Best Lay Activism Podcasts (2025)

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Brilliant Minds: BONUS podcast with Kate Raworth, Indy Johar & James Lock at the Festival of Debate 1:53:10

3d ago1:53:10

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We are honoured to bring to Accidental Gods, a recording of three of our generation's leading thinkers. Kate Raworth is a renegade economist, author of the groundbreaking book, Doughnut Economics: 7 ways to think like a 21st Century Economist and founder of the Doughnut Economics Action Lab which is seeing companies, cities and nations around the w…

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Farm as Church, Land as Lover: Community. farming and food with Abel Pearson of Glasbren 1:16:50

6d ago1:16:50

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We all know the future rests upon us building heart-grounded, spirit-led communities that link humanity to the Web of Life. We know that the key to this is building reciprocal relationships with our food and the land from which it comes. Doing this is…harder. So this week, we're speaking with Abel Pearson of Glasbren. Abel is a friend of the podcas…

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Episode 120: Opening lines of The Iliad 57:08

7d ago57:08

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This episode is just an explanation of the opening lines of The Iliad, for those who might yet want to sign up for the class that starts Tuesday, June 3, 2025. Join us! Read The Iliad this summer! https://courses.teachtothetext.com/p/theiliad1 Find more courses here: www.teachtothetext.com Find CAM here: https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.com RSS f…

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Working from the Inside Out: Paths to Personal and Global Transformation with Renée Lertzman 1:09:54

13d ago1:09:54

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We've known for decades that the 'Yell, Tell and Sell' strategy of belittling people, endeavouring to cajole—or shame—them into some kind of change doesn't work - in fact it can't work. It's not how we're wired. Cognitive neuroscience has been telling us this for decades but it's only recently that people have begun to listen. One of those who has …

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Radio Pacific - A New Show From KALW San Francisco 52:26

13d ago52:26

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The Kitchen Sisters are excited to share the first episode of Radio Pacific, a new monthly show from KALW in San Francisco that takes a deep and creative look at the issues facing California and the rest of our country today. The hour-long, monthly program features journalists, writers, and documentarians who are grappling with life in the country’…

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119: Episode 119: We Love You, Savy! 1:59:25

17d ago1:59:25

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Episode 119: We Love You, Savy! Welcome to Episode 119 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer. In this episode, Skye and Sylvs are back after a long time to check in with their Squad members, give our well wishes and thoughts on Savy King and the Angel City vs Utah match continuing. Then we pivot and do a temperature c…

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The Current Moment Episode Three: Thombomb ft. Justin Horneker 22:27

19d ago22:27

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Thombomb welcomes Justin Horneker of majorleaguesoccer.com to review Current’s match against Bay FC and preview the budding rivalry of Current and Orlando Pride.By Shea Butter FC

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The Others Within Us: Meeting our Spirit Guides and other entities with Bob Falconer 1:11:31

20d ago1:11:31

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Our world is more magical than we know - more than we can know. Increasing numbers of us are realising that the 'citadel theory of mind' where we see ourselves as isolated units within the boundaries of our own skulls is not how the world works. But if it isn't, then how do we make sense of the worlds beyond consensus reality? How do we engage with…

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Episode 119: EMJ vs EMF on the JQ vs the JWQ 1:04:45

22d ago1:04:45

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Dr. E. Michael Jones returns to talk about Gaza and "Just War". (We always have to put that in quotes, because that's how it appears in the Catechism. The Trinity doctrine, however, and by the way, does not appear in quotation marks in the Catechism. Interesting, isn't it?) Buckle up! Find CAM here: https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.com RSS feed: …

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Radical Change: Building a Parallel Economy with Peter Kemp of Citizen Coin 1:20:14

27d ago1:20:14

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We are living through a time between stories—where the old economic narratives of scarcity, extraction, and separation are crumbling, and a new one is seeking to be born. At the heart of this transition is the question: What do we truly value, and how do we express that value in ways that nourish life? Imagine a society where every act of care, con…

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Plessy AND Ferguson—Activism and the Fight for Justice and Equal Rights 15:52

