Notes For All The Ancestors

Notes For All The Ancestors Podcast with David Ryan Barcega Castro-Harris

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Notes for All the Ancestors is an audio dispatch from David Ryan Barcega Castro-Harris on living restorative values in real life. These are reflections on parenting, partnership, justice, grief, accountability, tenderness, conflict, repair, and the everyday practice of becoming more human with each other. Rooted in restorative justice, abolitionist imagination, ancestral memory, and the ordinary mess of daily life, this feed is less about having the answers and more about paying attention to the questions that keep asking something of us. For people trying to live with more care, courage, hone...

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Notes For All The Ancestors

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(belated) Father's Day Emotional Hangover 02.07.2026 3:09

Reflections on why appreciation can feel uncomfortable for recovering high achievers, the difference between being celebrated and feeling worthy of celebration, and what happens when we struggle to set down the internal scorecard we use to measure ourselves. It’s a short one, and a personal one. For any parent, especially any dad, who’s ever felt strangely tired the day after being loved well. Con...

What We Pass Down: "Basketball" 04.06.2026 3:49

I’m experimenting with narrating these as a podcast. Listen here or find “Notes for All the Ancestors” on your podcast platform of choice. These posts about living Restorative values are free! Drop your email to get these to your inbox. Happy NBA Finals Day! A few weeks back, Future Ancestor #1 asked to borrow my phone and it sent me into a full existential spiral. But this wasn’t a battle about s...

Notes For All The Ancestors (Podcast Trailer) 04.06.2026 1:24

Welcome to Notes For All the Ancestors , a narrated essay podcast from David Ryan Barcega Castro-Harris. These reflections explore parenting, partnership, politics, pop culture, personal practice, restorative justice, and what it means to live our values in a world that often makes that feel impossible. Read the essays on Substack at Notes For All the Ancestors , listen wherever you get your pod...