I’m a writer, journalist, podcaster, former park ranger, and father. The “Out of the Wild” heading attempts to capture the tensions and joys of my radical life alteration: going from Alaskan nomad to British house dad. It also tries to speak to the weird blend of content here: from cranky movie reviews, to tales of adventure, to moans about parenting, to musings of the “land” and how we live on it.

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Paid subscribers get full access to weekly essays, monthly podcast interviews, movie reviews, movie recs, my lists of favorite books, podcasts, and other consumable content.

Free subscribers get access to about 75% of essays. Free access does not include my curated movie and podcast suggestions. Free subscribers will only have access to the first part of podcast episodes.

My books

Walden on Wheels: On the Road from Debt to Freedom (2013, New Harvest)

Trespassing across America: One man’s epic, never-done-before, and sort-of illegal hike across the heartland (2016, Penguin Random House)

This Land Is Our Land: How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It Back (2018, Penguin Random House)

The McCandless Mecca: A Pilgrimage to the Magic Bus of the Stampede Trail (2013, self published)

A Walk across Suburbia: One Man's Journey through his Neighborhood (2013, self published)

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Author of travel memoirs "Walden on Wheels" and "Trespassing across America." Also, movie critic, "right to roam" advocate, and psychotherapist in training. From Western New York, writing from Scotland.

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Ken Ilgunas is the author of the travel memoirs Walden on Wheels and Trespassing Across America, as well as This Land Is Our Land, which advocates for the “right to roam.” Lives in Scotland and writes about gardening, bushcraft, movies, & politics.