The Joyous Justice Podcast

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ Have you ever blamed yourself for a lack of follow-through? Or tried to force yourself to "just do it" when your internal gas tank was completely empty? In this episode, Kohenet April N. Baskin drops Part 2 of her exploration into why our society's obsessive, late-stage capitalist fixation on a n...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ Siyo, friends! Welcome back to another juicy episode of the Joyous Justice Podcast. Before we dive into today's deep theme, Kohenet April Nichole Baskin opens this episode with a brief, beautiful language moment explaining the Cherokee greetings Osiyo (hello) and Siyo (hi). From there, we are putting our h...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ Welcome back to Part 2 of our deep dive into the true mechanics of transformation. If you missed Part 1 (Episode 145), you’ll definitely want to pause and queue that up first for the full context! In our previous episode, Kohenet April Nichole Baskin unpacked how to shift away from hyper-linear, grind-heavy fra...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ Are you feeling completely overwhelmed by the sheer scale of transformation needed in your life, your leadership, or the world? In part one of this powerful two-part series, Kohenet April Nichole Baskin challenges the incomplete, exhausting models of change we’ve all inherited. Too often, we are taught that tra...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ Ep. 144: Why I Created Joyous Justice — And Why Joy Is Not Frivolous After a multi-year metamorphosis process and deep Afro-Indigenous coming-home work, Kohenet April Nicole Baskin returns to the podcast to more clearly articulate the deeper vision underneath Joyous Justice. In this powerful relaunch episode, A...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ In this more intimate episode, April shares reflections from her living room and unveils exciting updates about the evolution of the Joyous Justice Podcast. From the recent and upcoming introduction of guest speakers to new series focused on social justice leaderships and diverse healing modalities, among other...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ In this episode, Kohenet April N. Baskin and poet, archivist, and visionary jesi "rocki" taylor dive into a rich and layered conversation about disposability and extraction of black and global majority leaders, power, and the complexities of identity, as inspired by the limited, but potent lore surrou...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ What happens when those who were once celebrated as respected and promising leaders become seen as threats? What happens when institutions benefit from the labor of Black women and and other leaders with marginalized identities, only to discard them once they begin to achieve what they were hired to do?  In thi...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ In a powerful comeback episode, April N. Baskin unpacks the roots of her deep, intentional peace amid the chaos of Trump’s 2nd presidential term. Balancing raw emotion with spiritual insight, she shares how various factors and strategies have properly resourced her to fundamentally withstand oppressive forces w...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ In this captivating episode 139 of the Joyous Justice Podcast, a pivotal moment unfolds as April Baskin and Tracie Guy Decker delve into a heartfelt and transformative discussion: They unveil significant changes that will shape the future of the podcast, marking a new era in their journey of advocacy and growth...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ Summary In this episode, Kohenet April Nichole Baskin discusses the concept of on-ramps and piloting in relation to personal growth and transitions. She explores the idea of using the new year as an opportunity for reflection and experimentation, emphasizing the importance of spacious on-ramps and the value of...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ Join recently-ordained Kohenet April Nichole Baskin in a captivating examination and reconsideration of what often gets classified as "pragmatic" or "practical." April delves into the transformative power of mindfulness about language and advocates for a reframe, or at the least, thoughtful...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ In this episode (recorded as an Instagram Live before April's Kohenet ordination), April unpacks and examines the buzzword term "trauma-informed." Thinking and talking about trauma has become more and more common. While this is, generally speaking, a good thing, it's important--especially wi...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ The limits our circumstances can place on us often creep in incrementally until we wake up one day and realize we aren’t allowing our full selves to shine. Originally an Instagram Live, this episode finds April reminding herself she can and has created space for what she wants and who she is. There is room for...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ In this contemplative episode, April reflects on key insights she gained while on vacation. Rest and fun opened up the truth that despite leaning into heart- and spirit-led living, there is still more room–and even an obligation–to be fully and truly oneself. Movement toward that truth can feel scary, since hum...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ In this reprise of episode 30, April and Tracie reveal the liberatory wisdom in eight practices from Passover observance. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www. JewsTalkRacialJustice.com Learn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ In this vulnerable episode, April shares recent experiences uncovering and working to heal old wounds including feelings of rage, betrayal, and fear. She shares details of fear she’s been navigating and ways it’s been holding her back and that she’s ready to let go of. For April, transparency around her process...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ Resilience has gotten a bad rap recently. The ability to “bounce back” has been conflated with the requirement to bounce back into oppressive dynamics. But it’s those oppressive dynamics, not the bouncing back, that’s ultimately the problem.  In this episode, April explores the difference between the gift of re...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ In this episode of The Joyous Justice Podcast, host April Baskin talks about our relationship with thriving, why so many of us have a bad relationship, and how we can start healing it. Our relationship with the concept of thriving begins when we are very young and money is one of the core areas where we have th...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ In today’s conversation, we’re thinking about the difference between making something happen, and making space to see what happens. We explore the transition journeys we are both on, the messaging that April is receiving from her body and the Divine while she navigates being sick, the need to slow down when in...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ In this special conversation, we share some important announcements about transitions that all three members of the Joyous Justice team are embarking upon. In this season of emergence and introspection, all of our transitions are both unique, and sacredly timed and interwoven. April also describes how she’s rel...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ In this episode, we're sharing segments from a live Grounded & Growing class on some key foundational elements of the Success System version of the S.H.E.M.A. Process. April discusses the foundational power of shifting our focus toward what we truly want. And for those of us who may have a hard time kn...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ In this episode, we dive into a unique and enriching conversation, blending the ancient wisdom of Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish New Year of the Trees, with the cutting-edge realm of artificial intelligence technologies like ChatGPT and Lensa AI.  Join us for a thought-provoking 'socratic seminar' style disc...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ The past week or so have brought an unwelcome reminder that anti-Black racism is alive and well in 21st-century America. With this as backdrop, we’re reprising episode 44. In this conversation, we respond to a common question about racial justice work and explain that because the Jewish community is a global, m...

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅ Tracie shares one of the ways she says present throughout the day amidst the immensity of the to-do list or the demands to be productive: saying blessings over daily rituals. She tells us about the blessings she says over things that may seem mundane–like a cup of coffee or a workout–-, and what effect this has...