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    <description>Racism, toxic inequality, persistent poverty, climate change: these are big serious problems, and if you believe they require big audacious solutions, then this is the podcast for you. Hosted by Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder-in-Residence at PolicyLink, Radical Imagination focuses on radical solutions to our society’s most pressing problems. It features conversations with thinkers and changemakers from multiple fields working to deliver equity wins at scale.Tune in to Radical Imagination, for stories and solutions that are fueling change.</description>
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    <itunes:summary>Racism, toxic inequality, persistent poverty, climate change: these are big serious problems, and if you believe they require big audacious solutions, then this is the podcast for you. Hosted by Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder-in-Residence at PolicyLink, Radical Imagination focuses on radical solutions to our society’s most pressing problems. It features conversations with thinkers and changemakers from multiple fields working to deliver equity wins at scale.Tune in to Radical Imagination, for stories and solutions that are fueling change.</itunes:summary>
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      <![CDATA[<p>Racism, toxic inequality, persistent poverty, climate change: these are big serious problems, and if you believe they require big audacious solutions, then this is the podcast for you. Hosted by Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder-in-Residence at PolicyLink, Radical Imagination focuses on radical solutions to our society’s most pressing problems. It features conversations with thinkers and changemakers from multiple fields working to deliver equity wins at scale.Tune in to Radical Imagination, for stories and solutions that are fueling change.</p>]]>
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      <title>Reimagining Democracy: Radical Imagination in Practice</title>
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      <description>Democracy isn’t dead, it just needs to be reimagined so that all of us can flourish. And that requires radical imagination!
Angela Glover Blackwell, host of the Radical Imagination podcast, has a new podcast: Reimagining Democracy for a Good Life! In this six-part series, Angela, along with an array of guests, seeks to find the essential elements of a strong, inclusive multiracial democracy in, perhaps, one of the most unlikely places: Los Angeles.
Find out more at https://www.policylink.org/reimagining-democracy.</description>
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      <itunes:title>Reimagining Democracy: Radical Imagination in Practice</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:summary>Democracy isn’t dead, it just needs to be reimagined so that all of us can flourish. And that requires radical imagination!
Angela Glover Blackwell, host of the Radical Imagination podcast, has a new podcast: Reimagining Democracy for a Good Life! In this six-part series, Angela, along with an array of guests, seeks to find the essential elements of a strong, inclusive multiracial democracy in, perhaps, one of the most unlikely places: Los Angeles.
Find out more at https://www.policylink.org/reimagining-democracy.</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Democracy isn’t dead, it just needs to be reimagined so that all of us can flourish. And that requires radical imagination!</p><p>Angela Glover Blackwell, host of the Radical Imagination podcast, has a new podcast: <a href="https://www.policylink.org/reimagining-democracy">Reimagining Democracy for a Good Life</a>! In this six-part series, Angela, along with an array of guests, seeks to find the essential elements of a strong, inclusive multiracial democracy in, perhaps, one of the most unlikely places: Los Angeles.</p><p>Find out more at https://www.policylink.org/reimagining-democracy. </p>]]>
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      <title>Revolutionary Leadership</title>
      <description>Ever wonder who will carry the torch of change into the future of American politics and environmental action?  Be inspired by two trailblazers whose leadership and determination exemplify what's needed to ensure a more equitable and sustainable future for all.  Juan Ramiro Sarmiento of Run for Something discusses how the organization reshapes the political sphere by supporting young, diverse candidates in key, down-ballot local and state elections.  Transitioning from the ballot box to the courtroom, we are joined by the formidable Talia Hernandez, whose environmental activism takes on a legal dimension as she and other committed youth take on Montana's reliance on fossil fuels.Revolutionary Leadership is a powerful illustration of the broader fight for our planet's future and embodies the hope that defines the ethos of our season finale.  
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Revolutionary Leadership</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:episode>8</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>Ever wonder who will carry the torch of change into the future of American politics and environmental action?  Be inspired by two trailblazers whose leadership and determination exemplify what's needed to ensure a more equitable and sustainable future for all.  Juan Ramiro Sarmiento of Run for Something discusses how the organization reshapes the political sphere by supporting young, diverse candidates in key, down-ballot local and state elections.  Transitioning from the ballot box to the courtroom, we are joined by the formidable Talia Hernandez, whose environmental activism takes on a legal dimension as she and other committed youth take on Montana's reliance on fossil fuels.Revolutionary Leadership is a powerful illustration of the broader fight for our planet's future and embodies the hope that defines the ethos of our season finale.  
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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      <title>Reclaiming Outdoor Spaces</title>
      <description>Venture with us into an episode where  Rue Mapp of Outdoor Afro and Ronda Chapman from the Trust for Public Land discuss their efforts to reconnect Black communities with nature's joys and healing powers.  Their stories weave a narrative tapestry that celebrates culture, fosters community, and uplifts Black voices in the outdoor spaces.While both Rue and Ronda bring to light the systemic racism that has long kept outdoor spaces out of reach for many, each, in their individual efforts, also stitches a roadmap toward repair and reclamation. Together, their visions converge on a future where the laughter of children playing in parks and families gathering in green spaces is not a privilege for a few but a common melody for all. Through powerful storytelling and relentless advocacy, this episode is an ode to the beauty of perseverance and the collective effort to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to find solace, adventure, and a sense of belonging under the canopy of shared skies.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2023 20:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Reclaiming Outdoor Spaces</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>Venture with us into an episode where  Rue Mapp of Outdoor Afro and Ronda Chapman from the Trust for Public Land discuss their efforts to reconnect Black communities with nature's joys and healing powers.  Their stories weave a narrative tapestry that celebrates culture, fosters community, and uplifts Black voices in the outdoor spaces.While both Rue and Ronda bring to light the systemic racism that has long kept outdoor spaces out of reach for many, each, in their individual efforts, also stitches a roadmap toward repair and reclamation. Together, their visions converge on a future where the laughter of children playing in parks and families gathering in green spaces is not a privilege for a few but a common melody for all. Through powerful storytelling and relentless advocacy, this episode is an ode to the beauty of perseverance and the collective effort to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to find solace, adventure, and a sense of belonging under the canopy of shared skies.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Venture with us into an episode where  Rue Mapp of Outdoor Afro and Ronda Chapman from the Trust for Public Land discuss their efforts to reconnect Black communities with nature's joys and healing powers.  Their stories weave a narrative tapestry that celebrates culture, fosters community, and uplifts Black voices in the outdoor spaces.<br><br>While both Rue and Ronda bring to light the systemic racism that has long kept outdoor spaces out of reach for many, each, in their individual efforts, also stitches a roadmap toward repair and reclamation. Together, their visions converge on a future where the laughter of children playing in parks and families gathering in green spaces is not a privilege for a few but a common melody for all. Through powerful storytelling and relentless advocacy, this episode is an ode to the beauty of perseverance and the collective effort to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to find solace, adventure, and a sense of belonging under the canopy of shared skies.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <title>Rebooting AI for Language Learning</title>
      <description>Discover the powerful role of artificial intelligence in preserving indigenous languages in our latest episode, where I, Angela Glover Blackwell, engage in a compelling discussion with Keoni Mahelona, the talented CTO of Te Hiku Media. We delve into the rich history of the Māori people, uncovering the injustices they've faced and the ways AI is paving the way toward the revitalization of their language. Get ready to be intrigued and enlightened as we discuss how Te Hiku Media is disrupting traditional systems using AI to ensure the preservation of the Māori language.We also explore the pivotal role of children in this linguistic renaissance, highlighting the emergence of Māori language immersion schools. The conversation takes a deeper turn as we grapple with the contentious issue of data sovereignty in the world of AI. Can we truly decolonize AI to prevent the exploitation and colonization of indigenous data? The essence of this episode lies in the exploration of AI's significant role in fostering equity, justice, and the preservation of indigenous languages. This isn’t just a conversation about technology; it’s about history, culture, equity, and most importantly, the future.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2023 17:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Rebooting AI for Language Learning</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>5</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>Discover the powerful role of artificial intelligence in preserving indigenous languages in our latest episode, where I, Angela Glover Blackwell, engage in a compelling discussion with Keoni Mahelona, the talented CTO of Te Hiku Media. We delve into the rich history of the Māori people, uncovering the injustices they've faced and the ways AI is paving the way toward the revitalization of their language. Get ready to be intrigued and enlightened as we discuss how Te Hiku Media is disrupting traditional systems using AI to ensure the preservation of the Māori language.We also explore the pivotal role of children in this linguistic renaissance, highlighting the emergence of Māori language immersion schools. The conversation takes a deeper turn as we grapple with the contentious issue of data sovereignty in the world of AI. Can we truly decolonize AI to prevent the exploitation and colonization of indigenous data? The essence of this episode lies in the exploration of AI's significant role in fostering equity, justice, and the preservation of indigenous languages. This isn’t just a conversation about technology; it’s about history, culture, equity, and most importantly, the future.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Discover the powerful role of artificial intelligence in preserving indigenous languages in our latest episode, where I, Angela Glover Blackwell, engage in a compelling discussion with Keoni Mahelona, the talented CTO of Te Hiku Media. We delve into the rich history of the Māori people, uncovering the injustices they've faced and the ways AI is paving the way toward the revitalization of their language. Get ready to be intrigued and enlightened as we discuss how Te Hiku Media is disrupting traditional systems using AI to ensure the preservation of the Māori language.<br><br>We also explore the pivotal role of children in this linguistic renaissance, highlighting the emergence of Māori language immersion schools. The conversation takes a deeper turn as we grapple with the contentious issue of data sovereignty in the world of AI. Can we truly decolonize AI to prevent the exploitation and colonization of indigenous data? The essence of this episode lies in the exploration of AI's significant role in fostering equity, justice, and the preservation of indigenous languages. This isn’t just a conversation about technology; it’s about history, culture, equity, and most importantly, the future.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <title>Revolutionizing Education with Afrofuturism</title>
