Indigo Radio
Indigo Radio is a project of the Spark Teacher Education Institute based out of Southern VT. We are a group of educators seeking to learn through engaging with others in our community and throughout the world. We are both in the classrooms and on the streets. Find us at indigo.radio on Instagram and Facebook or download a previous show on Soundcloud and Apple Itunes. Indigo is now broadcasting out of Southern VT, W. Mass, Atlanta, Seattle, and Morocco.
Episodes
AI and the University with McKinney Simpson guest host
Indigo radio has its first Appalachian State University guest host, McKinney Simpson. McKinney is a senior at App State majoring in Public Health. She spends the hour discussing the impact and proliferation of AI on campus, student thoughts, and the adverse health and environmental impacts of AI.
High Country Mutual Aid - Boone, NC
Indigo Boone host Anna talks with Red and Eli from High Country Mutual Aid out of Boone, NC.
High Country Mutual Aid is a grassroots community movement, based in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, funded entirely by public donor support. We are an ever evolving group, comprised of folks of diverse identities and backgrounds, working to educate about the numerous ways our current
The Revolution will not be Televised - Socialism Conference 2025
In today’s show, Chris Lievense, high school social studies teacher in Vermont and Kelly Junno 3rd grade teacher in Western Massachusetts, and Spark faculty, share with us their insights from the 2025 Socialism conference in Chicago and how those lessons are applicable to their work as K-16 educators.
A major theme Kelly and Chris found at the conference was, how does the progressive left recapt
Learning From Vandana Shiva
Host Becca sits down with Dax who recently return from working and learning in India at Vandana Shiva's project Navdana. We discuss the historical and current work of agriculture. Navdana began as an example and teaching farm, showing that a farm without chemicals can exist. We also discuss on of the main aspect of the project, seeds saving as resistance to global capitalism.
"The City is giving us Lemons but y'all are my Lemonade" --Dr. Ari Brazier for the hour!
Indigo host Anna sits down with Dr. Ari Brazier, community organizer & educator in Atlanta - Ari talks with us all about the #stopcopcity movement here in ATL, race, education, their work with ParentLab, children, abolition, and more!
*Photo of Remix, provided by Dr. Ari
Instagram accounts to follow
@atlparentlikeaboss
@stopcopcity
@thehighlanderschoolatl
@saveweelaunee
Songs:
1) Hard Times, Ba
Summer of Resistance ~ Atlanta, GA
Indigo host Anna sits down with Jasmine Burnett and Aja Arnold, organizers with Mainline ATL to talk about the upcoming Summer of Resistance here in Atlanta, learnings from past movements, organizing, and more.
"Through this campaign—which will include a series of rallies, demonstrations, teach-ins, and a three-day music festival & convergence hosted by Mainline—organizers and community members
"We Invite You To Struggle With Us": Emory Press Conf; Gaza Encampment
On the morning of April 25th, 2024 students at Emory University began their Gaza Encampment in the national movement to end the genocide and for academic institutions to divest from Israeli apartheid. Listen to the speeches of these brave students along with Rev Keyanna Jones as they peacefully speak out; and continue to center what they are fighting for. Minutes later they were met with violent r
FreeHerVT: Part II on Vermont & Carceral Systems
Hosts Anna & Chris sit down with Jayna Ahsaf & Jonathan Elwell of FreeHerVT. This show is Part II of our look at Vermont and prisons - from the historical context of VT carceral systems to today's campaign to stop new prison construction. Jayna Ahsaf is the lead field organizer for FreeHerVT and Jonathan an organizer. We talk with them about the FreeHerVT campaign, women in prison, criminalization
The purpose of prisons & the history of incarceration in Vermont
Part I of a two-part show on Vermont and incarceration. Hosts Chris and Anna spend the hour with Jonathan Elwell, organizer with the FreeHerVT campaign. In Part I, Jonathan speaks with us about the purpose of prisons, the history of incarceration and surveillance in Vermont, and the criminalization of the poor.
Part II will air next week and will focus on the FreeHerVT campaign with Jayna Ahsaf
Students for Socialism @ Emory
Host Anna sits down with Emory University students Bella and Zach Hammond, two leading organizers with Students for Socialism @ Emory. Bella and Zach talk about what influences shaped their political thoughts, organizing at Emory (and beyond!), media role, and hopes they have.
