Elisa Quadros, ativista anarquista e co-organizadora do evento 'Mais amor, menos capital' no Rio de Janeiro, conta sua história como uma das dissidentes e prisioneiras políticas mais conhecidas do Brasil devido à perseguição implacável da mídia, da polícia, e de milicianos desde seu envolvimento nos protestos em massa de 2013. Ouça o episódio completo em áudio (inglês): http://bit.ly/LBWmllc

Assista à primeira entrevista com o ativista André Miguéis: https://youtu.be/uu7YCQLaLX8

Esta entrevista foi gravada em colaboração com Mirna Wabi-Sabi -- teórica política, jornalista e editora da Gods & Radicals Press. Mirna era a intérprete e gravou grande parte das imagens do evento. Saiba mais sobre o trabalho dela: https://medium.com/mirna-wabi-sabi

Agradecimentos especiais a Nora Lynn Kommer por sua ajuda na gravação.

Gravado 20 de dezembro de 2019.

André Miguéis, da Mídia Independente Coletiva (MIC), discute as origens radicais do evento 'Mais amor, menos capital' no Rio de Janeiro e seu objetivo final de construir solidariedade e poder político de base no Brasil. Ouça o episódio completo em áudio (inglês): http://bit.ly/LBWmllc

Assista à segunda entrevista com a ativista Elisa Quadros: https://youtu.be/oUFDj0c66DM

Esta entrevista foi gravada em colaboração com Mirna Wabi-Sabi -- teórica política, jornalista e editora da Gods & Radicals Press. Mirna foi a intérprete e gravou grande parte das imagens do evento, e nada disso seria possível sem ela. Saiba mais sobre o seu trabalho: https://medium.com/mirna-wabi-sabi

Agradecimentos especiais a Nora Lynn Kommer por sua ajuda na gravação.

Gravado 20 de dezembro de 2019.

In this episode, I speak with Timothy Lenton, director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. We discuss his research into climate tipping points presented in the article, Climate tipping points—too risky to bet against, published at Nature.

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This interview was featured in episode #228 of Last Born In The Wilderness “More Love, Less Capital w/ Mirna Wabi-Sabi, André Miguéis, & Elisa Quadros.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWmllc

Read Mirna Wabi-Sabi's accompanying article 'Learning to organize in a time of repression, climate crisis, and war' at Gods & Radicals Press: http://bit.ly/37cwcYu

André Miguéis from Collective Independent Media (MIC) discusses the radical origins of the ‘More Love, Less Capital (Mais Amor, Menos Capital)’ event in Rio de Janeiro and its ultimate purpose in building solidarity and political power from the ground up in Brazil. Listen to the full audio episode: http://bit.ly/LBWmllc

To get a fuller experience of the event, watch our video interviews with André Miguéis and Elisa Quadros, which features footage and photos from the event: https://youtu.be/xjawH1I0W_I / https://youtu.be/JfdwivzendE

This interview was recorded in collaboration with Mirna Wabi-Sabi — political theorist, journalist, and editor at Gods & Radicals Press. Mirna was the interpreter and recorded much of the footage of the event, and none of this would have been possible without her. Learn more about her work: https://medium.com/mirna-wabi-sabi

Special thanks to Nora Lynn Kommer for her help in recording.

This was recorded on December 20th, 2019.

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This interview was featured in episode #228 of Last Born In The Wilderness “More Love, Less Capital w/ Mirna Wabi-Sabi, André Miguéis, & Elisa Quadros.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWmllc

Read Mirna Wabi-Sabi's accompanying article 'Learning to organize in a time of repression, climate crisis, and war' at Gods & Radicals Press: http://bit.ly/37cwcYu

Elisa Quadros, an anarchist activist and co-organizer of the 'More Love, Less Capital (Mais Amor, Menos Capital)' event in Rio de Janeiro, tells her story of being made one of the most (in)famous dissidents and political prisoners in Brazil due to relentless persecution by the media, the police, and clandestine paramilitaries since her involvement in the mass protests of 2013. Listen to the full audio episode: http://bit.ly/LBWmllc

To get a fuller experience of the event, watch our video interviews with André Miguéis and Elisa Quadros, which features footage and photos from the event: https://youtu.be/xjawH1I0W_I / https://youtu.be/JfdwivzendE

This interview was recorded in collaboration with Mirna Wabi-Sabi — political theorist, journalist, and editor at Gods & Radicals Press. Mirna was the interpreter and recorded much of the footage of the event, and none of this would have been possible without her. Learn more about her work: https://medium.com/mirna-wabi-sabi

Special thanks to Nora Lynn Kommer for her help in recording.

This was recorded on December 20th, 2019.

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In this episode, I speak with André Miguéis and Elisa Quadros—radical political organizers of the More Love, Less Capital (Mais Amor, Menos Capital) event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, recorded on December 20th, 2019. This is the first episode featuring interviews conducted from Brazil in collaboration with Mirna Wabi-Sabi—political theorist, journalist, and editor at Gods & Radicals Press.

