Becoming the People Podcast with Prentis Hemphill

In Becoming the People’s inaugural episode, Prentis is joined by their dear friend adrienne maree brown. adrienne interviews Prentis about their upcoming book, What it Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World. These two friends discuss Prentis’ journey of writing this book, the role that transformational characters play in change work, and why we should prioritize healing in this painful moment of history.

Read the full transcript of this conversation here.

• Prentis' new book What It Takes to Heal is on presale now and comes out June 4th and you can come join Prentis on their U.S. book tour!
• Follow @prentishemphill on Instagram to see show clips
• Become a Patreon Subscriber to support the podcast and gain access to the full visual episodes

Follow adrienne's work here and find her on Instagram @adriennemareebrown 

The Becoming the People Podcast Team:
Producers: Prentis Hemphill & devon de Leña
Sound Engineer and Editing: Michael Maine
Research Assistant: Bhavana Nancherla
Original Music: Mayyadda

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The Becoming the People Podcast Team:

• Producers: Prentis Hemphill & devon de Leña
• Sound Engineer and Editing: Michael Maine
• Original Music: Mayyadda

From Prentis Hemphill, the host and producer of the Finding Our Way podcast comes a new podcast: Becoming the People.

Prentis is in conversation with the thinkers, creators, and doers who are exploring some of the most relevant questions of this moment: What will it take for us to change as a species? How do we create relationships that lead to transformation, and what will it take for us to heal?  We hope this podcast helps us uncover the path of how to become the people of our time.

Read the transcript for this episode here.

The full season drops on June 3rd, 2024.

• Prentis' new book What It Takes to Heal is on presale now and comes out June 4th. 
• Follow @prentishemphill on Instagram to see show clips
• Become a Patreon Subscriber to support the podcast and gain access to the full visual episodes

The Becoming the People Podcast Team:
Producers: Prentis Hemphill & devon de Leña
Sound Engineer and Editing: Michael Maine
Research Assistant: Bhavana Nancherla
Original Music by Mayyadda

email us at [email protected] with any questions!

Support the show

The Becoming the People Podcast Team:

• Producers: Prentis Hemphill & devon de Leña
• Sound Engineer and Editing: Michael Maine
• Original Music: Mayyadda

This is a revisited episode with Richie Reseda from July 18th, 2022.

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Music, film, content producer, and founder of Question Culture, Richie Reseda, helps us explore the pyramid of patriarchy, how to respond to harm within our communities, and the impact of shame on our connections with each other.

Find the show notes + transcript on our website: www.findingourwaypodcast.com
Come practice with us at The Embodiment Institute: www.theembodimentinstitute.org
Follow us on Instagram @findingourwaypodcast
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The Finding Our Way Team includes:
Prentis Hemphill - Host and Producer
Eddie Hemphill - Co-Producer + Editor
devon de Leña - Co-Producer + Visual Design

Support the show

The Becoming the People Podcast Team:

• Producers: Prentis Hemphill & devon de Leña
• Sound Engineer and Editing: Michael Maine
• Original Music: Mayyadda

Revisit this episode with Alexis Pauline Gumbs which originally aired October 19th, 2020.

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In this episode, Prentis meets with Queer Black Troublemaker, Black Feminist Love Evangelist, and author of the upcoming book Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals, Alexis Pauline Gumbs. Listen as Alexis moves us through time to relearn and remember the lessons of those who have brought us to now and the lineages from which we have come.

Find the show notes + transcript on our website: www.findingourwaypodcast.com
Come practice with us at The Embodiment Institute: www.theembodimentinstitute.org
Follow us on Instagram @findingourwaypodcast
Stay up to date on Prentis' work by joining our newsletter

The Finding Our Way Team includes:
Prentis Hemphill - Host and Producer
Eddie Hemphill - Co-Producer + Editor
devon de Leña - Co-Producer + Visual Design

Support the show

The Becoming the People Podcast Team:

• Producers: Prentis Hemphill & devon de Leña
• Sound Engineer and Editing: Michael Maine
• Original Music: Mayyadda

We are revisting this beautiful conversation with Rowen White from May 24th, 2021.

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In this episode, Prentis sits down with farmer, seedkeeper, and Indigenous seed and food sovereignty activist,  Rowen White. Rowen is the founder and Creative Director of Sierra Seeds,  an organic seed cooperative focusing on local seed production and education.  Listen as these two explore how seeds operate as gateways to our lineage and how our current disconnection manifests as grief. Rowen invites us to remember and reconnect to our histories, the wisdom of our ancestors, and to the collective as our source of sustenance.

Find the show notes + transcript on our website: www.findingourwaypodcast.com
Come practice with us at The Embodiment Institute: www.theembodimentinstitute.org
Follow us on Instagram @findingourwaypodcast
Stay up to date on Prentis' work by joining our newsletter


The Finding Our Way Team includes:
Prentis Hemphill - Host and Producer
Eddie Hemphill - Co-Producer + Editor
devon de Leña - Co-Producer + Visual Design

Support the show

The Becoming the People Podcast Team:

• Producers: Prentis Hemphill & devon de Leña
• Sound Engineer and Editing: Michael Maine
• Original Music: Mayyadda

Revisit this conversation between Prentis + Mariame Kaba from July 5th, 2021.
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In this episode, Prentis sits with activist, organizer, educator, and author, Mariame Kaba, to discuss abolition and its connection to healing work. This conversation asks us to confront difficult truths about our enacting of relationship, our striving for innocence, and how much we might actually draw pleasure from punishment.

