For this week's episode, Autumn and adrienne sit down with Ejeris Dixon (@ejeris) and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha ( @brownstargirl), the editors of Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement . We discuss book touring, their journeys to this work, and transformative justice in this time. TRANSCRIPT - https://www.dropbox.com/s/0vm1kk16nfrsbkt/HTS_Beyond%20Survival.pdf?dl=0 HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldsho...
Oct 08, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast An earlier version this episode contained some misaligned audio. Sorry about that! The sisters turn and face the terror and grief of living through times of great transition and turning. We call in special guest Malkia Devich Cyril (@culturejedi) to help us learn to hold grief. TRANSCRIPT - https://www.dropbox.com/s/5yxbqdm4sdczl4t/HTS_Being%20with%20Terror%20.pdf?dl=0 HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.co...
Oct 01, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast We are reposting the Brown sisters 2018 conversation with Three Point Strategies,’ Jessica Byrd (@JessicaLBYRD) and Kayla Reed (@iKaylaReed) from Action STL. We cover basically everything we need to know about engaging in the electoral process, especially this corrupt age, with our eyes on freedom. https://actionstl.org/ https://www.threepointstrategies.org/ TRANSCRIPT - https://www.dropbox.com/s/p2yo3jjrlgpvie3/HTS%20-%20Election%20in%20End%20Times%20Redux.pdf?dl=0 HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT ...
Sep 24, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Autumn and adrienne return to each other. Ursula le Guin wrote, "true journey is return", and in this conversation the sisters discuss the many ways they are returning to each other and this time, this podcast. They introduce new structures and segments for the coming season, including the Flume of Rage , Top Culture and more. TRANSCRIPT : - https://www.dropbox.com/s/efkisqka5o2quwz/HTS%20-%20True%20Journey%20is%20Return.pdf?dl=0 --- TOP CULTURE Autumn's picks TV: Orphan Black MUSIC : Billie Eil...
Sep 17, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Before we come back with a full fall slate of episodes, we want to share this episode of Your Attention Please from Hulu and IHeartRadio. In 2019, Tomi Adeyemi followed up her best-selling debut novel, Children of Blood and Bone , with another installment in the Legacy of Orïsha series, Children of Virtue and Vengeance . Readers have fallen in love with Adeyemi's stories, which are magical and transporting but also so resonant in today's world. In this episode, Kimberly cha...
Aug 27, 2020•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast adrienne and Autumn were recipients of Auburn Seminary’s 2020 Lives of Commitment Award , which celebrates women of moral courage. This episode is an audio recording of the Auburn Conversation, a live event bringing the honorees together to discuss how we use our power to build liberated futures. This conversation is moderated by Minister Candace Simpson, and features honorees Autumn Brown, gina Breedlove, Lynne Twist, Rabba Sara Hurwitz, Holly Fogle, and Monika Estrada Guzman. You can watch dis...
Aug 14, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast adrienne and Autumn are joined once again by the incomparable queer astrologer, Chani Nicholas (@chaninicholas), author of You Were Born For This, in the opening plenary of the 2020 Allied Media Conference . Their giddy, love-filled conversation spans the gamut from how we sit with hard astrology, to how we work with and shape our collective purpose using the queer feminist technology of the stars. TRANSCRIPT - https://www.dropbox.com/s/9wtc6ko0ol5y3xg/HTS_AMC2020.pdf?dl=0 HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT...
Aug 01, 2020•2 hr 37 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode is a bit different, a three part exploration of listening featuring a short interview with Sterling Toles, and the reading of two pieces adrienne wrote, one on listening for men and the other on listening for white people. We hope it is of use. 1) A Word for White People + Resources http://adriennemareebrown.net/2020/06/28/a-word-for-white-people-in-two-parts/ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PrAq4iBNb4nVIcTsLcNlW8zjaQXBLkWayL8EaPlh0bc/edit 2) Listening with Sterling (The actor i...
Jul 20, 2020•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast As our summer break continues, we're so excited to feature an episode from our friends at the Fortification podcast. Future: Spiritual and political mandates for our future The conversation began with these questions: Where is this present moment taking us? What can we radically imagine for our future survival knowing what we know now? In times of crisis, seemingly impossible ideas become imaginable. What does or might the economy of healthcare, the collective practice of care, look like o...
