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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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Activism Allyship, Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Radical Imagination, Racial Equity Justice, Spirituality Theology, The Cost of Capitalism, Transition Transformation, Political IdeologyFor The Wild327, Morgan Curtis, For The Wild, Morgan Curtis Podcast, Morgan Curtis Ancestors, Morgan Curtis Harvard, Morgan Curtis wealth, Morgan Curtis Coaching, Resource Generation, Morgan Curtis Reparations, Morgan, CurtisComment
MALCOLM HARRIS on the Globalization of Forgetfulness /324
MALCOLM HARRIS on the Globalization of Forgetfulness /324

Malcolm offers well-rooted thought touching on the history of Stanford University, the internet, Palo Alto’s military connections, and reveals the values of understanding our material realities and the structures that support society as it stands.

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Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Design+Strategy, Globalization, Media Art, Radical Imagination, Theory Scholarship, The Cost of Capitalism, Transition TransformationFor The Wild324, Malcolm Harris, Malcolm Harris Author, Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism and the World, Malcolm Harris Palo Alto, Palo Alto Book review, Kids These Days The MAking of Millenials, Shit is Fucked up and Bullshit, Malcolm Harris articles, California capitalism, Palo Alto history, malcolm, harrisComment
EPISODE SWAP: How to Survive the End of the World / All About Love
EPISODE SWAP: How to Survive the End of the World / All About Love

adrienne and Autumn discuss the joys of witnessing love in the face of despair, the accountability that comes with true love, and the growth and nourishment made possible through love, they impart deep wisdom about how to cherish this world for all it has given us. 

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SAMUEL BAUTISTA LAZO on Handmade Futures /322
SAMUEL BAUTISTA LAZO on Handmade Futures /322

Samuel Bautista Lazo brings listeners into an insightful conversation on the value of craftwork that connects us to the past and plants seeds for the future emphasizing the radical act of creating connection and meaning with the objects we need to sustain life.

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Cultural Strategy, Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Design+Strategy, Indigenous Sovereignty, Media Art, Radical Imagination, The Cost of Capitalism, Wisdom KeepersFor The Wild322, Samuel Bautista Lazo, Dixza Rugs, Samuel Bautista, Weaving, Oaxaca México, Craftwork, Zapotec, Indigeneity, Dixza Rugs and Organic Farms, Craftsmanship, Zapotec Weaving, Samuel Bautista Rugs, Dixza, Sam, Bautista, samComment
JOSUÉ RIVAS on Throwing a Glitch in the Social Media Matrix /320
JOSUÉ RIVAS on Throwing a Glitch in the Social Media Matrix /320

Josué invites us to challenge extractive and colonial lenses by embracing the overwhelming force of the creative urge. How might we break apart from the constant pressure of social media to envision the new modes of creation and creativity that these stories need in order to be told? 

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Activism Allyship, Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Indigenous Sovereignty, Media Art, Radical Imagination, The Cost of Capitalism, Transition TransformationFor The WildJosue Rivas, Indigena, Josué Indigena, Indigena photography, Indigena Nike, Indigena music video, Josué Rivas photography, decolonization, Indigenous futurism, Josué Rivas indigenous photography, Josué Rivas ndn collective, ndn collective changemaker, Radical Imagination, Josué Rivas Tedx, josue, riva, Josue, Riva, 320Comment
JAROD K. ANDERSON on Reclaiming Limits /319
JAROD K. ANDERSON on Reclaiming Limits /319

Jarod (@cryptonaturalist) reminds us, limits are nourishing within poetry, and can be a virtue in life. If we accept the messy, twisted, and gnarled realities of life, we can escape the cold and dead store bought narratives about who we are supposed to be and instead lean into real freedom.  

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Media Art, Radical Imagination, The Cost of Capitalism, Transition TransformationFor The WildJarod K. Anderson, Jarod K. Anderson Quotes, Field Guide to the Haunted Forest, Love Notes from the Hollow Tree, Jarod K. Anderson Book, Jarod K. Anderson Poetry, The Cryptonbaturalist, Jarod K. Anderson Podcast, The Crysptonaturalist Jarod K. Anderson, The Cryptonaturalist Quotes, The Cryptonaturalist Twitter, The Cryptonaturalist book, crypto, cryptonaturalist, jarod, jarod andersonComment
TRICIA HERSEY on Deprogramming from Grind Culture /318
TRICIA HERSEY on Deprogramming from Grind Culture /318

Tricia Hersey joins Ayana to unwind the complicated ties of exhaustion and exploitation. Tricia’s words serve as incantations against the brainwashing of grind culture as she and Ayana investigate the systems that benefit from keeping us stagnant. 

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Colonial Violence, The Cost of Capitalism, Activism Allyship, Cultural Strategy, Racial Equity Justice, Radical Imagination, Spirituality TheologyFor The WildTricia Hersey, Tricia Hersey Podcast, Tricia Hersey Quotes, Tricia Hersey Nap Ministry, Tricia Hersey Rest Is Resistance, Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto, The Nap Ministry, The Nap Ministry Book, Rest, Grind Culture, Resistance, Grind Culture Toxic, Tricia Hersey Nap Bishop, tricia hersey, nap ministry, napComment
TIFFANY LETHABO KING on The Black Shoals [with brontë velez], Part Two /316
TIFFANY LETHABO KING on The Black Shoals [with brontë velez], Part Two /316

Part two of the conversation between brontë and Tiffany spans further inquiry into shoals, the physical desire to belong to Earth, agency, eros, spiritual correction, the pleasure and potential of failure, and that which cannot be translated, but instead has to be experienced or co-witnessed to be understood.

