Best Indigenae Podcasts (2026)

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Ritual Relationships: Matrimony, Hospitality and Strangerhood | Stephen Jenkinson (Orphan Wisdom) 1:49:17

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On this episode, my guest is Stephen Jenkinson, culture activist and ceremonialist advocating a handmade life and eloquence. He is an author, a storyteller, a musician, sculptor and off-grid organic farmer. Stephen is the founder/ principal instructor of the Orphan Wisdom School in Canada, co-founded with his wife Nathalie Roy in 2010. Also a sough…

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bonus // inner magia: return to the indigenous body 1:33:56

6M ago1:33:56

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🪶🪶 Inner Magia is just the threshold. A taste of the deeper work waiting inside Xochikalli season 2— our 8-week group program to tend to your energy body, mind + nervous system for true spiritual liberation. We begin early October. Doors open soon. 🪶🪶 ++Inner Magia is a previously recorded workshop++ Let's unpack what it means to reclaim your indig…

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01// decolonial praxis: what it looks like in magia + brujería 10:46

6M ago10:46

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In this episode, Madre Ixchel unpacks what decolonial praxis really demands inside magia + brujería. We strip it down beyond nostalgia for pre-colonial days + beyond aesthetic rituals to the marrow of power, kinship + liberation. Learn how coloniality still snakes through your beliefs, your body, your craft.... and what it means to root your spirit…

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S6 #8 | El Derecho a No Migrar | Aldo Gonzalez y Gloria Romero Lopez 56:59

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Estimados oyentes, esta entrevista requirió que Aldo y Gloria se conectaran desde zonas rurales. Por lo tanto, la conexión a internet fue intermitente. Hay algunos momentos del episodio en los que puede resultar difícil comprender lo que se dice. Para mayor claridad, consulten la transcripción abajo. Gracias por su comprensión. Mis entrevistados en…

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S6 #7 | Ecologias de los Medios | Carlos Scolari 1:04:03

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Mi entrevistado en este episodio es Carlos A. Scolari, Catedrático del Departamento de Comunicación de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Barcelona. Ha sido Investigador Principal de diversos proyectos de investigación internacionales y estatales, desde el proyecto H2020 TRANSLITERACY (entre 2015 y 2018) hasta el proyecto LITERAC_IA, que comenzó en 2024…

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S6 #6 | Hacia Turismos Postcapitalistas | Ernest Cañada (Alba Sud) 1:09:31

8M ago1:09:31

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Mi entrevistado en este episodio es Ernest Cañada. Es coordinador de Alba Sud y docente de la Universidad de Barcelona. Investiga en torno al trabajo, los conflictos socioecológicos y las alternativas en el desarrollo turístico. Ha publicado: Viajar a todo tren. Turismo, desarrollo y sostenibilidad (Icaria, 2005, con Jordi Gascón); Turismo en Centr…

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S6 #5 | Turismo Psicodélico y Sabiduria Indígena | Claude Guislain 1:02:02

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Mi huesped en este episodio es Claude Guislain, un antropólogo peruano que pasa la mayor parte de su tiempo con pueblos indígenas en Perú, Colombia y Brasil. Con su primera investigación sobre el uso de la ayahuasca y el chamanismo por parte de los occidentales en Iquitos (2005-2007), inició el viaje que lo llevó a dedicar su vida a tender un puent…

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S6 #4 | Radicalismo Rigido y el Algoritmo | alF Bojorquez 1:08:39

9M ago1:08:39

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En este episodio, mi invitada es Alf Bojórquez, novelista y ensayista yucateca. Su primera novela, Pepitas de calabaza (2023) salió en la editorial Fondo Blanco. Se segundo libro, No existe dique capaz de contener al océano furioso. Potencia, alegría y anarquismo, apareció hace unos meses. Fue ganadora del premio Moving Narratives (2024) de Prince …

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S6 #3 | La Peregrinacion Entre Mundos | Anny Puac & Jairo Lemus 1:09:04

9M ago1:09:04

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Mis entrevistados en este episodio son Anny Gabriela Ventura Puac y Jairo Chamalé Lemus. Anny es ajquij(guía espiritual), politóloga e investigadora, actual curadora en jefe de Espacio/C. Nacida en Chuwila, Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala. Es mujer Maya Kiche con identidad diversa, sanadora y contadora del tiempo. Tiene estudios en Ciencias Pol…

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S6 #2 | Narco Airbnb | Sofia y Carlos Montoya (Proyecto NN) 1:07:57

10M ago1:07:57

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En este episodio, mis entrevistados son Laura Sofía Montoya Gómez y Carlos Alberto Montoya Correa. Carlos es arquitecto egresado de la Universidad Nacional sede Medellín. Experto en planificación, gestión y ejecución de proyectos de desarrollo urbano con énfasis en viviendas económicas en tratamientos de expansión urbana, consolidación, mejoramient…

