Best Broken Boxes Projects Podcasts (2024)

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No Place: Conversation with Saya Woolfalk 1:11:57

14h ago1:11:57

1:11:57

In this episode of Broken Boxes we hear a conversation with Saya Woolfalk, a New York based artist who uses science fiction and fantasy to re-imagine the world in multiple dimensions. Saya’s work builds new narratives and questions the utopian possibilities of cultural hybridity. I first met up with artist Saya in the summer of 2023 at her studio i…

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STANKFACE STANDING SOLDIER: Conversation with Mato Wayuhi 1:46:43

4M ago1:46:43

1:46:43

In this episode of Broken Boxes recurring host Cannupa Hanska Luger gets into conversation with Oglala Lakota artist Mato Wayuhi who works in both film and TV as an actor, producer and musical composer, as well as writing his own music. Mato reflects on how he first came to music as an artistic outlet and his creative inspirations and challenges as…

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Breaking Boxes & Building Worlds - 10 Year Anniversary! Ginger Dunnill in conversation with Amaryllis R. Flowers 2:27:07

8M ago2:27:07

2:27:07

In this episode, I get into deep reflection with artist and dear sister-friend Amaryllis R. Flowers to mark the 10 year anniversary of Broken Boxes. Amaryllis interviews me around the arc of the project over the course of a decade, uncovering how it has become an archive of the lived experiences and world building strategies of contemporary artists…

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Unsettled Scores: Conversation with Raven Chacon 1:13:22

9M ago1:13:22

1:13:22

This episode marks the second time featuring artist and friend Raven Chacon on Broken Boxes. The first time I interviewed Raven was in 2017, when I visited with him at the Institute of American Indian Arts where he was participating in a symposium on Indigenous performance titled, Decolonial Gestures. This time around, we met up with Raven at his h…

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BBP LIVE with artists Matika Wilbur, Andrea Carlson and Cannupa Hanska Luger 1:17:58

10M ago1:17:58

1:17:58

This very special episode of Broken Boxes Podcast marked our first ever conversation in front of a live studio audience. Recurring host Cannupa Hanska Luger was joined by Matika Wilbur and Andrea Carlon on October 28th 2023 as part of the University of Michigan Museum of Art’s Memory & Monuments program. The artist’s drew from a hat of pre-consider…

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Long Con: Sterlin Harjo & Cannupa Hanska Luger, Ep 6 1:53:44

11M ago1:53:44

1:53:44

Long Con is a series of conversations between Director Sterlin Harjo and Artist Cannupa Hanska Luger about life, art, film, history and everything in between - informally shared from the lens of two contemporary Native American artists and friends actively participating in the record of the 21st century. This is the sixth episode of the Long Con se…

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We Are Here! - Conversation with Raven Halfmoon 1:15:29

12M ago1:15:29

1:15:29

After years of planning a conversation together for the podcast, artist and friend Raven Halfmoon and I sat down for a chat on a sunny summer afternoon above the clay education workspace at the Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts in Helena, Montana. We talked about the beginning of Raven’s path as an artist and how, although she works across me…

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Representation, Collaboration & Clay: Conversation with Sydnie & Haylie Jimenez 1:24:21

12M ago1:24:21

1:24:21

This summer I had the opportunity to sit down with twin sisters Sydnie and Haylie Jimenez as they rounded out a two year stint at the Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts. We sat down in The Bray’s library to recap on life and art just a couple weeks before they headed back to Chicago to continue the next chapter in their creative practice. The …

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You're Welcome: Conversation with Paul Farber, Cannupa Hanska Luger, and Ozi Uduma 1:32:20

1y ago1:32:20

1:32:20

For this episode of Broken Boxes I am joined by Monument Lab Director Paul Farber, University of Michigan Museum of Art Assistant Curator of Global Contemporary Art Ozi Uduma and artist Cannupa Hanska Luger. We gathered together in Ann Arbor Michigan in late September 2023 at the University of Michigan’s Media Center during the opening week of the …

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An Indigenous Present: Conversation with Jeffrey Gibson and Jenelle Porter 2:20:21

