Last Born In The Wilderness
741 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 110 ratingsA podcast about death, dying, and the ruptures of life in between.
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John Feffer: Nationalism & COVID-19
March 21, 2020 15:00 - 8 minutes - 7.68 MBThis is a segment of episode #237 of Last Born In The Wilderness “House Of Cards: COVID-19 & The Blow To Globalization w/ John Feffer.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWfeffer Read ‘Will the Coronavirus Kill Globalization?’ at Foreign Policy In Focus: http://bit.ly/fpifcorona In this segment of my interview with John Feffer, director of Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) at the Institute for Policy Studies, we discuss the impact the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has had on the glo...
#237 | House Of Cards: COVID-19 & The Blow To Globalization w/ John Feffer
March 19, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 65.9 MB[Intro: 13:55 | Book Pre-sale: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with John Feffer, director of Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) at the Institute for Policy Studies. We discuss the impact the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has had on the global economic system, as laid out in his article ‘Will the Coronavirus Kill Globalization?’ published at FPIF and CounterPunch. There are plenty of adequate resources currently available on the nature of the coronavirus, including how it sprea...
Do Me A Solid: Drop Me A Line
March 18, 2020 19:56 - 6 minutes - 5.54 MBHey folks, do me a solid: let me know how each of you are doing by calling my drop me a line number. State where you’re at and how you’re coping with this, and what you think will come next. Call 208 918 2837 and leave a three minute (or less) message, or drop me an audio file here: http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop With your permission, I’ll feature your messages in upcoming episodes, and respond to them. I want to know how you are all doing. Stay strong my friends. With love, Patrick WEBSITE: ...
Kollibri terre Sonnenblume: Environmental Deregulation & Coming Atrocities
March 18, 2020 15:00 - 9 minutes - 8.76 MBThis is a segment of episode #236 of Last Born In The Wilderness “The Toxic Gift That Keeps On Giving: Coming Atrocities w/ Kollibri terre Sonnenblume.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWsonnenblume Read ‘Russiagate: The Toxic Gift That Keeps on Giving’ and ‘Coming Atrocities’: http://bit.ly/38MX8hc / http://bit.ly/2TKdTW7 In this segment of my interview with prolific writer and dissident Kollibri terre Sonnenblume, we discuss two articles he recently published, the first being ‘...
#236 | The Toxic Gift That Keeps On Giving: Coming Atrocities w/ Kollibri terre Sonnenblume
March 16, 2020 15:00 - 2 hours - 110 MB[Intro: 13:19 | Book Pre-sale: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with prolific writer and dissident Kollibri terre Sonnenblume. We discuss two articles he recently published, the first ‘Russiagate: The Toxic Gift That Keeps on Giving’ published at CounterPunch, and ‘Coming Atrocities’ published on his website. We begin this discussion by addressing the McCarthy-era tactics, other forms of character assassination, the corporate media and the DNC have directed against the Bernie...
Brian Pace: Capitalism & The Set And Setting Of Psychedelic Therapy
March 11, 2020 15:00 - 7 minutes - 7.26 MBThis is a segment of episode #235 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Lucy In The Sky: Capitalism & The Cultural Baggage Of Psychedelics w/ Brian Pace.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWpace Read ‘Lucy In The Sky With Nazis: Psychedelics and the Right Wing’ at Psymposia: http://bit.ly/39xvSVn In this segment of my interview with Brian Pace, PhD, evolutionary ecologist and co-host of the Psymposia podcast Plus Three, we discuss his recently published article at Psymposia ‘Lucy In The...
#235 | Lucy In The Sky: Capitalism & The Cultural Baggage Of Psychedelics w/ Brian Pace
March 09, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 89.2 MB[Intro: 12:55] In this interview, I speak with Brian Pace, PhD, evolutionary ecologist and co-host of the Psymposia podcast Plus Three. We discuss his recently published article at Psymposia ‘Lucy In The Sky With Nazis: Psychedelics and the Right Wing.’ Brian dispenses with much of the cultural baggage that surrounds psychedelic use, including assumption that psychedelic use alone will lead individuals towards more egalitarian and anti-authoritarian attitudes and dispositions. “As psychede...
