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Carolyn Crane speaks with good people doing good things for social and environmental justice issues.
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Send us a text I speak with Chuck Collins, author of Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power are Ruining Our Lives and Our Planet. Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he co-edits Inequality.org. He is the author of several books including Born on Third Base, The Wealth Hoarders, and, with Bill Gates, Sr., Wealth and Our Commonwealth. He also wrote a novel of speculative fiction entitled Altar to an Erupting Sun. Chuck Collins lives in...
Send us a text Mark Dyken and his brother Bear Dyken have been visiting the Navajo Reservation in Arizona for decades now, offering boots-on-the-ground support for families that refused forced relocation in the 1990s. Founders and members of the band Clan Dyken, they tour northern California and southern Oregon each fall to raise funds and awareness of the Dineh people and The Beauty Way. For more information about Clan Dyken's activism on the Navajo Reservation: https://www.clandyken.com/cat...
Send us a text Mark Dyken and his brother Bear Dyken have been visiting the Navajo Reservation in Arizona for decades now, offering boots-on-the-ground support for families that refused forced relocation in the 1990s. Founders and members of the band Clan Dyken, they tour northern California and southern Oregon each fall to raise funds and awareness of the Dineh people and The Beauty Way. For more information about Clan Dyken's activism on the Navajo Reservation: https://www.clandyken.com/cat...
Send us a text Christabeth Ingold can be found online at www.soulfullynourishing.com. Her resume: B.S. in Art Therapy, Lesley University, 2006 Certified Buddho-Ennersense Advanced Reiki Practitioner, Christine Radice of Boston Reiki, 2010 Certified Holistic Health Coach, Institute of Integrative Nutrition, 2011 Certified Life Coach, Coby Kozlowski of Souluna Life Coach Certification, 2012 (formally) Licensed Chakradance Facilitator, Chakradance, 2014 Certified Hawaiian Shamanic Bodywork...
Send us a text In the fast-spinning news cycle that is the overwhelming reality of media today, there are dizzying distractions. From sex scandals to failing escalators, we often lose focus of what might be happening that is less sexy, less sensational, yet much more important. With that in mind, today we spend an hour with independent investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz, a regular contributing politics reporter to Rolling Stone, where she writes feature articles focused on energy, climat...
Send us a text In the fast-spinning news cycle that is the overwhelming reality of media today, there are dizzying distractions. From sex scandals to failing escalators, we often lose focus of what might be happening that is less sexy, less sensational, yet much more important. With that in mind, today we spend an hour with independent investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz, a regular contributing politics reporter to Rolling Stone, where she writes feature articles focused on energy, climat...
Send us a text Episode Twelve consists of highlights from the first six months of The Whimsy Farm Podcast. Episode One: Seth Donnelly joins me to talk about Taxpayers Against Genocide and their work to hold our elected officials accountable for their support of genocidal acts such as funding arms for the conflict in Palestine. Seth Donnelly is the author of The Lie of Global Prosperity: How Neoliberals Distort Data to Mask Poverty and Exploitation. He teaches high school in north...
Send us a text We learn more about fighting fascism as we protect our children from falling victim to it. Our first guest is Craig A Johnson, author of How to Talk to Your Son about Fascism. Then we spend some time with poet Maryam Barrie on our recurring segment, Poetry Sustains. Support the show
Send us a text We learn more about fighting fascism as we protect our children from falling victim to it. Our first guest is Craig A Johnson, author of How to Talk to Your Son about Fascism. Then we spend some time with poet Maryam Barrie on our recurring segment, Poetry Sustains. Support the show
Send us a text I speak with three writers and activists from Massachusetts. Carolyn Cushing, the former poet-laureate of Easthampton, Rachel Teferet, young adult fiction writer, and Carolyn Zaikowksi, current poet-laureate of East Hampton. These three friends and neighbors continue to work passionately on behalf of the Palestinian people amidst the genocide that continues. Carolyn, Rachel, and Carolyn share their motivations, strategies, and the vital importance of community in the context of...
