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Becoming the People Podcast with Prentis Hemphill
From Prentis Hemphill, the host and producer of the Finding Our Way podcast comes a new podcast: Becoming the People.
Prentis is in conversation with the thinkers, creators, and doers who are exploring some of the most relevant questions of our time: What will it take for us to change as a species? How do we create relationships that lead to collective transformation, and what will it take for us to heal?
We hope this podcast helps us uncover the path of how to become the people of our time. Find out more on www.prentishemphill.com
Producers: Prentis Hemphill & devon de Leña
Sound Engineer and Editing: Michael Maine
Research Assistant: Bhavana Nancherla
Original Music by Mayadda
Episodes
45 episodes
Ask Me Anything with Prentis
Prentis is joined by BTP’s Executive Producer, devon de Leña to tackle your questions. We delve into Prentis' book-writing process for What It Takes to Heal, how to find courage in fearful moments, and the power that celebrating our weirdness o...
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Survival Is A Promise with Alexis Pauline Gumbs
In this week’s episode, we gather to honor the luminous legacy of Audre Lorde through the lens of Alexis Pauline Gumbs' radiant new book, Survival Is a Promise. Alexis joins us to unveil the journey of crafting Audre's biography, a tri...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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45:22
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What It Takes to Heal with Prentis + Ijeoma Oluo
In this special episode, we feature an engaging and thought-provoking conversation from Prentis’ book tour for What It Takes to Heal. Recorded live in Seattle, Washington, acclaimed author Ijeoma Oluo interviews Prentis about the theme...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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Conjuring Worlds with Maurice Mitchell
In this timely episode, I’m joined by the National Director of the Working Families Party, Maurice Mitchell (@MauriceWFP). Maurice educates us on the ideological differences between the movements on the left and right, reminds us of our power a...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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Grief is the Medicine with Malkia Devich Cyril
In this powerful episode, Prentis is joined by transformative grief activist, movement strategist, writer, Malkia Devich Cyril. Malkia shares stories and wisdom from their personal experience of loss, the possibility that emerges when we attend...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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Embodying Existence with Kai Cheng Thom
Kai Cheng Thom - MSW, Qualified Mediator, Somatic Sex Educator, performance artist, community healer, award-winning writer, and author of Falling Back in Love with Being Human joins us for this episode. A consummate dreamer and believe...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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Tending the Seeds of Aliveness with Vivien Sansour
In this episode of Becoming the People, we ask you to bear witness to artist, researcher, writer, and founder of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, Vivien Sansour. Vivien shares her profound wisdom with Prentis as they explore the challenges ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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What It Takes to Heal with Prentis Hemphill + adrienne maree brown
In Becoming the People’s inaugural episode, Prentis is joined by their dear friend adrienne maree brown. adrienne interviews Prentis about their upcoming book, What it Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World. The...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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Becoming the People Podcast - Trailer
From Prentis Hemphill, the host and producer of the Finding Our Way podcast comes a new podcast: Becoming the People.Prentis is in conversation with the thinkers, creators, and doers who are exploring some of the most relevant questions ...
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Episode 1
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[Revisit] Questioning Culture with Richie Reseda
This is a revisited episode with Richie Reseda from July 18th, 2022._____Music, film, content producer, and founder of Question Culture, Richie Reseda, helps us explore the pyramid of patriarchy, how to respond to harm within our co...
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54:23
[Revisit] Remembering with Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Revisit this episode with Alexis Pauline Gumbs which originally aired October 19th, 2020.___In this episode, Prentis meets with Queer Black Troublemaker, Black Feminist Love Evangelist, and author of the upcoming book Undrowned: Bla...
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41:27
[Revisit] Seeds, Grief, and Memory with Rowen White
We are revisting this beautiful conversation with Rowen White from May 24th, 2021. _______In this episode, Prentis sits down with farmer, seedkeeper, and Indigenous seed and food sovereignty activist, Rowen White. Rowen is the...
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50:39
[Revisit] Harm, Punishment, and Abolition with Mariame Kaba
Revisit this conversation between Prentis + Mariame Kaba from July 5th, 2021._____In this episode, Prentis sits with activist, organizer, educator, and author, Mariame Kaba, to discuss abolition and its connection to healing work. This ...
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57:13
[Revisit] Navigating Conflict with Kazu Haga
We revisit this conversation with Kazu Haga about Navigating Conflict. This episode originally aired May 31st 2021.______Kazu Haga is the founder of the East Point Peace Academy, a core member of the Ahimsa Collective, and the author of...
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40:16
[Revisit] Visioning with adrienne maree brown
We revisit this conversation with adrienne maree brown from our first season. This episode originally aired on August 9th, 2020.______In this episode, Prentis sits down with podcast host, doula, pleasure-activist, and writer, Adrienne M...
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47:24
S3 Ep8: Q&A + Gratitude with Prentis and the FOW Team
Join the FOW team as we wrap up season 3. Prentis will be answering your questions and Eddie and devon join in to share our gratitudes and reflections on what the past three seasons have meant to us. Ways to Stay Engaged with us ...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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30:40
S3 Ep7: Feeling Whole with Sonya Renee Taylor
Our friend, Sonya Renee Taylor, has returned to grace us with her brilliance in the last guest episode of season 3. Sonya brings her wisdom on integrity, wholeness, and creating the conditions to have our greatest impact in the world....
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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49:22
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S3 Ep6: Building Power with Alicia Garza
In this episode, author, political strategist, and organizer, Alicia Garza, breaks down what power is, how we build it and why we need it in order to build a more equitable society.Alicia founded the Black Futures Lab to make Black comm...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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S3 Ep5: Resisting the Attention Economy with Jenny Odell
Join us for some moss talk, discovering the infinite from within our own space and how to resist the attention economy with Jenny Odell.Jenny Odell is an Oakland-based artist, writer, and birder whose work attempts to shift our perceptio...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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S3 Ep4: Aloha ʻĀina with Dr. Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Dr. Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio is a Kanaka Maoli wahine artist, activist, scholar and storyteller joins us for episode four. In this episode Jamaica shares her experience as a kiaʻi, a protector of land and water. She helps us understand h...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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44:46
S3 Ep3: Questioning Culture with Richie Reseda
Music, film, content producer, and founder of Question Culture, Richie Reseda, helps us explore the pyramid of patriarchy, how to respond to harm within our communities, and the impact of shame on our connections with each other.Find...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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S3 Ep 2: Continual Becoming with ALOK
Acclaimed writer, performer, and public speaker ALOK joins Prentis for our first guest episode of season 3. ALOK and Prentis connect on their mutual Texan roots, the power of practicing self-forgiveness and compassion, and how friendship ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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S3 Ep1: Stories from the Precipice
Welcome back to season 3 of Finding Our Way. In this episode, Prentis shares what our team has been up to in our time away and where we are heading this season. We hope you accept the invitation to explore the inner workings and intricaci...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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S2 Ep13: Reflections with Prentis
As we close out this season of Finding Our Way, Prentis reflects on the journey so far, the questions we continue to move with, and what is still to come for season two. The Finding Our Way Team includes:
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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14:50
S2 Ep12: Harm, Punishment, and Abolition with Mariame Kaba
In this episode, Prentis sits with activist, organizer, educator, and author, Mariame Kaba, to discuss abolition and its connection to healing work. This conversation asks us to confront difficult truths about our enacting of relationship, our ...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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