Navigate the Now: Root • Rise • Reflect

By Dalia + Allie

Welcome to Navigate the Now! Root · Rise · Reflect

We’re Dalia and Allie, longtime friends who've spent a good portion of our friendship engaging in activism and building community.

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How many episodes does Navigate the Now: Root • Rise • Reflect have?

The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.

Navigate the Now: Root • Rise • Reflect episodes:

July 09, 2025 E10: Season Finale + Recap
Join us as we discuss current events and recap some of our favorite moments of the season. We'll be back this fall with some exciting guests lined up, root, rise, reflect <3
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50min
June 20, 2025E9: Mindfulness + Transformation with Oneika Mays
In this episode we sit down with Oneika Mays, a writer, teacher, and multi-hyphenate facilitator. Oneika shares her journey from teaching mindfulness at Rikers Island to becoming a voice for healing, justice, and transformation. We discuss spiritual activism, METTA Meditation, embracing change, and how mindfulness can be a radical tool for liberation.

Her upcoming memoir Sit With Me: A No BS Journey to Mindfulness and Meditation (HarperOne, releasing March 2026) is a reflection of the powerful work she’s doing, we’re honored to hold space with Oneika.

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Episode Notes/Referenced Materials
IG: @oneikamays
Linktree
Pre-order: Sit With Me Sit With Me: A No BS Journey to Mindfulness and Meditation
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1h 2min
June 13, 2025E8: Due Process with Katie Old Crow, w/ a special dedication to Maria Isidro
**We would like to dedicate this episode to Maria Isidro of Live Oak, FL who was unjustly detained arriving for a scheduled court appearance. Maria held 2 court approved petitions/stays of removal. She was recently and unknowingly driven to the Mexican border and left after being withheld food for 4 days as a diabetic. Maria's son's words are shared in our intro. Donate to Maria's legal expenses -> (CashApp) $DaniellaIsidro (see QR code for Zelle and CashApp on our IG page) .**

In this episode Katie Old Crow breaks down due process , habeas corpus, legal loopholes being exploited currently, and more.
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Episode Notes/Referenced Materials
Find Katie on Instagram -> @ktmmiller004
See our IG for further details on supporting Maria Isidro
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1h 15min
June 06, 2025E7 Part 2: Reverend Dr. Carl Adair on Religion, Love vs. Power, and the Christian Right
Part 2: Fr. Carl continues his thoughts on Christianity's place in the modern world, exploring the use of religion as a mechanism of love vs. power and control by the U.S. Christian Right.
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Episode Notes/Referenced Materials
⁠Episcopal Mission Instagram⁠ (@way.of.love.in.sunnyside)
⁠Episcopal Mission Sunnyside⁠
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46min
May 30, 2025E7 Part 1: Reverend Dr. Carl Adair on Christianity, Politics, and Love
Part 1: In this two part episode we are sitting down with the Rev. Dr. Carl Adair of the the new Episcopal Mission In Sunnyside, Queens.
In part 1 Fr. Carl offers his perspective on finding a new way of engaging with community and gathering folks within Christianity and beyond in a world that is often at odds with traditional Christian values.
*A special dedication to Estela Laurencio and Mary and Maynard Amstutz for providing us our own guidance in showing up in love and care. *
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Episode Notes/Referenced Materials
Episcopal Mission Instagram (@way.of.love.in.sunnyside)
Episcopal Mission Sunnyside
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54min
May 23, 2025E6: Community in Practice: An Exploration of Mutual Aid and the 3rd Space w/ Bella and Zehra of SWMA NYC
Join us as we sit down with Zehra and Bella of Sunnyside Woodside Mutual Aid Group in Queens, NY to discuss what is Mutual Aid and how it differs from traditional models of charity and nonprofits. Zehra also shares with us her current project in the works, Saat Saath, a future mutual aid- and art-centered third space fostering resilience in community.
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Episode Notes/Referenced Materials
Sunnyside & Woodside Mutual Aid/ IG: @swma.nyc
Dean Spade: Author (booklist)
Saat Sath IG: @Saat.Saath
Death Panel Podcast w/ Dean Spade: Love in a Fucked Up World
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56min
May 16, 2025E5: Political Culture and Beyond- A Journalist's Perspective with Mónica Espitia
Join us as we sit down with journalist Mónica Espitia to discuss her perspective on the culture of American politics, what's often at the root of tough conversations, and work-life balance. Mónica is a Colombian-born journalist currently working at The Wall Street Journal.
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Episode Notes/Referenced Materials
Pulso y Péndulo
Off Topics on Politics
You Decide with Errol Louis
Potomac Watch - Wall St. Journal Podcast
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1h
May 09, 2025E4: Make Algorithms Great Again
Join us this week as we unpack the influence of algorithms, social media, and the newscycle on our beliefs, and their reflection on society as a whole.
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Episode Notes/Referenced Materials
How can social media and the internet impact the election?
Social media and political polarization in America | 60 Minutes
The Social Dilemma
Overview and key findings of the 2024 Digital News Report
U.S. Adults’ Knowledge About the World
News sources mentioned:
Reuters, Globe and Mail, CBC (Canada), Al Jazeera (Qatar), BBC, The Guardian, The Economist, The Independent (UK), Sydney Morning Herald , The Times of India, South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), Hindustan Times (India)
Foreign language outlets in also offered in English: El Pais (Spain), NHK (Japan Broadcasting Company), Buenos Aires Times, Latin News, Univision, El Universal (Mexico)
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1h
May 02, 2025E3: $5000 Baby Bonuses anyone?
In this episode we're breaking down the administration's recent "baby boom" proposals and offering our own perspective as (currently childless) millenial women. We're also delving into why we think women may be holding back on motherhood, and what programs and initiatives have proven successful in supporting women and families.
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Episode Notes/Referenced Materials
White House Assesses Ways to Persuade Women to Have More Children -Caroline Kitchener
Project 2025
Project 2025 Tracker
The Number of People Over 40 Giving Birth Surpasses Teens for the First Time
The Impact of the Needs Based Childcare Scholarship Program in Park City and Summit County, One Year In
Reshma Saujani IG: @reshmasaujani Mom First Us: @momsfirstus
Brave Not Perfect- Reshma Saujani
How Trump 2.0 is slashing NIH-backed research — in charts
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47min
April 25, 2025E2: Community as a Function of Democracy
Join us as we explore community as the cornerstone of democracy, and the importance of social ties in building trust, accountability, and civic engagement. We reflect our own journey via interpersonal relationships, social groups, and grassroot networks.
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Episode Notes/Referenced Materials
Bowling Alone- Robert Putnam
Join or Die Documentary (Netflix)
Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope-Bell Hooks⁠
Christabel Mintah Galloway (IG ⁠@christabelmintahgalloway⁠)
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59min

FAQs about Navigate the Now: Root • Rise • Reflect:

How many episodes does Navigate the Now: Root • Rise • Reflect have?

The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.