John Halstead: Climate Activism, Privilege, & Post-Doom
March 04, 2020 16:00 - 10 minutes - 9.69 MBThis is a segment of episode #234 of Last Born In The Wilderness “The Curse Of Hope: We Did Start The Fire w/ John Halstead.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWhalstead2 Read 'We Did Start the Fire: Climate Change and The Curse of Hope' and 'Why I Stopped Protesting and Started a Garden’ at Gods & Radicals Press: http://bit.ly/2TaUCwQ / http://bit.ly/3alkM5T In this segment of my interview with John Halstead — pagan writer, (former) activist, and author of 'Another End of the Wor...
#234 | The Curse Of Hope: We Did Start The Fire w/ John Halstead
March 02, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 75.9 MB[Intro: 11:51] In this episode, I speak with John Halstead — pagan writer, (former) activist, and author of 'Another End of the World is Possible.’ We discuss his two most recent essays published at Gods & Radicals Press — 'We Did Start the Fire: Climate Change and the Curse of Hope' and 'Why I Stopped Protesting and Started a Garden.’ “Human civilization is a fire. It’s been burning since we’ve been human. And the human story is not a straight line, but a circle, a great ring of fire.” (ht...
Gord Hill: Shut Down Canada, The Apartheid State
February 27, 2020 16:00 - 7 minutes - 7.28 MBThis is a segment of episode #232 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Reconciliation Is Dead: The Unist'ot'en Camp & Shutting Down Canada w/ Gord Hill.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWhill2 Support the Unist’ot’en Camp: http://unistoten.camp Read ‘Reconciliation is Dead: A Strategic Proposal’: http://bit.ly/2PdGkcA Over the past several weeks, the RCMP has invaded Wet’suwet’en sovereign territory and arrested numerous land defenders, including three Matriarchs — Freda Huson (Chie...
#233 | Reconciliation Is Dead: The Unist'ot'en Camp & Shutting Down Canada w/ Gord Hill
February 25, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MB[Intro: 6:56] In this interview, I speak with Indigenous artist, activist the author Gord Hill. We discuss the recent events at the Unist’ot’en Camp on the Wet’suwet’en First Nation’s territory in B.C., Canada, and the wave of solidarity actions that have sprung up across Canada the past several weeks in response to the RCMP’s invasion of their territory. Over the past several weeks, the RCMP has invaded Wet’suwet’en sovereign territory and arrested numerous land defenders, including three ...
Christian Braga: It Is The Unrest That Moves Us
February 23, 2020 16:00 - 5 minutes - 4.95 MBThis is a segment of episode #232 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Indigenous Peoples Through The Lens Of The Media w/ Christian Braga.” Listen/watch the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWbraga / https://youtu.be/BzW181jl3bk Learn more about Christian’s work: https://www.instagram.com/christiaanbraga / https://www.agenciafarpa.com Christian Braga’s striking and stirring photographic work has helped elevate the perspectives of the most oppressed populations in Brazil. His vivid documentation of ...
#232 | Indigenous Peoples Through The Lens Of The Media w/ Christian Braga
February 21, 2020 16:00 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MB[Intro: 8:45] In this episode, I speak with Christian Braga — photojournalist, activist, and member of the media collective Farpa (“It is, therefore, a product of the restlessness that moves us, that spurs us every day in search of images that matter”). This interview was recorded in São Paulo, and interpreted by Mirna Wabi-Sabi. Christian’s striking and stirring photographic work has helped elevate the perspectives of the most oppressed populations in Brazil. His vivid documentation of suc...
Joshua Birchall: Language Preservation & The Price Of Negotiation
February 14, 2020 15:57 - 3 minutes - 2.8 MBThis is a segment of episode #231 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Before It Is Lost: Indigenous Identity & Language In Amazonia w/ Joshua Birchall.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWbirchall Learn more about the peoples and languages Joshua has spent the most time with — the Oro Win, Wari’, and Aikanã: http://bit.ly/37428xi / http://bit.ly/39hpG3c / http://bit.ly/31AlEQW This interview with anthropologist and linguist Joshua Birchall was recorded in his office at the Museu Parae...
