The 10 Best The Red Nation Podcast Episodes
1) Learning & unlearning w/ Noname
Rapper and activist Noname joins us for wide-ranging discussion on celebrity culture, social media, the Black Radical Tradition, and so much more. Check out her work: https://nonamebooks.com Support:...Show More
2) Abolition & COVID-19 w/ Nicolás Cruz, Mohamed Shehk, Emmy Rakete, Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Organizing abolition amidst a pandemic and a moment of uprising. Support: patreon.com/therednation
3) The Black misleadership class w/ Devyn Springer
In light of the Black-led revolt, Devyn Springer (@HalfAtlanta), journalist and host of the Groundings podcast, talks race, class, decolonization, and so much more. Support: patreon.com/therednation
4) If nurses aren't safe, we're not safe w/ Jean Ross
Jean Ross is the President of National Nurses United (@NationalNurses), the largest nurses union in the United States and the profession on the frontlines battling the COVID-19 pandemic. Support www.p...Show More
5) National Day of Mourning: 400 years of genocide and resistance w/ Kisha & Mahtowin
Kisha James and Mahtowin Munro from United American Indians of New England talk about the importance of the National Day of Mourning and destroying 400 years of the Pilgrim mythology. More info: http...Show More
6) The Savage US Constitution w/ Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz explains how the drafting of the US Constitution aimed to finance endless Indian wars. Next we ask whether or not the US is a democracy. Read: https://scholarship.law.d...Show More
7) Alcatraz is not an island w/ LaNada War Jack
LaNada War Jack, a Shoshone Bannock elder and activist, explains her role in the 1969 Alcatraz occupation, a watershed moment in the Red Power movement. Nov. 20 marks the 50th anniversary. Support ...Show More
8) Mess with the seal, get the flipper w/ Malia Lum-Kawaihoa Marquez
Kanaka Maoli educator Malia Lum-Kawaihoa Marquez (@ka_nax808) talks to Uahikea Maile (@uahikea) about the reoccupation of Waikīkī to protect Hawaiian monk seals from tourists. Red Media is hiring! Jo...Show More
9) No Apologies, Land Back
Red Power Hour is back! The Red Nation podcast host Nick Estes (@nickwestes) joins RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie to discuss justice for boarding and residential schools....Show More
10) Who killed Berta Cáceres? w/ Nina Lakhani
Interview with journalist Nina Lahkani on her new book Who Killed Berta Cáceres? Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet Buy the book: https://www.versobooks.com/books/...Show More