The oursociallandscape's Podcast

2020 Election: Everybody's Talkin' at Me

I interview a few people to hear their thoughts on the upcoming election.

Pádraig Ó Tuama on Poetry and Power

Irish poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama joins me to discuss the role of poetry, lament, and rage in conflict resolution.

Padraig has been the director of the Corrymeela Community, Ireland’s oldest peace and reconciliation organization, and in 2011 he co-founded the storytelling event 10 by 9, where 9 people have up to 10 minutes to tell a true story about their lives, related to themes which change monthly.  Padraig is currently the theologian in residence for the On Being Project, a media and public life initiative, where he is responsible for a podcast called Poetry Unbound. 

In our interview, he brings in the work of Helene Cixoux, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, among others, as we attempt to combine the symbolic and the structural in our effort to understand contemporary conflicts. 

As always, the episode can be found in iTunes by typing oursociallandscape into the search box.

Ward Churchill on America in 2020

A conversation about race, politics, and writing with Ward Churchill, American Indian activist and former chair of the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of Colorado.

Defund the Police?

This combines a two-part post on what it might look like to "defund the police".

A Conversation with Patterson Hood on Music, Race, and What it Means

Patterson Hood of the Drive-by Truckers joins me from Portland, Oregon, to discuss his music and the state of affairs in America.

 

Included music: Disappear, Puttin’ People on the Moon, What it Means, (Something’s Got to) Give Pretty Soon, Saturday Night Special, Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More, Homefront, Heathens.

"The Potomac Drainage Basin Indigenous Persons"

A discussion with Mike Jetty and RT White about Indian mascots in light of the Washington Redskins changing their name.

Harmless Pride v. Arrogant Nationalism

A discussion of the current state of America as we revel in Independence Day mythology.  "Almost Independence Day" by Van Morrison plays behind...

Art and Social Change

Jacksonville-based artist and Professor Dustin Harewood joins me to discuss the role of art in our current civil unrest and potential cultural change that could emerge.

Interview with Dr. Shane Doyle

American Indian activist and educator Dr. Shane Doyle joins me from Bozeman, Montana, to discuss the current civil unrest in the U.S. and the overlap with Native issues.  

Black Lives Matter

My thoughts on the civil unrest and protests erupting around the country.  Marvin Gaye's "Inner-city Blues" starts the episode, and Bob Marley finishes it with his song "War", which was from a speech by Emperor Haile Selassie.