With Season Two kicking off in just one week, the Seed Field Podcast team wanted to take a look back at some of the knowledge our guests shared in Season One. Over these twelve episodes, we had conversations with Antiochians representing all six of our campuses and across disciplines including education, mental health, environmental studies, leadership, and more. In this episode, host Jasper Nighthawk and producer Lauren Instenes play their favorite clips, ranging from advice for navigating mental health during a pandemic to how to decolonize our communities and workplaces. We hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane—and don’t forget to join us next week for the start of Season Two!

Here are direct links to each episode of Season One, in the order they are presented in today’s show:

Stephen Brookfield on Anti-Racist Education

Catherine Lounsbury and Syntia Santos-Dietz on Decolonizing Curricula

Doug Wear and Lane Janger on Bringing Therapy Online

Gina Pasquale on Children’s Mental Health

Cynthia Ruffin on Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth

Zoe Weil on Humane Education

Libby McCann and Sue Byers on Teaching Climate Change

Jean Kayira on Ways of Thinking About the Environment

Chancellor Bill Groves on Higher Education and Democracy

Aqeel Tirmizi on Self-Awareness in Leadership

Kirsten Grimstad on Memory Activism

Sue Woehrlin on Narrative

You can always find the full episodes from Season One and future seasons at our website, theseedfield.org.

Recorded August 17, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released September 1, 2021. 

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Melissa Batalin, Karen Hamilton, and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

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Mapmaking? Birdwatching? Political activism? Dr. Sue Woehrlin sees in each of these activities the importance of narrative—and she teaches her students to see and master these narratives. Stories are the way we make sense of the world, so it’s important for us to understand the stories of our cultures, our communities, and ourselves. Dr. Woehrlin joins the Seed Field Podcast for the final episode of our first season to discuss ways of studying and questioning the stories around us. Through a fascinating conversation about maps, birds, and narrative, we explore ways that changemakers can take back control of the stories being told, reimagining the world and work to make it more just.

Dr. Sue Woehrlin teaches in the Undergraduate Program at Antioch University Seattle. Learn about Antioch University’s Undergraduate offerings here. 

Learn more about Dr. Sue Woehrlin.

Recorded July 12, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released August 4, 2021. 

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Melissa Batalin, Karen Hamilton, and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and past episodes, and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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As the world faces many serious problems, from climate change to global health crises, we need leaders who serve humanity in a conscious and courageous way. This week’s guest host, Dr. Y. Falami Devoe, is joined by leadership scholar Dr. Aqeel Tirmizi to discuss what steps we can take as individuals and communities to train and develop the kinds of leadership we want to see in the world. 

Listen and Subscribe to Dr. Y. Falami Devoe’s podcast ...And the Conversation Continues on Youtube.

Learn more about the programs offered by Antioch University’s Graduate School of Leadership and Change.

Follow Antioch University on Facebook and LinkedIn to be notified when the new Professional Certificate designed by Dr. Tirmizi, “Advancing Conscious Leadership” is launched later this summer. 

Learn more about Dr. Aqeel Tirmizi and Dr. Y. Falami Devoe.

Recorded July 2, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released July 21, 2021. 

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Melissa Batalin, Karen Hamilton, and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and past episodes, and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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How can teachers embody and pass on values of social justice in a country built on colonization, hierarchy, white supremacy, and the oppression of other cultures? This is the question a five-person Social Justice Pedagogy Committee in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program has been asking: how to decolonize their program’s curriculum. For this episode we talk with two members of this team, Cathy Lounsbury and Syntia Santos Dietz, about the insights they have gained from starting this process, why engaging in these kinds of dialogues is so important, and how others might undertake similar work.

To learn more about the work of the Social Justice Pedagogy Committee, you can watch their full presentation at the Association for Humanistic Counselling.

Learn more about Antioch New England’s Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling by following this link.

Learn more about Cathy Lounsbury and Syntia Santos Dietz. 

Recorded June 29, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released July 7, 2021. 

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

This episode was hosted by Jasper Nighthawk and edited by Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Melissa Batalin, Karen Hamilton, and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and past episodes, and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow  Antioch University on Facebook.

