What is the WGA and why is it striking? How is it affecting your favorite shows? WGA Member Vera Starbard walks us through the Hollywood writers room, the strike, and her experiences working on Alaska Daily, Super Kitties, and Molly of Denali. And she likes to kill off a character or two. It may be the Tlingit in her...

Music by Chahta Vba Isht Taloa Cacophony Orchestra.

In this episode, we are joined by honored guests, Nuseka Jacob and Rafael Parker. They chat it up about the film, "Crooked Arrows". They also talk a bit about the game of Lacrosse, levels of cringe, and the pros and cons of communism.

The music is:

"UCan Danz2It, Movement 5" by Chahta Vba Isht Taloa Cacophony Orchestra consort.

Thanks for listening. And remember, don't just keep it real, keep it

REEL INDIGENOUS!

It's a good day to be Indigenous when the Killers of the Flower Moon trailer drops. Our hosts have THOUGHTS, as does all the rest of the world. But ours is best, so you should listen. #KillersoftheFlowerMoon #MartinScorsese

In this episode we are invited by Tulsa Litfest to do an interview with the amazing poet, Layli Longsoldier. This interview is done live at Circle Cinema where we talk about her poetry she created for the film, "Lakota Vs. the United States", and other adventures.

Not only do we have one great guest, but we also got a great guest host, Lindsey Claire Smith who joins us in this enlightening conversation.

Thanks a lot to Circle Cinema and Tulsa Litfest for allowing us the opportunity for this great interview.

https://tulsa.okstate.edu/cpw/litfest

https://www.circlecinema.org/

Don't forget to watch "Lakota Vs. the United States". Release date: July 14, 2023 https://www.magpicturesinternational.com/lakota-nation

also go out and buy the book, "Whereas" by Layli Longsoldier. And look out for her new book, soon to be published, "We".

https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/whereas

Music is by

The Chahta Vba Isht Taloa Cocophony Orchestra and Broken Consort

And as always, don't just keep it real, keep it

REEL INDIGENOUS!

Featured artists Millie Bigler wraps a successful runway show at the Teton Trad Cloth Fashion Summit held at First Americans Museum in April, featuring our own Angela Startz as a model!

Hear what inspires her, how engineering and sewing match up in her brain, and enjoy a special performance by Blossom.

Dine author Ramona Emerson is taking on the Navajo mystery series with her first installment of the Rita Todacheene trilogy. More accurate and more layered than that mystery series by that white guy, we visit with her about working with the dead, her documentaries and her passion for Law & Order. Duh Duh!

Young Elder Marly Fixico leads the discussion about the 2007 HBO movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and lights a fire under Angela and Sunrise to Protect our Children and to get #LandBack. How well did the book translate into a movie? Tune and and find out.

Jourdan Bennett-Begaye (Navajo) is the editor of ICT. She is the first woman to be the chief news executive and top editor of the 40-year-old newspaper and website. She's also a Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) board member.

She joins Angela and new host Monica Braine (Assiniboine and Hunkpapa Lakota) to talk about Alaska Daily, the importance of journalism, her favorite films, and how she handles being the first Native woman to run the newsroom.

Candice interviews graphic novelist Arigon Staff, designer Jessica Harjo and writer Michael Sheyashe at this year's IndigiePopX. Hear all about Super Indian, Contenders, indigenous fashion, and Natives in comic books with our continuing coverage of IPX.

Larissa FastHorse is the first Native woman to have a play on Broadway and we get to catch up with her in this exclusive interview. Tune in and learn more about well-meaning white people and how autobiographical The Thanksgiving Play is.

Visit 2st.com for for tickets, and don't just keep it real, keep it REEL INDIGENOUS.