Info on GILEE
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/rania-khalek/atlanta-mayor-rejects-demand-end-israel-police-training
Poetry, Palestine, Resistance: Nora and Emily Khilfeh
In a recent interview on Democracy Now, director of “Unseen” Set Hernandez quoted Ursula Le Guin: “Hard times are coming, when we’ll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now. … We’ll need writers who can remember freedom — poets, visionaries — realists of a larger reality.” In this episode we invited Emily and Nora Khilfeh, two Palestinian students: Emily is gr
Palestine Students
Listen to high school students in Vermont share their thoughts about what is happening in Gaza. C
No to Artwashing Genocide! ~ Voices from the Street
On Sunday, March 10th ATLradicalart held a rally outside the High Museum in Atlanta, GA. Their rally was to say No Artwashing Israeli Apartheid! They ask: "How does Empire use Art against the people and to cover up complicity in genocide?" Listen to the voices from outside on the streets!
Songs/Speakers in order:
1) Song and chant - Priscilla Gay Smith
2) Opening with Rozina Shivaz Gilani
3) Umay
"Victory Outside of Empire" : Palestinian Resistance & Our Collective Freedom
We spend the hour with Umaymah Mohammad - Palestinian, organizer, and current MD/PhD student at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. Umaymah speaks with us about her own history, rejecting the silence of the university in not protecting the safety of those students who have been targeted by racist, anti-Palestinian, xenophobic, and Islamophobic harassment , international solidarity, and what she calls
Part II: In conversation with Dr. Alyasah A. Sewell
Part II in of our conversation with Dr. Sewell. Dr. Sewell is an Associate Professor in Sociology at Emory University in Atlanta, GA and also the founder and director of the Race and Policing Project. In part II, Dr. Sewell speaks on race in Atlanta, policing and adverse health, "carceral grief," and teaching.
Listen to Part I
https://on.soundcloud.com/3Khfp
Dr. Sewell:
https://sociology.emo
An hour with Chris Lievense: Teacher, Indigo Host, and Spark Faculty
Indigo host Chris and Anna talk poetry, teaching, hope, and struggle. Chris shares some of the work that he is doing with his students at Springfield High School in Springfield, Vermont.
Poems:
Pablo Neruda "United Fruit Company"
https://genius.com/Pablo-neruda-the-united-fruit-company-annotated
Article: "From Guernica to Gaza"
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/12/25/from-guernica-to-gaza/
Song
"Breaking the Glass:" Poetry & Conversation with Spark Faculty, Alum, & Indigo Hosts
On the heels of MLK Day we air our annual poetry and conversation show with Spark faculty, alum, and Indigo hosts. We read poems that speak to the moment as we look forward to 2024.
With poems by:
Derek Johnson -- D.C. teacher & Spark alum
Reads: "Climate Justice and Food Sovereignty Now!" by Elizabeth Mpofu
Katie Behan -- RI teacher & Spark alum
Reads: "All of us or None" by Bertolt Brecht
Jo
Dr. Alyasah A. Sewell, Emory University Part I of 2
Indigo host Anna Mullany interviews Dr. Alyasah “Ali” Sewell of Emory University. Dr. Sewell is Associate Professor of Sociology at Emory and Founder and Director of The Race and Policing Project. Advancing quantitative approaches to racism studies, they assess empirical links between the political economy of race and racial health(care) disparities using policing and housing policy data.
In Part
From Palestine to Atlanta: Occupation is a Crime ~ An hour with Rev. Keyanna Jones
Indigo hosts Anna & Josh spend the hour with Reverend Keyanna Jones. Rev. Jones, born and raised in Atlanta, GA, is a community activist and organizer. She talks with us about the #stopcopcity movement in Atlanta, the history of the Weelaunee forest, policing, the GILEE program & militarism, the connections between Gaza and Atlanta, and necessary international solidarity.
