Parhaat Feral Visions Podcastit (2025)

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Dr. Lewis Gordon on Grieving, Zombies, & Power (FV Ep. 40) 1:03:10

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Tune in to our sequel episode "Grieving, Zombies, & Power" with Dr. Lewis Gordon.Dr. Gordon is Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy at UCONN-Storrs; & Honorary President of the Global Center for Advanced Studies. He previously taught at Brown University, where he founded the Department of Africana Studies, and Temple University, where…

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Dr. Lewis Gordon on Unlearning Epistemological Bullying (FV Ep. 39) 1:00:48

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Dr. Lewis Gordon & I talk about Imhotep, suppressed Kemetic intellectual histories, the healthiness of suffering under oppression, white supremacist narcissism in nutrition & education, & so much more. Dr. Gordon is Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy at UCONN-Storrs; & Honorary President of the Global Center for Advanced Studies. He…

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Q, The Dems & Disinfo (FV Ep. 38) 1:11:22

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Let’s talk about Q Anon, the Democrats, & dis-info to watch out for. I’m a political scientist, philosopher, & professor 4 those who don’t know me. Buckle up cuz I’ve got some potentially uncomfortable gems!PS- Plz help Liberation Spring on Patreon or Paypal so we can spread discernment in these deadly times. Your support is legit the only way I ca…

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Non-conformity: Seed #10 (FV Ep. 37) 56:31

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Nonconformity can be life-giving AF. In a time when omnicide is normal, our very instinct to survive is nonconformist. Having ethics becomes renegade. Caring about your neighbor is countercultural. These are the times we find ourselves in. Let’s talk about it!So sorry that I got cut off at the end, by the way! So offensive 🤣 Feel free to share if y…

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Apathy Weed #10 (FV Ep. 36) 58:23

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What do zombification, trauma responses, professionalization, & representative politics have in common? They can all breed the kinda apathy that’s currently plaguing millions of our loved ones. Let’s talk about it.Feel free to share if you know anyone who could benefit from this discourse!Feel free to share any questions, ideas, or feedback you hav…

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Consent: Seed #9 (FV Ep. 35) 1:00:43

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Is your understanding of consent individualistic? Is it species-ist? If you value consent, let’s talk about robust, stronger understandings of this practice than the way it’s typically talked about within the colonial status quo.Plz share if you know anyone who could benefit from this discourse!And I would love your feedback! Let me know what you f…

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Militarism: Weed #9 (FV Ep. 34) 1:10:11

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My Dad worked w/ the Taliban in the 90s when we lived in Sugarland then New Delhi. Let’s talk about how militarism turns our loved ones into native informants, obedient soldiers, cannon fodder … & liberation loving activists. If you hear people use the word ‘decolonization’ who aren’t actively de-militarizing & de-nuclearizing, come thru for a smar…

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Direct Action: Seed #8 (FV Ep. 33) 1:09:07

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Direct action may be the seed of all seeds for us to plant. Let’s learn from Fred Hampton, Elaine Brown, Paulo Freire, Moraga, Marx, & more.Feel free to share if you know anyone who could benefit from this discourse!PS- Yes, this is a lil’ snippet of my book “Pulling Weeds & Planting Seeds: on Decolonial Discernment.” Make sure to cite my intellect…

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Scientism: Weed #8 (FV Ep. 32) 1:04:34

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Have you ever sensed that ‘Science’ fronts as objective at the expense of the very humility that legit knowing is contingent upon? Coming from your *most logical and wise self, not some anti-intellectual cop-out. If you’ve been sleeping on all the decolonial feminist scholarship on the philosophy of science that’s proliferated in the past quarter c…

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Feelings: Seed #7 (FV Ep. 31) 1:02:23

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We’re surrounded by trite clichés about following our hearts. And spaces where people allege to be into emotional intelligence that are then utterly intolerant of oppressed peoples expressing feelings. Feelings, by the way, that Eurocentrism judges as ‘negative’ in a fake binary that lots of people still adhere to.Or the same wannabe influencers w…

