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For The Wild 1/8/20 For The Wild 1/8/20

Dr. RUPA MARYA on Decentralizing the Power of Healing /153

How can we understand our own ailments as a map of society’s illness? A by-product of an inhuman, unbridled industrialized society where the pressures of productivity and the harm inflicted by violent institutions are causing a collective decline in health... we explore these topics with Dr. Rupa Marya, whose work explores health issues at the nexus of racism and state violence.

For The Wild 1/3/20 For The Wild 1/3/20

MIKE PHILLIPS on Gray Wolves and the Vitality of Death /152

Ayana and Mike’s conversation touches on the history of cattle ranching and grazing rights, trophic cascades and the vitality of death, the violent lineages of conservation, and ecological restoration as an antidote to species loss.

For The Wild 12/27/19 For The Wild 12/27/19

MARIAME KABA on Moving Past Punishment /151

Mariame addresses punishment as an issue of directionality while reminding us why it is vital to have the prison abolition movement in conversation with the movement for climate & environmental justice.

For The Wild 12/18/19 For The Wild 12/18/19

Dr. SUZANNE PIERRE on Reshaping a Siloed Science /150

Join Ayana and Dr. Pierre as they oscillate between the importance of nitrogen, building the knowledge commons, the many new entry points that climate change necessitates, and the ways in which we can root ourselves in frameworks inspired by Earth.

For The Wild 12/13/19 For The Wild 12/13/19

InTheField: KASYYAHGEI on the Law of the Land /149

Lean into Kasyyahgei’s haunting testimony of heart that bridges stories from her childhood, the incredible mycelial worlds humming beneath the forest floor, and the land of talking trees.

For The Wild 12/6/19 For The Wild 12/6/19

InTheField: WANDA KASHUDOHA CULP on Rooted Lifeways of the Tongass /148

Guided by Wanda’s indomitable warrioress spirit, we wind through the history of the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the Tlingit balance of Raven and Eagle, Indigenous food sovereignty, extractive tourism, and more.

For The Wild 11/28/19 For The Wild 11/28/19

LYLA JUNE on Lifting Hearts Off the Ground /147

Lyla and Ayana unravel the great potential held within the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and well as some of its false assumptions, and propose Indigenous-led frameworks for sovereignty.

For The Wild 11/27/19 For The Wild 11/27/19

Reshaping the Landscape of Conservation Media at JACKSON WILD /146

Join Ayana and six storytellers who are shifting the landscape of conservation from behind their cameras, bold media strategies, and work in the field.

For The Wild 11/13/19 For The Wild 11/13/19

PAVINI MORAY on Unlocking Eros and Sacred Reciprocity ⌠PART 2⌡ /145

Ayana and Pavini share their reflections on the forest as a teacher of wild love, the field of eros within and beyond the realm of sex, the cyclical nature of death as communion, and strategies for connecting with ancestors of blood and heart.

For The Wild 11/8/19 For The Wild 11/8/19

PAVINI MORAY on Alchemizing Trauma and Ancestral Healing ⌠PART 1⌡ /144

Ayana and Pavini delve into deep dialogue on the necessity of relational repair, trans and queer belonging, navigating states of trauma, and breaking settler mentalities within healing spaces.

For The Wild 10/31/19 For The Wild 10/31/19

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.

For The Wild 10/23/19 For The Wild 10/23/19

SEFRA ALEXANDRA on Seed Remembrance /142

Sefra and Ayana look into the culture of seed saving, the importance of diversity in the global food supply, the grave impacts of seed relief on local agro-economic systems, undermining seed oligarchies, and the ways in which being in relationship with seeds offer us a deeper connection to all dimensions of life

For The Wild 10/16/19 For The Wild 10/16/19

ELSA SEBASTIAN on Loving the Last Stands of the Tongass /141

Fall in love with the Tongass, as Elsa shares stories from the field, communities where boom and bust industry have torn people apart, and her personal journey as a second-generation activist.

For The Wild 10/9/19 For The Wild 10/9/19

BRONTË VELEZ on the Necessity of Beauty, Part 2 /140

brontë and Ayana’s ripe conversation explores topics including appropriating propaganda and memetics, reorienting ourselves away from the spectacle of terror, tending to erotic energy and sensual spaces, and the nuances around beauty and aesthetics in dominant culture.

For The Wild 10/2/19 For The Wild 10/2/19

BRONTË VELEZ on the Pleasurable Surrender of White Supremacy, Part 1 /139

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.

For The Wild 9/25/19 For The Wild 9/25/19

THE BUREAU of LINGUISTICAL REALITY on Seeding New Language /138

Heidi, Alicia, and Ayana break through the limits imposed by dominant languages, and invite radical freedom of expression to enrich our unique identities, experiences, our relationships with each other and with the earth.

For The Wild 9/18/19 For The Wild 9/18/19

RAJ PATEL on Cheapness in the Age of Capitalism /137

Raj and Ayana discuss cheapness in relation to the prison industrial complex, the invisibility of domestic labor and care work, the fallacies of fair trade, and the enclosure of the commons.

For The Wild 9/11/19 For The Wild 9/11/19

COREY LESK on Warming Winters and Southern Pine Beetle Migration /136

Ayana and Corey discuss the implications of southern pine beetle expansion, how forest structures will shift, the threat to native biodiversity, the importance of cold winters, and how forestry measures are not the solution.

For The Wild 9/4/19 For The Wild 9/4/19

PÁDRAIG Ó TUAMA on Finding Uncommon Ground /135

Ayana and Pádraig explore the language of uncommon belonging; how we must learn from our shame and the danger of forgetting history, the life cycle of violence, the nature of colonial power, and how to confront the inheritance of privilege.

For The Wild 8/28/19 For The Wild 8/28/19

RICHIE RESEDA on Dismantling Patriarchy /134

Richie and Ayana examine how harmful patriarchy is to us all, why we must let go of our limited understanding of crime, the geography of prisons, and meaningful and revolutionary organizing in prisons.