Songs:
The Revolution Ca
"There Will Be Justice in this Town" - Voices from #StopCopCity at APHA
On November 14, 2023 public health workers against Cop City held a rally outside of the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting held in Atlanta, GA at the Georgia World Congress Center. Listen to the voices from the rally. CopCity is a public health issue & Atlanta is one of the most well-funded PDs in the country.
From Atlanta to Palestine - militarization has got to go!
Song p
Back To School Special
Indigo Radio spoke with 4 educators in our back-to-school special. We discussed what is happening in students' and teachers' lives within and outside of schools, what their work looks like beyond the classroom, what gives them strength to meet the challenges facing, and more.
It’s Soil, Not Dirt! w/ Fred Magdoff
Indigo Radio interviewed Fred Magdoff, former Professor of Plant and Soil Science at University of Vermont. He is a director of the Monthly Review Foundation, and has written on political economy for many years. We discussed the importance of soil, how soil is alive, how human activities have impacted our soils, and what we can do to care for our soils. Fred helps us to make connections between e
Tina Turner Through Music
We spend the hour talking about the life a Tina Turner though her music. As the first black person and women on the cover of Rolling Stones, Tina continued to strive despite the obstacles. Listen now to learn more and enjoy the tunes!
Replay - Memorial Day weekend, Counter-Recruitment
Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who have died while serving in the United States Armed Forces
According to the Costs of War Project at Brown University, U.S. wars since the September 11th attacks have cost over $8 trillion. A separate report by the group estimates 4.6 million people have died since 9/11 as a result of the
Weelaunee Forest Series: Conversation with Climate Activist & Forest Defender, J
In the first of our series on the Atlanta Forest Defenders and Weelaunee Forest, we talk with a climate activist and forest defender about their time in the Weelaunee Forest during the March 2023 week of protest and action. J talks about the urgency of solidarity, resistance to Cop City, the beauty of Weelaunee Forest, and hope for all of our futures.
Photo Credit: by a Forest Defender, sketch of
Discussions on Permaculture
Today our society has developed through conquering lands and peoples, destroying our relationships with one another and the land in order to exploit and consume. We see ourselves above nature rather than a part of nature. Permaculture, rooted in the knowledge generated by indigenous communities worldwide, is a return back to earth based practices that encourage actions based on the rules of nature
HEART - Out in the Open with Noa Isabella & Frank Osten
Indigo host Anna Mullany talks with Noa Isabella & Frank Osten, both health justice organizers with Out in the Open. They talk with us about the HEART program, rural health, & what we can all learn in supporting our LGBTQ+ community members in VT.
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The HEART (Health Equity and Access for Rural TLGBQ+) Program aims to address common healthcare barriers faced by TLGBQ+ (Transgender, Lesbian, G
Nepal: Conversation on Climate & Health
To commemorate Earth Day 2023, we spend the hour on Nepal -- Nepal is considered the 4th most vulnerable country in terms of climate-related disasters. Today we speak to two graduate students from Nepal - Prakriti Shresthra & Chhimi Sherpa, who are both working toward their Master's degree in the International Dev., Community, and Environment department at Clark University in Worcester, MA. Prakri
Free Flow: Menstrual Equity with Clark Students
All new show this Sunday with host Anna and her Clark undergraduate students in the What is Public Health? course. Students discuss the issue of menstrual inequity at Clark University in Worcester, MA. From the students: "We chose to discuss menstrual equity because of its lack of visibility and the taboo around menstruation. We certainly learnt a lot from our discussion, and we hope you do too!"
Leticia Gonzalez - rurality, family farms, and women's movements in Argentina
We spend the hour with Leticia Gonzalez, a Visiting Fulbright Scholar at Clark University in Worcester, MA in the International Development, Community and Environment department.
Leticia is working on her Ph.D looking at rural women and family farms in Latin America. She talks with Indigo about family farms, rural women, and what we can learn from women's movements in Argentina.
Clark University undergrads talk all about Sexual Assault and College
This week, Indigo host Anna Mullany passes the show over to her undergraduate students at Clark University in Worcester MA where she is currently teaching. A group of her public health students created a show - "Let's Talk About It: Sexual Assault at Clark" - this show tackles the very real issue of sexual assault on the Clark campus. Bringing in existing literature, Bea, Claudia, and Sarah invest
Vermont Workers Center
Indigo Radio interviewed Ellen Schwartz, Sheila Adams, and Grace Beninson of the Vermont Worker's Center. They talk to us about their ongoing political education and health care issues as a front to also work on issues of poverty, race, food access, and social justice.
