How to Survive the End of the World
177 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsJoin Autumn Brown and adrienne maree brown, two sisters who share many identities, as writers, activists, facilitators, and inheritors of multiracial diasporic lineages, as well as a particular interest in the question of survival, as we embark on a podcast that delves into the practices we need as a community, to move through endings and to come out whole on the other side, whatever that might be.
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Elections in End Times #BlackNovember
October 24, 2018 14:02 - 1 hour - 69.1 MBJoin the Brown sisters for a conversation with Three Point Strategies' Jessica Byrd and Kayla Reed. We cover basically everything we need to know about engaging in the electoral process, especially this corrupt age, with our eyes on freedom. CHECK OUT THESE LINKS! https://www.threepointstrategies.org/ https://vote.gov/ https://wholeads.us/ https://ejp.m4bl.org/ https://blacknovember.org Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg - www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow https://www.endoftheworld...
Apocalypse Survival Skills #1: Grow and Preserve
October 17, 2018 15:02 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBIn this episode, our resident inexpert gardener, Autumn, talks us through the trials of garden management and the glory of food preservation. Music by Tunde Olaniran (his new album, "Stranger", is out now!) and Mother Cyborg - www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow endoftheworldshow.org @endoftheworldPC --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/how-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/message
The Apocalypse We Live In : State Violence and Repression
October 10, 2018 16:52 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBJoin us for a difficult conversation about how we sustain movements under state violence and repression. Music by Tunde Olaniran (his new album, "Stranger", is out now!) and Mother Cyborg - www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow endoftheworldshow.org @endoftheworldPC --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/how-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/message
Dr. Ford's Dignity
October 02, 2018 13:44 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBWe must define our own victories in this daunting political climate. Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg - www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow endoftheworldshow.org @endoftheworldPC --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/how-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/message
The Impossible Things About Us
September 26, 2018 16:02 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBIn this episode, the brown sisters explore the impossible things about us, and how getting in right relationship with ourselves, our vulnerability, and our purpose might help us heal from the inevitable burnout of trying to be perfect in a world designed to crush us. Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg - www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow endoftheworldshow.org @endoftheworldPC SHOW NOTE: During this episode we mention the amazing new book, Feminism and Intersectionality in Academia -...
Black Love: A Day at the Museum
September 12, 2018 15:16 - 1 hour - 81.3 MBAutumn and adrienne are back from their summer break. In this episode, the Brown sisters share their powerful experience at the National Museum of African American History & Culture and the National Portrait Gallery, and the lessons they took away about black apocalypse, black resilience, and black love. Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg - www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow endoftheworldshow.org @endoftheworldPC --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/...
And We Out!
July 03, 2018 21:13 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBadrienne and Autumn check in around summer plans. (We're taking July and August off and will be back at it come September.) www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow Music by Tunde Olaniran, Mother Cyborg and Invincible. - endoftheworldshow.org @endoftheworldPC --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/how-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/message
How to Survive Live in Detroit
June 19, 2018 12:59 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBEvery year in June, social justice organizers, artists, and media makers from around the country (and beyond) gather in Detroit for the Allied Media Conference. Autumn and adrienne sat down on day 3 of the event, with over 200 activists, and held our first ever live show. We talk about sisterhood, survival, and liberation through pleasure. HEADS UP: Become a patron this month to get a limited run APOCALYPSE POTION, handcrafted by Dori Midnight! (If you're already a patron, you get the potio...
The Apocalypse We Need: #metoo and Transformative Justice Part 1
June 05, 2018 18:03 - 47 minutes - 44 MBThis episode is the first in a series of conversations about #metoo and the apocalypse of patriarchy and rape culture. In this first conversation, adrienne and Autumn share about the personal impact of the #metoo movement on our lives and the questions it is spurring in us. Content warning that this episode includes discussion of sexual violence. HEADS UP: Become a patron this month to get a limited run Apocalypse Potion, handcrafted by Dori Midnight! (If you're already a patron, you get the...
