How to Survive the End of the World
How to Survive the End of the World
Join Autumn Brown and adrienne maree brown, two sisters who share many identities, as writers, activists, facilitators, and inheritors of multiracial diasporic lineages, as well as a particular interest in the question of survival, as we embark on a podcast that delves into the practices we need as a community, to move through endings and to come out whole on the other side, whatever that might be.
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Apr 25, 2026 • 1h 12min
Landscapes of Reactivity, an Epic Ask Us Anything!
Two sisters riff on how long conversations deepen intimacy and sharpen their approach to conflict. They trade stories about spiritual study, facilitation books, and practices that root work in lineage rather than money. They talk sustaining activism through cycles of crisis and where joy and hope come from in hard times.
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Apr 17, 2026 • 1h
Hot and Vibrant for the Apocalypse with Denée Benton
Denée Benton, acclaimed actor and activist known for Hamilton and The Gilded Age, blends theater, spirituality, and community practice. She talks about art as ritual and political practice. Conversation covers lineage of Black women artists, strategic use of celebrity and pooled wealth for resistance, sustaining creativity with joy and rest, and protecting artists’ bodies and communities.
Apr 10, 2026 • 31min
If hope is a muscle, then how do I build it?
Tory Stephens, a climate storyteller and cultural worker who founded Imagine 2200 at Grist, brings hopeful climate fiction to the fore. He discusses dreaming plausible futures, centering culture and spiritual practice in worldbuilding, thrutopia as a route map, and how storytelling trains collective hope and justice.
Apr 3, 2026 • 1h 1min
New Life and Joy, Death and Grief, Absolute Bewilderment and Confusion with Kaji Reyes and Sendolo Diaminah
Sendolo Diaminah, a community and electoral organizer who blends somatic leadership and spiritual practice. Kaji Reyes, a queer trans organizer who cares for land and leads ceremonies. They talk about ritual as creative practice, how land and geography shape spiritual work, balancing political organizing with ceremony, and the role of movement, music, and presence in collective practice.
Mar 27, 2026 • 1h 8min
A Flirtation with Capitalism with Jenn Kidwell and Brandon Kazen-Maddox
Jenn Kidwell, OBIE-winning clown and theater-maker who interrogates race and capitalism. Brandon Kazen-Maddox, ASL artist and former circus acrobat who brings embodied signing to performance. They discuss creating We Come to Collect, using mirrors and projection to force audience reflection, integrating ASL as an artistic collaborator, and staging a live money ask that tests capitalism in real time.
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Mar 20, 2026 • 1h 6min
Write The Next World With Us
Kate McCabe, founder of Bog & Thunder who curates immersive, sustainable retreats. Max Sussman, award-nominated chef fueling the workshop with thoughtful food. Dwight Dunstan, musician and facilitator who created a live soundscape. They recount a private-island writing retreat in Ireland. Conversations cover collective worldbuilding, music and sound as memory, the ethics of food, and place-based creative practices.
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Mar 6, 2026 • 1h 1min
Moving Toward the Horizon of Love Together with Sonya Renee Taylor
Sonya Renee Taylor, author, activist and artist centered on radical self-love, joins to process survivorhood and collective grief. They explore how art and song help navigate trauma. Conversations move toward imagining long-term cultural transformation, ending secrecy, and planting seeds of love for future generations.
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Feb 27, 2026 • 1h 8min
Building a Movement Full of Doors and Windows with Morgan Bassichis
Morgan Bassichis, a comedian, musician, and writer active in anti-Zionist organizing, brings sharp humor and artful rage. They talk about turning archive work into theater, mixing comedy and activism, gender fluidity in performance, and building movements with accessible on-ramps and shared power. Short, fierce, and hopeful conversation about art as sustenance for struggle.
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Feb 20, 2026 • 1h 8min
Who We Are Becoming Matters with Norma Wong
Norma Wong, Zen teacher, poet, and Indigenous Hawaiian leader, brings spiritual teaching, poetry, and practical models. She describes a hand-clasp model for mind and feeling. They discuss trauma, grief, discipline as loving tending, tending neglected systems, and the meaning of aloha. Short rituals and poetry weave through the conversation.
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Feb 13, 2026 • 60min
Live from The Great Northern (feat. Penguin Daddies)
A live winter gathering in Minneapolis sparks conversations about surviving climate and social collapse. They explore practical winter skills, mutual aid, and material solidarity over ideology. Discussion centers on decolonizing neighborliness, cross-racial defense, shared risk, and how to grow movement capacity with invitations and boundaries.
