Best Deepa Iyer Podcasts (2025)

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Six Scripts for Talking to Our Children about Immigration Rights (in Ways that They Get & You Don’t Sweat) 8:45

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In this episode, you’ll hear six scripts that you can use or adapt when your little one is asking who immigrants are and why people are protesting. --------------------------- Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcast For more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram! Sign up for our weekly Care Collect…

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Solidarity as Strategy: Building Power Across Movements 1:00:14

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Co-host Adaku Utah speaks with Nikko Viquiera of Race Forward on solidarity’s role in ending oppression and building just communities—sharing insights on strategy, relationships, and sustaining a justice ecosystem rooted in love and equity.By Deepa Iyer

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Solidarity: Movement Lessons from the First 100 Days 1:15:10

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In this episode, we share a conversation from our State of Solidarity series exploring how movements are responding to political upheaval, and highlight strategies from our new report, Movement Lessons from the First 100 Days.By Deepa Iyer

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Solidarity at the Pace of Interdependence and Care: Lessons from New Disabled South 42:14

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Co-host Adaku Utah talks with Dom Kelly of New Disabled South about building movements rooted in care, access, and interdependence. Amid rising attacks, Dom highlights how disability justice organizers resist harm and foster transformative solidarity.By Deepa Iyer

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Solidarity: Nonprofit Sustainability Now and Beyond 44:20

3M ago44:20

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In this episode, co-hosts Adaku and Deepa explore the devastating impact of recent executive orders on nonprofits and how organizations are resisting defunding, criminalization, and state repression.By Deepa Iyer

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[BONUS] 10 Roles to Play with Our Children in Collective Care with Deepa Iyer 49:11

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In this bonus episode, Deepa Iyer shares her wisdom on staying engaged in social change when you’re a caregiver. You’ll explore the roles you can play in liberation and make your advocacy “sustainable and effective.” --------------------------- Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcast For more BTS of this podcast, fol…

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Solidarity in Crisis: Building Power in Uncertain Times 44:55

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Building Movement Project's Executive Director Janis Rosheuvel and Adaku discuss the urgent challenges organizations and communities face in response to political instability, and how to balance immediate action with building long-term power.By Deepa Iyer

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Solidarity: Stories of Rebuilding and Reimagination 32:09

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As Trump's administration unleashes a wave of restrictive executive orders, hosts Adaku Utah and Deepa Iyer spotlight innovative solidarity practices emerging across movements, from rapid response networks to bold models of community defenense and care.By Deepa Iyer

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Solidarity: Countering Attacks on Each Other 1:05:08

6M ago1:05:08

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How do we build and protect cross-racial solidarity for the long term? In this episode, co-host Adaku Utah explores this question with Alvina Wong (APEN); Anna Castro (Transgender Law Center); and Janis Rosheuvel (Building Movement Project).By Deepa Iyer

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Power With With Your Neighbors: Pod Mapping 24:25

7M ago24:25

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In this episode, you and I are going to roll up our sleeves and dig into how to build a parenting support system. We’ll explore what social justice actions like pod mapping can teach us about how to build a parenting support system that’s based on trust, reciprocity, and interdependence. We’ll also unpack how inner child wounds can sometimes make t…

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Solidarity: Beyond the Elections 1:10:45

7M ago1:10:45

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In this special episode, co-host Adaku Utah speaks with Margaret Faliano (IllumiNative), Mary Hooks (M4BL), and Rachel Cheek (NNAF) about the necessary and ongoing work we need to cultivate a democratic society beyond the ballot box.By Deepa Iyer

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Power-With With Your Family this Holiday with this Political Messaging Strategy 30:34

7M ago30:34

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I first shared this episode with you last November and my mailbox got flooded with kind feedback from so many listeners saying how compassionate and concrete the strategy was. So, I’d love to share it with you again today, my dear co-conspirator. In this episode, you and I will explore a framework for strategic communications that a political messa…

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Power-With With Gaza at Your Child's School with Nora Lester Murad 1:07:05

8M ago1:07:05

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Today’s episode invites you to take direct action and practice power-with at our children’s schools through a campaign called Drop the ADL from Schools. --------------------------- Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcast For more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram! Sign up for our weekly Care Co…

