Best Carla Joy Bergman Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 14 - An Anarchism of Despair w/ Cindy Barukh Milstein at Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair 55:54

4d ago55:54

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On today’s episode, I am presenting the talk that Cindy Barukh Milstein and I did at the Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair, which we called An Anarchism of Despair. When we planned to collaborate for the talk, we checked in on where we were mentally, emotionally, and politically in relation to the specific moment, filled with frustrations around …

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Episode 13 - Can Anyone Get Over It? (More Agony Letters) 40:47

23d ago40:47

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In today’s episode, Caroline and I respond to a couple of listener’s letters. As I was editing the episode, I thought about the common theme, and came to this idea of getting over things. The first letter asks about how much work we are supposed to put into our relationships and ourselves, and what are the ethics of leaving someone in a crisis. The…

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Episode 12 - "We Could Probably Get Away With This" - on the New School Encampment 1:07:06

1M ago1:07:06

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In this episode, I talk with a student from the New School about the encampments there and what we can learn from the experience. Students at the New School set up their encampment in the lobby of the University Center in April a few days after the encampment was established at Columbia University and over 100 students were arrested. The New School…

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Episode 11 - Living with Ghosts 54:11

2M ago54:11

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On this episode, Caroline and I respond to a listener letter that really gets at the heart of the breakup experience: A fundamental question of how do you survive a devastating break up, and how to relate to yourself afterwards. We take the opportunity to look at this situation from all the angles. The main issue is coming to accept that you live w…

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Episode 10 - Aidan Khamis on the Indiana University Encampment and New Fronts Against Empire 1:11:21

2M ago1:11:21

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On this episode Shuli talked to Aidan Khamis, a Palestinian student at Indiana University Bloomington, about the student encampment established on the campus in solidarity with Gaza (and still existent as of the recording of this episode). Aidan gives a rundown of the initial stages of setting the camp up, the waves of violent repression from the a…

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Practicing Autonomy with Raúl Zibechi 59:26

2M ago59:26

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"Every day when you stand up, you begin a new day, constructing autonomy and working in autonomy." Raúl Zibechi joined carla for the inaugural episode of Walking With Change to talk about Societies in Movement, the many anticapitalist and anticolonial pathways, pedagogy and children, the duality of resistance and creating, autonomy, feminisms, Roja…

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Episode 9 - The Agony Letters, pt. 2 58:35

3M ago58:35

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This episode was slightly delayed by the amazing work students around the world have been doing in the encampments! In today’s episode, Caroline and Shuli hit the mailbag again to respond to listener’s relationship problems! They talk about three situations: the first deals with breaking up with Christianity, Mormonism in particular, and what spiri…

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Episode 8 - The End of Femboys Against Fascism 1:04:56

4M ago1:04:56

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Content warning: we talk about sexual assault and rape, though not in detail. On today’s show, I talk with my dear friend Girl Cock about the breaking up of Femboys Against Fascism. We had previously spoken about the group on an episode of The Final Straw Radio in May of 2023. The group was formed to counter anti-migrant rallies taking place in Liv…

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Episode 7 - The Agony Letters, pt. 1 1:21:27

4M ago1:21:27

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Welcome to the Breakup Theory Agony Letters. This is our first episode where we respond to listener submissions over phone and through our online form. We talk through four submissions in today’s episode, all dealing with different issues. The first letter deals with a relationship going long distance and poly at the same time. That starts at 3:44.…

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Episode 6 - Jamie Theophilos on Broken World Thinking 1:10:47

5M ago1:10:47

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On today’s show, I talk with one of my favorite people, Jamie Theophilos, a dear friend and comrade. Jamie teaches and studies the politics of digital technology and is a long time organizer, anarchist, as well as video editor/videographer, graphic designer, and motion graphics artist. Jamie also has an essay, “Ways of Seeing: Radical Queerness,” i…

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Episode 5- carla joy bergman On The Joy Of Quitting and the Trust In Connection 1:32:33

5M ago1:32:33

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In this episode, Shuli talks with the wonderful carla joy bergman, a transdisciplinary artist who collaborates with humans and more than human friends. she co-wrote Joyful Militancy and edited Trust Kids! She formerly made the podcast Grounded Futures with her son Uilliam, as well as the On Belonging audio series with Jamie-leigh Gonzalez. The conv…

