Podcast appearances and mentions of heather swan

Jane Hirshfield—widely regarded as one of America's greatest living poets—joins Madison Book Beat for a rich conversation about poetry, the natural world, and the human condition. The New York Times Magazine has called her work “some of the most important poetry in the world today,” and her latest collection, The Asking: New & Selected Poems, showcases the depth and range of a life devoted to lyrical inquiry.In this episode, host David Ahrens and guest co-host Heather Swan, a poet and faculty member at UW-Madison and the Nelson Institute, delve into the themes that define Hirshfield's work: ecological awareness, tenderness amid grief, and poetry as a vehicle for transformation.In an intimate and expansive interview, Ahrens and Swan trace Hirshfield's poetic origins through six life-shaping jobs (as recently profiled by Swan on Lit Hub) and revealing her belief in poetry's ability to create moments of changed understanding—acts of witness, clarity, and care.Jane Hirshfield will give a public reading from The Asking tonight — Monday, May 12 — at 6 PM at the Madison Central Library, 3rd Floor. The event is sponsored by the Madison Book Festival and the Nelson Institute, with books available for purchase from Mystery to Me and a signing to follow.

It can be hard to enjoy the natural world these days without anxiety. You notice a butterfly on a flower and wonder why you don't see more. How's the monarch population doing this year? And shouldn't there be more bees? The challenge is to live in this time of climate change – but still find joy and refuge in it. Original Air Date: July 27, 2024Interviews In This Hour: Ecologies of love: Heather Swan's stories of insects and the web of life — Becoming edible: Philosopher Andreas Weber's mystical biologyGuests: Heather Swan, Andreas WeberNever want to miss an episode? Subscribe to the podcast.Want to hear more from us, including extended interviews and favorites from the archive? Subscribe to our newsletter.

On today's show host Douglas Haynes sits down with Heather Swan to talk about her new book “Where the Grass Still Sings: Stories of Insects and Interconnections.” Heather Swan is […] The post The Surprising Depth of Human-Insect Relationships With Heather Swan appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

Ever wonder how a passion for yarn could transform into a thriving business and vibrant community? In this episode, we unravel the story of Heather Swan, aka "The Yarn Queen," who left her corporate career to pursue her love of fiber arts. Discover how she built Yarncom and the Midwest Fiber Festival from scratch, navigating challenges and weaving together a loyal customer base. Whether you're a crafting enthusiast or an aspiring entrepreneur, this conversation is bound to inspire and offer valuable insights into the world of experiential retail.Guest:Heather Swan, aka "The Yarn Queen", founder of Yarncom and Midwest Fiber FestivalKey Topics:Heather's transition from corporate career to yarn shop ownerThe $2.5 billion US yarn industry and growing interest in fiber artsLaunching Yarncom and the Midwest Fiber FestivalBuilding a passionate fiber arts community in St. LouisStrategies for introducing new customers to knitting and crochetThe importance of offering experiences in retailBalancing beginner-friendly classes with advanced offeringsUsing market research to choose an ideal shop locationTips for new entrepreneurs (e.g. hiring a virtual assistant early)Memorable Quotes: "Our tagline is community through creation." - Heather Swan"Surrounding yourself with people that support you, that believe in you, and that hold you accountable is what has helped me so much." - Heather SwanWhere to find Heather:Yarncom: yarncomstl.comMidwest Fiber Festival: midwestfiberfest.com

It can be hard to enjoy the natural world these days without anxiety. You notice a butterfly on a flower and wonder why you don't see more. How's the monarch population doing this year? And shouldn't there be more bees? The challenge is to live in this time of climate change – but still find joy and refuge in it. Original Air Date: July 27, 2024Interviews In This Hour: Ecologies of love: Heather Swan's stories of insects and the web of life — Becoming edible: Philosopher Andreas Weber's mystical biologyGuests: Heather Swan, Andreas WeberNever want to miss an episode? Subscribe to the podcast.Want to hear more from us, including extended interviews and favorites from the archive? Subscribe to our newsletter.

