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Michael Meade on Cultivating Mythic Imagination /124

Michael Meade on Cultivating Mythic Imagination /124

Michael and Ayana discuss topics such as the power of creative imagination and youth, the danger of hyper-individualism, pretentious heroism, and the obsession with newness. Michael explores the relationships between wounds and dreams, chaos and beauty, and meditates on his own journey of initiation and the archetypal ground of ancestors, as well as the potent nature of retelling stories. Even as the age of technological dominance erodes our connections, Michael Meade offers us guiding threads to answers awaiting in our own ancient consciousness.

Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Transition+Transformation, Spirituality + Theology, Top EpisodesAyana YoungJune 19, 2019Comment

Rob Greenfield on Confronting Convenience /123

Rob Greenfield on Confronting Convenience /123

Take a moment to drop in this week and meditate on your own practices as you listen to Rob and Ayana’s insightful reflections on growing food and foraging, reimagining wealth and de-monetizing your life, how to hold and move through hypocrisy, and the importance of addressing intersectionality and structural oppression in this work.

Direct Action, Transition+Transformation, Design+Strategy, Activism + AllyshipAyana YoungJune 12, 2019Comment

Chris Hedges on Deflating the Ruling Elite through Civil Disobedience /122

Chris Hedges on Deflating the Ruling Elite through Civil Disobedience /122

Ayana and Chris discuss wealth inequality, deindustrialization and the rise of the gig economy, the birth of fascism and Christian fundamentalism, and the fusion of corporate and government power under the reigning umbrella of the security state.

The Cost of Capitalism, Direct Action, Political Ideology, GlobalizationAyana YoungJune 5, 2019 Comment

Michael Martinez on Transforming Waste Relations /121

Michael Martinez on Transforming Waste Relations /121

Michael and Ayana discuss our widespread culture of disposability, the ecological services and benefits of healthy soil, the beauty of decay and decomposition, the necessity of circular economies, the importance of individual responsibility and community action, and the lessons that compost teaches us about humanity, value, and reverence for what we cannot see.

More Than Human Kin, Food Sovereignty, Design+StrategyAyana YoungMay 29, 2019Comment

Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker on Cosmological Re-inheritance /120

Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker on Cosmological Re-inheritance /120

Ayana and Mary Evelyn explore how spiritual traditions can respond to environmental crisis, why it is so valuable to understand the emergence of the early universe as we navigate the Anthropocene, and how we can nourish stories of birth, inheritance, and long lineage between body and universe.

Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Deep Ecology, Spirituality + TheologyAyana YoungMay 22, 2019Comment

john a. powell on Institutions of Othering and Radical Belonging /119

john a. powell on Institutions of Othering and Radical Belonging /119

john and Ayana explore the frameworks of “othering and belonging” and "targeted universalism," as well as ideologies of supremacy, global dislocation, rethinking citizenship, and lastly, how we can co-create shared visions and practices of humanity that bring us back into belonging.

Decolonization, Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Racial Equity + JusticeAyana YoungMay 15, 2019Comment

Dr. Vandana Shiva on the Emancipation of Seed, Water and Women ⌠ENCORE⌡ /118

Dr. Vandana Shiva on the Emancipation of Seed, Water and Women ⌠ENCORE⌡ /118

Dr. Shiva explores how systems of domination have been artificially constructed, the pervasiveness of GMOs in our food, the roots of violent agriculture, the importance of seed saving, cultures of violence, economies of care, and the role of women in changing paradigms.

Colonial Violence, Food Sovereignty, Global SouthAyana YoungMay 8, 2019Comment

James Balog on the Human Element /117

James Balog on the Human Element /117

James candidly speaks of the simultaneous beauty and horror of documenting the Anthropocene, on the complicity of industries like the arts and entertainment in contributing to fossil fuel emissions, and the importance of language and imagery in mobilizing climate momentum.

Sacrifice Zones, Climate Change, Media + ArtAyana YoungMay 1, 2019Comment

Kerry Knudsen on Lichen and Life after Capitalism /116

Kerry Knudsen on Lichen and Life after Capitalism /116

Ayana’s conversation with Kerry spans the dreamiest of worlds, from the surreal and psychedelic presence of lichens to the magic of creating life post-capitalism.

More Than Human Kin, Plant IntelligenceAyana YoungApril 24, 2019Comment

adrienne maree brown on Pleasure as Birthright /115

adrienne maree brown on Pleasure as Birthright /115

This captivating conversation explores how the denial of pleasure contributes to our own oppression, how radical honesty and kindness can transform our relationships, moving through the limitations placed on radical imagination and desire, the importance of pleasure beyond sex, and how our pain and sorrow is a measurement of our pleasure and joy.

Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Racial Equity + Justice, Sexual Freedom, Body LiberationAyana YoungApril 17, 2019Comment

Dr. David Wagner on the Ever Indispensable Insect /114

Dr. David Wagner on the Ever Indispensable Insect /114

Ayana and Dr. Wagner discuss insects as biological controls, insect decline in relation to political and economic destabilization, how cultural understandings of insects influence the field of entomology, and the main drivers behind insect decline. It is certainly true that while some people can’t live with insects, we know we can’t live without them…

More Than Human Kin, Multispecies Justice, Climate ChangeAyana YoungApril 10, 2019 Comment

Andrea Crosta on the World of Wildlife Crime /113

Andrea Crosta on the World of Wildlife Crime /113

Ayana and Andrea discuss a myriad of topics ranging from the importance of an intelligence-led approach to combating wildlife crime, how wildlife crime impacts local and global economies, the geography of trafficking, the socio-political realities that necessitate poaching and trafficking, and the grave danger posed by an increased militarization of conservation.

More Than Human Kin, The Cost of Capitalism, Multispecies Justice, Global South, GlobalizationAyana YoungApril 3, 2019Comment

Diana Beresford-Kroeger on Replanting the Global Forest ⌠Encore⌡/32 & 33

Diana Beresford-Kroeger on Replanting the Global Forest ⌠Encore⌡/32 & 33

A delightful meander into the deep knowledge of the forest! How do trees communicate with one another and act for the common good? Why are oceans utterly dependent on healthy forests? How would a regenerative society meet its resource needs? What do children know that their parents have forgotten?

For The Forests, Conservation+Restoration, Multispecies Justice, Top EpisodesAyana YoungMarch 27, 2019Comment

Charles Eisenstein and Ian MacKenzie on the Age of Transition /112

Charles Eisenstein and Ian MacKenzie on the Age of Transition /112

Charles Eisenstein and Ian MacKenzie join Ayana to discuss what features are inherently built into this money system, how economics does not have to be a merciless system, the importance of universal basic income, what it looks like to step into gift giving, and how we can hold healthy boundaries in the process.

Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Transition+Transformation, Design+StrategyAyana YoungMarch 20, 2019Comment

Dr. M Jackson on the Teachings of Glacial Beings /111

Dr. M Jackson on the Teachings of Glacial Beings /111

Ayana and Dr. Jackson discuss how glacial retreat is impacting communities, how the connection between extractive tourism, extractive science, and glaciers, why it matters that the majority of glaciology has been produced by white men, and the ways in which polar and mountain explorations have furthered colonial, capitalist, and imperialist projects.

Ancient Ice, Multispecies Justice, Climate ChangeAyana YoungMarch 13, 2019Comment

The Wildfire Project on Transforming Toxic Movement Culture /110

The Wildfire Project on Transforming Toxic Movement Culture /110

Joshua Kahn, BJ Star, and Michael Strom from The Wildfire Project join Ayana in a conversation on toxic movement culture, thinking about power structurally, generative conflict, self-limitations, and collective liberation as social movements adapt to ever changing terrain.

Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Transition+TransformationAyana YoungMarch 6, 2019Comment

Ada Recinos on Corporate Destabilization and Local Resiliency in El Salvador /109

Ada Recinos on Corporate Destabilization and Local Resiliency in El Salvador /109

Ayana and Ada Recinos of EcoViva discuss the connections between ecosystem restoration, political and climate resilience, and food sovereignty in times of extreme instability.

The Cost of Capitalism, Colonial Violence, Sacrifice Zones, Globalization, Global SouthAyana YoungFebruary 27, 2019Comment

The 2019 Sundance Film Festival on Intersectional Justice in Film and Media /108

The 2019 Sundance Film Festival on Intersectional Justice in Film and Media /108

Ayana YoungFebruary 21, 2019Comment

Eriel Tchekwie Deranger on Solidarity with Unist'ot'en /107

Eriel Tchekwie Deranger on Solidarity with Unist'ot'en /107

Eriel articulates how narratives that surround the developments at Unist’ot’en Camp show how colonization has deeply warped our perspective on who get labeled the heroes and villains. While the state continues to prioritize the protection and expansion of infrastructure over people, we must encourage each other to see with clear vision where the true threat lies.

Ayana YoungFebruary 13, 2019Comment

Dr Carlos Nobre on The Shifting Future of The Amazon /106

Dr Carlos Nobre on The Shifting Future of The Amazon /106

Ayana YoungFebruary 6, 2019Comment