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This is a segment of episode #212 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Liminal: Like This, We Are Still Living w/ Liyah Babayan.” Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/sE18jVK2NJs Or, listen to the full audio-only episode: http://bit.ly/LBWbabayan1 Purchase ‘Liminal: A Refugee Memoir’: http://bit.ly/babayan-liminal In this segment of my interview with Liyah Babayan, author of ‘Liminal: A Refugee Memoir,’ we delve into Liyah’s profound, disturbing, and moving retelling of her childhood experiences fleeing the pogroms enacted against the Armenian minority population in Baku, Azerbaijan, in the midst the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989-1990. After experiencing incomprehensible trauma and dehumanization, Liyah and her family fled to Armenia, where they were homeless for over three years. Liyah recalls the hostility and derision (with notable punctuations of deep generosity) her and her family experienced from her fellow citizens during this time, as is too often the case with displaced and traumatized refugee populations around the world, regardless of the context of the displacement for each respective group. After this period, Liyah's family was finally granted the refugee status required to make their way to the United States, ultimately resettling in Twin Falls, Idaho through the College of Southern Idaho Refugee Resettlement program. While Liyah and her family were fortunate enough to be able to escape the horrific violence in Baku and their desperate living situation thereafter, their difficult journey toward integration and healing was only just beginning. In this interview, I quote segments of Liyah’s memoir and ask her to provide deeper insight into her process writing this book, including how the retelling of her experiences in this fashion has allowed her to further integrate and process her experiences as a refugee and her family's resettlement in the United States. This record of her experiences provides a means, for those that have been fortunate enough to never have experienced this side of the human condition, to: a) more fully empathize with the plight of refugees around the world, regardless of the context of their displacement; b) understand how trauma informs the development (emotional, mental, spiritual, and so on) of children and adults alike, and how that trauma is passed intergenerationally if it's not reckoned with and processed on the individual and community level; c) understand how the dominant cultural, political, and economic institutions lay the groundwork, regardless of the socioeconomic structure and nation they reside within, for these grand acts of barbarity to occur against vulnerable populations; d) learn to identify the forms of language used, and policies enacted by, the political class that pave the road for these violent dynamics to emerge in mass societies around the world (of particular relevance, in the United States presently), in order to counter these dehumanizing narratives and create spaces for inclusion, understanding, and healing; and e) provide the forms of support refugees need that run far deeper than just financial/economic support provided by refugee resettlement programs and the like, wherever they may be. Liyah Babayan is a local entrepreneur, activist, Armenian refugee, and the owner of Ooh La La! consignment boutique in Twin Falls, Idaho. She is the author of the memoir ‘Liminal: A Refugee Memoir,’ released late 2018, and was presented to Chairman Adam Smith of the House Appropriations Committee by Senator James E. Risch, chair of U.S. Foreign Relations Committee. WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

[Intro: 6:00 | Video-version: https://youtu.be/sE18jVK2NJs] In this episode I speak with Liyah Babayan, author of ‘Liminal: A Refugee Memoir.' In this discussion we delve into Liyah’s profound, disturbing, and moving retelling of her childhood experiences fleeing the pogroms enacted against the Armenian minority population in Baku, Azerbaijan, in the midst the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989-1990, as expressed in her memoir 'Liminal.' After experiencing incomprehensible trauma and dehumanization, Liyah and her family fled to Armenia, where they were homeless for over three years. Liyah recalls the hostility and derision (with notable punctuations of deep generosity) her and her family experienced from her fellow citizens during this time, as is too often the case with displaced and traumatized refugee populations around the world, regardless of the context of the displacement for each respective