Archive - Born Free Method: The Podcast

Normalizing and Working Through Intimacy and Relationship Issues After Birth: a Conversation with Ashley Mariani, MSW, RSW

Listen now | Ashley Mariani, RSW, MSW is a trauma-informed couples therapist specializing in intimacy and relationship issues that arise during…

Jun 3 • Nathan Riley, MD, Father of 2

1:11:38

Finding Psanctuary: Equal Parts Flower and Water with Eric Osborne

Listen now | Eric Osborne is the founder of the first legal psychedelic mushroom church in the United States.

Jun 1 • Nathan Riley, MD, Father of 2

1:33:16

May 2026

Trailer to Born Free Method: the Podcast

I am so glad that you are here!

May 20 • Nathan Riley, MD, Father of 2

14:58

April 2026

Ancient Wisdom, Modern Minds: An Exploration of Death, Conception, Consciousness, AI, and the Song of the Jungle with Maestro Hamilton…

Listen now (100 mins) | Hamilton Souther has lived in the Peruvian Amazon for two decades, and it took him 14 years of intensive training to get to a…

Apr 30 • Nathan Riley, MD, Father of 2

1:40:15

The Voice as Sacred Instrument: Icaros, Plant Spirits, and Vocal Transformation

Listen now | I met Maryn Azoff and Patrick Surdam through their Vocal Transformation program.

Apr 26 • Nathan Riley, MD, Father of 2

1:37:02

Your Birth, Your Call: Freedom, Accountability, and the Weight of Parenting Decisions

Listen now | Sara Rosser, CPM, and me (Nathan Riley, MD), reunited in Florida for an organizing meeting ahead of the 2026 Born Free Twins-Breech…

Apr 22 • Nathan Riley, MD, Father of 2

59:51

March 2026

Ann-Emelie Augustinus: Danish Midwifery, a Rich Tradition, is Becoming a Thing of the Past

Listen now | Ann-Emilie Augustinus is a Danish midwife or, in her native language, jordemoder, which literally translates to “earth mother”.

Mar 31 • Nathan Riley, MD, Father of 2

1:23:43

February 2026

Rudi Verspoor: Lost in Dilution - Reclaiming Hahnemann's True Vision of Homeopathy

If you feel like homeopathy is baloney, you’re not alone.

Feb 24 • Nathan Riley, MD, Father of 2

1:31:58

Hadhee Jah: Traditional midwifery is losing ground, a conversation with The Last Birthkeeper

Listen now | Hadhee Jah is an Ayurvedic postpartum doula and birth sovereignty advocate originally from the Maldives, whose work bridges ancestral…

Feb 23 • Nathan Riley, MD, Father of 2 and Hadhee Jah

1:10:06

Carol Gautschi: Confronting Fear (and the Law) in Midwifery

Listen now | Carol Gautschi is a midwife with over 50 years in practice, and she has walked a very unorthodox path.

Feb 12 • Nathan Riley, MD, Father of 2

1:23:17

Maestro Hamilton Souther: Plant Medicine, Sorcery, Shamanigans, and Liberation from Trauma

Listen now | Meet my plant medicine teacher

Feb 4 • Nathan Riley, MD, Father of 2

1:50:05

January 2026

Andy Schoonover: Reengaging the Consumer with the Cost of Healthcare with the founder of CrowdHealth

Listen now (53 mins) | Andy Schoonover is the founder of CrowdHealth, a very unique alternative to conventional health insurance.

Jan 29 • Nathan Riley, MD, Father of 2

52:31