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Solidarity: 2024 Elections and Beyond: Fortifying Ourselves, Our Organizations, and Our Ecosystems 30:15

8M ago30:15

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Join co-hosts Adaku Utah and Deepa Iyer as they present the "2024 Elections and Beyond" toolkit, offering tools to clarify values, engage in rapid response, and strengthen ourselves, our organizations, and ecosystems.By Deepa Iyer

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Mothering, Not Smothering: Power With When Your Child is Struggling 23:57

8M ago23:57

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In this episode, you and I are going to explore one action to power-with with your child when they struggle. You’ll also explore the science behind how power-with nurtures your child’s motivation and perseverance. You can prepare your child for the real world using power-with. This way you get to practice what feels aligned with your values and pro…

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Unlearn Adult Supremacy & Power-With with Your Child 22:16

9M ago22:16

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In this episode, you and I are going to explore one barrier that prevents many of us from meeting our children where they’re at. And that barrier is adult supremacy. Let’s unlearn this pattern of oppression together so that you can shift from power-over your child to power-with with them… most of the time. Then, we’ll pick one adult supremacy patte…

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[BONUS] Politicians aren’t Our Parents: What Disorganized Attachment Teaches Us about this Moment 15:16

9M ago15:16

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In this episode, you and I will explore the both-and of voting and organizing in your community through the lens of disorganized attachment. Then, we’ll unpack what disorganized attachment can teach us about ways to get organized in this moment of uncertainty. --------------------------- Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.c…

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[Bonus] Back-to-School Grounding Guide 17:17

10M ago17:17

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In this bonus episode, you and I are going to explore two invitations to stay grounded amid the changes and transitions of back to school. Then, we’re going to unpack the sense of “here we go again” you might be feeling when it comes to both back to school and social justice action during these times. --------------------------- Get full show notes…

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Why Re-Parenting Inner Child is Hard 12:13

11M ago12:13

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This episode concludes our inner child re-parenting series (Ep 50-58). In this episode, you and I are going to recap some key concepts of inner child re-parenting that we’ve been talking about since episode 50. Then, we’ll explore some reasons why the people closest to you might not be the most supportive of you when you choose your own healing and…

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How Elisa Sets Boundaries with Her Mom in front of her Teenagers 1:04:21

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Our inner child re-parenting series (eps 50 to 58) continues. In this episode, you will hear the conversation that I had with Elisa about boundary setting, intergenerational family healing, inner child re-parenting, and parenting teenagers. At the end, you’ll have one reflection question and invitation to integrate this discussion into your own bou…

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Are You Regulating or Coping? 31:28

1y ago31:28

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In this episode, you and I are going to explore how our inner child wounds can complicate our ability to practice regulation. Then, we’ll discuss one action we can do to slowly cultivate regulation and safety, going beyond coping and surviving. So that you can offer regulation to your child and meet their needs where they’re at, most of the time. A…

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Solidarity: Building Solidarity In an Era of Silos 1:05:19

1y ago1:05:19

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In an age of increasing polarization and division, how can we build bridges. Join us in this special State of Solidarity episode to explore the challenges and opportunities of building solidarity in our current social and political climate.By Deepa Iyer

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Pep Talk: Listen When You Have a “Bad” Parenting Day 7:12

1y ago7:12

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Let’s take a quick breather from our inner child re-parenting series to re-center ourselves. It’s been a lot to process, hasn’t it? In this mini episode, you and I are going to explore three measures of parenting success that aren’t shame based but are more aligned with liberation and informed by child development science. If that sounds generative…

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[BONUS] Using Household Chores to Ground Yourself & Demand a Gaza Ceasefire 4:54

1y ago4:54

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In this quick bonus episode, we’ll explore three body-based self-regulation exercises you can experiment with while doing household chores to get out of the freeze response and get back into direct action. --------------------------- Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcast For more BTS of this podcast, follow @comeba…

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Two Overlooked Actions to Soothe Your Parenting Triggers 24:27

1y ago24:27

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Ep 51-52: Our inner child re-parenting series (eps 50 to 58) continues. In this episode, you and I are going to unpack what happens when we’re triggered both in parenting and social justice advocacy using our react-revert-reduce cycle. Then, we’ll close out the episode with two actions you can experiment with. --------------------------- Get full s…