#231 | Before It Is Lost: Indigenous Identity & Language In Amazonia w/ Joshua Birchall
February 10, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 87 MB[Intro: 6:36] This interview with anthropologist and linguist Joshua Birchall was recorded in his office at the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi in Belém, Brazil. Joshua has been doing field work in Indigenous communities in the Brazilian state of Rondônia and in parts of Bolivia for over a decade, documenting dying languages before they completely disappear from the human collective for good. Languages are disappearing at an increasing and alarming rate, with Indigenous communities in Amazonia...
Wearing Gas Masks On A Dying Planet | Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael
February 06, 2020 18:15 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBThis is a segment of my debate/discussion with Alexander Miller was recorded for J.G. Michael's podcast Parallax Views. Listen to the full episode "Are We Doomed?: A Climate Change Debate/Discussion w/ Patrick Farnsworth and Alexander Miller": https://parallaxviews.podbean.com/e/doomdebate Something I wrote after recording this episode: "People can argue endlessly over what the data of climate change points to, whether or not it's really all that bad or not, etcetera... I'm tired of these d...
Karina Ramos: Building The Strength To Destroy The Racist Structure
February 05, 2020 16:00 - 6 minutes - 5.76 MBThis is a segment of episode #230 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Perceptions Of The African Diaspora In Brazil & Abroad w/ Karina Ramos.” Listen/watch the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWramos / https://youtu.be/fRvq7kHEJl0 Read Karina’s article ‘In The Shrine Of Old Black Iaiá, Let's Hail’ published at Gods & Radicals Press: http://bit.ly/3b03rR1 In this segment of my interview with Karina Ramos, historian and member the Brazilian Association of African Studies, we discuss the roots and co...
#230 | Perceptions Of The African Diaspora In Brazil & Abroad w/ Karina Ramos
February 03, 2020 16:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MB[Intro: 21:27 | Video: https://youtu.be/fRvq7kHEJl0] In this interview with Karina Ramos, historian and member the Brazilian Association of African Studies, we discuss the roots and contemporary struggles of Afro-Brazilian religious traditions and communities in Brazil (in particular Rio), and how contemporary forms of State and social oppression of these communities has manifested. This interview was recorded and filmed in Rio de Janeiro, with interpretation by Mirna Wabi-Sabi. "Since t...
Timothy Lenton: Cascading Climate Shifts & Nonlinear Changes
January 29, 2020 16:00 - 8 minutes - 7.68 MBThis is a segment of episode #229 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Tipping Points: Cascading Climate Shifts & Nonlinear Changes Are Upon Us w/ Timothy Lenton.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWlenton Read Timothy’s article ‘Climate tipping points — too risky to bet against’ published at Nature: https://go.nature.com/2TfNQ9G To adequately comprehend global climate change and how its impacts will play out in the near and distant future, identifying how crossing tipping points in th...
Elisa Quadros: Mais Amor, Menos Capital [Br. Portuguese]
January 27, 2020 19:20 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBElisa Quadros, ativista anarquista e co-organizadora do evento 'Mais amor, menos capital' no Rio de Janeiro, conta sua história como uma das dissidentes e prisioneiras políticas mais conhecidas do Brasil devido à perseguição implacável da mídia, da polícia, e de milicianos desde seu envolvimento nos protestos em massa de 2013. Ouça o episódio completo em áudio (inglês): http://bit.ly/LBWmllc Assista à primeira entrevista com o ativista André Miguéis: https://youtu.be/uu7YCQLaLX8 Esta entrev...
André Miguéis: Mais Amor, Menos Capital [Br. Portuguese]
January 27, 2020 19:19 - 5 minutes - 4.77 MBAndré Miguéis, da Mídia Independente Coletiva (MIC), discute as origens radicais do evento 'Mais amor, menos capital' no Rio de Janeiro e seu objetivo final de construir solidariedade e poder político de base no Brasil. Ouça o episódio completo em áudio (inglês): http://bit.ly/LBWmllc Assista à segunda entrevista com a ativista Elisa Quadros: https://youtu.be/oUFDj0c66DM Esta entrevista foi gravada em colaboração com Mirna Wabi-Sabi -- teórica política, jornalista e editora da Gods & Radica...
