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In this episode, Luis and Trini share thoughts and experiences about three energies we all carry -- familial, ancestral, and personal. The struggle to live out our particular energy can be blocked by society and ourselves, requiring conscious efforts to free our individual and collective destinies. Have feedback or questions? Email us at [email protected] Music is from "Civilization." Poem written and read by Luis J. Rodriguez. Music by Italian Hip Hop artist Flycat.

In this episode, Luis and Trini discuss the importance of seeing things in their motion. All things take their course, change, and transform -- and we can help that process along. Have feedback or questions? Email us at [email protected] Music is from "Civilization." Poem written and read by Luis J. Rodriguez. Music by Italian Hip Hop artist Flycat.

In this episode, Luis and Trini discuss the importance of embodying imaginations great enough to overwhelm a system that can't imagine beyond itself. Have feedback or questions? Email us at [email protected] Music is from "Civilization." Poem written and read by Luis J. Rodriguez. Music by Italian Hip Hop artist Flycat.

Luis and Trini reflect on the importance of seeing everyone's unique gifts, and creating environments that allow these capacities to bloom and bless the world. Have feedback or questions? Email us at [email protected] Music is from "Civilization." Poem written and read by Luis J. Rodriguez. Music by Italian Hip Hop artist Flycat.

Luis and Trini discuss the difference between change, evolution, revolution, and transformation. Why? So we can all grapple with what is holding back the systemic change humanity and the planet needs now. Have feedback or questions? Email us at [email protected] Music is from "Civilization." Poem written and read by Luis J. Rodriguez. Music by Italian Hip Hop artist Flycat.

Luis and Trini emphasize the importance of expanding a revolutionary imagination of what can be created to replace the narrow confines of our current social relations, even as we resist the rising fascist order. Have feedback or questions? Email us at [email protected] Music is from "Civilization." Poem written and read by Luis J. Rodriguez. Music by Italian Hip Hop artist Flycat.

Luis and Trini touch on why a critical mind and expansive heart are needed today more than ever. Facing the historical shadows embedded in today's social challenges will help usher in new possibilities. Have feedback or questions? Email us at [email protected] Music is from "Civilization." Poem written and read by Luis J. Rodriguez. Music by Italian Hip Hop artist Flycat.

Luis and Trini consider the importance of grounding and vision in times of social upheaval. Political education is more key than ever.  Have feedback or questions? Email us at [email protected] Music is from "Civilization." Poem written and read by Luis J. Rodriguez. Music by Italian Hip Hop artist Flycat.

This week Luis and Trini talk about the values of democracy as known and practiced by the First Peoples of the Americas: being responsible and organizing to ensure what is best for everyone and everything, to be regenerative. Have feedback or questions? Email us at [email protected] Music is from "Civilization." Poem written and read by Luis J. Rodriguez. Music by Italian Hip Hop artist Flycat.

Luis and Trini pose the need to find our center while also questioning long-held ideas about the world we live in. Intensified social and political uncertainty will require us to move creatively even when we think we can't. Have feedback or questions? Email us at [email protected] Music is from "Civilization." Poem written and read by Luis J. Rodriguez. Music by Italian Hip Hop artist Flycat.

Luis and Trini talk about the need for clear, creative thinking to get beyond the stifling perspectives preventing us from changing our reality. Have feedback or questions? Email us at [email protected] Music is from "Civilization." Poem written and read by Luis J. Rodriguez. Music by Italian Hip Hop artist Flycat.

Luis and Trini expose the use of culture wars to distract and divide when what we need is to understand our economic and political crisis to unite and solve our common conditions. Have feedback or questions? Email us at [email protected] Music is from "Civilization." Poem written and read by Luis J. Rodriguez. Music by Italian Hip Hop artist Flycat.

In the wake of the 2024 presidential election, Luis and Trini center the importance of an Indigenous-based paradigm shift to protect our common interests in the face of intensified crisis. Have feedback or questions? Email us at [email protected] Music is from "Civilization." Poem written and read by Luis J. Rodriguez. Music by Italian Hip Hop artist Flycat.

Luis and Trini highlight tenets of this hemisphere's Indigenous cosmovisions, their attempted destruction by hostile paradigms, and the healing potential of reclaiming the remnants of ancestral understandings for today's world. Have feedback or questions? Email us at [email protected] Music is from "Civilization." Poem written and read by Luis J. Rodriguez. Music by Italian Hip Hop artist Flycat.

In this episode, Luis and Trini reflect on crisis, whether social or personal, as an invitation to drop old constraints and embrace transformative shifts. Have feedback or questions? Email us at [email protected] Music is from "Civilization." Poem written and read by Luis J. Rodriguez. Music by Italian Hip Hop artist Flycat.