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we are launching a european citizen's initiative!!

i sat down again with clara tomé to learn more about the worldwide movement to give nature legal rights at a pivotal moment. we have a chance of making this a reality in europe. we need 1 million signatures by october 2027. are you in?

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

head to https://www.rightsfornature.eu/ and choose your country. sign and make sure you confirm the email in your inbox. please share it widely!

follow these instagram accounts for more information and updates:

- europe-wide rights for nature

- germany

- france

- spain

- ireland

resources:

- braiding sweetgrass - robin wall kimmerer

- fresh banana leaves - jessica hernandez

- sand talk - tyson yunkaporta

- GARN youth group

reach out to clara via ⁠instagram⁠ and sign her actions via ⁠chilli⁠

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hosted by kiki lindenau

edited by ianna dante

time stamps:

00:00 intro

1:59 nature as property vs nature as a relative

5:10 the legal background of nature as property

6:33 colonization as breaking our relationship with nature

8:05 why our climate solutions are not working

9:35 rights of nature as a solution

11:30 european citizens initiative on rights of nature

15:05 success of previous ecis

16:00 does this really work?

17:45 actions to take right now

22:25 mother nature speaking to us

alex (@heyragemama) is a former biochemist, mental health agent, and intuitive life coach. then she became a mother and experienced mom rage. but rather than finding answers to her questions of what was happening to her, she only found shame.

so she became rage mama. in this episode, we discuss what mom rage is, why the blame is placed on the mother, and the systemic infrastructure that leaves mothers so alone and unsafe that their bodies don't know how else to respond.

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support her by buying a tshirt. and we are giving one "blame the system, not the mother" crop top away!! make sure to follow alex and unbound the pod on instagram and tag your favorite mom under the post (coming on friday).

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time stamps:

00:00 who is rage mama?

03:53 what does mom rage feel like?

06:01 mothers are not supposed to mother alone

08:40 what would a world centered around mothers look like?

10:33 why women are not allowed to be angry

12:03 when women control women

13:50 can we reignite our rage?

16:05 intoducing moms first

15:47 "stop complaining, be grateful"

20:56 how we can really support mothers

23:13 the role of father

29: 46 alex's work

31:00 what does it mean to be human?

it's been just over two months since i launched my first episode and started posting on instagram more consistently. 13 episodes and 18k followers later - how is it going?

welcome to a little reflection episode where i share what i've learned so far, what feels off, and why i'm changing my pace from weekly episodes to bi-monthly (sorry!!!)

and if you're in the midst of your own project and need a little encouragement to keep going, this one's for you!

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the app i'm using to pause before opening instagram for apple and android

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time stamps:

0:00 thank you

01:10 clarity comes from action ... and then disappears again

03:25 getting lost on social media

05:19 the importance of starting small

06:52 humans ARE nature

08:48 changing the rhythm of unbound the pod

09:27 giving up AI

10:37 heading into the next season

we've been told that to save the world, we need to work at the big institutions of our time. but our current reality shows us, that this model is not working. so what is?

together with activist sophie otiende, we dive into the world of grassroots organizing and what it means to hold where we are. if you're looking to change the world, this episode is for you. we take you beyond the ngo world of big institutions, white saviorism, and international grants. to a world where your actions can actually make a change.

support sophie's organization collective threads

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time stamps:

0:00 introducing sophie

01:12 what does grassroots mean?

05:14 what differentiates grassroots from insitutionalized ngos?

09:32 white saviorism in development

11:36 we've overexpanded our circumference of care

12:34 how we can actually achieve change

14:48 we need to stop working in siloes

18:56 what does the next phase of organizing look like?

20:52 tips for aspiring changemakers

22:50 leading by example

24:50 what does it mean to be human?

here in the west, we somehow think we're immune to dictatorships. but when Simón Sosa (@simon.sosab) shares his experience from venezuela, from his childhood to when hugo chávez and later nicolás maduro rose to power, we realize - nobody is safe.

this can happen to us, too. and it will, if we don't pay attention. this episode covers his personal experience and offers a timely reflection on instability, warning signs, and what global decline can look like in real time.

if you want to support the people in venezuela, i invite you to donate to caritas venezuela.

follow simon on instagram. and reach out to him if you have any questions!