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As Pride Month comes to an end, we discuss the continued need for LGBTQ+ activism, the challenges facing youth today, and ways to radicalize pride in the fight for social justice with Cynthia Ruffin, the director of COLORS LGBTQ Youth Counseling. As director of this free therapy service, Cynthia has great insight into how these young people continue to experience discrimination and trauma in our country, and she urges us to find new ways to show up for the LGBTQ+ community.

More about COLORS:

COLORS is a Los Angeles-based therapy service offering free, unlimited, LGBTQ+ affirming therapy to LGBTQ+ identified youth under age 25. Visit colorsyouth.org to learn more.

This year is COLORS’s ten-year anniversary! To join COLORS in celebrating this milestone visit colorsyouth.org, where they will be posting information about how to sign up for their upcoming event. 

Find out more about Cynthia Ruffin. 

Recorded June 7, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released June 23, 2021. 

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

This episode was hosted by Jasper Nighthawk and edited by Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Melissa Batalin, Karen Hamilton, and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

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In the United States, the past year has forced us to come to terms with how fragile our democracy is. In the face of this national reckoning, Antioch University’s values of promoting social, economic, and environmental justice have been put to the test. In this episode, Antioch’s Chancellor, William Groves, discusses the vital role he believes higher education plays in building and maintaining democracy through educating voters and taking thoughtful stands on social injustices.

More about Chancellor Groves: 

William R. Groves, JD, is the 22nd leader of Antioch University.  He began working with Antioch in 1979 and has served as Chancellor since 2016. In his time at Antioch, Chancellor Groves has worked with faculty to improve structures and processes for faculty voice and has helped the university weather uncertain times in a changing landscape of higher education.

You can read more about Antioch’s mission statement involving social, economic, and environmental justice here. 

Recorded April 26, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released June 9, 2021. 

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

This episode was hosted by Jasper Nighthawk and edited by Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Melissa Batalin, Karen Hamilton, and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and future episodes, and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org or follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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Activist movements make the world more just by exploring forgotten or concealed aspects of the present and the past. In this episode, we talk with Kirsten Grimstad, a scholar of post-war Germany and feminist thought who is working to preserve cultural memory and to make history more accessible. With guest host Lauren Instenes, she discusses how activists can use the knowledge of previous activist moments and movements along with the memory of past societal injustices to “ignite the fire of civil courage.” She discusses the importance of holding ourselves and our countries accountable for past harm—and of promoting reparations and healing in the present.

More about Dr. Kirsten Grimstad: 

Dr. Grimstad has a PhD in Comparative Literature and is the Co-Chair of Undergraduate Programs at Antioch University, Los Angeles, where she teaches classes on literary modernism and Holocaust memory work. She has published a book on the German author Thomas Mann called The Modern Revival of Gnosticism and Thomas Mann’s Doktor Faustus, and was also a co-author of the New Woman's Survival Catalog published in 1973 and republished in 2019.  

Buy The New Woman’s Survival Catalog here or find it at your local bookstore.

Learn about Undergraduate Studies at Antioch University Los Angeles or watch the AULA Undergraduate Studies Anytime Open House.

Recorded May 3, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released May 26, 2021. 

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

This episode was guest hosted and edited by Lauren Instenes. The host was Jasper Nighthawk. Special thanks for this episode goes to Melissa Batalin, Karen Hamilton, Melinda Garland, and Simon Javan Okelo for their contributions.

For information about this and future episodes, and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org or follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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This past year of a deadly pandemic has been tough on everyone, but it’s been particularly hard for children. Most have had to cope with having their entire routines turned upside-down by the removal of in-person school. And now, over a year later, many are dealing with the uncertainty of going back to school before they can be vaccinated. To make sense of this time of instability, we called up Dr. Gina Pasquale, an expert in child mental health. In this episode, she shares insights into what this year has been like for children all over the country, and provides some invaluable strategies for supporting not only children but all of the people we care about, as we face the next big transition—and the rest of our lives.