Jul 08, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2020 is an Emperor Year, a 4 year, so we thought it would be particularly helpful to uplift episode 7: The Emperor, from Tarot for the End of Times , hosted by Sarah Cargill , to give us some sense of what we're facing and what we are feeling. SUBSCRIBE to Tarot for the End of Times, wherever you listen to pods. --- The Emperor's sacred fire has the capacity to assist in performing great acts of human compassion and nurturance, as well as the power to destroy all that it touches. This epis...
Jul 02, 2020•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast A podcast diving into Octavia E Butler’s Parable of the Sower/Talents, hosted by Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown. Produced by Kat Aaron. SUBSCRIBE TO OCTAVIA'S PARABLES WHEREVER YOU LISTEN TO PODCASTS. Support the show.
Jun 25, 2020•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Autumn and adrienne reunite for the finale episode of the miniseries. We create a collective altar and read aloud the names of beloveds lost inside the pandemic. We pull lessons from content and process of creating the miniseries. And we discuss the incredible transformation unfolding in this very moment, from the epicenter of Minneapolis outward across the globe. Music by Tunde Olaniran , Chad Crouch and Mother Cyborg . HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon PEEP us on IG TWEET @ us @ adrie...
Jun 12, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast We live in a fundamentally violent society. We have the human right to defend and protect ourselves, but for many of us the means of doing so seem inaccessible. How do we protect and secure our communities as conditions deteriorate? Autumn speaks to security and firearms expert Rashid McCall of the firm Opposition Research, for insight into the challenges and opportunities facing oppressed people who want to practice self-defense. This episode is dedicated to George Floyd , may he rest in power....
May 29, 2020•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast We survive by building the new world in the shell of the old, and our new world will need a health care system. How do we transition from a health care system rooted in extraction and profit, to a health care system rooted in justice? We turn to family physician Anjali Taneja , Executive Director of Casa De Salud , a clinic on the forefront of providing justice-driven, accessible health care in Albuquerque, for wisdom and vision in the midst of the pandemic. SHOW LINKS Fortification Podcast HTS ...
May 23, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Now more than ever we are relying on the internet to satisfy our basic needs and desires. This begs the question, what are apocalypse survival skills for the internet? How do we use the internet as a tool for survival? How do we maintain safety for our communities and our movements for social change when so much of that work must now happen digitally? And what exactly is the internet, anyway? For answers, we turn to digital security expert and organizer for change, Bex Hong Hurwitz of Tiny Gigan...
May 16, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast We bring you part two of Autumn’s interview with So and Pinar, the love organism behind Queer Nature . We discuss the potential dangers of being on the move in an apocalyptic situation, and how to mitigate them. We also talk about extractive versus visionary responses to apocalypse, and the transformative potential of thinking and acting collectively inside of chaos. So and Pinar created a guide highlighting important concepts from this and the previous episode, so feel free to open it and follo...
May 07, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast What behaviors and choices make the difference between life and death in a disaster? What are the skills that will matter most in a crisis, and how do we learn them? Autumn interviews the brilliant founders of Queer Nature , who lead workshops and immersions teaching survival skills and natural crafts. In the first of two conversations, Queer Nature drops wisdom on how the mind and body respond to crisis, how non-human systems can be our allies, and what trauma has to do with our survival. Music...
May 01, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Any scenario of systemic collapse involves a question of how we sustainably feed ourselves and our communities. For a visionary answer, Autumn turns to the illustrious team at Soul Fire Farm , and their co-founder Leah Penniman . Autumn and Leah discuss the science of land rehabilitation, the political power of farming, and how to start growing food wherever you are. Music by Tunde Olaniran , Alex Fitch and Mother Cyborg . TRANSCRIPT SOUL FIRE STUFF Ask A Sista Farmer Sowing the Seeds of F...
Apr 23, 2020•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast We continue our miniseries with a conversation about how we access medicine, health, and healing when our under-resourced and fragile medical systems are overwhelmed. Autumn interviews community herbalist Lauren Giambrone , about plant medicine and home remedies that build our immune systems and fight infections, as well as kitchen witchery and other forms of ancestral medicine that can keep us safe and healthy. Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg . EPISODE LINKS Where There Is No Doctor G...
Apr 17, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast During this time of economic collapse, many of us are wondering how we will create and maintain homes, if and when we can’t afford to rent or buy. One answer is to take over vacant homes and buildings, an activity commonly known as squatting. In this episode, Autumn interviews Vikki Law, a prison abolitionist and squatters’ rights activist. Vikki takes us deep inside the story of how vacant buildings in New York City that started out as squats in the 70s and 80s, became permanent homes for their...