Send us a text Coming up September 1 on the Whimsy Farm Podcast, I speak with three writers and activists from Massachusetts. Carolyn Cushing, the former poet-laureate of Easthampton, Rachel Teferet, young adult fiction writer, and Carolyn Zakowksi, current poet-laureate of East Hampton. These three friends and neighbors continue to work passionately on behalf of the Palestinian people amidst the genocide that continues. Carolyn, Rachel, and Carolyn share their motivations, strategies, ...
Send us a text Today I talk with Barb Barton, author of Manoomin: The Story of Wild Rice in Michigan. Barb is a woman of myriad talents, from singing and songwriting to filmmaking. She’s a scientist and a student of the cosmos. And she’s a passionate activist for social and environmental justice. She lives a couple hours from the farm in Lansing, Michigan’s capital. Support the show
Send us a text Today I talk with Barb Barton, author of Manoomin: The Story of Wild Rice in Michigan. Barb is a woman of myriad talents, from singing and songwriting to filmmaking. She’s a scientist and a student of the cosmos. And she’s a passionate activist for social and environmental justice. She lives a couple hours from the farm in Lansing, Michigan’s capital. Support the show
Send us a text I talk with best selling biographer Larry Tye. His latest effort is The Jazzmen, How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America. And—because jazz reminds me of poetry--our resident poet and poetry expert Maryam Barrie will join us after we hear from Larry Tye. She and I will share poems about jazz and the Black experience on Poetry Sustains. Support the show
Send us a text Coming August 1: I talk with Best Selling Biographer Larry Tye. His latest effort is The Jazzmen, How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie transformed America. And—because jazz reminds me of poetry--our resident poet and poetry expert Maryam Barrie will join us after we hear from Larry Tye. She and I will share poems about jazz and the Black experience on Poetry Sustains. Support the show
Send us a text I talk about the life and death importance of thinking with philosopher Elizabeth Minnich. She recently released the expanded edition of her 2017 book The Evil of Banality. Minnich received her doctorate at The New School, where she was Hannah Arendt’s teaching assistant. For twenty-five years she was a professor at the Union Institute. She also wrote Transforming Knowledge, and with community organizer Si Kahn wrote The Fox in the Henhouse: How Privatization Threatens Democrac...
Send us a text Coming up July 15th on the Whimsy Farm Podcast, we talk about the life and death importance of thinking with philosopher Elizabeth Minnich. She recently released the expanded edition of her 2017 book The Evil of Banality. Minnich received her doctorate at The New School, where she was Hannah Arendt’s teaching assistant. For twenty-five years she was a professor at the Union Institute. She also wrote Transforming Knowledge, and with community organizer Si Kahn wrote The Fox in t...
Send us a text Italk about gun violence and gun safety legislation.with two women, Gwendolyn LaCroix of Michigan and Amanda Wilcox of Colorado. Gwen and Amanda are mothers who suffered the most horrible loss. Each of them lost a child to gun violence. What’s incredible is that through this loss they became change agents, working as activists to help save the lives of other children. They share their stories with me, as well as what they are doing today to reduce gun violence. Support th...
Send us a text In Episode 6 we talk about gun violence and gun safety legislation.with two women, Gwendolyn LaCroix of Michigan and Amanda Wilcox of Colorado. Gwen and Amanda are mothers who suffered the most horrible loss. Each of them lost a child to gun violence. What’s incredible is that through this loss they became change agents, working as activists to help save the lives of other children. They share their stories with me, as well as what they are doing today to reduce gun violence.&n...
Send us a text We continue our celebration of Pride with a hyperlocal focus on the town of Milan in Southeast Michigan. We have four guests: Ash Eichner-Pendell from the organization ARC, an educational nonprofit that seeks to advocate, represent, and connect the community around LGBTQ+ issues. We’ll speak with Milan mayoral candidate Laura Russeau, who organizes Milan’s annual Pride Parade. We’ll learn about Ozone House in Ypsilanti, Michigan when we visit with Brie Nikora, its Pridezo...
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