Your People Will Find You: The Octavia Butler Legacy Network
May 22, 2018 14:40 - 1 hour - 57.1 MB"The act of writing itself was a kind of therapy." - Octavia Butler https://www.patreon.com/oeblegacy The Brown sisters sat down with the brilliant team at the Octavia E Butler Legacy Network to learn about their Octavia scholarship, digging into Octavia's papers at the Huntington Library, weaving the pattern, and upcoming ways to engage your Octavia love. Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg - endoftheworldshow.org www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow @endoftheworldPC --- Send in a...
In the Pattern
May 08, 2018 14:11 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MB"When her enemies came to kill her, she knew more about surviving than they did about killing." - Octavia Butler, Wild Seed The Brown sisters geek out over Octavia Butler's Patternist series, finding lessons and practices around technology, telepathy, relationships, morality and how novels lead to each other. Spoilers! Music by Tunde Olaniran, Mother Cyborg and Blue Dot Sessions - endoftheworldshow.org www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow @endoftheworldPC --- Send in a voice message: https...
Reshaping Apocalypse
April 24, 2018 08:00 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBIn this episode, adrienne interviews Autumn about apocalypse in the popular imagination, the myths and realities of disasters and their aftermath, and shaping a family towards survival, cooperation, and hospitality. Music from Tunde Olaniran, Mother Cyborg and Blue Dot Sessions - endoftheworldshow.org www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow @endoftheworldPC --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/how-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/message
4/20 SPECIAL: The People's Peanut Butter
April 20, 2018 20:20 - 40 minutes - 37 MBGet high with amb for 4ty minutes and 20 seconds (4/20 special). Music by Tunde Olaniran, Mother Cyborg and Blue Dot Sessions - endoftheworldshow.org www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow @endoftheworldPC --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/how-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/message
Taking Root Amongst the Stars with Chani Nicholas
April 10, 2018 13:15 - 1 hour - 57.8 MB"Our destiny is to take root amongst the stars." - Octavia Butler The Brown sisters go behind the night sky with one of our favorite astrologers, Chani Nicholas. We reflect on how to relate to and draw upon astrology as we move through change, relationship and movement building. http://chaninicholas.com/ Music from Mother Cyborg - endoftheworldshow.org www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow @endoftheworldPC --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/how-to-survive-...
Future Economics Part 1: The Money Talk
March 27, 2018 19:43 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBFor this episode, Autumn and adrienne peel back the layers of story, assumption and shame around class, debt and money. This is the first of an on-going series that will look at post apocalyptic economics. Additional music from Tunde Olaniran, Mother Cyborg and Blue Dot Sessions - endoftheworldshow.org www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow @endoftheworldPC --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/how-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/message
There’s a New World Comin’ with Toshi Reagon
March 13, 2018 18:07 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBIn today’s episode, the Brown sisters interview the legendary Toshi Reagon about the making of the Parable of the Sower Opera, a production years in the making, based on the dystopian novel by Octavia E. Butler. We caught Toshi in the midst of the New York premiere of the opera, and we talked with her about turning earthseed into song, lessons from her mother, and the necessity of creative practice. https://www.parableopera.com/ https://toshireagon.com/ Additional music from Blue Dot Sessio...
The Wisdom Body
February 27, 2018 15:01 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBIn this episode the Brown sisters explore their shared practice of tarot reading, from what it is, to how they use it, to what it has to do with survival and justice. Episode includes 2018 readings! Music by Tunde Olaniran and Blue Dot Sessions - endoftheworldshow.org www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow @endoftheworldPC --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/how-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/message
44 Minutes on Wakanda
February 24, 2018 15:37 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBThe Brown sisters went to Wakanda! Afterwards we recorded 44 minutes of gushing, SPOILERIFIC processing of the movie! Why 44? Because that's how much room we had on our SD card, and Shuri wasn't there to help us. Come, listen to us cover mad topics breathlessly! - endoftheworldshow.org www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow @endoftheworldPC - Music by Tunde Olaniran and Blue Dot Sessions --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/how-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/mes...