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New (c)Age Lies: Weed #7 (FV Ep. 30) 1:01:46

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What if the least reliable people about spirituality are those who call themselves ‘spiritual?’ Let’s talk about the new (c)age psy-op and how to unlearn it. Let’s have some respect for the power of spirituality by disentangling it from insultingly commercialized distortions. Why let our ancestral wisdom continue to get tainted by marketing manipul…

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Abolition: Seed #6 (FV Ep. 29) 1:05:27

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One of the greatest gifts that you could give your imagination is learning about the abolitionist movement (and getting involved).While oppressive injustice would have us in-fighting over toxic crumbs, abolitionism invites us to have standards, respect, and dignity. Previously impossible within this nightmarish empire. Let’s talk about it. While th…

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Criminality: Weed #6 (FV Ep. 28) 58:15

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When violent crime is discussed in mainstream echo chambers, is the term more likely to be associated with polluting lakes & damming rivers or a stabbing? I’ll bet you know the answer. Yet, which is overwhelmingly more catastrophic for people and the planet? What a deadly bias. Who & what benefits from that limited interpretation of crime? Who and …

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Context: Seed #5 (FV Ep. 27) 1:05:15

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How does our knowing get impacted by subjectivity, values, & identity? Find out thru this talk on feminist & indigenous epistemologies & so much more. Plz lemme know in the comments what you found evocative- I’d love to hear. Also plz be forewarned that I nerd out on theory a lil’ in the intro, but then it gets less jargon-y : ) PS- Yes, this is a …

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Co-optation: Weed #5 (FV Ep. 26) 1:01:04

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What is co-optation? Let’s talk green-washing, diversity & inclusion campaigns, misunderstanding decolonization, land acknowledgements, & more. Just cuz someone’s talking about a thing doesn’t mean they know what they’re talking about! For example, they might be a business trying to bank off of a social movement. As a matter of fact, did you know e…

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Curiosities re: 'Conspiracies' Seed #4 (FV Ep. 25) 1:10:46

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Have you noticed that the term ‘conspiracy theory’ (& ‘conspiracy theorist’ too) gets weaponized in all kinds of directions? By myriad actors, agents, & entities. Then millions of people obediently look the other direction. How sad to move thru the world like that. Disrespecting your capacity to gauge what’s valid independently from what the matrix…

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Hyper-individualism: Weed #4 (FV Ep. 24) 1:01:58

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Unlearning the illusion of hyper-individuation is easier said than done for those of us in deeply capitalist contexts like the settler colonial US. Alas, atomization is as American as apple pie.Hyper-individualism is a result of having been divided and conquered. As a matter of fact, that mentality dovetails nicely with a common military strategy. …

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Lunacy: Seed #3 (FV Ep. 23) 1:01:46

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What is lunacy? How does the label lunatic gets weaponized and mis-used? Learning from postcolonial psychology & activist traditions, let’s talk about it.Lunacy is one of the most potent counters to the limitations of respectability politics that’s available to us. Respectability politics pressures us to ceaselessly pander to oppressive audiences. …

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Vampirism: Weed #3 (FV Ep. 22) 41:00

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By vampirism, you know I’m talking about that extractivism that’s destroying us & our precious planet. Mining our minds, as the Red Power legend John Trudell would call it. Enacting coups in Bolivia for lithium for electric car batteries and the like. That market fundamentalism that’ll take us all down if we don’t stop it first. (By the way, the vi…

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Techno-Skepticism: Seed #2 (FV Ep. 21) 1:00:19

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What is techno-skepticism? One of the most vital seeds that we could plant today! One of the clearest extensions of a colonial progress narrative throughout the planet today is the pathetic belief in Silicon Valley and its tech-bros. Indeed, perceiving arrogant criminals like Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, or Jeff Bezos as innovative leaders is one of…

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Gaslighting: Weed #2 (FV Ep. 20) 1:01:14

