Rewriting Black and Indigenous Histories

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In the months following George Floyd’s murder, the magazine and podcast I work on, SAPIENS, started a collaboration with the Society of Black Archaeologists and the Indigenous Archaeology Collective. This work culminated in a special season of SAPIENS, which tells the stories of a new generation of Black and Indigenous archaeologists who are changing the way we think about history — and our future. During this effort, we learned that so many podcasters are part of a movement to rewrite and reimagine the events and people who made us who we are!

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Into the Depths

Brilliant and inspiring, Into the Depths contains great storytelling about how Black historians are making waves as scuba divers and archaeologists. In this episode, National Geographic explorer Tara Roberts decides to train with Diving With a Purpose, a nonprofit organization aimed at locating and documenting shipwrecks, predominantly those related to the Atlantic slave trade.

SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything HumanAt The Heart Of It AllA tragic storyline that intersects Indigenous and Black communities is the historic violation of their ancestors’ graves. This powerful episode reveals how a Métis archaeologist and an African American community activist are fighting to protect and honor their respective kin’s final resting places.

Become A Good AncestorShoutin’ In The Fire with Danté Stewart

What does it mean to come from community? What do we owe those who came before us and those who will follow? Through the lens of Black history and culture, anti-racism educator Layla F. Saad uses her newly rebranded podcast to help you become a person linked in time and place.

All My RelationsThe Border Crossed UsThrough an Indigenous lens, hosts Matika Wilbur (Swinomish and Tulalip) and Desi Small Rodriguez (Northern Cheyenne) help you reimagine your relationships to relatives, cultures, and the Earth. This episode takes place at the southern settler colonial border between the United States and Mexico.

Emergence Magazine PodcastBirder to Birder – J. Drew LanhamThis podcast takes a radical new view of being human and our place in the world. In this brilliant episode, naturalist J. Drew Lanham imagines an exchange of letters between Henry David Thoreau and John James Audubon about slavery, racism, and imagining different futures.

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This week on Feedback...Chip Colwell tells us about his work at SAPIENS, an anthropology magazine and podcast, and shares thoughts on his podcast recommendations.PLUS: Hear about this week's spotlight, The Ten News!Feedback with EarBuds is the audio version of this newsletter and drops on Tuesdays!We'd LOVE it if you'd subscribe and hit play.

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