group. After this period, Liyah's family was finally granted the refugee status required to make their way to the United States, ultimately resettling in Twin Falls, Idaho through the College of Southern Idaho Refugee Resettlement program. While Liyah and her family were fortunate enough to be able to escape the horrific violence in Baku and their desperate living situation thereafter, their difficult journey toward integration and healing was only just beginning. In this interview, I quote segments of Liyah’s memoir and ask her to provide deeper insight into her process writing this book, including how the retelling of her experiences in this fashion has allowed her to further integrate and process her experiences as a refugee and her family's resettlement in the United States. This record of her experiences provides a means, for those that have been fortunate enough to never have experienced this side of the human condition, to: a) more fully empathize with the plight of refugees around the world, regardless of the context of their displacement; b) understand how trauma informs the development (emotional, mental, spiritual, and so on) of children and adults alike, and how that trauma is passed intergenerationally if it's not reckoned with and processed on the individual and community level; c) understand how the dominant cultural, political, and economic institutions lay the groundwork, regardless of the socioeconomic structure and nation they reside within, for these grand acts of barbarity to occur against vulnerable populations; d) learn to identify the forms of language used, and policies enacted by, the political class that pave the road for these violent dynamics to emerge in mass societies around the world (of particular relevance, in the United States presently), in order to counter these dehumanizing narratives and create spaces for inclusion, understanding, and healing; and e) provide the forms of support refugees need that run far deeper than just financial/economic support provided by refugee resettlement programs and the like, wherever they may be. Liyah Babayan is a local entrepreneur, activist, Armenian refugee, and the owner of Ooh La La! consignment boutique in Twin Falls, Idaho. She is the author of the memoir ‘Liminal: A Refugee Memoir,’ released late 2018, and was presented to Chairman Adam Smith of the House Appropriations Committee by Senator James E. Risch, chair of U.S. Foreign Relations Committee. Episode Notes: - Purchase ‘Liminal: A Refugee Memoir’: http://bit.ly/babayan-liminal - Learn more about Liyah and her work: https://www.facebook.com/liminalmemoir - The songs featured in this episode are “Worn Out Shoes” and “Talking Is Hard” composed by Eli Stonemets. WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

“Life’s never given me lemons, but life did bring me to Idaho and gave me potatoes.” On this week’s episode, we’ll hear the second half of Liyah Babayan's story- about how she’s rebuilding her life through entrepreneurship (including potatoes), community and friendship in Twin Falls, Idaho.   Purchase Liyah’s book, Liminal: a refugee memoir - amazon.com/Liminal-refugee-memoir-Liyah-Babayan/dp/0615649653 Visit Ooh La La Boutique or follow them on Facebook: facebook.com/oohlalashop/ Find out more about Makepeace: facebook.com/makepeacelife   Experience the Southern Idaho lifestyle: southernidaho.org/lifestyle Explore career opportunities in Southern Idaho: southernidaho.org/jobs  

Liyah Babayan and her family escaped genocide and became refugees in Twin Falls, Idaho. Hear her share her journey to achieving the American dream and becoming an author and entrepreneur in this two-part episode. Purchase Liyah’s book, Liminal: a refugee memoir - amazon.com/Liminal-refugee-memoir-Liyah-Babayan/dp/0615649653 Visit Ooh La La Boutique or follow them on Facebook: facebook.com/oohlalashop/ Experience the Southern Idaho lifestyle: southernidaho.org/lifestyle Explore career opportunities in Southern Idaho: southernidaho.org/jobs

This is a segment of episode #200 of Last Born In The Wilderness “We Live In The Orbit Of Beings Greater Than Us: A Weaving Of Threads.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBW200 / http://bit.ly/LBW200v Episode #200 is something of a highlight reel, featuring numerous segments from previous interviews I’ve conducted and released, with commentary on the underlying themes and threads that tie all this work together. The episode contains segments with Silvia Federici, Dr. Gerald Horne, Shane Burley, Liyah Babayan, Stephen Jenkinson, Dahr Jamail, William Rees, Dezeray Lyn, Peter Gelderloos, Cory Morningstar, Jasper Bernes, Rhyd Wildermuth, Dr. Karla Tait, Ramon Elani, John Halstead, Charles Eisenstein, Joe Brewer, and Bayo Akomolafe. The song featured is “Listening Piece 1” composed by Scott Farkas (used with permission): https://youtu.be/tBvMrqmHMVk WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