Shitting Our Pants
February 13, 2018 22:26 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBThe Brown Sisters are back! In our kickoff of Season 2, we share our gratitude and lessons from the pilot season, teasers of what is coming your way this year, and let you in on the way this podcast is transforming our sistership. - endoftheworldshow.org www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow @endoftheworldPC - Music by Tunde Olaniran and Blue Dot Sessions --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/how-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/message
Grieving, Loving Ursula Le Guin
January 29, 2018 00:03 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBWriter Ursula K. Le Guin died last week. She was 88. adrienne reflects on her relationship with the god, the writer, the thinker, the mother. (with an excerpt from Ursula K. Le Guin accepting the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at the 65th National Book Awards on November 19, 2014). endoftheworldshow.org www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow @endoftheworldPC - Music by Blue Dot Sessions --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotif...
Star Wars: A Spoiler Extravaganza
December 29, 2017 23:01 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBBonus Episode! Autumn and adrienne went to see Star Wars: The Last Jedi and couldn't let the year end with a somewhat tipsy spoiler extravaganza on this radical cultural offering. Join them in their parents basement AFTER seeing the movie. - endoftheworldshow.org www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow @endoftheworldPC - Music by Tunde Olaniran and Blue Dot Sessions --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/how-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/message
A Breathing Chorus with Alexis Pauline Gumbs
December 20, 2017 02:18 - 1 hour - 65.8 MB"To get along with God, consider the consequences of your behavior." - Octavia Butler, Earthseed Verses We are so excited to bring to you a conversation with our amazing comrade, our inspirational thought-leader, Alexis Pauline Gumbs. Alexis is a prolific writer, collage artist, lover and one of the black feminist thinkers we look to most to guide our own thinking and processes. Her latest opus is M Archive: After the End of the World. Music by Tunde Olaniran and Blue Dot Sessions - endofth...
Decolonize the Body
December 12, 2017 15:15 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBWe are Earthseed. We are flesh—self aware, questing, problem-solving flesh. We are that aspect of Earthlife best able to shape God knowingly. We are Earthlife maturing, Earthlife preparing to fall away from the parent world. We are Earthlife preparing to take root in new ground, Earthlife fulfilling its purpose, its promise, its Destiny. - Octavia Butler, Earthseed verses Our bodies, right now at this moment are both colonizers on this planet and our bodies are also colonized spaces on this ...
Completion Matters
December 05, 2017 15:32 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MB"To survive, let the past teach you. Past customs, struggles, leaders and thinkers. Let these help you. Let them inspire you, warn you, give you strength. But beware, God is change. Past is past. What was cannot come again. To survive, know the past, let it touch you, then let the past go." - Octavia Butler, Earthseed When we talk about the end of the world, we need to think about what is ending. This episode is about exploring endings large and small. Music by Tunde Olaniran and Blue Dot S...
Let the Ancestors Speak
November 28, 2017 18:20 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBWe want you to know more about who we are. We thought one way to do that is to open a window on to our creative practices of writing fiction, which leads into a conversation about channeling our ancestors. We believe we're in an imagination battle right now and that we're living in a world, and in power dynamics, someone else created. So, it's our responsibility to counter-imagine what we actually want and need to create futures that are viable for more and more of us. And some of the work ...
God is Change
November 21, 2017 13:46 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBWelcome to the pilot season of How to Survive the End of the World. This first season is us learning what this show wants and needs to be, and giving listeners a chance to get to know us. We dive deep pretty quickly so come prepared to feel your feelings. -- Music by Abishai, Tunde Olaniran, Audiobinger, Kaela Drew, Blue Dot Sessions, Alex Fitch. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/how-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/message
Trailer: This is how to survive the end of the world
November 07, 2017 19:25 - 2 minutes - 2.8 MBHow to Survive the End of the World is a new podcast hosted by sisters Autumn and adrienne maree brown. The Brown Sisters are learning from the apocalypse with grace, rigor and curiosity. Autumn Brown is a queer science fiction writer, a theologian, a mother of dragons, and healing justice facilitator for social movements living in rural Minnestoa. adrienne maree brown is a writer, facilitator of black liberation work, auntie extraordinaire, doula and pleasure activist. ----- https://w...