Good Fire Podcast

S‍eason 1 | Episode 8 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Fire Ecology and Indigenous Knowledge with Frank Lake Wildfire management has long been the domain of colonial governments. Despite a rich history of living with, managing, and using fire as a tool since time immemorial, Indigenous people were not permitted to practice cultural fire and their knowledge was largely ignored. As a result, total fire su...

S‍eason 1 | Episode 7 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Interior Fire Keepers Workshop in Merritt BC, Canada: Second live recording with Pierre Kruger In this live episode recorded at the Interior Fire Keepers Workshop in Merritt BC, Canada, Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff speak with Pierre Krueger, a traditional fire-keeper and Penticton Indian Band Elder, who debriefs us about a cultural...

S‍eason 1 | Episode 6 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Fire and Water in California, USA with Don Hankins In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Don Hankins, President of the California Indian Water Commission to talk about the connection between fire and water. Cultural burning is important for many reasons, from berry production to...

S‍eason 1 | Episode 5 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Interior Fire Keepers Workshop in Merritt BC, Canada with Nklawa In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Fire Keeper Nklawa. He provides insight helping people to better understand burning and it’s importance from a cultural perspective. Quotes: 21.36 - 21.43: “The benefits far out...

S‍eason 1 | Episode 4 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Firesticks Alliance in Australia with Oliver Costello In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Oliver Costello to talk about re-invigorating the use of cultural burning by facilitating cultural learning pathways to fire and land management. For generations, since colonization, autho...

S‍eason 1 | Episode 3 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Interior Fire Keepers Workshop in Merritt BC, Canada with Pierre Kruger In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Pierre Kruger. Indigenous people have a rich history of working with and understanding fire. Pierre Kruger remembers a time when burning was common and has countless stor...

S‍eason 1 | Episode 2 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Burning on territory in Victoria, Australia with Trent Nelson and Tim Kanoa Cultural burning exists around the world. In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Trent Nelson and Tim Kanoa about the huge forward strides they have taken to get cultural burning back on the landscape on t...

Season 1 | Episode 1 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Welcome to the Good Fire Podcast in Alberta, Canada On this first episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff explore the concept of fire as a tool for ecological health and cultural empowerment by Indigenous peoples around the globe. Hosted by Amy Cardinal Christianson, and Matthew Kristoff. Amy is a Métis...