How to Survive the End of the World

Toshi Reagon, a renowned singer and songwriter with a vibrant career, shares her insights on the transformative power of music while discussing her groundbreaking Parable of the Sower Opera. She emphasizes the importance of community and artistic expression, inspired by Octavia Butler's visionary ideas. Toshi highlights generational shifts in understanding inclusivity and resilience amidst chaos. The conversation also explores civic engagement, urging grassroots movements to challenge societal norms and create meaningful change for a boundaryless future.

Dive into the transformative world of tarot as the Brown sisters discuss its power for self-reflection and growth. Explore the deep connections between belief, actions, and justice, contrasting traditional teachings with modern spirituality. Experience a solar eclipse inspired tarot journey, emphasizing community and personal insights. Discover the symbolic 'fledgling' card representing new beginnings and creativity. Plus, learn how tarot can inspire social change and accountability, making it a tool for empowerment in challenging times.

The Brown sisters went to Wakanda! Afterwards we recorded 44 minutes of gushing, SPOILERIFIC processing of the movie! Why 44? Because that's how much room we had on our SD card, and Shuri wasn't there to help us. Come, listen to us cover mad topics breathlessly! - endoftheworldshow.org www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow @endoftheworldPC - Music by Tunde Olaniran and Blue Dot Sessions

The Brown Sisters return, reflecting on lessons learned and the importance of vulnerability. They dive into the evolution of their conversations, linking fun topics to serious discussions on social justice. There's a heartfelt dialogue about personal growth and relationships, emphasizing transparency as key. Love is framed as a survival skill in tough times, and the sisters express gratitude to supporters. Exciting future plans hint at a tour and more content, inviting audience interaction.

The heartfelt reflection on Ursula K. Le Guin delves into her profound influence as a writer and mentor. Personal stories unveil the deep bonds formed through her work, illustrating her connection with other literary icons like Octavia Butler. The discussion navigates the transformative power of her storytelling and the grief felt in losing such a visionary. With gratitude, the speaker celebrates Le Guin's legacy, highlighting her role in inspiring generations and the lasting impact of her thoughts.

Bonus Episode! Autumn and adrienne went to see Star Wars: The Last Jedi and couldn't let the year end with a somewhat tipsy spoiler extravaganza on this radical cultural offering. Join them in their parents basement AFTER seeing the movie. - endoftheworldshow.org www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow @endoftheworldPC - Music by Tunde Olaniran and Blue Dot Sessions

"To get along with God, consider the consequences of your behavior." - Octavia Butler, Earthseed Verses We are so excited to bring to you a conversation with our amazing comrade, our inspirational thought-leader, Alexis Pauline Gumbs. Alexis is a prolific writer, collage artist, lover and one of the black feminist thinkers we look to most to guide our own thinking and processes. Her latest opus is M Archive: After the End of the World. Music by Tunde Olaniran and Blue Dot Sessions - endoftheworldshow.org www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow @endoftheworldPC

We are Earthseed. We are flesh—self aware, questing, problem-solving flesh. We are that aspect of Earthlife best able to shape God knowingly. We are Earthlife maturing, Earthlife preparing to fall away from the parent world. We are Earthlife preparing to take root in new ground, Earthlife fulfilling its purpose, its promise, its Destiny. - Octavia Butler, Earthseed verses Our bodies, right now at this moment are both colonizers on this planet and our bodies are also colonized spaces on this planet. In this episode we get into talking about why getting in a right relationship with our bodies is key to getting in right relationship with the planet. Music by Tunde Olaniran and Blue Dot Sessions - endoftheworldshow.org https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow @endoftheworldPC

"To survive, let the past teach you. Past customs, struggles, leaders and thinkers. Let these help you. Let them inspire you, warn you, give you strength. But beware, God is change. Past is past. What was cannot come again. To survive, know the past, let it touch you, then let the past go." - Octavia Butler, Earthseed When we talk about the end of the world, we need to think about what is ending. This episode is about exploring endings large and small. Music by Tunde Olaniran and Blue Dot Sessions - https://www.endoftheworldshow.org/ https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow

We want you to know more about who we are. We thought one way to do that is to open a window on to our creative practices of writing fiction, which leads into a conversation about channeling our ancestors. We believe we're in an imagination battle right now and that we're living in a world, and in power dynamics, someone else created. So, it's our responsibility to counter-imagine what we actually want and need to create futures that are viable for more and more of us. And some of the work of creating those futures is writing fiction. -- Music by Tunde Olaniran and Blue Dot Sessions https://www.endoftheworldshow.org/ https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow