Podcasts about Kinship

3/8. Ten Thousand Years of Kinship: Native American Hunter-Gatherers and Ecological Balance — Dan Flores — Following the Pliocene extinction event, North America entered a 10,000-year period characterized by hunter-gatherer societies achieving sophisticated ecological equilibrium. Flores documents that Native American peoples consciously maintained deliberately restricted human populations (fewer than five million inhabitants) to preserve biodiversity and prevent further species loss, resulting in only one documented extinction during this extended period. Flores emphasizes that these indigenous societies conceptualized wild animals as kin, celebrating them through oral traditions, stories, and sacred ceremonies, with coyote and raven functioning as ancient deities and archetypal trickster figures within cosmological frameworks. 1870

We visit Basel Dalloul at the Dalloul Artist Collective to discuss the genesis of the Dalloul Art Foundation and the mission of the new artist collective. A technologist and lawyer by training, Basel shares his family's journey into collecting art and the vision his father had for a Pan-Arab art collection in Beirut. They discuss how Arabism failed politically, but that culturally, the art from the region shows a great deal of sync and kinship, with artists empathizing with their Arab brethren. Central to the discussion is the role of art as an archive of history. Basel highlights the importance of Arab art as a reference site and how connecting artists from Morocco to Iraq reveals common themes that some may find inconvenient to tell. The conversation then shifts to the need to decolonize the art world, critiquing the tendency to celebrate Western art and seek validation from Western curators. Basel challenges the routine belief that Arab artists or art professionals are "not competent or good enough". He also addresses the broken global gallery system, which often dictates terms to artists and unfairly takes up to 50% of an artist's take. The mission of the Dalloul Artist Collective is to shift focus from the art to the artist, acting as an artist management agency to empower and educate the artist community. 0:00 Introduction2:12 The Vision for the Dalloul Art Foundation: Pan-Arab Art3:36 Relationship to Art Growing Up5:55 Shifting from Western to Arab Art Collecting8:45 Failure Is Not An Option10:47 Authenticating Art and The Lack of a Reference Site for Arab Art12:53 Organizing the Single Largest Private Collection of Modern Contemporary Arab Art15:05 The Kinship of Arab Culture17:57 Artists as Archivists of History19:46 Beirut: A De Facto Cultural Hub With No Taboos22:54 Critiquing the Celebration of Western Art Over Arab Art25:57 Dalloul Artist Collective: Focusing on The Artist27:18 The Broken Global Gallery System32:11 The State of Art Collecting in The Arab World35:56 Artists Basel Dalloul Adores38:02 The Need to Educate the Arab Youth on Arab Artists38:48 The Story Behind Ayman Baalbaki's Moulatham41:26 Empowering Artists with Transparency and Business Savvy Basel Dalloul Founded the Dalloul Art Foundation in 2017 to manage and promote his father's (Dr. Ramzi Dalloul) vast collection of modern and contemporary Arab art. At around 4000 pieces it is the largest collection of its kind in private hands. The collection includes but is not limited to paintings, photography, sculpture, video and mixed media art. Basel has had a passion for art since he was very young, inspired by both his mother and father, whom are also passionate about art in all its forms. Basel also founded NOOR Group in 2000 in response to the Egyptian government's announced goal of becoming the hub of the information technology (IT) industry in the Middle East. As Chairman and CEO, he has set the overall direction of NOOR, bringing the first region-wide, full-service IT development program to the area. He holds a Bachelor of Science in finance from American University and a Juris Doctor and MBA from Georgetown University, both in Washington, DC. Basel also studied electrical engineering and computer science at Rice University in Houston, TX, and undertook comparative studies of American and British common law and procedural law at Oxford University in England. He co-taught a course in entertainment law and the Internet at Georgetown University Law Center and is a frequent speaker and seminar leader at IT conferences worldwide. Connect with Bassel Dalloul

Patricia Anne Simpson joins Jana Byars to talk about Early Modern Women's Work: Kinship, Community, and Social Justice (Routledge, 2025). The book examines the contributions of female writers, artists, scientists, religious leaders, and patrons who engaged in entrepreneurial, intellectual, and emotional labor in German-speaking Europe. Through individual and collective authorship, the women analyzed in this study assert a claim to kinship and community, often beyond the hegemonic, heteronormative relationships to family, religion, and monarch. The contributions of early modern women to the construction of productive work spaces and the establishment of intellectual and actual communities are often overlooked or underestimated in scholarship on this period. This book serves as a cultural corrective to suppositions of gender-coded work, because alongside the dominant history of the private sphere as a feminine domain, a counter-narrative emerges with collective authorship. Despite the disparities in their biographies, the women whose work Simpson foregrounds highlight a range of early modern concerns, primarily but not exclusively in German-speaking Europe. These include debates about women's education and erudition; migration and displacement in search of religious or professional freedom; a persistent but varied discourse about female authorship and creative agency; and the assertion of subjectivity against the violent, fractious history of the Thirty Years' War and beyond. This book will be an ideal resource for students, scholars, and all those interested in German and European studies, women and gender studies, and the history of early modern work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Patricia Anne Simpson joins Jana Byars to talk about Early Modern Women's Work: Kinship, Community, and Social Justice (Routledge, 2025). The book examines the contributions of female writers, artists, scientists, religious leaders, and patrons who engaged in entrepreneurial, intellectual, and emotional labor in German-speaking Europe. Through individual and collective authorship, the women analyzed in this study assert a claim to kinship and community, often beyond the hegemonic, heteronormative relationships to family, religion, and monarch. The contributions of early modern women to the construction of productive work spaces and the establishment of intellectual and actual communities are often overlooked or underestimated in scholarship on this period. This book serves as a cultural corrective to suppositions of gender-coded work, because alongside the dominant history of the private sphere as a feminine domain, a counter-narrative emerges with collective authorship. Despite the disparities in their biographies, the women whose work Simpson foregrounds highlight a range of early modern concerns, primarily but not exclusively in German-speaking Europe. These include debates about women's education and erudition; migration and displacement in search of religious or professional freedom; a persistent but varied discourse about female authorship and creative agency; and the assertion of subjectivity against the violent, fractious history of the Thirty Years' War and beyond. This book will be an ideal resource for students, scholars, and all those interested in German and European studies, women and gender studies, and the history of early modern work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Patricia Anne Simpson joins Jana Byars to talk about Early Modern Women's Work: Kinship, Community, and Social Justice (Routledge, 2025). The book examines the contributions of female writers, artists, scientists, religious leaders, and patrons who engaged in entrepreneurial, intellectual, and emotional labor in German-speaking Europe. Through individual and collective authorship, the women analyzed in this study assert a claim to kinship and community, often beyond the hegemonic, heteronormative relationships to family, religion, and monarch. The contributions of early modern women to the construction of productive work spaces and the establishment of intellectual and actual communities are often overlooked or underestimated in scholarship on this period. This book serves as a cultural corrective to suppositions of gender-coded work, because alongside the dominant history of the private sphere as a feminine domain, a counter-narrative emerges with collective authorship. Despite the disparities in their biographies, the women whose work Simpson foregrounds highlight a range of early modern concerns, primarily but not exclusively in German-speaking Europe. These include debates about women's education and erudition; migration and displacement in search of religious or professional freedom; a persistent but varied discourse about female authorship and creative agency; and the assertion of subjectivity against the violent, fractious history of the Thirty Years' War and beyond. This book will be an ideal resource for students, scholars, and all those interested in German and European studies, women and gender studies, and the history of early modern work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

Patricia Anne Simpson joins Jana Byars to talk about Early Modern Women's Work: Kinship, Community, and Social Justice (Routledge, 2025). The book examines the contributions of female writers, artists, scientists, religious leaders, and patrons who engaged in entrepreneurial, intellectual, and emotional labor in German-speaking Europe. Through individual and collective authorship, the women analyzed in this study assert a claim to kinship and community, often beyond the hegemonic, heteronormative relationships to family, religion, and monarch. The contributions of early modern women to the construction of productive work spaces and the establishment of intellectual and actual communities are often overlooked or underestimated in scholarship on this period. This book serves as a cultural corrective to suppositions of gender-coded work, because alongside the dominant history of the private sphere as a feminine domain, a counter-narrative emerges with collective authorship. Despite the disparities in their biographies, the women whose work Simpson foregrounds highlight a range of early modern concerns, primarily but not exclusively in German-speaking Europe. These include debates about women's education and erudition; migration and displacement in search of religious or professional freedom; a persistent but varied discourse about female authorship and creative agency; and the assertion of subjectivity against the violent, fractious history of the Thirty Years' War and beyond. This book will be an ideal resource for students, scholars, and all those interested in German and European studies, women and gender studies, and the history of early modern work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/german-studies

Patricia Anne Simpson joins Jana Byars to talk about Early Modern Women's Work: Kinship, Community, and Social Justice (Routledge, 2025). The book examines the contributions of female writers, artists, scientists, religious leaders, and patrons who engaged in entrepreneurial, intellectual, and emotional labor in German-speaking Europe. Through individual and collective authorship, the women analyzed in this study assert a claim to kinship and community, often beyond the hegemonic, heteronormative relationships to family, religion, and monarch. The contributions of early modern women to the construction of productive work spaces and the establishment of intellectual and actual communities are often overlooked or underestimated in scholarship on this period. This book serves as a cultural corrective to suppositions of gender-coded work, because alongside the dominant history of the private sphere as a feminine domain, a counter-narrative emerges with collective authorship. Despite the disparities in their biographies, the women whose work Simpson foregrounds highlight a range of early modern concerns, primarily but not exclusively in German-speaking Europe. These include debates about women's education and erudition; migration and displacement in search of religious or professional freedom; a persistent but varied discourse about female authorship and creative agency; and the assertion of subjectivity against the violent, fractious history of the Thirty Years' War and beyond. This book will be an ideal resource for students, scholars, and all those interested in German and European studies, women and gender studies, and the history of early modern work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patricia Anne Simpson joins Jana Byars to talk about Early Modern Women's Work: Kinship, Community, and Social Justice (Routledge, 2025). The book examines the contributions of female writers, artists, scientists, religious leaders, and patrons who engaged in entrepreneurial, intellectual, and emotional labor in German-speaking Europe. Through individual and collective authorship, the women analyzed in this study assert a claim to kinship and community, often beyond the hegemonic, heteronormative relationships to family, religion, and monarch. The contributions of early modern women to the construction of productive work spaces and the establishment of intellectual and actual communities are often overlooked or underestimated in scholarship on this period. This book serves as a cultural corrective to suppositions of gender-coded work, because alongside the dominant history of the private sphere as a feminine domain, a counter-narrative emerges with collective authorship. Despite the disparities in their biographies, the women whose work Simpson foregrounds highlight a range of early modern concerns, primarily but not exclusively in German-speaking Europe. These include debates about women's education and erudition; migration and displacement in search of religious or professional freedom; a persistent but varied discourse about female authorship and creative agency; and the assertion of subjectivity against the violent, fractious history of the Thirty Years' War and beyond. This book will be an ideal resource for students, scholars, and all those interested in German and European studies, women and gender studies, and the history of early modern work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

Patricia Anne Simpson joins Jana Byars to talk about Early Modern Women's Work: Kinship, Community, and Social Justice (Routledge, 2025). The book examines the contributions of female writers, artists, scientists, religious leaders, and patrons who engaged in entrepreneurial, intellectual, and emotional labor in German-speaking Europe. Through individual and collective authorship, the women analyzed in this study assert a claim to kinship and community, often beyond the hegemonic, heteronormative relationships to family, religion, and monarch. The contributions of early modern women to the construction of productive work spaces and the establishment of intellectual and actual communities are often overlooked or underestimated in scholarship on this period. This book serves as a cultural corrective to suppositions of gender-coded work, because alongside the dominant history of the private sphere as a feminine domain, a counter-narrative emerges with collective authorship. Despite the disparities in their biographies, the women whose work Simpson foregrounds highlight a range of early modern concerns, primarily but not exclusively in German-speaking Europe. These include debates about women's education and erudition; migration and displacement in search of religious or professional freedom; a persistent but varied discourse about female authorship and creative agency; and the assertion of subjectivity against the violent, fractious history of the Thirty Years' War and beyond. This book will be an ideal resource for students, scholars, and all those interested in German and European studies, women and gender studies, and the history of early modern work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In The Indebted Woman: Kinship, Sexuality, and Capitalism (Stanford UP, 2023), the authors Isabelle Guérin, Santosh Kumar and G. Venkatasubramanian conceptualise how gender, debt, and capitalism are related. For over ten years, the researchers have been working in the Indian countryside of east-central Tamil Nadu, observing a credit market that specifically targets Dalit women. The book highlights not only the ways how credit is distributed, but also how it is repaid. Combining in-depth ethnography with statistical surveys and financial diaries advanced the understanding of how Dalit women deal with debt, exposing the ways in which capitalism shapes womanhood. The authors' nuanced attention to body, identity, caste, and class provides a comprehensive theory of the sexual division of debt for the first time.  Isabelle Guérin is Senior Research Fellow at the French Institute of Research for Sustainable Development, and Associate at the French Institute of Pondicherry. Santosh Kumar is a part-time researcher and founder and head of the Mithralaya School of music, dance, and arts. G. Venkatasubramanian has been a sociologist and Research Fellow at the French Institute of Pondicherry for the past thirty-five years. Sarah Vogelsanger is a researcher on social justice, gender, art and migration, based in London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In The Indebted Woman: Kinship, Sexuality, and Capitalism (Stanford UP, 2023), the authors Isabelle Guérin, Santosh Kumar and G. Venkatasubramanian conceptualise how gender, debt, and capitalism are related. For over ten years, the researchers have been working in the Indian countryside of east-central Tamil Nadu, observing a credit market that specifically targets Dalit women. The book highlights not only the ways how credit is distributed, but also how it is repaid. Combining in-depth ethnography with statistical surveys and financial diaries advanced the understanding of how Dalit women deal with debt, exposing the ways in which capitalism shapes womanhood. The authors' nuanced attention to body, identity, caste, and class provides a comprehensive theory of the sexual division of debt for the first time.  Isabelle Guérin is Senior Research Fellow at the French Institute of Research for Sustainable Development, and Associate at the French Institute of Pondicherry. Santosh Kumar is a part-time researcher and founder and head of the Mithralaya School of music, dance, and arts. G. Venkatasubramanian has been a sociologist and Research Fellow at the French Institute of Pondicherry for the past thirty-five years. Sarah Vogelsanger is a researcher on social justice, gender, art and migration, based in London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

In The Indebted Woman: Kinship, Sexuality, and Capitalism (Stanford UP, 2023), the authors Isabelle Guérin, Santosh Kumar and G. Venkatasubramanian conceptualise how gender, debt, and capitalism are related. For over ten years, the researchers have been working in the Indian countryside of east-central Tamil Nadu, observing a credit market that specifically targets Dalit women. The book highlights not only the ways how credit is distributed, but also how it is repaid. Combining in-depth ethnography with statistical surveys and financial diaries advanced the understanding of how Dalit women deal with debt, exposing the ways in which capitalism shapes womanhood. The authors' nuanced attention to body, identity, caste, and class provides a comprehensive theory of the sexual division of debt for the first time.  Isabelle Guérin is Senior Research Fellow at the French Institute of Research for Sustainable Development, and Associate at the French Institute of Pondicherry. Santosh Kumar is a part-time researcher and founder and head of the Mithralaya School of music, dance, and arts. G. Venkatasubramanian has been a sociologist and Research Fellow at the French Institute of Pondicherry for the past thirty-five years. Sarah Vogelsanger is a researcher on social justice, gender, art and migration, based in London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

In The Indebted Woman: Kinship, Sexuality, and Capitalism (Stanford UP, 2023), the authors Isabelle Guérin, Santosh Kumar and G. Venkatasubramanian conceptualise how gender, debt, and capitalism are related. For over ten years, the researchers have been working in the Indian countryside of east-central Tamil Nadu, observing a credit market that specifically targets Dalit women. The book highlights not only the ways how credit is distributed, but also how it is repaid. Combining in-depth ethnography with statistical surveys and financial diaries advanced the understanding of how Dalit women deal with debt, exposing the ways in which capitalism shapes womanhood. The authors' nuanced attention to body, identity, caste, and class provides a comprehensive theory of the sexual division of debt for the first time.  Isabelle Guérin is Senior Research Fellow at the French Institute of Research for Sustainable Development, and Associate at the French Institute of Pondicherry. Santosh Kumar is a part-time researcher and founder and head of the Mithralaya School of music, dance, and arts. G. Venkatasubramanian has been a sociologist and Research Fellow at the French Institute of Pondicherry for the past thirty-five years. Sarah Vogelsanger is a researcher on social justice, gender, art and migration, based in London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/economics

In The Indebted Woman: Kinship, Sexuality, and Capitalism (Stanford UP, 2023), the authors Isabelle Guérin, Santosh Kumar and G. Venkatasubramanian conceptualise how gender, debt, and capitalism are related. For over ten years, the researchers have been working in the Indian countryside of east-central Tamil Nadu, observing a credit market that specifically targets Dalit women. The book highlights not only the ways how credit is distributed, but also how it is repaid. Combining in-depth ethnography with statistical surveys and financial diaries advanced the understanding of how Dalit women deal with debt, exposing the ways in which capitalism shapes womanhood. The authors' nuanced attention to body, identity, caste, and class provides a comprehensive theory of the sexual division of debt for the first time.  Isabelle Guérin is Senior Research Fellow at the French Institute of Research for Sustainable Development, and Associate at the French Institute of Pondicherry. Santosh Kumar is a part-time researcher and founder and head of the Mithralaya School of music, dance, and arts. G. Venkatasubramanian has been a sociologist and Research Fellow at the French Institute of Pondicherry for the past thirty-five years. Sarah Vogelsanger is a researcher on social justice, gender, art and migration, based in London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/finance

What is home? Is it a place, a memory, a landscape—or a journey? In this episode, Judy Oskam explores the transformative meaning of home with Amy Denet Deal.  She's the founder of 4 Kinship, Indigenous Futures Forever, and the Diné Skate Garden Project.Amy's story is one of remarkable courage and clarity. In her mid-50s, she left the corporate fashion world and returned to her Navajo roots. Her journey home reveals how healing and creativity intersect in powerful ways.In this episode, Judy and Amy talk about adoption and culture.  They both share an adoption connection. Returning to Her RootsAmy shares her early life story of being adopted out of her Navajo community in the 1960s—before the Indian Child Welfare Act.Amy describes the moment she chose to “come home” in 2019. Selling everything and driving to New Mexico to reconnect with her culture.Healing and IdentityAmy shares about meeting her birth mother for the first time .The emotional work of reconnecting with family, community, and heritage.From Fashion Executive to Indigenous Fashion LeaderA look inside Amy's career in corporate fashion and the ethical concerns that pushed her toward sustainable design.The founding of 4 Kinship, a brand rooted in Indigenous artistry and community impact. Creating Spaces for the Next GenerationWhy skateboarding became a tool for youth empowerment, health, and suicide prevention.Long-term dreams of a fiber farm—possibly in Scotland—to support her daughter's fashion future.The deep connection between land and clarity of purpose.Memorable Quote“Home to me is a feeling of calmness and clarity. Coming back to my homelands quieted the noise and helped me understand exactly why I'm here.” - Amy Denet DealA Reflection for YouJudy closes the episode with a question for listeners: What does home mean to you? Is it a place, a person, a memory—or a journey you're still traveling?Photo by Shaun Price. Hi Friend - Thanks for listening! Check out my TEDx talk. Why you should take action - then figure it out.

Over the past decade, the world has become increasingly chaotic and uncertain – and so, too, has our cultural vision for the future. While the events we face now may feel unprecedented, they are rooted in much deeper patterns, which humanity has been playing out for millennia. If we take the time to understand past trends, we can also employ practices and philosophies that might counteract them –  such as focusing on kinship, intimacy, and resilience – to help pave the way for a better future. How might we nurture the foundations of a different kind of society, even while the end of our current civilization plays out around us?  In this episode, Nate is joined by guide and author Samantha Sweetwater to explore how separation is at the root of the metacrisis and how nurturing interconnection, relationships, and ecological maturity act as foundational components for systems change. Samantha delves into the distinction between power of life and power over life, emphasizing the need for personal transformation that aligns with collective evolution. She also describes how we could shift our cultural focus from the hero's journey to a kinship journey through the practices of remembering, reconnection, and tending to collective emergence. How might we reimagine humanity's ecological role as that of stewards, rather than domination? Could focusing on reconnection, rather than separation, help us bridge the polarizing divides that currently prevent many of us from working together? And how might this work of remembering, which begins with ourselves, ripple out into stronger connections with our loved ones, communities, and ultimately to humanity and life as a whole?  (Conversation recorded on October 1st, 2025)    About Samantha Sweetwater: Samantha Sweetwater is a wisdom guide, author, and founder of One Life Circle—a ministry of remembering. She works at the fertile nexus where unraveling systems make way for emerging forms of kinship, leadership, and value. For over three decades, she has facilitated individuals and organizations across five continents through journeys of personal, cultural, ecological, and spiritual emergence. She mentors leaders in business, technology, and finance, helping them to navigate awakening, develop systemic wisdom, and align impact with regenerative futures. Founder of Dancing Freedom and Peacebody Japan, she sparked a global movement of embodied awakening and has trained hundreds of facilitators. She has also been a seed farmer—a practice that taught her the rigors of tending the real. She holds an MA in Wisdom Studies, a BA in Social Theory and Dance, and has been initiated into indigenous lineages of Africa, Latin America, and Turtle Island.   Show Notes and More Watch this video episode on YouTube   Want to learn the broad overview of The Great Simplification in 30 minutes? Watch our Animated Movie.   ---   Support The Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future   Join our Substack newsletter   Join our Hylo channel and connect with other listeners  

In this episode, Deb Matlock, a professional nature-based spiritual life coach and a nature connection practitioner and educator for more than 25 years, and I explore what it means to live in deeper relationship with the more-than-human world. We talk about wild rhythms, junction points, and the moment we're living in - a moment when old systems are falling away and new forms of kinship are calling us forward.Deb shares how her childhood bond with her dog Jenny, and a lifetime of connection with animals and the outdoors, led her into environmental education, life coaching, and nature-based work. Together, we look at kinship as re-membering - bringing the members back into a world shaped by extractive models - and what shifts when we understand “community” as all beings, not just humans.We explore communication with other species, reimagining ceremony, and creating the kind of inner spaciousness where wisdom can land. We sit with the hard, beautiful questions too: What does it mean to be human among so many beings? Why are our particular dogs with us? How do we bring our wild soul forward and be of service to the highest good each day?We also touch on how AI might offer new perspectives on interdependence - and how empathy, when allowed to lead, changes everything.This episode is an invitation to remember that there is no real disconnection, only the perception of it - and that every relationship, especially the one with our dogs, can guide us back into the wild web we're already part of.Connect with Deb MatlockWebsite: https://wild-rhythms.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/wildrhythmsConnect with me!Website: https://mysticdogmama.comInstagram: https://instagram.comCome join my free Facebook Facebook group, my sanctuary where soulful dog mamas like you find clarity, confidence, and connection https://facebook.com/groups/fetchfirstlight

Visionary Activist Show #KPFA 11.20.25 2pm pt #KPFK 11.21.25 – wee hours and 1 pm pt   “Education Nature's Way” Caroline hosts 2 land stewards , both strong enough to be gentle, wizard mentors of youth, that we all be guided to humbly cooperate with Nature's Guiding Genius (aka Trickster) – Long time ally Ron Kauk, denizen of Yosemite “He continues to consider climbing as a way of life that furthers his education and commitment to respecting Yosemite, a place that powerfully evokes the reality of our connection to the natural world.” Youth Mentor —with underserved youth, camping trips for youth in foster care , or probation system …slowing down- allows for Nature to heal…educational presentations…” https://www.sacredrok.org/about-ron-kauk   And Rako Fabionar, Program Director ILALI- Innovative Learning and Living Institute, co-stewards Landwell – 22 acre way-finding place and bioregional hub for regenerative living, cultural renewal, community resilience… Rako is a founding member of Salmon Nation and the Guild of Future Architects. He holds a graduate degree in American Studies, a professional certificate in Organizational Development, and is an initiated medicine man and elder in the Dagara lineage tradition. Wayfinders – immersive learning journeys for young adults, Kinship blooms – regenerative approaches to finance… and more https://ilali.global/       The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon The post The Visionary Activist Show – Education Nature's Way appeared first on KPFA.

Fluent Fiction - Hebrew: Stormy Adventure: A Hanukkah Tale of Courage & Kinship Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/he/episode/2025-11-20-08-38-20-he Story Transcript:He: החורף התקרב והיער בכרמל החל להתעטף בצבעי שלכת יפים.En: Winter was approaching, and the forest in the Carmel began to wrap itself in beautiful autumn colors.He: העלים נשרו לאדמה וירוק הפך לאדום וזהוב.En: The leaves fell to the ground, and green turned to red and gold.He: נועה וגל יצאו עם המשפחה לטיול מחנאות מיוחד לחג החנוכה.En: Noa and Gal went on a special camping trip with the family for the holiday of Hanukkah.He: האוויר היה קריר ופריך, ניחוח של אדמה ואורנים מילא את האוויר.En: The air was cool and crisp, with the scent of earth and pines filling the air.He: האוהל שלהם נדלק עם אור חמים של חנוכייה, והמשפחה התכנסה לחגוג ביחד בעזרת אור הנרות והטבע.En: Their tent was lit with the warm light of a Hanukkiah, and the family gathered to celebrate together with the light of the candles and nature.He: גל, נערה צעירה שמחפשת תמיד לפלס את דרכה, הרגישה שהיא נאלמת בצל של אחיה.En: Gal, a young girl always seeking to pave her way, felt overshadowed by her brother.He: נועה, בת הדוד ההרפתקנית וגם מעט חסרת אחריות לעתים, תמיד השתדלה להגן על גל כמו אחות גדולה.En: Noa, the adventurous and sometimes slightly irresponsible cousin, always tried to protect Gal like an older sister.He: גל רצתה להוכיח שהיא עצמאית, שיש לה כוחות משלה.En: Gal wanted to prove she was independent and had her own strengths.He: "בואו נצא לטיול רגלי ביער," הציעה גל למשפחה, מבקשת להוביל את הטיול בעצמה.En: "Let's go for a walk in the forest," suggested Gal to the family, eager to lead the trip herself.He: נועה, קצת מודאגת, הזהירה את גל, "גל, יש סופה שמתקרבת.En: Noa, a bit worried, warned Gal, "Gal, there's a storm approaching."He: " אבל גל, נחושה להראות שהיא יכולה להסתדר לבד, התעקשה.En: But Gal, determined to show she could manage on her own, insisted.He: היא הביאה מפה ופנס והובילה את הקבוצה אל תוך היער.En: She brought a map and flashlight and led the group into the forest.He: העננים התקרבו והגשם החל לרדת.En: The clouds gathered, and the rain started to fall.He: הסופה הגיעה במהירות, עם רוחות חזקות ורעם.En: The storm came quickly, with strong winds and thunder.He: גל ונועה מצאו עצמן מתחת לעץ גדול, מחפשות מחסה.En: Gal and Noa found themselves under a large tree, searching for shelter.He: גל הרגישה פחד, אבל ידעה שעליה לקחת החלטות מהירות.En: Gal felt fear, but she knew she had to make quick decisions.He: היא מצאה מערה קטנה וסימנה לנועה להיכנס פנימה.En: She found a small cave and signaled Noa to enter.He: בתוך המערה, הן ישבו קרובות זו לזו.En: Inside the cave, they sat close to each other.He: גל הבינה שעליה להקשיב לאינסטינקטים שלה.En: Gal realized she needed to listen to her instincts.He: נועה הסתכלה על גל בחיוך ושאלה, "מה עכשיו?En: Noa looked at Gal with a smile and asked, "What now?"He: " גל השיבה בביטחון, "נחכה שהגשם ירד לפני שנחזור למחנה.En: Gal replied confidently, "We'll wait for the rain to stop before we return to the camp."He: "כאשר הסופה שככה, השתיים יצאו בחזרה למחנה עם צעד בטוח.En: When the storm subsided, the two set off back to the camp with confident steps.He: גל הצליחה להוביל אותן בשלום ואפילו הרגישה שהרווח הגדול הוא הקירבה המחודשת לנועה.En: Gal successfully led them safely and even felt that the real gain was the renewed closeness with Noa.He: נועה הבינה שעליה לסמוך על גל לפעמים.En: Noa understood that she needed to trust Gal sometimes.He: כשחזרו, המשפחה הדליקה את הנרות בחנוכייה באוהל, וכולם שמחו למראה הבנות שחזרו הביתה.En: When they returned, the family lit the candles on the Hanukkiah in the tent, and everyone rejoiced to see the girls return home.He: גל הביטה בנועה, והשכנה לחשה לה, "את חזקה יותר ממה שחשבתי.En: Gal looked at Noa, and her cousin whispered to her, "You're stronger than I thought."He: " וגל פעם ראשונה הרגישה שהיא באמת מצאה מקום שייך לה ומסוגלת גם להוביל.En: And for the first time, Gal felt she truly found a place she belonged and was capable of leading.He: הפעם, גל עמדה זקופה ונרגשת.En: This time, Gal stood tall and excited.He: היא הובילה את ההדלקה של הנרות, עם חיוך בליבה.En: She led the candle lighting, with a smile in her heart.He: חנוכה הזה היה שונה ובלתי נשכח.En: This Hanukkah was different and unforgettable.He: גם החג וגם ההרפתקה ביער השאירו סימן בלב של גל.En: Both the holiday and the adventure in the forest left a mark on Gal's heart. Vocabulary Words:approaching: מתקרבwrap: להתעטףcrisp: פריךscent: ניחוחlit: נדלקovershadowed: נאלמת בצלadventurous: הרפתקניתpave: לפלסgathered: התקרבוthunder: רעםshelter: מחסהinstincts: אינסטינקטיםconfidently: בביטחוןsubside: שככהrenewed: מחודשתcapable: מסוגלתunforgettable: בלתי נשכחventure: הרפתקהcousin: בת הדודinsisted: התעקשהsignaled: סימנהconfidence: ביטחוןrejoiced: שמחוdetermined: נחושהshadow: צלdecisions: החלטותawait: לחכותentered: נכנסוflashlight: פנסcapable: מסוגלתBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/fluent-fiction-hebrew--5818690/support.