#229 | Tipping Points: Cascading Climate Shifts & Nonlinear Changes Are Upon Us w/ Timothy Lenton
January 27, 2020 16:00 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBIn this episode, I speak with Timothy Lenton, director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. We discuss his research into climate tipping points presented in the article ‘Climate tipping points — too risky to bet against’ published at Nature. To adequately comprehend global climate change and how its impacts will play out in the near and distant future, identifying various tipping points in the Earth’s intersecting systems, and how crossing them w...
André Miguéis: More Love, Less Capital [English]
January 22, 2020 20:37 - 5 minutes - 4.77 MBThis interview was featured in episode #228 of Last Born In The Wilderness “More Love, Less Capital w/ Mirna Wabi-Sabi, André Miguéis, & Elisa Quadros.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWmllc Read Mirna Wabi-Sabi's accompanying article 'Learning to organize in a time of repression, climate crisis, and war' at Gods & Radicals Press: http://bit.ly/37cwcYu André Miguéis from Collective Independent Media (MIC) discusses the radical origins of the ‘More Love, Less Capital (Mais Amor...
Elisa Quadros: More Love, Less Capital [English]
January 22, 2020 16:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBThis interview was featured in episode #228 of Last Born In The Wilderness “More Love, Less Capital w/ Mirna Wabi-Sabi, André Miguéis, & Elisa Quadros.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWmllc Read Mirna Wabi-Sabi's accompanying article 'Learning to organize in a time of repression, climate crisis, and war' at Gods & Radicals Press: http://bit.ly/37cwcYu Elisa Quadros, an anarchist activist and co-organizer of the 'More Love, Less Capital (Mais Amor, Menos Capital)' event in Rio...
#228 | More Love, Less Capital w/ Mirna Wabi-Sabi, André Miguéis, & Elisa Quadros
January 20, 2020 14:44 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MB[André Miguéis: 32:56 | Elisa Quadros: 38:10] In this episode, I speak with André Miguéis and Elisa Quadros — radical political organizers of the ‘More Love, Less Capital (Mais Amor, Menos Capital)’ event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, recorded on December 20th, 2019. This is the first episode featuring interviews conducted from Brazil in collaboration with Mirna Wabi-Sabi — political theorist, journalist, and editor at Gods & Radicals Press. This episode begins with a 30-minute discussion betw...
Matthew Remski: Trauma Bonding & Cultic Yearnings At The End Of The World
January 15, 2020 16:00 - 10 minutes - 9.68 MBThis is a segment of episode #227 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Somatic Dominance: Climate Collapse & The Spectre Of Cultic Yearnings w/ Matthew Remski.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWremski Read Matthew’s article ‘Yoga’s Culture of Sexual Abuse: Nine Women Tell Their Stories’ published at The Walrus: http://bit.ly/2SFaNT8 In this segment of my interview with yoga practitioner, teacher, and author of ‘Practice and All Is Coming: Abuse, Cult Dynamics, and Healing in Yoga and...
#227 | Somatic Dominance: Climate Collapse & The Spectre Of Cultic Yearnings w/ Matthew Remski
January 13, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 101 MB[Intro: 10:23 | Outro: 1:38:01] In this episode, I speak with yoga practitioner, teacher, and author of ‘Practice and All Is Coming: Abuse, Cult Dynamics, and Healing in Yoga and Beyond’ Matthew Remski. As Matthew revealed in his article ‘Yoga’s Culture of Sexual Abuse: Nine Women Tell Their Stories’ published at The Walrus, contemporary yoga has an appalling and pervasive sexual abuse problem. “Modern yoga has been fraught with stories of charismatic male yoga teachers who promoted their ...
Alley Valkyrie: Americans, How To Not Win A Damn Thing
January 08, 2020 16:00 - 9 minutes - 8.8 MBThis is a segment of episode #226 of Last Born in The Wilderness “Giving Way To Passivity & Despair: Americans, How To Not Win A Damn Thing w/ Alley Valkyrie.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWvalkyrie Purchase Alley’s book ‘Of Monsters and Miso’ from Gods & Radicals Press: http://bit.ly/39iH08M In this segment of my interview with social critic, activist, writer, and textile artist Alley Valkyrie, we discuss the waves of protests have swept nations around the globe, with robust...
