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In this episode, we hear from seven university students in the United States and Pakistan regarding their recent experiences and the local effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. From the impact on food systems and education to the implications for local healthcare and human rights, we get a glimpse of some of the far-reaching changes that this global public health crisis has set in motion. Cover image: A Honduran student making use of virtual classes in coronavirus pandemic in Honduras. Oa.coello / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)

In this episode, filmmakers Blake Lavia and Tzintzun Aguilar Izzo of the Talking Wings Collective take us on a journey to Coatepec, Veracruz (Mexico), where stingless bees embody the promise of regenerative agriculture for a world that desperately needs climate solutions. They also give us a preview of their upcoming film and the 2020 North Country Art, Land and Environment Summit.About Talking Wings:We are the Talking Wings Collective, a group of environmental artists and filmmakers who are working on "Burning or Breathing: Guardians of Earth and Water." The documentary and multimedia project follows Earth Guardians from across Turtle Island/North America as they create a sustainable and restorative future. Our core team is primarily comprised of Veronica Blake Lavia and Tzintzun Aguilar-Izzo, and the Producer Alejandro Beltrán Cordero. Talking Wings stands in solidarity with the communities and indigenous nations on the front lines of this climate emergency. Our films and works of art/resistance call for a renewed consciousness for the land, its inhabitants and their collective memory. Burning or BreathingThe feature documentary, “Burning or Breathing,” follows Earth Guardians on their quest to create sustainable and regenerative environmental solutions. Our goal is to champion the voices of the leaders on the frontlines of this climate emergency. These inspiring figures include members of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Environment Division, Antigua River Sentinels and tropical Melipona bee-keepers.In a voyage that traverses Turtle Island / North America, Talking Wings Productions weaves together narratives of ecological resistance. From century-old trees to diminutive bees, they meet the earth guardians who are creating sustainable alternatives to the global emergency. These leaders protect the land on which their communities have lived for millennia. Likewise, their communities are working proactively, to create a green and restorative economy of the future, an economy that honors the living memory of land and water.Our documentary will be accompanied by a website. This online platform will weave together the different movements and struggles. Stories from across the continent will unite in a tapestry of resistance and growth. All the interviews that don’t make it in the documentaries final cut, will be included in the website, where everyone can follow the stories of the Guardians of Earth and Water. NCALE Summit: September 7th to October 2nd, 2020 In a series of panel discussions, art exhibitions and film screenings, taking place throughout the St. Lawrence River Watershed (on Haudenosaunee Territory), the NCALE Summit will focus on sustainable and regenerative solutions to the climate crises.Our Vision / Mission -  In the face of the climate crises, communities across the world are organizing to protect the lungs of the planet and create a sustainable future. While this is a global struggle, the seeds of resistance start on a local level. The St. Lawrence River Watershed (Haudenosaunee Territory) is no exception. The North Country Art, Land and Environment 2020 Summit will utilize art and conversation to contextualize this struggle and present local environmental solutions.Our region of northern New York covers a large geographic territory, encompassing the St. Lawrence River Valley and part of the Adirondack Park. The Summit will feature a series of educational exhibitions, panel discussions, workshops and film screenings. Through these events the environmental future of the St. Lawrence Watershed will come under the spotlight. While mostly taking place in the towns of Canton and Potsdam, the conversation will envelop the entire North Country. All images courtesy of the Talking Wings Collective. Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Stitcher Listen on Google Podcasts

In this episode, we continue weaving the world during a global pandemic with more “COVID-19 Diaries” from citizen reporters. What are they seeing and experiencing, how are their communities affected, and what are some of the larger issues at play? This episode features reports from Italy, Costa Rica, and Myanmar as well as reflections from two filmmakers who returned to the US from Mexico in the midst of the pandemic. Interested in supporting this project or submitting your own audio report? Just visit our COVID-19 Diaries project page for all the details.Cover image courtesy of Than Than Nyunt. Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Stitcher Listen on Google Podcasts

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread globally, we continue weaving the world together through first-hand testimonies from citizen reporters. What are they seeing and experiencing, how are their communities affected, and what are some of the larger issues at play? This episode features reports from Boston, Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland), France, and Michigan.Interested in supporting this project or submitting your own audio report? Just visit our COVID-19 Diaries project page for all the details.Cover image courtesy of Raina K. Puels. Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Stitcher Listen on Google Podcasts

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread globally, we continue weaving the world together through first-hand testimonies from citizen reporters. What are they seeing and experiencing, how are their communities affected, and what are some of the larger issues at play? This episode features reports from New York City, China, Zimbabwe, and Guatemala.Interested in supporting this project or submitting your own audio report? Just visit our COVID-19 Diaries project page for all the details.Cover image: Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York from United States of America / CC BYListen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Stitcher Listen on Google Podcasts

In this episode, we continue weaving the world together in the midst of a global health crisis by hearing from Avana Mohandesi in India, Amanda Barreto Salgueiro in Brazil, Emilia Mattila in Finland, and Khin Maung in Myanmar. How is COVID-19 affecting their communities? What are they seeing and experiencing? And what are some of the larger questions raised by this ongoing pandemic?Interested in submitting an audio report for our COVID-19 Diaries project? Just visit our Submissions page, where you’ll find more information. Cover image: Community activists doing walking awareness campaigns in Mon State, Myanmar (photo: Mi Vijayar).Hello, World!Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Stitcher Listen on Google Podcasts

