Haiti, Cuba, and Lessons of Caribbean Resistance, with Claudia De La Cruz
In this episode, Niki interviews Claudia De La Cruz, Co-Executive Director of The People's Forum. The two discuss the recent events in Haiti, Cuba, an...
Getting to the Root of it with Venus Roots
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join niki franco (venus roots), a community organizer, writer, and facilitator of spaces for collective study, as she leans into conversations of radical truth-telling with artists, theorists, and organizers living in a world of rigid binaries and multiple truths. she navigates the urgency of solidarity, ancestral preservation, and dismantling systems of oppression that inform and deform our lives. @venusroots www.venusroots.com
Politicizing Journalism, with Clarissa Brooks
In this episode, Niki interviews Clarissa Brooks, an abolitionist movement journalist and organizer. The two discuss the dangers of status quo "object...
2nd Year Anniversary Special, with Mimi Zhu
In this celebratory episode, Niki rings in the second anniversary of the podcast by getting into conversation with fellow gemini Mimi Zhu, writer and ...
Connection in a Digital World, with Annika Hansteen-Izora
In this episode, Niki interviews Annika Hansteen-Izora, an art director, poet, and designer. The two reckon with the interests (profit, militarism, wh...
Work Won't Love You Back, with Sarah Jaffe
In this episode, Niki interviews Sarah Jaffe, labor journalist and author. The two discuss Sarah's new book, Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to...
The Role of An Artist and Cultural Worker, with Fresco Steez
In this episode, Niki interviews Fresco Steez, a cultural engineer and organizer who has designed countless slogans, visuals, and communications that ...
Abolition and A New Administration, with Derecka Purnell
In this episode, Niki interviews Derecka Purnell, an abolitionist writer, organizer, lawyer. Derecka works to end police and prison violence by provid...
Embodying Our Abolitionist Dreams, with adrienne maree brown
In this episode, Niki interviews adrienne maree brown, the author of Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good and Emergent Strategy: Shaping Ch...
How To Do Nothing, with Jenny Odell
In this episode, Niki interviews Jenny Odell, author of NYT bestselling book, How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. The two discuss dive...
Let's Talk Cuba, with Liz of Belly of The Beast
In this bilingual interview, Niki interviews Liz of Belly of the Beast. The two discuss the US blockade on Cuba and its profound and lasting effect, w...