Best Pauline Black Podcasts (2024)

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Season 3: Uncolonising nature with Alexis Pauline Gumbs 1:20:51

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‘How do we practice this revolution in a way that embodies the best of what we have as humans and the best of what we can observe in other species?’ - Marion In Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast, we are meeting visionary black women who are creating innovations inspired by nature. Today we meet Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs from North Carolina, United Sta…

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Black Earth Podcast - Season 3 Finale 43:54

8h ago43:54

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Thank you so much for tuning into Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast. In this season, we have been meeting visionary black women who are creating innovations inspired by nature. In this season finale, Black Earth team, Marion and Anesu, reflect on their changing relationships with nature as well their key take-aways from Season 3. We also discuss what…

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Ep 19 – Jobs for women! Fighting sexism at the Port Kembla steelworks 1:00:08

1d ago1:00:08

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Since it was founded in the 1920s, BHP’s Port Kembla steelworks has completely dominated the town of Wollongong, employing over 25,000 workers at its peak and physically towering over the city. For much of its existence, the steelworks also systematically discriminated against women. Company management deliberately confined women to only the lowest…

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Season 3: Understanding energy justice with Dr. Mfoniso Antia 1:01:07

27d ago1:01:07

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In Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast, we are meeting visionary black women who are creating innovations inspired by nature. In this episode, we meet Dr. Mfoniso Antia who is a scientist and Programme Manager at the Health of Mother Earth Foundation in Nigeria. Health of Mother Earth Foundation is a pioneering ecological think tank advocating for envi…

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Season 3: How to build affordable, inclusive and sustainable homes with Etta Madete 1:01:15

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In Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast, we are meeting visionary black women who are creating innovations inspired by nature. In this episode, we meet the amazing Etta Madete. Etta is an architect, advocate and real estate developer from Kenya. As the founder of Zima Homes, her passion and life’s work is building affordable, inclusive and sustainable h…

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Season 3 Mini-sode: The Colour of Transformation musical score by Bryony Ella 9:17

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Welcome to Black Earth Podcast! Today, we have a special treat for you! In Season 3, we are meeting visionary black women who are creating innovations inspired by nature. In last week's episode, we met Bryony Ella. Bryony is an inspiring artist-researcher who creates immersive and engaging public artworks that help us reimagine our relationship wit…

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Season 3: How art can transform our relationship with nature with Bryony Ella 1:02:41

2M ago1:02:41

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In Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast, we are meeting visionary black women who are creating innovations inspired by nature. In today’s episode, we meet Bryony Ella. Bryony is an inspiring artist-researcher who creates immersive and engaging public artworks that help us reimagine our relationship with nature. In this episode, Bryony talks to us about …

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Season 3: It’s World Biodiversity Day! Join us to celebrate with the #ListenToNature Challenge 5:06

2M ago5:06

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Today is World Biodiversity Day!! It's a day for us to celebrate the incredible diversity of life on our beautiful planet. Biodiversity is all about the variety and interconnectedness of life on Earth, from the soil beneath our feet to the birds above and everything in between. Instead of a regular Black Earth episode, we want you to spend one hour…

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Season 3: Learning from nature how to design a regenerative world with Dr. Melissa Sikosana 1:09:16

2M ago1:09:16

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In Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast, we are meeting visionary black women who are creating innovations inspired by nature. In this episode, we meet Dr Melissa Sikosana. She is a biomaterials scientist who is passionate about connecting art, science and design to solve society’s problems. Dr Melissa speaks with us about an exciting discipline called …

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Season 3: Designing economies in service of life with Tinuke Chineme 1:17:28

2M ago1:17:28

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In Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast, we are meeting visionary black women creating innovations inspired by nature. In this episode we meet Tinuke Chineme. Tinuke is an inspiring scientist and innovator based in Calgary, Canada. She is working with black soldier flies and African Indigenous Female Entrepreneurs to develop a new economic model that tr…

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#10 Tricia Eastman: Harm Reduction 52:59

3M ago52:59

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Tricia Eastman harnesses the “Mount Everest of Psychedelics” to break addictive cycles and promote collective healing. In the last episode of Season 1, we’re joined by initiated medicine woman Tricia Eastman, whose nonprofit Ancestral Heart works towards the reciprocity and preservation of ancestral and indigenous traditions. Tricia vividly recount…

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Season 3 Trailer - Innovation Inspired By Nature 1:50

3M ago1:50

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Hello Black Earth fam! We are so excited to be back for Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast!! The theme for this season is 'Innovation Inspired by Nature'. Join us for this juicy and world changing season as we meet incredible black women inventors, scientists and artists who are building new worlds with the genius of mama nature. Check out the trailer…

