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MEDIA INDIGENA 283

“[Far from] ponies and fairy dust” / MI 283

ON THIS WEEK'S ROUNDTABLE:

How should we speak of safety in society? How ought we to understand and manage the origins of risk? And in doing so, where might we position police’s role in producing either? Depending on who you ta...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 282

Troubles with Truckers / MI 282

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

The occupation of Ottawa. As truckers and others continue to crash C...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 281

On our fourth-ever 'MINI INDIGENA,' the quick + quippy edition of the podcast, special guest Q. Anthony Omene (cultural and political commentator with the R...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 280

Thinking the Unthinkable / MI 280

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

Colonial catastrophising. How would you write a eulogy for the United States? Didn’t realize it was on death’s door? Guess you didn’t read the Globe and Mail over the holida...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 279

Rotten Report Card / MI 279

ON THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM:

The racket of Reconciliation. It’s been some six years since the TRC issued its final report, complete with 94 2021-12-29 21:17:06 +0000 UTC View Post

MEDIA INDIGENA 278

Rocking the boats / MI 278

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

Displeasure Island. So distressed is an Ontario cottage owner that Indians could regain a significant say over some nearby islands in Georgian Bay, he’s somehow convinced his human rights are under...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 277

Sorry, Not (Yet) Sorry? / MI 277

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

'MINI INDIGENA': In this latest “rapid roundtable” on multiple topics via Clubhouse, Kim TallBear (professor in the  Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta) and Brock P...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 276

Trust, Truth and Treaties / MI 276

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

The gulf in understanding between settlers and First Nations people over treaties. A gap recently reinforced by none other than 2021-12-04 01:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post

MEDIA INDIGENA 275

The Undoing of Underdevelopment / MI 275

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

Wet’suwet’en Solidarity. As long-time listeners know well, this isn’t the first time our podcast has looked at long-standing 2021-11-26 21:10:32 +0000 UTC View Post

An overdue update from Rick on change at MI

TL;DR To ensure our host/producer avoids permanent burnout, we’ve moved to
3 episodes a month, trying out something new with one of them

How long has it been since I last wrote you, dear patron? Short of a pandemic, there’s really no excuse. Seriously, though, what a time to...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 274

Another batch of 'oral morsels' / MI 274

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

Our second crack at a “rapid round” of shorter conversations on multiple topics recorded via Clubhouse includes discussions...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 273

Settler Shitposting / MI 273

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

Unsettled settlers. When it comes to advancing Indigenous causes, is making settlers 'feel bad' a winning strategy? At least one settler pundit says 'no,' and he’s rounded up 2021-10-29 01:16:47 +0000 UTC View Post

MEDIA INDIGENA 272

Bad Medicine / MI 272

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

Unhealthy healers. CBC News has recently reported that a ...

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Canada's provincial patchwork of Orange Shirt Days MEDIA INDIGENA 271

Hello, patron! It's me Rick with a quick message about this latest episode, one that'll maybe sound kinda different from our conventional format. But that's precisely the point!

In the spirit of trying out new things, we're excited to share our first-ever “rapid round”: View Post

MEDIA INDIGENA 270

A quantitative difference / MI 270

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

Carbon coup. When it comes to fighting climate change, have Indigenous activists made much of a difference? Do we really know what their myriad anti-pipeline actions add up to? Turns out, a l...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 269 // *ALL-NEW*

"The past is never dead. It's not even past." / MI 269

ON THIS WEEK'S *ALL-NEW* INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

For Canadians, it was a revelation that seemingly came out of nowhere: the confirmation back in May of 2021-09-13 20:11:10 +0000 UTC View Post

MEDIA INDIGENA 268

Pandemic Pontifications / MI 268

😎 THE LAST OF OUR SUMMER 2021 SERIES:

On this week’s collected, connected conversations—our final show of the summer—more of our COVID contemplations.

Featured voices this podcast include (in order of appearance)...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 267

'Rona Retrospective / MI 267

😎 THE EIGHTH IN OUR SUMMER 2021 SERIES:

On this week’s collected, connected conversations: pondering the pandemic. A disease that’s thrown many into disarray, COVID-19 has come up often on this podcast. And for good reason: dispr...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 266

Summer School / MI 266

😎 THE SEVENTH IN OUR SUMMER 2021 SERIES:

On this week’s collected, connected conversations: the back half of our education investigation. And this episode, it’s all uni, all the time, where talk of 'Indigenization' is all the rage.
...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 265

Class Struggle / MI 265

😎 THE SIXTH IN OUR SUMMER 2021 SERIES:

On this week’s collected, connected conversations: back to school. Well, not quite yet. But it is around the corner, so we thought we’d help you prep with an education-related retrospective. And ...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 264

“We take care of [them]; they take care of us.” / MI 264

😎 THE FIFTH IN OUR SUMMER 2021 SERIES:

On this week’s collected, connected conversations: another round of fights over Indigenous rights to hunt and harvest.

Moose, elk, bison, lobster, salm...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 263

Triggering Conflicts / MI 263

😎 THE FOURTH IN OUR SUMMER 2021 SERIES:

On this week’s collected, connected conversations, we go on the hunt for some rights recognition. Rights rooted in the ‘radical’ notion that Indigenous peoples ought to be able to live o...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 262

The Not So Great Outdoors / MI 262

😎 THE THIRD IN OUR SUMMER 2021 SERIES:

On this week’s collected, connected conversations, we walk into the world of leisure and recreation—well, for some, anyway. For, as you’ll hear, it seems us pesky Indians can’t hel...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 261

Out of Order / MI 261

😎 THE SECOND IN OUR SUMMER 2021 SERIES:

This week, part two of our larger look at law and order—emphasis on the latter. Because even though we’ll begin this episode with discussions about the courts and prisons, building on last episode...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 260

The Long Arm of the Law / MI 260

☀️ OUR 2021 SUMMER SERIES BEGINS ☀️

With the arrival of warmer weather, it's once again time for another MEDIA INDIGENA Summer Series, our compendia of conversations collected and connected from the past five years of the po...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 259

Garbage Theory / MI 259

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

Pollution is Colonialism Part Two: fresh off part one, host/prod...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 258

Talkin' Trash / MI 258

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

Pollution is Colonialism: the straight-to-the-point title of a brand new book by 2021-05-27 00:55:12 +0000 UTC View Post

MEDIA INDIGENA 257

Money on our mind and our mind on our money / MI 257

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

Redress, compensation and restitution. In short, Cash Back! Building on part one<...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 256

Show Us The Money / MI 256

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

From Wealth to Welfare. Just how did Canada’s economy end up among the world's largest, anyway? Was it the sheer pioneering pluck of can-do Canucks? A steely determination tempered by visionary ima...

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MEDIA INDIGENA 255

Change and continuity / MI 255

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

DILEMMA INDIGENA: For Indigenous peoples living under settler colonialism today, there are few choices that aren’t constrained, a predicament at the heart of a discussion in the brand new book,...

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