27d ago15:52

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In 1892, Homer Plessy, a mixed race shoemaker in New Orleans, was arrested, convicted and fined $25 for taking a seat in a whites-only train car. This was not a random act. It was a carefully planned move by the Citizen’s Committee, an activist group of Free People of Color, to fight a new law being enacted in Louisiana which threatened to re-impos…

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Beyond Zero Sum: Rehumanising our Conflicts with Carm Aufderheide of NorthStar Training Solutions 1:35:41

1M ago1:35:41

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All flourishing is mutual, that's a given. And yet the schisms in our culture, the tribal divides and limbic hijack seem to grow deeper and more powerful by the day. It doesn't have to be like this. We do have the tools of connection, of genuine listening, of offering trust to gain trust and offering respect to gain respect, we just need to know ho…

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Episode 118: "Planned Ambiguity" in the Catechism 1:17:26

1M ago1:17:26

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Fr. McCarthy joins us to help make sense of the confusion in the Catechism on war and killing. (Reference Episodes 117 & 115.) Are you interested in war and peace? Do you want to read one of the greatest literary works of Western civilization with the support of a live class -- and the accountability that comes with it? This summer, put down your p…

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Red Pill/Blue Pill, Green Pill/True Pill – Creating a Media Commons with Debs Grayson of Opus Independents 1:24:28

1M ago1:24:28

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Our legacy - or status quo - media is owned and run by billionaires for billionaires and the stories they promote are the ones that will keep us all in line. How do we shift the global narrative towards a future of mutual flourishing? It is axiomatic of this podcast that stories – the good and the bad – are what got us to where we are. We are a sto…

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The Current Moment ft ThomBomb - Episode Two ft Sylvs 48:42

1M ago48:42

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What's good Squad? We are expanding our reach with the Shea Butter FC Network to expand our media coverage! Episode Two of the Current Moment Features ThomBomb talking to Sylvs and diving into: Jamaica vs. Mexico experience at CPKC and Thom's First NT game under Shea Butter Preview of the San Diego vs KC game Welcome Thombomb and Riss to the SBFC S…

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Episode 117: The JWQ, Part 2 (2307-2317) 41:42

1M ago41:42

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The JWQ = The Just War Question(s). Rhetorical questions, mostly. In this episode, we cover the section on "Avoiding War" in the Catechism. I'm just sayin': It could be explained better! I want a Venn diagram! Are you interested in war and peace? Do you want to read one of the greatest literary works of Western civilization with the support of a li…

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Episode 116: Do heroes go to heaven? 29:51

1M ago29:51

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An essay written by Ellen in 2015, originally published on LewRockwell.com. Original essay: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2015/04/e... Find CAM here: https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.com RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171 Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/CAMpodcast Find CAM here: https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.com RSS feed: http://www.buzz…

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How to Save the World - tipping points of social diffusion with Katie Patrick of Hello World Labs 1:18:42

2M ago1:18:42

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'If you're not changing the numbers, you're not changing the world.' So says this week's guest, Katie Patrick. Katie Patrick is a Silicon Valley based environmental engineer, climate action designer, and author of How to Save the World: How to Make Changing the World the Greatest Game We've Ever Played, now taught in Harvard University’s graduate p…

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Pie Down Here: Listening Back—Alabama Sharecroppers and Communist Organizers, 1930s 37:43

2M ago37:43

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Pie Down Here — Produced by Signal Hill In the 1980s, when Robin D.G. Kelley was 24 years old, he took a bus trip to the Deep South. He was researching and recording oral histories with farmworkers and Communist Party members who had organized a sharecroppers union in Alabama during the Great Depression. Kelly used those oral histories to write his…

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Bonus: Thoughts from the Edge - If the current system is not fit for purpose, what's our core response? 35:02

2M ago35:02

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Suppose we accept that the current system is not broken - it is doing what it was always designed to do - which is to shovel wealth and power from the many to the few at a human scale and from the more-than-human world to the industrial/technical maw of predatory capitalism at an ecological scale. This is a death cult and it is in its death throes,…

