Complicating the Narrative is a podcast series produced by Authors and staff at ConTextos with the goal of adding context beyond misconceptions commonly associated with people living in communities facing poverty and barriers to economic development due to racism, violence, and trauma.
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What does it mean to embody a communication perspective? To use communication as a lens? To take a communication perspective is to consider what we’re making and how we’re making it through our communication practices. This means we look at patterns, contexts, stories, relationships; and that we use curiosity, mindfulness, collaboration, and dialogue to create better social worlds for ourselves. I invite you to join me (Abbie) in conversation with a guest as we learn what it means to use a c ...
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Inconceivable is a scripted narrative podcast about two best friends navigating different fertility challenges and the ups and downs that come with it. Created by Amanda ReCupido, a Chicago-based author, book reviewer and Moth storyteller with work in several humor and literary publications and recognized in various screenwriting competitions.
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All new babies are unique. And so are their mamas. But the fact that every new mama is different from the other is often forgotten. Sanchi Nasta Ray is here to change this narrative by offering support via expert opinions, by creating a judgment-free zone and sharing her own epic fails with her 18-month-old, baby Alaia. Join her on this absolutely crazy, ever-so-demanding yet rewarding ride called motherhood! This is an HT Smartcast Original.
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In this interview series, host Alicia Menendez talks to remarkable Latinas about making it, faking it, and everything in between. In often-hilarious and always-revealing episodes, Alicia and her guests take on the challenges of existing, and then thriving, as women of color.
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Direct, Raw and Edgy. No subject is out of bounds. The discussions are real, humorous, thought provoking and meant to show others that no one is alone. Join Kevin Evans and his guests on an entertaining journey of life and an always evolving narrative.
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The world is facing the largest displacement crisis since WWII as a number of humanitarian emergencies rage on. Grant Gordon and Ravi Gurumurthy from the International Rescue Committee (IRC) have in-depth conversations with leading humanitarians, foreign policymakers, and innovators to understand how they think about, and tackle these global crises. Produced by the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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New York, I Love You But You've Changed is a podcast where long time New Yorkers from across the five boroughs give us their version of the city they love, discuss how it has evolved and share their thoughts on what we can do to make the greatest hometown in the world great for all of us. And we also have some fun with the pop culture associated with NYC. Our interviews seek to create an anthology of voices that represents the range of life that exists in New York City, especially those voic ...
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A Dungeons and Dragons actual play focused on the narrative over the game. Join our adventurers as they travel a homebrew world that has been in development for over 15 years. Along with the world feeling lived in, dive into the immersion with custom music and heavy roleplaying.
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Beauty Marks podcast is a space where we embrace our marks acquired through our journey. We encourage women to heal, embrace their story and cultivate community. Host Elizabeth Sabillon will use this platform to share her journey of faith and mental health and how she has overcome her marks in life. You will hear stories of how people have used their marks of pain, rejection, obstacles, and trauma and turned them into beauty marks. For inquiries or questions email: beautymarkspodcast@gmail.c ...
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A quite North Carolina mountain town serves as the backdrop for this mesmerizing audiobook. Gollwitzer's connection to the local community infuses the story with an authenticity that captures the hearts of both local and international readers. The narrative immerses listeners in the life of Rainy Ray Holford during a defining summer, inviting them to explore the nuances of small-town life in a stunning mountain setting. At the heart of "The Summer Girls of Melrose" lies the enigmatic charact ...
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To boldly #FindyourPrerna (Prerna = inspiration) with uplifting sentiments, real stories from real people doing extraordinary things, or just asking the questions that need to be asked to ignite your enthusiasm to go beyond your own limitations.If you like what you hear on the episodes, be sure to rate them and write a review. And of course, share!Share your comments on the episodes, it will be great to hear from you! Connect with or follow Arthi and her company, Prerna Advisory on Facebook, ...
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Design Futurecast is Maria Lorena Lehman's journey through design explorations and experiments ― where breakthrough questions intersect with expansive design thinking to shift your own creative path toward more innovative heights. Imagine yourself in the future, asking questions about a design solution you are creating today. With elements of visionary time-travel...Every episode examines cutting-edge investigations from a new perspective ― exploring the design experiment and its result in t ...