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An Introduction by carla joy bergman about Walking With Change! 5:36

5M ago5:36

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This is a 5 min introduction to my new show, Walking With Change! please follow the show on the platform you use! Please support the making of the show peace, carla joyBy Carla Bergman

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Ala Ebtekar on Art, Iran, Hip-Hop, and Sci-Fi 1:46:16

5M ago1:46:16

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Ala Ebtekar on Art, Iran, Hip-Hop, and Sci-Fi https://www.alaebtekar.com/ Music by AwareNess: https://awareness0.bandcamp.com/ Please support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/timetalks Channel Zero Network: https://channelzeronetwork.com/ Time Talks: https://www.instagram.com/time_raps On Belonging Podcast: https://groundedfutures.co…

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Episode 4- Conner Habib On Leaving the State Behind and Finding Where Our Power Truly Lies 1:08:37

6M ago1:08:37

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In this episode, Shuli talks with Conner Habib, author of the novel Hawk Mountain and host of the podcast Against Everyone with Conner Habib. The discussion goes into many different places, with certan themes about the connection between relationships and politics running throughout. We start this discussion talking about “breaking up with the stat…

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3. Sebastian Merrill on Poetry, Transition, and Ghosts 1:23:06

6M ago1:23:06

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In this conversation Shuli talks with Sebastian Merrill, whose debut collection GHOST :: SEEDS was selected by Kimiko Hahn as the winner of the 2022 X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize, and published by Texas Review Press in November 2023. GHOST :: SEEDS was recently named a winner of 2024 Stonewall Honor Book - Barbara Gittings Literature Award from the Am…

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Longing to Be: cultivating kin in a fractured world — with carla joy and Jamie-Leigh 1:11:39

7M ago1:11:39

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Two moss loving friends talk about being moms who make art with community as a way to cultivate connections in a world that aims to divide us. carla and Jamie-Leigh also dive into feeling-thinking together about what each discovered in themselves while making On Belonging— ending with an invitation to you, the listener, to reflect on what it means …

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The Earth is a Closed Circuit — with Patrick Pouponneau 53:45

7M ago53:45

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Patrick Pouponneau joins Jamie-Leigh in conversation to explore ideas around place-based belonging within diasporic identity, carrying our ancestors with us as a tool for healing, and how being Black in really White places can hinder the process. A conversation which ultimately inspired Patrick to write a powerful poem to further explore his own co…

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Psychopomp — with rowan ewanyshyn 35:32

7M ago35:32

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In this story, rowan ewanyshyn reads a timeline bending narration that blurs the lines of life and death to bring us closer to ancestors known and unknown. Painting vivid scenes of memories, visions, and dreams, we explore rowan’s own turbulent path towards healing ancestral pain woven with threads of softening masculinity, embracing grief, and ult…

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Weirding Belonging: dispatches from the periphery — Elia J. Ayoub 1:14:41

7M ago1:14:41

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Elia, who grew up in Lebanon, takes us on a profound journey across lands, cultures, and into liminality— both the in-between and the periphery— where he feels belonging has the potential to be more generative. Through the lens of radical histories and cultural studies, Elia discusses a myriad of topics and ideas, such as: languages, autism, social…

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2. Despair, Hope, and Relationships Doing Palestine Solidarity 1:25:29

7M ago1:25:29

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This episode has two segments: in the first, Caroline, River, and Shuli address the escalated genocide in Gaza in the wake of October 7, giving more context to some of the references in the previous discussion. In the second, River and Shuli grapple with feelings of despair and hope as an astonishing worldwide, massive solidarity movement rises up …

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The Breakup Theory -- Introduction 49:43

7M ago49:43

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In this episode, Shuli, River, and Caroline discuss the breakup theory, borrowing lessons from anarchism to think about how to engage in our relationships for mutual liberation. We aim for collective liberation and mutual autonomy. Anarchism can teach us how to end things. But how do we get over ourselves? Here you multiverse of hosts set up the wa…

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Mark Sedgwick on Islam, Sufism, Anarchism, and Ivan Aguéli 1:09:26