1y ago2:20:21

2:20:21

In this episode I had the honor to sit down with artist Jeffrey Gibson joined by curator and co-editor of An Indigenous Present, Jenelle Porter. We were given space at SITE Santa Fe in Director Louis Grachos office to have a long and generative conversation while we celebrated the book's launch over Indian Market weekend. We talk about Jeff’s pract…

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Long Con: Sterlin Harjo & Cannupa Hanska Luger, Ep 5 2:05:18

1y ago2:05:18

2:05:18

Long Con is a series of conversations between Director Sterlin Harjo and Artist Cannupa Hanska Luger about life, art, film, history and everything in between - informally shared from the lens of two contemporary Native American artists and friends actively participating in the record of the 21st century.This episode is the fifth conversation betwee…

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Instructions For A Future: Conversation with Amaryllis R. Flowers 1:53:45

1y ago1:53:45

1:53:45

Nine years after our first conversation on Broken Boxes Podcast, I got to circle back with one of my besties, and the incredible artist now known as Amaryllis R. Flowers. Amaryllis works across materials from drawing to video, to performance to clay, creating a visual language paying attention to the spaces in-between categories, and revering those…

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Relative Arts: Conversation with Korina Emmerich & Liana Shewey 1:52:11

1+ y ago1:52:11

1:52:11

In this episode of Broken Boxes we sit down with Relative Arts founders Korina Emmerich and Liana Shewey. We chat about their long and collaborative friendship, the powerful impact and also social harms that can often accompany radical collective advocacy within mutual aid and direct action work. We speak to the growing pains and collective strengt…

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The Astral Sea: Conversation with Tsedaye Makonnen 1:20:02

1+ y ago1:20:02

1:20:02

In this episode of Broken Boxes Podcast we hear from Tsedaye Makonnen, a multidisciplinary artist, curator, researcher and cultural producer. Tsedaye’s practice is driven by Black feminist theory, firsthand site-specific research, and ethical social practice techniques, which become solo and collaborative site sensitive performances, objects, insta…

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Come With Me! - Conversation with Natalie Ball 1:19:52

1+ y ago1:19:52

1:19:52

In this episode we hear from artist Natalie Ball who dives right in sharing critical artworld survival insight gleaned from a life changing studio visit by artist Willie T. Williams while she was attending Yale School of Art. Among a long list of support tactics Willie imparted, the artist emplored Natalie to find a means to sustain a studio practi…

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Harsh Noise: Conversation with Autumn Chacon 2:01:32

1+ y ago2:01:32

2:01:32

In this episode we hear from Diné and Xicana sound artist Autumn Chacon who uses her activism, art practice and community involvement to communicate as a contemporary storyteller both locally and internationally. Autumn starts the conversation with reflection on the term Artist and how claiming this identity allows for a breaking of the rules insti…

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Multiplicity Of Truths: Conversation with CASSILS 1:25:01

1+ y ago1:25:01

1:25:01

In this episode of Broken Boxes we hear recurring host and artist Cannupa Hanska Luger in conversation with Cassils, a transgender artist who makes their own body the material and protagonist of their performances. Cassils’s art contemplates the history(s) of LGBTQI+ violence, representation, struggle and survival. For Cassils, performance is a for…

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Origin Story: Ginger Dunnill interviewed by Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski to celebrate 9 Years of Broken Boxes Podcast 3:01:25

1+ y ago3:01:25

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This episode marks 9 years of the independently produced archival broadcasting project Broken Boxes. For this special anniversary episode, creator and producer Ginger Dunnill is interviewed by Artist and friend Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski. This is the first time Ginger has ever been interviewed on the project and the conversation provides a deeper lo…

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Bright Sounds: Conversation with Laura Ortman 57:55

1+ y ago57:55

57:55

Broken Boxes met up with musician and composer Laura Ortman during her Artist Residency at the Institute of American Indian Arts for this episode where we chatted about her long love affair with the violin, how music has supported her in navigating the ups and downs in life and the value of the violin in contributing to collaboration and transcendi…

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Dark Symphony: Conversation with India Sky 1:04:52

1+ y ago1:04:52

1:04:52

In this episode we hear from multidisciplinary artist India Sky whose art practice of music, moving image, installation, dance and performance investigates the invisible forces of ancestry, power and spirit that shape her experience, and engages radical imagination as a source for transformation, communion, homecoming, liberation, and survival. Her…