More about Dr. Gina Pasquale: 

Dr. Pasquale is a teacher and psychotherapist who specializes in infant mental health and Autism Spectrum Disorders. A graduate of Antioch University New England’s Doctor of Psychology program, she now teaches as affiliate faculty in the program, leading multiple courses including the Professional Development Series.  In her private practice, Dr. Pasquale uses talk therapy to treat clients of all ages, and she provides psychological testing for a wide range of educational, emotional, and behavioral issues. When she is not seeing patients or teaching, Dr. Pasquale can be found avidly riding her mountain bike throughout the Keene area. 

Learn more about Antioch University New England’s Doctor of Psychology program.

Recorded April 28, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released May 12, 2021. 

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

This episode was hosted by Jasper Nighthawk and edited by Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Melissa Batalin, Karen Hamilton, Melinda Garland, and Simon Javan Okelo for their contributions.

For information about this and future episodes, and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org or follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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“We need to expand our understanding of the word environment,” says Dr. Jean Kayira, a scholar of sustainability and Indigenous Knowledge. “In my view, environment is really about interconnectedness and the interdependence of everything.” Jean directs Antioch’s PhD in Environmental Studies, and she is a leader in this interdisciplinary field that tries to deepen our understanding of the world—and to keep the world from changing it so much that it’s no longer hospitable. In this episode, Jean shares with us why multiple knowledge systems are better than just one, how dancing on mountaintops can be part of rigorous scholarly inquiry, her passion for the Malawian concept of umunthu, and the importance of planting seeds (sometimes literally) in your own community.

More about Dr. Jean Kayira: 

Jean is the Director of Antioch’s PhD in Environmental Studies. An expert on community-based education, socio-ecological justice, and Indigenous Knowledge, Jean grew up in Malawi before coming to North America. She holds a PhD from the University of Saskatchewan, where she wrote her dissertation Re-Learning our Roots: Youth Participatory Research, Indigenous Knowledge, and Sustainability through Agriculture. Jean's research involves working with youth, educators, and community members around issues of sustainability and environmental justice. 

Learn more about Community Garden Connections.

Learn more about the PhD in Environmental Studies at Antioch University.

Recorded April 7, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released April 27, 2021. 

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University, co-hosted by Jasper Nighthawk and Simon Javan Okelo, and edited by Lauren Instenes. Guidance for this episode came from Melissa Batalin, Karen Hamilton, and Melinda Garland.

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Across the country, activists and educators use Earth Day to teach the public about the importance of environmental justice and action to slow and mitigate climate change. This year we take it as an opportunity to talk with two Antioch faculty, Libby McCann and Sue Byers, about how we can challenge the ways our country has used environmental education in the past and collectively push for more equitable solutions to the climate crisis.

More about Dr. Libby McCann:

Libby is based in New England where she serves as the Director of the Environmental Education Concentration in the Master of Science in Environmental Studies, Environmental Education program. Libby also helps to run the Keene Community Garden project at AUNE and has directed Earth Partnership for Schools, a national program planting native gardens as outdoor classrooms. She has lived and worked in California, Washington, New Zealand, New Jersey, and Wisconsin as an environmental and consumer organizer and environmental educator/interpreter. 

More about Sue Byers: 

Sue is based in Seattle where she is the Director of the Urban Environmental Education Master’s in Education program at Antioch University Seattle. Sue began her career in education at Seattle Public Schools where she directed college access and readiness programs for middle and high school students. She served as Chief Academic Officer at the College Success Foundation where she launched programs in Washington State and the District of Columbia, serving over 6,000 low-income and underserved youth.

If you would like to read the written pieces mentioned in this podcast, you can read Sue Byers’ blog post on Earth Day at the Seed Field, and you can find the essay Racism is Killing the Planet by Climate Justice Fellow Hop Hopkins at the Sierra Club’s blog.

You can click here to find out more about the Coalition of Communities of Color.

Learn more about the Environmental Studies & Sustainability Programs at Antioch University.

Recorded April 7, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released April 14, 2021. 

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University, co-hosted by Jasper Nighthawk and Simon Javan Okelo, and edited by Lauren Instenes. Guidance for this episode came from Melissa Batalin, Karen Hamilton, and Melinda Garland.

For information about this and future episodes, visit theseedfield.org or follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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