In this episode, we continue weaving the world together in the midst of a global health crisis by hearing from Aubrey Menarndt in Hong Kong, Brendan O’Keefe in Vermont (having just returned from Mozambique), Haneen AbdAlnabi in Gaza, Mamata Shrestha in Nepal, and Wafa Ramini in Jordan. How is COVID-19 affecting their communities? What are they seeing and experiencing? And what are some of the larger questions raised by this ongoing pandemic?Cover image by Mahmoud F. Ajjour (@mahmoud_ajjour)Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Stitcher Listen on Google Podcasts

In this episode, we continue weaving the world together in the midst of a global health crisis by hearing from Weave News contributors in Hong Kong, Bolivia, Australia, Thailand, and the Netherlands. How is COVID-19 affecting their communities? What are they seeing and experiencing? And what are some of the larger questions raised by this ongoing pandemic?Banner image: Government poster advertising “Together We Fight the Virus!” campaign in Hong Kong. (Photo: Bidisha Bannerjee)Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Stitcher Listen on Google Podcasts

In this episode, we continue to weave the world together in the midst of a global health crisis by hearing from three Weave News contributors in Myanmar, Qatar, and Spain. How is COVID-19 affecting their communities? What are they seeing and experiencing? And what are some of the larger questions raised by this ongoing pandemic?For more on the situation in Doha and Ali’s reflections as a Palestinian living in Qatar, see Ali’s piece If the Gaza blockade were a virus, would the world react differently? (also published on March 20, 2020). Banner image: empty square in Doha, Qatar (courtesy of Ali Abusheikh).Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Stitcher Listen on Google Podcasts

In this episode, we weave the world together in the midst of a global health crisis by hearing from four Weave News contributors in Argentina, the United States, and the United Kingdom. How is COVID-19 affecting their communities? What are they seeing and experiencing? And what are some of the larger questions raised by this ongoing pandemic?Banner image: Felipe Esquivel Reed / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Stitcher Listen on Google Podcasts

In this episode, Nicole Roché speaks with two archaeology professors from the State University of New York at Potsdam about their recent work in New York State’s North Country region. Dr. Hadley Kruczek-Aaron and Dr. Tim Messner highlight how archaeology can be a powerful tool for challenging historical narratives that too often privilege the perspectives of the powerful.Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Stitcher Listen on Google Podcasts

In this episode, student journalists from St. Lawrence University offer a profile of We Are Not Numbers, a youth-run independent media organization in the Gaza Strip. In addition to project founder Pam Bailey, they speak with two WANN contributing writers, Basman Derawi and Ali Abusheikh. Ali also gives us an inside look at how ordinary Gazans experienced a recent period of Israeli airstrikes during the holy month of Ramadan. Discussed in this episode: We Are Not Numbers, Ali Abusheikh article “Feeling Numb While Waiting For War”, Jehad Shahada’s performance at Gazavision song contest.Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Stitcher Listen on Google Podcasts

In this episode, student journalists from St. Lawrence University take a look inside the independent media work of Project Censored, which has been promoting media democracy for more than four decades. We hear from Project Censored associate director Andy Lee Roth, Dr. Susan Rahman (College of Marin), filmmaker Doug Hecker, and Project Censored student contributor Isabelle Snow (College of Marin). Discussed in this episode: Project Censored, Censored 2019 book, Project Censored: The Movie, Media Freedom Summit 2.0Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Stitcher Listen on Google Podcasts

In this episode, John Collins and Terry DuBray explore local efforts in northern New York to build a grassroots movement in response to the urgent threat of climate crisis. They speak with activists at a climate vigil in Canton, NY, researcher Dr. Jon Rosales, and grassroots organizer Toni Kennedy about the challenges associated with trying to shift the conversation about climate change. Discussed in this episode: Canton, NY Monthly Climate Vigil (@climateactionvigil), Our Children’s Trust, Sunrise Movement, #ChangeTheDebate, May 29 Green New Deal Town Hall (Potsdam, NY), Toni Kennedy (@toniann03), Bill Nye video, Fourth National Climate Assessment Report (NCA4), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), book by Dr. Curt Stager"Młodzieżowy Strajk Klimatyczny Warszawa"by Greenpeace PL is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Stitcher Listen on Google Podcasts

In this episode, Weave News editor Savannah Crowley speaks with Dr. Lisa Guenther about the “horizon” of prison abolition, and theater educator Rivka Rocchio shares some of the creative work she is doing to highlight the stories of correctional officers in northern New York. Rocchio’s work is part of the St. Lawrence Citizen Journalism Incubator (SLCJI) program. Events discussed in this episode: the 2013 Pelican Bay hunger strike, the 2010 Georgia prison strikeOrganizations discussed in this episode: Critical Resistance, No Exceptions Prison Collective, Reach Coalition Books discussed in this episode: Angela Davis’ Are Prisons Obsolete?, Orlando Patterson’s Slavery and Social Death, Lisa Guenther’s Solitary Confinement: Death and Its Afterlives Banner image: Donald "C-Note" Hooker [CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)]Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Stitcher Listen on Google Podcasts

In this episode, three St. Lawrence University students offer a profile of War News Radio, a unique independent media project based at Swarthmore College. We hear from one of the students who helped create War News Radio in 2004 as well as a current Swarthmore student who is part of the new generation of WNR journalists.

In this episode, Shanice Arlow interviews Sean Jacobs, a professor at The New School and founder and editor of the influential Africa Is a Country blog. They touched on US media representations of Africa, the current state of politics on the African continent, and much more. (Banner image courtesy of Africa Is a Country. Photo credit: Nicholas Rawhani.)Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Stitcher Listen on Google Podcasts

In the inaugural episode of our Interweaving podcast, John Collins speaks with Liliana Trevizan about Chilean arpilleras and the legacy of women’s resistance to dictatorship. Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Stitcher Listen on Google Podcasts