The BOHYPSIAN JOURNAL Podcast: Recent Episodes
Michelle Magdalena Maddox
The Bohypsian Journal Podcast is an arts activism focused podcast that explores topics featured in our annual printed journal.
On my birthday, August 4th, the native tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area, the Muwekma Ohlone people embarked on a journey of justice to gain Federal Recognition of their tribe as first nations people. I had a chance to interview the tribal Chairwoman Charlene Nijmeh a few days before they took off on their journey across the US from San Francisco to Washington DC on HORSEBACK! I was honored to gather with them in Solidarity for their spring ceremony but I did not expect to be shutting down the golden gate bridge with a protest.
Please support the Muwekma Ohlone by visiting their website to sign a petition or make a donation at https://www.muwekma.org/
The Sustainable Fashion Series continues with Lewis Perkins of the Apparel Impact Institute. Lewis has been working with large fashion labels for a decade to meet carbon emissions targets and workshop reduced impact on the planet.
Our discussion with him can help us get oriented to the positive opportunities ahead and realize our part in the play and take responsibility for our choices.
Javiera Estrada is a Los Angeles based artist who has been well known for her photography and collage art but her new inspiration was sparked by the fashion industry's toll on the environment and her natural ability to think creatively!
METAL RAT- is Javiera's new line of upcyled one of a kind-hand painted vintage jackets and accessories that have caught Bohypsian's eye.
This interview with Javiera will spark your own creative urges and give you a sense of possibility and FUN!
I am honored to introduce my Maddox Haberdasher, my founding partner in the Juneteenth Coalition, a new team of activists on the Monterey Peninsula who formed out of natural synergy to celebrate and uplift black lives and issues in an effort to create equity for the descendants of slaves in our community and beyond . Maddox and I speak about the initial idea which came after the murder of George Floyed in the midst of a rising Black Lives Matter movement in America and an unprecedented pandemic in the modern world.
Our history together as co-hosts of events in the community come up in story as well as our intentions and visions for a growing celebration of blackness in the heart of privilege.
Join us for a meditative blessing as we journey around the sacred hoop of life with Tom Little Bear, The Esselen Nation Tribal Chief
Little Bear prays that as creators, we choose to walk the beauty road.
He asks that we work together as a village to bring balance back to the land and to come up with ways to slow the tourism down in Big Sur- keeping Big Sur Wild!
He also discusses the Esselen’s tribe's role in protecting the Ventana land from dams & peak developments as well as satellites and transmission lines.
Visit the Esselen Tribes website at: https://www.esselentribe.org
Join us for a Heavy Nettle Gathering!
Based in Southern California, Kelsey Barrett is a clinical herbalist that focuses on relational herbalism.
Kelsey is a creative with a big mission, in the past, she has done policy work for women in New York, worked with fashion lines such as Ann Taylor and is currently co-creating a new secret project.
In this podcast we discuss, re-cultivating our connection to community, our ancestors, Big Sur as an apex ecosystem, and the power of plants of course!
To book a wellness session with Kelsey:
www.heavynettle.com/sessions