Interweaving

In this episode, we hear from seven university students in the United States and Pakistan regarding their recent experiences and the local effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. From the impact on food systems and education to the implications for local healthcare and human rights, we get a glimpse of some of the far-reaching changes that this global public health crisis has set in motion.

In this episode, filmmakers Blake Lavia and Tzintzun Aguilar Izzo of the Talking Wings Collective take us on a journey to Coatepec, Veracruz (Mexico), where stingless bees embody the promise of regenerative agriculture for a world that desperately needs climate solutions. They also give us a preview of their upcoming film and the 2020 North Country Art, Land and Environment Summit.

In this episode, we continue weaving the world during a global pandemic with more “COVID-19 Diaries” from citizen reporters. What are they seeing and experiencing, how are their communities affected, and what are some of the larger issues at play? This episode features reports from Italy, Costa Rica, and Myanmar as well as reflections from two filmmakers who returned to the US from Mexico in the midst of the pandemic.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread globally, we continue weaving the world together through first-hand testimonies from citizen reporters. What are they seeing and experiencing, how are their communities affected, and what are some of the larger issues at play? This episode features reports from Boston, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), France, and Michigan.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread globally, we continue weaving the world together through first-hand testimonies from citizen reporters. What are they seeing and experiencing, how are their communities affected, and what are some of the larger issues at play? This episode features reports from New York City, China, Zimbabwe, and Guatemala.

In this episode, we continue weaving the world together in the midst of a global health crisis by hearing from Weave News contributors in India, Brazil, Finland, and Myanmar. How is COVID-19 affecting their communities? What are they seeing and experiencing? And what are some of the larger questions raised by this ongoing pandemic?

In this episode, we continue weaving the world together in the midst of a global health crisis by hearing from Weave News contributors in Hong Kong, the United States, Palestine, Nepal, and Jordan. How is COVID-19 affecting their communities? What are they seeing and experiencing? And what are some of the larger questions raised by this ongoing pandemic?

In this episode, we continue weaving the world together in the midst of a global health crisis by hearing from Weave News contributors in Hong Kong, Bolivia, Australia, Thailand, and the Netherlands. How is COVID-19 affecting their communities? What are they seeing and experiencing? And what are some of the larger questions raised by this ongoing pandemic?

In this episode, we weave the world together in the midst of a global health crisis by hearing from three Weave News contributors in Myanmar, Qatar, and Spain. How is COVID-19 affecting their communities? What are they seeing and experiencing? And what are some of the larger questions raised by this ongoing pandemic?

In this episode, we weave the world together in the midst of a global health crisis by hearing from four Weave News contributors in Argentina, the United States, and the United Kingdom. How is COVID-19 affecting their communities? What are they seeing and experiencing? And what are some of the larger questions raised by this ongoing pandemic?

In this episode, Nicole Roché speaks with two archaeology professors from the State University of New York at Potsdam about their recent work in New York State’s North Country region. Dr. Hadley Kruczek-Aaron and Dr. Tim Messner highlight how archaeology can be a powerful tool for challenging historical narratives that too often privilege the perspectives of the powerful.

In this episode, student journalists from St. Lawrence University offer a profile of We Are Not Numbers, a youth-run independent media organization in the Gaza Strip. In addition to project founder Pam Bailey, they speak with two WANN contributing writers, Basman Derawi and Ali Abusheikh. Ali also gives us an inside look at how ordinary Gazans experienced a recent period of Israeli airstrikes during the holy month of Ramadan.

In this episode, student journalists from St. Lawrence University take a look inside the independent media work of Project Censored, which has been promoting media democracy for more than four decades. We hear from Project Censored associate director Andy Lee Roth, Dr. Susan Rahman (College of Marin), filmmaker Doug Hecker, and Project Censored student contributor Isabelle Snow (College of Marin).

In this episode, John Collins and Terry DuBray explore local efforts in northern New York to build a grassroots movement in response to the urgent threat of climate crisis. They speak with activists at a climate vigil in Canton, NY, researcher Dr. Jon Rosales, and grassroots organizer Toni Kennedy about the challenges associated with trying to shift the conversation about climate change.

In this episode, Weave News editor Savannah Crowley speaks with Dr. Lisa Guenther about the “horizon” of prison abolition, and theater educator Rivka Rocchio shares some of the creative work she is doing to highlight the stories of correctional officers in northern New York.

In this episode, three St. Lawrence University students offer a profile of War News Radio, a unique independent media project based at Swarthmore College. We hear from one of the students who helped create War News Radio in 2004 as well as a current Swarthmore student who is part of the new generation of WNR journalists.

In this episode, Shanice Arlow speaks with Sean Jacobs, a professor at The New School and founder and editor of the influential Africa Is a Country blog. They touched on US media representations of Africa, the current state of politics on the African continent, and much more.

In the inaugural episode of the Interweaving podcast, John Collins speaks with Dr. Liliana Trevizan of SUNY Potsdam about a new exhibition of Chilean arpilleras and the legacy of women's resistance to dictatorship.