- A State of Change
- Activism Allyship
- Ancient Ice
- Climate Change
- Climate Solutions
- Colonial Violence
- Conservation Restoration
- Cultural Strategy
- Decolonization
- Deep Ecology
- Deeply Rooted
- Design+Strategy
- Direct Action
- Earthly Reads 1
- Fat of The Land
- Food Sovereignty
- For The Forests
- Global South
- Globalization
- Grassroots Herbalism
- Homage
- Homebound
- Illuminating Worldviews
- In The Field
- In the Company of Humpbacks
- Indigenous Sovereignty
- Media Art
- More Than Human Kin
- Multispecies Justice
- Plant Intelligence
- Plants Are Political
- Political Ideology
- Racial Equity Justice
- Radical Imagination
- Sacrifice Zones
- Sexual Body Liberation
- Shore Ocean Communities
- Spirituality Theology
- The Cost of Capitalism
- Theory Scholarship
- Transition Transformation
- Wisdom Keepers
In Chronological Order–
DeeplyRooted: Remembering Back into Ourselves with KAILEA FREDERICK /173
Kailea offers a poetry reading woven with simple movements to reawaken our inseparable connection to all of Creation. This offering honors the hard-working mothers and caregivers who provide care so generously, and who are so deserving of moments to cultivate wellness.
Homebound: Capitalists and Other Cannibals with ALNOOR LADHA /172
Alnoor invites us into a guided conversation on neoliberal capitalism, the global economic system and how we can work ourselves out of it. Topics include Wetiko mind virus, Anarchy, the root causes of poverty, the dangers of technocracy, and more.
LINDA BLACK ELK on What Endures After Pandemic /171
Ayana and Linda discuss what will be left in the wake of COVID-19, how will we tend to the wounds of disposability? What systems will endure? What must we dismantle and what will we grow? How can we deepen our actions so that they are not just a response to fear, but are rooted in the promise of collective wellbeing?
Deeply Rooted: Declaring Interdependence with MILLA PRINCE /170
Milla invites us to root ourselves through the very soil, minerals, water and air of our own bodies. Listen in as we shed what is old and give ourselves to the stream of life pulsing through the body of nature.
Homebound: Decentralizing the Power of Healing with Dr. RUPA MARYA /169
Rupa reminds us that the blatant neglect for people’s wellbeing amidst this global pandemic is not coincidence or negligence, it is the result of a global system that has historically centered profit over people.
ESTRELLA SANTIAGO PÉREZ on the Importance of Community Sovereignty /168
Estrella discusses the legacy of U.S. imperialism and global economic corruption, the erasure of Puerto Rico’s presence in mainstream media, community land trusts, gentrification in the wake of natural disaster, the complexities of property ownership and global aid initiatives.
DeeplyRooted: Black Mary-Olivering with brontë velez /167
brontë velez transports us through revolutionary prayer– an incantation to ignite your creativity and fill up your inner well with joy, strength and peace.
Homebound: Personal Preparedness in Advance with Reverend M. KALANI SOUZA /166
Join us in conversation as Ayana and Kalani discuss an “all hands on deck approach” to addressing human behavior and developing personal preparedness.
JILL WEITZ on Salmon Beyond Borders /165
Learn the ins and outs of issues playing out at the transboundary, such as the toxic legacy of tailings disasters, the complexities of management and enforcement on the ground, the polluter pays principle, and the golden triangle in B.C.
KENRIC McDOWELL on Designing with Cosmo-Ecological Intelligence /164
Our conversation with Kenric covers topics like relationality, more-than-human intelligence, the trappings of consumerism and personal agency, while also being pushed to delve into realms of discussion we visit less often, like artificial intelligence, technology, design and interspecies connection.
LAYLA K. FEGHALI on Borderless Remembrance /163
Layla and Ayana explore borderless ecologies, stories from the SWANA* region, what it looks like to embody relationship- rather than performance- culture, native plant revival, and the wealth of diasporic memory.
KURT RUSSO on the People Under the Sea⌠ENCORE⌡ /162
We are honored to once again share this episode with you as a profound reminder of the place we share with the qwe 'lhol mechen, their capacity for memory, grief, and love, and the many ways that the Lummi Nation continues to protect, defend, and restore the Salish Sea.
JESSE WOLF HARDIN on Rewilding the Self /161
With great heart and tenderness, Ayana and Wolf explore folk herbalism as a green portal and agent of holistic wellness, the visceral personalities of place, tending unique bioregional cultures and ecologies, unbounding judgement from our mistakes, the potency of gratitude, and discovery within the weedy margins.
InTheField: NUSKMATA (Jacinda Mack) on the Gold Rush That Never Ended /160
Uplifting the untold story of mining, this episode braids together the history of the Gold Rush and colonization in B.C., the state of salmon, the practice of free, prior, and informed consent, dirty mining for a “clean” energy revolution, and the urgent necessity of reform.
ERIEL TCHEKWIE DERANGER on Solidarity with Unist'ot'en ⌠ENCORE⌡ /159
Eriel sheds light on what Unist’ot’en Camp represents, the ongoing history of surveillance faced by frontline protectors, how policy can be a tool of forced assimilation, and the illegality of the actions taken by Canada’s federal and provincial governments.
CHRISTIAN SCHWARZ on the Sublime World of Fungi /158
Beginning with fungal diversity, our conversation with Christian grows to discuss the global mushroom market, migration patterns, and invasive versus native fungi.
Dr. KIM TALLBEAR on Reviving Kinship and Sexual Abundance /157
Dr. TallBear and Ayana confront western science’s continued appropriation of Indigenous sexuality, ancestry, and creation while unearthing our universal desires for love and belonging. Let us rekindle more generous and sustaining forms of intimacy that flow beyond the bounds of coupledom, embracing all of our kin alike.
Dr. MAX LIBOIRON on Reorienting Within a World of Plastic /156
Ayana and Dr. Max Liboiron explore the notion of plastic as kin, oil and petrochemical subsidies, the body burden of plasticizers, the historical construction of disposability, the appropriation of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in academia, the feasibility of recycling, and more.
Dr. BAYO AKOMOLAFE on Slowing Down in Urgent Times /155
Plunging into deep pools of philosophy and imagination, Ayana and Bayo’s conversation winds through dimensions of the new and the ancient: Yoruba mythology, children as guides to bewilderment, the strategy of separation, grieving as ceremony, trickster spirits, and the teachings of failure and brokenness.
KYLE WHYTE on the Colonial Genesis of Climate Change /154
Ayana and Kyle discuss Kyle’s body of work on dystopia and fantasy in climate justice, the reproduction of settler structures, Indigenous science, vulnerability discourses, and “decolonizing allyship.” Kyle concludes with the ever present reminder that our work must be rooted in consent, reciprocity, and trust.