The Red Nation Podcast

The Red Media family came together to discuss the tirefire that was 2025. Thank you from the entire Red Media podcast team and looking forward to more in 2026! Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Empower our work: GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-red-medias-indigenous-content Subscribe to The Red Nation Newsletter: https://www.therednation.org/ Patreon www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Christine McCleave, a Turtle Mountain Ojibwe researcher and advocate, explores the intersection of Indigenous spirituality and the psychedelic movement. She shares her journey into psychedelic research and highlights the importance of peyote in the Native American Church. The conversation delves into the legal complexities of Indigenous religious practices, concerns over biopiracy, and the distinctions between clinical methods and traditional healing. McCleave emphasizes the need for Indigenous-driven research and the challenges communities face amid commercialization.

Red Power Hour is back!!! Co-hosts Melanie Yazzie and Elena discuss Taylor Sheridan's Wind River (2017). Empower our work: GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-red-medias-indigenous-content Subscribe to The Red Nation Newsletter: https://www.therednation.org/ Patreon www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Celebrate five years of The Red Nation Podcast with us! This mixtape is a part of our "best of" series. This tracklist features some of the best of the show from the year 2024. Part two will be available on our Patreon as patron-exclusive content! Much gratitude to our patrons who have kept the show alive these past five years! Every episode can be found on our channels and will be listed on therednation.org Tracklist: TRN-KREZ National Day of Mourning 2024 "Two ways to resist, two ways to die" w/ Max Ajl (pt.1) Not in Our Honor - Press Conference Democrats and the "Dupes" of Empire Red Power Hour - Koba was right Remembering 1974: Navajo Liberation vs. Farmington GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-red-medias-indigenous-content Subscribe to The Red Nation Newsletter: https://www.therednation.org/ Patreon www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Join Jorge Rocha, a seasoned anti-imperialist organizer, John Lewis, the national treasurer and labor strategist, and Luisa Martinez, an advocate for immigrant justice, as they dive into the inner workings of the Democratic Socialists of America. They discuss recent convention votes aimed at establishing DSA as an independent socialist party. The panel also tackles the complexities of anti-Zionist resolutions, internal ideological diversity, and the DSA's response to grassroots struggles like ICE raids. Learn about the intersection of labor organizing and global influences shaping today's socialist movements.

**Red Media is hiring an Executive Director!** Chris La Tray joins TRN Podcast host Nick Estes in studio to discuss his latest book, Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian's Journey Home. He talks about the complexities of Indigenous family and tribal histories and fighting back against Indigenous erasure in this moment of backlash. Check out his Substack, An Irritable Métis Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Empower our work: GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-red-medias-indigenous-content Subscribe to The Red Nation Newsletter: https://www.therednation.org/ Patreon www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Elise Boxer, a Dakota historian and Associate Professor, discusses her upcoming book on the complexities of Mormon settler colonialism. She shares how her LDS upbringing shaped her research, sparked by a revealing conversation about stereotypes. Elise delves into the racialization of Indigenous identities in Mormon doctrine and critiques the Indian Student Placement Program. She also connects modern LDS narratives to historical patterns of dispossession, aiming to open dialogues between Mormon and Indigenous studies for deeper understanding.

**Red Media is hiring an Executive Director!** RPH is back! Co-hosts Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz discuss Chief of War (2025), a Hawaiian historical drama series created by Thomas Paʻa Sibbett and Jason Momoa for Apple TV. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel https://youtu.be/2d6lpI6QbRc Empower our work: GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-red-medias-indigenous-content Subscribe to The Red Nation Newsletter: https://www.therednation.org/ Patreon www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Fida Jiryis, a Palestinian writer and translator based in Galilee, discusses her father's influential work, The Foundations of Zionism. She shares her motivations for translating the book amid conflict, sheds light on her father's experiences during the Nakba, and delves into the history of the Palestine Research Center. Fida explores how Zionism emerged as a European project, its colonial implications, and contemporary U.S. support. Her insights offer a critical perspective on global resistance and the importance of understanding these narratives.

**Red Media is hiring an Executive Director!** RPH is back! Co-hosts Elena Ortiz and Melanie Yazzie return to discuss Powwow Highway (1989) Empower our work: GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-red-medias-indigenous-content Subscribe to The Red Nation Newsletter: https://www.therednation.org/ Patreon www.patreon.com/redmediapr