In this episode of The Biggest Table, host Andrew Camp converses with Victoria Loorz, a wild church pastor, eco spiritual director, and author, about her unique perspective on spirituality and nature. Victoria discusses her journey from being a pastor of indoor churches to founding the first Church of the Wild in Ojai, California, and her involvement with the Ecumenical Wild Church Network. The conversation delves into the concept of 'Wild Spirituality,' emphasizing a reorientation of relationships with the living world through a 'wild Christ.' Victoria unpacks the spiritual significance of integrating nature with religious practices, the importance of remembering and reconnecting with the sacredness of all life forms, and how scripture grounds her work. They explore the transformational power of experiencing God's presence in nature, the importance of grief in spiritual journeys, and the role of language in shaping spiritual understanding. The discussion highlights practical steps for fostering a deeper connection with nature, even in urban settings, and how these practices can help heal trauma and resist the modern pressures of empire and disconnection.Victoria Loorz is a wild church pastor, an eco-spiritual director and co-founder of several transformation-focused organizations focused on the integration of nature and spirituality.  She feels most alive when collaborating with Mystery and kindred spirits to create opportunities for people to re-member themselves back into intimate, sacred relationship with the rest of the living world. After twenty years as a pastor of indoor churches, she launched the first Church of the Wild, in Ojai CA and began to meet others with the same sense of call to leave building and expand the Beloved Community beyond our own species. She then co-founded the ecumenical Wild Church Network. She is also the author of Church of the Wild, and coauthor of Field Guide to Church of the Wild.This episode of the Biggest Table is brought to you in part by Wild Goose Coffee. Since 2008, Wild Goose has sought to build better communities through coffee. For our listeners, Wild Goose is offering a special promotion of 20% off a one time order using the code TABLE at checkout. To learn more and to order coffee, please visit wildgoosecoffee.com. 

Welcome to Smoketalk!If you haven't listened to the previous episode "Deadly Math: Movement, Kinship, & Action" with Chris Matthews, I recommend going there first then coming back to smoketalk to listen to the Pod Team's takes and expanded conversation about this episode.This episode Emil & Kori welcomed Brendon Many Bears who brought insights about tipi aerodynamics and Blackfoot mathematics.Check out ATSIMA (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mathematics Alliance), an amazing organization that we donated to for this episode as requested by Chris. They are an Aboriginal-led charity creating new ways of teaching and learning mathematics by connecting mathematics to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and culturesIf you want more Indigenous Mathematics Pod episodes:"Hunting Mathematics" with Philip Stevens "Change Making, Anishnawbek Mathematics, & Surgeon Legs" with Cheyenne Sego"Wayfinding through Relational Trigonometry of Stars, Swells, & Spirit" with Dr. Kamuela Yong"Reconciliation Science through Tipi Math & Indigenous Sound Baths" with Brendon Many Bears & Darren Rea"Mathematics is Creation, Being, & Medicine" with Dr. Edward Doolittle"Ethnomathematics solves Real World Problems" with Dr. Linda FurutoAncestral Science Podcast WebsiteAncestral Science Podcast MerchFollow us on IG and FBPlease like, share, follow, all the things...helps us to get these important conversations out there."Knowledge that isn't shared isn't knowledge" (Casey Eagle Speaker, Kainai) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the 1720s to the 1940s, parents in the kingdom and later colony of Dahomey (now the Republic of Benin) developed and sustained the common practice of girl fostering, or "entrusting." Transferring their daughters at a young age into foster homes, Dahomeans created complex relationships of mutual obligation, kinship, and caregiving that also exploited girls' labor for the economic benefit of the women who acted as their social mothers. Drawing upon oral tradition, historic images, and collective memories, Jessica Reuther pieces together the fragmentary glimpses of girls' lives contained in colonial archives within the framework of traditional understandings about entrustment. Placing these girls and their social mothers at the center of history brings to light their core contributions to local and global political economies, even as the Dahomean monarchy, global trade, and colonial courts reshaped girlhood norms and fostering practices. In The Bonds of Kinship in Dahomey: Portraits of West African Girlhood, 1720–1940 (Indiana UP, 2025) Reuther reveals that the social, economic, and political changes wrought by the expansion of Dahomey in the eighteenth century, the shift to "legitimate" trade in agricultural products in the nineteenth century, and the imposition of French colonialism in the twentieth all fundamentally altered—and were altered by—the intimate practice of entrusting female children between households. Dahomeans also valorized this process as a crucial component of being "well-raised"—a sentiment that continues into the present, despite widespread Beninese opposition to modern-day forms of child labor. Dr. Jessica Reuther is an associate professor of African and world history at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, USA. She came to Ball State after earning her PhD in African History from Emory University in Atlanta, GA, in 2016. Dr. Reuther is a historian of Africa, specializing in Atlantic West Africa and French West Africa from the 16th century to the present. She has conducted archival and oral history research in Benin, Senegal, France, Switzerland, and the United States. You can learn more about her work here. Afua Baafi Quarshie is a Ph.D. candidate in history at the Johns Hopkins University. Her research focuses on mothering and childhood in post-independence Ghana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

From the 1720s to the 1940s, parents in the kingdom and later colony of Dahomey (now the Republic of Benin) developed and sustained the common practice of girl fostering, or "entrusting." Transferring their daughters at a young age into foster homes, Dahomeans created complex relationships of mutual obligation, kinship, and caregiving that also exploited girls' labor for the economic benefit of the women who acted as their social mothers. Drawing upon oral tradition, historic images, and collective memories, Jessica Reuther pieces together the fragmentary glimpses of girls' lives contained in colonial archives within the framework of traditional understandings about entrustment. Placing these girls and their social mothers at the center of history brings to light their core contributions to local and global political economies, even as the Dahomean monarchy, global trade, and colonial courts reshaped girlhood norms and fostering practices. In The Bonds of Kinship in Dahomey: Portraits of West African Girlhood, 1720–1940 (Indiana UP, 2025) Reuther reveals that the social, economic, and political changes wrought by the expansion of Dahomey in the eighteenth century, the shift to "legitimate" trade in agricultural products in the nineteenth century, and the imposition of French colonialism in the twentieth all fundamentally altered—and were altered by—the intimate practice of entrusting female children between households. Dahomeans also valorized this process as a crucial component of being "well-raised"—a sentiment that continues into the present, despite widespread Beninese opposition to modern-day forms of child labor. Dr. Jessica Reuther is an associate professor of African and world history at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, USA. She came to Ball State after earning her PhD in African History from Emory University in Atlanta, GA, in 2016. Dr. Reuther is a historian of Africa, specializing in Atlantic West Africa and French West Africa from the 16th century to the present. She has conducted archival and oral history research in Benin, Senegal, France, Switzerland, and the United States. You can learn more about her work here. Afua Baafi Quarshie is a Ph.D. candidate in history at the Johns Hopkins University. Her research focuses on mothering and childhood in post-independence Ghana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

