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Earthly Reads: Prentis Hemphill on What It Takes to Heal /S1:6

Offering embodied insight into the ways in which healing manifests in our personal and collective lives, Prentis brings a thoughtful and empathetic perspective to this crucial conversation that fosters deeper belonging with each other and the Earth.

Slow Series, Earthly Reads 1For The WildMarch 25, 2025Prentis HemphillComment

Earthly Reads: Alexis Pauline Gumbs on Survival Is a Promise /S1:5

Gumbs speaks to her understanding of Lorde’s work as “geological,” following the connection Lorde draws between Blackness and graphite—and our existence at every layer of Earth’s interior. Gumbs shares lessons for reciprocity, earthly embodiment, and the poetry of living.

Slow Series, Earthly Reads 1For The WildFebruary 25, 2025Alexis Pauline GumbsComment

Earthly Reads: Céline Semaan on A Woman is a School /S1:4

Sharing stories from her childhood in Lebanon, Céline (founder of Slow Factory) gives us a look at what it means to be a hakawati (storyteller) and asks listeners what it means to have faith in times of crisis and how to commit to your morals in the face of suppression.

Slow Series, Earthly Reads 1For The WildFebruary 18, 2025Celine SemaanComment

Earthly Reads: Marcia Bjornerud on Turning to Stone /S1:3

Ayana and Marcia discuss Marcia’s new book, Turning to Stone, and contemplate a life lived in conversation with the very Earth that holds us. Marcia offers us her grounding presence and her awareness of geologic time cycles that churn beyond human perception.

Slow Series, Earthly Reads 1For The WildFebruary 10, 2025Marcia BjornerudComment

Earthly Reads: Tricia Hersey on We Will Rest! /S1:2

Sharing sweet balm from her new book We Will Rest! The Art of Escape, Tricia reminds us of the art of being alive. In this meditative episode, Tricia asks listeners what it might mean to have faith in mystery and to begin without knowing the full course.

Slow Series, Earthly Reads 1For The WildJanuary 31, 2025slow media, Tricia HerseyComment

Earthly Reads: adrienne maree brown on Loving Corrections /S1:1

adrienne shares more about her new book Loving Corrections and reminds us of what it means to value relationships and reflection across humanity. Adrienne speaks to the call to choose the Earth, the muscle and soul required to hold oppositional energy, and the beauty that comes from being willing to look back at ourselves with honesty.

Slow Series, Earthly Reads 1For The WildJanuary 24, 2025slow media, adrienne maree brownComment

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