This is episode #200 of Last Born In The Wilderness. This is something of a highlight reel, featuring numerous segments from previous interviews I’ve conducted and released, with commentary on the underlying themes and threads that tie all this work together. This is a beast of an episode (almost four hours in length), so please take your time! This episode features segments of discussions with Silvia Federici, Dr. Gerald Horne, Shane Burley, Liyah Babayan, Stephen Jenkinson, Dahr Jamail, William Rees, Dezeray Lyn, Peter Gelderloos, Cory Morningstar, Jasper Bernes, Rhyd Wildermuth, Dr. Karla Tait, Ramon Elani, John Halstead, Charles Eisenstein, Joe Brewer, and Bayo Akomolafe. As I stated in the introduction and at the end, I will be taking a break from this project for about three weeks in total. I’ll be back July 22nd with a new episode, and back on schedule with regularly released episodes every week from then on. Timeline: INTRO/ Peter (DROP ME A LINE): https://postpeakmedicine.com / http://www.survivorlibrary.com [4:10] 1/ Silvia Federici (#106 | Caliban And The Witch: The Body In The Transition To Capitalism): http://bit.ly/LBWfederici [13:59] 2/ Dr. Gerald Horne (#120 | This Is America: The Apocalypse Of Settler Colonialism): http://bit.ly/LBWhorne [26:28] 3/ Shane Burley (#181 | The Violent Myth Of White Erasure: Terror In Christchurch): http://bit.ly/LBWburley2 [37:21] 4/ Liyah Babayan (#131 | The Other: Genocide; Life After): http://bit.ly/LBWbabayan [48:47] 5/ Stephen Jenkinson (#134 | Elderhood: Coming Of Age In Troubled Times): http://bit.ly/LBWjenkinson [1:02:07] 6/ TEDxTwinFalls (Forging Connections In Perilous Times): https://youtu.be/nLxrd7_ga60 [1:14:35] 7/ Dahr Jamail (#154 | Another End Of The World Is Possible: Part One): http://bit.ly/LBWjamail1 / https://youtu.be/NrkVn7TQrlA [1:17:45] 8/ William Rees (#125 | Marching Toward Collapse: Biophysical Limits & Our Cognitive Blindspots): http://bit.ly/LBWrees [1:26:10] 9/ Dezeray Lyn (#161 | Solidarity Not Charity: Mutual Aid Disaster Relief; A Factor Of Evolution): http://bit.ly/LBWmadr [1:45:12] 10/ Peter Gelderloos (#166 | How Nonviolence Protects The State: An Analysis Of Early State Formation): http://bit.ly/LBWgelderloos [1:55:08] 11/ Cory Morningstar (#188 | For Your Consent: Climate Activism & The Financialization Of Nature): http://bit.ly/LBWcorymorningstar [2:05:10] 12/ Jasper Bernes (#198 | Sacrifice Zones: Between The Devil & The Green New Deal): http://bit.ly/LBWbernes [2:16:40] 13/ Rhyd Wildermuth (#197 | All That Is Sacred Is Profaned: Marxism, Paganism, & History As Process): http://bit.ly/LBWwildermuth [2:26:35] 14/ Dahr Jamail (#171 | The End Of Ice: Bearing Witness In The Path Of Climate Disruption w/ [RS]): http://bit.ly/LBWjamail / https://youtu.be/qiFuMwQ4oAw [2:32:58] 15/ Dr. Karla Tait (#169 | Heal The Land, Heal The People: The Unist'ot'en Healing Center): http://bit.ly/LBWtait [2:45:35] 16/ Ramon Elani (#185 | The Gods Have Fled: The Home As A Site Of Defiance Against Modernity): http://bit.ly/LBWelani [2:55:36] 17/ John Halstead (#148 | The Dying God: Learning To Die In The Anthropocene): http://bit.ly/LBWhalstead [3:04:28] 18/ Charles Eisenstein (#141 | Initiation: A New Story Of Climate): http://bit.ly/LBWeisenstein [3:17:16] 19/ Joe Brewer (#193 | Invisible, Sacred Work: The Management Of Planetary Collapse): http://bit.ly/LBWbrewer2 [3:27:23] 20/ Bayo Akomolafe (#179 | We Will Not Arrive Intact: The Times Are Urgent, Let's Slow Down): http://bit.ly/LBWakomolafe [3:33:33] OUTRO/ The song featured is “Listening Piece 1” composed by Scott Farkas (used with permission): https://youtu.be/tBvMrqmHMVk [3:42:30] WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/O4F2HJjrNdA Last year, I collaborated with Cynthia Jones, Artistic Director of Inspirata Dance Project, for the upcoming dance production Inspirata Dance Project Presents: "Koinonia". The purpose of this collaboration was to highlight the perspectives and stories of individuals that have settled in the Twin Falls, Idaho region as refugees from their home countries. In total, Cynthia and I recorded three interviews with three incredible women: Samra Culum, Milica Popović, and Liyah Babayan. Audio segments from each of these interviews will be featured in the upcoming dance production KOINONIA, which will be presented at the College of Southern Idaho Fine Art