From the 1720s to the 1940s, parents in the kingdom and later colony of Dahomey (now the Republic of Benin) developed and sustained the common practice of girl fostering, or "entrusting." Transferring their daughters at a young age into foster homes, Dahomeans created complex relationships of mutual obligation, kinship, and caregiving that also exploited girls' labor for the economic benefit of the women who acted as their social mothers. Drawing upon oral tradition, historic images, and collective memories, Jessica Reuther pieces together the fragmentary glimpses of girls' lives contained in colonial archives within the framework of traditional understandings about entrustment. Placing these girls and their social mothers at the center of history brings to light their core contributions to local and global political economies, even as the Dahomean monarchy, global trade, and colonial courts reshaped girlhood norms and fostering practices. In The Bonds of Kinship in Dahomey: Portraits of West African Girlhood, 1720–1940 (Indiana UP, 2025) Reuther reveals that the social, economic, and political changes wrought by the expansion of Dahomey in the eighteenth century, the shift to "legitimate" trade in agricultural products in the nineteenth century, and the imposition of French colonialism in the twentieth all fundamentally altered—and were altered by—the intimate practice of entrusting female children between households. Dahomeans also valorized this process as a crucial component of being "well-raised"—a sentiment that continues into the present, despite widespread Beninese opposition to modern-day forms of child labor. Dr. Jessica Reuther is an associate professor of African and world history at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, USA. She came to Ball State after earning her PhD in African History from Emory University in Atlanta, GA, in 2016. Dr. Reuther is a historian of Africa, specializing in Atlantic West Africa and French West Africa from the 16th century to the present. She has conducted archival and oral history research in Benin, Senegal, France, Switzerland, and the United States. You can learn more about her work here. Afua Baafi Quarshie is a Ph.D. candidate in history at the Johns Hopkins University. Her research focuses on mothering and childhood in post-independence Ghana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

From the 1720s to the 1940s, parents in the kingdom and later colony of Dahomey (now the Republic of Benin) developed and sustained the common practice of girl fostering, or "entrusting." Transferring their daughters at a young age into foster homes, Dahomeans created complex relationships of mutual obligation, kinship, and caregiving that also exploited girls' labor for the economic benefit of the women who acted as their social mothers. Drawing upon oral tradition, historic images, and collective memories, Jessica Reuther pieces together the fragmentary glimpses of girls' lives contained in colonial archives within the framework of traditional understandings about entrustment. Placing these girls and their social mothers at the center of history brings to light their core contributions to local and global political economies, even as the Dahomean monarchy, global trade, and colonial courts reshaped girlhood norms and fostering practices. In The Bonds of Kinship in Dahomey: Portraits of West African Girlhood, 1720–1940 (Indiana UP, 2025) Reuther reveals that the social, economic, and political changes wrought by the expansion of Dahomey in the eighteenth century, the shift to "legitimate" trade in agricultural products in the nineteenth century, and the imposition of French colonialism in the twentieth all fundamentally altered—and were altered by—the intimate practice of entrusting female children between households. Dahomeans also valorized this process as a crucial component of being "well-raised"—a sentiment that continues into the present, despite widespread Beninese opposition to modern-day forms of child labor. Dr. Jessica Reuther is an associate professor of African and world history at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, USA. She came to Ball State after earning her PhD in African History from Emory University in Atlanta, GA, in 2016. Dr. Reuther is a historian of Africa, specializing in Atlantic West Africa and French West Africa from the 16th century to the present. She has conducted archival and oral history research in Benin, Senegal, France, Switzerland, and the United States. You can learn more about her work here. Afua Baafi Quarshie is a Ph.D. candidate in history at the Johns Hopkins University. Her research focuses on mothering and childhood in post-independence Ghana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-studies

In this episode of the Volunteer Nation Podcast, Tobi Johnson shares a webinar featuring Jennifer Bennett of Idealist and Travis Sternhagen, Volunteer Manager at Kinship Community Food Center. The episode delves into the transformative community-centric approach adopted by Kinship, emphasizing mutual aid, trust, and relationships over traditional transactional models of volunteerism.  Tobi and Jennifer discuss the challenges and strategies involved in fostering a sense of community among volunteers and service recipients alike, highlighting practical steps and profound insights shared by Travis. This episode offers invaluable guidance for anyone looking to reinvigorate volunteer engagement by making it deeply relational and community-oriented. Full show notes: 188. Let's Talk Volunteering with Weave: the Social Fabric Project Weave the Social Fabric Project - Episode Highlights [02:58] - The Weave Project and Volunteerism [06:54] - Tobi and Jennifer's Insights on Community Building [08:27] - Travis' Unique Approach to Volunteer Engagement [15:10] - Kinship Community Food Center's Philosophy [28:09] - Challenges and Solutions in Volunteer Management [32:07] - Setting Boundaries in Healthy Communities [32:47] - The Compost Metaphor for Community Building [35:59] - Volunteer Influence Beyond the Organization [38:43] - Engaging Volunteers for Long-Term Commitment [42:11] - Audience Q&A: Building Community with Volunteers [49:05] - The Importance of Rituals in Community Building [50:50] - Managing Up and Embracing Community-Centric Approaches  Helpful Links VolunteerPro Impact Lab Volunteer Nation Episode 179 - Transformative Service Experiences with Frederick J. Riley and Jackie Wolven Weave: The Social Fabric Project at The Aspen Institute VolunteerMatch/Idealist  Kinship Community Food Center  Find Michael on LinkedIn Find Jennifer on LinkedIn  Find Travis on LinkedIn  Thanks for listening to this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast. If you enjoyed it, please be sure to subscribe, rate, and review so we can reach more people like you who want to improve the impact of their good cause. For more tips and notes from the show, check us out at TobiJohnson.com. For any comments or questions, email us at WeCare@VolPro.net.

This November, Fostering Change continues our special series for National Adoption Awareness Month, celebrating families formed through adoption and raising awareness about the unique needs of children in foster and kinship care.Throughout the month, we're spotlighting extraordinary advocates, educators, and parents who are helping every child feel safe, seen, and supported.We also invite you to join Comfort Cases' 2nd Annual “Coats for a Cause” Drive, hosted by CNN's Laura Coates.Our goal is to collect 500 brand-new coats for youth in need this winter.Every coat donated provides warmth, dignity, and comfort to a child or teen who needs it most.Learn more and get involved at: https://www.comfortcases.org/lauracoates

We were grateful to speak with CHRIS MATTHEWS of the Quandamooka People in modern day Queensland Australia about his realization about the importance and depth of culture & country within mathematics, iron mines and nuclear testing highlighting land rights and Aboriginal voices, don't hike Uluru!, deadly coders, numbers as a process and action, kinship systems as group theory and algebra, and how to close the educational gap by walking together.Honoraria from this episode was donated to ATSIMA (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mathematics Alliance).If you want more Indigenous Mathematics Pod episodes:"Hunting Mathematics" with Philip Stevens "Change Making, Anishnawbek Mathematics, & Surgeon Legs" with Cheyenne Sego"Wayfinding through Relational Trigonometry of Stars, Swells, & Spirit" with Dr. Kamuela Yong"Reconciliation Science through Tipi Math & Indigenous Sound Baths" with Brendon Many Bears & Darren Rea"Mathematics is Creation, Being, & Medicine" with Dr. Edward Doolittle"Ethnomathematics solves Real World Problems" with Dr. Linda FurutoRemember to tune in next week for "Smoketalk" with the pod team, where we chat more in depth about the topics from the previous episode. Thanks Bespoke Productions Hub and as always, Emil Starlight for the seamless editing, videography, and audio, Alex for pod support and marketing.Grab a sea mollusk (Chris' fav Ancestral Food) or your favourite snack from your Ancestral Land, and learn about Deadly Math with CHRIS MATTHEWS.SHOWNOTES: for all you curious pod humans, educators, and nerds! Lots of links in this episode, I got a little carried away with these, but there is a lot of fascinating stuff with both Aboriginal history and Math Curriculum. Chris is doing great work! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This conversation explores the various aspects of kinship care within child welfare, focusing on the definitions, programs, and benefits associated with kinship relationships. Jason Butkowski interviewed Takysha Livingston with the Kinship Navigator Program, Kimyatta Larmore with Kinship Resource Families, and Felice Elam with the Kinship Legal Guardianship program. These experts discuss their roles, the importance of maintaining family connections, and the positive outcomes for children placed in kinship care. The dialogue emphasizes the collaborative efforts among programs to support families and improve the overall welfare of children in the system within the Kinship Care continuum.

