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• March 5, 2025Uncategorized

  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 […]

• October 1, 2025Uncategorized

  EP 39 From Stories on the Trapline to Protocols in Playhouses: Indigenous Resurgence through the Performing Arts with Reneltta Arluk 

  In this episode, Heather sits down with Reneltta Arluk, a performing arts artist and Indigenous arts advocate and leader. We get to hear beautiful stories from Reneltta of growing up […]

• September 17, 2025Uncategorized

  EP 38: Curation as Ceremonial Political Practice, a conversation with Léuli Eshrāghi 

  Join Hōkū in this episode as she sits down with Léuli Eshrāghi, Curator of Indigenous Practices at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. For Léuli, this role goes beyond curating […]

• September 3, 2025Uncategorized

  EP 37: Go! Go! Stop! Land-based Wellness with Sandra Martin Harris 

  We are back from our summer break! Before we get started, stop! Take a deep breath in … and … out. Pause. Where is the sun in the territory you’re […]

• August 20, 2025Uncategorized

  Replay: Slugs and frogs, the underdogs of planetary health with Sarah Jim

  Summer break continues, and art meets planetary health in a replayed episode with Sarah Jim. Through her paintings, Sarah reminds us of small but mighty relations.   One of the key […]

• August 6, 2025Uncategorized

  Replay: Supporting Indigenous health through governance and stewarding the land and waters with Dr. Shannon Waters 

  Continuing with our summer break, let’s revisit an old episode with Dr. Shannon Waters. As a physician frustrated with a health system focused on sickness, Shannon talks about what keeps us […]

• July 23, 2025Uncategorized

  Replay: Centering the Earth in Indigenous Planetary Health with Dr. Nicole Redvers 

  Co-hosts Heather and Hōkū are taking a break this summer, so journey back with us to listen to the first ever guest on the Indigenous Planetary Health Podcast, Dr. Nicole […]

• July 9, 2025Uncategorized

  EP 36: When the Pine Needles Fall, a discussion with Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel 

  In this episode, Heather and Hoku speak with Katsi’tsakwas (Ellen Gabriel) about her recently published memoir, When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance (co-authored with Sean Carleton). Ellen is […]

• June 25, 2025Uncategorized

  EP 35: Indigenous Philosophies and Staying Curious for Planetary Health with Dr. Shandin Pete  

  Indigenous science and western science may not be so different after all. Dr. Shandin Pete joins Heather and Hōkū to talk about Indigenous philosophy, observational science, and hydrology. By combining […]

• June 11, 2025Uncategorized

  EP 34: Remembering Haunani-Kay Trask with Noelani Goodyear- -Ka’ōpua 

  If you don’t know who Haunani-Kay Trask is, or what the Hawaiian sovereignty movement is about, this episode is for you! Hōkū sits down with longtime friend Noelani Goodyear-Ka’ōpua to […]

• May 28, 2025Uncategorized

  EP 33: Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing) with Mi’kmaw Elder Albert Marshall 

  n this episode, Heather is joined by one of her many mentors, esteemed Mi’kmaw Elder Albert Marshall, who brought forward the concept of Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing). Etuaptmumk is a framework […]