“The fugitive is the figure of the Anthropocene, a political invitation to unlearn ‘mastery,’ to fall to the Earth, to learn how to commune with soil… In a sense, the fugitive answers the question that is hidden within the words of my Elders, when they say: ‘in order to find your way, you must become lost.’” In this week’s episode, Bayo Akomolafe guides list ... Show More
Mar 19
Introducing: In the Company of Humpbacks
Hey, friends. Ayana, here. We are so excited to announce our brand new audio documentary series in the company of humpbacks. Three episodes. One goal to take you into the quiet the thrums and the wild rhythms of Southeast Alaska. How it started. Fred Sharpe, old friend, longtime ... Show More
2m 49s
Jun 2023
Everyday Utopia and Radical Imagination with Kristen Ghodsee
<p class="MsoNormal">It's perhaps more important than ever in these especially tumultuous, lonely, and oppressive times that we continue to believe that another world is possible. Simply reimagining the way we raise our children, the homes that we dwell in, the property we horde ... Show More
2 h
Aug 2022
The Island of Missing Trees | Elif Shafak
"From populist demagogues, we will learn the indispensability of democracy," says novelist Elif Shafak. "From isolationists, we will learn the need for global solidarity. And from tribalists, we will learn the beauty of cosmopolitanism." A native of Turkey, she has experienced fi ... Show More
29m 25s
Apr 2012
April 17, 2012 Alan Watt "Cutting Through The Matrix" LIVE on RBN: "Open Eyes Wide to the Great Divide: Under Attack in Fabian Silent Culture War, Lost 'less You Find What Your Mind is For" *Title/Poe
--{ Open Eyes Wide to the Great Divide:
Under Attack in Fabian Silent Culture War,
Lost 'less You Find What Your Mind is For:
"Here We Stand in the Shadow of the Vulture
Which Wages War on Nations and Culture,
Divide and Conquer Down to the Miniscule,
Until Everyone's Helpless, E ... Show More
46m 27s
Dec 2023
We Are Wired for Compassion: Finding Hope in a World That Has Lost Its Way
Ep. 107 (Part 2 of 2) | Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, global thought leader, author, medical doctor, scholar, anti-apartheid activist, and co-founder of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa has lived her extraordinary life guided by the knowing that every one of us is part o ... Show More
44m 33s
Aug 2023
Travis Holloway, "How to Live at the End of the World: Theory, Art, and Politics for the Anthropocene" (Stanford UP, 2022)
the near universal disappearance of shared social enterprise: the ruling class builds walls and lunar shuttles, while the rest of us contend with the atrophy of institutional integrity and the utter abdication of providing even minimal shelter from looming disaster.
The irony of ... Show More
51m 14s
Feb 2024
Witch School Chapter 19, Adaku Utah
<p>adrienne is thrilled to welcome <a href="https://www.adakuutah.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Adaku Utah</a> to Witch School. Baltimore born, Nigeria, Maryland, raised in Festac, Nigeria, grounded in her legacy of organizers, farmers and healers, <a href="http ... Show More
1h 10m
Nov 2023
Indigenous Knowledge & the Web of Life: Living & Learning in Times of Crisis, Recognizing our Relatedness, Healing Grief & Mental Illness, Sharing Healing Stories & Sustaining Hope with Tyson Yunkaporta
Ep. 102 (Part 1 of 2) | “What if I lean into the pain and come out the other side and survive it—and what if I take you with me, as the reader, and together we deal with our pain?” asks Tyson Yunkaporta, author, senior research fellow, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems ... Show More
40m 41s
Feb 2021
The man-made forest that led to extinction
There are few places on our planet that have not in some way been shaped by humans. We’re looking at how, for better or worse, we’ve made a mark on our world, and whether it’s possible to escape the influence of us.To begin, we travel to Aldabra - an idyllic coral atoll in the In ... Show More
27m 53s