TW: pregnancy termination, termination for medical reasons, infant loss, medical trauma

Ayako Gallagher (she/they) Japanese-Irish settler living on the stolen traditional territories of the hunquemenium language group First Nations. She is a grief practitioner, activist, speaker, potter, and bereaved mother of one in the stars and two earthside kids. Her work stands at the intersections of grief, collective liberation, and parenting, inviting people to realize and honour that their lived experiences and grief can be catalysts for personal and collective change.

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In this episode, Brea Baker and I talk about everything from how parenting has radicalized us, to the responsibility that comes with raising boys, to Black land ownership and growing your own food, to building community and finding third spaces when you're no longer part of the church. WE COVER IT ALL!!!

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*Note: the title of this episode is a spin off of the book Let This Radicalize You by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba, which I recommend to everyone.

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In this episode, we ask WAIT WHY DID WE HAVE KIDS and other forbidden questions that would make trad wives shit themselves. Just kidding, but we do talk about the existential dread of child-rearing through climate crises, parenting post-Oct 2023, maternal mental health, birth trauma (tw), and chosen family.

Leah's website: https://www.leahkim.org/

Leah's book "MOM, UNFILTERED" https://www.leahkim.org/mom-unfiltered

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In this episode, Karina Garcia shares about mothering, organizing with the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), running for vice president while pregnant, and how she first witnessed working class solidarity with her grandmother. A special conversation full of revolutionary optimism.

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In this episode, Sierra Sankofa and I talk about revolutionary homeschooling, birth work and Black maternal health, and life-saving mutual aid. In many ways, this episode is a love letter to Black birth workers, to the U.S. South, and to the long legacies of Black mothers surviving, organizing, resisting, and creating new worlds in the region. 

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• Shades of Blue: https://www.shadesofblueproject.org/
• West Street Recovery: https://www.weststreetrecovery.org/ 

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My guest for this episode is Dr. Han Ren! We chat about her clinical work with children of immigrants, her forthcoming book "The Hyphenated Life," and being an "elder raver" (yes you read that correctly). Make sure you stay until the end to hear the juicy parts about parenting, polyamory, and redefining family.

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Welcome to the first episode of Mothering New Worlds! Hear the lore behind the podcast and myself, your host, Bianca Mabute-Louie (@beyonkz).

I talk about revolutionary caregiving and world building in the midst of societal collapse and rebirth, as well as getting THOUGHT MOTHER tattooed on my ass.

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Music by Czarina Jimenez

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