May Boeve

How We Build This

Society EN ↓ 27 episodes

How We Build This is a podcast how we can take action in a time of rising authoritarianism and shrinking rights. Hosted by longtime climate and movement leader, May Boeve, each episode finds May in conversation with with organizers, activists, and changemakers as they try to make sense of how movements are born, and how they grow, and what we can do right now.

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May Boeve

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Making the Future in the Present with Rebecca Solnit 17.06.2025 47:38

In this expansive and poetic conversation, writer and activist Rebecca Solnit joins May Boeve to talk about her new book No Straight Road Takes You There , and the urgent need to reclaim hope—not as naive optimism, but as a strategic force in uncertain times. Solnit explores why movements often succeed indirectly, why despair is a luxury we can’t afford, and how poetic language helps shape public...

Ebb, Flow, and Fire: Alicia Garza on Black Lives Matter 02.06.2025 45:46

In this debut episode of How We Build This, host May Boeve is joined by Alicia Garza—co-creator of Black Lives Matter and one of the most influential movement architects of our time. Together, they talk about the origin stories behind BLM, what it really means to build people power, and the personal and political moments that shaped the movement. Alicia also shares unexpected reflections, from ima...