianna's Tiktok📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services
• 36. how language shapes the way we think 30.09.2025 26min

  Does language shape the way we perceive reality? Can Indigenous wisdom shine a light on a different way forward??! RESOURCES MENTIONED: - Lingthusiasm- The Hatred of Metaphor- Briana Ní Loingsigh's Substack- WordsatWork Tiktok- The Balkanization and Babelification of the Internet- Babaylan, Bye Bye Lang- Hopi Time Controversy- Our Language, Our World- Braiding Sweetgrass📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.comTIME STAMPS: 00:00 Intro 01:23 Craftsy Sponsorship 02:23 Learning Spanish 04:44 Comparative Historical Linguistics vs linguistic relativity 05:33 Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis06:55 Conceptual metaphors in the english language08:47 The Irish language understanding of time and emotions09:55 How language changes our sense of morality 11:18 the etymology of the word 'culture'12:20 Internet sub-cultures fracturing language14:08 dog whistles 14:54 the grammar of animacy19:20 does language actually change the way we perceive reality?22:35 the somatics of language 25:20 embodying the grammar of animacy
• 35. Your Life Is Not An Optimization Problem | Q&A 16.09.2025 37min

  little Q&A moment today!The first 500 people to use my link in the description or scan the QR code will receive a one month free trial of Skillshare! Get started today! https://skl.sh/annahoward09251Favorites mentioned: Books:- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer- Hunger Games (lol) by Suzanne Collins - Giovanni's Room by James BaldwinMusicians: - Muna - Yana- Abba - The Weepies - Samia- Devon Again Substacks: - Rayne Fisher Quann- Ayan Artan- Jamila Bradley- Henrik Karlson- Heather HavrileskyPodcast: -Binchtopia Discount Codes: - Sublime.app: 'WildGeese' at checkout for 20% off: https://sublime.app/?ref=anna- Capacities One month free trial using this link: https://capacities.io/?via=anna🫶 Join my newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram📓 Anna's Substack 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.comThis episode is sponsored by Skillshare
• 34. A Writing Practice to Help You Meet Yourself 02.09.2025 34min

  I've found real magic in thinking on the page in the last year. I'd love for more people to experience this with me. "When I sit down to write, the meadow is still engulfed in darkness under a sky where satellites pass by, one after the other. My thoughts are flighty and shapeless, like dreams; they morph as I approach them. But when I open my notebook and write, it is as if I pin my thoughts to the table. I can examine them." - Henrik KarlsonTo try everything Capacities has to offer—free—for a full 30 days, visit: https://capacities.io/?via=anna ❤️Resources Mentioned: - Why I Write by Joan Didion- On Abandoning Capitalistic Achievement to Seek the Freedom of Play- 28 Slightly Rude Notes on Writing- A Life in Constant Potential- the one about ai- don't get it f*cked up fr- Why You Should Build Your Raft of Art in the Sea of Slop- Advice for a Friend Who Wants to Start a Blog- If You Have Writer's Block, Maybe You Should Stop Lying- Henrik Karlson: One of the World's Most Under-Rated Writers| How I Write- Writing as Autonomy- Writing Hack: Write it Just Like That- Squibler.io Dangerous Writing Prompt- In Her Own Words: Toni Morrison on Writing, Editing, and Teaching🫶 Join my newsletter (weekly media roundups) ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 📓 Anna's Substack (personal essays) 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.comTIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Writing as Thinking02:40 Capacities Sponsorship04:03 Joan Didion 05:19 Communicating when you're NOT a verbal processor07:10 Childhood hints that you're a writer08:43 Writing Holds Your Questions 10:06 Spotting Intrinsic Artistic Mediums 10:49 Addressing AI Slop Writing14:02 Writing as Pathological Caring 16:16 Writing is about Power 17:32 Writing in a Memoir Style20:55 Writing Essays23:30 Being willing to be stupid in public25:39 Calling out Conflicting Thoughts 26:59 Approach "I Write to Know What I'm Thinking" With Caution28:28 The Value in the Rewriting Process
• 33. How to Manage Multiple Interests & Actually CREATE Something 19.08.2025 30min

  To try everything Sublime has to offer, visit https://sublime.app/?ref=anna & use code: wildgeese for 20% off at checkout! Sublime is the tool I use everyday to help make more interesting connections between one idea to the next. If you're stuck in distracting algorithms & having a hard time falling down the rabbit hole, this episode is for you :) RESOURCES: - Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert- How to Research Niche Ideas on Literature and Philosophy- Your digital gardening should be communal! (anna howard, artistic isolation, and wilding the web)- The Science of Mind Mapping: A Visual Way to Make Sense of the World - Follow the White Hot Fire Inside of You- Slaughterhouse FiveTIMESTAMPS: 00:00 intro 00:55 From research to creation02:14 Sublime Sponsorship 03:11 How my digital gardening process has changed 04:55 How to fall down the rabbit hole without distraction 05:35 The 3 states of attention 06:36 Addressing the inability to focus 07:22 How to store inspiration & ideas in one place 08:29 Creating collections 09:24 public vs. private 09:52 finding related cards (sources) 11:14 How to let your curiosity lead the ship instead of someone else's algorithm 13:35 How to research niche ideas in literature and philosophy 14:08 How to research in a way that expands YOUR writing 16:05 turn your digital garden into a community garden 18:28 turning your rabbit hole into a project 20:00 BTS of creating a canvas for a new project27:30 BTS of a canvas I made for a past episode 28:55 having a visual of your curiosity 29:19 ways this process can be helpful for non-writing projects This episode is sponsored by Sublime.app🫶 Join my newsletter⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 📓 Anna's Substack 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.com