The Spoken River Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The Spoken River podcast gives voice to the diverse ways in which our communities experience the Spokane River and reveals the spirit of the River itself. It features the aesthetic, legal, political, spiritual, and social connections to the Spokane River, and explores how those connections inform life in our Watershed. At its heart, this podcast will be informed by the larger, global struggle for healthy waterways, and will highlight the efforts to protect those waterways.
In this episode, we talk to Dr. Shawn Brigman, an enrolled member of the Spokane Tribe of Indians and descendant of northern Plateau bands, about his journey as an indigenous artist. He has spent his life working on the cultural recovery of traditional Columbia Plateau art forms and tools and his development of the Salishan Sturgeon Nose Canoe. This design can be viewed in many exhibits and museums across the Columbia Plateau.
In this episode, we sit down and talk with notable author, Jess Walter about how the Spokane River has informed his novels and short stories as well as our community. We will give special focus to his latest Novel the Cold Millions, and drill down on the history, the culture, and the drama of the human stories as they intertwine with the flow of the Spokane River.
In this episode, we will talk to Margo Hill, a professor at Eastern Washington University, and a member of the Spokane Tribe. Margo will share her history with the Spokane River and discuss her work on behalf of the Spokane Tribe and discuss the meaning and value of the Spokane River from an indigenous perspective.
This episode explores the connections between the Spokane River, the Spokane Valley Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer, and water consumption here in our Valley. To assure our River is in good health in the future, our guests outline what we will need to do to ensure strong aquifer contributions to the River. Listen to Geohydrologist Guy Gregory and Spokane Sustainability Director Kara Odegard, Manager of Sustainability Initiatives at the City of Spokane, discuss their perspectives around these important issues.
In this episode we sit down with local artist and co-founder of the art company Factory Town, Ellen Picken, to discuss how nature informs art and can be used as a connecting force that serves to encourage action and create community. We also talk to Spokane Riverkeeper's intern, Stacy, about her work with our community science program and sediment study.
In this episode, author, teacher and poet, Paul Lindholdt, discusses the Spokane River through the perspective of his role in editing the book the Spokane River. The book is a collection of essays that explore the many angles and issues of Spokane River health, ecology, culture, and geography. This podcast explores his discoveries and thoughts about the Spokane River through his work on this book.
The Spoken River podcast gives voice to the diverse ways in which our communities experience the Spokane River and reveals the spirit of the River itself. It features the aesthetic, legal, political, spiritual, and social connections to the Spokane River, and explores how those connections inform life in our Watershed. At its heart, this podcast will be informed by the larger, global struggle for healthy waterways, and will highlight the efforts to protect those waterways.