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Long Con: Sterlin Harjo & Cannupa Hanska Luger, Ep 4 2:56:24

1+ y ago2:56:24

2:56:24

Long Con is a series of conversations between Director Sterlin Harjo and Artist Cannupa Hanska Luger about life, art, film, history and everything in between - informally shared from the lens of two contemporary Native American artists and friends actively participating in the record of the 21st century.In this almost 3 hour long episode and the fo…

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Finding The Words: Conversation with Elisa Harkins 1:03:31

2y ago1:03:31

1:03:31

In this episode of Broken Boxes we talk about the life and current projects of Cherokee/Muscogee artist and composer Elisa Harkins. From her experience of being an adopted child to surviving a near fatal bike accident, Elisa shares both foundational and vulnerable life experiences which gave her strength as an artist. Elisa also reflects on grad sc…

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Ingeniero social: Conversation with Guadalupe Maravilla 1:05:52

2y ago1:05:52

1:05:52

Guadalupe Maravilla is a transdisciplinary visual artist, choreographer, and healer. At the age of eight, Maravilla was part of the first wave of unaccompanied, undocumented children to arrive at the United States border in the 1980s as a result of the Salvadoran Civil War. In 2016, Maravilla became a U.S. citizen and adopted the name Guadalupe Mar…

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Into The Irrational Space: Conversation with SWOON 46:30

2y ago46:30

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Broken Boxes is thrilled to present a very special conversation with the prolific artist Caledonia Curry, known globally as SWOON. In speaking with Broken Boxes producer Ginger Dunnill during the opening of Seven Contemplations at CONTAINER in Santa Fe, NM, Callie reflects on how art has been a healing practice for her throughout life. She talks ab…

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Full Circle: Conversation with Christine Howard Sandoval 1:21:52

2y ago1:21:52

1:21:52

In this episode we hear interdisciplinary artist Christine Howard Sandoval in conversation with Cannupa Hanska Luger. Christine breaks down the importance of research within her current practice and how her family have become an integral part of her work as she uncovers deeper relationship to her ancestors' pathways throughout California. She refle…

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Healing Our Collective Imagination: Conversation with Kate DeCiccio 1:18:13

2y ago1:18:13

1:18:13

In this episode we get into conversation with artist, educator & creative strategist Kate Deciccio who shares how her practice is a space to unpack the ways whiteness, colonization and the prison industrial complex have harmed our collective imagination. Kate also presents tangible ways we may heal and be nourished collectively by collaborative pro…

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Long Con: Sterlin Harjo & Cannupa Hanska Luger, Ep 3 1:36:16

2y ago1:36:16

1:36:16

Long Con is a series of conversations between Director Sterlin Harjo and Artist Cannupa Hanska Luger about life, art, film, history and everything in between - informally shared from the lens of two contemporary Native American artists and friends actively participating in the record of the 21st century.In this conversation Sterlin Harjo and Cannup…

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Invisible Stories: Conversation with Tanya Aguiñiga 1:10:02

2y ago1:10:02

1:10:02

For this episode recurring host Cannupa Hanska Luger speaks with our dear friend and powerhouse artist and activist Tanya Aguiñiga about the cochineal beetle, clay as a healing practice for immigrant detainment camps, Indigenous solidarity and Tanya’s ongoing work with AMBOS: Art Made Between Opposite Sides. Tanya Aguiñiga is an artist, designer, a…

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Future Radicalized Ancestors: Conversation with Kristy Moreno 51:28

2y ago51:28

51:28

In this episode we speak with Mexican American Ceramic and Multidisciplinary artist Kristy Moreno who is a current long-term resident artist at Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts (The Bray). “My current body of work examines the systems and bonds between social, political, and personal narratives. These narratives intersect to embody forms…

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Liminal Beings: Conversation with Joseph M. Pierce 1:03:46

2+ y ago1:03:46

1:03:46

In this episode recurring host and artist Cannupa Hanska Luger gets into conversation with Joseph M. Pierce, a Citizen of the Cherokee Nation and an Associate Professor at Stony Brook University where he teaches and researches about Queer Studies, Indigenous Studies and Latin American Studies. Joseph is also a writer and an artist who often collabo…

