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The Birth Bruja Podcast brings you radical, transformative, empowering birthwork in all its nuances. Reproductive justice, racial justice, reclaiming ancestral wisdom, decolonizing the birth space- here, my friends…we go deep.
Join us each month as we chat with activists, scholars, healers, community wellness workers, birthing folk and beyond to explore topics from their roots to their leaves.
Created and hosted by Eri Guajardo Johnson
Produced by We Rise Production
Ep. 1 Reclamation of la Bruja with May Elawar
Ep. 2 Ancestral Medicine Series, Part 1 with Batul True Heart
Ep. 3 Ancestral Medicine Series, Part 2 with Jenny Silva
Ep. 4 Ancestral Medicine, Part 3 with Heaven Celeste Thunder
Ep. 5 Loss & Grief Series, Part 1 with Shawneshia Hoover & Cat Petru
Ep. 6 Loss & Grief Series, Part 2 with Maureen Buttner
Ep. 7 Loss & Grief Series, Part 3 with Elena Aurora
Ep. 8 Roots of Labor Birth Collective Series, Part 1: Birthwork for Folks of Color
Ep. 9 Roots of Labor Birth Collective Series, Part 2: Birthing Behind Bars
Ep. 10 Roots of Labor Birth Collective Series, Part 3: Decolonizing Birth
Ep. 11 Heart on Sleeve Series, Part 1: Am I Enough?
The Bookworm Series feature readings from the book Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy & Childbirth, edited by Julia Chinyere Oparah & Alicia D. Bonaparte. The following links lead to episode descriptions for context about the chapters featured.
Ep. 13 Bookworm Series, Part 1: Black Women & the Struggle for Birth Justice
Ep. 14 Bookworm Series, Part 2: Birthing Sexual Freedom & Healing: A Survivor Mother's Birth Story
Ep. 15 Bookworm Series, Part 3: Black American Midwifery & Liberation Struggle
Abuelito is a podcast that speaks about the secrets and hardships that are both hidden and revealed to first-generation immigrants and their children as a result of diaspora through the lens of first-generation Uruguayan-American, Tachi. This 3-part mini-series explores how much of cultural memory and trauma is inherited generation-to-generation and how the heritage is further complicated by having both the oppressed and oppressors in our lineage.
A We Rise Production in collaboration
with Noelle Viñas
We Rise brings you stories, interviews, and music to nourish our imaginations in service of collective liberation. Guided by Toni Cade Bambara’s call to make the revolution irresistible, each show explores the practice of solidarity in today’s freedom movements.
A We Rise Production
Ep. 1 Intro: A Tribute to Our Ancestors
Ep. 5 An Intro to Transformative Justice with Mia Mingus - Full Transcript
Ep. 27 CalShakes Civic Dialogue: Is Capitalism Killing Us?
Ep. 28 CalShakes Civic Dialogue: The Role of Joy in our Movements
Radio & Production
Radio Feature: This Land is Called Huichin
The following are not full transcripts. These documents are scripts we wrote out, some with our collaborators, in preparation for podcast recording. We share these to increase accessibility. If you are moved by our words, or inspired by script layouts, feel free to share. Please do so with accountability and cite the source – for the sake of strengthening access to our web of community resources. Thank you!
Ep. 9 We Rise and the Lodestar Common Ground Expedition
Full Circle: For the Creatively Maladjusted
TheatreFIRST is an arts-as-activism organization. This podcast series is an extension of our commitment to the art and practice of collective liberation. With each episode, we delve into the themes, characters, and critical questions central in our live theater productions, and explore how they relate to our world and our communities.
Featured guests include theatremakers, artists, activists, actors, playwrights, community leaders, and more.
Because, the revolution does not end on stage.
More at theatrefirst.com.
A We Rise Production in collaboration
with TheatreFIRST