The Whimsy Farm Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Mark Dyken and his brother Bear Dyken have been visiting the Navajo Reservation in Arizona for decades now, offering boots-on-the-ground support for families that refused forced relocation in the 1990s. Founders and members of the band Clan Dyken, they tour northern California and southern Oregon each fall to raise funds and awareness of the Dineh people and The Beauty Way. For mo...

Send us Fan Mail Christabeth Ingold can be found online at www.soulfullynourishing.com . Her resume :  B.S. in Art Therapy, Lesley University, 2006 Certified Buddho-Ennersense Advanced Reiki Practitioner, Christine Radice of Boston Reiki, 2010 Certified Holistic Health Coach, Institute of Integrative Nutrition, 2011 Certified Life Coach, Coby Kozlowski of Souluna Life Coach Certification, 2012 (fo...

Send us Fan Mail In the fast-spinning news cycle that is the overwhelming reality of media today, there are dizzying distractions. From sex scandals to failing escalators, we often lose focus of what might be happening that is less sexy, less sensational, yet much more important. With that in mind, today we spend an hour with independent investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz, a regular contribut...

Send us Fan Mail In the fast-spinning news cycle that is the overwhelming reality of media today, there are dizzying distractions. From sex scandals to failing escalators, we often lose focus of what might be happening that is less sexy, less sensational, yet much more important. With that in mind, today we spend an hour with independent investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz, a regular contribut...

Send us Fan Mail Episode Twelve consists of highlights from the first six months of The Whimsy Farm Podcast.    Episode One: Seth Donnelly joins me to talk about Taxpayers Against Genocide and their work to hold our elected officials accountable for their support of genocidal acts such as funding arms for the conflict in Palestine. Seth Donnelly is the author of The Lie of Global Prosperity: How N...

Send us Fan Mail We learn more about fighting fascism as we protect our children from falling victim to it. Our first guest is Craig A Johnson, author of How to Talk to Your Son about Fascism . Then we spend some time with poet Maryam Barrie on our recurring segment, Poetry Sustains.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We learn more about fighting fascism as we protect our children from falling victim to it. Our first guest is Craig A Johnson, author of How to Talk to Your Son about Fascism . Then we spend some time with poet Maryam Barrie on our recurring segment, Poetry Sustains.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail I speak with three writers and activists from Massachusetts. Carolyn Cushing, the former poet-laureate of Easthampton, Rachel Teferet, young adult fiction writer, and Carolyn Zaikowksi, current poet-laureate of East Hampton. These three friends and neighbors continue to work passionately on behalf of the Palestinian people amidst the genocide that continues. Carolyn, Rachel, and C...

Send us Fan Mail Coming up September 1 on the Whimsy Farm Podcast,  I speak with three writers and activists from Massachusetts. Carolyn Cushing, the former poet-laureate of Easthampton, Rachel Teferet, young adult fiction writer, and Carolyn Zakowksi, current poet-laureate of East Hampton. These three friends and neighbors continue to work passionately on behalf of the Palestinian people amidst t...

Send us Fan Mail Today I talk with Barb Barton, author of Manoomin: The Story of Wild Rice in Michigan. Barb is a woman of myriad talents, from singing and songwriting to filmmaking. She’s a scientist and a student of the cosmos. And she’s a passionate activist for social and environmental justice. She lives a couple hours from the farm in Lansing, Michigan’s capital.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today I talk with Barb Barton, author of Manoomin: The Story of Wild Rice in Michigan. Barb is a woman of myriad talents, from singing and songwriting to filmmaking. She’s a scientist and a student of the cosmos. And she’s a passionate activist for social and environmental justice. She lives a couple hours from the farm in Lansing, Michigan’s capital.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail I talk with best selling biographer Larry Tye. His latest effort is The Jazzmen, How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America . And—because jazz reminds me of poetry--our resident poet and poetry expert Maryam Barrie will join us after we hear from Larry Tye. She and I will share poems about jazz and the Black experience on Poetry Sustains.  Support the...