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On The Other Side Of Time: Conversation with Evan Starling-Davis 1:04:52

2+ y ago1:04:52

1:04:52

In this episode we hear from New York-based narrative artist, producer, and curator Evan Starling-Davis who excavates the everyday stories pushed beneath the margins of our society. Navigating his lens as a Black and queer digital-age griot, Evan’s work breaches the hard facts, personal truths, and surreal realities we bury ourselves in. His artist…

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Trauma, the Body, and all those Generations with Dr. Khaleel Isa 48:38

2+ y ago48:38

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2 Queer Arabz talk with psychologist Dr Khaleel Isa about the body's response to trauma, how generations of trauma live in us, and how to cope. Dr Isa models a few techniques during the episode for folks to follow, and gives us signs to know our body is in a trauma response. There's also advice on how to become a prophet! Listen up!…

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For Us or For Them? Artistic Expression About Third Culture Identity with Yemeni Artist Yasmine Nasser Diaz 47:19

2+ y ago47:19

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Yasmine Nasser Diaz, a multidisciplinary Yemeni Artist, talks with the 2 Queer Arabz about her childhood, third culture identity, and how it informs her artistic expression. She also touches on audiences, how her work is received, and how art itself is the best way to express herself. http://www.yasminediaz.com/ https://arabamericanmuseum.org/exhib…

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Brown Skin, Black Music, White Institutions: Conversation with Mario Ybarra, Jr. 1:25:16

2+ y ago1:25:16

1:25:16

Mario Ybarra, Jr., is a visual and performance artist, an educator and an activist who combines street culture with fine art in order to produce what he calls “contemporary art that is filtered through a Mexican American experience in Los Angeles.” Mario has exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, ICA Boston, LACMA, MOCA Detroit, the Tate and th…

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Past Present and Future Works of Multi-Media Iraqi Artist Dena al-Adeeb 51:16

2+ y ago51:16

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2 Queer Arabz talk with their good friend, and talented Iraqi artist, Dena al-Adeeb. They discuss her past artistic work, the personalization of her political artwork, and how she connects her past to the future. Dena's recent performance art piece, and prose poem, are discussed in detail, and both connect to her future work in Iraq, which her kid …

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To Witness: Conversation with Dr. Chip Thomas aka jetsonorama 1:13:35

2+ y ago1:13:35

1:13:35

Chip Thomas, aka jetsonorama, is a photographer, public artist and physician who has been working in a small clinic on the Navajo Nation since 1987. There he coordinates the Painted Desert Project which he describes as a community building dialog which manifests as a constellation of murals painted by artists from the Navajo Nation as well as from …

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Getting Lively with Trans Actor, Writer and Comedian D' Lo 54:29

2+ y ago54:29

54:29

Comedian and actor D' Lo talks with the 2 Queer Arabz about his acting roles in Hollywood as a trans person of color, his writing process and his writing workshops. D'Lo and these funny ass Arabz go in on the comedy as they plan a new porn script together in this episode. Check out D'Lo's one person show, summer 2022 at the Kirk Douglas Theater in …

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For Generations PART III: Kathy Elkwoman Whitman speaks with Cannupa Hanska Luger 1:26:17

2+ y ago1:26:17

1:26:17

This is the final episode of a 3 part interview series featuring artist Kathy Elkwoman Whitman reflecting on her life and art in conversation with her son, artist Cannupa Hanska Luger.By Broken Boxes Podcast

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For Generations PART II: Kathy Elkwoman Whitman speaks with Cannupa Hanska Luger 1:10:16

2+ y ago1:10:16

1:10:16

This is the second episode of a 3 part interview series featuring artist Kathy Elkwoman Whitman reflecting on her life and art in conversation with her son, artist Cannupa Hanska Luger.By Broken Boxes Podcast

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For Generations PART I: Kathy Elkwoman Whitman speaks with Cannupa Hanska Luger 1:20:25

2+ y ago1:20:25

1:20:25

This is the first episode of a 3 part interview series featuring artist Kathy Elkwoman Whitman reflecting on her life and art in conversation with her son, artist Cannupa Hanska Luger.By Broken Boxes Podcast