Whose Water?
Humans are depleting and polluting the remaining clean water on our earth, already causing severe problems for many. Who owns the water and what happens when our water is privatized? are just some of the questions that asked by our hosts, broadcasting from Morocco!
Vermont State U downgrades sports teams - student perspective & social analysis
Today’s show is about the recent unilateral decision by the soon to be Vermont State University to downgrade NVU Johnson’s sports teams from NCAA to USCAA, and downgrading Randolph and Williston sports teams to clubs, and to digitize the library system. We’ll start out with looking at how changes in the sports teams impact students, and students of color. I spoke with Winston Salisman, Jr and NVU
Indigo reads "Beyond Vietnam" 1967 Dr. MLK Jr.
Join us to hear Dr. MLK Jr.'s 1967 Speech "Beyond Vietnam" - read by Indigo hosts, Spark Teacher Institute faculty and Spark alum
Nina Kunimoto, Kyra Swain, Anna Mullany, Kelly Junno, Patrice Strifert, and Katie Behan
Los Angeles Teacher Strike and Organizing with Ryan Emerson
Indigo Radio was in conversation with Ryan Emerson, a labor organizer and political activist currently working as the Government and Labor Affairs Manager at Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 99, which represents over 30,000 education support staff across Los Angeles County. We reflect on the 2019 LA teacher strikes and what place a teacher union has in larger struggles against sc
World Cup, Analysis of the World
In this show, we discuss some of the hidden layers of politics within sports around the world. Specifically, we discuss the 2022 World Cup and how we can analyze the world through sports entertainment. We interview two Moroccans about their thoughts on the Moroccan team's performance in the World Cup and football (soccer) in general.
REPLAY: Sports And Politics
We discuss how politics in sports are acceptable as long as the messages uphold the dominant narratives of militarism, masculinity, and consumerism. But politics that question the political and economic structures are seen as a disruption to the game. Not so different from the ways social justice education is deemed too "political" for our classrooms.
Indigo Radio Interviews Dr. Karanja Keita Carroll on Political Prisoners
Indigo Radio's Mikaela Simms and Nina Kunimoto was in conversation with Dr. Karanja Keita Carroll a faculty member in the Department of Black & Latinx Studies at Baruch College (CUNY). His teaching and research interests revolve around African-centered theory & methodology, with an emphasis on social and psychological theory. As an advocate of Prison Education, Dr. Carroll has also taught, held w
Depression amongst college students with Clark University undergrads
Guest hosts - Clark University students Gelian Rosa, Emma Cheyney, Aiman Khan, and Erin McInerney host this week's Indigo Radio. They are students in Indigo host Anna Mullany's "What is Public Health?" course at Clark in Worcester, MA. They share their learnings on depression amongst college students and why this should be considered a public health issue. Thanks to Gelian, Emma, Aiman, and Erin
In conversation with Jeff Noh, Clark University
Indigo host Anna interviews Jeff Noh, writer & Visiting Professor in the English department at Clark University, Worcester, MA. Jeff talks with us about how history and global political forces shape us, reads an excerpt from his upcoming novel, gives insight into what the incorporation of resistance movements within fiction can teach us, and shares history of the Korean peninsula.
Martín Espada - In the Studio
We welcome Martín Espada into the studio today to read from his award-winning book of poetry, Floaters. Espada has won the 2018 Ruth Lilly Prize in poetry and was a 2021 National Book Award winner for poetry. Martín talks with us about Puerto Rico, the legacy of his father, Frank Espada, political art, activism, and teaching. Martín will be reading at the Brattleboro Literary Festival Oct 15th, 1
REPLAY ~ About Face: Veterans Against the War
Indigo hosts Patrice and Nik interview Ksenia Voropaeva on her work with About Face - a group of post-9/11 US war veterans who work against militarism at home and abroad, support social movements here in the US, and urge young people to think twice before they enter the military. Check out: aboutfaceveterans.org for more information!