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On Critical Thinking with John Chetro Szivos | Showing Up Series | Ep. 103
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Where in your life can you practice critical thinking? How can you think critically about your communication? … John Chetro Szivos is a semi-retired professor but still an active author who recently published On Becoming a Critical Thinker: Awakening Your Business Superpower. A student of Vern Cronen’s at UMass, Amherst and a dedicated CMM research…
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Remix: Why Corporate America Couldn’t Change Carla Vernón at Her Core
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This week, we bring you another one of our favorite conversations with Latinas in the corporate world. Carla Vernón describes herself as “a very malleable piece of clay” with a sense of pride and self-awareness. She has used that singular strength to rise from associate to executive at General Mills. She reflects on her long tenure there, being amo…
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Decentering Men to Heal, What Does That Look Like?
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Send Us A Question You Want ON AIR! Episode 182: In this week's episode, I share my opinion on how to decenter men after heartbreak and take the time to heal after a breakup. I share the things I have learned from mistakes I have made, and what can help you on your healing journey. Thank you BetterHelp for sponsoring today's episode. Get started to…
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Remix: How Ad Exec Nancy Reyes Became Undeniable
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We continue with our favorite conversations with Latinas in the corporate world. After Alicia’s conversation with advertising superstar Nancy Reyes, she wanted to make t-shirts that read, "I am undeniable." That’s how inspiring this trailblazer’s story is. From learning that “everything feels better when you earn it” to “dealing with a massive care…
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From Heartbreak to Healing: Navigating Trauma Bonds and Embracing The Process
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Send Us A Question You Want ON AIR! Episode 181: In this week's episode, I share about embracing the process after heartbreak. Thank you BetterHelp for sponsoring today's episode. Get started today with BetterHelp online therapy and enjoy 10% off your first month. Discount code “beautymarkspodcast" will be automatically applied. www.betterhelp.com/…
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On Pressure, Performance & Polyvagal Theory with Michael Allison | Showing Up Series | Ep. 102
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What is going on with your physiological self right now? What do you need to do to slow down and get quiet enough to pay attention to this? How might your interactions and relationships change if you show up using what you learned about Polyvagal Theory today? … Michael Allison is the developer of The Play Zone; a contributing author for Psychology…
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The Healing:Not Letting Your Trauma Narrative Hold You Back
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Send Us A Question You Want ON AIR! Episode 180: In this week's episode, I share about how we can allow our trauma narrative or shame of our past keep us from doing the things that God has called us to do. The beauty of starting over after leaving a toxic abusive relationship https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beauty-marks/id1518278906?i=1000653…
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Top 25 Countdown: #24 How Meg Medina Summoned the Courage to Write
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Our Top 25 Countdown Continues! "Who is she? What does she want? Why can't she have it?" Those are the questions the Newbery Medal-winning children's author asks about each of her young Latina protagonists. What Meg Medina wanted was to write professionally, but first, she had to get brave. Follow Meg on Instagram @megmedinabooks. and find all her …
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On Holding Space with Aminata Cairo | Showing Up Series | Ep. 101
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How are you showing up? Where can you learn to “hold space”? … Aminata Cairo is an anthropologist, psychologist, educator, storyteller, and “love-worker." She is an independent consultant “who works with people." She is the former lector of Inclusive Education at The Hague University of Applied Sciences and the former lector of Social Justice and D…
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Remix: Why Bricia Lopez Wants You to Embrace the Art of Asada
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This week, we bring you another one of our favorite conversations around food. As she was researching her new cookbook, Asada: The Art of Mexican Style Grilling, the LA restaurateur began to realize how men dominate the grill scene. Now, she’s trying to change that by giving others the tools and inspiration to master asada. Bricia explains the fina…
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Mental Health Diagnosis in Adulthood,Starting Your Healing Journey & Psychiatric Mental Health With Dr. Marcelline Girlie
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Send Us A Question You Want ON AIR! Episode 179: In this weeks episode, Dr. Marcelline Girlie shares stigmas of psychiatric mental health how people get diagnosed in adulthood with ADHD, depression and anxiety, and how culture affects the way you manage your mental health. She also shares how our mind is a garden and practical ways to take care of …
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On Refugee Community Kitchen & Serving Displaced People with Janie Mac | Migration Series | Ep. 100
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How do you show up for your community? For people outside your community? What could we do together if we were all committed to protecting the human dignity of all people? … Janie Mac is a co-founder of Refugee Community Kitchen, a volunteer-run organization that has been serving hot, nourishing meals to displaced people in Northern France and the …
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Remix: Chef Ariel Fox is Expanding Our Understanding of 'Authentic' Cuisine
