The oursociallandscape's Podcast

Karen Washington: Food apartheid, food activism, food justice

A conversation with Karen Washington, a food justice activist who coined the term "food apartheid" to both describe our current food system in America, as well as to provoke a reckoning in our political consciousness.   

Scott Carrier and ”the Equinoxium”

Peabody award winning radio producer and writer Scott Carrier is my guest on this episode of Our Social Landscape.  His podcast Home of the Brave helped get me through the pandemic and gave me inspiration to expand my blog into a podcast.  His stories are outstanding, filled with insight as well as compassion. Enjoy.

Bill Laswell on ’Getting out of the Darkness’

Please enjoy a conversation about our social world with legendary musician and producer Bill Laswell!

’Pulling Back Into Narrative’ with Kathryn Bond Stockton

A conversation with Professor Kathryn Bond Stockton on gender, sex, race, and "confusing the clarity of the system".

Jeb Loy Nichols and ”Skinny Jack”

 A talk with Jeb Loy Nichols, songwriter, visual artist and writer from the deep woods in Wales.

James Baldwin and MAGA

The recorded version of my last blog post.

Rob Garza, World Music, and the State of the Union

Thievery Corporation's Rob Garza is my guest on Our Social Landscape, where we discuss cultural expression through music.

”Injecting A Constant Line of Anger into Music”: Jason Williamson on Our Social Landscape

Jason Williamson of the Sleaford Mods is my guest on this episode of Our Social Landscape. Originally from Grantham and currently of Nottingham, England, Williamson and his musical partner Andrew Fearn make bass-driven punk rock with cutting and insightful social commentary.

Noam Chomsky

I’m joined by Noam Chomsky, the Father of Modern Linguistics, world-renowned political dissident and activist, and one of the world’s most respected intellectuals.   With appointments at M.I.T. and the University of Arizona, Professor Chomsky remains academically and politically active, well into his 94^th trip around the sun.

 

Dismantle Patriarchy = Save Our Planet

I’m joined by Robyn James, Gender and Equity Advisor with the Nature Conservancy, to discuss environmental issues, broadly speaking, and gender issues more specifically.  With over 25 years’ experience working in the Asia Pacific region at the community and national level to address conservation and equity issues, she is at the forefront in the convergence of localized environmental concerns with international environmental politics. 

 

Topics of discussion center around the role of women as not just stewards, but knowledge-based experts, in the race to find balance and sustainability in our natural resource utilization.  We conclude with a short discussion of the current Russian-Ukrainian war and its potential impacts on the environment and the humans that inhabit it.     

 

The podcast features the following songs: “I am woman”, “Wrangled”, and “Milkman of Human Kindness”. 

 

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All episodes of Our Social Landscape can be found on iTunes, simply type oursociallandscape into the search box. If you have any questions or comments, email me at jr@oursociallandscape.com.