Summary: We talk with <a href="https://www.stevehendricks.org/">Steve Hendricks</a> about his book <a href="https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/oldest-cure-in-the-world%5C_9781419748479/">The Oldest Cure in the World: Adventures in the Art and Science of Fasting</a>.<br> Then, we talk with wildlife conservation journalist and photographer <a href="https://www.milliekerr.com/">Millie Kerr</a> about her new book, <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/wilder-9781472990389/">Wilder: How Rewilding is Transforming Conservation and Changing the World</a>.<br> Writer’s Voice — in depth conversation with writers of all genres, on the air since 2004.<br> Rate us on your favorite podcast app! It really helps others find our show.<br> And like us on Facebook at Writers Voice Radio or find us on Twitter @WritersVoice.<br> <br> Steve Hendricks<br> Fasting is a practice that goes back to ancient times. For centuries, it was followed as a religious practice—and continues as such today, for example during the Islamic observance of Eid.<br> Then, in the 19th century, fasting gained greater currency as a cure for numerous ailments, although the medical profession scoffed at it as quackery.<br> But in recent decades, scientific evidence has been growing that fasting indeed can be beneficial for many ailments, including diabetes, multiple sclerosis, auto-immune diseases and other illnesses.<br> Author and journalist Steve Hendricks began his own investigations into and practice of fasting several decades ago, as a result of a bizarre neurological condition that left him exhausted all the time.<br> His book The Oldest Cure in the World examines the history, the art and the science of fasting. He shows that there is a way of fasting for almost anyone, from eating within a time-restricted window every day to conducting weeks-long fasts at a fasting clinic.<br> In addition to The Oldest Cure In The World, Steve Hendricks is the author of two other books, including the The Unquiet Grave: The FBI and the Struggle for the Soul of Indian Country, which <a href="https://www.writersvoice.net/2007/06/steve-hendricks-the-unquiet-grave-and-performance-artist-dlo/">we spoke with him about</a> in 2007, and A Kidnapping in Milan: The CIA on Trial. He’s also the author of numerous articles for magazines and news sites.<br> <a href="https://www.stevehendricks.org/fasting-faq">Steve Hendricks’ FAQs on fasting</a><br> <br> Millie Kerr<br> The term “re-wilding” became famous when it was announced that a team of scientists had formed a company to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/science/colossal-woolly-mammoth-DNA.html">bring back the wooly mammoth</a>. That effort has been criticized by many as impractical.<br> But re-wilding encompasses many different kinds of conservation efforts. They can range from <a href="https://www.fws.gov/story/how-build-pollinator-garden">converting your lawn to a meadow full of native wildflowers</a> to taking animals out of zoos and re-introducing them to the wild where they had previously been extinct—and much more.<br> In her book Wilder, wildlife journalist Millie Kerr considers the practicalities and possibilities of ecological restoration around the world, while exploring first-hand <a href="https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/rewilding-sees-jaguars-return-argentinas-wetlands">some of the most ambitious undertakings occurring today</a>. She describes how growing re-wilding efforts around the world are transforming the field of conservation and with them, rekindling hope for a world on the brink of the Sixth Extinction.<br> <a href="https://www.milliekerr.com/prints">Millie Kerr’s wildlife photos</a><br>
