SOIL: Rewilding the Underground is a 6-part documentary about the people turning degraded dirt into living soil. Launching mid-October 2025

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Our podcast artwork is by Mark Chester Harding.

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Humans have always been intertwined with the soil, but we have degraded over a third of Earth’s soils and now it’s impacting us all on an existential level. In Part 1, we trace our relationship with soil over millennia to understand how humanity impacts the living, breathing universe of soil hidden beneath our feet, and the role that we play in this ecosystem.

Featured talent in order of appearance:

Anne Biklé & David R. Montgomery

Biologist/geologist & co-authors of Dirt: the erosion of civilisations, The Hidden Half of Nature & What Your Food Ate

Victor Steffensen

Founder of Firesticks Alliance and author, Fire Country

Right Country, Right Fire podcast

Donate to Firesticks: support Indigenous communities to care for Country by strengthening their capacity to apply traditional knowledges

Charlie Massy

Regenerative farmer & author, Call of the Reed Warbler

Alex McBratney

Professor of Digital Agriculture & soil science, USYD

AROURA Soil Think Tank

SOIL: Rewilding the Underground is created and hosted by Freya Mulvey, produced by Jess Hamilton, and mixed by Adam Connelly. Our theme song is Daisies by Cooee, a project by Kirli Saunders and Mark Chester Harding. Our podcast artwork is by Mark Chester Harding. We acknowledge and pay respect to the traditional custodians of Country across this continent for their care for lands, waterways and soils for millennia and ongoing.

Follow @soilpodcast on socials. Subscribe for updates & support SOIL by purchasing limited edition merch: thesoilpodcast.com.

SOIL was made possible thanks to the generous support of everyone who donated to our crowdfunding campaign, our talent, and the many organisations, individuals and friends who have helped us along the way.

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Our imagination has been captured by stories of rewilding ecosystems… What if we told you that farmers can rewild soils? About half of the world's habitable land is used for agriculture, either for growing crops or grazing livestock, meaning farmers have an outsized responsibility for the complex webs of life that make up the soil. So in Part 2 we’re starting with people. We’ll travel from farms alongside ancient Gondwana rainforest, to rainy green fields north of London, to small-scale growers in India. We’ll unpack the consequences of the Green Revolution on biodiversity, ecosystems and communities, and meet the farmers who are turning things around.

Featured talent in this episode (in order of appearance):

Eli Court

CEO, Soils for Life

John Cherry

Founder, Groundswell Regenerative Agriculture Festival

Joshua Gilbert

Worimi cattle farmer, academic and author, Australia’s Agricultural Identity: An Aboriginal Yarn

Gabrielle Chan

Farmer, political journalist & author of Why You Should Give A F*ck About Farming

Sam Vincent

Regenerative farmer and author, My Father and Other Animals

Siddhesh Sakore

UN Land Hero and Founder of AGRO Rangers

Donate to AGRO Rangers to support small-scale farmers in India to transition to agroecological practices.

SOIL: Rewilding the Underground is created and hosted by Freya Mulvey, produced by Jess Hamilton, and mixed by Adam Connelly. Our theme song is Daisies by Cooee, a project by Kirli Saunders and Mark Chester Harding. Our podcast artwork is by Mark Chester Harding. We acknowledge and pay respect to the traditional custodians of Country across this continent for their care for lands, waterways and soils for millennia and ongoing.

Follow @soilpodcast, and subscribe for updates, read more and support SOIL by purchasing our limited edition merch or donating via our website: thesoilpodcast.com.

SOIL was made possible thanks to the generous support of everyone who donated to our crowdfunding campaign, our talent who shared their voices, and the many soil organisations, individuals and friends who have helped us along the way.

Thank you for helping us to protect soils.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.