Old Fashioned On Purpose

Conversations on traditional skills, food, and building meaningful lives today AI summary

Jill Winger Visit website › Education · EN · 427 episodes · latest 2026-11-09

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We’ve gained a lot from modern life—but we’ve also lost something along the way. We’re more disconnected from our food, our hands, our communities, and the skills that once made everyday life feel grounded. On the Old-Fashioned on Purpose podcast, bestselling author Jill Winger explores what’s still worth keeping from the old ways—and how to make it work in real life now. Expect conversations about from-scratch food, old-fashioned skills, entrepreneurship, home, land, and what it means to build a meaningful life without turning it into another impossible ideal.

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S20: E3: When Your Life Has Too Many Moving Parts (and what I do about it)

2026-11-09 · 28 min

People often ask me how I manage to “do it all” between running businesses, raising kids, caring for animals, and juggling a million moving parts. I've always loved good systems and streamlining, but I've learned the…
S20: E2: How I'm Healing My Dust Bowl Yard (on a budget)

2026-11-02 · 29 min · Season 20, episode 2

You know your soil is bad when even the weeds refuse to grow. That's the situation in my new yard, and I'm determined to turn this dusty, barren patch of Wyoming prairie into something beautiful and productive without…
S20: E1: Why I Don’t Drink Alcohol (and Other Thoughts on Being a Countercultural Weirdo)

2026-10-26 · 21 min · Season 20, episode 1

I don't drink alcohol, and over the years, I've noticed that choosing not to drink alcohol often makes me seem like a bit of a countercultural weirdo in social situations. In this episode, I'm sharing my personal…
S19: E19: The Real Story Behind My New Cookbook: Easter Eggs & the Elephant in the Room

2026-10-05 · 34 min · Season 19, episode 19

A cookbook takes years to create—and a lot can change between the first recipe test and the day you finally hold the finished book in your hands. In this episode, I’m taking you behind the scenes for my NEW cookbook,…
S19: E18: Why I’m Paying Attention to the 2027 Food Shortage Warnings

2026-09-28 · 29 min · Season 19, episode 18

You may have seen the headlines warning about possible food shortages in 2027, but how much should we actually be worried? In this episode, I’m digging into what’s behind those warnings, some of the very real cracks in…
S19: E17: Can I Save My Horrible Garden Soil? My Conversation with a Soil Scientist

2026-09-21 · 54 min · Season 19, episode 17

After the worst garden season I’ve ever had, I had the pleasure of chatting with soil scientist Dr. Caitlin Youngquist on my podcast to help me figure out what was actually going on beneath the surface. We dig into my…
S19: E16: Data Centers & Dead Soil: What Are We Willing to Sacrifice for Progress?

2026-09-14 · 25 min · Season 19, episode 16

What does progress cost us and how do we decide when the price is too high? In this episode, I’m thinking about the great Wendell Berry, my recent garden and soil struggles, the rise of data centers, and the way we’ve…
S19: E15: What I'm Doing Differently on Homestead #2

2026-09-07 · 33 min · Season 19, episode 15

When I started my first homestead in 2008, I had plenty of enthusiasm and absolutely no patience. Nearly two decades later, I’m beginning again on a new piece of ground, but this time I’m not starting from scratch; I’m…
S19: E14: How My Books Actually Happened: Writing, Agents + Book Deals

2026-08-31 · 35 min · Season 19, episode 14

If you’ve ever wondered how a book goes from a half-formed idea in your head to something sitting on a bookstore shelf, I’m pulling back the curtain on exactly how it happened for me. In this episode, I’m walking…
S19: E13: How Running a Restaurant Taught Me to Spend Less on Groceries

2026-08-24 · 40 min · Season 19, episode 13

Grocery prices keep climbing, but most of the advice I’ve heard for spending less still seems to boil down to “use coupons” and “don’t grocery shop while you’re hungry.” After years of running a restaurant, I’ve started…

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Oldest episode in feed: 08/2019 · over 7 years
Typical length: 34 min
Format: Serial Meant to be heard in order
Keywords: Homesteading, farm, gardening, cooking, canning, cows, chickens, farming

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