#226 | Giving Way To Passivity & Despair: Americans, How To Not Win A Damn Thing w/ Alley Valkyrie
January 06, 2020 15:13 - 1 hour - 78.2 MB[Intro: 7:47] In this episode, I speak with social critic, activist, writer, and textile artist Alley Valkyrie, co-founder of Gods & Radicals and author of ‘Of Monsters and Miso,’ “a bilingual book of delicious miso sauce recipes.” Waves of protests have swept nations around the globe, with robust examples mass resistance in such places as Hong Kong (http://bit.ly/2Q2LtF8), Chile, and France, just to name a few. (http://bit.ly/2SFi8lX) Organized resistance against the neoliberal economic po...
Oliver Belcher: Climate Crisis & The War Machine
January 01, 2020 16:00 - 9 minutes - 8.29 MBThis is a segment of episode #225 of Last Born In The Wilderness “The Bootprint Of Empire: The Environmental Impacts Of The US War Machine w/ Oliver Belcher.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWbelcher Read ‘US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries – shrinking this war machine is a must’ published at The Conversation: http://bit.ly/396LbnZ In this segment with Oliver Belcher, Assistant Professor in Human Geography at Durham University and co-author of the art...
End Of 2019: Thank You All
December 31, 2019 16:19 - 3 minutes - 2.79 MBA short message from yours truly. Thank you for the amazing year. As Joe Brewer would say, "onward, fellow humans."
#225 | The Bootprint Of Empire: The Environmental Impacts Of The US War Machine w/ Oliver Belcher
December 30, 2019 15:33 - 1 hour - 62.6 MB[Intro: 12:11 | Outro: 1:00:08] In this episode, I speak with Oliver Belcher, Assistant Professor in Human Geography at Durham University and co-author of ‘Hidden carbon costs of the “everywhere war”: Logistics, geopolitical ecology, and the carbon boot‐print of the US military’ with Patrick Bigger, Ben Neimark, Cara Kennelly. A summary of their research was published at The Conversation ‘US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries – shrinking this war machine is a must.’ ...
Vivek Mahbubani: The Question Of Foreign Intervention In The Hong Kong Uprising
December 14, 2019 16:00 - 6 minutes - 6.25 MBThis is a segment of episode #224 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Six Months On, No Regrets: The Hong Kong Uprising, A Ground-Level View w/ Vivek Mahbubani.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWmahbubani Learn more about Vivek: https://funnyvivek.com In this segment of my interview with Hong Kong citizen, bilingual stand-up comedian, and activist Vivek Mahbubani, I ask Vivek to provide a much needed ground-level view of the historic and ongoing uprising in Hong Kong these past six ...
#224 | Six Months On, No Regrets: The Hong Kong Uprising, A Ground-Level View w/ Vivek Mahbubani
December 12, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 69.8 MB[Intro: 7:21] In this episode, I speak with Hong Kong citizen, bilingual stand-up comedian, and activist Vivek Mahbubani. Vivek provides a much needed ground-level view of the historic and ongoing uprising in Hong Kong these past six months. We begin with Vivek providing some details of his background as an ethnically-Indian person born and raised in Hong Kong, with all the challenges that come with being treated as an outsider in this complex society. Vivek then moves on to provide some mu...
Mirna Wabi-Sabi: Villa Mimosa, Non-White Women, & The Roots Of Displacement
December 11, 2019 16:00 - 9 minutes - 9.07 MBThis is a segment of episode #223 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Mapping The Roots: A History Of Displacement w/ Mirna Wabi-Sabi.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWwabisabi2 Read Mirna’s article The History of Displacement of Non-White Women in Villa Mimosa’: http://bit.ly/2Rb2gqs In this segment of my discussion with political theorist, writer, and editor at Gods & Radicals Mirna Wabi-Sabi, we examine the themes presented in Mirna’s article ‘The History of Displacement of Non-...
#223 | Mapping The Roots: A History Of Displacement w/ Mirna Wabi-Sabi
December 09, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 89.4 MB[Intro: 9:08] In this episode, I speak with political theorist, writer, and editor at Gods & Radicals Mirna Wabi-Sabi. Mirna and I begin this discussion by laying out the nature of our upcoming collaborative work together, as I’ll be traveling to southern Brazil for two months, beginning December 8th. In explaining how our work overlaps in crucial ways, we remark on the absurdity of contemporary politics in both in Brazil and the United States, and how the often narrow focus of climate jus...
