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EP 42: ‘Āina Education: A framework and conversation about restoring relationships between people and place with Maya Saffery
Land-based or place-based education is probably a well-known pedagogical framework for folks working in Indigenous education. For our guest this week, Dr. Maya Saffery, a Kanaka ʻŌiwi cultural practitioner, educator, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]

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 42: ‘Āina Education: A framework and conversation about restoring relationships between people and place with Maya Saffery
- EP 41: The Audacity of Indigenous Art/ists: A Conversation with Zena Cumpston
- EP 40: Co-creating transformative art from Turtle Island to Palestine with Smokii Sumac and Zaynab Mohammed
- EP 39 From Stories on the Trapline to Protocols in Playhouses: Indigenous Resurgence through the Performing Arts with Reneltta Arluk
- EP 38: Curation as Ceremonial Political Practice, a conversation with Léuli Eshrāghi