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The Broken US Criminal Justice System and the Bail Project with Nicole Zayas Manzano 51:20

2+ y ago51:20

51:20

The 2 Queer Arabz talk with Nicole Zayas Manzano, Senior Policy Counsel at The Bail Project. Nicole enlightens the duo about the violence of the US system against black and brown folks, and how the Bail Project exists to combat the violence. An organization that simultaneously works on advocacy to change this broken system while also supporting peo…

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We Circle Back To Move Into The Future: Léuli Eshrāghi and Cannupa Hanska Luger 1:08:14

2+ y ago1:08:14

1:08:14

In this conversation, artists Léuli Eshrāghi and Cannupa Hanska Luger untangle topics of Indigenous futures, science fiction, belonging, and the possibilities of language.Léuli Eshrāghi is a curator and artist of Sāmoan, Persian and Guangdong heritage with a few Marshallese, English and German ancestors, living and working in Mparntwe/Alice Springs…

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Bonus episode: WE ARE AWAKE - Mixtape for Resistance 1:00:00

3y ago1:00:00

1:00:00

This bonus episode features a reworked live DJ set by DJ Miss Ginger at The Art Of Indigenous Resistance exhibition and concert at Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA, May 2017."This mix is dedicated to all people who are awake and consciously fighting extractive industry, patriarchy, colonialism and standing up to protect our Mother Earth in whate…

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Lets Get Her To Congress!! Talking Needed Political Changes with U.S. Congressional Candidate Palestinian-American Activist Huwaida Arraf 57:45

3y ago57:45

57:45

Huwaida Arraf talks with the 2 Queer Arabz about her past political activities and how that brought her to her U.S. congress candidacy for either district 9 or 10 (after redistricting we'll see) in Michigan. Huwaida, a Palestinian-American activist, brings her global experience to her local goals and plans to make needed changes in a location that …

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Love Like You Mean It: Conversation with April Holder 1:31:15

3y ago1:31:15

1:31:15

In this conversation artist April Holder and I talk about motherhood, naming the narrow lens of social media, the accessible art of printmaking, dismantling the myth of loneliness, allowing our community, including cis men, to practice vulnerability as an act of repair, and to never back down from being the complex multi-dimensional people we all a…

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Transitioning with Gender Doula Kamryn Wolf 44:55

3y ago44:55

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2 Queer Arabz talk with the Gender Doula Kamryn Wolf about the spiritual practice of transitioning. Kamryn shares their path to this work, what a Gender Doula is, and how folks interested in transitioning their gender, but isolated or need support, could use this service in their journey. https://genderdoula.com/…

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Trust Yourself: Conversation with Oriana Lee 58:14

3y ago58:14

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In this episode we get into conversation with the one and only Oriana Lee. I first engaged with Oriana in Santa Fe, NM while doing sound production for Wise Fool New Mexico several years back. I produced a track for one of Oriana’s live rap performances and ever since then we have continued to support each other's creativity in various ways within …

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By Breath & By Song: Conversation with Dakota Camacho 53:22

3y ago53:22

53:22

In this episode we hear from artist Dakota Camacho. They speak to us through song and story about depth in relationship to land, community and in what ways they practice their art. They speak on mindfulness in social media, protocol, witnessing elders and self, of accountability, how to embrace challenges as gifts, and so much more. About the artis…

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Queer Identity in Islam with Queer Imam Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed 1:05:30

3y ago1:05:30

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Is it possible to be queer and still be a Muslim? Queer Iman Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed says hell yes!!! The 2 Queer Arabz question the myths that are forced onto queer Muslims and Ludovic dispels them with patience with these two crazies. Yes, we also talk about sex, of course we do! Check out his work at the CALEM Institute. http://www.calem.eu/…

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I Am The River: Conversation with Amber Morning Star Byars 1:22:55

3y ago1:22:55

1:22:55

In this podcast we feature a timely and pointed conversation with dear friend, water protector, artist and current law school student Amber Morning Star Byars. The topics we discuss in this episode range from healing ancestral trauma, survival, the Resist Line3 camps, Land Back initiatives, tribal law, art, wellness, mental health and self care; al…

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