Send us Fan Mail Coming August 1: I talk with Best Selling Biographer Larry Tye. His latest effort is The Jazzmen, How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie transformed America . And—because jazz reminds me of poetry--our resident poet and poetry expert Maryam Barrie will join us after we hear from Larry Tye. She and I will share poems about jazz and the Black experience on Poetry Susta...

Send us Fan Mail I talk about the life and death importance of thinking with philosopher Elizabeth Minnich. She recently released the expanded edition of her 2017 book The Evil of Banality . Minnich received her doctorate at The New School, where she was Hannah Arendt’s teaching assistant. For twenty-five years she was a professor at the Union Institute. She also wrote Transforming Knowledge , and...

Send us Fan Mail Coming up July 15th on the Whimsy Farm Podcast, we talk about the life and death importance of thinking with philosopher Elizabeth Minnich. She recently released the expanded edition of her 2017 book The Evil of Banality . Minnich received her doctorate at The New School, where she was Hannah Arendt’s teaching assistant. For twenty-five years she was a professor at the Union Insti...

Send us Fan Mail Italk about gun violence and gun safety legislation.with two women, Gwendolyn LaCroix of Michigan and Amanda Wilcox of Colorado. Gwen and Amanda are mothers who suffered the most horrible loss. Each of them lost a child to gun violence. What’s incredible is that through this loss they became change agents, working as activists to help save the lives of other children. They share t...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 6 we talk about gun violence and gun safety legislation.with two women, Gwendolyn LaCroix of Michigan and Amanda Wilcox of Colorado. Gwen and Amanda are mothers who suffered the most horrible loss. Each of them lost a child to gun violence. What’s incredible is that through this loss they became change agents, working as activists to help save the lives of other childre...

Send us Fan Mail We continue our celebration of  Pride with a hyperlocal focus on the town of Milan in Southeast Michigan. We have four guests: Ash Eichner-Pendell from the organization ARC, an educational nonprofit that seeks to advocate, represent, and connect the community around LGBTQ+ issues. We’ll speak with Milan mayoral candidate Laura Russeau, who organizes Milan’s annual Pride Parade. We...

Send us Fan Mail We continue our celebration of  Pride with a hyperlocal focus on the town of Milan in Southeast Michigan. We have four guests: Ash Eichner-Pendell from the organization ARC, an educational nonprofit that seeks to advocate, represent, and connect the community around LGBTQ+ issues. We’ll speak with Milan mayoral candidate Laura Russeau, who organizes Milan’s annual Pride Parade. We...

Send us Fan Mail Carolyn speaks with Kathryn Bond Stockton. Kathryn is a distinguished Professor of English at the University of Utah. She is the author of Gender(s), Making Out, an (anti Memoir) and The Queer Child, or Growing Sideways in the Twentieth Century . We’ll talk with Kathryn about why she says gender is queer, by which she means strange. Why is gender strange even when it’s played stra...

Send us Fan Mail On June 1, Carolyn speaks  with Kathryn Bond Stockton. Kathryn is a distinguished Professor of English at the University of Utah. She is the author of Gender(s), Making Out, an (anti Memoir) and The Queer Child, or Growing Sideways in the Twentieth Century . We’ll talk with Kathryn about why she says gender is queer, by which she means strange. Why is gender strange even when it’s...

Send us Fan Mail Community organizer and radio personality Mike Thornton joins Carolyn to talk politics. From liberals to leftists to the Long Memory, we discuss how the Dems have lost touch and how to create lasting change. We also celebrate the 90th anniversary of the birth of Utah Phillips, who is the inspiration behind The Whimsy Farm Podcast. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Community organizer and radio personality Mike Thornton joins Carolyn to talk politics. What's the difference between a liberal and a leftist? Where has the Democratic party gone wrong? Tune in May 15 as we discuss these and other current issues. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Meet sociologist and author Betsy Leondar-Wright. She spoke to me from her home near Boston late last winter about her new book, Is it Racist? Is it Sexist? Why Red and Blue White People Disagree, and How to Decide in the Gray Areas. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail I speak with sociologist and author Betsy Leondar-Wright. I’ve followed Betsy’s work for decades, especially her first two books The Color of Wealth and Class Matters . She spoke to me from her home near Boston late last winter about her new book, Is it Racist? Is it Sexist? Support the show