MEDIA INDIGENA 238 (Patreon)

A Return to Roots / MI 238

ON THIS WEEK'S ROUNDTABLE:

Back to Basics. Scientist, broadcaster, activist, author, grandfather: David Suzuki has worn many hats over his eight-plus decades on the planet. A planet he continues to be both amazed by and  concerned for as it faces catastrophic climate change. A trajectory made all the more challenging amidst a global pandemic. But it's precisely that pandemic that indirectly inspired Suzuki to do something he's never done before: start a podcast.

It's a series featuring plenty of Indigenous voices—from Autumn Peltier to Jeannette Armstrong to Winona LaDuke—just one of many reasons we're honoured to welcome David as our special guest for this double-episode year-end discussion. In part one, David sits with host/producer Rick Harp as well as roundtable regulars Kim TallBear, associate professor in the Faculty of Native Studies at the  University of Alberta, and Candis Callison, associate professor in the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies and the Graduate School of Journalism at UBC.

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LINKS REFERENCED / CONSULTED THIS EPISODE:

• The Virus is a Relation Upping the Anti

• America Is Trapped in a Pandemic Spiral The Atlantic

• This Overlooked Variable Is the Key to the Pandemic The Atlantic

• Why the West failed to contain COVID-19 New Statesman

• Testing Is Broken, Contact Tracing Has Failed: There’s a Better Way WhoWhatWhy.org

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LISTEN NOW: 

https://mediaindigena.libsyn.com/back-to-basics-with-david-suzuki-pt-1-ep-238