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THREE BLACK MEN on the World as Ritual /368
THREE BLACK MEN on the World as Ritual /368

These three visionary Black men, along with Victoria Santos and Omonblanks, invite us into a radical re/imagination of how we respond to our time. They sense into emergent possibilities, triangulating toward a synthesis of new forms, new magic, and new directions.

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Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Racial Equity Justice, Radical Imagination, The Cost of Capitalism, Transition Transformation, Wisdom KeepersFor The Wild368, Three Black Men, Bayo Akomolafe, Orland Bishop, Resmaa Menakem, Victoria Santos, Omon, Omon BlanksComment
SKY HOPINKA on What We Pass On /364
SKY HOPINKA on What We Pass On /364

Weaving together the ephemeral worlds of emotion and Indigenous identity with the grounding power of shared values and reciprocity, Sky reminds us that art is meant to provoke, inspire, and make the space needed for feeling to emerge.

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Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Activism Allyship, Indigenous Sovereignty, Media Art, Radical Imagination, Theory ScholarshipFor The Wild364, Sky, Hopinka, sky, hopinka, film, indigenousComment
OTHERING & BELONGING with Udi Raz, Yasmeen Daher, and Cecilie Surasky
OTHERING & BELONGING with Udi Raz, Yasmeen Daher, and Cecilie Surasky

Speaking on the theme “Turning Towards Each Other, Not Against Each Other: Bridging in Times of Crisis” the panelists address what it means to build towards co-liberation in difficult times – especially in the context of the war on Gaza.

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Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Cultural Strategy, Political Ideology, Racial Equity Justice, Radical Imagination, Special Episode, Theory Scholarship, Spirituality Theology, Transition TransformationFor The WildOBI, UC Berkeley, Cecilie Surasky, Yasmeen Daher, Udi Raz, Palestine, Gaza, OtheringComment
TYSON YUNKAPORTA on Inviolable Lore /362
TYSON YUNKAPORTA on Inviolable Lore /362

Tyson contemplates how we may open ourselves up to being beckoned outside of the ego, and how we may resist the individualizing neoliberal urge—decolonization is not just about poetry, or word, or aesthetics, and how we must be materially and fiscally decolonial for the real work to be done.

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Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Indigenous Sovereignty, Political Ideology, Radical Imagination, Transition Transformation, The Cost of Capitalism, Wisdom KeepersFor The WildTyson Yunkaporta, Tyson, Yunkaporta, Australia, Lore, 362, tyson, yunkaportaComment
The Edges in the Middle, VII: Báyò Akómoláfé, Sa’ed Atshan, Cecilie Surasky
The Edges in the Middle, VII: Báyò Akómoláfé, Sa’ed Atshan, Cecilie Surasky

Bayo, Cecile, and Sa’ed explore how honoring each other’s grief may allow us to reclaim each other’s humanity and perhaps shed light on a path forward to belonging in Israel-Palestine, for Muslims, Jews, and Christians, and for all people around the world.

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KURT RUSSO on a Prayer of Mourning /357
KURT RUSSO on a Prayer of Mourning /357

Kurt shares guided wisdom about the realities of commodification, ecocide, and the capacity of the human soul for intentional cruelty. How we fight against such darkness matters not just for humanity, but for all with whom we share this precious earth. 

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Decolonization, More Than Human Kin, Multispecies Justice, Shore Ocean CommunitiesFor The Wild357, Miami Seaquarium, Kurt Russo, Tokitae, Sea World, captivity, Southern Resident Orcas, Snake River Dams, Pacific Northwest, Sacred Sea, mother Orca, Tahlequah, tour of grief, Lummi Nation, Salish Sea, endangered marine species, marine ecology, biodiversity loss, marine mammal detention, critical species loss.Comment
JASON BALDES on Buffalo and Land Rematriation /350
JASON BALDES on Buffalo and Land Rematriation /350

Jason offers his deep wisdom about the ecological, spiritual, and cultural importance of buffalo, detailing the health benefits of eating buffalo, the ecological benefits of their migration and grazing, and the healing benefits of connection to these animals. 

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The Edges in the Middle, VI: Báyò Akómoláfé, Madhulika Banerjee, and Minna Salami
The Edges in the Middle, VI: Báyò Akómoláfé, Madhulika Banerjee, and Minna Salami

Envisioning other ways of creating democracy,  Báyò, Madhulika, and Minna describe festival democracy, democracies of contestations and dancing, and democracies of the more-than-human.

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ABDOUMALIQ SIMONE on Urban Entanglements /348
ABDOUMALIQ SIMONE on Urban Entanglements /348

Ayana and AbdouMaliq meditate on how the design of our environments shapes us. Considering how to make marginalized places and groups more visible but not more vulnerable, AbdouMaliq offers a nuanced perspective of the “global majority.”

