The Red Nation Podcast
The Red Nation
The Red Nation Podcast features discussions on Indigenous history, politics, and culture from a left perspective. Hosted by Nick Estes and Jen Marley with help from our friend and comrade Sina. The Red Nation Podcast is also the home of Red Power Hour, hosted by Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz.
Our show is entirely supported by our patrons on Patreon, support the show and get access to bonus content and other patron exclusive benefits here: Patreon.com/redmediapr
Website: therednation.org
Follow the hosts on Twitter @nickwestes and @JenMarley1680 and the Red Nation @The_Red_Nation.
Theme song: "Dead Horse" by Weedrat https://weedrat.bandcamp.com/
Our show is entirely supported by our patrons on Patreon, support the show and get access to bonus content and other patron exclusive benefits here: Patreon.com/redmediapr
Website: therednation.org
Follow the hosts on Twitter @nickwestes and @JenMarley1680 and the Red Nation @The_Red_Nation.
Theme song: "Dead Horse" by Weedrat https://weedrat.bandcamp.com/
Episodes
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Apr 4, 2020 • 1h 2min
#StandwithMashpee: "Our sin is our existence" w/ Jessie Little Doe Baird
The Vice-Chairwoman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Nation tells a 400-year history of fighting existence, from the Mayflower to Trump. Find out more: https://mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/standwithmashpee Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr
Mar 30, 2020 • 1h 6min
No shorts, no losses & the morning star of US imperialism pt. 1 w/ Walter Johnson & Tef Poe
St. Louis, MO once rose as the morning star of US imperialism. It has also been a laboratory of racial capitalism, from Indigenous genocide and the fur trade to the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson. We talk with historian Walter Johnson (@abufelix12) and activist-artist Tef Poe (@TefPoe). Part 2 comes out next week. Check out Walter's new book, The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States: https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/walter-johnson/the-broken-heart-of-america/9780465064267/ And Tef's music: https://tefpoe.com Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr
Mar 25, 2020 • 28min
If nurses aren't safe, we're not safe w/ Jean Ross
Jean Ross is the President of National Nurses United (@NationalNurses), the largest nurses union in the United States and the profession on the frontlines battling the COVID-19 pandemic. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr
Mar 24, 2020 • 56min
Coronavirus in Indian Country w/ Dean Seneca
Dean Seneca is an epidemiologist from the Seneca Nation. He shares his expertise on how Indian Country is facing the current pandemic. Find his work: https://www.senecascientificsolutions.com Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr
Mar 23, 2020 • 1h 21min
Venezuela, US sanctions, & Coronavirus w/ Carlos Ron
Under US sanctions, Venezuela responds to Coronavirus through increased internationalism. Carlos Ron (@CarlosJRonVE), the Vice-Minister for Foreign Relations with North America, joins us. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr
Mar 16, 2020 • 51min
(Unlocked) Canada is an empire of feelings w/ Audra Simpson
Reconciliation is dead. But how and why did it start in Canada? Kahnawake Mohawk scholar Audra Simpson argues reconciliation between settlers and Indigenous was meant only to heal the settler and to forever suspend the question of Indigenous revolution. This is a bonus episode. Subscribe on Patreon for more bonus content: www.patreon.com/redmediapr
Mar 12, 2020 • 43min
Iran, Coronavirus, & US sanctions w/ Saeed Biglari
Saeed Biglari (@Haman_Ten) is an Iranian physician on the frontlines combatting the Coronavirus (COVID-19). He talks about how US sanctions have severely impacted Iran's healthcare workers from treating patients and stopping the spread of the virus. Support us: www.patreon.com/therednation
Mar 9, 2020 • 1h 17min
Native veterans against war w/ Phoenix Johnson
Phoenix Johnson is a Tlingit and Haida anti-war organizer and the president of Seattle Veterans for Peace. We discuss the militarization of Indian Country and the necessity for decolonization and anti-imperialism. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr
Mar 2, 2020 • 58min
Coronavirus & Yellow Peril w/ Amanda
Amanda (@catcontentonly) talks about the anti-Chinese racism plaguing US media coverage of the Coronavirus epidemic, and its connection to US settler colonialism and imperialism. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr
Feb 28, 2020 • 40min
(Unlocked) Grandpa Frank & the world of paper w/ Nick
Nick Estes, the host of the Red Nation Podcast, talks about the legacy of his grandfather Frank Estes and the afterlives of allotment policy for the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe. This talk was part of a series of talks celebrating Oceti Sakowin writers of the Oak Lake Writers Society hosted December 2019: https://olws.squarespace.com. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr
