Season 3 Episode 2: Exploring the Future Through Arts and Legacy with Mi’jan Celie Tho-Biaz
01/20/25 • 40 min
🎙️ **Episode Summary**:
In this episode of *Terrified Nation*, Debilyn welcomes the inspiring Mi’jan Celie Tho-Biaz—a Kennedy Center Citizen Artist, oral historian, and educator. As a 2023-2024 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation fellow, Mi’jan shares her journey of exploring the archives of speculative fiction pioneer Octavia E. Butler at the Huntington Library. Together, they delve into the importance of archiving BIPOC visionary legacies, envisioning a hopeful future, and making deliberate, health-centered life choices to ensure a long-lasting harvest season in our lives and work.
Highlights:
Mi’jan’s work in Octavia E. Butler’s archives and its implications for future visionaries.
The power of speculative fiction to ask, *“What is possible?”*
How conscious care and stewardship can reshape how we preserve cultural legacies.
Personal insights into cultivating a balanced, fulfilling, and health-centered life.
About Mi’jan Celie Tho-Biaz:
Mi’jan Celie is an oral historian, educator, and cultural producer known for weaving art, education, and ritual into meaningful storytelling projects. She has spoken at Carnegie Hall, South by Southwest, and the Institute of American Indian Arts.
Explore Mi’jan’s Work:
The Kennedy Center website: Kennedy center
Octavia E. Butler Archives: [The Huntington Library]
-Mi’jan’s personal website:https://www.mijancelie.com/
Join us as we imagine not just a possible future, but one worth navigating toward.
🔗 Don’t forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify for more transformative conversations!
Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0LP9zailNhXoqRPZpze5lC?si=su1MjVQbRgOxIF4vSnNYNw
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/terrified-nation/id1725687428
Website: https://terrifiednation.com/
Terrified Nation is part of the American Future project, fiscally sponsored by Mediators Foundation. You can support this podcast by making a tax-deductible donation here.
🎙️ **Episode Summary**:
In this episode of *Terrified Nation*, Debilyn welcomes the inspiring Mi’jan Celie Tho-Biaz—a Kennedy Center Citizen Artist, oral historian, and educator. As a 2023-2024 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation fellow, Mi’jan shares her journey of exploring the archives of speculative fiction pioneer Octavia E. Butler at the Huntington Library. Together, they delve into the importance of archiving BIPOC visionary legacies, envisioning a hopeful future, and making deliberate, health-centered life choices to ensure a long-lasting harvest season in our lives and work.
Highlights:
Mi’jan’s work in Octavia E. Butler’s archives and its implications for future visionaries.
The power of speculative fiction to ask, *“What is possible?”*
How conscious care and stewardship can reshape how we preserve cultural legacies.
Personal insights into cultivating a balanced, fulfilling, and health-centered life.
About Mi’jan Celie Tho-Biaz:
Mi’jan Celie is an oral historian, educator, and cultural producer known for weaving art, education, and ritual into meaningful storytelling projects. She has spoken at Carnegie Hall, South by Southwest, and the Institute of American Indian Arts.
Explore Mi’jan’s Work:
The Kennedy Center website: Kennedy center
Octavia E. Butler Archives: [The Huntington Library]
-Mi’jan’s personal website:https://www.mijancelie.com/
Join us as we imagine not just a possible future, but one worth navigating toward.
🔗 Don’t forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify for more transformative conversations!
Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0LP9zailNhXoqRPZpze5lC?si=su1MjVQbRgOxIF4vSnNYNw
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/terrified-nation/id1725687428
Website: https://terrifiednation.com/
Terrified Nation is part of the American Future project, fiscally sponsored by Mediators Foundation. You can support this podcast by making a tax-deductible donation here.
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Season 3 Episode 1: Bold Beyond Fear: A Future worth Imagining
Welcome to Season 3 of *The Terrified Nation Podcast*! This season, we’re diving into transformative conversations and bold ideas to move beyond fear and into hope for the future. In today’s premiere episode, *Bold Beyond Fear: A Future Worth Imagining*, we explore how to reframe our perspectives, manage fear and anger, and uncover hope in a world that feels upside down.
Host Debilyn Molineaux invites listeners to reflect on the stories shaping their vision of the future and their impact on personal and collective actions. Drawing inspiration from gatherings that fostered shared dreams and camaraderie, Debilyn shares three key streams of work that she will focus on through 2027:
1. **Disrupting the Business of Breaking** – Challenging the profitable models of conflict profiteers that thrive on fear and division.
2. **Building Futures Through Visioning** – Empowering individuals and communities to imagine and work toward shared, inclusive futures using tools like the American Future platform.
3. **Fostering Social Entrepreneurship** – Supporting innovative changemakers and creating a Fellowship to connect and amplify efforts outside traditional systems.
This episode invites you to envision your happy place and imagine your best future self. Neuroscience shows that focusing on positive visions can shape our reality. By dedicating just 5 minutes a day, we can co-create a future worth imagining.
Tune in now and join the movement to advance the promise of life, liberty, and happiness for all Americans. Listen, subscribe, and be part of the change at *The Terrified Nation Podcast.
Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0LP9zailNhXoqRPZpze5lC?si=su1MjVQbRgOxIF4vSnNYNw
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/terrified-nation/id1725687428
Website: https://terrifiednation.com/
#boldbeyondfear #Terrifiednation #Season3 #outnow
Terrified Nation is part of the American Future project, fiscally sponsored by Mediators Foundation. You can support this podcast by making a tax-deductible donation here.
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Season 3 Episode 3: Amusement Parks & Moving at the Speed of Human
Amusement Parks and Moving at the Speed of Human
🎢 Life can feel like an amusement park—a whirlwind of rides, flashing lights, and spinning plates. In this episode, we dive into the pressures of modern living, where the fast pace of life often leaves us feeling overwhelmed and disconnected.
💡 Key Highlights:
-How life mirrors the excitement and exhaustion of a carnival.
Why slowing down and living at a natural pace is vital for our well-being.
A reflection on why we’re always in a rush and how to find clarity in the chaos.
Tune in to hear relatable insights and practical tips on how to regain balance in a fast-moving world.
Listen now on: Apple Podcasts and Spotify
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