Auditorium May 23-25 at 7:30pm. If you are in the Southern Idaho/Magic Valley area, please come! Tickets are $15 at the door, and can be purchase online at https://idpkoinonia.brownpapertickets.com Each of these collaborative interviews were released as episodes for the Last Born In The Wilderness podcast. In this video, I explain what brought about this collaboration with Cynthia Jones, what it was like to speak with these incredible women, and for each of us to listen and document their life stories. I present some information on the upcoming dance production KOINONIA, and at the end of the video I present some short segments from each of the interviews we conducted with Samra, Milica, and Liyah. Down below, there will be links to each of the episodes I released with these women, if you wish to listen to the full interviews with them. Samra Culum is Student Development Coordinator at the College of Southern Idaho (CSI), and a refugee. Samra, as a child, fled with her family from war-torn Bosnia, and through the CSI Refugee Resettlement Program, settled in Twin Falls, Idaho with her family. Her story was featured in episode #95 “Our Humanity In Times Of Peril: War, Community, & Revisiting Trauma.” Listen: http://bit.ly/KOINONIAsamra Milica Popovic is an Associate Professor of Art at the College of Southern Idaho. Milica discusses her personal experiences with the social and economic disintegration in her home country of Serbia, during the fracturing of the Republic of Yugoslavia in the 1990's. Milica and her husband made their way to the United States, where Milica eventually settled in Twin Falls, Idaho, and took up a position at the College of Southern Idaho, where this interview was conducted. Her story was featured in episode #105 “War, Art, & The Hardships That Shape Our Lives.” Listen: http://bit.ly/KOINONIAmilica Liyah Babayan is a local entrepreneur, activist, Armenian refugee, the owner of Ooh La La! consignment boutique in Twin Falls, Idaho, and is the author of ‘Liminal: a refugee memoir.’ Liyah goes over her life story - framing it within the cultural/historical/political framework of her home country of Azerbaijan, where she had spent much of her early childhood, before fleeing with her family from severe persecution and mass genocide. Her story was featured in episode #131 “The Other: Genocide; Life After.” Listen: http://bit.ly/KOINONIAliyah Follow Inspirata Dance Project on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inspiratadanceproject On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inspirata_dance_project

Liyah Babayan describes what her, and her family, experienced as Armenians during the Baku Pogrom - a horrendous act of mass violence perpetuated against the Armenian population in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. In particular, Liyah discusses how this experience profoundly impacted her development as an individual, having to bear the weight of indescribable trauma through adolescence and into adulthood - all while living as a refugee in the United States, with all the social pressures, barriers, and freedoms that come with that. In the late 80’s and into the early 90’s, a pogrom was enacted against ethnic Armenians in the city of Baku (the nation’s capital and Liyah’s place of birth), as well as in surrounding areas, resulting in the expulsion, and mass murder, of thousands of Armenians - in what has been described as the Baku Pogrom: “From January 12, 1990, a seven-day pogrom broke out against the Armenians civilian population in Baku during which Armenians were beaten, tortured, murdered, and expelled from the city. There were also many raids on apartments, robberies and arsons. According to the Human Rights Watch reporter Robert Kushen, ‘the action was not entirely (or perhaps not at all) spontaneous, as the attackers had lists of Armenians and their addresses.’” (Source: http://bit.ly/2u4on5H) Liyah Babayan is a local entrepreneur, activist, Armenian refugee, and the owner of Ooh La La! consignment boutique (http://oohlala-shop.com) in Twin Falls, Idaho. She is the author of a memoir titled ‘Liminal,’ release forthcoming. This is a segment of the third episode in a series of interviews and conversations with individuals who, whether they officially or not fall under the category, are refugees. These episode are done in collaboration with Cynthia Jones, Artistic Director of the Inspirata Dance Project, for an upcoming production that will feature segments of these recordings. This is a segment of episode #131 of Last Born In The Wilderness “The Other: Genocide; Life After w/ Liyah Babayan.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/2ztq6X9 Podcast website: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com Support the podcast: PATREON: www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness ONE-TIME DONATION: www.ko-fi.com/lastborninthewilderness Follow and listen: SOUNDCLOUD: www.soundcloud.com/lastborninthewilderness ITUNES: www.goo.gl/Fvy4ca GOOGLE PLAY: https://goo.gl/wYgMQc STITCHER: https://goo.gl/eeUBfS Social Media: FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/lastborninthewildernesspodcast TWITTER: www.twitter.com/lastbornpodcast INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/patterns.of.behavior

