The Brown sisters realized halfway thru this series that they had to be interviewed, and the interviewer had to be Dani McClain (journalist, author, mother, caretaker and chosen sibling). The sisters remember things differently and tenderly, in perhaps their most vulnerable public conversation to date. --- HOW TO SURVIVE MERCH IS WAITING FOR YOU! --- TRANSCRIPT --- Dani's book, We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood Dani on I nside the Writer's Head --- Music by Tunde ...
Feb 03, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast HOW TO SURVIVE MERCH IS WAITING FOR YOU! -- This Brown sisters interview with Joey and Faith Soloway includes original music, a family history that includes being Jewish and centering Blackness, navigating gender (3/4 family members are trans), finding the Western mother, and living a creative life as artists and filmmakers trying to change the world. - TRANSCRIPT...
Jan 06, 2022•2 hr 38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Finally, we made you merch ! You are gonna look amazing wearing/using this stuff! Head over to Patreon to learn about our new tiers and how to get End of the World goodies sent to your home! Your support means the world to us. https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow?fan_landing=true
Jan 03, 2022•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sister adrienne reads her latest blog post , on moving through grief and despair. While she was writing it, she learned that bell hooks had transitioned, and she shares her grief ritual. HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://twitter.com/endoftheworldPC...
Dec 18, 2021•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast adrienne and Autumn interview the legendary Angela Davis and Fania Davis. These sisters, who have profoundly shaped the movement for social justice through their work on abolition, restorative justice, and feminist theory, share their origin story, their love of one another, and throw a little shade. -- adrienne's Spotify playlist: black roots singers -- TRANSCRIPT -- Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PE...
Dec 05, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our youngest organizer siblings join the Brown sisters to discuss their journeys of becoming radical, with stories on queerness, Blackness and parenting. Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg TRANSCRIPT HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://twitter.com/endoftheworldPC...
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Four siblings from Texas doing a deep dive on political shaping, culture shifting and embodiment. With unexpected astrology. Listen to Finding Our Way , hosted by Prentis, produced by Eddie. Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg transcript HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://twitter.com/endoftheworldPC...
Nov 04, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast This profound sibling conversation moves us through Haiti, Puerto Rico, Chicago, organizing in communist, Black power and women's movements, the love of nature and the conversational practice of poetry. Be prepared to feel. transcript Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://twitter.com/endoftheworldPC...
Oct 21, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Brown sisters are joined by Malkia Devich Cyril and Sala Cyril for a conversation on their journey from being born to Black Panther Janet Cyril to finding their aligned paths as movement workers, educators and artists. There is laughter, truth and history here. TRANSCRIPT --- Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://twit...
Oct 08, 2021•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Autumn and adrienne go live on Instagram with an interview about Autumn’s essay in Adrienne’s recent facilitation guide, Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation . And we offer a tribute to the many souls we have lost this year. Check out adrienne's other Holding Change interviews here . --- Music by Mother Cyborg HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://...
Sep 29, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Before our new season kicks off next month, we're thrilled to bring you this essential episode from The Emergent Strategy Podcast. To support ESII, click here. Mother, organizer, theologian and writer, Autumn Brown, joins host Mia Herndon on this week's episode of The Emergent Strategy Podcast. In a lively discussion, Autumn talks about parenting during the pandemic, the challenges and positives of relating through technology, and discovers (excitedly) the Hide Self View feature. Society w...
Sep 16, 2021•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast The sisters drop in with an update on the second half of the season, and a moment of celebration. TRANSCRIPT --- Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://twitter.com/endoftheworldPC...
Sep 07, 2021•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, the Brown Sisters had the honor of interviewing two siblings who are giants of the social justice movement: Makani Themba and Robin D.G. Kelley . Makani is an organizer and movement strategist, who recently stepped into co-leadership of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation. Robin is a historian, scholar of African American history and struggle, and author of Race Rebels , among many other titles. We enter their sweet story of solidarity and sibling love, which they a...
Jun 24, 2021•2 hr 37 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Brown Sisters continue the Sibling Miniseries with pleasure and joy mavens Una and Michi Osato, sister performer artist healers who teach burlesque for liberation. We enter their sibling reverie and leave changed and transformed. TRANSCRIPT : --- Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://twitter.com/endoftheworldPC...
Jun 10, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast From land ownership to Black liberation to father loss to love upgrades, Karissa Lewis and Cole B. (Transcript is on its way - sorry for the delay!) LINKS BDS Movement In Conversation: Lynell George and adrienne maree brown on Octavia E. Butler --- Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://twitter.com/endoftheworldPC...
May 30, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Brown sisters get to spend time with Naina and Navina Khanna, sisters who are transforming the realm of AIDS/HIV women and food justice through their organizing. Their politic is clear and compelling, and they give us powerful insight on what's unfolding in their homeland of India - see ways to get involved below (compiled/curated by DiasporaCo.) TRANSCRIPT --- 1. Athrout x Kashmir Box: providing daily rations AND medical supplies to Kashmir that is systematically underfunded and neglected, ...
May 14, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Brown sisters kick off our sibling interview miniseries with sisters Naima and Leah Penniman, radical farmers and writers who share reflections on their political journeys and family shaping. TRANSCRIPT Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://twitter.com/endoftheworldPC...
Apr 29, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Autumn and adrienne continue their deep dive on blackness and mixed race identity, begun in Season 4 with the episode “Tip of the Iceberg”. In this episode the Brown sisters interview author and scholar-activist Yaba Blay , who created a gorgeous photo book project called One Drop, exploring the way historical definitions of blackness shape contemporary racial identity and experience. TRANSCRIPT : - https://www.dropbox.com/s/zhl8qevg0cc9sof/HTS_One%20Drop_%20A%20Conversation%20with%20Yaba%2...
