{"podcast":{"title":"The Way Forward with Alec Zeck","slug":"the-way-forward-with-alec-zeck-1371183","podcast_index_feed_id":1371183,"rss_url":"https://feeds.cohostpodcasting.com/VNgCQdzv","website_url":"https://www.thewayfwrd.com","image_url":"https://files.cohostpodcasting.com/quill-file-prod/d9b0eb4d-eb67-4bbf-8b45-23c3053a575a/shows/f7b39f09-5b28-4c3b-9a79-ce086332900c/cover-art/original_c6cb12699bb1cb9d7169c2a66bd71b02.png","author":"Alec Zeck","episode_count":351,"summary":"Welcome to The Way Forward Podcast, hosted by Alec Zeck! Established in 2022, The Way Forward's mission is to educate, empower, and unite men and women from all walks of life on their journey to health, freedom, and coherence. On our podcast, Alec engages in cutting-edge conversations with visionaries and thought leaders on life-affirming topics, including terrain-based and metaphysical health, voluntaryism and common-law, panentheist concepts, spirituality, the nature of reality, permaculture and homesteading, hidden history and more. Driven by Alec's passion and leadership, our episodes empowers listeners to connect with their inherent divinity, natural healing capacity, and innate freedom, while dissolving societal conditioning and seeking truth, fostering a deeper sense of coherence within themselves and the world. Stay tuned for paradigm-shifting conversations and join The Way Forward community to connect with others on the journey of health, freedom, and coherence. https://thewayfwrd.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T00:18:09.678768+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-way-forward-with-alec-zeck-1371183"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 238: How The New Terrain Medicine Is Changing How We Heal with Dr. Marizelle Arce","slug":"ep-238-how-the-new-terrain-medicine-is-changing-how-we-heal-with-dr-marizelle-arce","published_at":"2026-05-20T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-way-forward-with-alec-zeck-1371183/ep-238-how-the-new-terrain-medicine-is-changing-how-we-heal-with-dr-marizelle-arce","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-way-forward-with-alec-zeck-1371183","url":"https://www.thewayfwrd.com","audio_url":"https://audio-delivery.cohostpodcasting.com/audio/d9b0eb4d-eb67-4bbf-8b45-23c3053a575a/episodes/157418ff-193c-4e5d-9da7-ff1cef4b7cf4/episode.mp3","summary":"This podcast is made possible by our listeners and viewers. If this show has brought you value, you can support it by becoming a member of The Way Forward , our platform designed to help you find the health and freedom community (people, practitioners, schools, farms, and more) near you. Your membership directly supports the podcast and the work we do. Most people who say they follow \"terrain medicine\" still believe germs can turn on you.  Dr. Marizelle Arce doesn't, and she has spent almost two decades in clinical practice proving the opposite. She started in conventional medical school, walked out, and built her work around microzymas, pleomorphism, and dark field microscopy. Her mother was an electron microscopist who questioned what she was seeing through the lens. That early skepticism shaped everything that came next. 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