8M ago1:09:26

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Mark Sedgwick on Islam, Sufism, Anarchism, and Ivan Aguéli https://www.driveproject.eu/team-member/prof-mark-sedgwick/ https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/anarchist-artist-sufi-9781350177895/ Music by AwareNess: https://awareness0.bandcamp.com/ Please support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/timetalks Channel Zero Network: https://channelz…

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Ancestors of Place — with Dani Burlison 32:19

8M ago32:19

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Ancestors of Place is Dani’s beautiful and ghostly pilgrimage across lands and water, weaving together an intricate tapestry of what it means to explore ancestry and belonging amidst fractured histories, colonialisms, patriarchy, and capitalism — while searching for a deeper sense of home.By Grounded Futures

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Portals — with Coulee Ross 39:05

8M ago39:05

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This story opens with a dreamy narration by Coulee Ross that moves into a conversation between Coulee and Jamie-Leigh. Through auditory exploration, Coulee lands us in a world where all beings inherently belong. In the follow up conversation, they look at how ongoing colonialism challenges the narrative of belonging and how reciprocity and kinship …

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Webs of Connectivity — with Sophie Macklin 51:03

8M ago51:03

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Webs of Connectivity begins with a poetic narration by Sophie and then flows into a deep conversation with carla. Sophie speaks to the importance of making and unmaking worlds within a practice of presence, and shares some potential pathways towards opening ourselves up to surprises within every moment or interaction so we can deepen our innate bel…

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The Realm of Possibilities — with April Lin 53:30

8M ago53:30

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April joins carla and Jamie-Leigh in a joyful conversation about broadening our perspectives of what ancestry can be, and who and what it includes. They discuss the potential of technology to facilitate connections, as well as a need for grounding amongst/within the more-than-human kin around us. Exploring these expansions of radical ancestry as a …

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We Belong to the Earth: Against Settler Belonging — with Klee Benally 27:32

8M ago27:32

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Grounding in land, ceremony, and ancestry, Klee narrates a poetically powerful and honest story, one that brings us to the root of this conversation about belonging. In Klee’s words: “for Mother Earth to flourish, settler failure is necessary.” Moving beautifully between genres, Klee’s words are medicine — an offering to move us towards deepening m…

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Riddlore on Freestyling, Leimert Park, Project Blowed, Cuba, and Hip-Hop 1:02:32

9M ago1:02:32

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Riddlore on Freestyling, Leimert Park, Project Blowed, Cuba, and Hip-Hop Riddlore/CVE Bandcamp: https://theriddlore.bandcamp.com/album/riddlore Born A Villain Book: https://www.lulu.com/shop/hamadi-riddlore-owens/born-a-villain-paperback-jahs-one-variant-cover/paperback/product-grz9k4.html?q=&page=1&pageSize=4 Riddlore IG: https://www.instagram.com…

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Gerald Horne on Acknowledging Radical Histories, Colorado, and Palestine 56:50

10M ago56:50

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Gerald Horne on Acknowledging Radical Histories, Colorado, and Palestine Acknowledging Radical Histories by Dr. Gerald Horne & chris time steele: https://www.intpubnyc.com/browse/acknowledging-radical-histories/ https://www.facebook.com/DrGeraldHorne/ https://www.uh.edu/class/history/faculty-and-staff/horne_g/ Music by AwareNess: https://awareness0…

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T Storm Heter on the Sonic Gaze, White Listening, and Jazz 1:20:09

10M ago1:20:09

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T Storm Heter on the Sonic Gaze, White Listening, and Jazz The Sonic Gaze: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538162613/The-Sonic-Gaze-Jazz-Whiteness-and-Racialized-Listening https://esu4.academia.edu/TStormHeter IG: https://www.instagram.com/stormheter/?hl=en Music by AwareNess: https://awareness0.bandcamp.com/ Please support the podcast on Patreon: http…

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Trust Kids Mixtape ft. Grouded Futures 1:09:17

1y ago1:09:17

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Trust Kids Mixtape ft. Grouded Futures I want to thank carla joy bergman and Liam for collaborating on this show and mixtape, please check out their amazing podcast: https://groundedfutures.com/ Another one of our collaborations is Listening House Media: https://www.listeninghousemedia.com/ Trust Kids! Stories on Youth Autonomy and Confronting Adul…