Heather Swan speaks author and poet, Nickole Brown about her relationship with animals, the more-than-human world and the Hellbender poetry conference. The post Goats, Bees, and Poetry: A Conversation with Nickole Brown appeared first on Edge Effects.

On this edition of Madison BookBeat, host Cole Erickson interviews Heather Swan about her latest book Dandelion, a collection of poetry which explores our uniquely human relationship with this natural world, not only in its wondrous beauty, but also in its devastation and fragility.About the guest:Heather Swan is a poet, non-fiction writer, and educator in Madison. Her poetry includes the collection A Kinship with Ash,  which was a finalist for the ASLE Book Award, and her chapbook The Edge of Damage, which was the winner of the Wisconsin Chapbook Award.She is also the author of the non-fiction book Where Honeybees Thrive: Stories from the Field, which won the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award.   A companion book to Where Honeybees Thrive is expected to be released later this year, titled Where the Grass Still Sings: Stories of Insects and Interconnection.  

HRN was proud to work with Slow Food USA as a media partner for the Slow Food Summit, which took place on May 13 - May 15, 2022.  For three days, hundreds of people from around the world gathered virtually to discuss the regeneration of our world's foodways to advance good, clean and fair food for all. Each day focused on a new lens through which attendees listened, shared and planned the future of our climate, health and food justice. We took a moment during this rousing Global Slow Seed Summit to pause, slow down and reflect with some people in our network who have done much reflection on the key theme of this summit: Regenerating our Climate, Health and Connection. Our featured authors  have written about so many aspects of this theme, and today we put a special focus on Women, Seeds and Community.  You'll hear from John Hausdoerffer, Kaylena Bray, Heather Swan, Anjanette Wilson, and Katherine Kassouf Cummings. John Hausdoerffer is the editor of What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be? and  Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations. His books “Catlin's Lament“ and “Wildness“ ​imagine how environmental health must come from and result in the healing of deep histories of social injustice and cultural trauma.  Kaylena Bray (Haudenosaunee/Seneca)  is Turtle Clan from the Seneca Nation of Indians whose work throughout the Americas has served to educate and strengthen vital links between Indigenous food systems, local economies, and climate change adaptation.  Heather Swan is the author of the poetry collection A Kinship with Ash (Terrapin Books), the chapbook The Edge of Damage (Parallel Press), and the creative nonfiction book Where Honeybees Thrive: Stories from the Field (Penn State Press), which won the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award.  Anjanette Wilson (she/hers) is a first-generation college student and first-generation Filipino American who found community in seed saving through traditional Filipino practices and currently serves as the Development Coordinator at Global Seed Savers where she works to aid the dismantling of systems of oppression by preserving the Filipino Culture through seed saving. Katherine Kassouf Cummings is a Lebanese-American writer and editor born to and living on the ancestral homelands of the people of the Council of Three Fires (Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa) as well as the Menominee, Miami, and Ho-Chunk nations. She co-edited the book What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be? (University of Chicago Press, 2021) and serves as Managing Editor at the Center for Humans and Nature, where she leads the Questions for a Resilient Future and the Editorial Fellows program. HRN On Tour is powered by Simplecast.

It's been a while since we've had some poetry on EcoCast, so… enjoy some poetry on EcoCast! We're joined by Heather Swan, poet and lecturer at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Heather shares some poems from her collection A Kinship with Ash, and we discuss her non-fiction books, Where Honeybees Thrive and the forthcoming Where the Grass Still Sings. We talk about the wonder and grief inspired by witnessing the natural world and the harms done to it by humans, and think about the power of writing and art as means to “knit yourself back into the world”, as one of Heather's poems invites us to do. For more on Heather: Website: https://www.heatherswan.net/  Twitter: @beegood2bees A Kinship with Ash: https://www.terrapinbooks.com/store/p33/A_Kinship_with_Ash.html  Where Honeybees Thrive: https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-07741-3.html  If you have an idea for an episode, please submit your proposal here: https://forms.gle/Y1S1eP9yXxcNkgWHA   Twitter: @ASLE_EcoCast Jemma Deer: @Geowrites Brandon Galm: @BeGalm If you're enjoying the show, please consider subscribing, sharing, and writing reviews on your favorite podcast platform(s)! Episode recorded January 22, 2022. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Heather Swan is a world-record-holding extreme sports athlete. In 2006 Heather and her husband Glenn Singleman set a world record by completing the world's highest wingsuit base jump from the 22,000 foot (6672m) summit of Mount Meru in the Himalayas of India."This conversation with Heather is one of the most inspiring I've ever had. Join us as Heather talks about how to step out of your comfort zone, whether base jumping or with horses, and asks the hard question of “what would you do if you weren't afraid”. - WarwickWarwick has over 650 Online Training Videos that are designed to create a relaxed, connected, and skilled equine partner. Start your horse training journey today!https://videos.warwickschiller.com/Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WarwickschillerfanpageWatch hundreds of free Youtube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/warwickschillerFollow us on Instagram: @warwickschiller

Heather Swan is a poet, writer, and beekeeper. She is the author of Where Honeybees Thrive: Stories from the Field. In this essay, Heather travels to Columbia, where nearly fifty percent of the country's 4,300 native species of orchid are endangered. As the Colombian people and landscape continue to recover from a half century of civil war, she meets one family who is pursuing restoration and resiliency by cultivating native orchids and returning them to the wild. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heather Swan was a very normal, everyday woman with no experience in adventure or even camping until her 30s. A single mum with a distinguished corporate career, her life probably would have continued on that track until she met the man who is now her husband, Glenn. Glenn was a base jumper - and the rest, as they say, is history. After doing her first base jump at the age of 40, Heather was gone onto become a wingsuit pilot. She holds multiple world records (including for the world’s highest wingsuit base jump) and has flown her wingsuit over Sydney Harbour, the Grand Canyon and, most recently, Antarctica. We discuss fear, risk, self-doubt and the inner critic in this fun conversation. Get the full show notes for the episode here. — Visit the Sparta Chicks Radio website here  Follow Sparta Chicks Radio on Facebook: facebook.com/SpartaChicks  Follow Heather on Instagram: @heatherjswan

On this episode of All Things Grinnell, we dig into the Grinnell College Garden, talking with some of the workers and volunteers who've contributed to the garden's improved production the past two years. Then we talk with Heather Swan, beekeeper, poet, and lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, about her book, Where Honeybees Thrive, which creatively explores efforts to ensure a sustainable future for honeybees – and ourselves.

Today we recap the lessons learnt and powerful messages shared from Season 2 of the Get On Purpose Podcast.   In this episode: Knowing the power of one  and making the impossible possible with Nobel Peace Prize Recipient, Professor Muhammad Yunus. Helping entrepreneurs to tell their story, find their identity and own who they are in their business with John Beckett from Seed. Taking a stand, one issue at a time with Melinda Tankard Reist from MTR. Symon Brewis-Weston highlights the importance of creating leaders one person at a time, the dangers of comparison and knowing there is no ‘but’. Taking action to make a change, being curious and living to your values with Abigail Forsyth from sustainability company KeepCup. How to approach fear, exploring what is possible and the importance of putting yourself first for now and your future self by Heather Swan from Baseclimb. Fighting the good fight, integrity and being authentic with Therese Kerr from the Divine Company. Get on Purpose action (GOPA): What is your power? What is sitting in your hand?   Links mentioned in the show Professor Muhammad Yunus interview with Karen James