Dr. Bharat Rathod: Caste as a Protected Category in the Anti-discriminatory Framework
Bharat Rathod has a doctorate degree in International Education from University of Massachusetts Amherst and his research interest comprises caste, higher education in India and diversity, equity and inclusion framework. His book, Dalit Academic Experiences: Stories of Caste, Stigma and Exclusion in Indian Higher Education, will be published in 2022. He worked in in the ‘Inclusive Universities: Li
Reproductive Justice Part 4: Beyond "Choice"
Dr. Olya Clark and Dr. Anna Mullany, both professors in public health, are in conversation with Indigo Radio. They help us re-frame reproductive health not as a matter of choices, which depending on your social location you may or may not have, but within larger social forces. They also connect us to the work that is being done in Mexico, Russia, and elsewhere to make abortion available.
In conversation with Perpetual Hayfron on doula work and Black women's health
Indigo Radio interviewed Perpetual Hayfron on doula work, its entanglements in enslavement and medicalization, and Black women's health. Perpetual is a Certified Full Spectrum Doula & Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She is also a creative and beautiful human being.
In Remembrance of George Jackson: Interview with poet-scholar Dr. Keith Jones
50 years ago on Aug 7 police assassinated Jonathan Jackson for trying to free his brother George Jackson who was murdered on this day, August 21, 1971 by police guards. In remembrance of their murders and Black August, we interviewed Dr. Keith Jones, poet and professor of Africana Studies at UMass Boston.
Part 2: Women and Gender Studies Program at Keene State College with Karen Cangialosi
Part 1, we talked to youth about how the overturning of Roe v Wade impacts them. In this second part, we speak with Dr. Karen Cangialosi about the elimination of the Women and Gender Studies Program as a major at Keene State College in New Hampshire. We also discuss the dangers of historical amnesia without such programs and its impact on resistance.
Intimate Partner Violence - rural areas
Last week the body of Mary Anderson, 23, of Harvard, Mass., was found in Brattleboro, VT. Today we re-air our show on IPV in rural areas with Indigo host Anna along with 5 of her UMass undergraduate public health students.
Overturning of Roe v Wade: Youth Voices
Mikaela Simms and Kyra Swain invite youth voices to talk about what the overturning of Roe v Wade means to them and their lives.
REPLAY ~ Supervised Injection Sites with Vancouver Insite
This week Vermont Gov. Phil Scott vetoed a bill aimed at stemming the state’s overdose crisis. The bill was a way to explore supervised consumption or injection sites.
Those sites would allow people to consume drugs under medical supervision to prevent an overdose. Scott says this is not the right strategy for Vermont.
💥REPLAY 💥
We replay our show on Supervised Injection Sites, harm reduction & a
"Kids Who Die" - A tribute to those killed by gun violence
Poems and discussion with local BUHS student Z'aira Pacheco & hosts Mikaela Simms, Nina Kunimoto, Sergio Arroyo, and Anna Mullany. Today's show is dedicated to all the children/students around the world who have lost their lives to gun violence. We link mass shootings here in the U.S. to U.S. militarism and violence around the world.
Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health Inequities
We speak with Dr. Aline Gubrium and Dr. Elizabeth Salerno Valdez of UMass Amherst School of Public Health & Health Sciences who work to improve outcomes and reduce inequities in sexual and reproductive health among adolescents - Join us to hear about comprehensive sexuality education and reproductive justice.
*Photo Credit: by J - taken as part of the STRIVE Youth Participatory Action Research F
Racism, chronic stress, & Latino men - with Dr. Luis Valdez
We spend the hour with Dr. Luis Valdez of UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences about chronic stress, health disparities, and racism. Dr. Valdez's work centers on Latino/x men, masculinity, and health.
Voices from the Street: Roe vs. Wade
***SPECIAL*** We air voices from the Brattleboro street on this special Indigo Radio broadcast. Local voice their protest to the leaked supreme court document that would overturn the landmark 1973 ruling Roe vs. Wade that legalizes abortion. Thankyou to all that spoke with us.
Nueva Esperanza in Holyoke
We speak with Cynthia Espinosa Marrero, the executive director of Nueva Esperanza, Inc. to learn about their work in the Holyoke, MA community and the history of Puerto Ricans in Holyoke.
