Recent Posts
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EP 28: IndigiQueer Cosmologies in Planetary Health with Lewis Williams and Jordan Ramnarine
Despite the proliferation of climate justice debates, equity considerations remain predominantly western, human centric, and exclusionary. Further, IndigiQueer impacts and perspectives continue to be marginalized, although as we hear from […]
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EP 32: Reconcili-ACTION in language and plants with Dominique James
Indigenous languages are action oriented to their core. Heather and Hōkū join SENĆOŦEN language specialist and land steward Dominique James for a conversation about language, native plants, and what it […]
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EP 31: Kairangahou: Weaving Māori Knowledge with Helen Moewaka-Barnes
In this episode, Heather and Melissa Quesnelle chat with leading Māori health researcher Dr. Helen Moewaka Barnes about her pathway to becoming a health researcher and how she approaches her work. […]
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Ep 30: “I was meant to do this!” A conversation with Simon Brascoupé
In this episode, Heather chats with longtime friend and colleague Simon Brascoupé. Simon has a lifetime of Indigenous advocacy to share with us, including the origins of Earth Summit (92’), […]
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Ep 29: Getting dirty: A conversation with Dr. Melissa Nelson
In this episode, Hōkū sits down with Dr. Melissa Nelson to discuss love, gender, and sustainable futures, all through the lens of ecology, or as she puts it, the study […]
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EP 27: Listening to the Ancestors with Dr. Tommy Happynook
Carey Newman joins Heather for this episode to chat with ḥapinyuuk (Tommy Happynook). Tommy is čačaac̓iiʕasʔatḥ from huuʕiiʔatḥ (Huu-ay-aht First Nations). He is both ḥaw̓iiḥ (a hereditary chief) and a researcher with […]
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EP 26:The Praxis of Indigenous Environmental Repossession: A conversation with Dr. Chantell Richmond and Dr. Renee Pualani Louis
Governments and international governmental organizations’ responses to global environmental crises are failing; Indigenous environmental repossession, where it’s happening, is working. In their book, Because This Land Is Who We Are, […]
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EP25: No More Sacrifice Zones: A Conversation with Indigenous Climate Activist Eriel Tchekwie Deranger
In this episode, Heather and Hōkū sit down with winner of the 2024 Climate Breakthrough Award, Eriel Tchekwie Deranger, a a Dënesųłiné Indigenous rights and climate activist. Eriel was raised […]
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EP24: Yup, we’re still Making Space for Indigenous Feminism: A conversation with Dr. Gina Starblanket
For decades, Indigenous feminists have documented how colonization and hetero-normative patriarchy have eroded, erased, and eclipsed Indigenous women, Two-Spirit, queer, and feminine men’s contributions to land governance, cultural transmission of […]
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EP 23: Busting the ‘Illusion of inclusion’ myth at COP29 with Climate Leader Janna Wale
In our first episode of season two, Heather and Hōkū are thrilled to be hosting Janna Wale, a young Indigenous leader working to heal the planet through place-based, community-engaged practices. […]
About the Podcast
We’re burning down our house, and we’re in for nasty weather. But Indigenous peoples have ideas for planetary resurgence and restoration. Professors Heather Castleden and Hōkūlani Aikau bring you conversations with artists, activists, scholars, and other knowledge keepers tackling the climate crisis.