The MAGDALENA MAGAZINE Podcast

May 4-8 are National days of awareness for Missing and Murdered People in America. A crisis that has in many ways continued ongoing violence towards American Indians since contact.  America's Native population makes up 2% of the population but experiences 40% of the missing and murdered peoples cases.  Join Michelle Magdalena in an informative interview with Indigenous Justice Director Mornin...

California's wildfires are being experienced at a whole new level, tearing through communities in Los Angeles and leaving 1,000's with no home. The effects are unfathomable and it is important more than ever to come together as a community.   Join Magdalena in a nourishing conversation to inspire hope, healing and tend to grief with artist and druid monk, Elizabeth Murray. As a professio...

 Alex White Plume is Oglala Lakota and the husband of Deborah White Plume, a well known Water Protector and Activist. The Oglala Lakota are the tribe that is supporting the Trail of Truth Ride with the horsemanship and support that Muwekma Tribe needed to get across the country.   Alex speaks about returning the ceremonies to the Lakota People after generations of religious occupation with residen...

The Bay Area Muwekma Ohlone Tribe is not a horse nation, so how is it they came to ride across the US for their Trail of Truth? Joey Fist of Hearts explains the story of how he came to ask the Oglala Lakota to support him in his tribes prayer for federal recognition with two trailers full of horses and a family members to take them from San Francisco to Washington DC. Support the Muwekma at https:...

On my birthday, August 4th, the native tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area, the Muwekma Ohlone people embarked on a journey of justice to gain Federal Recognition of their tribe as first nations people. I had a chance to interview the tribal Chairwoman Charlene Nijmeh a few days before they took off on their journey across the US from San Francisco to Washington DC on HORSEBACK! I was honored to g...

The Sustainable Fashion Series continues with Lewis Perkins of the Apparel Impact Institute. Lewis has been working with large fashion labels for a decade to meet carbon emissions targets and workshop reduced impact on the planet.  Our discussion with him can help us get oriented to the positive opportunities ahead and realize our part in the play and take responsibility for our choices. 

Javiera Estrada is a Los Angeles based artist who has been well known for her photography and collage art but her new inspiration was sparked by the fashion industry's toll on the environment and her natural ability to think creatively! METAL RAT- is Javiera's new line of upcyled one of a kind-hand painted vintage jackets and accessories that have caught Bohypsian's eye.  This inter...

I am honored to introduce my Maddox Haberdasher, my founding partner in the Juneteenth Coalition, a new team of activists on the Monterey Peninsula who formed out of natural synergy to celebrate and uplift black lives and issues in an effort to create equity for the descendants of slaves in our community and beyond . Maddox and I speak about the initial idea which came after the murder of George F...

Join us for a meditative blessing as we journey around the sacred hoop of life with Tom Little Bear, The Esselen Nation Tribal Chief  Little Bear prays that as creators, we choose to walk the beauty road. He asks that we work together as a village to bring balance back to the land and to come up with ways to slow the tourism down in Big Sur- keeping Big Sur Wild! He also discusses the Esselen’s tr...

Join us for a Heavy Nettle Gathering! Based in Southern California, Kelsey Barrett is a clinical herbalist that focuses on relational herbalism.  Kelsey is a creative with a big mission, in the past, she has done policy work for women in New York, worked with fashion lines such as Ann Taylor and is currently co-creating a new secret project. In this podcast we discuss, re-cultivating our connectio...