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Wellbeing: It’s about wholeness, not happiness - with Dr Mark Fabian, author of Beyond Happy 1:48:00

2M ago1:48:00

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We grow up thinking we want to be happy (or at least, not-sad). But happiness isn't enough. What we need is wellbeing, and as Dr Mark Fabian quotes in the dedication to his book, Beyond Happy, "Wellbeing is about wholeness, not happiness, and wholeness is so much more demanding than happiness.' So what is wholeness, and what does it demand of us? A…

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A Longing for Belonging: Shifting the Cultural Paradigm with Looby Macnamara and Leona Johnson 1:23:58

2M ago1:23:58

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If we are in the midst of the Great Derangement (thank you Amitav Ghosh), what tools do we have to help us shape a system that is actually fit for purpose? Who are our elders and what can they teach us? How do we learn to listen to our heart's (and hearts') desire and shape the communities of place, passion and purpose that will allow us to emerge …

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A Tribute to George Foreman: An Unexpected Kitchen—The George Foreman Grill 22:38

2M ago22:38

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In 2004, we opened up a phone line on NPR asking people to tell us about their Hidden Kitchens— secret, underground, below the radar cooking, and how people come together through food. One caller told us about immigrants and homeless people, who didn't have official kitchens, using the George Foreman Grill to make meals and a home. Did George Forem…

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Episode 115: The JWQ: Part I (CCC 2258-2268) 43:38

2M ago43:38

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The JWQ = The Just War Question(s). Rhetorical questions, mostly. In this episode, we cover the Fifth Commandment as it's explained in the Catechism. I'm just sayin': It could be explained better! I want a Venn diagram! Are you interested in war and peace? Do you want to read one of the greatest literary works of Western civilization with the suppo…

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The Current Moment with Thombomb: Episode 1 - ft Riss Willett 12:34

2M ago12:34

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What's good Squad? We are expanding our reach with the Shea Butter FC Network to expand our media coverage! In the inaugural episode of The Current Moment, Thom Bomb previews the match against Washington Spirit with Rose Room founding member Riss Willett. They talk about Spirits’ injury issues and defensive shape. Welcome Thombomb and Riss to the S…

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Grief 11:04

2M ago11:04

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Grief is personal. Grief is grief, no more, no less for someone. How am I dealing with it? What have I learnt? Tune in and listen to what I have found out!By Monisha Mitra Personal Growth Trainer

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Now Then! Building networks of citizen power with James Lock of Opus in Sheffield 1:14:32

2M ago1:14:32

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We all know the current system of predatory capitalism is not fit for purpose. We don't (yet) all agree on how to fix it, but for sure, no problem is solved from the mindset that created it. So how do we begin to compost the debris of the failing system to grow something constructive, generative, connected communities that can act as a bridge from …

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Be More Hawk! Being the courage to follow what's right with Rachel Musson of ThoughtBox Education 1:13:58

3M ago1:13:58

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The old systems are no longer fit for purpose. What does an education system look like that's fit for the twenty-first century - where we put self care, people care, earth care at the heart of what we do? This week's guest, Rachel Musson, has made it her life's work to fashion ways of learning for all ages that put this Triple Wellbeing principle i…

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How to Speak So People Listen ️ 29:11

3M ago29:11

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Ever feel like you're talking, but no one's really listening? In this episode, we dive into the art of speaking in a way that captures attention, holds interest, and inspires action. Whether you're leading a meeting, delivering a presentation, or simply engaging in a conversation, your communication style can significantly impact the outcome. Tune …

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Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston - Revisiting Manzanar 44:49

3M ago44:49

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In 1981 The Kitchen Sisters interviewed Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston for a story about life on the homefront during World War II. Jeanne told stories of her childhood growing up in Manzanar, a hastily built detention camp surrounded by barbed wire and armed guard towers in the midst of the Owens Valley in the Mojave desert, where Japanese Americans wer…

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Miraculous Carbon: Celebrating the Book of Life, Death and Potential with author Paul Hawken 1:22:37

