How to Survive the End of the World

Autumn was recently invited to take part in a really fun, mind-bending panel called Organizers in Space. The event was co-hosted by Annie Weinberg, electoral organizer, coach, and strategist for progressive campaigns along with The Movement School and the Forge. You can watch the entire event HERE.  Building a more just, reflective democracy and landing a spacecraft on another planet are both epic, deeply collective human endeavors - and practitioners of both crafts faced huge tests in 2020 and 2021. In the midst of a global pandemic, a reckoning around white supremacist violence, racialized capitalism, and what it means to have a truly reflective democracy - what can movement organizing and space exploration teach each other right now?  With the recent successful Mars Perseverance Mission Landing as a jumping-off point, and pulling from some of the ideas of Octavia Butler, the visionary writer and now the namesake of the official landing site on Mars, we discuss what these crafts have in common.” We talk about predictable emergencies, radical imagination, and contingency planning; about creating structures that unearth collective genius, to do things that may have not been done before; about scalability, effective metric-setting, and competing priorities; about holding on to a sense of awe, in the face of challenges and unknowabilities, and about what it means to, as JPL’s slogan says, “Dare Mighty Things”.“ Anoa Changa moderates this amazing conversation featuring Cj Giovingo and Autumn Brown. CJ is an organizer-turned-rocket-scientist and Jet Propulsion Lab systems engineer, who served as NASA/JPL’s Entry, Descent and Landing Activity Lead for Perseverance. TRANSCRIPT: - https://www.dropbox.com/s/jz01r9ntltvdaqv/HTS_Organizers%20in%20Space.pdf?dl=0 Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://twitter.com/endoftheworldPC

The Brown sisters are back for season 5 of apocalypse survival philosophy, feelings and tangible skills. In this episode, they catch up a bit on life and unveil the exciting theme that will guide interviews this season. Welcome back listeners!Also, read The Fifth Season! TRANSCRIPT: - https://www.dropbox.com/s/7xutc443yhyfqbn/HTS_Fifth%20Season.pdf?dl=0 Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://twitter.com/endoftheworldPC

The Brown sisters are back with a new season and this one will include some fundamental practices that help us survive and may help our listeners.adrienne spent the last decade on a learning journey with generative somatics, learning about healing trauma in and through the body. One key practice in somatics is centering, having a center within ourselves to which we can continuously return and from which we can embody and shape the world and relationships and healing we need. TRANSCRIPT: - https://www.dropbox.com/s/dummhmqa5rtqdw2/HTS_Centering%20at%20the%20End%20of%20the%20World.pdf?dl=0 HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://twitter.com/endoftheworldPC

The Brown sisters give each other permission to rest, reflect on lessons and appreciations for the year, and ask for feedback! Note: When they recorded this episode, the sisters thought they were finishing early, not realizing that they were ahead of recording schedule and had the year done. So without any additional labor after recording this episode, they made it thru the full season. In case you were worried, they're good. And love you. XO TRANSCRIPT: - https://www.dropbox.com/s/5lfjkhcqklauwou/HTS_Bye%202020.pdf?dl=0 Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://twitter.com/endoftheworldPC

The sisters share a bit of their interwoven and distinct race stories as daughters of an interracial love story. TRANSCRIPT: - https://www.dropbox.com/s/fl1gsitoi8rt2iq/HTS_Tip%20of%20the%20Iceberg.pdf?dl=0 Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg  HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://twitter.com/endoftheworldPC

The sisters speak with students at Dartmouth about the political potency of this moment in context of our histories, uplifting lessons from our ancestors, this uprising time, finding our work and saving what we love. note: adrienne critiques the term 'people of color' in this episode, and to be clear, she is speaking not of the phrase in its original purpose of solidarity, but of the collapsing use of the phrase to erase the nuance of distinct cultural experiences. TRANSCRIPT: - https://www.dropbox.com/s/li3x0qikamf55fh/HTS_Politically%20Potent%2C%20at%20Dartmouth.pdf?dl=0 Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg and Chad Crouch.  HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://twitter.com/endoftheworldPC

adrienne and Autumn sit down to talk about their mutual journeys to understanding the magic that lies within, and can be drawn from the world around us. In this episode, the Brown sisters talk about spells that backfire, mycelia as metaphor for life force, and of course, Stevie Nicks. TRANSCRIPT: - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ecm506ahklfhjmf/HTS_To%20Witch%20or%20Not%20to%20Witch.pdf?dl=0 Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg (episode photo courtesy of Dori Midnight) HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://twitter.com/endoftheworldPC

A little bonus this week! adrienne shared a transmission for the next 2.5 months that we wanted to also make sure our listeners had, along with some thoughts on balancing celebration and critique. Look to @wejointhefrontline , @choosedemocracy , @blackdirectaction , @theruckussociety , @ip3action, @wejointhefrontline, @visionchangewin. Protect yourselves materially, emotionally and spiritually. read... MOVEMENT GENERATION: Meeting Chaos With Calm: How To Prepare For A Potential Coup By Mateo Bube Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson on People Power - https://www.instagram.com/p/CHVJa8AA-GJ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link TRANSCRIPT - https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ro2sza54p9zbrn/HTS_Election%20Transmission.pdf?dl=0 Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://twitter.com/endoftheworldPC

Today we are joined by two of the most brilliant humans I know to debrief this election so far. Kat Aaron (@kataaron), podcast producer for Octavia's Parables, power mom, as well as voter engagement volunteer extraordinaire. Our other guest is University of Delaware professor Janine de Novais, one of adrienne's favorite race thinkers.  TRANSCRIPT - https://www.dropbox.com/s/15ip7hv23zslqtg/HTS_Election%20Day%20Debrief.pdf?dl=0 HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://twitter.com/endoftheworldPC

In today’s episode, a re-run from last year, the Brown sisters interview the legendary Toshi Reagon about the making of the Parable of the Sower Opera, a production years in the making, based on the dystopian novel by Octavia E. Butler. We talked with her about turning earthseed into song, lessons from her mother, and the necessity of creative practice. In this episode Toshi makes it clear and plain why voting is a necessary part of our political participation! TRANSCRIPT -https://www.dropbox.com/s/znu7qomskjhf5da/There%27s%20a%20New%20World%20Comin%20with%20Toshi_redux.pdf?dl=0 HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://twitter.com/endoftheworldPC