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Fluent Fiction - Spanish: Reuniting in Santiago: A Journey of Kinship and Culture Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/es/episode/2025-11-09-23-34-02-es Story Transcript:Es: La mañana era clara y fresca en Santiago.En: The morning was clear and fresh in Santiago.Es: La primavera llenaba la ciudad de color.En: Spring filled the city with color.Es: Luz y Mateo llegaron a la Plaza de la Ciudadanía, frente al majestuoso Palacio de La Moneda.En: Luz and Mateo arrived at the Plaza de la Ciudadanía, in front of the majestic Palacio de La Moneda.Es: Luz estaba emocionada.En: Luz was excited.Es: Tenía mucho tiempo sin ver a su prima Inés.En: It had been a long time since she had seen her cousin Inés.Es: Mateo sonrió, ansioso por comenzar el recorrido histórico.En: Mateo smiled, eager to begin the historical tour.Es: Le fascinaba la historia de Chile.En: He was fascinated by the history of Chile.Es: Luz miró su reloj.En: Luz looked at her watch.Es: Eran las diez de la mañana.En: It was ten in the morning.Es: "¿Crees que Inés llegue pronto?"En: "Do you think Inés will arrive soon?"Es: preguntó Mateo.En: Mateo asked.Es: Luz suspiró.En: Luz sighed.Es: "No lo sé.En: "I don't know.Es: Inés siempre está ocupada con su trabajo".En: Inés is always busy with her work."Es: Sintió un leve nudo en el estómago.En: She felt a slight knot in her stomach.Es: Quería que todo saliera bien.En: She wanted everything to go well.Es: Decidieron entrar al palacio.En: They decided to enter the palace.Es: La arquitectura era impresionante.En: The architecture was impressive.Es: Mateo leía en voz alta un folleto sobre la historia del lugar.En: Mateo read out loud a brochure about the history of the place.Es: Luz fingía escuchar, pero su mente estaba en otro lado.En: Luz pretended to listen, but her mind was elsewhere.Es: Pensaba en Inés.En: She was thinking about Inés.Es: Recordó los veranos de su niñez, corriendo por los campos en el sur de Chile, siempre juntas.En: She remembered the summers of their childhood, running through the fields in southern Chile, always together.Es: Desde entonces, habían cambiado muchas cosas.En: Since then, many things had changed.Es: Después del recorrido, Luz y Mateo se sentaron en un café cercano.En: After the tour, Luz and Mateo sat in a nearby café.Es: Luz miró a Mateo con preocupación.En: Luz looked at Mateo with concern.Es: "¿Qué hago si Inés no aparece?En: "What do I do if Inés doesn't show up?Es: Vine hasta aquí para verla", dijo.En: I came all the way here to see her," she said.Es: Mateo apretó su mano suavemente.En: Mateo squeezed her hand gently.Es: "Vamos a intentarlo.En: "Let's give it a try.Es: Tal vez, una conversación honesta ayude".En: Maybe an honest conversation will help."Es: De repente, sonó el celular de Luz.En: Suddenly, Luz's phone rang.Es: Era un mensaje de Inés.En: It was a message from Inés.Es: Decía que había terminado una reunión temprano y que iba en camino.En: She said she had finished a meeting early and was on her way.Es: Luz sintió una mezcla de alivio y nerviosismo.En: Luz felt a mix of relief and nervousness.Es: Poco después, Inés llegó.En: Shortly after, Inés arrived.Es: Traía una sonrisa amplia y un abrazo cálido para Luz.En: She brought a wide smile and a warm hug for Luz.Es: "Aún podemos recorrer la ciudad juntas", dijo Inés, casi como disculpa.En: "We can still tour the city together," Inés said, almost as an apology.Es: Luz, emocionada, aceptó la propuesta.En: Luz, excited, accepted the proposal.Es: Mateo también se sintió contento.En: Mateo also felt happy.Es: Podría disfrutar de su compañía y al mismo tiempo explorar más de la cultura chilena.En: He could enjoy their company while exploring more of Chile's culture.Es: Juntos caminaron por el centro histórico.En: Together they walked through the historic center.Es: Visitaron el Mercado Central y probaron mariscos.En: They visited the Mercado Central and sampled seafood.Es: Hablaron de sus vidas, compartieron historias y rieron mucho.En: They talked about their lives, shared stories, and laughed a lot.Es: Luz le dijo a Inés cuánto significaba para ella.En: Luz told Inés how much she meant to her.Es: "Perdimos el contacto, pero no deberíamos", confesó Luz.En: "We lost contact, but we shouldn't," Luz confessed.Es: Inés asintió con un suspiro.En: Inés nodded with a sigh.Es: "Sé que a veces me envuelvo en mi trabajo, pero realmente quiero que estemos más cerca", respondió.En: "I know I sometimes get wrapped up in my work, but I really want us to be closer," she replied.Es: Fue un momento emotivo.En: It was an emotional moment.Es: Las primas se abrazaron, prometiendo no dejar que el tiempo y la distancia las separen.En: The cousins hugged, promising not to let time and distance separate them.Es: Al final del día, mientras observaban el atardecer desde el Cerro Santa Lucía, Mateo se sintió satisfecho.En: At the end of the day, while watching the sunset from Cerro Santa Lucía, Mateo felt satisfied.Es: Había aprendido sobre Chile, pero también acerca del valor de apoyar a quienes nos importan.En: He had learned about Chile, but also about the value of supporting those we care about.Es: Luz, por su parte, se sintió más unida a Inés que nunca.En: Luz, for her part, felt closer to Inés than ever.Es: Así, regresaron a casa con el corazón lleno de nuevas memorias.En: Thus, they returned home with their hearts full of new memories.Es: Luz había logrado lo que deseaba y Mateo había encontrado algo más valioso que las páginas de un libro de historia.En: Luz had achieved what she wished for, and Mateo had found something more valuable than the pages of a history book.Es: Habían descubierto que al final, lo más importante era estar juntos, sin importar la distancia.En: They had discovered that in the end, the most important thing was to be together, no matter the distance. Vocabulary Words:the brochure: el folletothe knot: el nudomajestic: majestuosothe architecture: la arquitecturato pretend: fingirto hug: abrazarthe proposal: la propuestaconcern: preocupaciónnearby: cercanoto nod: asentirto approach: acercarsejourney: recorridothe arrival: la llegadacentral market: mercado centralthe seafood: los mariscosto confess: confesaremotional: emotivoslightly: levementerelief: aliviothe message: el mensajeto explore: explorarto laugh: reírto lose contact: perder el contactosatisfied: satisfechothe sunset: el atardecerto fulfill: lograrthe child: la niñezthe meeting: la reuniónto squeeze: apretarthe distance: la distancia

Episode 97 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh, FSPA talks with Vincent Noth, executive director of the Kinship Community Food Center in Milwaukee. They explore faith, segregation, inequality, systemic racialized poverty, mystical experience, food as entry point to community, mutuality, accompaniment, and much more. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:  Email | RSS | More A transcript of the show is available. "The gospel germinates in the brokenness of our lives. And when our lives, when our woundedness, is being cultivated and nourished with the other people around us, and when we can be authentic and messy....the Eucharistic life is flowing through us into one another." -Vincent Noth Vincent Noth ABOUT THE GUEST Vincent Noth, a Milwaukee native, grew up attending public school on the northside. He has been the Executive Director of the Kinship Community Food Center (formerly Riverwest Food Pantry) since 2013. He has worked in Milwaukee's urban service and nonprofit sector since 1999, as the Director of Programs for Summit Educational Association and as Pastor of the Youth and Family Ministries for Eastbrook Church. He served as a community and organization development consultant with the Peace Corps in Eastern Europe. He holds a B.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon University and a M.A. in Religion from Trinity International University. Vincent and his wife Jessica have lived in the Riverwest-Harambee community since 2001. Learn more about Kinship Community Food Center at kinshipmke.org. MESSY JESUS BUSINESS is hosted by Sister Julia Walsh.  Produced and edited by Colin Wambsgans. Email us at messyjesusbusiness@gmail.com BE SOCIAL: https://www.facebook.com/MessyJesusBusiness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MessyJesusBusiness Twitter: @messyjesusbiz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/messyjesusbusiness SUPPORT US: https://www.patreon.com/messyjesusbusiness