Dougald Hine: Dark Passage
December 04, 2019 16:00 - 8 minutes - 8.23 MBThis is a segment of episode #222 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Dark Materials: They Didn't Want You To Panic w/ Dougald Hine.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWhine Read Dougald’s ‘Notes From Underground’ series at Bella Caledonia: http://bit.ly/2Ds76r6 In this segment of my discussion with Dark Mountain Project co-founder and writer Dougald Hine, we discuss his new writing series ‘Notes From Underground,’ published weekly at Bella Caledonia, that explores "the deep context o...
Bonus | DMAL: Reimagining Our Relationship With Invasive Species w/ Elliot, Tao, & Avi
December 02, 2019 14:32 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBElliot Robinson, a listener of the podcast that works in land restoration in New Orleans, dropped me a line regarding to my episode with social anthropologist Dr. Khalil Avi, featured in episode #220 (http://bit.ly/LBWavi). He posed a great question regarding how to deal with a particular "invasive species" in his work, the Chinese Tallow Tree. I sent the audio of Elliot's call to Avi, and he contacted permaculture designer, teacher, homesteader and author of ‘Beyond the War on Invasive Speci...
#222 | Dark Materials: They Didn't Want You To Panic w/ Dougald Hine
December 02, 2019 14:32 - 2 hours - 120 MB[Intro: 11:55 | Outro: 1:31:02] In this episode, I speak with Dark Mountain Project co-founder and writer Dougald Hine. We discuss his new writing series ‘Notes From Underground,’ published weekly at Bella Caledonia, that explores "the deep context of the new climate movements that have surfaced since mid-2018." As Dougald notes in his article ‘Al Gore Didn’t Want You to Panic,’ the first of his series at Bella Caledonia: “What kind of process is it, then, that has been underway this past ...
Stephen Pyne: Humanity's Complex Relationship With The Shapeshifter Element
November 27, 2019 16:00 - 10 minutes - 9.33 MBThis is a segment of episode #221 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Age Of Fire: Humanity's Long Relationship With The Shapeshifter Element w/ Stephen Pyne.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWpyne Read ‘The Fire Age’: http://bit.ly/2Oc93hF In this segment with Stephen Pyne, environmental historian and author of ‘Fire: A Brief History.’ I ask him to elaborate on humanity's long, deep, and complex relationship with fire. He explains how this relationship has informed everything from ...
#221 | Age Of Fire: Humanity's Long Relationship With The Shapeshifter Element w/ Stephen Pyne
November 25, 2019 15:43 - 1 hour - 76.8 MB[Intro: 11:12 | Outro: 1:04:42] In this episode, I speak with Stephen Pyne, environmental historian and author of ‘Fire: A Brief History.’ In this discussion with Stephen, I ask him to elaborate on humanity's long, deep, and complex relationship with fire. He explains how this relationship has informed everything from how our bodies have evolved to the impact this has had on our global environment up to the present moment. As Stephen has framed it, we have entered into an age of fire, whic...
Dr. Khalil Avi: Halting The War On Invasive Species
November 20, 2019 16:00 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBThis is a segment of episode #220 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Don't Shoot The Messenger!: Halting The War On Invasive Species w/ Dr. Khalil Avi.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWavi Read Dr. Khalil Avi’s article ‘Don’t Kill The Messenger!: Invasive Species and Halting Biodiversity Loss’ at Gods & Radicals: http://bit.ly/2qHsl5m In this segment of my interview with Social Anthropologist Dr. Khalil Avi, author of the article ‘Don’t Kill The Messenger!: Invasive Species and Ha...
#220 | Don't Shoot The Messenger!: Halting The War On Invasive Species w/ Dr. Khalil Avi
November 18, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 76.2 MB[Intro: 9:00 | Outro: 1:15:00] In this episode, I speak with Social Anthropologist Dr. Khalil Avi, author of the article ‘Don’t Kill The Messenger!: Invasive Species and Halting Biodiversity Loss’ published at Gods & Radicals. Avi addresses some of the underlying (colonialist, nationalist, and provincial) assumptions that surround the efforts to halt biodiversity loss in our age of abrupt climate change and environmental catastrophe. He challenges our notions of what it really means to hal...