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KURT RUSSO on the People Under the Sea [ENCORE] /345
KURT RUSSO on the People Under the Sea [ENCORE] /345

We are honored to once again share this episode with you as a profound reminder of the place we share with the qwe 'lhol mechen, their capacity for memory, grief, and love, and the many ways that the Lummi Nation continues to protect, defend, and restore the Salish Sea.

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The Edges in the Middle, V: Báyò Akómoláfé, Naomi Klein, and Yuria Celidwen
The Edges in the Middle, V: Báyò Akómoláfé, Naomi Klein, and Yuria Celidwen

Speaking about climate grief and hope, Báyò, Naomi, and Yuria build together to consider the value in tapping into the depth of emotion as we feel it, not as we are told we should feel it.

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Dr. BÁYÒ AKÓMOLÁFÉ on Ontological Mutiny /338
Dr. BÁYÒ AKÓMOLÁFÉ on Ontological Mutiny /338

Ayana and Báyò dance together through questions of crisis, identity, and rupture. As we attempt to break from the monoculture that cements us as citizen subjects of empire, Báyò suggests that we need an ontological mutiny. 

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ABENA OFFEH-GYIMAH on Sacred Seed and Soil /337
ABENA OFFEH-GYIMAH on Sacred Seed and Soil /337

Abena points out, farmers are the archivists of the land, and farmers and communities have continued to preserve local foodways—saving seeds for future generations. If we recognized the true value of local foods, what capitalistic practices might we be able to evade?

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Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Food Sovereignty, Global South, Indigenous Sovereignty, Plant Intelligence, The Cost of Capitalism, Wisdom KeepersFor The Wild338, For The Wild, Abena Offeh-Gyimah, Abena Offeh-Gyimah Interview, Abena Offeh-Gyimah ancestral food, Adda Blooms, Beela, Adda Blooms food, Living The Ancestral Way, Abena Offeh-Gyimah Living the Ancestral Way, African Ancestral Food, abenaComment
The Edges in the Middle, IV: Báyò Akómoláfé and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
The Edges in the Middle, IV: Báyò Akómoláfé and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

What if justice gets in the way? Báyò and Keeanga consider how our quest for justice shapes us and is simultaneously shaped by systems of power and control. They ask: how can we move justice out of the existing political paradigm and move beyond a normative sense of justice and reform? 

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The Edges in the Middle, III: Báyò Akómoláfé and Indy Johar
The Edges in the Middle, III: Báyò Akómoláfé and Indy Johar

Indy and Báyò consider our modern crisis as one of the self – a particular version of the objective and singular self that creates space for violence and waste. If we perceive the world through dead and objective things, as Indy supposes, then that is what we become.

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The Edges in the Middle, II: Báyò Akómoláfé and V
The Edges in the Middle, II: Báyò Akómoláfé and V

Báyò and V dance and reveal portals of possibility that edge us towards deep change. Discussing the Congo as both place and portal, Báyò and V focus on V’s work with City of Joy, a transformational leadership community for women survivors of violence.

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The Edges in the Middle, I: Báyò Akómoláfé and john a. powell
The Edges in the Middle, I: Báyò Akómoláfé and john a. powell

Articulating both the harsh realities of modern day division and the simultaneous reality of our connection to each other and to the earth, Báyò and john examine what it means to be “other” and to invite in the “monstrous” and the “strange.”

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TYSON YUNKAPORTA on Unbranding Our Mind [ENCORE] /328
TYSON YUNKAPORTA on Unbranding Our Mind [ENCORE] /328

Tyson calls us to unbrand our minds and deeply interrogate where we are sourcing our thoughts from, the ramifications of becoming a trauma-obsessed society, and how to identify environments for emergence.

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Colonial Violence, Climate Solutions, Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Design+Strategy, Activism Allyship, Indigenous Sovereignty, Radical Imagination, The Cost of Capitalism, Theory Scholarship, Transition TransformationFor The WildTyson Yunkaporta, Tyson Yunkaporta podcast, Tyson Yunkaporta sand talk, Tyson Yunkaporta Wikipedia, Tyson Yunkaporta twitter, Tyson Yunkaporta quotes, sand talk how indigenous thinking, sand talk by Tyson Yunkaporta, indigenous thinking examples, indigenous systems thinking, Australia indigenous people, Australia genocide, identity politics, social media bad effects, social media bad for relationships, critiques of post-left, postmodernism, post-colonial criticism, tyson, yunkaporta, 328 Comment
MORGAN CURTIS on Transmuting Ancestries of Exploitation /327
MORGAN CURTIS on Transmuting Ancestries of Exploitation /327

Ayana and Morgan dive into the need for repair, healing, and acknowledgement as we face the historical roots of modern inequity. This heartfelt and expansive conversation calls for us to unlearn the ways racial capitalism has taught us wealth should be passed down.

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