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time stamps:

00:00 intro and welcome

00:44 growing up in venezuela

02:16 the rise of hugo chávez and what it changed

06:05 how to ruin a country 101

07:25 the rise of the military

09:01 when you leader ruins your retirement

12:46 nicolás maduro grabs the reigns

15:46 reacting to trump invading venezuela

19:07 the reality of living under a dictatorship

20:54 some rules have to be broken

22:44 what the west can learn from venezuela

25:23 the importance of education

29:09 what does it mean to be human?

what if we've been reading history with half the pages torn out?

that's the question riane eisler asks in the chalice and the blade — and once you see it, you can't unsee it. if half the population has been systematically excluded from how we study, interpret, and understand the past, we don't just have a bias problem. we have a truth problem.

in this episode, we get into her cultural transformation theory, what prehistoric art and venus figurines actually tell us about early human society, and why the assumption that "humans have always been violent" might be one of the biggest lies we've ever been told.

spoiler: goddess-worshipping, partnership-model societies existed. and they were peaceful.

this one will mess with your worldview in the best way.

want to learn more? i'm working on a substack article so make sure you ⁠subscribe⁠.

resources:

- The Chalice and the Blade - Riane Eisler

- which we are currently reading in sarah's (@bysarahnoack) matriarchal study club

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what if the biggest lie in climate history was sold to you by an oil company?

clara tomé (@iamcleer) went from international modeling to climate justice — and in this episode, she's pulling back the curtain on everything the fossil fuel industry doesn't want you to know.

a practicing environmental lawyer and EU climate pact ambassador, Clara traces her own awakening and shares what we can all do. but this isn't your typical "go vegan, save the planet" conversation. clara goes deeper — unpacking why the climate crisis is fundamentally a crisis of justice, one rooted in centuries of colonialism and late-stage capitalism.

we also get into the stuff that rarely makes it into mainstream climate discourse: why "pristine" conservation can actually harm the communities who've protected those ecosystems for generations, why indigenous knowledge deserves the same seat at the table as peer-reviewed science, and what it really means to rebuild our relationship with the natural world.

support clara's ngo rights & roots and protect indigenous lands

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for more info:

- Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World - Jason Hickel

- BP made up the carbon footprint

- More about Rights of Nature

do you actually know what the patriarchy is? if not, don't worry!

i didn't know either, that's why i read "the creation of the patriarchy" by gerda lerner, to actually get a historical understanding of what turns out the start of the oppression of women worldwide. join me on this episode to walk through some of the major developments in history that not only led to the domination of men over women, but that set a precedent for all domination (think slavery, class struggles, exploitation of nature) that rules - and ruins - us today.

want to learn more? i'm working on a substack article so make sure you subscribe.

resources:

- The Creation of Patriarchy - Gerda Lerner

- Feminism for The 99% - Cinzia Arruzza, Nancy Fraser, and Tithi Bhattacharya

- The Will to Change - bell hooks

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thank you for being here <3

kiki sits down with sarah (@bysarahnoack) to explore single motherhood, matriarchy, and the invisible labor that holds society together. they talk about how patriarchy depends on women’s unpaid care work, and why western systems often fail mothers while other cultures still center the “village.”

sarah shares what she’s learned traveling the world with her daughter and documenting mothers’ stories globally — and why supporting single mothers isn’t just personal, but political.

support sarah's docu series: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-tell-the-stories-the-world-forgot

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we always speak about "the system" - it is inherently violent, and we want to burn it down. but what even is it?

using systems theory as a basis, specifically Ludwig von Bertalanffy and Donella Meadows, i break down the system into five different subsystems: economic, political, social, racial, and cultural. using the cocoa supply chain from farms in west africa to our supermarkets, i shine a light on how low farm-gate prices, trade structures shaped by colonial extraction, unpaid household labor, global racial hierarchy, and comforting consumer narratives about chocolate work together to stabilize inequality and wealth accumulation, while shifting responsibility to individual “ethical” choices instead of structural change.