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What is political gaslighting? Columbus Day is a great example- let’s talk about it. Hope you enjoy this 2nd weed identification video in our “Weeds & Seeds” autumn series. See ya Saturday for some seeding!PS- Yes, this is a lil’ snippet of my book “Pulling Weeds & Planting Seeds: on Decolonial Discernment.” Make sure to cite my intellectual produc…

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Critical Media Literacy: Seed #1 (FV Ep. 19) 1:00:48

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What is critical media literacy? Wanna hear about some resources to support building that skill *and a critique of those sources too? Come thru for a decolonial feminist critique of @DemocracyNow and other independent media sources that I listen to w/ a grain of salt. Hope you enjoy this 2nd installation of our “Weeds & Seeds” autumn series. Hope t…

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The Corporate Media: Weed #1 (FV Ep. 18) 59:40

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We don’t get free off bad intel, beloveds. Let’s take your focus back from the vampiric media outlets that infiltrate nervous systems & pollute minds 4 ratings & short-term gains. Their sellout pundits are so busy trying 2 get theirs that they’re forsaking any hope of vision, wisdom, or grounding. Let’s resist fear-mongering click-bait. And boundar…

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D'Juan Owens on Embodying the Revolution(FV Ep. 17) 1:00:55

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D'Juan Owens and I discuss the embodiment of revolutionary strategy. What does courage feel like? Is influencer culture or celebrity culture distorting your understanding of justice work? How do we disentangle getting free from popularity contests, tokenism, trends, and respectability politics? Tune in to find out. And plz let us know in the commen…

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Zion & Juju Angeles Of Babymamhood (FV Ep. 16) 1:15:08

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Tune in for this wonderful dialogue with the Mother-Daughter duo that is BabyMamaHood. Mama Juju and Zion Angeles help folks move beyond a one-size-fits all approach to parenting, Motherhood, & families & bring back the ceremony to birth. Juju & Zion are also the creators of A Love Adventure Project & Radical Childbirth. Learn about the important c…

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K-VIBE on Pedals of Liberation (FV ep. 15) 1:18:30

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Tune in for this wonderful dialogue with Dr. Jeffrey Acido and a group of young men from K-VIBE to learn about the liberatory work they’re doing at this visionary bike shop. Opened in 2005 as part of K?kua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services' commitment to providing community-based health initiatives that honor the development of personal r…

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Quill Violet Christie-Peters on Decolonizing Sexuality thru Painting (FV Ep. 14) 1:10:31

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Quill Violet Christie-Peters & I dialogue about decolonizing sexuality thru visual art in this episode. She’s an Anishinaabe arts programmer and self-taught visual artist currently residing in Thunder Bay. She is the creator of the Indigenous Youth Residency Program, an artist residency for Indigenous youth that relies on a radically relational pra…

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Carol Rojas on the Zapatista Women's Convocation (FV ep. 13) 55:32

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Tune in to hear about the Zapatista’s First International Gathering of Politics, Art, Sport, & Culture for Women in Struggle. I’m in dialogue with Carol Rojas about her experience at this historic event, including the somatics of anticapitalism, the importance of connecting with other freedom fighters who’ve devoted their lives to the struggle, the…

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Sakej Ward on Rekindling Warrior Societies (FV ep 12) 1:06:27

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Please tune in for this dialogue with Sakej Ward. We discuss various representations of warriors, the importance of developing strategic thinkers, the differences between warriors and soldiers, the dangers of cooptation & machismo, how to strengthen warrior spirits, the creation of indigenous revolutionary doctrines, & healing from trauma through m…

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Miloney Thakrar on the yoga industial complex (FV ep 11) 1:02:00

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What do South Asians think of what gets sold as 'yoga' in the US? Tune in to find out when my colleague Miloney Thakrar and I discuss the yoga industrial complex! We reflect on (POC-on-POC) cultural appropriation, neocolonialism, non-consensual extraction, entitlement, capitalist commercialism, poison fronting as medicine, healing and so much more.…

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Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi on Teaching Palestine (FV ep 10) 1:35:45

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Please tune in to hear a phenomenal dialogue with Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi of San Francisco State University's Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies (AMED) Program: http://amed.sfsu.edu. We discuss the state of critical scholarship on Palestine in the US today, Zionist repression of academic knowledge production and justice-centered praxis, …