Apr 10, 2020•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast We kick off the Apocalypse Survival Miniseries with a special focus on social distancing inside the pandemic. Autumn interviews long time New Yorker Maryse Mitchell-Brody (instagram.com/itsmarysemb) about mutual aid, networks of care, and the practice of grief and love, in the time of self quarantine. ESSENTIAL MARYSE LINKS: http://criticalresistance.org/ https://www.sinsinvalid.org/news-1/2020/3/19/social-distancing-and-crip-survival-a-disability-centered-response-to-covid-19 https://docs.googl...
Apr 02, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Beloved Survivors, as we work away on our upcoming survival mini-series, we have another special guest treat to share. You might know Kumail and Emily from their collaboration on the 2017 film, The Big Sick. Now they have a super relevant new podcast not about the Coronavirus, but rather about the do’s and don’ts of staying inside during this extremely bizarre situation we find ourselves in. Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani are both writers who work from home. Emily was a therapist and curren...
Mar 27, 2020•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Meet Irresistible: a community of practice in collective healing and social change. Formerly known as Healing Justice Podcast, their show is all about a commitment to justice and to our own lives that is compelling, joyful, and irresistible. Their library of conversations and practices celebrates the many traditions of movement leaders, cultural workers, and spiritual teachers who remind us to embody the liberation we are pursuing and who show us that our movements for justice can and must be ex...
Mar 24, 2020•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast We're here today to ask you a question. What are your strategies for intimacy and connection to other humans during this time of social distancing? We're working on a survival series we're planning to release next month and we want you to be part of it. If you're comfortable with us using your voice in the show consider the following. Using the voice memo app on your phone, record your strategies for intimacy and connection to other humans during this time of social distancing and then email it ...
Mar 18, 2020•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this bonus episode from Healing Justice Podcast, we bring you advice about how to adapt your travel and gatherings, timely medical information, invocations, grounding practices and reflections from the March 7, 2020 webinar: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Preparation for People Living with Chronic Illnesses in the United States. Unlike much of what we’re seeing in the media and public discussion, this virtual gathering centered the wisdom and life experiences of people who live with chronic illnesses...
Mar 12, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green drops blessings like ripe mango into our laps. Walls breathe a heavy sigh of relief as she shreds the puny narratives we have about who we are and our power to reanimate and reclaim our medicine... our magic. She calls forth specters who resemble our own shadows and reminds us that we can, that we have no choice but to reknit ourselves back together with the medicine that never left us. It sits at the back of our throats waiting for release. It bur...
Feb 19, 2020•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guest Podcast: Possibilities Podcast This episode features a rich, laughter filled conversation with social justice facilitator and New York Times best-selling author of Pleasure Activism, adrienne maree brown! We talk about the trust, transformation, being satisfiable, radical honesty and rejection, creative practice, god and the healing power of sitting on Octavia Butler's face. Music by LAL and Pantayo. Follow us on instagram @possibilitiespodcast p.s.- book mentioned by adrienne is Fumbling ...
Feb 05, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Surprise! In honor of Martin Luther King Jr’s holiday, and to herald the arrival of black history month, we bring you this very special episode, and interview with two black luminaries of the Buddhist world, Lama Rod Owens (@LamaRod1) and reverend angel Kyodo williams (@ZenChangeAngel). We talk with them about their collaborative work, Radical Dharma, and how going inward helps us transform the world. music by Yaul and Mother Cyborg - www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow www.endoftheworldshow.org/ ...
Jan 22, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Brown Sisters wrap season 3 with a reflection on what they are proud of from the last year and the last decade, and what intentions they are setting for the year ahead. Plus a teaser of season 4! music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg - www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow www.endoftheworldshow.org/ www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ @endoftheworldPC @adriennemaree @meansagittarius
Jan 10, 2020•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Brown Sisters are coming to you live from the Majestic Theater in Boston, in a gorgeous event sponsored by Emerson College. We welcome back to the show the brilliant musician, composer and activist Toshi Reagon to discuss the Parable Opera and what Octavia Butler’s work can teach us about finding each other and bending towards a just future. music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg - www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow www.endoftheworldshow.org/ www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ @endofthewor...
Dec 24, 2019•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast