I’m spiralling after scrolling Met Gala pics, and confessing the mirror moments it brings up for me. We explore what we mean by resistance, how we can start small, build a rhythm, and feel connected in community. This episode is raw and a bit rougher round the edges - let’s go! 

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Artwork by Francesca Kadar 

Music is ‘Persephone’ from Uppbeat

Here’s the episode timestamps:

00:00 Invitation to Live Resistance Sessions

00:42 Met Gala Confession

03:12 Why This Podcast is called RESIST

03:38 Wealth Inequality and the System Exposed

06:53 Protest, Bezos and The Mirror

08:56 My Resistance Today

11:15 Resistance as JOY, Resistance as REST, Resistance as VOICE

12:48 The Potency of Starting Small and Building a Rhythm 

16:00 Self, Community, System Ripple Effects 

17:28 Closing Reflections, Invitation to Resistance Rhythm and What’s Coming Up Next

How can living seasonally help us experience more joy? Do the Fates live inside our heads? How do we stay tender, connected and human in these days? And why do we have to keep ‘singing it again’?  

We’re livin' it up on top with part 2 of our deep dive into the joy-filled story of Anaïs Mitchell and Rachel Chavkin’s award-winning, magical, mythical musical ‘Hadestown’. 

Let’s dive back in! 

00:00 Welcome Back to Hadestown

01:41 Persephone and Seasonal Living

03:10 Cycles of Energy and Burnout

07:40 Quarterly Reset Invitation

09:04 The Fates and Inner Dialogue

13:16 Solidarity and Resistance

19:35 Finding Your Contribution

20:33 The Catharsis of Tragedy Repeated as Ritual

26:39 Reflection Questions and Takeaways

28:10 Ways to Stay Connect and Next Episode

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Music is ‘Persephone’ from Uppbeat

How do we stay positive in challenging times, what role does creativity, grief and solidarity play? 

Welcome to 'Joy-Filled Stories for Dystopian Days', exploring Anaïs Mitchell and Rachel Chavkin’s award-winning, magical, mythical musical ‘Hadestown’ and the mirror it holds up for us in this social and political moment. 

What does this show have to say to us about hope and optimism, doubt and grief, action versus numbness, inequality and social justice, authoritarianism and dehumanization, climate collapse and collective resistance. 

Let’s dive in! 

00:00 Welcome to RESIST

00:41 Why Joyful Stories Matter

01:19 What’s Hadestown is all about 

02:36 Themes Roadmap

04:12 Hadestown Plot Summary

06:27 Hermes and the Fates

06:51 Orpheus the Dreamer

11:21 Eurydice the Pragmatist

13:33 Numbness and Survival

16:04 Power and Manipulation

19:14 Climate and Authoritarianism

19:47 Walls, Othering and Fascism

22:32 Solidarity and Collective Action

25:21 Part One Wrap Up

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Artwork by Francesca Kadar 

Music is ‘Persephone’ from Uppbeat

We’re counteracting the heaviness of these days with a micro-dose of joy!

We’re diving into anti dystopian and utopian stories, what these are unlocking and enabling, and why they're a balm in these times we’re living through.  

Why we don't need more dystopian narratives that normalize violence and the inevitability of authoritarianism, here we're exploring stories that reimagine livable futures. 

Upcoming episodes cover Jacob Tierney (Crave/ HBO) queer hockey show “Heated Rivalry” and Anaïs Mitchell’s mythical musical “Hadestown”.

Here are the episode timestamps: 

00:00 Welcome to Resist

00:48 Meet Katy Murray

01:14 Why This Mini-series

01:26 When the News Breaks You

02:19 Joy Over Hope

03:14 My Background and Burnout

04:20 Stories as Nervous System Balm

04:42 Why Anti Dystopia

06:30 Using Utopia to Re-imagine Liveable Futures

06:58 Resourcing and Repatterning

07:19 Purpose and Invitation

07:53 Connect and Next Episodes

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Artwork by Francesca Kadar

Music 'Persephone' from Uppbeat

Why “Heated Rivalry” Is a Joy-Filled, Anti-Dystopian Love Story (and Why Straight White Men Should Watch It)

hi I'm Katy Murray and welcome to my mini-series 'joy-filled stories for dystopian days', in this episode exploring why viewers are so obsessed with queer hockey show Heated Rivalry (Crave/HBO), created by Jacob Tierney, starring Hudson Williams, Connor Storrie, Francois Arnaud, and based on Rachel Reid’s novels.

I frame the show’s impact through three lenses: the joy of the art itself, the joy of learning about the makers, and the joy of the fandom and societal ripple effects.

We talk about the show's tender, consent-centered intimacy; stereotype-flipping portrayals of masculinity, queerness, sexuality, neurodiversity, mental health, immigration, and friendships with women; the production’s intentional, inclusive, 'anti-fascist' working culture; how this show provides a soothing balm that calms our nervous systems, offers hope, and helps us resist and reimagine liveable futures through these dystopian days.

Here are the time stamps:

00:00 Joy as Resistance

00:42 Why Are We So Obsessed with Heated Rivalry

01:51 Tender Intimacy Onscreen

05:55 Stereotypes Flipped

07:38 How It Was Made

11:28 These Actors and Modelling New Masculinity

13:22 Fandom and Cultural Moment

14:37 A Corrective Story

19:28 Comfort and Addictiveness

20:28 Ripple Effects and Wrap Up

21:27 Next Episode and Connect

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Artwork by Francesca Kadar

'Persephone' by Uppbeat