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Visions for a Radically Different World 5: Care and Affection
Visions for a Radically Different World 5: Care and Affection
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Join Kari and her guests to explore all the ways we exist in relationship. Whether they’re talking about how we relate to our bodies and food, music and art, family, our stuff, our thoughts, and more, you’ll be sure to find something relatable in these dynamic conversations. Kari draws on her expertise as a published author, parenting coach, and grief and rage educator to investigate how these connections influence us as we move through the world every day.
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- Visions for a Radically Different World 5: Care and Affection · 1 h 14 minKari talks with Faith and Tanya about the care economy, why so much of our care is uncompensated, stigmatized, and doled out according to class, age, and the needs of the system…
- Visions for a Radically Different World 4: Growth & Development · 1 h 20 minIn this episode, Kari talks with Debra and Britt about learning, why we learn, how we learn, and how learning, growth, and development are changed by capitalism. Each of us…
- Visions for a Radically Different World 3: Creation & Rest · 1 h 22 minJoin Kari, Shelby, and Sarah as they explore the ideas and definitions of creativity and rest and talk about why they are so important to our well-being. They also look at how…
- Visions for a Radically Different World: Belonging & Being Valued · 1 h 16 minWe all need to belong, if only for survival, but we also want to feel valued and important. Kari, Samandra, and Niki talk about the ways our current systems have commodified…
- Visions for a Radically Different World 2: Basic Needs · 1 h 23 minIn the first full-length episode of Visions for a Radically Different World, Kari talks with two friends about what it might look like to create a world where everyone's needs…
- Visions for a Radically Different World · 29 min · Episode 39This is a short introduction to a new series where Kari and guests explore ideas for a world where our systems and structures actually serve us as human beings. We ask the…
- Exploring the Relationship Between Work and Creativity · 1 h 0 min · Episode 36Kari talks to Shelby Mathis about the importance of rest and play for folks whose work relies on creativity. Come listen as these two explore ideas of what it means to reimagine…
- How Do We Lose Touch With Our Humanity with Vanessa Faloye · 1 h 6 min · Episode 37Check out the news on any given day and you'll see evidence of all the ways we "other" people, shame them, alienate them, and cause harm to them - passively and actively. In this…
- Our Relationship to Justice: Redux · 15 min · Episode 36In this short episode, Kari revisits her conversation with Jason Sole, who has applied for a pardon for his crimes in the state of Minnesota and discovered just how opaque and…
- Talking with Jess Graham about Our Relationship to Pain · 1 h 18 min · Episode 35Kari talks to Jess Graham about their new book, Being (Sick) Enough, and what it means to build a relationship to pain - both chronic illness and emotional trauma. The…
- Exploring Our Relationship to Place with Faith Scott · 1 h 2 min · Episode 33Kari talks with Faith Scott, a writer, therapist, TEDx speaker, and all-around amazing human about what "place" means to her. Drawing on inspiration from bell hooks and Nicholas…
- Relating to This Time in History in the US · 22 min · Episode 33This short episode features Kari thinking out loud about where we can find solace amidst chaos. She invites listeners to think about how to identify solid ground when everything…
- Marriage and Difference: Navigating Core Challenges · 58 min · Episode 31Eleanor Vincent is an author whose latest book is called Disconnected: Portrait of a Neurodiverse Marriage. In this memoir, she recounts her experience of courtship and marriage…
- One Writer's Relationship to Writing with Aggeliki Pelekedis · 58 min · Episode 31Kari and Aggeliki talk about writing, how it relates to life, and Aggeliki's new novel, Unlucky Mel. Exploring themes of caregiving, workplace politics, and humor, the book is…
- The Challenges of The Sandwich Generation: Taking Care of Kids and Elders at the Same Time · 1 h 5 min · Episode 30In this episode, Kari and Nina McCollum talk about what it's like to be a caregiver to kids and parents simultaneously. In the last couple of decades, the emergence of the…
- Kari and Author Garrett Bucks on Being 'The Right Kind of White' · 1 h 4 min · Episode 29Garrett Bucks is a writer and organizer dedicated to creating spaces where White folks can have conversations about what it means to really create communities where we all thrive…
- Grounding our Activism in Love · 49 min · Episode 28Dr. Paul Zeitz, a physician, activist, and author, joins Kari to talk about his new book, Revolutionary Optimism. They explore ideas of overwhelm and grief and share tips for how…
- Kari Talks with Abolitionist Jason Sole about Our Relationship to Justice · 1 h 5 min · Episode 27Join Kari and Jason Sole to talk about what it means to be in community with each other in ways that heal and repair rifts, and why abolition is a key part of this. Jason's…
- Judy Hall talks with Kari About Relationship to Food and her Body Post-Cancer · 1 h 8 min · Episode 26Kari talks with Judy Ryan Hall about how her tongue cancer and the subsequent treatment radically changed her relationship to her body and to food. The treatment not only…
- Relationship to Parenting with Rachael Steidl · 1 h 13 min · Episode 25Kari and Rachael talk about how they came to their parenting philosophies, examine the complexities of parenting, and look at how their ideas changed over time. Exploring ideas…
