Host Taylor shares an extra-long final episode of the 2020 season featuring many, many voices and a lot of gratitude for everyone who helped bring this project to life after many years. In the first section of the show, we … Continued

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Episode 12: 2020 Season Finale

Host Taylor shares an interview with Arturo Hernandez Garcia from July 2015, on his last day living in sanctuary at the First Unitarian Church in Denver, CO. He shares his story of living for years in the U.S. and raising … Continued

Episode 11: Sanctuary & Solidarity, Denver, CO

Host Taylor interviews Feral–writer, editor, and lifelong anarchist–about her work both in the anarchist creative scenes of Quebec and as a writer of dystopian fiction. Discussion includes historical perspective comparing the movements of the 1960s to the present, the fusion … Continued

Episode 10: Feral, Montreal, QC

Host Taylor interviews kai lumumba barrow–artist, organizer, and founder of Gallery of the Streets–about her work, specifically the visual opera ECOHYBRIDITY: LOVE SONG FOR NOLA and her current work, [b]REACH: Adventures in Heterotopia. Discussion covers broader themes of abolitionist aesthetics, … Continued

Episode 9: kai lumumba barrow, New Orleans, LA

Host Taylor interviews Dr. Andy Lee Roth–sociologist, professor, and associate director of Project Censored–about his work and research into the creation of news media and the 40-plus years of work Project Censored has done to highlight under-reported stories while spreading … Continued

Episode 8: Andy Lee Roth, Project Censored

Host Taylor interviews Reverend Earl Koteen–Unitarian Universalist minister, climate activist, and Ecological Justice minister with Green the Church–about his work both in California and nationwide toward ecological justice. Discussion includes reflections on the crucial role of storytelling in movement building, … Continued

Episode 7: Rev. Earl Koteen, Berkeley, CA // Kim Noble, Atlanta, GA

Host Taylor interviews Ratha Lai—environmental justice organizer and consultant—about his experiences working with the Sierra Club, with the Asian Pacific Environmental Network, and many coalitions working toward the end of fossil fuel exports and toward environmental justice using the Just … Continued

Episode 6: Ratha Lai // Ethan Buckner, Richmond, CA

Host Taylor interviews Rachel Schragis–visual strategist, cultural worker, and organizer–about her work to bring artists to the center of movement organizing. Discussion spans from her time creating visuals during Occupy Wall Street, through her work with People’s Climate Arts collective … Continued

Episode 5: Rachel Schragis, New York, NY

Host Taylor interviews Peter Werbe—radio host, anarchist, and member of the editorial collective of Fifth Estate magazine—about the history of the longest running anarchist publication in print, about the parallels between the current moment and the radical social movements of … Continued

Episode 4: Peter Werbe, Detroit, MI // Sandy, Montreal, QC

Host Taylor interviews Chas Jewett—organizer, rancher, and member of the Cheyenne River Sioux tribe—about her work in environmental and anti-racist organizing and the ways her life has transformed since stepping back from that work in recent years. Discussion includes the … Continued

Episode 3: Chas Jewett, White Horse, SD

Host Taylor interviews Jim Walsh—professor, activist, and founder of the Romero Theater Troupe—about his work and the work of the troupe in bringing history to life through theater in Denver, Colorado. Discussion includes the rewriting of public history, radical models … Continued

Episode 2: Jim Walsh, Denver, CO // Elka Schumann, Glover, VT

Host Taylor interviews Paul Messersmith-Glavin—anarchist, acupuncturist, parent, organizer—part of the collective running the Institute for Anarchist Studies which publishes the journal Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, based out of Portland, Oregon. Discussion includes material from an August 2020 interview and from … Continued

Episode 1: Paul Messersmith-Glavin, Portland OR

In 2015, things were shifting. I felt like many of our connected movements–those to respond to climate change, to demand racial justice, to defend human rights were approaching a moment–a big one. I left my day job and set off … Continued

Praxis 2020 Season Trailer

New interviews coming this fall, and more big announcements coming soon. To ensure you get the full update as I migrate the podcast and put up the archive, sign up at www.praxisradio.com/subscribe.

Big News for Fall 2020

Host Taylor Weech is interviewed by friend and former Praxis guest Madeline McNeill about the past 7 years of hosting the show. They are also joined by phone by Peter Werbe, editor of Fifth Estate magazine (www.fifthestate.org) and Sandy Williams, editor of Black Lens News (www.blacklensnews.com). In the last third of the show, a portion of a remix piece in progress focused on climate change is shared. The archive of past Praxis shows will stay live for some time. For questions about the show, past shows, or anything else, please email praxis@kyrs.org or taylor@taylorweech.com. Thank you for the past 7 years of listenership! It has been much appreciated. Keep up the fight. Intro Music by Jason Cross

Praxis 254: The Final Episode

A weekly radio show and podcast produced in Spokane, WA that focuses on social change theory and practice through historical analysis and interviews with activists and organizers about their work.

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