First Voices Radio 06/11/23 - Robin Wall Kimmerer (Repeat from 2016)
This week we are revisiting Tiokasin Ghosthorse's 2016 conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer.
Robin is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of the widely acclaimed “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants” (Milkweed Editions, 2013). In 2022, the was adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith. This new edition reinforces how wider ecological understanding stems from listening to the earth’s oldest teachers—the plants around us. Robin’s first book, “Gathering Moss,” was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing.
Robin’s writings have appeared in Orion, Whole Terrain, and numerous scientific journals. Robin tours widely and has been featured on NPR’s “On Being” with Krista Tippett and has addressed the general assembly of the U.N. about “Healing Our Relationships with Nature.” She lives in Syracuse, NY where she is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. As a writer and a scientist, Robin’s interests in restoration include not only restoration of ecological communities but also restoration of our relationships to land. Robin holds a BS in Botany from SUNY ESF, and MS and Ph.D. in Botany from the University of Wisconsin and is the author of numerous scientific papers on plant ecology, bryophyte ecology, traditional knowledge and restoration ecology. In 2022, she was named a MacArthur Fellow.
For more information about Robin, visit https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com
Production Credits:
Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer
Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer
Michael G. Haskins, Studio Engineer, WBAI 99.5 FM, New York City
Malcolm Burn, Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston, WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM, Kingston, NY
Manuel Blas, Engineer, Radio Kingston, WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM, Kingston, NY
Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio Editor
Kevin Richardson, Podcast Editor
Music Selections:
1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)
Artist: Moana and the Moa Hunters
Album: Tahi (1993)
Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)
(00:00:22)
2. Song Title: Once Upon a Time in the West
Artist: Dire Straits
Album: Communiqué (1979)
Label: Warner Records
(00:52:39)
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