Last Born In The Wilderness

In this episode, I speak with journalist and activist Arun Gupta. We discuss several of his recent articles published at The Raw Story, addressing the rise of far-right violence by counter-protesters and agitators at dozens of Black Lives Matter protests over the past several weeks. In particular, we discuss what he addresses in his piece, Trump supporters are attacking and killing Black Lives Mat...

In this interview, I speak with Sunil Bhatia, Professor of Human Development at Connecticut College. He is the author of dozens of articles related to transnational migration, identity and cultural psychology, and is the author of two books, American Karma: Race, Culture and Identity in the Indian Diaspora, and Decolonizing Psychology: Globalization, Social Justice and Indian Youth Identities. At...

In this episode, I speak with award-winning author and journalist Chris Hedges. We discuss the material conditions precipitating the unprecedented uprisings in the United States the past few weeks, as addressed in his recent article published at SheerPost, The Treason of the Ruling Class. // Episode notes: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/chris-hedges // Sustain + support: https://...

In this episode, I speak with Mike Africa, Jr., second generation member of the MOVE Organization and founder of The Seeds of Wisdom, a sister chapter of the MOVE Organization. // Episode notes: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/mike-africa-jr // Sustain + support: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness // Donate: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professorship of History and African American Studies at Houston State University and the author of The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century. In this discussion, Dr. Horne examines the material conditions that have precipitated the uprisings across t...

In this episode, I speak with historian and conservationist Betsy Gaines Quammen, author of American Zion: Cliven Bundy, God and Public Lands in the West. This discussion with Betsy begins with an examination of the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and how the theological underpinnings of this religious organization has played an important and instrumental role in the se...

In this episode, I speak with Margaret Kimberley, author of Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents, and Editor and Senior Columnist at Black Agenda Report. We begin this discussion with Margaret examining the role every United States president has played in perpetuating and reinforcing the white supremacist structure of the nation, including the most lauded presidents in U.S. history: Abra...

In this episode, I speak with Darcia Narvaez PhD, Professor of Psychology at Notre Dame University. Professor Narvaez is the author and editor of numerous books, including Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture and Wisdom, and Indigenous Sustainable Wisdom: First-Nation Know-How for Global Flourishing. She also writes regularly for Psychology Today with her Moral La...

In this episode, I speak with psychotherapist, writer, and witch Anthony Rella.  Much of this discussion with Anthony touches on some very personal topics I'm presently reflecting on and addressing in my own life. This includes personal reflections on intergenerational and collective trauma, somatic responses to conflict in intimate relationships, masculinity, privilege, and our individual and col...

In this episode, I speak with Jeff Gibbs, Director of the popular and controversial documentary film Planet of the Humans. The film was Executive Produced by Michael Moore and released to the public on YouTube, generating over six million views since its release on Earth Day last month. Since its release, Planet of the Humans has generated enormous controversy, backlash, and intense discussion wit...

In this episode, I speak with Indigenous elder, author, and teacher Stan Rushworth. We discuss Traditional Ecological Knowledge and his upcoming book project, The Changing Earth: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island, made in collaboration with journalist and author Dahr Jamail. Stan is featured in Ian MacKenzie's recently released short film Prayer for the Earth: An Indigenous Response to These Ti...

In this episode, I speak with Filipino citizen and activist Ja Reyalidad from his residence in Manila. We discuss the current situation in the Philippines in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the nation undergoes a national lockdown. As Ja explains, large segments of the Filipino population, particularly in the crowded metropolitan areas of the nation (like Manila), are facing staggering leve...

In this episode, I speak with author, journalist, and political researcher Shane Burley. We discuss mutual aid in the time of COVID-19, the Autumn of the Alt Right, and the underlying structure of conspiracy theories in the age of information. We begin this discussion with Shane describing what mutual aid and solidarity looks like in our time of the coronavirus pandemic, with millions of workers i...