REPLAY: Hands Off Yemen! Interview w/Neda Saleh
8 years on, we want to remind listeners - HANDS OFF YEMEN!! Chris Lievense and Nina Kunimoto discuss Yemen's history and its implications for the current war and humanitarian crisis. They speak with Neda Saleh, Coordinator with Action Corps. She is a Yemeni-born peace activist located in northern California. She is a volunteer with the Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation as well as the fou
Sports And Politics
We discuss how politics in sports are acceptable as long as the messages uphold the dominant narratives of militarism, masculinity, and consumerism. But politics that question the political and economic structures are seen as a disruption to the game. Not so different from the ways social justice education is deemed too "political" for our classrooms.
REPLAY: Women, Substance Abuse, & Systemic Violence: Gendered Triple Standard
We continue with our 2 part series on addiction with a show dedicated to women & substance use. We spend the hour with Dr. Alice Fiddian-Green - whose recent work focuses on public health and opiate use disorder amongst pregnant women and mothers. Tune in to hear about the particular stigmatization women face and expand our understanding around institutional violence that further causes suffering
Spark Interviews 2021
Listen to an interview with former Spark students who share their experiences about becoming teachers during the pandemic and lessons learned during their teacher training. Spark Teacher Education Institute (Spark) is a program of the non-profit Educational Praxis. Spark currently offers a licensure program in Teaching for Social Justice in the State of Vermont. The program strives to instill an u
Haiti and Public Health with Dr. Paul Pierre
Hosts Nina and Anna spend the hour with Dr. Paul Pierre, Haitian physician and global health leader. Dr. Pierre talks with us about public health in Haiti, the late Dr. Paul Farmer, COVID, Haiti's political history, and global health infrastructure.
REPLAY: Indigo Radio Kings Bay Plowshares 7 Patrick ONeill
As the war drums are beating and as New Mexico Archbishop urges nuclear disarmament, we wanted to replay this interview with Father Patrick O'Neill.
Indigo radio interviewed Patrick O’Neill who is just about to serve a federal sentence for breaking in to the Kings Bay naval base in Georgia with his comrades to protest against the trident missiles. Trident missiles are housed on submarines at Kings
REPLAY ~ Domestic Violence & COVID-19
We re-air a show with the local domestic crisis center - The Women's Freedom Center - here in Brattleboro.
Host Anna Mullany talks with the WFC about their services, important info about the impact on those experiencing violence and the pandemic.
The WFC 24-hr hotline is 802-254-6954
Hands Off Yemen! A conversation with Neda Saleh
Chris Lievense and Nina Kunimoto discuss Yemen's history and its implications for the current war and humanitarian crisis. They speak with Neda Saleh, Coordinator with Action Corps. She is a Yemeni-born peace activist located in northern California. She is a volunteer with the Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation as well as the founder of the youth organization, Hands Off Yemen. She hopes t
Dis/ability Series Part 2: Dis/ability, carceral logic, and averegarianism
Kyra Swain, special educator in Vermont, and Sara Velia Nino, PhD candidate and education policy advocate join Indigo Radio to speak about dis/ability in the context of broader social structures such as carceral logic and system design. Check out our first episode in this series "Dis/ability in India, US, and Schools": https://soundcloud.com/user-654648353/disability-in-india-us-and-schools
In Conversation with Greg Mingo
Indigo hosts Anna and Nik air our interview with Greg Mingo. Greg was incarcerated for 40 years for a crime he didn't commit. He was granted clemency by Cuomo in August and was home in September. Greg shares his experience and his thoughts on teaching, health, hope, and more.
Find out more at freegregmingo.com
Photo by Laurel Golio
National Day of Mourning 2021
On today's show we play excerpts from Indigenous speakers this year's National Day of Mourning in Plymouth MA --
Since 1970, Indigenous people & their allies have gathered at noon on Cole's Hill in Plymouth to commemorate a National Day of Mourning on the US Thanksgiving holiday. Many Native people do not celebrate the arrival of the Pilgrims & other European settlers. Thanksgiving Day is a remi
Rick Winston: The Red Scare in the Green Mountains
Indigo hosts Anna and Josh spend the hour with Rick Winston, author of Red Scare in the Green Mountains: Vermont in the McCarthy Era.
