Indigenous Voices Around the World

10/05/23 • 24 min

Holding the Fire: Indigenous Voices on the Great Unraveling

Dahr Jamail discusses how he came to seek out Indigenous leaders for ideas on how to navigate the climate emergency and related environmental and social crises of our times. He highlights the importance of listening to Indigenous voices and introduces the people who will be sharing their wisdom in future episodes.
Dahr Jamail is an award-winning journalist and author of several books, the most recent he co-edited with Stan Rushworth, We Are The Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island on the Changing Earth.

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Transcript

Dahr Jamail
Welcome to Holding the Fire: Indigenous Voices on the Great Unraveling. I'm your host, Dahr Jamail.
This podcast is about bringing forward the perspectives of Indigenous communities from around the world, as all of us, humans and more than humans alike, reckon with the consequences of a global, industrial society built on growth, extraction, and colonialism.
A long, winding path has led me to hosting this podcast. Like many people, I have been horrified, outraged, and hea