In this episode, I speak with Gods & Radicals Press co-founders and Empires Crumble co-hosts Alley Valkyrie and Rhyd Wildermuth. This discussion was recorded on March 22nd, 2020 from each of our respective locations, with Alley currently living in France and Rhyd in Luxembourg. We discuss the "state of exception" and “a world that has stopped” in the midst of this global pandemic and state-mandate...

In this episode, I speak with Brian Mier, journalist and co-editor at Brasil Wire and correspondent for TeleSur English. I asked Brian to discuss the current political situation in Brazil under far right president Jair Bolsonaro, as the nation begins to reel from the coronavirus pandemic and the wholly inadequate, and frankly psychopathic, response from President Bolsonaro. The editors at Brasil W...

In this episode, I speak with Joe Brewer—change strategist, complexity researcher, cognitive scientist, and evangelist for the field of culture design. We discuss living regeneratively in the COVID-19 pandemic and the message Gaia is sending in the midst of this crisis, community resilience in the age of planetary collapse, the Earth Regenerators study group, and the Earth Regeneration Fund and th...

In this episode, I speak with Forrest Palmer, writer and editor at Wrong Kind of Green.  Forrest and I discuss the impact the novel coronavirus COVID-19 is currently having on US society, as it wreaks havoc on human health and the global capitalist economy at large. We explore what the response to this pandemic means in the grand scheme of things as we confront numerous cascading crises, whether t...

In this episode, I speak with Mikkel Krause Frantzen, author of Going Nowhere, Slow—The Aesthetics and Politics of Depression, published by Zero Books. We discuss depression, capitalist realism, and revolution, as discussed in his essay, A Future with No Future: Depression, the Left, and the Politics of Mental Health, published at Los Angeles Review of Books. // Episode notes: https://www.lastborn...

In this episode, I speak with John Feffer, director of Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) at the Institute for Policy Studies. We discuss the impact the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has had on the global economic system, as laid out in his article, Will the Coronavirus Kill Globalization?, published at FPIF and CounterPunch. There are plenty of adequate resources currently available on the nature o...

In this episode, I speak with prolific writer and dissident Kollibri terre Sonnenblume. We discuss two articles he recently published, Russiagate: The Toxic Gift That Keeps on Giving published at CounterPunch, and Coming Atrocities published on his website. We begin this discussion by addressing the McCarthy-era tactics, other forms of character assassination, the corporate media and the DNC have...

In this interview, I speak with Brian Pace, PhD, evolutionary ecologist and co-host of the Psymposia podcast Plus Three. We discuss his recently published article at Psymposia, Lucy In The Sky With Nazis: Psychedelics and the Right Wing. Brian dispenses with much of the cultural baggage that surrounds psychedelic use, including the assumption that psychedelic use alone will lead individuals toward...

In this episode, I speak with John Halstead—pagan writer, (former) activist, and author of Another End of the World is Possible. We discuss his two most recent essays published at Gods & Radicals Press, We Did Start the Fire: Climate Change and the Curse of Hope, and Why I Stopped Protesting and Started a Garden. // Episode notes: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/john-halstead-2 //...

In this interview, I speak with Indigenous artist, activist the author Gord Hill. We discuss the recent events at the Unist’ot’en Camp on the Wet’suwet’en First Nation’s territory in B.C., Canada, and the wave of solidarity actions that have sprung up across Canada the past several weeks in response to the RCMP’s invasion of their territory. Over the past several weeks, the RCMP has invaded Wet’su...

In this episode, I speak with Christian Braga—photojournalist, activist, and member of the media collective Farpa (“It is, therefore, a product of the restlessness that moves us, that spurs us every day in search of images that matter”). This interview was recorded in São Paulo, and interpreted by Mirna Wabi-Sabi. Christian’s striking and stirring photographic work has helped elevate the perspecti...

This interview with anthropologist and linguist Joshua Birchall was recorded in his office at the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi in Belém, Brazil. Joshua has been doing field work in Indigenous communities in the Brazilian state of Rondônia and in parts of Bolivia for over a decade, documenting dying languages before they completely disappear from the human collective for good. Languages are disappe...