We talk with Rick about Hollywood Blacklist, surveillance of teachers, the importance of knowing history, and connections to today
- Rick was one of the co-founders of Montpelier’s Savoy Theater and Green Mountain Film Festival. He has lectured widely on film histo
Fridays for Future
Listen to an interview with Ellen Kelly and Anne Rodriguez, a high schooler and university student who are part of Fridays for Future in Donostia Spain. #FridaysForFuture is a youth organized movement that began in August 2018, after 15-year-old Greta Thunberg and other young activists sat in front of the Swedish parliament every schoolday for three weeks, to protest against the lack of action on
Fridays For Future
Listen to an interview with Ellen Kelly and Anne Rodriguez, a high schooler and university student who are part of Fridays for Future in Donostia Spain. #FridaysForFuture is a youth organized movement that began in August 2018, after 15-year-old Greta Thunberg and other young activists sat in front of the Swedish parliament every schoolday for three weeks, to protest against the lack of action on
Dis/ability in India, US, and Schools
Indigo Radio interviews Latha Patipandla Mallika and Kyra Swain about questioning the dominant concept of dis/ability. Latha is a visually impaired international student who arrived in Boston to start a PhD program at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Kyra teaches special education in Vermont. Check out Sam Schafer's work at http://www.schafers.co.uk/portfolio/blindness/
Indigo Radio About Face Episode
Patrice and Nik interview Ksenia Voropaeva on her work with About Face - a group of post-9/11 US war veterans who work against militarism at home and abroad, support social movements here in the US, and urge young people to think twice before they enter the military. Check out: aboutfaceveterans.org for more information!
2016 Interview with Mariame Kaba on Violence Against Women
Listen to our interview with Mariame Kaba back in 2016 -- Kaba is a long-time organizer, educator, author, and prison abolitionist. Her work focuses on ending violence, dismantling the prison industrial complex, transformative justice and supporting youth leadership development. She is the founder and director of Project NIA, a grassroots organization with a vision to end youth incarceration.
She
REPLAY: Haiti 2016 & Imperialism
Replay from 2016 after the Hurricane in Haiti
Photo from Haitian Revolution
REPLAY: A Letter from Birmingham Jail
Spark Teacher Education Institute faculty and alum join with NMH Upward Bound to read Dr. King's "Letter From Birmingham Jail" - with introductory commentary from Indigo hosts Anna Mullany & Derek Johnson.
King's letter was originally published June 12, 1963
#BLM Palestinian Indigenous Solidarity
Old yet new: an early Indigo Radio show from October 2016. Chris and Lauren discuss the solidarity between Black Lives Matter, Palestine, and Standing Rock. Chris and Lauren reflect on the stories and histories that were not taught or told to them. They speak with Professor Yakov Rabkin of the University of Montreal who they met at the World Social Forum.
Final Palestine Hiroshima Solidarity - Indigo Radio
Palestine and Hiroshima are more connected that we might think! Listen to Brattleboro Solidarity's Palestine and Hiroshima event, commemorating the 76th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb by US forces. Professor Reiko Kato, Reverend Michael Yoshii, and Executive Director of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center Lara Kiswani join us to describe the importance of international solidari
ListenUP Vermont - Teen voices
Hosts Mikaela and Anna talk with Silas Brubaker & Amar Vargas -- two VT teens of the cast of Listen Up! -- a musical amplifying VT teen voices. Join us for the hour to hear from Silas and Amar.
The show is playing in Putney August 10th and 11th. Find out more https://www.listenupvt.org/about
Interview with Gaza Poets Society
Indigo Radio interviewed Mohammed Moussa of Gaza Poets Society and Gaza Guy podcast to share with us his poetry and what inspires him as an artist. Nina Kunimoto, the host, shares other poetry that inspires resistance and change.
Interview with Yoav Elinevsky
Yoav Elinevsky is an Israeli-American activist and abolitionist. In this interview, he discusses his time in the Israeli military, how Israel fits in a global imperialist system, and resistance.