For this episode, Cynthia Jones and I speak with Liyah Babayan - local entrepreneur, business owner, activist, and Armenian refugee. In this conversation, Liyah goes over her life story - framing it within the cultural/historical/political framework of her home country of Azerbaijan, where she had spent much of her early childhood, before fleeing with her family from severe persecution and mass genocide. In the late 80’s and into the early 90’s, a pogrom was enacted against ethnic Armenians in the city of Baku (the nation’s capital and Liyah’s place of birth), as well as in surrounding areas, resulting in the expulsion, and mass murder, of thousands of Armenians - in what has been described as the Baku Pogrom: “From January 12, 1990, a seven-day pogrom broke out against the Armenians civilian population in Baku during which Armenians were beaten, tortured, murdered, and expelled from the city. There were also many raids on apartments, robberies and arsons. According to the Human Rights Watch reporter Robert Kushen, ‘the action was not entirely (or perhaps not at all) spontaneous, as the attackers had lists of Armenians and their addresses.’”* Liyah describes what her, and her family, experienced as Armenians during this horrendous act of mass violence perpetuated against the Armenian population in Baku. In particular, Liyah discusses how this experience profoundly impacted her development as an individual, having to bear the weight of indescribable trauma through adolescence and into adulthood - all while living as a refugee in the United States, with all the social pressures, barriers, and freedoms that come with that. Because of Liyah’s unique perspective, she is able to perceive and understand social and political trends within the United States that most people, particularly U.S. citizens, are unable to recognize. We discuss what those trends are, and how much they resemble, or don’t resemble, the social and political conditions experienced in her home country of Azerbaijan. We discuss the trauma that has been inflicted upon the Armenian people over the past century, and how this knowledge informs Liyah’s perspective of what it means to live in United States, in time and place we find ourselves in. This is a wide-ranging discussion, and I thank Liyah for her candid and articulate overview of the subjects discussed in this episode. This is the third episode in a series of interviews and conversations with individuals who, whether they officially or not fall under the category, are refugees. These episode are done in collaboration with Cynthia Jones, Artistic Director of the Inspirata Dance Project, for an upcoming production that will feature segments of these recordings. Liyah Babayan is a local entrepreneur, activist, Armenian refugee, and the owner of Ooh La La! consignment boutique in Twin Falls, Idaho. She is the author of a memoir titled ‘Liminal,’ release forthcoming. *Source: http://bit.ly/2u4on5H Episode Notes: - Learn more about Liyah’s upcoming book ‘Liminal’ here: http://bit.ly/2MX9okW - Learn more about Liyah and her consignment boutique Ooh La La! here: http://oohlala-shop.com - Follow Ooh La La! on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2u4ozlr - The songs featured in this episode are “Wake Up (Instrumental)” by Black Milk from the album Black and Brown Instrumentals, and “What It’s Worth” by Black Milk from the album If There’s a Hell Below. - Podcast website: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com - Support the podcast: PATREON: www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness ONE-TIME DONATION: www.ko-fi.com/lastborninthewilderness - Follow and listen: SOUNDCLOUD: www.soundcloud.com/lastborninthewilderness ITUNES: www.goo.gl/Fvy4ca GOOGLE PLAY: https://goo.gl/wYgMQc STITCHER: https://goo.gl/eeUBfS - Social Media: FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/lastborninthewildernesspodcast TWITTER: www.twitter.com/lastbornpodcast INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/patterns.of.behavior