We return to one of our most in-depth interviews this week: a conversation with poet Jane Hirshfield, who has contributed a new poem to our latest print edition, Volume 6: Seasons. Reciting several poems from her prolific body of work, including Time Thinks of Time, she speaks about how her Zen practice has led her to embrace the largeness of time's mystery. She shares how this inner “spaciousness,” present in many of her poems, can uncover intimacy with both the ordinary and the divine.  Read the transcript. Read Jane's poem “Time Thinks of Time.” Photo by Curt Richter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fluent Fiction - Serbian: Unveiling Secrets: Legends and Kinship at Kalemegdan Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/sr/episode/2025-11-03-23-34-02-sr Story Transcript:Sr: Календар је показивао да је Дан свих светих.En: The calendar showed that it was All Saints' Day.Sr: Калемегдан витала магија јесени, са опалим лишћем које је прекривало стазе попут старог ћилима.En: Kalemegdan was infused with the magic of autumn, with fallen leaves covering the paths like an old rug.Sr: Сивило неба и ветар што лагано шушти, носили су приче о вековима گذشته.En: The grayness of the sky and the wind gently rustling carried stories of centuries past.Sr: Милан, истакнути историчар, стајао је на врху зида тврђаве, гледајући како се две реке спајају, потпуно у мислима о легенди која је његову породицу пратила генерацијама.En: Milan, a prominent historian, stood on the fortress wall, watching the rivers merge, completely lost in thoughts of the legend that had followed his family for generations.Sr: Миланова породица веровала је да је негде унутар ових древних зидова сакривен средњовековни артефакт, доказ њихове везе са историјом тврђаве.En: Milan's family believed that somewhere within these ancient walls was a hidden medieval artifact, a testament to their connection with the history of the fortress.Sr: Али, тај артефакт је мистериозно нестао, а причало се о древном проклетству које чува његову тајну.En: But that artifact had mysteriously disappeared, and there were tales of an ancient curse protecting its secret.Sr: Милан је одлучио да га пронађе како би коначно потврдио породичну легенду.En: Milan had decided to find it to finally confirm the family legend.Sr: Доласком на Калемегдан, затекао је и Ану, ривалску историчарку, која није веровала у приче његове породице.En: Upon arriving at Kalemegdan, he also encountered Ana, a rival historian who did not believe in his family's stories.Sr: Она је такође желела да открије истину о артефакту, али из других разлога.En: She also wished to uncover the truth about the artifact, but for different reasons.Sr: Милан је био пред избором — да ли да сарађује са Аном или да сам крене у потрагу.En: Milan was faced with a choice—whether to collaborate with Ana or to pursue the search on his own.Sr: После дуге ноћи размишљања, одлучио је да разговара са Аном.En: After a long night of contemplation, he decided to talk to Ana.Sr: Окружени хладним ветром, који је ширио мирис влажног лишћа и старих камена, Милан и Ана поставили су основе савеза.En: Surrounded by the cold wind, spreading the scent of damp leaves and old stones, Milan and Ana laid the foundation for an alliance.Sr: Њихова истраживања довела су их до старих докумената који су указивали на скривени пролаз унутар тврђаве.En: Their research led them to old documents indicating a hidden passageway within the fortress.Sr: Следећег јутра, под суморним небом, почели су потрагу.En: The next morning, under a gloomy sky, they began their search.Sr: Пронашли су мали, запуштен тунел, заклонјен под дебелим слојем бршљана.En: They found a small, neglected tunnel, hidden beneath a thick layer of ivy.Sr: Корачајући полако, осветљавали су пут батеријским лампама, све док нису стигли до заборављене одаје испуњене прашином и старим тајнама.En: Walking slowly, they illuminated their path with flashlights until they reached a forgotten chamber filled with dust and old secrets.Sr: Ту је лежао артефакт, камени фрагмент исцртан симболима који су откривали древну причу о свим породицама које су се везале за Калемегдан.En: There lay the artifact, a stone fragment inscribed with symbols revealing an ancient story of all the families tied to Kalemegdan.Sr: Када су декодирали знамења, истина их је изненадила.En: When they decoded the symbols, the truth surprised them.Sr: Тај фрагмент није био само део приче Миланове породице већ је повезивао и Анине претке.En: This fragment was not just part of Milan's family story but also connected to Ana's ancestors.Sr: Откривши неочекиване сродничке везе, схватили су да је њихова прошлост испреплетана на начин на који нису могли замислити.En: By discovering unexpected kinship ties, they realized their pasts were intertwined in ways they could not have imagined.Sr: Милан је тихо стајао, осећајући тежину новооткривене истине.En: Milan stood quietly, feeling the weight of the newly discovered truth.Sr: Легенде понекад могу бити комплексније од бајки, али сада је имао нову породицу.En: Legends can sometimes be more complex than fairy tales, but now he had a new family.Sr: Ана је осетила исту тежину и топао осмех поделио је нову сродничку везу.En: Ana felt the same weight, and a warm smile shared their newfound family connection.Sr: Загрлили су се, окружени дахом историје и једно друго као део исте приче.En: They embraced, surrounded by the breath of history and each other as part of the same story.Sr: Калемегдан је наставио да стоји, чувајући тајне за неке нове генерације које ће тражити истину, баш као што су то учинили Милан и Ана.En: Kalemegdan continued to stand, guarding secrets for new generations who would seek the truth, just as Milan and Ana had.Sr: Јесен у Београду није била само време боја, већ и време открића и нових почетака.En: Autumn in Belgrade was not only a time of colors but also a time of discoveries and new beginnings. Vocabulary Words:infused: виталаgrayness: сивилоrustling: шуштиprominent: истакнутиfortress: тврђавеmerge: спајајуartifact: артефактtestament: доказcurse: проклетствуcontemplation: размишљањаalliance: савезаneglected: запуштенivy: бршљанаilluminated: осветљавалиchamber: одајеinscribed: исцртанsymbols: симболимаdecoded: декодиралиfragment: фрагментkinship: сродничкеintertwined: испреплетанаembraced: загрлилиbreath: дахомgenerations: генерацијеcomplex: комплекснијеbackground: прошлостdiscovered: открићаoverlooked: заобилазнаancestor: преткеentwined: испреплетана

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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.How do you manage daily expenses and budgeting when you are a foster or kinship caregiving family? We speak with Nicole Valenzuela, a foster parent and founder of Fostering Finances, to learn about simplified budgeting practices and healthy mindsets for managing money.In this episode, we discuss:What are the financial challenges that foster and kinship families commonly face?How do those challenges differ between kinship caregivers and licensed foster parents?Are there particular challenges for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC foster or kinship families?What about single foster parents or kinship caregivers?What are the day-to-day costs that aren't always covered by stipends or allowances? What hurdles might the informal caregivers face (those not participating in the foster care system while caring for a relative child) in accessing services or support?What financial supports may be available but underutilized by foster and kinship families?What are the Kinship Navigator Programs? How can they help — where are they found, etc.?What are some tax strategies or credits that families caring for foster or kin children may be eligible for?How can caregivers build a small financial buffer for the inevitable emergency that comes with raising kids? What advice do you give around savings or flexibility?Suggestions for simple budgeting or expense-tracking strategies that foster or kinship families might implement right away?What are some low-cost ways for foster parents or grandparents raising grandkids to meet these kids' needs while preserving their dignity?What other effective community-level initiatives or organizations are you aware of that support these families?How can caregivers locate and tap into similar resources in their own communities?How do caregivers decide which financial strategies to focus on first?What practical steps can they take to set in motion a plan to stabilize their household finances over the next 6 months?What are some early small wins that build confidence—say, saving a few dollars a week, or successfully claiming a benefit?What is a scarcity mindset and what are signs that a caregiver might be struggling with scarcity mindset?What are the top three ‘practical financial strategies' you'd want every foster or kinship caregiver to walk away with from today?Finally, what's your best encouragement to caregivers who feel overwhelmed by financial pressures?Support the showPlease leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content: Weekly podcasts Weekly articles/blog posts Resource pages on all aspects of family building

Kinship Community Food Center is helping Milwaukeeans in five different zip codes fight against food insecurity with their farm fresh model.

Changes to public assistance programs are impacting thousands of Kentuckians, Auditor Ball is again calling on the governor to fund SB 151, a Kentuckian is confirmed as a federal judge, Congressman Massie has a beef with President Trump's comment about beef, and meet a group working to save lives across Louisville.

In this episode, we chat with Steve Wynn, mastermind of the long running band The Dream Syndicate about the paisley underground scene, the early eighties LA scene, success of bands like The Bangles and REM, quitting the day job and dropping out of school, and the reissue of The Medicine Show. Plus, the importance of the audience, how bands evolve, and working with producer Sandy Pearlman.You can check out The Dream Syndicate here:https://www.thedreamsyndicate.comhttps://www.facebook.com/thedreamsyndicatehttps://www.instagram.com/thedreamsyndicateband/Our Youtube show Great Set Guys is here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@KatzulhuProductions⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Paul works a day job and puts out vinyl and puts on shows via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Katzulhu Productions⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/paul.neil.12⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/katzulhu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Dont-Quit-Your-Day-Job-podcast-107924851339602⁠

Episode 96 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh, FSPA talks with Michele Duane, OFS, executive director of the Franciscan Action Network (FAN). They explore secular Franciscanism, activism, the interests of government vs. the interests of gospel, Franciscan discernment, kinship, interior conversion, and much more. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:  Email | RSS | More A transcript of the show is available. "If I had to use one word to say, you know, what is it at the root of the Franciscan tradition that that we can bring that's needed in the world today? The word I would use is kinship." -Michele Dunne Michele Dunne You can find out more about Franciscan Action Network at www.franciscanaction.org and on Instagram @franciscannet. ABOUT THE GUEST Michele Dunne is a Secular Franciscan and executive director of the Franciscan Action Network (FAN). Before joining FAN, she worked for the U.S. Department of State and at think tanks including the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She and her husband have two young adult children and live in Washington DC. MESSY JESUS BUSINESS is hosted by Sister Julia Walsh.  Produced and edited by Colin Wambsgans. Email us at messyjesusbusiness@gmail.com BE SOCIAL: https://www.facebook.com/MessyJesusBusiness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MessyJesusBusiness Twitter: @messyjesusbiz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/messyjesusbusiness SUPPORT US: https://www.patreon.com/messyjesusbusiness

Should Vikings fans view Philadelphia as a rival? Guest host Matthew Coller doesn't really think so. Star Tribune writer Andrew Krammer goes deeper into the matchup with the Eagles. Then, what city has similar sports vibes to the Twin Cities?

Dive into the deep wisdom of Whales with Pat McCabe (Weyakpa Najin Win, Woman Stands Shining), as she shares stories of kinship, presence, and the great evolutionary teachings carried by our Ocean relatives.During her recent time with Whales in Tonga, Pat witnessed their intimate family constellations — mothers and calves, quiet escorts, and the radiant love that flows through them. Through these encounters, Whale offered profound reminders about relationship, guardianship, and the spiral of time itself.Whale invites us to see evolution not as a long, linear timeline, but as something simultaneous — a vertical movement where past, present, and future rise together, like Whale itself lifting from the depths into the light.In this special conversation, Pat shares about her experiences with Whale as elder, teacher, and kin. Through her stories and ceremonial presence, we are invited to listen more deeply, to feel the spiral of time within us, and to remember our place in the great web of life.This is a chance to sit with Whale's medicine of love, presence, and evolution — and to let their song awaken new possibilities in our hearts.Support the show

Please enjoy my Podcaster, Sherry and Jerry, as they discuss my teaching on the subject of the word "blood," in the bible, meaning kinship - we could say, "You are my blood," or better said, "You are one with Father."