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S6 #1 | Ecologías del Despojo y Resistencia | César Pineda 1:07:29

10M ago1:07:29

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ENGLISH TRANSCRIPT BELOW En este episodio, mi entrevistado es Cesar Pineda, sociólogo por la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Obtuvo el Doctorado en Ciencias Políticas y Sociales y la Maestría en Estudios Latinoamericanos, ambos con mención honorífica en la UNAM. Realizó estancias posdoctorales en el Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y en …

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Storytelling on stolen land: Indigenous eyes on Canadian politics, Pt 2 (ep 359) 49:38

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On this episode: the back half of the all-Indigenous panel MI host/producer Rick Harp moderated at "Reimagining Political Journalism: Perils, Possibilities & What Comes Next"—convened last November by Carleton University's School of Journalism and Communication in Ottawa—in which the audience joins in with their thoughts and questions for our all-s…

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Storytelling on stolen land: Indigenous eyes on Canadian politics, Pt 1 (ep 358) 37:02

11M ago37:02

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On this episode: Reimagining Political Journalism, the title of a three-day November 2024 event at Carleton University's School of Journalism and Communication in Ottawa, it included a formidable panel of Indigenous practitioners, moderated by MI's own Rick Harp! Sub-titled "Perils, Possibilities & What Comes Next," our all-Indigenous panel delved …

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S5 #10 | The Samaritan and the Corruption w/ David Cayley (CBC Ideas) 1:09:36

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On this episode of the pod, my guest is David Cayley, a Toronto-based Canadian writer and broadcaster. For more than thirty years (1981-2012) he made radio documentaries for CBC Radio One’s program Ideas, which premiered in 1965 under the title The Best Ideas You’ll Hear Tonight. In 1966, at the age of twenty, Cayley joined the Canadian University …

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Political Pontifications: Part 3 (ep 357) 46:16

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On this week's collected, connected conversations, our three-part pile of political pontifications concludes its campaign—as does our Summer 2024 Series as a whole—with a comparison of activism versus access: in the pursuit of mainstream political influence, is it better to be in the room or out on the streets? Featured voices this podcast include …

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Political Pontifications: Part 2 (ep 356) 1:09:04

1+ y ago1:09:04

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On this week's collected, connected conversations (the seventh in our eight-part summer series): the push and pull of performative politics, where we address the question of just how far Indigenous individuals can advance Indigenous interests in a settler-centric system. Featured voices this podcast include (in order of appearance): • Brock Pitawan…

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S5 #9 | We Will Dance With Stillness w/ Craig Slee 1:00:31

1+ y ago1:00:31

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On this episode, my guest is Craig Slee, a disabled writer, consultant and theorist dealing with mythology, folklore, magic and culture, exploring life through the lens of landscape, disability and fugitive embodiments. He has contributed essays and poetry focusing on the numinous and disability to various anthologies including The Dark Mountain Jo…

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Political Pontifications: Part 1 (ep 355) 56:00

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On this week's collected, connected conversations (the sixth in our summer series): a political perusal of the prerogatives of power. The first in our three-part look back at the allure and limits of mainstream political participation, we begin with a Trudeau triple-header, a Liberal dose of discussions about the only federal leader this podcast ha…

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Why Canada Needs Natives Needy: Part 5 (ep 354) 1:17:16

1+ y ago1:17:16

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On this week's collected, connected conversations (the fifth in our summer series): the conclusion to our five-part retrospective, Why Canada Needs Natives Needy, wherein we feature a few more settler-centric solutions to settler-made problems, as well as examples of what truly independent Indigenous initiatives look like. Featured voices this podc…

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Why Canada Needs Natives Needy: Part 4 (ep 353) 1:17:35

1+ y ago1:17:35

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On this week's collected, connected conversations (the fourth in our summer series): part four of Why Canada Needs Natives Needy, ranging from the precarity of charity to the dubious duty to consult. Featured voices this podcast include (in order of appearance): • Michael Redhead Champagne, Winnipeg-based community leader, helper, author, and publi…

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S5 #8 | Unpacking the Last Tourist w/ Jesse Mann & Tyson Sadler (The Last Tourist) 52:56

1+ y ago52:56

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On this episode, my guests are Jesse Mann (editor-director) and Tyson Sadler (director), the brains behind the documentary The Last Tourist. Jesse is both a picture editor and director whose professional work has spanned commercial, tv and film projects. The Last Tourist is her second feature film as editor. Her first film, as both editor and direc…

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Why Canada Needs Natives Needy: Part 3 (ep 352) 1:17:22

1+ y ago1:17:22

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On this week's collected, connected conversations (the third in our summer series): our third installment of Why Canada Needs Natives Needy, in which we debunk diagnoses of Indigenous impoverishment peddled by settlers, often to their own benefit. And while some come off as almost comical, others appear downright disturbing. Featured voices this po…

