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“Book Talk on Plant Breeding and Seed Saving”
Season 02, Episode 05

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In this book talk episode, Nicki shares a few titles on plant breeding and seed saving.

Book list on Bookshop.org

Book Titles

Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's and Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving, 2nd Edition (Revised and Expanded) by Carol Deppe (Author)

Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners, 2nd Edition (Revised) by Suzanne Ashworth (Author)  

Will Bonsall's Essential Guide to Radical, Self-Reliant Gardening: Innovative Techniques for Growing Vegetables, Grains, and Perennial Food Crops by Will Bonsall (Author)

The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving by Shanyn Siegel (Editor)  Lee Buttala (Editor)  

Return to Resistance: Breeding Crops to Reduce Pesticide Dependence by Raoul A. Robinson (Author). Not available on Bookshop but can be found at the following:

• Purchase paperback from Greenhorns.org
• Download free ebook or PDF from IDRC
• Read PDF on Google Books
• Purchase paperback on Amazon

Further Reading & Links

Sierra Seeds & Rowan White

“USDA Report Highlights Harms of Seed Consolidation and Restrictive IP” in Food & Power

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“Book Talk on History of Capitalism & Colonization”
Season 02, Episode 04

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In this book talk episode, Nicki shares a few titles on the history of capitalism and colonization.

List on Bookshop.org

Book Titles

Debt: The First 5,000 Years, Updated and Expanded by David Graeber (Author)  

Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federici (Author)

Decolonizing Wealth, Second Edition: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance By Edgar Villanueva (Author)

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem (Author)

Further Reading & Links

The Book on Fire Podcast - podcast season about Caliban and the Witch

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“Community Rights with Michelle Holman”
Season 02, Episode 03

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In this episode, Nicki is joined by Michelle Holman, an activist in the Community Rights movement in Lane County, Oregon.

Michelle Holman has lived in Deadwood, a community in Western Lane County’s Coast Range, for more than 40 years and has been active in the anti-herbicide struggle since the late 1970’s. After many years of her community’s unsuccessful fight to stop government-protected aerial spraying of toxic chemicals by private logging companies, she renounced traditional activism and joined the Community Rights movement. She is a founder of Community Rights Lane County and the Oregon Community Rights Network. She has served on the Mapleton School Board for 35 years, where more than 20 years ago, the school district stopped using toxic chemicals on school grounds.

In this conversation, Nicki and Michelle talk about the Community Rights Movement and the Rights of Nature.

This interview was recorded in May 2023.

Further Reading & Links

“Box of Allowable Activism” from Community Environmental Legal Defence Fund (infographic)

Eco-Jurisprudence Monitor - tracking Rights of Nature Movement and Earth-based laws

Public Interest Environmental Law Conference in Eugene, Oregon: “Protecting Our Vital Watersheds, Rights of Nature, a New Paradigm” 2023.

Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF)

Oregon Community Rights Network (ORCRN)

Community Rights Lane County

Protect Lane County Watersheds - mission & Bill of Rights

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“Book Talk on Pacific Northwest Nature Guides”

Season 02, Episode 02

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In this book talk episode, Nicki shares a few titles on Pacific Northwest nature guides.

Book list on Bookshop.org

Book Titles

National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Pacific Northwest by National Audubon Society.

Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast by Jim Pojar (Author)  Andy MacKinnon (Author)

Pacific Northwest Foraging: 120 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Alaska Blueberries to Wild Hazelnuts by Douglas Deur (Author)

Pacific Coast Tree Finder: A Pocket Manual for Identifying Pacific Coast Trees by Tom Watts (Author)

Pacific Northwest Medicinal Plants: Identify, Harvest, and Use 120 Wild Herbs for Health and Wellness by Scott Kloos (Author)

Further Reading

“Audubon faces a backlash after deciding to keep name that evokes a racist enslaver” - NPR

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“Book Talk on Attachment Trauma”

Season 02, Episode 01

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In this book talk episode, Nicki shares a few titles about attachment trauma.