Inside New Zealand's kinship care movement, and what's needed to repair the cracksFrom heartbreak to hope: how kinship carers are saving New Zealand's most vulnerable children, in spite of the cost to their bank balances and themselvesGuests: Dr Michelle Egan-Bitran - Family for Every Child programme advisor for New Zealand and the PacificLearn more:Read the Kinship report hereRead the report summary hereFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

¡Vótame en los Premios iVoox 2025! VÓTANOS EN LOS PREMIOS IVOOX https://go.ivoox.com/wv/premios25?c=3817 Tras su independencia en 1917, una ola de nacionalismo barrió Finlandia, dando forma al ideal de la 'Gran Finlandia', reclamando zonas de Noruega, Rusia o Estonia. Este sueño irredentista anhelaba unir bajo una misma nación a todos los pueblos fínicos, expandiéndose hacia los territorios de Carelia Oriental e Ingria en rusia, el Finnmark noruego, el Valle del Torne sueco o la totalidad de Estonia. Entre 1918 y 1922, miles de voluntarios finlandeses participaron en las llamadas 'Guerras de Kinship' o Heimosodat, cruzando la frontera para apoyar revueltas locales. La más significativa fue la fallida incursión en Carelia Oriental (1921-22), contra el naciente poder soviético, un episodio olvidado que, aunque no fue una guerra oficial, selló el destino fronterizo y dejó una profunda huella en las relaciones con la URSS. Te lo cuenta Esaú Rodríguez con dramatizaciones de Dani CarAn. Casus Belli Podcast pertenece a 🏭 Factoría Casus Belli. Casus Belli Podcast forma parte de 📀 Ivoox Originals. 📚 Zeppelin Books (Digital) y 📚 DCA Editor (Físico) http://zeppelinbooks.com son sellos editoriales de la 🏭 Factoría Casus Belli. Estamos en: 🆕 WhatsApp https://bit.ly/CasusBelliWhatsApp 👉 X/Twitter https://twitter.com/CasusBelliPod 👉 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CasusBelliPodcast 👉 Instagram estamos https://www.instagram.com/casusbellipodcast 👉 Telegram Canal https://t.me/casusbellipodcast 👉 Telegram Grupo de Chat https://t.me/casusbellipod 📺 YouTube https://bit.ly/casusbelliyoutube 👉 TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@casusbelli10 👉 https://podcastcasusbelli.com 👨💻Nuestro chat del canal es https://t.me/casusbellipod ⚛️ El logotipo de Casus Belli Podcasdt y el resto de la Factoría Casus Belli están diseñados por Publicidad Fabián publicidadfabian@yahoo.es 🎵 La música incluida en el programa es Ready for the war de Marc Corominas Pujadó bajo licencia CC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ El resto de música es bajo licencia privada de Epidemic Music, Jamendo Music o SGAE SGAE RRDD/4/1074/1012 de Ivoox. 🎭Las opiniones expresadas en este programa de pódcast, son de exclusiva responsabilidad de quienes las trasmiten. Que cada palo aguante su vela. 📧¿Quieres contarnos algo? También puedes escribirnos a casus.belli.pod@gmail.com ¿Quieres anunciarte en este podcast, patrocinar un episodio o una serie? Hazlo a través de 👉 https://www.advoices.com/casus-belli-podcast-historia Si te ha gustado, y crees que nos lo merecemos, nos sirve mucho que nos des un like, ya que nos da mucha visibilidad. Muchas gracias por escucharnos, y hasta la próxima. ¿Quieres anunciarte en este podcast? Hazlo con advoices.com/podcast/ivoox/391278 Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

host: Alyson Stanfield Artist and activist Malene Barnett joins host Alyson Stanfield to unpack how she balances a multidisciplinary practice while designing work that “holds memory” in space. Malene shares the planning, community, and process-sharing that keep a long, installation-driven practice moving, and she offers a resonant lens on clay as a tool for liberation grounded in Caribbean and West African heritage. Bits of her wisdom: Plan your studio around time-intensive mediums so momentum never stalls. On social media, share process, tools, and research to connect when finished work is scarce. Think in space: design work and installations that carry memory and story. Build stability outside the studio to support long-term creative growth. Form intentional communities for critique, support, and opportunity. HIGHLIGHTS 02:10 Family lineage and a first-generation background shape Malene's practice. 04:20 The pact to center ancestry and identity in her work from art school onward. 08:20 Clay as a tool for liberation through Caribbean pottery history and markets. 13:10 Leaving bespoke rugs, after a sabbatical, to reclaim her voice and move into clay. 19:20 Tiles and architecture as ways to create a space that holds memory. 21:00 Planning around clay's long timelines for drying, firing, and glazing. 22:20 Residencies, film, and building an archive of Caribbean potters. 26:40 Why sharing process, tools, and research sustains audience connection. 32:10 Founding the Black Artists and Designers Guild and how to start a community. 35:10 Crafted Kinship: agency, blurred lines between art, craft, and design. 41:10 Career advice: seek stability, invest, and take the long view. 43:20 What's next: a large-scale ceramic mural in Greensboro, with installation in 2027. ACTION This week, share one piece of your process with your community: a tool you rely on, a test tile, or a research thread you're following.

In this conversation, Forrest and James engage with Wes and Stephanie Vander Lugt, co-founders of Kinship Plot, an intentional community in Charlotte, North Carolina. They discuss the vision behind Kinship Plot, which focuses on cultivating resonant relationships with each other, the land, and with Spirit. The conversation explores the community's practices, challenges, and the importance of contemplative action and liberatory welcome. The founders share stories of community engagement, the joy of working together, and the deep longing for belonging and rootedness in a fast-paced world. They emphasize the need for personal reflection and the impact of community on individual healing and growth. Finally, Forrest poses questions meant to get us to think about our own needs for belonging, and how we might take action to cultivate or even initiate communities of purpose.Read Wes and Stephanie's post on The Ecological Disciple here.Kinship PlotTakeawaysKinship Plot is a living laboratory for community engagement.The vision was born during COVID, focusing on relationships.Community gatherings often take place in their backyard and gardens.Names of plants and people are portals into deeper stories.Contemplative practices are essential for community life.Liberatory welcome means creating open and inclusive spaces.The journey of establishing Kinship Plot has been challenging yet rewarding.Rootedness in a place fosters a sense of belonging.Small actions can lead to significant community impact.The importance of intergenerational relationships in community building.KeywordsKinship Plot, Circlewood, intentional community, ecological learning, contemplative practices, liberatory welcome, belonging, community engagement, social concern, relationship with natureFind us on our website: Earthkeepers Support the Earthkeepers podcast Check out the Ecological Disciple

Homily of Fr. Mike O'Connor from Mass on September 23, 2025 at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church in Bay St. Louis, MS. Readings Ezra 6:7-8, 12b, 14-20 Luke 8:19-21 If you would like to donate to OLG and her livestream ministry, please go to https://olgchurch.net/give

Jerilyn Lee, author of "The Kinship of War: Stories of the United States Colored Troops"

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Kinship-led families have unique needs, and finding resources to meet those needs can be a challenge. Today, we're talking with Mike Heath, a Resource Specialist with the Coalition for Children, Youth & Families in Wisconsin. The Coalition is a Resource Center for birth parents, foster families, adoptive families, relative/kinship/and like-kin caregivers, and child welfare and Tribal agency professionals.In this episode, we discuss:What are the most frequently reported everyday needs or resource gaps caregivers are experiencing? What is the most pressing need these kids are facing when they come to a new caregiver?What are the urgent needs caregivers have when welcoming a child or a sibling group, etc?Where can families find help with immediate essentials—such as beds, cribs, car seats, clothing, and school supplies?Which phone numbers should caregivers keep on speed dial?How should a relative caregiver secure the ability to make medical and school decisions quickly? What papers or forms should caregivers request on day one? From whom?Managing the documentation and paperwork can be a significant challenge for a new caregiver. Do you have any recommendations for managing this?Should school enrollment be a priority in that first week? How should a caregiver start the process of ensuring medical coverage (dental, vision, prescriptions, and mental health included)?Where should I start if I find the Medicaid/CHIP process confusing? Once a kinship-led family is settling in, what additional needs or options should they consider? Where to go to learn about those options?What are the possible financial resources that caregivers should look into?Importance of self-care, mental wellness, and community for both caregivers and the children they supportIf a new caregiver listens to this and does only three things this week, what should they be?Resources:Free Download Checklist for the first 30 days as a Kinship CaregiverVirtual Resource Kit for Relative Caregivers - Virtual Resource Kit: Relative Caregiving - Wisconsin Family Connections CenterRelative Caregiver Learning Pathway on Champion Classrooms (Free recorded webinar series) - Relative Caregiver Learning Pathway Link Collection of Resources for Relative Caregivers - https://wifamilyconnectionscenter.org/how-do-i/find-support-as-a-relative-caregiver/Coalition for Children, Youth & Families - Support the showPlease leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content: Weekly podcasts Weekly articles/blog posts Resource pages on all aspects of family building