3M ago1:22:37

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How do we step past the magical thinking of the elites that says we can either use AI to 'Solve for Climate' - or just ignore the entire climate and ecological emergency completely? This week's guest, Paul Hawken, has been at the forefront of intelligent responses to the entire meta-crisis for decades. He has been profiled or written in hundreds of…

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The Art of Active Listening 10:07

3M ago10:07

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In a world full of noise, are we truly listening? In this episode, we dive deep into the art of active listening—a skill that transforms conversations, builds trust, and strengthens relationships. Whether in the workplace or personal life, mastering active listening can make you a more effective communicator, leader, and problem solver. Join us as …

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118: Episode 118: THAT is What She Believes?! 2:16:32

3M ago2:16:32

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Episode 118: THAT is What She Believes?! Welcome to Episode 118 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer. In this episode, SkyE and Sylvs welcome Thombomb to talk about the SheBelieves final the USWNT played against Japan. They talk about why the Red White and Blue don’t go vroom any more and why pain caving is still hap…

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Authentically human: celebrating the magic of life with Mark McCartney of the 'What is a Good Life' podcast 1:19:37

3M ago1:19:37

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In these turbulent times, what values most strongly underpin our humanity and how can we nurture our relationships with all parts of ourselves, with ourselves and other people and with ourselves and the web of life? This week's guest is another podcaster. Mark McCartney is host of the 'What is a Good Life' podcast, which is now into well over 100 e…

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The Tom Luddy Connection: The Man, The Movies, The Rolodex 53:14

3M ago53:14

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Tom Luddy was a quiet titan of cinema. He presided over the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley for some 10 years, co-founded and directed The Telluride Film Festival for nearly 50 years, produced some 14 movies, match-made dozens of international love affairs, and foraged for the most beautiful, political, important, risky films and made sure there w…

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Seeing the Bigger Picture: psychedelics and sense-making with Alexander Beiner of Kainos 58:41

3M ago58:41

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How do we shed the shackles of modernity and step into a new set of stories that could help us grow into the fullness of our potential? Alexander Beiner is one of a small band of people in our culture who is shaping the cutting edge of possibility, crafting new ideas of who we are, at the deepest levels of our Self and out into the widest view of o…

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117: Episode 117: We Told Y'all About Melanated Midfielding Activities! a Chop Up ft Diaspora United 2:11:41

3M ago2:11:41

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Welcome to Episode 117 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer. In this episode, Skye and Sylvs are joined by Deacon Skyscraper aka André Carlisle and Lady Statue of Liberty aka Coach Courtney Stith of Diaspora United for the Part Two of the cross over to talk about the beginning of the SheBelieves Tournament, reflect o…

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Becoming Spiritual Warriors: exploring a politics of radical Compassion with Jamie Bristow 1:38:01

3M ago1:38:01

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In a world of turmoil where the only certainty is uncertainty, what happens if we who yearn for a future we'd be proud to leave behind began really to speak the quiet part out loud? What happens if we acknowledge the meaning crisis of our culture and state clearly that we need a world based on Love: on the raw, wild, wonder of life itself? And what…

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House/Full of Black Women 52:59

3M ago52:59

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For almost a dozen years, 34 Black women gathered monthly around a big dining room table in an orange house on Orange Street in Oakland, CA — meeting, cooking, dancing, strategizing — grappling with the issues of eviction, erasure, gentrification, inadequate health care, and the sex trafficking of Black women and girls overwhelming their community.…

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Kin-centric Rewilding 2 - Bonus - continuation of the conversation with Daniel Firth Griffith 54:04

4M ago54:04

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Daniel remains one of the few people I know who is originally of the Trauma Culture but is living absolutely integral to his land - and we couldn't keep our conversation confined to 60 minutes. So we broke at an appropriate point and came back. This is the second part - please do listen to the first if you've only just found us - we literally pause…

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Kin-centric Rewilding - restoring relationship to the land and ourselves with Daniel Firth Griffith, author of StagTine 1:42:15

4M ago1:42:15

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By now we know that we need to connect to the More than Human world. We know we need to grow into adulthood and elder hood. We know we need to move from a Trauma Culture to an Initiation Culture. But knowing these things is not the same as living them as a reality. To get here, we need waymakers, people of huge heart and raw courage to walk away fr…

