Lifelines

In the final episode of Lifelines, I’m joined by my friends, Hadeel Assali and Hadi Awada. This episode features lessons from the plantcestor olive and what microorganisms can teach us about transformation and restoring life to the land. We continue our exploration of the possibilities of repair and remediation when the wounding to land, water, and people is ongoing, and we share stories from Gaza...

In this episode of Lifelines, I’m joined by my friend, Azuka Khazrik. This episode features lessons from the plantcestor rose, exploration of how attachment styles expand beyond the interpersonal to interface with the polycrises in our world, an expansion of our conception of time, lessons from bioremediation efforts in Lebanon, and remembering the wisdom of our lands, lineages, languages, and our...

In the debut episode of Lifelines, I’m joined by my collaborator, sára abdullah to discuss our ongoing mutual aid project, Li Falasteen, an herbal guide for the medical workers of Gaza. This episode features lessons from the plantcestor sage, the origin story of the Li Falasteen guide, solidarity across the global South, and explorations of a mutual aid paradigm that inspires radical imagination a...