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Why Canada Needs Natives Needy: Part 2 (ep 351) 58:21

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On this week's collected, connected conversations (the second in our summer series): part two of Why Canada Needs Natives Needy, our comprehensive look at the systematic incapacitation of Indigenous peoples, and how Canada's overt efforts at social disintegration have fostered generations of individual displacement and disconnection. Featured voice…

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Why Canada Needs Natives Needy: Part 1 (ep 350) 55:50

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The MEDIA INDIGENA 2024 Summer Series—our classic compendia of collected, connected conversations drawn from our voluminous eight-year archive—begins with the first in a five-part compilation, 'Why Canada Needs Natives Needy,' a wide-ranging rundown of all the ways this country has produced and perpetuates Indigenous dependency. And here in round o…

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S5 #7 | The Dreamwork of Instagram w/ Sean P. Smith 52:45

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On this episode, my guest is Sean P. Smith, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Culture Studies at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. Much of his research has focused on the relationship between social media and tourism, and how colonial histories shape today’s ideologies and visual cultures of travel. The inequalities that result from …

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Why Indigenous-led Genomics Matters: Part II (ep 349) 38:17

1+ y ago38:17

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On this week's round table—the last all-new episode before our summer series launches—the second half of our special live on location look at Indigenous-led genomics. Recorded at the Global Indigenous Leadership in Genomics Symposium at UBC back in May, part one brought us the basics of genomics, how it differs from genetics, and how Indigenous gen…

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Why Indigenous-led Genomics Matters: Part I (ep 348) 42:53

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What is genomics? In what ways might Indigenous genomics differ from its mainstream counterpart? And why is it important they be Indigenous-led? Answers to those questions and more on this special edition of MEDIA INDIGENA, recorded live on location at the Global Indigenous Leadership in Genomics Symposium, hosted this past May at the University of…

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S5 #6 | Relearning Home & Hospitality w/ Manish Jain (Ecoversities) 52:41

1+ y ago52:41

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On this episode, my guest is Manish Jain, a man deeply committed to regenerating our diverse local knowledge systems, cultural imaginations and inter-cultural dialogue. Inspired by MK Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Ivan Illich, his illiterate village grandmother, his unschooled daughter, indigenous communities and Jain spiritual philosophy, he is one…

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Close Encounters of the Colonial Kind: Part 2 (ep 347) 1:18:38

1+ y ago1:18:38

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This week: our return to the realm of IZ, the personification of critical Indigenous studies as imagined by MEDIA INDIGENA regular Kim TallBear (University of Alberta professor of Native Studies), a character she embodied in her keynote at "Of the Land and Water: Indigenous Sexualities, Genders and Ways of Being," hosted earlier this year in Whiteh…

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#0.6 | Spectacle, The Senses and Surveillance w/ Chris Christou 11:17

1+ y ago11:17

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Show Notes John Urry’s The Tourist Gaze Photography The Senses Surveillance and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Spectacle Homework Transcript Welcome friends to Season Zero of the End of Tourism podcast. In these mini-episodes, you'll hear short transmissions speaking to the principles of the pod. We'll introduce you, our listeners, to the themes and …

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S5 #5 | Fortress Conservation in the Congo w/ Martin Lena & Linda Poppe (Survival International) 50:51

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On this episode, my guests are Martin Lena and Linda Poppe of Survival International. They join me to discuss “fortress conservation” in the Congo, the issues facing Kahuzi-Biega National Park, and the recent victories of Survival International there. Linda is a political scientist and director of the Berlin office of Survival International, the gl…

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From perogies to pemmican: what can two men switched at birth tell us about Indigenous belonging? (ep 346) 30:51

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In this back half of our longer-than-expected mini INDIGENA, host/producer Rick Harp picks up where he left off (drinking deeply of coffee, commodity fetishism and character actor Wallace Shawn) with Kim TallBear (University of Alberta professor in the Faculty of Native Studies and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience and Soci…

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Spilling the beans on Indigenous involvement in the coffee trade (ep 345) 30:38

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For our latest mini INDIGENA (the sweet + sour version of MEDIA INDIGENA), we yank on the global supply chain linking locals in Campbell River, B.C. to the opening of what's only the second "Indigenous-operated, licensed Starbucks store" in Canada. And just like last time—when our MINI went long on what we meant to be just our opening topic—our con…

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A Plethora of Pretendianism: Pt 2 (ep 344) 43:10

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This week: building upon last episode's commanding talk by MI's own Kim TallBear, in which she highlighted the insatiable settler drive to consume all things Indigenous—including so-called 'identity' claims staked by individuals—host/producer Rick Harp discusses her insights with fellow roundtable regulars Ken Williams (associate professor with the…