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We continue with our favorite conversations around food. The VP for Dos Caminos and Del Friscos pulls back the curtain on what it takes to launch a restaurant, talks about the difference between competing on Hell's Kitchen as a newbie versus an established chef, and shares the personal change that inspired her new cookbook: Spice Kitchen: Healthy L…
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On Mobilizing Communities with Sandy Ovalle Martínez | Migration Series | Ep. 99
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What communities are you a part of? How can you engage in action around immigration? .. Sandy Ovalle Martínez is a table-setter and space-curator, rooting her work in the deep faith and strength of Chicane and Latine spiritual teachers. She is a native of Mexico City. A mujerista theologian and an organizer, she currently directs campaigns and mobi…
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Forgiving Yourself & Your Abuser: What Forgiveness is and What it's Not With Maria Fernandez
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Send Us A Question You Want ON AIR! Episode 178: In this week's episode, Maria Fernandez is a Trauma-informed Mental Health Counselor who has used her story to connect and help others in their journey of healing. She joins me in a hard conversation on Forgiveness of yourself and of others when you have gone through Trauma. We talk about what the Bi…
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Social Media VS Reality: Health Issues, Fear of Dating, People Pleasing & Oversharing
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Send Us A Question You Want ON AIR! Episode 177: In this week's episode, I share a life update, health diagnosis, certain life challenges and joys. I also answer a few questions about how to set boundaries, emotional immaturity, what started my healing journey and my thoughts on taking a "break while dating" Episode References: It's Complicated rel…
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On Complicating Migration Narratives with Karen Gonzalez | Migration Series | Ep. 98
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What stories have you been told about migration? … Karen Gonzalez is a speaker, writer, storyteller, and immigrant advocate, who herself immigrated from Guatemala as a child. Karen is a former public school teacher and attended Fuller Theological Seminary, where she studied theology and missiology. For the last 15 years, she has been a non-profit p…
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Remix: How Karla Vasquez Reclaimed Salvadoran Food
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We are celebrating almost 300 episodes of Latina to Latina! For the first Monday of every month, we are counting down our top 25 episodes of all time. In between, we'll curate special playlists of some of our favorite episodes. For the next three weeks, we bring you some of our favorite conversations about food. When Karla Vasquez learned that ther…
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The Healing: How to Detach from a Trauma Bond and Learn to Trust Yourself Again With Maria Fernandez
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Send Us A Question You Want ON AIR! Episode 176: In this week's episode, Maria Fernandez is a Trauma-informed Mental Health Counselor who has used her story to connect and help others in their journey of healing. She shares how spiritual abuse can be found in the church and how to detach and learn to trust yourself after you experience relationship…
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On Humanizing Immigration with Dora Rodriguez | Migration Series | Ep. 97
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How does hearing Dora’s story shape your perception of immigration? How can you seek out more stories that humanize those who migrate? … Dora Rodriguez, an unwavering advocate for migrant rights, survived the 1980 tragedy in Organ Pipe National Monument, AZ, where Salvadorans fled civil war, resulting in 13 deaths, including 3 minors. This experien…
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Top 25 Countdown: #25 What Media Mogul Nely Galán Can Teach Us About the Art of Reinvention
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To celebrate almost 300 episodes of Latina to Latina, for the first Monday of every month, we are counting down our top 25 episodes of all time. In between, we'll curate special playlists of some of our favorite episodes. Coming in at #25: This television executive turned entrepreneur took a major detour—mid career—to go back to school. Nely shares…
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How Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez is Complicating the Immigrant Narrative
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When her parents’ tourists visas expired, and they were no longer allowed entry into the United States, Elizabeth, an American citizen, persuaded her parents to allow her to stay in Arizona solo. She was only 15 years-old. Even as she contended with housing and food insecurity, Elizabeth managed to graduate valedictorian of her high school class, b…
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Send Us A Question You Want ON AIR! Episode 175: In this week's episode, I share what I have learned from letting go of a toxic relationship and the beautiful things that do come in time of starting over. I also share other women who have let go and encouragement for those moments that you doubt that you made the right decision, you can create a be…
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On Regenerative Design and Social Permaculture with Abrah Dresdale | Sustainability Series | Ep. 96
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What changes when we go beyond sustainability and strive for “regeneration” instead? … Abrah Dresdale, MA, is a bold and visionary social designer of cultural change at the intersection of land and justice. She consults through the national organization she co-founded, Regenerate Change, serves as faculty at UMass-Amherst and Omega Institute, and i…
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On Decolonizing, Re-Indigenizing & Rematriating with Sikowis Nobiss | Sustainability Series | Ep. 95