Episode list on Bookshop.org

Book Titles

8 Keys to Building Your Best Relationships by Daniel A Hughes (Author)  

Complex Ptsd: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker (Author)

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson (Author)

Motherless Daughters (20th Anniversary Edition): The Legacy of Loss (Anniversary) by Hope Edelman (Author)

Further Reading & Links

Motherless Mothers: How Losing a Mother Shapes the Parent You Become by Hope Edelman (Author)

Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: Honor Your Emotions, Nurture Your Self, and Live with Confidence by Lindsay C. Gibson (Author)

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk (Author)

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”Book Talk on Introductory Memoirs”
Season 01, Episode 06

In this book talk episode, Nicki shares a few book titles on the subject of introductory memoirs.

Introductory Memoirs - Reading List on Bookshop.org

Mentions & Further Reading

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

The Mountain and the Fathers: Growing Up in the Big Dry by Joe Wilkins

Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover 

The Chronology of Water: A Memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch

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“Tobacco, Nicotine Addiction and E-cigarettes with Tad Fisher”
Season 01, Episode 05

Today we’re joined by Tad Fisher, who happens to be Nicki’s life partner. 

Tad experiences nicotine dependence.

Join us as we discuss the complicated history and issues surrounding tobacco use, nicotine addiction, and e-cigarettes in American society and culture. 

In this can’t-miss episode, Tad shares his story about nicotine dependence. Nicki and Tad talk about the culture of shame around nicotine dependence that enforces cycles of addiction, the nuances in the e-cigarette market and how it’s been co-opted by the tobacco industry, the relationship between the state and big tobacco, and how increasing access to harm reduction and resources help people reduce nicotine dependence and improve societal and individual health outcomes at large. 

Mentions & Further Reading

The Cigarette by Sarah Milov

1493: Uncovering the New World that Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann

Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association (CASAA)

Reclaiming Sacred Tobacco(documentary)

Jamestown (drama/show)

"FDA’s top tobacco scientist takes job at Marlboro-maker Philip Morris" in Ars Technica

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Episode title “Book Talk on Picture Books for Adults”

Season 01, Episode 04

In this book talk episode, Nicki shares a few book titles on the subject of picture books for adults.

Picture Books for Adults - Reading List on Bookshop.org

Mentions & Further Reading

Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout by Lauren Redniss 

Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World by Ella Frances Sanders 

The Lost Spells by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris

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“High Sensitivity Processing and the Neurodiversity Movement with Leah K. Walsh”

Season 01, Episode 03

In this episode we’re joined by Leah K. Walsh. We discuss high sensitivity processing, how it relates to the neurodiversity movement at large, the issues with the pathology lens, and difficulty with language around expressing how people think and experience the world through their bodies.

Leah (she/her) works with people who are sensitive and neurodivergent with rooted respect and encouragement. She offers individual coaching sessions and a seasonal meet-up so that others can safely explore their story, embody their unique way of being in the world, and show up freely. 

Nicki and Leah talk about the work of Dr. Elaine Aron and high sensitivity processing (HSP), going over some of the key points of the framework offered by this body of research. The conversation drifts into how this can be helpful for people who identify with this particular way of being as well as its limitations within the context of the neurodiversity movement. 

Mentions & Further Reading

Leah K. Walsh’s website

The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D

Neurodiversity Community Resource Page at leahkwalsh.com

“The highly sensitive brain: an fMRI study of sensory processing sensitivity and response to others’ emotions” in Brain Behavior

Portland Underground Graduate School (PUGS)

Neeraja Havaligi, PhD

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 "Book Talk on the History of Books"
Season 01, Episode 02

In this book talk episode, Nicki shares a few book titles on the subject of the history of books.

History of Books - Reading List on Bookshop.org

Mentions & Further Reading

The Book by Amaranth Borusk

Writing on the Wall: Social Media - The First 2,000 Years by Tom Standage

From Gutenberg to Google: The History of Our Future by Tom Wheeler

A History of Cookbooks: From Kitchen to Page Over Seven Centuries By Henry Notaker

“Spying on Students: School-Issued Devices and Student Privacy” by Gennie Gebhart, et. al. of the Electronic Frontier Foundation

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