The Urban Exodus Podcast

A podcast by Urban Exodus, hosted by Alissa Hessler - Fridays

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69 Episodes

  1. Ancestral Homecoming: From corporate life in NYC to traditional living in rural Honduras

    Published: 11/18/2022
  2. Seeds, Sacrifice, and Service: A veteran's journey to healing through the soil | Jon Jackson of Comfort Farms

    Published: 11/11/2022
  3. BONUS EPISODE: Founder Alissa Hessler on her Urban Exodus journey

    Published: 6/2/2022
  4. A teacher raises $200k for a school garden to reconnect kids with nature & alleviate food insecurity | Sonya Harris of Bullock Gardens

    Published: 5/27/2022
  5. A photographer leaves Boston academia and builds a successful art career from the wilds of Maine | Cig Harvey

    Published: 5/20/2022
  6. A professional musician leaves Seattle after two decades on the road & builds a new chapter farming and making art in rural New Mexico | Cory Murchy

    Published: 5/13/2022
  7. Bacon and Blooms: A farm advocate and environmentalist leaves the Bay Area to reconnect with her ancestral farming roots | Molly Nakahara of Grass Valley, CA

    Published: 5/6/2022
  8. A writer and professional outdoorsman renovates an old church in rural Arkansas, building a safe space for all hunters | Jonathan Wilkins of Black Duck Revival

    Published: 4/29/2022
  9. A way forward: the paradigm shift of returning the self to nature, and undoing our collective narcissism to heal our planet | Jeanine Canty, PhD

    Published: 4/22/2022
  10. Reconnecting with a lost love and a surprise pregnancy inspires a move to the French countryside | Franchesca Hernandez

    Published: 4/15/2022
  11. A food sovereignty activist & self-trained chef leaves NYC and returns to her Native community to help build a digital platform to re-indiginize our diets | Mariah Gladstone of Indigikitchen

    Published: 4/8/2022
  12. A corporate lawyer leaves Singapore and moves to Bali for a creative, slower & happier life | Jean Voronkova

    Published: 4/1/2022
  13. A self-trained chef and serial entrepreneur builds an international line of clean-label, locally sourced sauces & rubs in Georgia | Walter Brooks Jr. of Brooksmade Gourmet

    Published: 3/25/2022
  14. An artist, mother of three, and former music marketing executive, leaves Los Angeles and builds an international natural crayon and candle business in rural Spain | Clara Infante of Copito in Garraf,

    Published: 3/18/2022
  15. A 22-year-old entrepreneur builds a thriving zero waste food delivery business in rural Canada | Celeste Lopreiato of Conscious Kitchen in West Grey, Ontario

    Published: 3/11/2022
  16. New farmers build a biodynamic oasis on Virginia's Eastern coastline, surrounded by conventional growers | Natalie McGill of Perennial Roots Farm in Accomac, VA

    Published: 12/17/2021
  17. A mother and vintage clothing purveyor leaves the city to build a better life for her two daughters on the autism spectrum

    Published: 12/9/2021
  18. Salvation in the soil, a widowed mother builds a farm-based business in rural Georgia with her daughters and mother | Margo Candelario of Young Female Farmers

    Published: 12/3/2021
  19. A queer, trans farmer cultivating joy and greater diversity in agriculture | Bo Dennis of Dandy Ram Farm in Monroe, Maine

    Published: 11/26/2021
  20. A film journalist's Covid move inspires a new chapter and a place to call home | Alicia Malone, TCM Host

    Published: 11/19/2021

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We are in the midst of a Great Awakening. In this uncertain world, people are changing course and getting back to their roots. This movement is happening all over the world. This is the Urban Exodus.Urban Exodus shares honest and inspiring stories of life transitions and transformations. It offers wisdom and practical advice for country dreamers, rural folk, and urban-dwellers alike, who want to feel more connected to the natural world and the purpose and choices in their lives.