Ep. 997: Rewilding Your Life with Michael Easter
Wired To Hunt Podcast
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4.8 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2026
⏱️ 78 minutes
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This week on the show we’re speaking with Michael Easter, the author of The Comfort Crisis and Scarcity Brain, about tangible ways we can add wildness back into our lives and the real impacts that can have on our outdoor pursuits, happiness, and satisfaction.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.2 | Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast, your guide to the White Tail Woods. |
| 0:10.6 | Presented by First Light, creating proven, versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle, or blind. |
| 0:17.1 | First Light. Go farther, stay longer. |
| 0:20.4 | And now, your host, Mark Kenyon. |
| 0:23.4 | Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast. This week on the show, I'm joined by Michael Easter. He's the author of The Comfort Crisis and Scarcity Brain. |
| 0:32.9 | And we're discussing tangible ways we can add wildness back into our lives and the real impact that can |
| 0:39.4 | have on our happiness, our outdoor pursuits, and our sense of satisfaction across all things. |
| 0:50.9 | All right, welcome back to the Wired to Hunt podcast brought to you by First Light. |
| 0:57.1 | And happy New Year. |
| 0:58.4 | A new year's upon us. |
| 1:00.0 | I can't believe that's the case. |
| 1:02.1 | We're two weeks in now, I suppose, and it's always shocking how quickly these things sneak up on us. |
| 1:09.8 | But 2026 is here. And we're going to be kicking |
| 1:13.1 | off the new year. You know, last week we discussed some of the top conservation issues to be |
| 1:17.7 | thinking about and looking forward to today. And then again, in a couple weeks, we're going to do |
| 1:22.6 | a couple outside the box episodes. Some episodes where we explore topics that are a little bit beyond strictly |
| 1:30.6 | deer hunting, beyond strictly how to, and we're to zoom out a bit and explore some different |
| 1:36.7 | ideas and philosophies or concepts, things that can help you become a better deer hunter, |
| 1:42.9 | but also help you become a better angler, |
| 1:47.2 | outdoors men or woman, student, businessman or woman, dad, mom, son, daughter, person in general. |
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