Podcast Episodes

JOHN SEED on Deep Ecological Identity /98

Episode 98

Join us as Ayana and John explore topics of ecological identity, embodied wisdom, moving beyond the individual, the tenets of Deep Ecology, and the Rainforest Information Centre’s recent work in Ecua…

Published on 7 years ago

Dr. CHAD HANSON on the Myths & Misinformation of Wildland Fires /97

Episode 97

Join us to learn about what happens in a post fire habitat, why fire is an ecological treasure, not a disaster, how significantly climate change will impact wildfires, and why both politicians and th…

Published on 7 years, 1 month ago

Reverand M. KALANI SOUZA on Personal Preparedness in Advance /96

Episode 96

This week we interview Reverend M. Kalani Souza, a gifted storyteller, singer, songwriter, musician, performer, poet, philosopher, priest, political satirist, and peacemaker. Join us in conversation …

Published on 7 years, 1 month ago

QUEEN QUET on the Survival of Sea Island Wisdom /95

Episode 95

Queen Quet and the Gullah/Geechee nation are an exemplary vision of resilience in an age of deterioration, holding on to spirit and hope amidst. Facing the onslaught of colonial terrorism towards bot…

Published on 7 years, 1 month ago

KEVIN SCHNEIDER on Legal Liberation for More Than Human Kin /94

Episode 94

Since 2013, the Nonhuman Rights Project has filed lawsuits on behalf of non-human animals in captivity – including four chimpanzees and three elephants, so far – seeking a writ of habeas corpus. The…

Published on 7 years, 2 months ago

Dr. BIRUTÉ MARY GALDIKAS on Orangutan Refugees in Their Own Land /93

Episode 92

This week we are joined by Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas, a globally renowned anthropologist, conservationist, and orangutan researcher. She has been researching and working with wild and wild-born ex-cap…

Published on 7 years, 2 months ago

BEN GOLDFARB on Beaver's Complex Inter-Weavings /92

Episode 92

Ben Goldfarb is an independent environmental journalist based in Spokane, Washington, whose writing has appeared in publications such as Mother Jones, Science, The Guardian, and High Country News. He…

Published on 7 years, 2 months ago

KURT RUSSO on the People Under the Sea/91

Episode 91

Dr. Russo and the Lummi people believe that Tahlequah carried her baby on the tour of grief because she knows we are watching. The display of her dead offspring in this way was an intentional act– n…

Published on 7 years, 2 months ago

ELIZABETH FOURNIER on a Green Afterlife /90

Episode 90

Elizabeth Fournier, affectionately called ‘The Green Reaper,’ is the author of The Green Burial Guidebook: Everything You Need to Plan an Affordable, Environmentally Friendly Burial.

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Published on 7 years, 2 months ago

HEATHER MILTON-LIGHTENING on Reframing Direct Action /89

Episode 89

Heather Milton-Lightening has seventeen years of organizing experience from local issues to international campaigns. Among other topics, Ayana and Heather discuss truth and reconciliation, true ally-…

Published on 7 years, 3 months ago