More and more we see racial violence and discord in our world. Some people hide away from the tragedy, others blame those who inflict the harm, some become so angry and some find a way to bring healing and true justice through transformation into our world. Today I welcome Kamelah Adam the founder and owner of Mimi s Fresh Tee s a Social Justice t-shirt Co ... Show More
Dec 2022
Shining the Light on Healing through Soul Medicine
I have found that when I am focused on healing, so many tools have found me. Some of the gifts I have learned have been connecting with people moving in the same direction. Today I welcome Lindsay Fauntleroy to Love and Light. Lindsay Fauntleroy is a medicine maker, educator, and ... Show More
55m 50s
Jun 2020
MARIAME KABA on Moving Past Punishment [ENCORE] /187
Mariame Kaba joins us for an expansive conversation on Transformative Justice, community accountability, criminalization of survivors, and freedom on the horizon. When we engage with these issues and shape our actions out of a commitment to removing violence at its core, we are w ... Show More
1h 15m
Oct 2020
Racism thrives on silence — speak up! | Dexter Dias
Racism thrives on your silence and apathy, says human rights lawyer Dexter Dias. Telling the story of a harrowing UK court case that spotlights the corrosive effects of injustice, Dias urges us all to speak out and expose toxic myths about race -- in order to allow hope, change a ... Show More
19m 45s
Oct 2022
Michele Moody-Adams, "Making Space for Justice: Social Movements, Collective Imagination, and Political Hope" (Columbia UP, 2022)
A standard way of proceeding in political philosophy is to start with some form of conceptual inquiry: we first try to figure out what justice, equality, and freedom are and only then we may eventually begin thinking about how these goods might be pursued and achieved. On this ap ... Show More
1h 3m
Nov 2019
Alexander L. Hinton, "Man or Monster?: The Trial of a Khmer Rouge Torturer" (Duke UP, 2016)
Can justice heal? Must there be justice in order to heal? Is there such a thing as justice, something to be striven for regardless of context? Alexander L. Hinton thinks through these questions in a pair of new books. The two are companion pieces, each using Cambodia in a differe ... Show More
1h 17m