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This is a segment of episode #227 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Somatic Dominance: Climate Collapse & The Spectre Of Cultic Yearnings w/ Matthew Remski.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWremski

Read Matthew’s article ‘Yoga’s Culture of Sexual Abuse: Nine Women Tell Their Stories’ published at The Walrus: http://bit.ly/2SFaNT8

In this segment of my interview with yoga practitioner, teacher, and author of ‘Practice and All Is Coming: Abuse, Cult Dynamics, and Healing in Yoga and Beyond’ Matthew Remski, we discuss contemporary yoga’s appalling and pervasive sexual abuse problem. “Modern yoga has been fraught with stories of charismatic male yoga teachers who promoted their teachings as spiritually pure and later abused, or otherwise took advantage of, students who believed their mentors were gurus or saints.” (http://bit.ly/2SFaNT8) Not only is sexual misconduct and abuse an all-to-common occurrence in countless yoga studios around the world, “somatic dominance” (as Matthew has termed it) is often employed by yoga instructors to assert control over their students, creating a dynamic that leads to “trauma bonding” — a crucial process that occurs between cult leaders and their followers as a means of obscuring abuse. In this interview, Matthew explains what these dynamics look like in practice, and how these dynamics can, and do, manifest in all kinds of contexts, including within collapse-conscious activist and support groups (at least potentially). As we enter into a more climate disrupted future, various cult-like groups and charismatic figures will likely emerge to take advantage of people’s yearnings for spiritual guidance and counseling. Matthew provides much-needed insight into spotting these abusive cult dynamics in group contexts, insights that will prove to be increasingly useful in addressing the complex outcomes of the various crises manifesting in the world today.

Matthew Remski writes and presents on yoga and ayurveda in the shadows of capitalism and climate change. He is the author of eight books of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction and has practiced meditation and yoga since 1996, learning from teachers from the Tibetan Buddhist, Kripalu, Ashtanga, and Iyengar streams. He currently facilitates programming for yoga trainings internationally, focusing on yoga philosophy, culture, and the social psychology of healthy communities. In all subject areas, Matthew encourages students to explore how yoga practice can resist the psychic and material dominance of neoliberalism, and the quickening pace of environmental destruction.

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In this episode, I speak with Matthew Remski. He is a yoga practitioner, teacher, and author of Practice and All Is Coming: Abuse, Cult Dynamics, and Healing in Yoga and Beyond.

As Matthew revealed in his article, Yoga’s Culture of Sexual Abuse: Nine Women Tell Their Stories, published at The Walrus, contemporary yoga has an appalling and pervasive sexual abuse problem. “Modern yoga has been fraught with stories of charismatic male yoga teachers who promoted their teachings as spiritually pure and later abused, or otherwise took advantage of, students who believed their mentors were gurus or saints.” (http://bit.ly/2SFaNT8) Not only is sexual misconduct and abuse an all-to-common occurrence in countless yoga studios around the world, “somatic dominance” (as Matthew has termed it) is often employed by yoga instructors to assert control over their students, creating a dynamic that leads to “trauma bonding”—a crucial process that occurs between cult leaders and their followers as a means of obscuring abuse. In this interview, Matthew explains what these dynamics look like in practice, and how these dynamics can, and do, manifest in all kinds of contexts, including within collapse-conscious activist and support groups (at least potentially). As we enter into a more climate disrupted future, various cult-like groups and charismatic figures will likely emerge to take advantage of people’s yearnings for spiritual guidance and counseling. Matthew provides much-needed insight into spotting these abusive cult dynamics in group contexts, insights that will prove to be increasingly useful in addressing the complex outcomes of the various crises manifesting in the world today.

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This is a segment of episode #226 of Last Born in The Wilderness “Giving Way To Passivity & Despair: Americans, How To Not Win A Damn Thing w/ Alley Valkyrie.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWvalkyrie

Purchase Alley’s book ‘Of Monsters and Miso’ from Gods & Radicals Press: http://bit.ly/39iH08M

In this segment of my interview with social critic, activist, writer, and textile artist Alley Valkyrie, we discuss the waves of protests have swept nations around the globe, with robust examples mass resistance in such places as Hong Kong (http://bit.ly/2Q2LtF8), Chile, and France, just to name a few. (http://bit.ly/2SFi8lX) Organized resistance against the neoliberal economic polices imposed by governments globally, and the authoritarian responses from these states towards their respective populations, has not only demonstrated the spirit of the times we are in, but just as importantly, what the nature of resistance looks like in our time of compounding crises. Among these numerous examples of civil unrest, there is one glaring exception: the United States. As Alley explains, there are numerous historical, cultural, and sociological reasons as to why US citizens continue to believe that the electoral process, petition signing, and the ongoing impeachment proceedings against President Trump in the House and Senate will lead to the changes needed to adequately respond to the massive systemic injustices Americans experience in their economic and social lives daily. Faith in these bureaucratic processes are certainly not enough, and in fact, works to deter the kinds of direct actions required to actually force the hands of the political elite to do anything besides steal from and undermine the majority of the population in their ability to live lives of dignity, good health, and social welfare.

Alley Valkyrie is a co-founder of Gods & Radicals Press and co-hosts the Empires Crumble podcast with Rhyd Wildermuth. She currently resides in Rennes, France. 

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In this episode, I speak with social critic, activist, writer, and textile artist Alley Valkyrie, co-founder of Gods & Radicals and author of, Of Monsters and Miso, “a bilingual book of delicious miso sauce recipes.”

Waves of protests have swept nations around the globe, with robust examples mass resistance in such places as Hong Kong (http://bit.ly/2Q2LtF8), Chile, and France, just to name a few. (http://bit.ly/2SFi8lX) Organized resistance against the neoliberal economic polices imposed by governments globally, and the authoritarian responses from these states towards their respective populations, has not only demonstrated the spirit of the times we are in, but just as importantly, what the nature of resistance looks like in our time of compounding crises. Among these numerous examples of civil unrest, there is one glaring exception: the United States. As Alley explains in this episode, there are numerous historical, cultural, and sociological reasons as to why US citizens continue to believe that the electoral process, petition signing, and the ongoing impeachment proceedings against President Trump in the House and Senate will lead to the changes needed to adequately respond to the massive systemic injustices Americans experience in their economic and social lives daily. Faith in these bureaucratic processes are certainly not enough, and in fact, works to deter the kinds of direct actions required to actually force the hands of the political elite to do anything besides steal from and undermine the majority of the population in their ability to live lives of dignity, good health, and social welfare.

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