Find the show notes + transcript on our website: www.findingourwaypodcast.com
Come practice with us at The Embodiment Institute: www.theembodimentinstitute.org
Follow us on Instagram @findingourwaypodcast
Stay up to date on Prentis' work by joining our newsletter

The Finding Our Way Team includes:
Prentis Hemphill - Host and Producer
Eddie Hemphill - Co-Producer + Editor
devon de Leña - Co-Producer + Visual Design

Support the show

The Becoming the People Podcast Team:

• Producers: Prentis Hemphill & devon de Leña
• Sound Engineer and Editing: Michael Maine
• Original Music: Mayyadda

We revisit this conversation with Kazu Haga about Navigating Conflict. This episode originally aired May 31st 2021.
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Kazu Haga is the founder of the East Point Peace Academy, a core member of the Ahimsa Collective, and the author of Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm.  In this episode, Prentis and Kazu examine our definitions and enactments of accountability and pose the question, "Who do we become when harm occurs?"

Find the show notes + transcript on our website: www.findingourwaypodcast.com
Come practice with us at The Embodiment Institute: www.theembodimentinstitute.org
Follow us on Instagram @findingourwaypodcast
Stay up to date on Prentis' work by joining our newsletter

The Finding Our Way Team includes:
Prentis Hemphill - Host and Producer
Eddie Hemphill - Co-Producer + Editor
devon de Leña - Co-Producer + Visual Design

Support the show

The Becoming the People Podcast Team:

• Producers: Prentis Hemphill & devon de Leña
• Sound Engineer and Editing: Michael Maine
• Original Music: Mayyadda

We revisit this conversation with adrienne maree brown from our first season. This episode originally aired on August 9th, 2020.
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In this episode, Prentis sits down with podcast host, doula, pleasure-activist, and writer, Adrienne Maree Brown, to discuss the moment in which we find ourselves, the futures that we can make possible, and the gift of satisfaction. Take a listen as these two friends look both inward and outward at the potential for a more just reality.

Find the show notes + transcript on our website: www.findingourwaypodcast.com
Come practice with us at The Embodiment Institute: www.theembodimentinstitute.org
Follow us on Instagram @findingourwaypodcast
Stay up to date on Prentis' work by joining our newsletter

The Finding Our Way Team includes:
Prentis Hemphill - Host and Producer
Eddie Hemphill - Co-Producer + Editor
devon de Leña - Co-Producer + Visual Design

Support the show

The Becoming the People Podcast Team:

• Producers: Prentis Hemphill & devon de Leña
• Sound Engineer and Editing: Michael Maine
• Original Music: Mayyadda

Join the FOW team as we wrap up season 3. Prentis will be answering your questions and Eddie and devon join in to share our gratitudes and reflections on what the past three seasons have meant to us.

 Ways to Stay Engaged with us in the Future:

• Please keep returning to these episodes and sharing them with your community.
• Check out the FOW sessions which are 11 pre-recorded practices from our guests over the past three seasons.
• Stay connected with us on Patreon, we have visual journals of these conversations with reflection questions.

Show notes:

Find the show notes + transcript on our website: www.findingourwaypodcast.com

Follow us on Instagram @findingourwaypodcast

Come practice with us at The Embodiment Institute: www.theembodimentinstitute.org

Stay up to date on Prentis' work by joining our newsletter

The Finding Our Way Team includes:
Prentis Hemphill - Host and Producer
Eddie Hemphill - Co-Producer + Editor
devon de Leña - Co-Producer + Visual Design

Support the show

The Becoming the People Podcast Team:

• Producers: Prentis Hemphill & devon de Leña
• Sound Engineer and Editing: Michael Maine
• Original Music: Mayyadda

Our friend, Sonya Renee Taylor, has returned to grace us with her brilliance in the last guest episode of season 3.  Sonya brings her wisdom on integrity, wholeness, and creating the conditions to have our greatest impact in the world.

Episode 7 is out now on #applepodcasts #spotify and all the major podcast platforms.

Find the show notes + transcript on our website: www.findingourwaypodcast.com
Follow us on Instagram @findingourwaypodcast
Come practice with us at The Embodiment Institute: www.theembodimentinstitute.org
Stay up to date on Prentis' work by joining our newsletter

The Finding Our Way Team includes:
Prentis Hemphill - Host and Producer
Eddie Hemphill - Co-Producer + Editor
devon de Leña - Co-Producer + Visual Design

Support the show

The Becoming the People Podcast Team:

• Producers: Prentis Hemphill & devon de Leña
• Sound Engineer and Editing: Michael Maine
• Original Music: Mayyadda