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#9 Larry Carlat: From Grief to Enlightenment 43:21

3M ago43:21

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How fear of death led one father to overcome the grief of the loss of his son - and help other parents who have lost children in their journeys. In this episode, Jon welcomes Larry Carlat, a grief counselor and writer, who shares his profound journey with psychedelics following the tragic loss of his son Rob. Driven by a desire to confront his anxi…

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Ep 18 – SCA here to stay! The campaign to save Sydney College of the Arts 56:27

3M ago56:27

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In mid-2016, the University of Sydney abruptly announced that it would be closing Sydney College of the Arts, its internationally-renowned arts school. Within the space of a few months, the school, which had produced scores of famous graduates and offered an almost unique education in visual and fine arts, would be closing its doors, its staff woul…

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#8 Spring Washam Ancestral Healing 47:58

3M ago47:58

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Expanding plant based medicine to communities of color to heal intergenerational trauma. Spring Washam joins Plantscendence to talk about her experiences blending plant medicine with Buddhist wisdom, and how they’ve helped her let go of suffering, experience accelerated healing, and move towards liberation. She shares memories of early encounters w…

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#7 Doris La Frenais A Life Transformed 49:19

3M ago49:19

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Doris La Frenais’ riveting account of her psychedelic adventures from the 1960s to today. This week, we delve into the remarkable life of Doris La Frenais, a Parisian fashion designer turned spiritual seeker and sonic science somatic healer. Doris recounts her first psychedelic encounter in the 1970s, mistakenly ingesting angel dust at a party in L…

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#6 Chor Boogie: Unplugged from the Matrix 39:08

4M ago39:08

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Healing and ancestral knowledge and healing through Iboga. Chor Boogie, a renowned spray paint artist and ordained Nganga in the Bwiti tradition, joins us on this episode of Plantscendence to talk about his work as an iboga healer in Costa Rica, and the sinuous path that got him there. Chor reflects humorously on his early psychedelic experiences, …

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Andi Oliver on growing to love yourself - How to Fail with Elizabeth Day 1:08:43

4M ago1:08:43

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Andi Oliver, TV presenter extraordinaire, beloved cook and restauranteur. On screen, you will see her presenting Great British Menu, the Sky Arts Book Club and an array of acclaimed documentaries, including The Caribbean with Andi and Miquita. Andi came to How To Fail with a total willingness to be vulnerable. She discussed her failure to crack the…

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#5 Gina Gershon: Ketamine as Antidepressant 26:26

4M ago26:26

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Can Ketamine be the ultimate antidepressant? Acclaimed actor and musician Gina Gershon joins us on Plantscendence to talk about her seven-year journey with ketamine therapy. She shares candidly about her lifelong struggle with depression, her many failed attempts at treating it with prescription medication, and the transformative impact that ketami…

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# 4 Sitaramaya Sita: Where It All Began 45:34

4M ago45:34

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Host Jon Reiss opens up about his first ayahuasca experience with the ceremonialist who started him on his journey. In this episode of Plantscendence, we sit down with Sitaramaya Sita, the spiritual herbalist, pusangera, and plant wisdom practitioner who guided Jon’s very first entheogenic experience four years ago. Together they recount that initi…

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#3 Itzel Barakat: US Air Force Veteran Overcoming Trauma 54:52

4M ago54:52

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US Air Force Veteran Itzel Barakat uses plant medicine to overcome PTS and intergenerational trauma. In this episode of Plantscendence, we talk to Itzel Barakat, a Panamanian-American veteran who served in the US Air Force for six years. After returning from deployment and encountering intense challenges, including emotional numbness, uncontrollabl…

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#1 Vera Sola: Iboga Unlocks Musicianship 53:34

4M ago53:34

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How Iboga gave Vera Sola her singing voice and cured her lifelong endometriosis. In this episode of Plantscendence, we talk to poet, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Vera Sola, whose musicianship arrived as a shot in the dark after a transformative plant medicine ceremony in 2017. Vera talks about the profound impact that entheogens, and iboga …

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#2 Dr. James Fadiman: Pioneer of Microdosing. 49:34

4M ago49:34

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Paris, 1961: Ram Dass gives James Fadiman a pill that changes his life. In this episode of Plantscendence, we sit down with pioneering researcher and author, Dr. James Fadiman, who is widely recognized for his groundbreaking work on microdosing psilocybin. Listeners are transported to 1961 Paris, where Dr. Fadiman recounts his initial exposure to p…

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Plantscendence Teaser 2:48

4M ago2:48

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Welcome to Plantscendence a new podcast hosted by filmmaker Jon Reiss. Join us on a transformative journey as we explore the world of plant medicine and its profound impact on healing, personal growth, and artistic expression. Within each episode, Jon engages in insightful conversations with a diverse array of experts, practitioners, artists, grief…

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S4:E12 The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre 11:41

5M ago11:41

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Follow me into 1929.