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Uncle Dean Wilhelm on 'Āina & Culture-Based Education (FV ep 9) 56:42

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What do food sovereignty and decolonizing diets, both incredibly political & intimate ideas, really look like? Come learn from my dialogue with Uncle Dean Wilhelm, the co-founder & Executive Director of Ho‘okua ‘?ina. Nestled in the ahupua’a of Kailua at Kapalai in Maunawili on the island of O'ahu, this non-profit organization uses Hawaiian traditi…

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Claudia Serrato on Womb Ecology & Our Ancestor's Tastebuds (FV ep 8) 1:00:35

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Do you wonder what on earth it means to decolonize taste buds? And what does taste memory or womb ecology have to do with our collective liberation? Are you curious about Indigenous veganism or ancestral foodways? Come learn more thru this dialogue with my colleague Claudia Serrato.For more info, see:IG: cocina_manakurhini & Wombyn76FB: cocina_mana…

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Dr. Philip Deloria on Neocolonial Identity Politics & Playing Indian (FV ep 7) 1:13:31

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What’s the history of settlers in the US, especially white ones, playing Indian? Some listeners may be new to conversations about this topic that are grounded in history, context, & an analysis of power. Learn more from my dialogue with Professor Philip Deloria, who you may have seen recently in the documentary "More Than a Word: a Film about Nativ…

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Dr. David Delgado Shorter on Understanding Indigenous "Spirituality" (FV ep 6) 1:16:36

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Are you weirded out by the way that some folks talk about Indigenous spiritualities? On today’s episode of Feral Visions, we’re delving into the romantic idea of ‘Indian spirituality.’ Come learn from Dr. David Delgado Shorter about some of the power dynamics thru which it’s been imagined & maintained within the dominant, Eurocentric, settler colon…

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Dr. Carolina Prado on Radical BIPOC Doing Grad School Right (FV ep. 5) 1:04:17

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Have you considered grad school, but heard horror stories from radical BIPOC activists about staggering debt, apathetic environments, & micro aggressions, let alone macro aggressions? For folks considering having anything to do with the academic industrial complex, this dialogue may support your doing so in as liberatory & as harm-reductionist of a…

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Dr. Kim TallBear on Moving Beyond Settler Sexualities (FV ep. 4) 46:41

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How did our ancestors practice relationships and sexuality prior to colonization? Learn from Dr. Kim TallBear about moving beyond settler colonial sexualities! What's a decolonial approach to the settler institution of monogamy? These are some of the topics we delve into. Here are some of the resources Dr. TallBear mentions:The Critical Polyamorist…

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Dr. Margo Okazawa-Rey. Feminists Drop the MIC- military industrial complex (FV ep. 3) 1:02:47

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Learn from Dr. Margo Okazawa-Rey about feminist resistance to the U.S. military industrial complex, why we have to see the connections between domestic policy & foreign policy, & the Combahee River Collective's approach to intersectionality.*Apologies that the audio gets choppy from minute 13-19. The content during those minutes is great, though, s…

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Aishah Shahidah Simmons on #LoveWithAccountability (FV Ep. 2) 1:06:09

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“How do you move beyond sharing about your trauma to healing it?” asks our guest Aishah. What say you?#LoveWITHAccountability - http://LoveWITHAccountability.comNO! The Rape Documentary - http://NOtheRapeDocumentary.orgBay Area Transformative Justice Collective - https://batjc.wordpress.comThe Living Bridges Project - http://LivingBridgesProject.co…

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Dr. Sarah Hunt on Resurgent Cultures of Consent (Feral Visions Ep. 1) 37:56

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Learn from Dr. Sarah Hunt about resurgent cultures of consent, consensual allyship, decolonizing the roots of rape culture, & bodily sovereignty & sex sovereignty! Brought to you by liberationspring.com.Some of the resources she shared in our dialogue:o Violence on the Land, Violence on our Bodies: Building an Indigenous Response to Environmental V…

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