The Canary Collective Podcast

I sat down (in bed) with fellow chronically ill canary artist Nicole Betancourt, filmmaker and producer of the upcoming film "The Unfixing" about climate crises within our bodies paralleling those on Earth. We dip into conversation about neuroplasticity, environmental toxins, ancestral trauma, Indigenous wisdom, and a future in which all are valued across the gender expression spectrum....

Filmmaker and environmental activist Adam Hersko-RonaTas says, " I have a deep love of science; however, art – and film specifically – can often be the most compelling and accessible means for us to interpret the state of humanity and our role within Nature. Where are we, how did we get here, and where are we heading?" And as environmental artist Lauren Bon says, "A rtists need to c...

Captions available via the Youtube of this episode: https://youtu.be/kErHGqt25vQ I'm coming back from a year hiatus from The Canary Collective Podcast to share with you a conversation on disability resource access that I had with Alison Sbrana (she/her). Alison got ME/CFS 9 years ago after Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) and now helps support other patients who have ME/CFS and Long COVID through her advo...

I, Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm, interview Ssanyu, Bone Healer, who has an M.S. in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University. She combines her Ugandan ancestral medicine healing knowledge with many other modalities across the "East" and "West" and in between and we talk about different ways we envision the Western medical system healing into a more holistic, authentic model that works for more people in a...

I, Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of KPH & The Canary Collective, get to speak with Steve Hawley, co-creator of the documentary "Dammed to Extinction," about how we can advocate for justice for orca whales, salmon, and Indigenous communities by calling for the removal of the four lower Snake river dams. We also discuss the parallels between human and orca whale health challenges.  You can take action...

I (Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of KPH & The Canary Collective) got the dirt in this episode for ya! As Naomi Klein says, "no" is not enough - what do we want to say "yes" to? We say "No" to pesticides making people sick, "no" to the hunger epidemic around the world, "no" to storms and droughts ruining communities. Let's say "yes" to organic and regenerative agriculture! I interviewed Jeff Tkach of The...

Explicit Language warning! We get feisty with a few f-words, but who can blame us after what we've been through thanks to gaslighting doctors?! In this special extended episode of The Canary Collective Podcast, I, Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm, interview author and musician Sarah Ramey. Sarah and I share many similarities, the most important being that our devastating illnesses that hit us in our twenties la...

Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of The Canary Collective Podcast interviews Geoship co-founders Bas Kools and Morgan Bierschenk about their vision for the future of sustainable, non-toxic, fire and climate crisis-resilient housing. There are some audio issues with this episode, so if you're having trouble hearing, please go to the Youtube link here: https://youtu.be/_sJAQr63hxA and turn on "closed captions" he...

Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of The Canary Collective Podcast goes into themes behind her song "One Sided Glass" with her grandmother, Mary Magaret Pruitt. Mary Margaret is a retired nurse and social justice activist. They discuss healing and grieving after a death in the family and tell a hard-to-believe story about Kaeley's interaction with a psychic medium who claimed she had a message from Kaeley's grea...

Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of KPH & The Canary Collective interviews Daniel Lee, Culver City Council Member and James Lawson Institute Program Coordinator. They talk about civil disobedience, nonviolent struggle, being an activist and elected official with chronic illness, and what allies can do to support the Movement for Black Lives, which are themes that originally inspired KPH to write the song "D...

The Canary Collective Podcast discusses themes of believing womxn for their pain with indie band Y La Bamba's Luz Elena Mendoza. Join Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of people power indie folk band KPH & The Canary Collective as she traces the themes of gender, healthcare, and environmental justice issues behind her songs through conversation with her fellow canaries, colleagues, friends and family.  ...

Join Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of KPH & The Canary Collective for the second episode of The Canary Collective Podcast, an interview with Chiara DAngelo, Salish Sea activist.   If you want to support her work on Glenda Brelier's campaign, a woman with Native American ancestry seeking to save the Salish Sea through work in the Washington State legislature, go here: https://www.glendaforwa.com/ &nb...

This episode features mother-son water rights activist team Luke and Nickie Sekera. Nickie's T-shirt saying "I've Been to the Future...and We Won!" -not to mention Luke and her badass work against water privatization - inspired me to write the first song on "The Canary Collective: Vol 1" album, "Been to the Future." We imagine and even pretend we won and revel in our success during a podcast reuni...

Hi, I'm Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of people power indie folk group KPH & The Canary Collective. Being an activist and a musician have always been a part of who I am. I've always aspired to be a sort of "musical Erin Brockovich," helping connect the dots and not sit silently while my friends and family are made sick because of corporations taking shortcuts in the name of profit. Since becoming disable...