{"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. 046: Healing in the Wild with Jo Robert, CEO Wilderness Foundation UK","slug":"ep-046-healing-in-the-wild-with-jo-robert-ceo-wilderness-foundation-uk","published_at":"2025-11-06T12:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wilder-podcast-6446398/ep-046-healing-in-the-wild-with-jo-robert-ceo-wilderness-foundation-uk","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wilder-podcast-6446398","url":"https://www.grangeproject.co.uk/wilder-podcast","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/17708834-153e-4a13-a5f0-9d5717bb80fd.mp3","summary":"In episode 46 of The Wilder Podcast , hosts Chloe and Tom explore how wild places heal people and ecosystems. Their guest is Jo Roberts , CEO of the Wilderness Foundation UK . Jo shares how her childhood in South Africa fostered a deep respect for wilderness, how trauma influenced her career path, and why she believes access to nature should be a basic public health right. The conversation covers the Grange Project’s latest updates (volunteers, community‑days and new Berkshire pigs), the difference between parks and true wilderness, and the Wilderness Foundation’s programmes for survivors of domestic abuse, young people experiencing mental‑health challenges and at‑risk youth. Together they discuss why being outdoors with others, facing manageable challenges and reconnecting with non‑human nature can transform mental and emotional health. Guest: Jo Roberts – CEO, Wilderness Foundation UK Jo has been Chief Executive of the Wilderness Foundation since 2004 and previously worked as Projects Director and Project Coordinator wildernessfoundation.org.uk . A South African by birth, Jo was shaped by wild places across Africa and studied social anthropology during apartheid. She moved to the UK in 1984 and later merged her global network of wilderness practitioners into programmes that use nature to promote wellbeing and behavioural change wildernessfoundation.org.uk . Jo is a master NLP practitioner and psychotherapeutic counsellor who leads wilderness therapy programmes, with research interests in how immersion in nature affects mental health wildernessfoundation.org.uk . She also serves on the Essex Climate Action Commission and champions the idea that “ we help nature and nature helps us ” wildernessfoundation.org.uk . Timestamps & Topics: […","meta_description":"In episode 46 of The Wilder Podcast , hosts Chloe and Tom explore how wild places heal people and ecosystems. Their guest is Jo Roberts , CEO of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3661,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wilder-podcast-6446398/episodes/ep-046-healing-in-the-wild-with-jo-robert-ceo-wilderness-foundation-uk/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-046-healing-in-the-wild-with-jo-robert-ceo-wilderness-foundation-uk.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}