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How to Raise Change Agents: Lessons from Gaza Solidarity Encampments 39:40

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Ep 51-52: Our inner child re-parenting series (eps 50 to 58) continues. In this episode, you and I are going to connect the dots between re-parenting our inner child and raising our children to take social justice action that’s aligned with their values, just like the university students who are a part of the anti-war movement now. You’ll explore t…

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Why Intentions Don’t Matter When You’re Triggered (in Parenting & Activism) 23:05

1y ago23:05

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Ep 51-52: Our inner child re-parenting series (eps 50 to 58) continues. In this episode, you and I will zoom in on our nervous system and see what’s going on in there when we’re triggered both in parenting and community organizing. Between this episode and the next one you’ll learn about three concrete tools to replace automatically reacting when y…

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Why Inner Child Healing Boosts Your Child's Development 23:20

1y ago23:20

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Ep 50: Welcome to our inner child re-parenting series (eps 50 to 58). In this episode, you and I will explore these themes: why Inner child healing boosts your child's development and what inner child wounds are. Then, we’ll wrap up the episode with one action you can play with to care for your inner child wounds. --------------------------- Get fu…

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Solidarity: Reckoning with Sustainability 44:05

1+ y ago44:05

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In this episode, co-host Adaku Utah and guest M Adams reflect on BMP's latest report: Reckoning with Sustainability, which explores how more than 50 Black movement leaders and their organizations understood the brief moment of “racial reckoning” in 2020..By Deepa Iyer

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[BONUS] How Aireen’s Breaking Generational Cycles & Transforming Parenting Triggers with Her Daughter 57:46

1+ y ago57:46

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In this episode, you’ll hear about Aireen’s healing journey and how she puts the social justice parenting and inner child re-parenting ideas that we discuss in our podcast into action…most of the time. In our conversation, you’ll hear us talk about how Aireen was working with her parenting triggers to get unstuck from yelling at her little one. You…

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[BONUS] Why I Love Working with Parents & Young Children 38:42

1+ y ago38:42

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In this episode, you’ll hear about how I started social justice organizing back in 2007, how I’ve learned to love and trust myself in the world that simply hates that I exist and look fabulous, and what made me fall in love with serving young children, parents, and families aka you. ** This episode is originally published as an interview from the B…

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Solidarity: Healing across generations at the intersections of memory, care, and justice 43:16

1+ y ago43:16

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In this episode, Cara Page of Changing Frequencies discusses with host Adaku Utah how we reclaim ancestral wisdom for collective liberation and shape futures that center collective care and safety and build power.By Deepa Iyer

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[BONUS] How to Practice Social Justice Parenting Today 16:57

1+ y ago16:57

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In this episode, you and I are going to explore what social justice parenting means and what it actually looks like in practice using a framework I’ve been using with families for 15 years. You’ll see how the two components of the framework fit together so that you can begin applying it to your daily parenting at your own pace. --------------------…

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Integrating Lessons from Season 4 19:35

1+ y ago19:35

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In this season finale episode, you and I will explore what parenting agility or the hokey pokey of parenting means to our liberatory practices. Together we explore how do we stay in the struggle for liberation and shape the liberated future for our children to grow up in amid climate catastrophe and systemic oppression? How do we keep going without…

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Find Your Roles in Liberation: An Antidote to Cynicism & Despair 29:00

1+ y ago29:00

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In this episode, you and I are going to explore the roles that you play in liberation both in your home as a decolonized parent and in your community as a social justice advocate. You’ll hear examples of small-yet-significant parenting moments that you’re already doing. My hope is for these mundane and messy moments to be a concrete receipt that te…

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Solidarity Narratives in Crises: A Practice Guide 23:26

1+ y ago23:26

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Deepa Iyer and Shanelle Matthews discuss how organizations can shape solidarity narratives in a time of crisis.By Deepa Iyer

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Protect Your Peace this Holiday with this Political Messaging Strategy 29:45

1+ y ago29:45

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In this episode, you and I will explore a framework for strategic communications that a political messaging expert and campaign advisor, Anat Shenker-Osorio, teaches. Then, you’ll adapt and apply this three-part framework to craft your own statement that you can use to set boundaries and protect your peace with those who judge or critique your pare…