Patty Krawec is a citizen of Lac Seul First Nation and author of Becoming Kin, Bad Indians Book Club and many essays and other writings. In this stand-alone interview episode of our podcast series, Krawec discusses how Indigenous stories reveal the ultimate groundedness of wisdom in land, illustrates the intimate connections between Indigenous languages and particular lands, and reflects on what is required to pursue honest and effective (re)conciliation among settlers, Indigenous peoples and the land.

In episode 2, podcast series co-host Cristina Vanin (Saint Jerome's University) speaks with research team members Ray Aldred (Vancouver School of Theology) and Kyle Ferguson (Toronto School of Theology) and our research collaborator Donna Naughton (Kateri Native Ministry) about cultivating wisdom, the intimate relationship of people, land and language, and new insights that can be opened by respecting and learning from the particularity of specific lands. It also features guest contributions by John Borrows, Professor of Law and Loveland Chair in Indigenous Law at the University of Toronto, Jonathan Hamilton-Diabo, Assistant Professor and Special Advisor on Indigenous Issues at Victoria University in the University of Toronto, and Patty Krawec, citizen of Lac Seul First Nation and author of Becoming Kin and Bad Indians Book Club.

Brian Burkhart is Associate Professor of Philosophy and affiliated faculty in Native American Studies at the University of Oklahoma and citizen of the Cherokee Nation. In this stand-alone interview episode of our podcast series, Prof Burkhart describes his journey into philosophy, explains why he holds that the best path for Indigenizing philosophy and healing the damages of colonialist thinking is through the land, and reflects on the possibilities he sees for Christianity in this healing.

In episode 1 of our series "Be Attentive, Be Reasonable, Be a Good Relative," podcast hosts and research team members Agnes Curry (University of St Joseph), Christine Jamieson (Concordia University), Reid B. Locklin (University of Toronto), Cristina Vanin (Saint Jerome's University) and Deanna Zantingh (Regis St Michael's Faculty of Theology) discuss our vision for the podcast series, reflect on questions of truth in the context of Indigenous-settler relations, and introduce viewers to the first of Lonergan's so-called "transcendental precepts," that is, to be attentive. It also features guest contributions by John Borrows, Professor of Law and Loveland Chair in Indigenous Law at the University of Toronto, and Brian Burkhart, Associate Professor of Philosophy and affiliated faculty in Native American Studies at the University of Oklahoma.