The Nature Reliance Podcast: Where Wilderness and Human Nature Collide
The Nature Reliance Podcast explores real stories of wilderness survival, human decision-making under stress, awareness, and the lessons nature quietly teaches us all.
Hosted by Craig Caudill of Nature Reliance School, this podcast blends immersive storytelling, historical accounts, wilderness experience, modern psychology, and reflective analysis into a grounded exploration of what happens when people are tested by nature, uncertainty, fear, and consequence.
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These are thoughtful, psychologically realistic stories about awareness, humility, resilience, and the ways stress exposes human gaps.
From historical wilderness disasters to modern survival incidents, tracking stories, close calls, and lessons learned in the field, each episode examines not just what happened, but why.
Because awareness is trainable.
Nature rewards humility.
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The Nature Reliance Podcast: Where Wilderness and Human Nature Collide
#49 Interview with 4H Youth Educator and Master Naturalist Eric Comley
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Listen in on this great interview with Eric Comley, Extension Agent for 4H Youth Development Garrad County Kentucky. Eric is a Kentucky Master Naturalist and has a educational, entertaining and insightful Youtube channel (link below). In this interview Craig chats with Eric and asked the following questions. Some of these prove to be hilarious.
- Tell us about your background and what put you into the work you do now for Garrad 4H
- What have you found is the best way to help kids interact with the natural world?
- What have you found is the best way to help adults interact with the natural world.
- WOuld you care to share the most enjoyable time you have had in the outdoors?
- WOuld you care to share the funniest time you have ever had in the outdoors?
- What about the outdoors has humbled you?
- Do you have any goals for yourself in the coming year as it relates to your work?
- What is a little known or unknown fact about Eric Comley that people will find hard to believe that you dont mind sharing.
- Where can people find your work and what you are involved in. How can any of our listeners get opportunities to learn from you?
- What courses at a college would be good for identifying plants
- What would you recommend for beginners to get into plant study
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*** Links to Eric Comley ***
YouTube: Epioblasma Brevidens
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