Month: October 2025
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EP 41: The Audacity of Indigenous Art/ists: A Conversation with Zena Cumpston
As academic institutions in the United States experience a dramatic defunding of research related to decolonization, in Canada and Australia, these efforts are ongoing and accelerating. Given the larger political […]
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EP 40: Co-creating transformative art from Turtle Island to Palestine with Smokii Sumac and Zaynab Mohammed
This powerful episode explores art as a practice of resistance, healing, and connection across lands and lineages. Guest hosts Kathryn Stone and Brenda Jimenez are joined by guests Smokii Sumac, […]
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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 […]
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.
Recent Posts
- EP 49: Restoring Jurisdiction, Restoring Well-Being: A Conversation with Brittany Brinkworth and Shona Nelson, leaders from Doig River First Nation
- EP 48: Mariana Islands Part Three: Protecting & Liberating the Archipelago, a conversation with Our Commonwealth 670 (OCW 670)
- EP47: The Mariana Islands Part Two: Listening to the land, a conversation with Franceska de Oro
- EP 46: The Mariana Islands: A three-part series
- EP 45: What Side Are You On? A Tohono O’odham Life Across Borders, a conversation with authors Mike Wilson and Tony Lucero