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Remaining Unbroken, with chris time steele 59:27

1y ago59:27

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The Grounded Futures Show, Episode 25: Remaining Unbroken, with chris time steele “I've always been a rapper, since I was 12. So that's what I do. And it's the way I communicate best and most vulnerable.” In their last episode of the season, Uli and carla share a wonderful talk-about with the always inspiring chris time steele! A dreamer, writer, a…

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Denis O'Hearn on Irish Revolutionaries, Bobby Sands, Prison Abolition, and the Zapatistas 50:52

1y ago50:52

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Denis O'Hearn on Irish Revolutionaries, Bobby Sands, Prison Abolition, and the Zapatistas https://www.utep.edu/liberalarts/sociology-and-anthropology/people/denis-ohearn.html Music by AwareNess: https://awareness0.bandcamp.com/ Please support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/timetalks Channel Zero Network: https://channelzeronetwork.…

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Chloë Cheyenne and Big Hit on Police Violence, Incarcerated Solidarity, and Hip-Hop 23:12

1y ago23:12

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Chloë Cheyenne and Big Hit on Police Violence, Incarcerated Solidarity, and Hip-Hop https://www.communityx.com/ https://www.freebighit.com/ Music by AwareNess: https://awareness0.bandcamp.com/ Please support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/timetalks Channel Zero Network: https://channelzeronetwork.com/…

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The Struggle is Real, with Noleca Radway & Lily Mercogliano Easton 1:25:10

1+ y ago1:25:10

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The Grounded Futures Show, Ep 24: The Struggle is Real, with Noleca Radway & Lily Mercogliano Easton Uli and carla had a deep and vulnerable conversation with Lily and Noleca — two wonderful parents and educators — about the horrors of adult supremacy, the oppression of kids, and some pathways towards undoing adult supremacy and supporting youth fr…

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Joy James on Revolutionary Love, Captive Maternals, and Autonomy 1:00:46

1+ y ago1:00:46

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Joy James on Revolutionary Love, Captive Maternals, and Autonomy https://africana-studies.williams.edu/profile/jjames/ In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love: https://divided.online/#in-pursuit-of-revolutionary-love https://lovenotphear.com/ Music by AwareNess: https://awareness0.bandcamp.com/ Please support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.co…

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Queer Brilliance, with Lindz Amer 1:36:22

1+ y ago1:36:22

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The Grounded Futures Show, Ep 23: Queer Brilliance, with Lindz Amer “I hope that I can put a little bit of healing out into the world because I think we just need a lot more of that. There are a lot of hurt people out there.” We had a pretty healing and joyful conversation with the fabulous writer, educator, and performer, Lindz Amer! We talked abo…

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Dreaming a Future, with carla and Uli 47:55

1+ y ago47:55

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The Grounded Futures Show, episode 22: Dreaming a Future, with carla and Uli Delighting in our Friends! Uli and carla spend episode 22 delighting in pals, AKA celebrating awesome artists, storytellers, and musicians who range in ages 3 - 63. This is an uplifting episode where they share wonderful songs, swoon over friends, and weave in other musing…

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Sparks In-Between, with Scott Branson 1:14:56

1+ y ago1:14:56

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The Grounded Futures Show, Ep 21: Sparks In-Between, with Scott Branson “thinking alone is not as exciting as thinking together” Scott Branson, a Jewish transfemme anarchist writer, and artist, joined carla and Uli for an inspiring virtual walk to think (and feel) together. They go deep into Trans worlding and talk pathways to gender abolition, dis…

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Alchemizing Futures, with Shaunga Tagore 1:02:03

2y ago1:02:03

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The Grounded Futures Show, Ep 20: Alchemizing Futures, with Shaunga Tagore “My desire is for everything in my life to be rooted in thriving, or the timeline of thriving.” The magical episode where carla and Uli receive some deep healing via their wonderful guest, the quantum communicator, storyteller, weaver, and creatrix, Shaunga Tagore. Shaunga t…

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carla joy bergman on Youth Autonomy, Adult Supremacy, Trust and Friendship 1:02:20