      <description>Get ready to be inspired by revolutionizing education. Our guest, Ja'Sonta Roberts, the offsite programs manager for Assemble, takes us on a journey through a new STEAM curriculum that’s infused with Black history and Afrofuturism. This dynamic approach, developed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, helps students envision their future selves as innovators and leaders. We dive deep into the heart of this progressive curriculum, exploring how Afrofuturism is woven into lessons, the value of representation, and how this approach is shaping a brighter, more inclusive future for education.Envision a lesson about Hair Pride or an Afrofuturist Utopian City, and you'll begin to appreciate the beauty of this innovative approach. This isn't just a curriculum—it's a movement, one that's more relevant now than ever in our current political climate where the teaching of Black history is under scrutiny. Listen to Ja'Sonta's inspiring experience developing this program, the impact it's made, and how it's not only transforming education but also preparing the next generation for a future where they can thrive in any field. This isn't just a conversation—It's a call to action for a more inclusive, equitable future.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 17:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Revolutionizing Education with Afrofuturism</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>5</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>Get ready to be inspired by revolutionizing education. Our guest, Ja'Sonta Roberts, the offsite programs manager for Assemble, takes us on a journey through a new STEAM curriculum that’s infused with Black history and Afrofuturism. This dynamic approach, developed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, helps students envision their future selves as innovators and leaders. We dive deep into the heart of this progressive curriculum, exploring how Afrofuturism is woven into lessons, the value of representation, and how this approach is shaping a brighter, more inclusive future for education.Envision a lesson about Hair Pride or an Afrofuturist Utopian City, and you'll begin to appreciate the beauty of this innovative approach. This isn't just a curriculum—it's a movement, one that's more relevant now than ever in our current political climate where the teaching of Black history is under scrutiny. Listen to Ja'Sonta's inspiring experience developing this program, the impact it's made, and how it's not only transforming education but also preparing the next generation for a future where they can thrive in any field. This isn't just a conversation—It's a call to action for a more inclusive, equitable future.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Get ready to be inspired by revolutionizing education. Our guest, Ja'Sonta Roberts, the offsite programs manager for Assemble, takes us on a journey through a new STEAM curriculum that’s infused with Black history and Afrofuturism. This dynamic approach, developed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, helps students envision their future selves as innovators and leaders. We dive deep into the heart of this progressive curriculum, exploring how Afrofuturism is woven into lessons, the value of representation, and how this approach is shaping a brighter, more inclusive future for education.<br><br>Envision a lesson about Hair Pride or an Afrofuturist Utopian City, and you'll begin to appreciate the beauty of this innovative approach. This isn't just a curriculum—it's a movement, one that's more relevant now than ever in our current political climate where the teaching of Black history is under scrutiny. Listen to Ja'Sonta's inspiring experience developing this program, the impact it's made, and how it's not only transforming education but also preparing the next generation for a future where they can thrive in any field. This isn't just a conversation—It's a call to action for a more inclusive, equitable future.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <title>Remaining Vigilant for Clean Water</title>
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      <description>What if the nearest source of clean water was miles away from your home? Picture a world where access to this basic necessity is not a given, but a struggle. That's the reality for many in the Navajo Nation, and our guest, Cindy Howe, director of the Navajo Water Project at DigDeep, knows it all too well.  Yet her passion for bridging the water divide shines through as she talks about the importance of local leadership and collaboration in addressing this crisis, while fighting the recent Supreme Court ruling against the Navajo Nation's water rights. This episode is enriched with stories of joy and relief as families experience running water in their homes for the first time.  It promises to be a compelling look at the human right to clean water and the fight to secure it.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2023 18:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Remaining Vigilant for Clean Water</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>5</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>What if the nearest source of clean water was miles away from your home? Picture a world where access to this basic necessity is not a given, but a struggle. That's the reality for many in the Navajo Nation, and our guest, Cindy Howe, director of the Navajo Water Project at DigDeep, knows it all too well.  Yet her passion for bridging the water divide shines through as she talks about the importance of local leadership and collaboration in addressing this crisis, while fighting the recent Supreme Court ruling against the Navajo Nation's water rights. This episode is enriched with stories of joy and relief as families experience running water in their homes for the first time.  It promises to be a compelling look at the human right to clean water and the fight to secure it.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>What if the nearest source of clean water was miles away from your home? Picture a world where access to this basic necessity is not a given, but a struggle. That's the reality for many in the Navajo Nation, and our guest, Cindy Howe, director of the Navajo Water Project at DigDeep, knows it all too well.  Yet her passion for bridging the water divide shines through as she talks about the importance of local leadership and collaboration in addressing this crisis, while fighting the recent Supreme Court ruling against the Navajo Nation's water rights. This episode is enriched with stories of joy and relief as families experience running water in their homes for the first time.  It promises to be a compelling look at the human right to clean water and the fight to secure it.<br><br></p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <title>Realizing Spatial Reparations</title>
      <description>Can you imagine a world in which we not only acknowledge the systemic injustices tied to housing and land disparities but actively rectify them? Join us as we engage in a profound conversation with Rasheedah Phillips, Afrofuturist and Director of Housing at PolicyLink to explore spatial reparations -- a transformative approach to rectifying historical wrongs. We journey through local initiatives like those in Evanston, Illinois, demonstrating the possibilities of reparations targeted at specific communities. We also bridge the connection between spatial reparations and movements like the landback movement, emphasizing the holistic approach required to address deep-rooted injustices.
The pursuit of spatial reparations is a journey toward a more equitable future. It is a journey that requires us to acknowledge the past, understand the present, and imagine a future where everyone has access to housing, resources, and opportunities. It is a journey that we can all be a part of and one that will undoubtedly shape the future of housing justice.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2023 21:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Realizing Spatial Reparations</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>5</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>Can you imagine a world in which we not only acknowledge the systemic injustices tied to housing and land disparities but actively rectify them? Join us as we engage in a profound conversation with Rasheedah Phillips, Afrofuturist and Director of Housing at PolicyLink to explore spatial reparations -- a transformative approach to rectifying historical wrongs. We journey through local initiatives like those in Evanston, Illinois, demonstrating the possibilities of reparations targeted at specific communities. We also bridge the connection between spatial reparations and movements like the landback movement, emphasizing the holistic approach required to address deep-rooted injustices.
The pursuit of spatial reparations is a journey toward a more equitable future. It is a journey that requires us to acknowledge the past, understand the present, and imagine a future where everyone has access to housing, resources, and opportunities. It is a journey that we can all be a part of and one that will undoubtedly shape the future of housing justice.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Can you imagine a world in which we not only acknowledge the systemic injustices tied to housing and land disparities but actively rectify them? Join us as we engage in a profound conversation with Rasheedah Phillips, Afrofuturist and Director of Housing at PolicyLink to explore spatial reparations -- a transformative approach to rectifying historical wrongs. We journey through local initiatives like those in Evanston, Illinois, demonstrating the possibilities of reparations targeted at specific communities. We also bridge the connection between spatial reparations and movements like the landback movement, emphasizing the holistic approach required to address deep-rooted injustices.</p><p>The pursuit of spatial reparations is a journey toward a more equitable future. It is a journey that requires us to acknowledge the past, understand the present, and imagine a future where everyone has access to housing, resources, and opportunities. It is a journey that we can all be a part of and one that will undoubtedly shape the future of housing justice.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>1223</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Relentless for Climate Justice</title>
      <description>In this episode of Radical Imagination, we hear from Doris Brown, co-director of West Street Recovery, to unravel this mystery. She lifts the veil on how systemic inequities, housing, infrastructure, and government funding are all intertwined with climate issues. Her work in Houston, particularly in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, has led to community organizing that transformed devastation into platforms for change. A fascinating journey from a community of 12 to over 100 members in the Northeast Action Collective, they've managed to fix over 400 homes in the span of five years. Hear about their ingenious 'Hub Houses' for crisis response and how they became relentless advocates for infrastructure funding.

Then, we shift gears as we introduce Anthony Giancatarino, a strategy partner at Taproot Earth. He provides a fresh perspective on climate solutions by discussing their unique People's Movement Assembly process. This breaks away from the conventional mold and instead pairs communities at the forefront of climate change with researchers and academics - a true testament to co-creation. 

