Author: Shay Thomas

How Facebook Is Undermining ‘Black Lives Matter’

Via The New York Times.  How Facebook Is Undermining ‘Black Lives Matter’ Hosted by Michael Barbaro; produced by Eric Krupke, Michael Simon Johnson, Austin Mitchell and Annie Brown; with help from Asthaa Chaturvedi; and edited by Wendy Dorr and Lisa Tobin The company publicly supports the racial justice movement. But content on the platform may … Read More

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Rachel Yehuda — How Trauma and Resilience Cross Generations

Via OnBeing.  Rachel Yehuda — How Trauma and Resilience Cross Generations The new field of epigenetics sees that genes can be turned on and off and expressed differently through changes in environment and behavior. Rachel Yehuda is a pioneer in understanding how the effects of stress and trauma can transmit biologically, beyond cataclysmic events, to … Read More

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Chris Hayes Podcast With Mariame Kaba – Why Is This Happening?

Via YouTube.  Chris Hayes Podcast With Mariame Kaba What if we just got rid of prisons? The United States is the epicenter of mass incarceration – but exactly what is it we hope to get out of putting people in prisons? And whatever your answer is to that – is it working? It’s worthwhile to … Read More

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Revolution Spotify Playlist (speeches) from Rachel Cargle

Via Spotify.  Revolution Spotify Playlist (speeches) from Rachel Cargle Via Spotify. 

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All My Relations

Via All My Relations.  All My Relations All My Relations is a podcast hosted by Matika Wilbur (Swinomish and Tulalip) and Adrienne Keene (Cherokee Nation) to explore our relationships— relationships to land, to our creatural relatives, and to one another. Each episode invites guests to delve into a different topic facing Native American peoples today. … Read More

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Media Indigena: The Podcast

Via Media Indigena: The Podcast.  Since March 10, 2016, we’ve convened a weekly current affairs roundtable hosted by MEDIA INDIGENA’s own Rick Harp, a 20-year veteran of broadcasting including APTN (Contact) and CBC Radio (Edmonton AM). Each week, guests from the worlds of activism, arts, academia and beyond join Rick for lively, insightful conversation that goes beyond the headlines to get at … Read More

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