BRONTË VELEZ on the Pleasurable Surrender of White Supremacy, Part 1 [ENCORE]/273

Ayana and brontë delve into topics surrounding authentic expression, the distortion of feminine and masculine powers, beauty and aesthetics, queerness, dominatrix energy, and power as agency.

MICHAEL MEADE on Cultivating Mythic Imagination [ENCORE] /270

Michael discusses the power of creative imagination and the promise of youth, the danger of hyper-individualism, pretentious heroism, and obsession with newness, and offers us guiding threads to answers awaiting in our own ancient consciousness.

DONNA HARAWAY on Staying with the Trouble [ENCORE] /269

Donna invites us to wander in the colorful worlds of science fiction, play with story, and dig through the compost pile, offering up powerful tools and practices needed for humans and nonhumans alike to “live and die well together” on Earth.

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VIJAY PRASHAD on Capitalism’s Erosion of Morality [ENCORE] /268

Vijay shares how our morality has eroded under the weight of capitalism and why the disappearance of dignified discourse is connected to calculated divestments from our social and state institutions. This moving episode pushes us to think about how we can organize movements that will truly address quality of life.

TRICIA HERSEY on Rest as Resistance [ENCORE] /267

With a historical analysis of slavery and plantation labor, Tricia Hersey of Nap Ministry prompts us, at this critical time, to consider what is stolen from those among us who cannot rest under white supremacy and capitalism.

CHIARA FRANCESCA on Embodied Care /266

We explore the emotional experience behind acupuncture, how a disability justice framework shapes Chiara’s work, the connection between Earth and bodily experienced trauma, and how to create a conducive environment for embodiment.

Cultural Strategy, Activism Allyship, Media Art, Radical Imagination, Sexual Body Liberation, Transition TransformationFor The WildDecember 29, 2021Chiara Francesca, Chiara Francesca Healing Justice Practice Space, Chiara Francesca Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, Chiara Francesca Chicago Healing Justice Network, Allied Media Conference, Acupuncture, Body, Trauma, Disability, Justice, Disability Justice, Healing Justice, Movement, Healing, Art, Future of Healthcare, Embodiment, Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Racism, Italy, Immigration, Childcare, Healthcare, Culture Work, Structural Change, Queer Art, Queer Healthcare, Mental Health, Health and Capitalism, Racial Justice, Community Care, Chiara Francesca What could a more just healthcare and healing practice look like?, Healing Practices, Harm Reduction, Informed Harm Reduction, Working Class, Ethical Healthcare, Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective, the People's Movement CenterComment

SHA’MIRA COVINGTON on Healing the Fashion Industrial Complex /265

Sha’Mira shares that the fashion industrial complex cannot simply be discussed in terms of environmental impact alone, it must be acknowledged as a loud echo of colonial conquest; not just in terms of extraction of labor and resources, or the outsourcing of pollutants and illness, but also in terms of culture and appropriation.

MARCELLA KROLL on the Magic of Neurodiverse Futurisms /263

Amidst a modern culture that has proven itself committed to a way of thinking that is ultimately detrimental to our collective wellbeing, Marcella reminds us of magic’s place in this world as a powerful instrument that will allow us to transition and feel into our next iteration of existence.

NIRIA ALICIA on Pockets of Joy in the Resistance /260

Niria Alicia guides us to think about ancestral instruction, precious purpose, rituals for liberation, and what it means to be human in this time. This warm and rich conversation looks at spiritual crisis in tandem with climate crisis, the allure of self-sabotage, and the problem with the many “solutions” we are offered …

Dr. RUPA MARYA and RAJ PATEL on Deep Medicine /259

Dr. Rupa Marya and Raj Patel discuss the biological impacts of oppressive social structures. We are left with the resounding reminder that inflammation is an indicator that we must change our collective ways in order to heal …

Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Sexual Body Liberation, Racial Equity Justice, Radical Imagination, The Cost of Capitalism, Transition TransformationFor The WildNovember 10, 2021Raj Patel, Dr. Rupa Marya, Rupa Marya, Raj Patel Inflamed, Ral Patel Austin, Raj Patel Stuffed and Starved, Raj Patel MD, Raj Patel books, Raj Patel agroecology, RupaComment

DALLAS GOLDTOOTH on Responding to Toxic Masculinity [ENCORE] /255

We talk with Dallas about toxic masculinity, accountability, and dismantling patriarchy. So often, conversations around gender wounds quickly deteriorate into oversimplifications of, and accusations towards, one gender or another – failing to realize how we are all hurting under patriarchy.