Relentless for Climate Justice is a celebration of community action, a gentle reminder that change is possible when we come together for a cause. Join us on this inspiring journey.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2023 19:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Relentless for Climate Justice</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <itunes:season>5</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>In this episode of Radical Imagination, we hear from Doris Brown, co-director of West Street Recovery, to unravel this mystery. She lifts the veil on how systemic inequities, housing, infrastructure, and government funding are all intertwined with climate issues. Her work in Houston, particularly in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, has led to community organizing that transformed devastation into platforms for change. A fascinating journey from a community of 12 to over 100 members in the Northeast Action Collective, they've managed to fix over 400 homes in the span of five years. Hear about their ingenious 'Hub Houses' for crisis response and how they became relentless advocates for infrastructure funding.

Then, we shift gears as we introduce Anthony Giancatarino, a strategy partner at Taproot Earth. He provides a fresh perspective on climate solutions by discussing their unique People's Movement Assembly process. This breaks away from the conventional mold and instead pairs communities at the forefront of climate change with researchers and academics - a true testament to co-creation. 

Relentless for Climate Justice is a celebration of community action, a gentle reminder that change is possible when we come together for a cause. Join us on this inspiring journey.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode of Radical Imagination, we hear from Doris Brown, co-director of West Street Recovery, to unravel this mystery. She lifts the veil on how systemic inequities, housing, infrastructure, and government funding are all intertwined with climate issues. Her work in Houston, particularly in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, has led to community organizing that transformed devastation into platforms for change. A fascinating journey from a community of 12 to over 100 members in the Northeast Action Collective, they've managed to fix over 400 homes in the span of five years. Hear about their ingenious 'Hub Houses' for crisis response and how they became relentless advocates for infrastructure funding.</p><p><br></p><p>Then, we shift gears as we introduce Anthony Giancatarino, a strategy partner at Taproot Earth. He provides a fresh perspective on climate solutions by discussing their unique People's Movement Assembly process. This breaks away from the conventional mold and instead pairs communities at the forefront of climate change with researchers and academics - a true testament to co-creation. </p><p><br></p><p>Relentless for Climate Justice is a celebration of community action, a gentle reminder that change is possible when we come together for a cause. Join us on this inspiring journey.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
      </content:encoded>
      <itunes:duration>1892</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Redesigning Our Nation for All</title>
      <description>If we are to realize a radically inclusive, thriving, multiracial democracy,  we must lay claim to that future, raise our voices, and use our collective power to redesign a nation that truly works for all. Tune in for a stirring discussion with Michael McAfee, President &amp; CEO of PolicyLink, as we unpack the significant impact of President Biden's Executive Orders on racial equity and how they can be wielded to effect real change.  We discuss the impact of Black voters turning out in record numbers in the 2020 election, joined by young voters and people who were demanding action to achieve racial justice; and the ways We the People compelled our federal government to reckon with race and to take action that bends the ark toward justice and fairness.  
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2023 22:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Redesigning Our Nation for All</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <itunes:season>5</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>If we are to realize a radically inclusive, thriving, multiracial democracy,  we must lay claim to that future, raise our voices, and use our collective power to redesign a nation that truly works for all. Tune in for a stirring discussion with Michael McAfee, President &amp; CEO of PolicyLink, as we unpack the significant impact of President Biden's Executive Orders on racial equity and how they can be wielded to effect real change.  We discuss the impact of Black voters turning out in record numbers in the 2020 election, joined by young voters and people who were demanding action to achieve racial justice; and the ways We the People compelled our federal government to reckon with race and to take action that bends the ark toward justice and fairness.  
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>If we are to realize a radically inclusive, thriving, multiracial democracy,  we must lay claim to that future, raise our voices, and use our collective power to redesign a nation that truly works for all. <br><br>Tune in for a stirring discussion with Michael McAfee, President &amp; CEO of PolicyLink, as we unpack the significant impact of President Biden's Executive Orders on racial equity and how they can be wielded to effect real change.  We discuss the impact of Black voters turning out in record numbers in the 2020 election, joined by young voters and people who were demanding action to achieve racial justice; and the ways We the People compelled our federal government to reckon with race and to take action that bends the ark toward justice and fairness.  </p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>1209</itunes:duration>
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      <title>AI, Afrofuturism, Activism &amp; More: Season 5 Coming Soon!</title>
      <description>Are you ready to be inspired, provoked, and galvanized into action? Prepare yourself for a stimulating journey, as we kick-start Season 5 of Radical Imagination! I’m your host, Angela Glover Blackwell, and this season, we dive deep into the minds of activists, artists, educators, and leaders who are not just dreaming big but are also crafting innovative solutions for transformative change.Our guests range from those using cutting-edge technology to preserve cultural languages and traditions, to educators pioneering an Afrofuturist high school curriculum. We explore movements to create land and housing justice and lift up the passionate young activists leading the charge toward a sustainable planet.   Join us as we chart paths toward a radically inclusive, multiracial democracy, and envision a more equitable nation and a better world! Coming soon on Season 5 of Radical Imagination!Tell your family, friends and community!
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2023 17:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>AI, Afrofuturism, Activism &amp; More: Season 5 Coming Soon!</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>5</itunes:season>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>Are you ready to be inspired, provoked, and galvanized into action? Prepare yourself for a stimulating journey, as we kick-start Season 5 of Radical Imagination! I’m your host, Angela Glover Blackwell, and this season, we dive deep into the minds of activists, artists, educators, and leaders who are not just dreaming big but are also crafting innovative solutions for transformative change.Our guests range from those using cutting-edge technology to preserve cultural languages and traditions, to educators pioneering an Afrofuturist high school curriculum. We explore movements to create land and housing justice and lift up the passionate young activists leading the charge toward a sustainable planet.   Join us as we chart paths toward a radically inclusive, multiracial democracy, and envision a more equitable nation and a better world! Coming soon on Season 5 of Radical Imagination!Tell your family, friends and community!
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Are you ready to be inspired, provoked, and galvanized into action? Prepare yourself for a stimulating journey, as we kick-start Season 5 of Radical Imagination! I’m your host, Angela Glover Blackwell, and this season, we dive deep into the minds of activists, artists, educators, and leaders who are not just dreaming big but are also crafting innovative solutions for transformative change.<br><br>Our guests range from those using cutting-edge technology to preserve cultural languages and traditions, to educators pioneering an Afrofuturist high school curriculum. We explore movements to create land and housing justice and lift up the passionate young activists leading the charge toward a sustainable planet.   Join us as we chart paths toward a radically inclusive, multiracial democracy, and envision a more equitable nation and a better world! Coming soon on Season 5 of Radical Imagination!<br><br>Tell your family, friends and community!</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>141</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Afrofuturism &amp; Housing Justice</title>
      <description>"If we have any hopes of fundamentally breaking away from the patterns of the past and rupturing the inadequate present, the future can no longer be envisioned only by those with the privilege of time and space to imagine. It can no longer be constructed within a bootstraps narrative of personal responsibility and self-determination that treats only some as deserving of a roof over their heads. Our measure of progress must rely on how much we can transform our values to provide broad scale and equitable access to housing opportunities for all.”
In this episode, Angela talks to PolicyLink Housing Director Rasheedah Phillips — Afrofuturist, attorney, tenant organizer, policy advocate, and interdisciplinary artist.  Listen in as Angela and Rasheedah discuss how  time can be created, reclaimed, resourced, and redeemed; and the ways that we, collectively, must operate from a place of temporal abundance versus temporal scarcity.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2022 17:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Afrofuturism &amp; Housing Justice</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <itunes:season>4</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>8</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle/>
      <itunes:summary>"If we have any hopes of fundamentally breaking away from the patterns of the past and rupturing the inadequate present, the future can no longer be envisioned only by those with the privilege of time and space to imagine. It can no longer be constructed within a bootstraps narrative of personal responsibility and self-determination that treats only some as deserving of a roof over their heads. Our measure of progress must rely on how much we can transform our values to provide broad scale and equitable access to housing opportunities for all.”
In this episode, Angela talks to PolicyLink Housing Director Rasheedah Phillips — Afrofuturist, attorney, tenant organizer, policy advocate, and interdisciplinary artist.  Listen in as Angela and Rasheedah discuss how  time can be created, reclaimed, resourced, and redeemed; and the ways that we, collectively, must operate from a place of temporal abundance versus temporal scarcity.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>"If we have any hopes of fundamentally breaking away from the patterns of the past and rupturing the inadequate present, the future can no longer be envisioned only by those with the privilege of time and space to imagine. It can no longer be constructed within a bootstraps narrative of personal responsibility and self-determination that treats only some as deserving of a roof over their heads. Our measure of progress must rely on how much we can transform our values to provide broad scale and equitable access to housing opportunities for all.”</p><p>In this episode, Angela talks to PolicyLink Housing Director Rasheedah Phillips — Afrofuturist, attorney, tenant organizer, policy advocate, and interdisciplinary artist.  Listen in as Angela and Rasheedah discuss how  time can be created, reclaimed, resourced, and redeemed; and the ways that we, collectively, must operate from a place of temporal abundance versus temporal scarcity.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <title>Alternatives to 9-1-1</title>
      <description>Non-police emergency response remains an extremely relevant topic, even though we're seeing strong pushback against the Defund the Police movement -- including from those who were initially supportive.  Yet police, throughout the country, continue to remain at odds with the communities they are supposed to protect. In this episode, Angela discusses the potential of emergency triage that doesn’t involve police intervention with Brandon Anderson, an abolitionist and founder of the police reporting network Raheem and Arturo Carrillo, an emergency mental health clinician in Chicago, who is pushing for a more robust mental health support system. 