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Find the Others! Beyond the Death of Democracy lies Citizen Power - with Jon Alexander of the Citizen Collective 1:17:01

4M ago1:17:01

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Democracy is breaking around us in real time and a small percentage of those in power would like us to become - at best - obedient subjects in a world dedicated to the destruction of ecosystems and the annihilation of compassion, empathy and all that makes us thrive. Clearly, we are better than this. So how can we harness the astonishing wonder of …

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Spotlight on Black Pet Care Entrepreneurs 36:30

4M ago36:30

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Lured in by a blackboard sign on the street in Davia’s neighborhood announcing “Spotlight on Black Entrepreneurs,” we enter the creative and growing world of Black-Owned Pet Businesses. Lick You Silly dog treats, Trill Paws enamel ID Tags, The Dog Father of Harlem's Doggie Day Spa, gorgeous rainbow beaded Dog Collars from The Kenya Collection, Sir …

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Of Schoolishness, Space and Emergence into vibrant systems: a joint podcast with Tim Logan of Future Learning Design 1:23:53

4M ago1:23:53

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If what our culture most urgently needs is for a critical mass of us to grow into adults and then elders, how can we help our young people to step beyond the artificial boundaries of our old, rigid system into a world where they are fully connected to all parts of themselves, each other and the web of life. How, in effect, can we create an educatio…

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Living through the Death of Democracy: Manda's thoughts on love, liberty and the continued existence of complex life on earth 40:23

4M ago40:23

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We are living through the death of democracy and the onset of Techno-Feudalism. But this is not a time when linear systems can hold and feudalism was nothing if not linear. So how can we be part of a transformative process that will let us lay the foundations for a future we'd be proud to leave behind? Usually, on Accidental Gods, we talk to guests…

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HeartFood - Healing our communities with Food grown on Regenerative Farms with Erin Martin of FreshRxOK 1:12:03

4M ago1:12:03

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What happens when people with chronic, unstable diabetes eat food grown in local, regenerative farms? Erin Martin talks to the Accidental Gods podcast about the dramatic and spectacular improvements in health her group FreshRxOK saw in Oklahoma when they instigated a 'Food as Medicine' programme, offering real food with good nutrient density to dia…

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The Anti-Inaugural Concert: Leonard Bernstein, Richard Nixon and the "Plea for Peace" music of 1973 Inauguration 33:14

4M ago33:14

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Lady Gaga, Marion Anderson, Beyoncé, Frank Sinatra, Pete Seeger, Maya Angelou — musicians and poets have been powerful headliners at inauguration ceremonies across the years signaling change, new beginnings and reflecting the mood of the country and a new administration. In January 1973, following the Christmas bombing of Vietnam, conductor Leonard…

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116: Episode 116: NWSL Championship Weekend Content Drop Behind The Scenes 54:46

5M ago54:46

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Episode 116 NWSL Championship Weekend Content Drop Behind The Scenes Welcome to Episode 116 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer. In this episode, Skye and Sylvs drop alot of audio from their time in Kansas City during the 2024 NWSL Championship Weekend. The content drop includes interviews during the Washington Spir…

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Radical Creativity: creating a Global Council of Women with Jenny Grettve of EIT Culture and Creativity 1:16:56

5M ago1:16:56

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How can we bring wisdom to those with power and power to those with wisdom? If we were to step into elder hood and bring the best of ourselves to the table, could we create governance structures that would help to heal our cultural divides, create equity and guide is wisely through the coming crisis? Jenny Grettve believes we can and has set up a g…

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115: Episode 115 NWSL 2024 Skills Challenge Commentating and Post Event Interviews 44:37

5M ago44:37

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Episode 115 NWSL 2024 Skills Challenge Commentating and Post Event Interviews Welcome to Episode 115 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer. In this episode, Skye and Sylvs drop the audio from their on the ground live commentating of the NWSL 2024 Skill Challenge during the NWSL Championship Weekend in Kansas City. The…

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