A STATE OF CHANGE: Water, Fire, and Life Amid...

What does it mean to practice hope in a changing world? In the final episode based on A State of Change: California’s Forgotten Landscapes, newly revised and expanded by Heyday Books, Ayana Young and artist-naturalist Laura Cunningham explore how we might stay present to what can ...  Show more

What becomes possible when we learn to see a place through the layers of its memory? Host Ayana Young speaks with artist-naturalist Laura Cunningham about her newly revised and expanded book, A State of Change: California’s Forgotten Landscapes (Heyday Books, 2026).Through field ...  Show more

North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green drops blessings like ripe mango into our laps. Walls breathe a heavy sigh of relief as she shreds the puny narratives we have about who we are and our power to reanimate and reclaim our medicine... our magic. She calls forth specter ...  Show more

Chloe Valdary joins the pod in Bed Stuy to discuss her innovative DEI program, Jung, cultural rootedness, and the power of music.

Follow Chloe @cvaldary, check out Theory of Enchantment here: https://theoryofenchantment.com/

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In this episode, Prentis sits down with Mia Birdsong, storyteller, community curator, and author of the recent book, How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community. Listen as Prentis and Mia explore our longing for, redefinition of, and ever-evolving relationship to ...  Show more