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2022 14:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Alternatives to 9-1-1</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <itunes:season>4</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle/>
      <itunes:summary>Non-police emergency response remains an extremely relevant topic, even though we're seeing strong pushback against the Defund the Police movement -- including from those who were initially supportive.  Yet police, throughout the country, continue to remain at odds with the communities they are supposed to protect. In this episode, Angela discusses the potential of emergency triage that doesn’t involve police intervention with Brandon Anderson, an abolitionist and founder of the police reporting network Raheem and Arturo Carrillo, an emergency mental health clinician in Chicago, who is pushing for a more robust mental health support system. 
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Non-police emergency response remains an extremely relevant topic, even though we're seeing strong pushback against the Defund the Police movement -- including from those who were initially supportive.  Yet police, throughout the country, continue to remain at odds with the communities they are supposed to protect. In this episode, Angela discusses the potential of emergency triage that doesn’t involve police intervention with Brandon Anderson, an abolitionist and founder of the police reporting network Raheem and Arturo Carrillo, an emergency mental health clinician in Chicago, who is pushing for a more robust mental health support system. </p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>1453</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Great Resignation or Great Revolution?</title>
      <description>Since the pandemic, people have quit their jobs in record numbers, with around 47 million people leaving their jobs in 2021.  Many of these workers are Black and Latinx; many of them women.  
In this episode,  we examine what it means to have a healthy relationship with work, and we hear a radical new way to define the role of work in our lives. Angela speaks with Sarah Jaffe, the author of "Work Won't Love You Back," and welcomes back Saru Jayaraman, founder of One Fair Wage.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2022 20:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Great Resignation or Great Revolution?</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <itunes:season>4</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle/>
      <itunes:summary>Since the pandemic, people have quit their jobs in record numbers, with around 47 million people leaving their jobs in 2021.  Many of these workers are Black and Latinx; many of them women.  
In this episode,  we examine what it means to have a healthy relationship with work, and we hear a radical new way to define the role of work in our lives. Angela speaks with Sarah Jaffe, the author of "Work Won't Love You Back," and welcomes back Saru Jayaraman, founder of One Fair Wage.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Since the pandemic, people have quit their jobs in record numbers, with around 47 million people leaving their jobs in 2021.  Many of these workers are Black and Latinx; many of them women.  </p><p>In this episode,  we examine what it means to have a healthy relationship with work, and we hear a radical new way to define the role of work in our lives. Angela speaks with Sarah Jaffe, the author of "Work Won't Love You Back," and welcomes back Saru Jayaraman, founder of One Fair Wage.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
      </content:encoded>
      <itunes:duration>1241</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>The World Reimagined</title>
      <description>The history of the trans-Atlantic trade of  enslaved Africans has been rewritten, sanitized, flat out misrepresented, and often obscured by the lens through which we observe history. As a society, when we need to get a more enlightened look at ourselves and the world around us, we turn to the vision of artists. This week’s guest Ashley Shaw Scott Adjaye is artistic director of the World Reimagined -- a national public art project in the United Kingdom that explores the history &amp; legacy of the trans-Atlantic trade of enslaved Africans; and presents a forward-looking approach to reframing history as an essential element toward solidarity and greater inclusion.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>The World Reimagined</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>4</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle/>
      <itunes:summary>The history of the trans-Atlantic trade of  enslaved Africans has been rewritten, sanitized, flat out misrepresented, and often obscured by the lens through which we observe history. As a society, when we need to get a more enlightened look at ourselves and the world around us, we turn to the vision of artists. This week’s guest Ashley Shaw Scott Adjaye is artistic director of the World Reimagined -- a national public art project in the United Kingdom that explores the history &amp; legacy of the trans-Atlantic trade of enslaved Africans; and presents a forward-looking approach to reframing history as an essential element toward solidarity and greater inclusion.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The history of the trans-Atlantic trade of  enslaved Africans has been rewritten, sanitized, flat out misrepresented, and often obscured by the lens through which we observe history. <br><br>As a society, when we need to get a more enlightened look at ourselves and the world around us, we turn to the vision of artists. <br><br>This week’s guest Ashley Shaw Scott Adjaye is artistic director of the World Reimagined -- a national public art project in the United Kingdom that explores the history &amp; legacy of the trans-Atlantic trade of enslaved Africans; and presents a forward-looking approach to reframing history as an essential element toward solidarity and greater inclusion.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>1212</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Land Justice</title>
      <description>While reparations and reparative justice are just a talking point for some people, there is a growing movement in our country to reconnect Black people with land and property that was illegally stolen from them or their ancestors. In this episode of Radical Imagination, we learn about the radical movement for land justice– a blueprint for policy change that could pave the way for reparations for Black families nationwide. Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with Kavon Ward –  poet, activist, and the founder of 'Where is My Land?'.   Kavon has been a leader in today's fight for reparations; helping win a landmark victory around justice for Bruce's Beach in Southern California. Kavon Ward's courageous work is a reminder of how important the times are for achieving justice. 
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2022 19:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Land Justice</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <itunes:season>4</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
      <itunes:image href="https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/06e35a70-fd94-11ee-bc99-5b72ff1a0b72/image/137ecda2d2e0ff2fa13597f48b697a09.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&amp;max-w=3000&amp;max-h=3000&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=format,compress"/>
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      <itunes:summary>While reparations and reparative justice are just a talking point for some people, there is a growing movement in our country to reconnect Black people with land and property that was illegally stolen from them or their ancestors. In this episode of Radical Imagination, we learn about the radical movement for land justice– a blueprint for policy change that could pave the way for reparations for Black families nationwide. Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with Kavon Ward –  poet, activist, and the founder of 'Where is My Land?'.   Kavon has been a leader in today's fight for reparations; helping win a landmark victory around justice for Bruce's Beach in Southern California. Kavon Ward's courageous work is a reminder of how important the times are for achieving justice. 
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>While reparations and reparative justice are just a talking point for some people, there is a growing movement in our country to reconnect Black people with land and property that was illegally stolen from them or their ancestors. In this episode of Radical Imagination, we learn about the radical movement for land justice– a blueprint for policy change that could pave the way for reparations for Black families nationwide. Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with Kavon Ward –  poet, activist, and the founder of 'Where is My Land?'.   Kavon has been a leader in today's fight for reparations; helping win a landmark victory around justice for Bruce's Beach in Southern California. Kavon Ward's courageous work is a reminder of how important the times are for achieving justice. </p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <title>Land Back</title>
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      <description>Today on Radical Imagination, Clyde Prout III, chairman of the Colfax Todd’s Valley Consolidated Tribe in California, tells the remarkable story of how his tribe reclaimed land stolen by the government nearly half a century ago. Native people were violently displaced from their ancestral homelands throughout US history, as land was stolen and sold to private owners, made “public” in the name of preserving natural resources, or set aside for agriculture and recreation. We’ll also hear from Jeff Darlington, the director of the Placer Land Trust, about the partnership that made it possible for the tribe to take back their land and restore it through traditional cultural and ecological knowledge.

Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2022 19:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Land Back</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>4</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>Today on Radical Imagination, Clyde Prout III, chairman of the Colfax Todd’s Valley Consolidated Tribe in California, tells the remarkable story of how his tribe reclaimed land stolen by the government nearly half a century ago. Native people were violently displaced from their ancestral homelands throughout US history, as land was stolen and sold to private owners, made “public” in the name of preserving natural resources, or set aside for agriculture and recreation. We’ll also hear from Jeff Darlington, the director of the Placer Land Trust, about the partnership that made it possible for the tribe to take back their land and restore it through traditional cultural and ecological knowledge.

Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Today on Radical Imagination, Clyde Prout III, chairman of the Colfax Todd’s Valley Consolidated Tribe in California, tells the remarkable story of how his tribe reclaimed land stolen by the government nearly half a century ago. Native people were violently displaced from their ancestral homelands throughout US history, as land was stolen and sold to private owners, made “public” in the name of preserving natural resources, or set aside for agriculture and recreation. We’ll also hear from Jeff Darlington, the director of the Placer Land Trust, about the partnership that made it possible for the tribe to take back their land and restore it through traditional cultural and ecological knowledge.</p><p><br></p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>1460</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Repatriation</title>
      <description>Since becoming the first Sub-Saharan African country to win independence from a colonial power, Ghana has been an inspiration to Black Americans to return to Africa. For many, it's a brief journey. We're changed by what we learn about the culture and our collective past. And that informs our lives and our work when we return home. But other people stay. They make vital contributions to the culture, the economy, and the nation's future. We hear from two Black women -- Renee Neblett the Founding Director of the Kokrobitey Institute and Tonya C. Saafir-Ankomah, Esq. (aka Sista Yaa) Founder of the Sankofa Repatriation Assistance Program and African Diaspora 126+, -- who repatriated to Ghana to start better lives for themselves and help pave the road for others in the Diaspora wishing to do the same.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2022 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Repatriation</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <itunes:season>4</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>Since becoming the first Sub-Saharan African country to win independence from a colonial power, Ghana has been an inspiration to Black Americans to return to Africa. For many, it's a brief journey. We're changed by what we learn about the culture and our collective past. And that informs our lives and our work when we return home. But other people stay. They make vital contributions to the culture, the economy, and the nation's future. We hear from two Black women -- Renee Neblett the Founding Director of the Kokrobitey Institute and Tonya C. Saafir-Ankomah, Esq. (aka Sista Yaa) Founder of the Sankofa Repatriation Assistance Program and African Diaspora 126+, -- who repatriated to Ghana to start better lives for themselves and help pave the road for others in the Diaspora wishing to do the same.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Since becoming the first Sub-Saharan African country to win independence from a colonial power, Ghana has been an inspiration to Black Americans to return to Africa. For many, it's a brief journey. We're changed by what we learn about the culture and our collective past. And that informs our lives and our work when we return home. But other people stay. They make vital contributions to the culture, the economy, and the nation's future. <br><br>We hear from two Black women -- Renee Neblett the Founding Director of the Kokrobitey Institute and Tonya C. Saafir-Ankomah, Esq. (aka Sista Yaa) Founder of the Sankofa Repatriation Assistance Program and African Diaspora 126+, -- who repatriated to Ghana to start better lives for themselves and help pave the road for others in the Diaspora wishing to do the same.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>1493</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Radical Healing</title>
      <description>Even today, when many of us are in pain because of systemic inequities, we tend to hold ourselves personally accountable for the trauma we bear.  And we think of healing as individual work. The season 4 debut of Radical Imagination upends these myths and frees us of the emotional burdens we shouldn't have to carry alone. Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with Prentis Hemphill, a writer, therapist, and the founder of the Embodiment Institute, about the revolutionary idea of collective trauma and how it can help us heal our selves, our relationships, our communities, and our society.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Radical Healing</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>4</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>Even today, when many of us are in pain because of systemic inequities, we tend to hold ourselves personally accountable for the trauma we bear.  And we think of healing as individual work. The season 4 debut of Radical Imagination upends these myths and frees us of the emotional burdens we shouldn't have to carry alone. Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with Prentis Hemphill, a writer, therapist, and the founder of the Embodiment Institute, about the revolutionary idea of collective trauma and how it can help us heal our selves, our relationships, our communities, and our society.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Even today, when many of us are in pain because of systemic inequities, we tend to hold ourselves personally accountable for the trauma we bear.  And we think of healing as individual work. The season 4 debut of Radical Imagination upends these myths and frees us of the emotional burdens we shouldn't have to carry alone. Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with Prentis Hemphill, a writer, therapist, and the founder of the Embodiment Institute, about the revolutionary idea of collective trauma and how it can help us heal our selves, our relationships, our communities, and our society.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>1367</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Season 4 Launching This Month</title>
      <description>Radical healing. Afro-futurism. Repatriation of stolen land. Housing justice. Black Americans returning to Ghana. Bold alternatives to work and policing. On Season 4 of Radical Imagination we transcend the borders of geography and policy to explore transformative ways of healing and repairing the sins of the past, and how they interconnect with the revolutionary work of creating a just, equitable future.Coming this month!
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2022 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Season 4 Launching This Month</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>4</itunes:season>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>Radical healing. Afro-futurism. Repatriation of stolen land. Housing justice. Black Americans returning to Ghana. Bold alternatives to work and policing. On Season 4 of Radical Imagination we transcend the borders of geography and policy to explore transformative ways of healing and repairing the sins of the past, and how they interconnect with the revolutionary work of creating a just, equitable future.Coming this month!
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Radical healing. Afro-futurism. Repatriation of stolen land. Housing justice. Black Americans returning to Ghana. Bold alternatives to work and policing. On Season 4 of Radical Imagination we transcend the borders of geography and policy to explore transformative ways of healing and repairing the sins of the past, and how they interconnect with the revolutionary work of creating a just, equitable future.<br><br>Coming this month!</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>91</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Cancel Debt</title>
      <description>Debt continues to drown millions of young people, families, and retirees, especially Black and Brown communities who bear a disproportionate impact. In this episode of Radical Imagination, host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with Astra Taylor, a filmmaker, activist and the director of the Debt Collective, a membership union who are calling for the cancellation of all types of debt.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2021 14:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Cancel Debt</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>3</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>8</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle/>
      <itunes:summary>Debt continues to drown millions of young people, families, and retirees, especially Black and Brown communities who bear a disproportionate impact. In this episode of Radical Imagination, host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with Astra Taylor, a filmmaker, activist and the director of the Debt Collective, a membership union who are calling for the cancellation of all types of debt.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Debt continues to drown millions of young people, families, and retirees, especially Black and Brown communities who bear a disproportionate impact. In this episode of Radical Imagination, host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with Astra Taylor, a filmmaker, activist and the director of the Debt Collective, a membership union who are calling for the cancellation of all types of debt.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>1431</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Juvenile Justice: Care Over Punishment</title>
      <description>Last November Los Angeles County voted to dismantle the largest youth juvenile system in the country to create a new approach where care is prioritized over punishment. Radical Imagination host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with youth grassroots organizer Kent Mendoza. He was incarcerated as a youth and was involved in the reimagining of a new system. We also hear from James Bell, the founding president of the Haywood Burns Institute and a consulting partner on LA County's Youth Justice Reimagined Planning Team.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2021 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Juvenile Justice: Care Over Punishment</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>3</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle/>
      <itunes:summary>Last November Los Angeles County voted to dismantle the largest youth juvenile system in the country to create a new approach where care is prioritized over punishment. Radical Imagination host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with youth grassroots organizer Kent Mendoza. He was incarcerated as a youth and was involved in the reimagining of a new system. We also hear from James Bell, the founding president of the Haywood Burns Institute and a consulting partner on LA County's Youth Justice Reimagined Planning Team.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Last November Los Angeles County voted to dismantle the largest youth juvenile system in the country to create a new approach where care is prioritized over punishment. Radical Imagination host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with youth grassroots organizer Kent Mendoza. He was incarcerated as a youth and was involved in the reimagining of a new system. We also hear from James Bell, the founding president of the Haywood Burns Institute and a consulting partner on LA County's Youth Justice Reimagined Planning Team.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>1939</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Democratizing Patents: Vaccines For All</title>
      <description>As Covid-19 continues to sweep the world and most countries, especially in the Global South, struggle to access vaccines, Radical Imagination takes a fresh look at how the US patent system keeps billions of people at home and abroad from obtaining life-saving medicines. Since our first episode on this topic, early in the pandemic, the situation has become more dire. In India, one of the world’s largest vaccine producers, almost nobody had access to the Covid vaccine last spring, when the virus began tearing through the country. The idea behind patents is to allow companies to protect the time and money they invest in developing drugs and vaccines. In reality, companies profit astronomically while people die because they can’t afford or obtain treatment.  Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with lawyer and activist Priti Krishtel, a leader of a global movement to change the patent system and ensure access to medicine for all. We also hear from Leena Menghaney, South Asia head of the Doctors Without Borders Access Campaign.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2021 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Democratizing Patents: Vaccines For All</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>3</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle/>
      <itunes:summary>As Covid-19 continues to sweep the world and most countries, especially in the Global South, struggle to access vaccines, Radical Imagination takes a fresh look at how the US patent system keeps billions of people at home and abroad from obtaining life-saving medicines. Since our first episode on this topic, early in the pandemic, the situation has become more dire. In India, one of the world’s largest vaccine producers, almost nobody had access to the Covid vaccine last spring, when the virus began tearing through the country. The idea behind patents is to allow companies to protect the time and money they invest in developing drugs and vaccines. In reality, companies profit astronomically while people die because they can’t afford or obtain treatment.  Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with lawyer and activist Priti Krishtel, a leader of a global movement to change the patent system and ensure access to medicine for all. We also hear from Leena Menghaney, South Asia head of the Doctors Without Borders Access Campaign.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>As Covid-19 continues to sweep the world and most countries, especially in the Global South, struggle to access vaccines, Radical Imagination takes a fresh look at how the US patent system keeps billions of people at home and abroad from obtaining life-saving medicines. Since our first episode on this topic, early in the pandemic, the situation has become more dire. In India, one of the world’s largest vaccine producers, almost nobody had access to the Covid vaccine last spring, when the virus began tearing through the country. The idea behind patents is to allow companies to protect the time and money they invest in developing drugs and vaccines. In reality, companies profit astronomically while people die because they can’t afford or obtain treatment.  Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with lawyer and activist Priti Krishtel, a leader of a global movement to change the patent system and ensure access to medicine for all. We also hear from Leena Menghaney, South Asia head of the Doctors Without Borders Access Campaign.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>1334</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Ethics in AI</title>
      <link>https://radicalimagination.us/episodes/ethics-in-AI</link>
      <description>Artificial intelligence and algorithms are increasingly used to make life-changing decisions in policing, lending, hiring, renting, health care, and many other realms. The technology has come under fire for encoding and intensifying racial bias. But what if AI could be transformed into a tool for fighting discrimination and inequality? Host Angela Glover Blackwell discusses this intriguing possibility with Black in AI co-founder, activist, and computer scientist Rediet Abebe. We also hear the story of Terrence Wilkerson, who was unjustly trapped in the criminal legal system by questionable AI  technology.   
