The Climate Imaginary: We Survived the Night — with Julian Brave NoiseCat

On the sixth episode of our Below the Radar series: The Climate Imaginary, Am Johal is joined by journalist and researcher Julian Brave NoiseCat. Julian’s work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, CBC, and more. They discuss coming of age in a time of several prominent Indigenous movements that combined political and environmental activism, as well as Julian’s work in policy making for projects such as the Green New Deal. Julian also talks about the book he is working on— We Survived the Night—that braids together reportage on Indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada with personal narratives.

Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/series/the-climate-imaginary/197-julian-brave-noisecat.html

Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/197-julian-brave-noisecat.html

Resources:
Julian Brave NoiseCat: https://www.julianbravenoisecat.com/

Dakota Access Pipeline: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/03/north-dakota-access-oil-pipeline-protests-explainer

Julians article on the “Green New Deal”: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/20/joe-biden-has-endorsed-the-green-new-deal-in-all-but-name

The Great Derangement by Amitav Ghosh: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo22265507.html

The Sunrise Movement: https://www.sunrisemovement.org/

Julian Brave NoiseCat’s upcoming book: https://global.penguinrandomhouse.com/announcements/knopf-author-julian-brave-noisecat-a-recipient-of-the-american-mosaic-journalism-prize/

Bio:
Julian Brave NoiseCat’s work cuts across the fields of journalism, policy, research, art, activism and advocacy, often engaging multiple disciplines at once. He is currently an 11th Hour Fellow at New America as well as a Fellow of the Type Media Center. At heart, he is a writer, son, brother, nephew, cousin, godfather, friend and community member.

Julian’s work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, CBC, and more. His journalism has been recognized by the judges of the Livingston Awards as well as the Mirror Awards, Canadian National Magazine Awards and Canadian Digital Publishing Awards, among others. He wrote the foreword to the Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada and was invited to consult for the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights' general comment on land rights. He has authored and edited many public policy briefs, memos, reports, polls, scorecards and other works, shaping progressive platforms like the Green New Deal.

Cite this episode:
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Johal, Am. “The Climate Imaginary: We Survived the Night — with Julian Brave NoiseCat” Below the Radar, SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, December 6, 2022. https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/series/the-climate-imaginary/197-julian-brave-noisecat.html.