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Activism Allyship, Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Indigenous Sovereignty, Racial Equity Justice, Radical Imagination, Spirituality Theology, Transition Transformation, Theory Scholarship, Wisdom KeepersFor The WildDr. Tiffany Lethabo King, The Black Shoals: Offshore Formations of Black and Native Studies, brontë velez, Lead to Life, Can I Get A Witness, Afro-Indigenous Relations, Genocide and slavery in the United States, Black and Indigenous feminism, CIGAW, Can I Get A Witness?, can i get a witnessComment
TIFFANY LETHABO KING on The Black Shoals [with brontë velez], Part One /315
TIFFANY LETHABO KING on The Black Shoals [with brontë velez], Part One /315

brontë and Tiffany explore sacred laughter, Black and Indigenous feminism, sexuality, liberation, ceremony, and protocol. This simultaneously intimate and expansive dialogue allows us to rethink the stories and structures we’ve been told regarding Black and Indigenous relations.

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Activism Allyship, Cultural Strategy, Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Indigenous Sovereignty, Racial Equity Justice, Radical Imagination, Spirituality Theology, Theory Scholarship, Transition Transformation, Wisdom KeepersFor The WildDr. Tiffany Lethabo King, The Black Shoals: Offshore Formations of Black and Native Studies, brontë velez, Lead to Life, Can I Get A Witness?, Afro-Indigenous Relations, Genocide and slavery in the United States, Black and Indigenous feminism, CIGAWComment
SOPHIE STRAND on Myths as Maps /312
SOPHIE STRAND on Myths as Maps /312

Sophie invites us to embrace rot and decay, to welcome our demons to the dinner table, and to prepare for uncertain futures with tenderness. Sophie provides a route to overcome the death-trap that is self-righteousness, instead prioritizing humble complexity and surrender to relationality.

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Deep Ecology, More Than Human Kin, Plant Intelligence, Spirituality Theology, Radical Imagination, Theory Scholarship, Transition TransformationFor The WildSophie Strand, Sophie Strand Books, Sophie Strand Podcast, I Will Not Be Purified, The Flowering Wand, Rewilding Mythology, Disability, Sophie Strand Poetry, The Madonna Secret, Myth, Myth and Mycelium, Sophie Strand Substack, Sophie Strand The Container, Good Soil, Sophie, sophie, strans, Strand, strand, treeoflifeplaylist Comment
ISMAIL LOURIDO ALI, J.D. on Post-Prohibition Realities /309
ISMAIL LOURIDO ALI, J.D. on Post-Prohibition Realities /309

Ismail guides listeners through an overview of where we are in our relationship with drugs in the American context, and how this relationship is indicative of our relationship with the Earth and with humanity broadly encouraging us to move beyond the black and white view that some drugs are medicine while others are criminal.

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Activism Allyship, Radical Imagination, Political Ideology, Racial Equity Justice, The Cost of Capitalism, Transition TransformationFor The WildIsmail Lourido Ali, J.D., Ismail Ali, MAPS, Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies, Psychedelics, Cannabis, Drug Research, Traditional Medicine, Psilocybin, Peyote, Ayahuasca, Mass Incarceration, Drug reform, pharmaceuticals, ismail, Ismail, Ali, aliComment
Dr. MIMI KHÚC on Claiming Unwellness /304
Dr. MIMI KHÚC on Claiming Unwellness /304

Mimi’s work is grounded in the question: “How do we find new ways to talk about what hurts?” Flipping diagnosis on its head, Mimi guides us to find new ways to name what we feel and to decolonize the language of feeling itself.

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Decolonization, Radical Imagination, The Cost of Capitalism, Theory Scholarship, Spirituality TheologyFor The WildMimi Khúc, Mimi Khúc Georgetown, Mimi Khúc Open in Emergency, Asian American Literary Review, Disability Justice, Mental Health, Hacked DSM, Care, Collective Care, Spoon Theory, mimi, khuc Comment
Dr. CLINT CARROLL on Stewarding Homeland /299
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.

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Dr. JAMAICA HEOLIMELEIKALANI OSARIO on Reclaiming Aloha /297
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.

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Dr. LARRY WARD on Healing the Colonial Mind /296
Dr. LARRY WARD on Healing the Colonial Mind /296

Covering the neuroscience of trauma, the habit of racism, and various typologies of systemic trauma, Dr. Ward provides insight into how we might consciously choose to activate our neuroplasticity toward justice rather than collectively rewarding our neuroplasticity for violence and oppression.

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ALOK on Unruly Beauty [ENCORE] /286
ALOK on Unruly Beauty [ENCORE] /286

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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Dr. BAYO AKOMOLAFE on Slowing Down in Urgent Times [ENCORE] /285
Dr. BAYO AKOMOLAFE on Slowing Down in Urgent Times [ENCORE] /285

Bayo invites us to pause and abandon solutionism, step back from the project of progress, and dance into a different set of questions: What does the Anthropocene teach us as a destabilizing agent that resists our taming? What happens when we unfurl into a space of slowness and relinquish human mastery to a wider cosmic net of relations?

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