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2021 15:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Ethics in AI</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>3</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>Artificial intelligence and algorithms are increasingly used to make life-changing decisions in policing, lending, hiring, renting, health care, and many other realms. The technology has come under fire for encoding and intensifying racial bias. But what if AI could be transformed into a tool for fighting discrimination and inequality? Host Angela Glover Blackwell discusses this intriguing possibility with Black in AI co-founder, activist, and computer scientist Rediet Abebe. We also hear the story of Terrence Wilkerson, who was unjustly trapped in the criminal legal system by questionable AI  technology.   
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Artificial intelligence and algorithms are increasingly used to make life-changing decisions in policing, lending, hiring, renting, health care, and many other realms. The technology has come under fire for encoding and intensifying racial bias. But what if AI could be transformed into a tool for fighting discrimination and inequality? Host Angela Glover Blackwell discusses this intriguing possibility with Black in AI co-founder, activist, and computer scientist Rediet Abebe. We also hear the story of Terrence Wilkerson, who was unjustly trapped in the criminal legal system by questionable AI  technology.   </p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>1675</itunes:duration>
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      <title>The Radical Politics of Pleasure</title>
      <description>Social justice activists tend to be so driven to fix tough systemic problems that we often overlook the obvious: We want to create a society filled with joy and satisfaction for all. In this episode of Radical Imagination, we celebrate pleasure and explore its importance in the work of societal transformation. Host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with adrienne maree brown, author Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good. Join us for a conversation about finding love, delight, and pleasure for ourselves, those closest to us, our communities, and the world we hope to build.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2021 16:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>The Radical Politics of Pleasure</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>3</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle/>
      <itunes:summary>Social justice activists tend to be so driven to fix tough systemic problems that we often overlook the obvious: We want to create a society filled with joy and satisfaction for all. In this episode of Radical Imagination, we celebrate pleasure and explore its importance in the work of societal transformation. Host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with adrienne maree brown, author Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good. Join us for a conversation about finding love, delight, and pleasure for ourselves, those closest to us, our communities, and the world we hope to build.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Social justice activists tend to be so driven to fix tough systemic problems that we often overlook the obvious: We want to create a society filled with joy and satisfaction for all. In this episode of Radical Imagination, we celebrate pleasure and explore its importance in the work of societal transformation. Host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with adrienne maree brown, author <em>Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good</em>. Join us for a conversation about finding love, delight, and pleasure for ourselves, those closest to us, our communities, and the world we hope to build.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>1639</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Care Revolution</title>
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      <description>An economy that works for all depends on a robust system of caregiving. That has become all too clear during the pandemic, as 2.5 million women were pushed out of the workforce to care for family members. This episode of Radical Imagination looks at the growing movement to reimagine care across the lifespan, recognize it as essential infrastructure, invest in it, and improve wages and labor protections for the workers — mostly Black and immigrant women —we trust to care for the people we love. Host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with Chicago caregiver and community advocate Michelle Morton about the challenges of caring for her parents and children throughout the pandemic. We also hear from Ai-jen Poo, the visionary leader of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, about #CareCantWait, a campaign to make universal access to child care, paid family and medical leave, and home and community-based services a centerpiece of economic recovery.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2021 16:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Care Revolution</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
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      <itunes:summary>An economy that works for all depends on a robust system of caregiving. That has become all too clear during the pandemic, as 2.5 million women were pushed out of the workforce to care for family members. This episode of Radical Imagination looks at the growing movement to reimagine care across the lifespan, recognize it as essential infrastructure, invest in it, and improve wages and labor protections for the workers — mostly Black and immigrant women —we trust to care for the people we love. Host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with Chicago caregiver and community advocate Michelle Morton about the challenges of caring for her parents and children throughout the pandemic. We also hear from Ai-jen Poo, the visionary leader of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, about #CareCantWait, a campaign to make universal access to child care, paid family and medical leave, and home and community-based services a centerpiece of economic recovery.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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      <title>Putting People First: Reimagining OUR Economy</title>
      <link>https://radicalimagination.us/episodes/reimagining-our-economy</link>
      <description>What would our economy look like if it put people before profits? For one thing, nobody would have to accept the sub-minimum wage of $2.13, which many states allow for restaurant workers -- a legacy of slavery that marginalizes and impoverishes a wide swath of a workforce made up largely of people of color and immigrants. In this episode of Radical Imagination, host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with Saru Jayaraman, president of One Fair Wage and director of the Food Labor Research Center at UC Berkeley, about the fight to raise the minimum wage for all workers and end subminimum wages. We also hear from USC Sociology Professor Manuel Pastor about solidarity economics, a radical but commonsense concept that challenges us to reimagine our economy and how it can prioritize the needs and interests of all people.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Putting People First: Reimagining OUR Economy</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>What would our economy look like if it put people before profits? For one thing, nobody would have to accept the sub-minimum wage of $2.13, which many states allow for restaurant workers -- a legacy of slavery that marginalizes and impoverishes a wide swath of a workforce made up largely of people of color and immigrants. In this episode of Radical Imagination, host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with Saru Jayaraman, president of One Fair Wage and director of the Food Labor Research Center at UC Berkeley, about the fight to raise the minimum wage for all workers and end subminimum wages. We also hear from USC Sociology Professor Manuel Pastor about solidarity economics, a radical but commonsense concept that challenges us to reimagine our economy and how it can prioritize the needs and interests of all people.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>What would our economy look like if it put people before profits? For one thing, nobody would have to accept the sub-minimum wage of $2.13, which many states allow for restaurant workers -- a legacy of slavery that marginalizes and impoverishes a wide swath of a workforce made up largely of people of color and immigrants. <br><br>In this episode of Radical Imagination, host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with Saru Jayaraman, president of One Fair Wage and director of the Food Labor Research Center at UC Berkeley, about the fight to raise the minimum wage for all workers and end subminimum wages. We also hear from USC Sociology Professor Manuel Pastor about solidarity economics, a radical but commonsense concept that challenges us to reimagine our economy and how it can prioritize the needs and interests of all people.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <title>Reframing History: The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre</title>
      <link>https://radicalimagination.us/episodes/reframing-history-tulsa-race-massacre</link>
      <description>Radical Imagination opens with a deep dive into the 1921 massacre of hundreds of Black people in the thriving business district of Tulsa, Oklahoma. We examine how history books erased that atrocity and distorted so much of Black history. Host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with Hannibal B. Johnson, historian and Education Chair for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Commission, about the radical effort to make the story of Tulsa's Black Wall Street part of Oklahoma’s K-12 school curricula. Join us and probe the question: How can reframing history impact the future?
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 14:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Reframing History: The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>Radical Imagination opens with a deep dive into the 1921 massacre of hundreds of Black people in the thriving business district of Tulsa, Oklahoma. We examine how history books erased that atrocity and distorted so much of Black history. Host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with Hannibal B. Johnson, historian and Education Chair for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Commission, about the radical effort to make the story of Tulsa's Black Wall Street part of Oklahoma’s K-12 school curricula. Join us and probe the question: How can reframing history impact the future?
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Radical Imagination opens with a deep dive into the 1921 massacre of hundreds of Black people in the thriving business district of Tulsa, Oklahoma. We examine how history books erased that atrocity and distorted so much of Black history. Host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with Hannibal B. Johnson, historian and Education Chair for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Commission, about the radical effort to make the story of Tulsa's Black Wall Street part of Oklahoma’s K-12 school curricula. Join us and probe the question: How can reframing history impact the future?</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <title>Radical Reform: A Prosecutor's Story</title>
      <description>San Francisco’s District Attorney Chesa Boudin was elected on the promise of bringing justice to the criminal "justice" system. He's part of a new wave of reform-minded prosecutors who are trying to change the system, eliminate the most harmful practices, and bring accountability to policing. Host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with Boudin about his efforts to bring fairness and compassion to a system that is oppressive by design. Too often, reform from the inside simply perpetuates the status quo. Can Boudin do something different? Can reform, coupled with radical imagination, change mindsets, open new possibilities, and be a step on the path to transformation?