Extinction Radio | Segment w/ Michael Sliwa, Paul Beckwith, & Mike Ferrigan
November 16, 2019 01:19 - 7 minutes - 6.77 MBThis is a segment of my discussion with Michael Sliwa and Paul Beckwith on Mike Ferrigan’s program Extinction Radio: https://extinctionradio.net This episode was recorded November 14th, 2019. We discuss the Green New Deal, so-called sustainable technologies, the science of abrupt climate disruption, geoengineering, and more. Listen/watch the full episode: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com/interviews/extinction-radio
Noam Chomsky: The Plight Of Assange & The Greatest Challenge To State Power
November 09, 2019 16:00 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBThis is a segment of episode #219 of Last Born In The Wilderness “The Greatest Challenge To State Power: Journalism In Our Time w/ Noam Chomsky.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWchomsky Read the cited article ‘I can’t think properly’: Assange fights back tears and struggles to say own name as he appears in court over US extradition’ from The Independent: http://bit.ly/2Cjdrof In this segment of my interview with renowned political dissident Noam Chomsky, we discuss the responsi...
#219 | The Greatest Challenge To State Power: Journalism In Our Time w/ Noam Chomsky
November 07, 2019 16:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MB[Intro: 3:35 | English transcript: http://bit.ly/GRchomksy | Br. Portuguese transcript: http://bit.ly/2DhFNQa] In this episode, I speak with political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky. In this brief discussion, we begin with Professor Chomsky examining the current state and trajectory of the United States empire within the broader scope of recent history, fitting the recent “withdrawal” of the US military presence in Northeast Syria, under Kurdish governance, as an indication of ...
Samantha Zipporah: Pregnancy Release & Respecting The Womb Continuum
November 06, 2019 16:00 - 9 minutes - 8.35 MBThis is a segment of episode #218 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Into The Yoniverse: The Womb Continuum & Reclaiming Ancestral Knowledge w/ Samantha Zipporah.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWzipporah Purchase a copy of ‘Mapping The Yoniverse,’ a “sex and body positive, gender inclusive and affirming, physical and energy anatomy coloring book,” illustrated by Casandra Johns: http://samanthazipporah.com/mappingtheyoniverse/ This interview with Samantha is about reclaiming what ...
#218 | Into The Yoniverse: The Womb Continuum & Reclaiming Ancestral Knowledge w/ Samantha Zipporah
November 04, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 74.5 MB[Intro: 6:12 | Video episode: https://youtu.be/hpzas3qLTEQ] In this episode, I speak with Samantha Zipporah, reproductive justice activist and author of ‘Mapping The Yoniverse,’ a “sex and body positive, gender inclusive and affirming, physical and energy anatomy coloring book,” illustrated by Casandra Johns. This interview with Samantha is about reclaiming what has been lost. When it comes to our bodily autonomy and knowledge of own health, sexual or otherwise, we have, through a combinati...
William Hawes: Technophilia & Resistance In The Age Of Limbic Capitalism
October 30, 2019 15:00 - 4 minutes - 4.42 MBThis is a segment of episode #217 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Being Extremely Online: Technophilia & The Pervasive Logic Of The Algorithm w/ William Hawes.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWhawes Read William’s essay ‘Questioning The Extremely Online’: http://bit.ly/2o5oy0C What does it mean to be extremely online? As William puts it simply and bluntly, it’s “spending too much time on the web, scrolling through social media feeds out of habit, checking email or notifications...
#217 | Being Extremely Online: Technophilia & The Pervasive Logic Of The Algorithm w/ William Hawes
October 28, 2019 15:00 - 1 hour - 74 MB[Intro: 12:55 | Outro: 1:08:16] In this episode, I speak with political writer William Hawes. We discuss his sharp and insightful essay ‘Questioning The Extremely Online.’ What does it mean to be extremely online? As William puts it simply and bluntly, it’s “spending too much time on the web, scrolling through social media feeds out of habit, checking email or notifications dozens of times a day” — something that I, and so many others, are completely guilty of in this age of information. W...