Dr. CLINT CARROLL on Stewarding Homeland /299

Dr. Carroll pushes back against dominant settler histories about Cherokee migrations and relations to homeland and provides insight into what audience members ought to glean from Indigenous philosophies imparting practices of deep reciprocity, responsibility, and relationship to the land and each other.

Dr. JAMAICA HEOLIMELEIKALANI OSARIO on Reclaiming Aloha /297

Dr. Osorio guides us into a fuller understanding of aloha by returning the commodified phrase to the more extensive understanding of aloha ‘āina, wherein the possibilities for other worlds are not only born but remembered and recalled from the long history of sovereign Hawai’i and traditional Hawaiian teachings and lifeways.

Activism Allyship, Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Indigenous Sovereignty, More Than Human Kin, Political Ideology, Racial Equity Justice, Radical Imagination, Sexual Body Liberation, The Cost of Capitalism, Theory Scholarship, Transition Transformation, Wisdom KeepersFor The WildJuly 27, 2022Dr. Jamaica Osorio Comment

CHRIS HEDGES on Deflating the Ruling Elite through Civil Disobedience [ENCORE] /271

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, GlobalizationFor The WildFebruary 2, 2022Essential ListeningComment

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.

Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Design+Strategy, Food Sovereignty, Activism Allyship, Global South, Racial Equity Justice, Globalization, Transition Transformation, Political IdeologyFor The WildJanuary 12, 2022Comment

BATHSHEBA DEMUTH on a More-Than-Human History /264

Bathsheba joins us to consider a future outside of apocalyptic visions, rooted in the understanding that the shape of the world today is neither permanent nor pre-destined.

Colonial Violence, Decolonization, More Than Human Kin, Political Ideology, Radical Imagination, Sacrifice Zones, The Cost of Capitalism, Indigenous SovereigntyFor The WildDecember 15, 2021Bathsheba Demuth, ArcticComment

Dr. MICHAEL LUJAN BEVACQUA on Guåhan’s Sovereignty Amidst Climate Change /243

Dr. Bevacqua discusses Guåhan’s incredibly layered history, as well as the CHamoru history that predates any colonial narrative by thousands of years. With an understanding of how Guåhan (Guam) ended up as a “territory” of the United States, Michael shares the current efforts to decolonize Guåhan and instill strong self-governance

Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Shore Ocean Communities, Sacrifice Zones, Racial Equity Justice, Climate Change, Activism Allyship, Indigenous Sovereignty, Political IdeologyFor The WildJuly 21, 2021Dr. Michael Lujan Bevacqua, Michael Lujan BevacquaComment

TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS on Sacred Rage and the Battle for Public Lands ⌠ENCORE⌡ /233

Williams guides us to explore acts of the imagination as we shift into consciousness and expand our sense of family to both human and wild. As so many of us grapple with the omnipresent question of “what do we do?”, Terry provides us with salve through stories of the beauty and power of our gifts, and the living histories of the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau.

Colonial Violence, The Cost of Capitalism, Wisdom Keepers, Sacrifice Zones, Direct Action, Activism Allyship, Conservation Restoration, Political IdeologyFor The WildMay 12, 2021Terry Tempest WilliamsComment

CAROLINA RUBIO MACWRIGHT on the Intersections of Immigration, Assimilation, and Earth Based Wisdom /226

We speak with artist, immigration lawyer, and activist Carolina Rubio MacWright on the ongoing travesty of family separations, the inherent trauma of U.S. detention centers, and how we can begin revamping our laws, values, policies, and systems when it comes to migration.

The Cost of Capitalism, Colonial Violence, Direct Action, Multispecies Justice, Racial Equity Justice, Political Ideology, Media Art, Activism AllyshipFor The WildMarch 17, 2021Carolina Rubio MacWrightComment

VIJAY PRASHAD on Capitalism’s Erosion of Morality /220

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.

Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Design+Strategy, Food Sovereignty, Activism Allyship, Global South, Racial Equity Justice, Globalization, Transition Transformation, Political IdeologyFor The WildFebruary 3, 2021Comment

HARSHA WALIA on Dismantling Imagined, Militarized, and Colonial Borders /211

Harsha shares why it is imperative to rid the concept of legal/illegal personhood in movements for the climate and environment. Harsha leads us in the deeply regenerative work of political imagination as we think about what our communities and livelihoods look like without imposed borders.

Colonial Violence, The Cost of Capitalism, Direct Action, Globalization, Political Ideology, Radical Imagination, Racial Equity JusticeFor The WildDecember 2, 2020Harsha WaliaComment

ASTRA TAYLOR on Voting, Democracy, and People Power /206

In conversation with Astra, we explore the messy and difficult endeavor that is democracy, why voter suppression has become so rampant, the anti-democratic nature of debt, and how we can create more democratic spaces in our everyday lives.

Cultural Strategy, The Cost of Capitalism, Direct Action, Political Ideology, Globalization, Transition Transformation, Activism AllyshipFor The WildOctober 28, 2020Astra Taylor, AmericaComment

JACKIE WANG on Carceral Capitalism /189

Explore the pervasiveness of debt, our temporal and spatial understandings of prisons, and the technological dimensions of surveillance and incarceration. We ask how we can resist the accession of predictive policing and what can digital carceral infrastructure reveal about the state’s growing surveillance apparatus?

Colonial Violence, The Cost of Capitalism, Political Ideology, Racial Equity JusticeFor The WildJune 24, 2020Jackie Wang, An End to Patriarchy & PunishmentComment

JADE BEGAY & JULIAN BRAVE NOISECAT on Restorying Power for a Just Transition /143

Ayana, Julian, and Jade unpack the Green New Deal policy proposal, explore the creative potential of media and narrative production, and replant the seed of tending community power.

Climate Solutions, Design+Strategy, Political Ideology, Indigenous Sovereignty, Transition Transformation, Media ArtFor The WildOctober 31, 2019Comment

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, GlobalizationFor The WildJune 5, 2019Essential Listening Comments

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