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Please be aware this conversation contains descriptions of violence perpetrated by white colonizers against indigenous people. (46:04-49:11) ... How can we “decolonize” our ways of thinking and being? What does it look like to “re-indigenize”? What does it mean to “rematriate”? … Sikowis Nobiss (she/her) is Nêhiyaw/Saulteaux of the George Gordon Fi…
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How Cecilia Marquez is Retelling the History of the American South
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In her new book, Making the Latino South, the Hunt Family Assistant Professor in History at Duke University chronicles the dramatic racial evolution of non-Black Latinos living in the American South from the 1940s to the early 2000s. Follow Cecilia on X (formerly Twitter) @ProfCeciliaM , and learn more about her research here, and find her book her…
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It's Complicated Relationships: Situationships and Going With the Flow With Jojo Venant
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Send Us A Question You Want ON AIR! Episode 174: In this week's episode, I sit down to talk to Mental Health Counselor and Editor-in-Chief of Chasing Clarity Magazine, Jojo Venant. She employs a relational and holistic approach in counseling. With over a decade of bilingual counseling experience, she cultivates a space for clients to feel known, se…
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On Climate Action with Miriam Kashia | Sustainability Series | Ep. 94
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Why does it matter how we talk about climate action? How does better language inspire better action? ... Miriam Kashia is a self-proclaimed “climate action warrior.” Based in Iowa, she is involved with 100 Grannies for a Livable Future. In 2014, at the age of 71, she participated in the Great March for Climate Action, where she walked 3,100 miles o…
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Gaslighting, Red Flags & Signs of Drug Abuse With Jessica Lewis
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Send Us A Question You Want ON AIR! Episode 173: In this week's episode, Jessica Lewis’s story is a powerful testament to resilience and the transformative power of faith. By sharing her journey of being married to a drug addict, Jessica not only sheds light on the struggles she faced but also aims to empower others who may be dealing with similar …
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Raquel Reichard Wants You to Know that Self-Care Isn’t One Size Fits All
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She wrote her book, Self-Care for Latinas: 100+ Ways to Prioritize & Rejuvenate Your Mind, Body, & Spirit, deep in her own grief, a year after suddenly losing her best friend. Raquel shares what that experience taught her about self-care and community care, living with life-changing loss, and how she is building a career in media from her beloved O…
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Trauma Bonds: Isolation, Self Betrayal and How it Affects your Mental Health
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Send Us A Question You Want ON AIR! Episode 172: In this week's episode, I share a part 2 about Trauma bonds, how they affect your mental health and relationships with others. Episodes: Are you dating a Narcissist? With Dr.Z https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beauty-marks/id1518278906?i=1000550279996 Are you in a Toxic relationship? https://podc…
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On Combating Food Waste with Yolanda Soto | Sustainability Series | Ep. 93
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What can you change today about the way you relate to food that would minimize your food waste? What is the “highest level context” that is guiding you when it comes to how your actions affect the planet? ... Yolanda Soto has been the CEO President of Borderlands Produce Rescue for 30 years. Borderlands Produce Rescue is located in the border commu…
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LTL x Poderistas Live at The William Vale: Featuring Xochitl Gonzalez!
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Check out our live recording of Latina to Latina x Poderistas in conversation with Xochitl Gonzalez, author of the new novel, Anita de Monte Laughs Last - taped before a live audience at The William Vale on March 27th, 2024! Follow Xochitl on instagram @xochitltheg and find her book, Anita de Monte Laughs Last, here. Learn more about Poderistas and…
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GET OUT: When You’re in a Trauma Bond but Don’t Know it
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Send Us A Question You Want ON AIR! Episode 171: In this week's episode, I share for the first time about my emotionally abusive relationship with a Covert Narcissist, I talk about what a trauma bond is, what it feels like and the signs of when you need to get out. I share my perspective and encouragement of if you or someone you know is in the rel…
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How Malia Lazu Moved from Intention to Impact
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She started her career as a political organizer, launching Mass VOTE, a state-wide voter engagement campaign, then parlayed those skills into economic development. As the EVP and Regional President at Berkshire Bank, Malia evolved the bank’s strategic focus to prioritize community impact. Malia shares how her theory of change evolved, how she ident…
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On Embracing Rewilding in Nature and Ourselves with Mark Edwards | Sustainability Series | Ep. 92
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How can you embrace wildness in yourself? What opportunities do you have to experience nature, beauty, and wilderness in your own backyard? ... Mark Edwards is a 76-year-old naturalist, is a leader in BeWildReWild and its Big River Connectivity project, and is retired from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, where he lead restoration efforts …
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It's Wednesday, March 27th! Alicia and Juleyka cannot wait to see you at The William Vale for our live recording with Xochitl Gonzalez. Tonight's event is a great way to support a Latina-owned business and a Latina-run organization. There are still tickets and swag bags available, so get yours while they last. Bring a friend!Tickets available for p…
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