Heather Swan was a very normal, everyday woman with no experience in adventure or even camping until her 30s. A single mum with a distinguished corporate career, her life probably would have continued on that track until she met the man who is now her husband, Glenn. Glenn was a base jumper - and the rest, as they say, is history.  After doing her first base jump at the age of 40, Heather was gone onto become a wingsuit pilot. She has set a World Record for the world’s highest wingsuit base jump and has flown her wingsuit over Sydney Harbour, the Grand Canyon and, most recently, a mountain in Antartica. We discuss fear, risk, self-doubt and the inner critic in this fun conversation.  Get the full show notes for the episode here. — Visit the Sparta Chicks Radio website here Follow Sparta Chicks Radio on Facebook: facebook.com/SpartaChicks Follow Heather on Instagram: instagram.com/heatherjswan

A San Jose-native, Heather Swan is the Chief Happiness Officer at Zoom, a video conferencing tool that works on any device. She started as an employee #15 and now Zoom has grown to over 700,000 clients worldwide, she has worked in every sales role within the company and has consistently hit her quotas. Heather has previous experience in the retail sales space, particularly for Tory Burch shoes and medical devices. Today, she shares the perspective of founding a startup from an employee perspective and some qualities a great salesperson must have.

The decline of honeybees is cause for alarm and a symptom of global biodiversity loss. Beekeepers, however, find creative ways to build relationships with honeybees and steward their hives. The post Finding Hope and Community with Honeybees: A Conversation with Heather Swan appeared first on Edge Effects.

Today I am joined by Heather Swan, an adventurer who is a passionate advocate of an adventure-filled lifestyle.   In this episode: Heather shares her personal blueprint of sharing experiences of living authenticity and confronting fear when it is not helpful How she lives her personal purpose of ‘exploring what is possible’ to inspire others How she lives a life based on the person she wants to be remembered for The importance of movement and meditation when starting your day to get clarity and empowerment The impact of technology on her sky diving adventures and how she uses her smartwatch to empower her daily life Why you need to put yourself first in living a life on purpose   Today’s Get on Purpose Action (GOPA): Confront a fear Explore what is possible Set a goal that your future self will thank you for Links mentioned in the show: Baseclimb On Purpose book - http://karentjames.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/onpurposehub Twitter - https://twitter.com/KarenTJames Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/onpurposehub/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_3QTpU3nQuVpfi503GBIw

My good friend and New Zealander nomad VANESSA BECK takes the controls of this episode of FARM ON, and interviews poet and author HEATHER SWAN. Vanessa was the natural choice for this conversation since she and Swan share many traits in common: a keen sensibility for the natural world, deep compassion for the work of restoration, and first-hand experience with the art of BEEKEEPING. They spend the hour chatting about Swan's new book WHERE HONEYBEES THRIVE: STORIES FROM THE FIELD (Penn State University Press), which is "part love song, part lament, and part quest", and all love. Love for the honeybee, love for the people who spend their lives studying it, and love for endless pursuit of understanding through research. In this talk, Swan explains how her journey in the field led her all over the world to learn from beekeepers, farmers and scientists. She also explores the inner life of a handful of artists whose shared muse is the archetype of the honeybee, and whose artwork shuffles the book's chapters in a kind of lyrical poem that straddles the intellect and the creative mind. Get the book WHERE HONEYBEES THRIVE here: http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-07741-3.html

Today I talk about the importance of incorporating policies into your life when living with the four pillars. In this episode I discussed: How corporate organisational structure and operating models can help in our personal life The importance of policy in applying it in all areas of our life The Bad Parenting Policy The importance of testing a Whistle Blowing Policy in your organisation Turning your intentions into actions Getting people in your organisation into a growth mindset Importance of getting the basics in place of self love, sleep, nutrition etc Three powerful quotes to use in your everyday life from adventurer Heather Swan.   Today’s Get on Purpose Action (GOPA): What are we doing to make sure we are operating in our everyday life with the four pillars of blueprint, purpose, vision and values. What is missing? What needs to change? Links mentioned in the show: Women in Focus Conference https://www.womeninfocus.com.au/ Heather Swan - http://www.baseclimb.com/ On Purpose book - http://karentjames.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/onpurposehub Twitter - https://twitter.com/KarenTJames Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/onpurposehub/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_3QTpU3nQuVpfi503GBIw