2y ago1:02:20

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carla joy bergman on Youth Autonomy, Adult Supremacy, Trust and Friendship Transcript: https://www.tumblr.com/christimesteele/700868886202056704/transcript-carla-joy-bergman-on-youth-autonomy?source=share Trust Kids: https://www.akpress.org/trust-kids.html Joyful Militancy: https://www.akpress.org/joyful-militancy.html Common Notions Documentary: h…

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Mutual Aid is Kin(etic) 16:24

2y ago16:24

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Mutual Aid is Kin(etic): Ten things I feel about mutual aid written by carla joy bermgan ; read by carla produced at Listening House Media read essay here music by Sour Gout from the album, Endless Everyday this essay was originally written for Pressing Concern Books, bookmark series in spring of 2021…

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Liberated Care, with Zena Sharman 1:24:00

2y ago1:24:00

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The Grounded Futures Show, Ep #19 Liberated Care, with Zena Sharman “I think about care as a process, as an ongoing act of weaving — that it is this active thing that we do, that happens in relationships, that happens in communities.” Zena Sharman joins the show to talk casting spells and weaving webs of care beyond institutions. This episode is al…

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Feels Real Good, with Khari McClelland 57:54

2y ago57:54

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Grounded Futures Show, Ep #18: Feels Real Good, with Khari McClelland “To be human is to be creative, and to allow yourself that privilege is where it is at…" Khari McClelland, an award-winning musician and creative facilitator, joined us to launch season three! In this episode, Khari speaks about creating with and for community through time, what …

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Romina Akemi on Chile, Anarchism, Violeta Parra, and Feminism 47:27

2y ago47:27

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Romina Akemi on Chile, Anarchism, Violeta Parra, and Feminism Writings by Dr. Akemi: https://wlu.academia.edu/RominaAGreenRioja Music by AwareNess: https://awareness0.bandcamp.com/ Please support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/timetalks Channel Zero Network: https://channelzeronetwork.com/…

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Jimmy Dunson on Poetry, Mutual Aid Disaster Relief, and Building Power 46:32

2y ago46:32

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Jimmy Dunson on Poetry, Mutual Aid Disaster Relief, and Building Power Building Power While the Lights Are Out: Disasters, Mutual Aid, and Dual Power: https://www.rebelheartspublishing.com/product/building-power-while-the-lights-are-out/ Sound Like Liberation: https://www.rebelheartspublishing.com/product/sounds-like-liberation-jimmy-dunson/ Mutual…

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A. Shahid Stover on Challenging the Normative Gaze, Hip-Hop, Insurrection, and Insurgent Philosophy 1:01:26

2y ago1:01:26

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A. Shahid Stover on Challenging the Normative Gaze, Hip-Hop, Insurrection, and Insurgent Philosophy The Brotherwise Dispatch: https://brotherwisedispatch.blogspot.com/ Hip Hop Intellectual Resistance: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0793SLTF3/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 Being and Insurrection: Existential Liberation Critique, Sketches and Rup…

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Gerald Horne on the Liberation of Kenya, Marcus Garvey, and the Labor Movement 49:22

2y ago49:22

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Gerald Horne on the Liberation of Kenya, Marcus Garvey, and the Labor Movement Dr. Horne: https://www.uh.edu/class/history/faculty-and-staff/horne_g/ Mau Mau in Harlem?: The U.S. and the Liberation of Kenya: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9780230101043 Music by AwareNess: https://awareness0.bandcamp.com/ Please support the podcast on Patreo…

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Feeling and Building More, with Eleanor Goldfield 1:14:16

2y ago1:14:16

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Grounded Futures Show, Ep #17: Feeling and Building More, with Eleanor Goldfield “We need to connect to what feels like justice, what feels like freedom, and not just what sounds like it.” The fabulous creative radical, Eleanor Goldfield joins us to talk about the importance of amplifying censored stories and radical ideas, rights vs Justice, the l…

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Kevin Bruyneel on Settler Memory, White Settler Masculinity, Anarchism, and Abolition 1:00:11

2y ago1:00:11

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Kevin Bruyneel on Settler Memory, White Settler Masculinity, Anarchism, and Abolition Dr. Bruyneel: https://www.babson.edu/academics/faculty/faculty-profiles/kevin-bruyneel.php Social Media: https://twitter.com/kbruyneel The Third Space of Sovereignty: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/the-third-space-of-sovereignty Settler Memory: htt…

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