JOSEFINA SKERK on Sámi Lifeways /254

Josefina shares her vision for truly sustainable living, what climate change means for Sámi livelihoods, the ways in which many Europeans have severed themselves from Indigenous histories both willfully and forcibly, and the importance of reconciliation processes across the Nordic region.

VALARIE KAUR on the Ancient Call to Love /253

In context to revolutionary love, Valarie joins us to explore self-hatred, the privilege of being able to love one’s oppressor, the importance of listening to catalyze healing, and the teachings of Guru Nanak.

RUTH ŁCHAV'AYA K'ISEN MILLER on Relations of Reciprocity /252

Ruth shares how tending to the future must center Indigenous values and lifeways and shares the ways in which a just transition can be understood as a cyclical movement inspired by kinship, care, and reciprocity

Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Direct Action, Transition Transformation, Sacrifice Zones, Multispecies Justice, Radical Imagination, Indigenous Sovereignty, Activism Allyship, Climate Solutions, Climate ChangeFor The WildSeptember 27, 2021Ruth Łchav'aya K'isen Miller, Ruth Miller Alaska, Bristol Bay Alaska, Bristol Bay Salmon Run, Pebble Mine Alaska, Pebble Mine News, Pebble Mine News 2021, Native Movement, Native Movement staff, Native Movement facebook, Native Movement Alaska, Defend the Sacred Alaska, just transition framework, just transition examples, just transition definition, just transition principles, just transition ak, just transition and climate change, the green new deal, the green new deal 2021, climate change policy, climate change politics, the green new deal definition, a green new deal without growth, climate policy initiative, climate policy jobs, climate policy news, climate policy analysis, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, UN Youth Climate Summit, colonization in Alaska, Department of the Interior secretary, Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior definition, Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, Deb Haaland Department of the InteriorComment

WOMAN STANDS SHINING (Pat McCabe) on Humanity's Homecoming /251

Woman Stands Shining coalesces topics of Indigenous sovereignty, land back, how gender and consent behave in different paradigms, and the vital importance of moving out of modernity’s obsession with intellectualism.

THEA RIOFRANCOS on Planetary Perspectives of Green Energy /250

Thea shares the connections between renewable energy development and state deployment of the military and police, the difference between extractivism versus extraction, and the ever-thorny question of whether or not it is possible to improve “wellbeing” under capitalism.

LIL MILAGRO HENRIQUEZ-CORNEJO on Climate Resilience Rooted in Ancestry /249

Lil Milagro highlights the absurdity that dominant education is not meant to equip young people with the kind of basic skills that would allow them to feel empowered about the future we are all aging into and discuss the importance of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics rooted in ancestral knowledge.

Climate Solutions, Climate Change, Cultural Strategy, Activism Allyship, Radical Imagination, Transition Transformation, Racial Equity JusticeFor The WildSeptember 1, 2021Lil Milagro Henriquez, Lil Milagro Henriquez-Cornejo, Mycelium Youth Network, Women’s Earth Alliance fellowship, STEAM, STEM, climate solutions, climate education in schools, climate education curriculum, climate education resources, climate change and education, climate change education act, climate change and education for sustainable development, climate change youth activism, climate change youth organizations, climate change youth action, youth futurism, STEAM curriculum, science technology engineering the arts and mathematics, traditional ecological knowledge, TEK, ancestral knowledge, BIPOC futurism, Preparing People on the West Coast for Climate Change Recommendations for Making Psychological & Psycho-Social-Spiritual Resilience Education and Skills Training for Climate Adversities Universal in California and the Pacific Northwest by 2025, international transformational resilience coalitionComment

QUEEN QUET on the Survival of Sea Island Wisdom [ENCORE] /248

Facing the onslaught of colonial terrorism towards both Black and Indigenous lives, Queen Quet's vision is lighting the way forward in troubled times in terms of sovereignty, land rights, and climate change resilience plans.

GUY RITANI and TOAD ANDREW DELL on Queering Permaculture /246

Guy and Andrew remind us of the boundless wisdom that systems, at all scales, fail and it becomes our responsibility to respond to these failures with the willingness to listen, learn, and adapt as we cultivate resilience amidst uncertainty.

ALOK on Unruly Beauty /245

ALOK shares how challenging the gender binary is not only in service to our collective wellbeing but is a reverential offering in acknowledging our true celestial expansiveness that has been dimmed under binarism, heteronormativity, and colonialism.

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