{"podcast":{"title":"Wilder Podcast","slug":"wilder-podcast-6446398","podcast_index_feed_id":6446398,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/wilder-podcast/","website_url":"https://www.grangeproject.co.uk/wilder-podcast","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/ccf0843a-c305-4861-bfa7-bc581db486e3/CB9C92SZxcDje7YTXgykn7Ne.jpg","author":"Grange Project","episode_count":56,"summary":"Chloe is a clinical psychologist. Tom is a former British Army officer. In 2023 they bought 80 acres of intensive farmland in rural Monmouthshire and started rewilding it. The Wilder Podcast is the conversation that came next, and it has grown beyond the land. Every fortnight, we talk to the people thinking seriously about the systems we have built, and the ones we need next. Rewilding scientists and conservation founders. Regenerative farmers and food security experts. Economists, ecologists, psychologists, community builders, the occasional well-placed contrarian. The connecting thread is simple: a culture disconnected from nature is at the root of the polycrisis, and reconnection is the foundation for almost everything else. Alongside the interviews we share the honest version of our own journey at the Grange Project. The wins, the false starts, and the muddy reality of trying to turn a former silage farm into a mosaic of habitats, with no formal background in ecology. Topics range across rewilding and nature recovery, food systems and resilience, the economics of land, community and connection, and the mental health case for time spent wilder. Chloe brings a clinical psycholog…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T00:17:40.448358+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wilder-podcast-6446398"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 034: Going Off Grid: Tiny Homes, Big Solutions","slug":"ep-034-going-off-grid-tiny-homes-big-solutions","published_at":"2025-01-20T15:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wilder-podcast-6446398/ep-034-going-off-grid-tiny-homes-big-solutions","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wilder-podcast-6446398","url":"https://www.grangeproject.co.uk/wilder-podcast","audio_url":"https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/4c268095-dc79-4183-beec-fccdbaaaad45/034-converted.mp3","summary":"If you’ve ever contemplated heading to the hills in your own off-grid escape, this is the episode for you. Craftsman builder Simon Whitfield of the Tiny Home Company covers the key ingredients necessary to create your own self-built home, as well as philosophy underpinning the ‘tiny living’ lifestyle. We are so grateful to have worked with Simon in crafting the Grange Project’s Tiny Homes, if you feel inspired to experience them yourself after the episode, please book via our website . **Book to stay in one of our wonderful cabins by clicking here ** Your Hosts: Tom Constable: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-constable/ Chloe Constable: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chloe-constable-24155821b/ Website: https://www.grangeproject.co.uk Podcast Journey Page: https://www.grangeproject.co.uk/wilder-podcast Grange Project Contact & Social Media: Email: hello@grangeproject.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grange.project/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/grangeproject YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GrangeProject LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-constable/ Our Guest: Simon Whitfield, The Tiny Home Company The Tiny Home Company was founded in 2013 by craftsman builder Simon Whitfield. With 20+ years of carpentry and building experience, the company has grown organically through years of practice converting and creating live-in vehicles, traditional cabins and tiny houses. Simon and his family have lived in self built homes on wheels ranging from their vintage double decker bus to ‘the chapel’ - a dream tiny home project which has now been lovingly converted into a luxury glamping wagon. Simon also teaches courses with Black Mountains College, covering an introduction to Tiny Home design and building. Website: https://www.tinyhomecompany.co.uk/ List…","meta_description":"If you’ve ever contemplated heading to the hills in your own off-grid escape, this is the episode for you. Craftsman builder Simon Whitfield of the Tiny H…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3314,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wilder-podcast-6446398/episodes/ep-034-going-off-grid-tiny-homes-big-solutions/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wilder-podcast-6446398/ep-034-going-off-grid-tiny-homes-big-solutions.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}