Earth Makers: Queer Dharma, Human Stories, and Recovery.

Mother Bear writes you a letter about current events and resisting fascism through acts of neighborism. The text read from Che is found in: Guevara, Ernesto Che. “Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War”, pg. 12 (Seven Stories Press, Oakland), 1963/2006.

Mother Bear shares a poem of revolution with you today: “If They Should Come for Us” by Fatimah Asghar (they/them) these are my people & I find them on the street & shadow through any wild all wild my people my people a dance of strangers in my blood the old woman’s sari dissolving to wind bindi a new moon on her forehead I claim her my kin & sew the star of her to my breast the toddler dangling f...

Mother Bear writes you a letter outlining the current demands of Pam Bondi to the state of MN and how best to respond.

Alex Pretti, a Minnesotan VA nurse, was murdered by ICE agents today in South Minneapolis.

Mother Bear writes to you regarding the presence of ICE in Minnesota.

Johanna Bear is back with a new season and is revisiting the topic of fear in the midst of a harrowing season of life.

Jenn Kelly joins Johanna as the new co-host of the podcast! The girls discuss the spiritual impact of Flow (2024) and what it means to struggle and stay in the present moment.

Johanna is joined by the AMAZING Jenn Kelly as they discuss Johanna’s Top 10 films of 2024!

Paul Hunham in Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers (2023) says, “Life is like a henhouse ladder, shitty and short.” If this is true, dare we take a risk on human connection?

Johanna discusses the controversial topic of Accountability through the lens of Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010).

Johanna Bear invites us to explore the vital differences between being kind and being nice through the lens of Morgan Neville’s 2018 documentary film, Won’t You Be My Neighbor? about the life and work of Fred Rogers.

Johanna introduces the new season with a conversation about the election, fear, freedom, and James McTeigue’s V for Vendetta (2005).

Johanna Bear shares an update on the end of the Earth Makers podcast and the beginning of a new podcast project!

Acceptance is not approval. Acceptance is closing the door and doing the dishes on a rainy day. Johanna Bear continues her series on Earth Makers recovery w/a talk on the skill of Acceptance. Please consider donating to the podcast! There is a link in the show notes!

Johanna Bear shares 2 stories about her experiences with her own mortality and invites us to look more deeply into the mirror of our lives.

Welcome back to Earth Makers! Johanna takes us to a place of spiritual nakedness by confronting the question, “Who do I think I am?”

AW: assault, rape Johanna Bear addresses the Abrahamic invitation to “welcome the stranger” and the joys and real life consequences of doing so.

Johanna Bear shares her short story about a small town parson and the horrors that await him and his congregation.

Johanna plumbs the depths of human suffering and is reminded of a gentle, wild forest spirit along the way.

As Johanna recovers from COVID, she shares a story with us.

Johanna has COVID.

Johanna Bear continues her series on The Ten Seeds of Recovery.

Johanna Bear continues the series on Earth Makers Recovery.

Johanna Bear shares the first seed in the brand new Earth Makers Recovery Program live from the JS Bean Factory in St. Paul, MN!

What if everything doesn’t happen for a reason?