The Red Nation Podcast

Co-hosts Elena Ortiza and Melanie Yazzie critique Dune: Part Two, analyzing imperialism, religious manipulation, and indigenous representation. They compare relationships with worms in Dune to dragons in Game of Thrones, discuss cinematic influences like Planet of the Apes, and plan to watch future films.

Maira Olivia-Rios and Levi Harter discuss the challenges of forming relationships amidst economic and political crises. They explore topics like the impact of dating apps, trauma and love, decolonizing love, addiction, and societal conditioning on personal desires. Embracing indigenous principles, they advocate for genuine connections over superficial relationships in a capitalist society.

RPH is back! RPH Co-host Melanie Yazzie is joined by Justine Teba to reflect on Indigenous environmental movements and victories against the backdrop of the Gaza genocide and the resistance to it. Justine also debriefs the No False Solutions gathering this past weekend. Special shout out to Pueblo Action Alliance. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel   The Red Nation Podcast is sustained by comrades and supporters like you. Power our work here: www.patreon.com/redmediapr

TRN Podcast host Jen Marley interviews Acoma Pueblo elder and activist Maurus Chino about his life, organizing career, and the origins of the movement against racist conquistador statues in New Mexico. Cover art: Acoma 1599, Acoma beloved Acoma, ancient of days. By Maurus Chino (2005) The Red Nation Podcast is sustained by comrades and supporters like you. Power our work here: www.patreon.com/redmediapr  

The return of our miniseries YOTED! Jen and Justine discuss the New Age settler spiritualism to alt-right pipeline. The documentaries mentioned are Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God (2023) and You Can't Kill Meme (2021). Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel The Red Nation Podcast is sustained by comrades and supporters like you. Power our work here: www.patreon.com/redmediapr

TRN Podcast co-host Jen Marley speaks to filmmaker and organizer Mikey (@karaokecomputer) on the overlapping histories of military occupation between Hawai'i and Palestine. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Are you Indigenous? Do you support Palestine? Learn more about joining the Indigenous solidarity with Palestine movement and sign the letter here: https://indigenousforpalestine.org/ The Red Nation Podcast is sustained by comrades and supporters like you. Power our work here: www.patreon.com/redmediapr    

Sardana Nikolaeva (Sakha), Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto's Ziibiing Lab (@ziibiinglab), returns to the podcast to discuss her new study, "Indigenous Diamonds: Extractivism and Indigenous Politics in the Diamond Province of Russia" Read the report here https://www.ziibiinglab.org/indigenous-diamonds Check out her prior episode, "Indigenous People and the Soviet Union: a Sakha perspective"https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/26618079   The Red Nation Podcast is sustained by comrades and supporters like you. Power our work here: www.patreon.com/redmediapr

TRN Podcast co-host Jen Marley is joined by Mekha Aponte, Levi Harter, Marquel Musgrave to discuss the status of children in our world today, breaking down power imbalances between youth and adults, and the joy of reclaiming revolutionary parenting. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel  Episode cover art:  Jen’s great-grandmother and Pueblo potter, Candelaria Gachupin Zia,  with one of her sons. The Red Nation Podcast is sustained by comrades and supporters like you. Power our work here: www.patreon.com/redmediapr

On February 10, 2024 at Nuwu Art Gallery on unceded Paiute territory (Las Vegas, NV), a group of Indigenous women organized a call to action to change the Kansas City NFL team’s name. This press conference occurred the night before the Super Bowl and was moderated by Fawn Douglas from Nuwu Art Gallery. The main speakers--Amanda Blackhorse (nomorenativemascots.org), Gaylene Crouser from the Kansas City Indian Center, and Rhonda LeValdo (notinourhonor.com)--are all longtime activists of the movement to change racist teams names across the US, resulting in many victories.   In July 2020, the Washington NFL team changed their name from the anti-Indigenous R-word slur to the Washington Football Team, and then the Washington Commanders in 2022. The success of this change can be attributed to the women on this panel and their movements. It was expected that the Kansas City team would follow suit, but it has yet to change its racist team name.   On February 7, 2024, Amanda Blackhorse posted this call to action: The Kansas City “Chiefs" once again make it to the super bowl with their mockery of a name, logo, and complete misappropriation and disrespect for real and actual Native people, who have protested their franchise for years. Despite psychological research stating Native mascots and stereotypes of Native people (fryberg, markus, oyserman, & stone 2008) harm native youth, the KC team continues to stonewall Native people and stand on the wrong side of history. We know native cultural appropriation is a billion-dollar industry and the franchise has been living well off of the backs of Native people. With their growing popularity and the "swifting" of the NFL, we want to remind the public that not all franchises last forever. The Washington team and the Cleveland team had their success and downfall. What's been consistent is Native people standing against the theft of their identities and culture. We call on all Indigenous people, tribes, tribal leaders, Native organizations, Native artists, singers, drummers, and allies to stand with us on February 11, 2024 outside Super Bowl LVIII to protest the KC franchise. We ask these organizations and tribes make public statements standing in solidarity with Native organizers, Not in Our Honor, Kansas City Indian Center, Nuwu Art, and AZ rally. Protest will be held at Allegiant Stadium.   Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel   The Red Nation Podcast is sustained by comrades and supporters like you. Power our work here: www.patreon.com/redmediapr

*Note: This is the unlocked portion of the episode. To listen to the rest of the conversation, become a patron of Red Media for as little as $2 a month to access this and other great bonus content. Alternatively, you can watch the entire episode for free on our YouTube channel, which is linked below* TRN Podcast host Jen Marley talks with comrades Levi Harter and another comrade about the colonial origins of “romance”, how “love” has been commodified, and the necessity of reclaiming love as a part of revolutionary praxis. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel  The Red Nation Podcast is sustained by comrades and supporters like you. Power our work here: www.patreon.com/redmediapr