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Ep 17 – Years of rage: social conflict in the Malcolm Fraser era 1:20:34

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In November 1975, the elected Labor Party government of Australia was sacked without notice by Sir John Kerr, the governor-general. Having single-handedly gotten rid of the elected government, Sir John then personally appointed a new government of his own choosing led by Malcolm Fraser and the Liberal Party. The dismissal – or the Kerr Coup as many…

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Black Writers in their own words | The Characters are in Charge 30:38

7M ago30:38

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The Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by Theresa Ikoko. Theresa is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Her awards includ…

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Nigel Planer 37:24

7M ago37:24

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Nigel Planer – comedy star of The Young Ones, Filthy Rich and Catflap and creator of 1984 hit single ‘Hole in my Shoe’ – joins Ade for lunch as they discuss being stuntmen on set, the invention of Nigel’s character, Nicholas Craig, and the time Nigel got sent to A and E by a 10-foot chocolate éclair. Nigel and Ade lunched at BiBo in Shoreditch: htt…

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Black Writers in their own words | Strangeness as Metaphor 1:09:52

7M ago1:09:52

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The Amplify Project. Black writers in their own words. We’ve invited writers for the stage, page and screen to tell us about themselves, their work, what inspires them and why they write. In this episode writers Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker are joined by novelist, short story writer, editor and educator Leone Ross. She is the author of This O…

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Katherine Parkinson 47:50

7M ago47:50

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Katherine Parkinson - star of Here We Go, The IT Crowd and Doc Martin – joins Ade for lunch as she shares her secret to getting through panel shows in the early days, admits the majority ‘The IT Crowd’ was unscripted, and why her brothers are convinced she worked for MI5. Please note: there is some particularly strong language in this episode. Kath…

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Reece Shearsmith 38:45

7M ago38:45

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Actor, comedian and co-writer of ‘Inside No.9’ Reece Shearsmith recollects the terrifying time he had to deliver an original monologue to his comedy hero - Victoria Wood and admits that he and comedy friends Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer and Matt Berry have a lunch club where they gossip about other comedians. Ade and Reece had a delicious meal at Medit…

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Pauline Black 47:47

8M ago47:47

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Lead vocalist and founding member of The Selecter, Pauline Black retells a very awkward moment with Vanessa Redgrave, the reason behind changing her surname and interviewing on of her heroes, Jesse Jackson. Ade and Pauline loved eating at the seafood restaurant, Prawn on the Lawn: https://prawnonthelawn.com/ Listen to The Selecter’s latest release …

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Celebrating the end of Season 2: Radical Imagination, Community and Active Hope 1:02:21

8M ago1:02:21

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Season 2 is complete! In this episode, the Black Earth team, Marion and Anesu, reflect on their highlights and lessons from Season 2. We reflect on how our relationships with nature are evolving, the importance of radical imagination and re-defining community. We also discuss what active hope means in a world undergoing immense change and crises. T…

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Anna Maxwell Martin 49:41

8M ago49:41

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Anna Maxwell Martin – star of ‘Motherland’ and ‘Line of Duty’ has Ade laughing all the way through lunch. She recounts the time she and Simon Pegg got told off on the ‘Doctor Who’ set; why being a ‘monster’ in an audition landed her the role; and why she wouldn’t survive ‘I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here’. Ahead of her upcoming appearance in T…

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Ed Byrne 42:29

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Comedian Ed Byrne tells Ade how he came to own a very rare Prince guitar, his love of swearing and how his best man’s speech got him the gig on ‘Mock the Week’. Ed and Ade dine at Pizarro (Bermondsey): https://josepizarro.com/venues/pizarro-restaurant-bermondsey/ For more news about his upcoming ‘Tragedy Plus Time’ tour: https://edbyrne.com/ Out To…

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How African mythology is changing the environmental movement with Atwooki 1:03:20

9M ago1:03:20

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In our final conversation of Season 2, Environmentalism Reimagined, we meet with Atwooki, creator of Yuniya. Named after her grandmother, Yuniya is a storytelling platform using African mythology to educate children, parents and caregivers about climate change and Earth care. Join us in this inspirational conversation as we explore how African myth…

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