Apr 15, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Autumn was recently invited to take part in a really fun, mind-bending panel called Organizers in Space . The event was co-hosted by Annie Weinberg, electoral organizer, coach, and strategist for progressive campaigns along with The Movement School and the Forge. You can watch the entire event HERE . Building a more just, reflective democracy and landing a spacecraft on another planet are both epic, deeply collective human endeavors - and practitioners of both crafts faced huge tests in 20...
Apr 08, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Brown sisters are back for season 5 of apocalypse survival philosophy, feelings and tangible skills. In this episode, they catch up a bit on life and unveil the exciting theme that will guide interviews this season. Welcome back listeners!Also, read The Fifth Season! TRANSCRIPT : - https://www.dropbox.com/s/7xutc443yhyfqbn/HTS_Fifth%20Season.pdf?dl=0 Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on ...
Apr 05, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Brown sisters are back with a new season and this one will include some fundamental practices that help us survive and may help our listeners.adrienne spent the last decade on a learning journey with generative somatics, learning about healing trauma in and through the body. One key practice in somatics is centering, having a center within ourselves to which we can continuously return and from which we can embody and shape the world and relationships and healing we need. TRANSCRIPT : -&...
Mar 11, 2021•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Brown sisters give each other permission to rest, reflect on lessons and appreciations for the year, and ask for feedback! Note : When they recorded this episode, the sisters thought they were finishing early, not realizing that they were ahead of recording schedule and had the year done. So without any additional labor after recording this episode, they made it thru the full season. In case you were worried, they're good. And love you. XO TRANSCRIPT : - https://www.dropbox.com/s/5...
Dec 31, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast The sisters share a bit of their interwoven and distinct race stories as daughters of an interracial love story. TRANSCRIPT : - https://www.dropbox.com/s/fl1gsitoi8rt2iq/HTS_Tip%20of%20the%20Iceberg.pdf?dl=0 Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://twitter.com/endoftheworldPC...
Dec 17, 2020•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast The sisters speak with students at Dartmouth about the political potency of this moment in context of our histories, uplifting lessons from our ancestors, this uprising time, finding our work and saving what we love. note: adrienne critiques the term 'people of color' in this episode, and to be clear, she is speaking not of the phrase in its original purpose of solidarity, but of the collapsing use of the phrase to erase the nuance of distinct cultural experiences. TRANSCRIPT : - https://ww...
Dec 03, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast adrienne and Autumn sit down to talk about their mutual journeys to understanding the magic that lies within, and can be drawn from the world around us. In this episode, the Brown sisters talk about spells that backfire, mycelia as metaphor for life force, and of course, Stevie Nicks. TRANSCRIPT : - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ecm506ahklfhjmf/HTS_To%20Witch%20or%20Not%20to%20Witch.pdf?dl=0 Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg (episode photo courtesy of Dori Midnight) HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPO...
Nov 19, 2020•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast A little bonus this week! adrienne shared a transmission for the next 2.5 months that we wanted to also make sure our listeners had, along with some thoughts on balancing celebration and critique. Look to @wejointhefrontline , @choosedemocracy , @blackdirectaction , @theruckussociety , @ip3action , @wejointhefrontline , @visionchangewin . Protect yourselves materially, emotionally and spiritually. read... MOVEMENT GENERATION: Meeting Chaos With Calm: How To Prepare For A Potential Coup By Mateo ...
Nov 10, 2020•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today we are joined by two of the most brilliant humans I know to debrief this election so far. Kat Aaro n (@kataaron), podcast producer for Octavia's Parables, power mom, as well as voter engagement volunteer extraordinaire. Our other guest is University of Delaware professor Janine de Novais , one of adrienne's favorite race thinkers. TRANSCRIPT - https://www.dropbox.com/s/15ip7hv23zslqtg/HTS_Election%20Day%20Debrief.pdf?dl=0 HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon...
Nov 05, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast In today’s episode, a re-run from last year, the Brown sisters interview the legendary Toshi Reagon about the making of the Parable of the Sower Opera, a production years in the making, based on the dystopian novel by Octavia E. Butler. We talked with her about turning earthseed into song, lessons from her mother, and the necessity of creative practice. In this episode Toshi makes it clear and plain why voting is a necessary part of our political participation! TRANSCRIPT -https://www.dropbox.co...
Oct 30, 2020•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a Detroit love affair of an episode. For How To Survive's first appearance at the Detroit Podcast Festival , we invited two Detroit based warriors for justice - 313 Liberation Zone's PG Watkins (ultimate_paygee) and Detroit Justice Center's Amanda Alexander (@A_S_Alexander). We discuss visions, abolition, and the unique ground that Detroit is for practicing our beliefs. TRANSCRIPT -https://www.dropbox.com/s/57heoumfmcmp7xl/Justice%20at%20the%20Detroit%20Podcast%20Festival%20October%2C%20...
Oct 22, 2020•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast We are reposting this episode to help you prepare for and understand the ways to engage electoral politics. We are also committing this week to honoring the indigenous peoples of the lands we live on in future intros. The Brown Sisters sit down with the brilliant Charlene Carruthers (@CharleneCarruthers), author of Unapologetic and founder of the Chicago Center for Leadership and Transformation, to talk about staying grounded, rigorous, and rooted in community, as the election cycle ramps up.&nb...
Oct 15, 2020•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