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2020 14:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Radical Reform: A Prosecutor's Story</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>2</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>9</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>San Francisco’s District Attorney Chesa Boudin was elected on the promise of bringing justice to the criminal "justice" system. He's part of a new wave of reform-minded prosecutors who are trying to change the system, eliminate the most harmful practices, and bring accountability to policing. Host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with Boudin about his efforts to bring fairness and compassion to a system that is oppressive by design. Too often, reform from the inside simply perpetuates the status quo. Can Boudin do something different? Can reform, coupled with radical imagination, change mindsets, open new possibilities, and be a step on the path to transformation?
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>San Francisco’s District Attorney Chesa Boudin was elected on the promise of bringing justice to the criminal "justice" system. He's part of a new wave of reform-minded prosecutors who are trying to change the system, eliminate the most harmful practices, and bring accountability to policing. Host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with Boudin about his efforts to bring fairness and compassion to a system that is oppressive by design. Too often, reform from the inside simply perpetuates the status quo. Can Boudin do something different? Can reform, coupled with radical imagination, change mindsets, open new possibilities, and be a step on the path to transformation?</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>1494</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Police Abolition, Pt. 2</title>
      <description>In this episode of Radical Imagination we follow up on our coverage of police abolition. Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with human rights lawyer and organizer Derecka Purnell, whose advocacy has led to the dismissal of thousands of cases based on unconstitutional policing practices. We first explored the abolition movement a year ago — before the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Black people, spurred nationwide protests. Now we look at the changing political and cultural landscape that has transformed what seemed like an impossible idea — defunding and dismantling police — into a feasible solution now being considered by state and local officials.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2020 11:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Police Abolition, Pt. 2</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:episode>8</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>In this episode of Radical Imagination we follow up on our coverage of police abolition. Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with human rights lawyer and organizer Derecka Purnell, whose advocacy has led to the dismissal of thousands of cases based on unconstitutional policing practices. We first explored the abolition movement a year ago — before the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Black people, spurred nationwide protests. Now we look at the changing political and cultural landscape that has transformed what seemed like an impossible idea — defunding and dismantling police — into a feasible solution now being considered by state and local officials.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode of Radical Imagination we follow up on our coverage of police abolition. Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with human rights lawyer and organizer Derecka Purnell, whose advocacy has led to the dismissal of thousands of cases based on unconstitutional policing practices. We first explored the abolition movement a year ago — before the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Black people, spurred nationwide protests. Now we look at the changing political and cultural landscape that has transformed what seemed like an impossible idea — defunding and dismantling police — into a feasible solution now being considered by state and local officials.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <title>From Patients to Patents: A Focus on Health Equity</title>
      <description>Well before Covid-19, Black Americans struggled to access healthcare and had disproportionately high rates of chronic illness and death. Nowhere is this more glaring than in the Mississippi Delta, where Black people with diabetes are commonly treated by amputation and are three times more likely to die of the disease than their White counterparts. Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with Dr. Foluso Fakorede, who moved to the region to improve patient care and stop the unnecessary the loss of limbs. We also meet lawyer and activist Priti Krishtel. She's leading a movement to make sure lifesaving medicines are available and affordable for all by dismantling a patent system designed to enrich Big Pharma and keep drug prices high.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2020 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>From Patients to Patents: A Focus on Health Equity</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>2</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>Well before Covid-19, Black Americans struggled to access healthcare and had disproportionately high rates of chronic illness and death. Nowhere is this more glaring than in the Mississippi Delta, where Black people with diabetes are commonly treated by amputation and are three times more likely to die of the disease than their White counterparts. Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with Dr. Foluso Fakorede, who moved to the region to improve patient care and stop the unnecessary the loss of limbs. We also meet lawyer and activist Priti Krishtel. She's leading a movement to make sure lifesaving medicines are available and affordable for all by dismantling a patent system designed to enrich Big Pharma and keep drug prices high.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Well before Covid-19, Black Americans struggled to access healthcare and had disproportionately high rates of chronic illness and death. Nowhere is this more glaring than in the Mississippi Delta, where Black people with diabetes are commonly treated by amputation and are three times more likely to die of the disease than their White counterparts. Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with Dr. Foluso Fakorede, who moved to the region to improve patient care and stop the unnecessary the loss of limbs. We also meet lawyer and activist Priti Krishtel. She's leading a movement to make sure lifesaving medicines are available and affordable for all by dismantling a patent system designed to enrich Big Pharma and keep drug prices high.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>2145</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Hawaii's Feminist Recovery Plan</title>
      <description>A group of women in Hawaii are showing the nation that post-pandemic economic recovery can be visionary, just, and transformative. They have crafted a plan that centers women, insists on gender equality, and advances deep cultural change. In this episode of Radical Imagination, host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with Khara Jabola-Carolus, the executive director of Hawaii’s Commission on the Status of Women, which released the plan, titled “Building Bridges, Not Walking on Backs: A Feminist Recovery Plan for Covid-19.”  And we hear from activist and midwife Tanya Smith-Johnson, who co-authored the plan and works to improve maternal and neonatal care in Hawaii’s rural areas. 
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2020 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Hawaii's Feminist Recovery Plan</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>A group of women in Hawaii are showing the nation that post-pandemic economic recovery can be visionary, just, and transformative. They have crafted a plan that centers women, insists on gender equality, and advances deep cultural change. In this episode of Radical Imagination, host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with Khara Jabola-Carolus, the executive director of Hawaii’s Commission on the Status of Women, which released the plan, titled “Building Bridges, Not Walking on Backs: A Feminist Recovery Plan for Covid-19.”  And we hear from activist and midwife Tanya Smith-Johnson, who co-authored the plan and works to improve maternal and neonatal care in Hawaii’s rural areas. 
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>A group of women in Hawaii are showing the nation that post-pandemic economic recovery can be visionary, just, and transformative. They have crafted a plan that centers women, insists on gender equality, and advances deep cultural change. In this episode of Radical Imagination, host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with Khara Jabola-Carolus, the executive director of Hawaii’s Commission on the Status of Women, which released the plan, titled “Building Bridges, Not Walking on Backs: A Feminist Recovery Plan for Covid-19.”  And we hear from activist and midwife Tanya Smith-Johnson, who co-authored the plan and works to improve maternal and neonatal care in Hawaii’s rural areas. </p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <title>Water as a Human Right</title>
      <link>https://radicalimagination.us/episodes/water-as-human-right</link>
      <description>More than two million Americans live without access to clean, running water or a working toilette at home. Millions more predominantly in places like Flint, Michigan, the Navajo Nation, and migrant farmworker communities in California’s Central Valley have been disproportionately affected by high levels of led and arsenic in the water. In this episode of Radical Imagination, host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with US Water Alliance CEO Radhika Fox about solutions to this national water crisis. We also hear from Susana De Anda, Co-executive Director of the Community Water Center, about the fight for clean water in California’s Central Valley.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2020 02:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Water as a Human Right</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>More than two million Americans live without access to clean, running water or a working toilette at home. Millions more predominantly in places like Flint, Michigan, the Navajo Nation, and migrant farmworker communities in California’s Central Valley have been disproportionately affected by high levels of led and arsenic in the water. In this episode of Radical Imagination, host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with US Water Alliance CEO Radhika Fox about solutions to this national water crisis. We also hear from Susana De Anda, Co-executive Director of the Community Water Center, about the fight for clean water in California’s Central Valley.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>More than two million Americans live without access to clean, running water or a working toilette at home. Millions more predominantly in places like Flint, Michigan, the Navajo Nation, and migrant farmworker communities in California’s Central Valley have been disproportionately affected by high levels of led and arsenic in the water. In this episode of Radical Imagination, host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with US Water Alliance CEO Radhika Fox about solutions to this national water crisis. We also hear from Susana De Anda, Co-executive Director of the Community Water Center, about the fight for clean water in California’s Central Valley.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>1349</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Reimagining Gender</title>
      <link>https://radicalimagination.us/episodes/reimagining-gender</link>
      <description>Host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with writer, journalist and activist Tiq Milan about the the limiting and often toxic ways our society thinks about gender, and how we can do better. While the nation has come far in its inclusion of the LGBTQ community in recent decades, we have a long way to go. At least 25 transgender or gender-non-conforming people were reported murdered in 2019, and that’s an undercount, because most attacks go unreported. Join us as Milan describes his personal journey and the intersection of gender and race.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2020 22:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Reimagining Gender</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>2</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle/>
      <itunes:summary>Host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with writer, journalist and activist Tiq Milan about the the limiting and often toxic ways our society thinks about gender, and how we can do better. While the nation has come far in its inclusion of the LGBTQ community in recent decades, we have a long way to go. At least 25 transgender or gender-non-conforming people were reported murdered in 2019, and that’s an undercount, because most attacks go unreported. Join us as Milan describes his personal journey and the intersection of gender and race.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with writer, journalist and activist Tiq Milan about the the limiting and often toxic ways our society thinks about gender, and how we can do better. While the nation has come far in its inclusion of the LGBTQ community in recent decades, we have a long way to go. At least 25 transgender or gender-non-conforming people were reported murdered in 2019, and that’s an undercount, because most attacks go unreported. Join us as Milan describes his personal journey and the intersection of gender and race.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>1592</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Visionary Fiction</title>
      <link>https://radicalimagination.us/episodes/visionary-fiction</link>
      <description>As Covid-19 sweeps the world, life feels too much like science fiction. On this episode of Radical Imagination, we explore an idea that’s tailor-made for this distressing moment. It’s called visionary fiction, and it uses sci-fi and fantasy to imagine not a dystopian future, but a better world — without poverty, prisons and inequality. It’s more than a literary genre; it’s a movement of people of color working to create the change they write about. Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with writer, artist, educator and organizer Walidah Imarisha about the idea and the organizing it has inspired.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Visionary Fiction</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>2</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle/>
      <itunes:summary>As Covid-19 sweeps the world, life feels too much like science fiction. On this episode of Radical Imagination, we explore an idea that’s tailor-made for this distressing moment. It’s called visionary fiction, and it uses sci-fi and fantasy to imagine not a dystopian future, but a better world — without poverty, prisons and inequality. It’s more than a literary genre; it’s a movement of people of color working to create the change they write about. Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with writer, artist, educator and organizer Walidah Imarisha about the idea and the organizing it has inspired.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>As Covid-19 sweeps the world, life feels too much like science fiction. On this episode of Radical Imagination, we explore an idea that’s tailor-made for this distressing moment. It’s called visionary fiction, and it uses sci-fi and fantasy to imagine not a dystopian future, but a better world — without poverty, prisons and inequality. It’s more than a literary genre; it’s a movement of people of color working to create the change they write about. Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with writer, artist, educator and organizer Walidah Imarisha about the idea and the organizing it has inspired.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <title>Freedom U: Higher Ed for True Liberation</title>
      <link>https://radicalimagination.us/episodes/freedom-university</link>
      <description>For many years, undocumented students who came to the US as minors have been excluded from getting federal funding like grants or loans for college. While 23 states grant undocumented students in-state tuition, three states - Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina - have a form of admissions ban against undocumented students. In 2010, the state banned undocumented students from applying to its top public universities and required them to pay out-of-state at the other public colleges. In response, a group of Georgia professors and undocumented students created an underground freedom school named Freedom University. It offers free college-level courses to the banned students, college application support and human rights leadership training. Many of the students have gone on to earn degrees at colleges and universities across the country. ​​​​​​​Radical Imagination host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with Freedom University Executive Director and Professor of Human Rights, Dr. Laura Emiko Soltis. We also hear from Freedom University alumnus Rafael Aragon, who is a full scholarship recipient at Oglethorpe University and now serves as a part-time staff member at Freedom University. 
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2020 16:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Freedom U: Higher Ed for True Liberation</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <itunes:season>2</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle/>
      <itunes:summary>For many years, undocumented students who came to the US as minors have been excluded from getting federal funding like grants or loans for college. While 23 states grant undocumented students in-state tuition, three states - Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina - have a form of admissions ban against undocumented students. In 2010, the state banned undocumented students from applying to its top public universities and required them to pay out-of-state at the other public colleges. In response, a group of Georgia professors and undocumented students created an underground freedom school named Freedom University. It offers free college-level courses to the banned students, college application support and human rights leadership training. Many of the students have gone on to earn degrees at colleges and universities across the country. ​​​​​​​Radical Imagination host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with Freedom University Executive Director and Professor of Human Rights, Dr. Laura Emiko Soltis. We also hear from Freedom University alumnus Rafael Aragon, who is a full scholarship recipient at Oglethorpe University and now serves as a part-time staff member at Freedom University. 
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>For many years, undocumented students who came to the US as minors have been excluded from getting federal funding like grants or loans for college. While 23 states grant undocumented students in-state tuition, three states - Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina - have a form of admissions ban against undocumented students. In 2010, the state banned undocumented students from applying to its top public universities and required them to pay out-of-state at the other public colleges. In response, a group of Georgia professors and undocumented students created an underground freedom school named Freedom University. It offers free college-level courses to the banned students, college application support and human rights leadership training. Many of the students have gone on to earn degrees at colleges and universities across the country. <br><br>​​​​​​​Radical Imagination host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with Freedom University Executive Director and Professor of Human Rights, Dr. Laura Emiko Soltis. We also hear from Freedom University alumnus Rafael Aragon, who is a full scholarship recipient at Oglethorpe University and now serves as a part-time staff member at Freedom University. </p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>1866</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Housing as a Human Right</title>
      <link>https://radicalimagination.us/episodes/housing-as-human-right</link>
      <description>We kick off season two of the Radical Imagination podcast with the story of two mothers who were experiencing homelessness. They moved into a house owned by an investment firm but sitting vacant for nearly two years. That courageous act, in Oakland, California, brought national attention to the housing crisis. Host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with Dominique Walker about why she occupied the house and about the collective she co-founded, Moms4Housing. The group is demanding the human right to housing and taking on investors who treat housing as a commodity they can buy and flip for profit, while a half-million Americans experience homelessness and millions more struggle with skyrocketing rents. We also hear from Tara Raghuveer, the Housing Campaign Director for People’s Action, about the Homes Guarantee, an ambitious proposal to rebuild and reimagine housing.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2020 14:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Housing as a Human Right</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>2</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle/>
      <itunes:summary>We kick off season two of the Radical Imagination podcast with the story of two mothers who were experiencing homelessness. They moved into a house owned by an investment firm but sitting vacant for nearly two years. That courageous act, in Oakland, California, brought national attention to the housing crisis. Host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with Dominique Walker about why she occupied the house and about the collective she co-founded, Moms4Housing. The group is demanding the human right to housing and taking on investors who treat housing as a commodity they can buy and flip for profit, while a half-million Americans experience homelessness and millions more struggle with skyrocketing rents. We also hear from Tara Raghuveer, the Housing Campaign Director for People’s Action, about the Homes Guarantee, an ambitious proposal to rebuild and reimagine housing.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>We kick off season two of the Radical Imagination podcast with the story of two mothers who were experiencing homelessness. They moved into a house owned by an investment firm but sitting vacant for nearly two years. That courageous act, in Oakland, California, brought national attention to the housing crisis. Host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with Dominique Walker about why she occupied the house and about the collective she co-founded, Moms4Housing. The group is demanding the human right to housing and taking on investors who treat housing as a commodity they can buy and flip for profit, while a half-million Americans experience homelessness and millions more struggle with skyrocketing rents. We also hear from Tara Raghuveer, the Housing Campaign Director for People’s Action, about the Homes Guarantee, an ambitious proposal to rebuild and reimagine housing.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <title>The Bold, Inspiring &amp; Radical: Upcoming in Season 2</title>
      <description>Radical Imagination returns with host Angela Glover Blackwell in conversation with thinkers and changemakers on issues ranging from reimagining gender and visionary fiction, to housing as a human right and changing the criminal-legal system. Get ready to be enlightened, inspired, and moved to think in radically new ways. 

Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 22:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>The Bold, Inspiring &amp; Radical: Upcoming in Season 2</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>2</itunes:season>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>Radical Imagination returns with host Angela Glover Blackwell in conversation with thinkers and changemakers on issues ranging from reimagining gender and visionary fiction, to housing as a human right and changing the criminal-legal system. Get ready to be enlightened, inspired, and moved to think in radically new ways. 

Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Radical Imagination returns with host Angela Glover Blackwell in conversation with thinkers and changemakers on issues ranging from reimagining gender and visionary fiction, to housing as a human right and changing the criminal-legal system. <br><br>Get ready to be enlightened, inspired, and moved to think in radically new ways. </p><p><br></p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>70</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Advancing Peace</title>
      <description>Imagine an America free of urban gun violence. Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with Devone Boggan, CEO of Advance Peace in Richmond, California, a visionary program that offers young men with a history of gun offenses life-changing opportunities to work as community peacemakers. In this episode, the season one finale, we also hear from James Houston, who served 18 years in prison for shooting and killing a man. Houston is now a change agent in Richmond — and proof that investment in people, not in more police, can end the devastating cycle of neighborhood violence.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 15:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Advancing Peace</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle/>
      <itunes:summary>Imagine an America free of urban gun violence. Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with Devone Boggan, CEO of Advance Peace in Richmond, California, a visionary program that offers young men with a history of gun offenses life-changing opportunities to work as community peacemakers. In this episode, the season one finale, we also hear from James Houston, who served 18 years in prison for shooting and killing a man. Houston is now a change agent in Richmond — and proof that investment in people, not in more police, can end the devastating cycle of neighborhood violence.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Imagine an America free of urban gun violence. Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with Devone Boggan, CEO of Advance Peace in Richmond, California, a visionary program that offers young men with a history of gun offenses life-changing opportunities to work as community peacemakers. In this episode, the season one finale, we also hear from James Houston, who served 18 years in prison for shooting and killing a man. Houston is now a change agent in Richmond — and proof that investment in people, not in more police, can end the devastating cycle of neighborhood violence.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>1937</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Federal Job Guarantee</title>
      <description>A federal job guarantee is an old idea making its way back this election cycle. It’s controversial and considered radical—but what makes more sense than making sure that everyone who needs a job can get one? A job guarantee would bring financial stability to millions of families. And it would put people to work doing things the nation needs, such as building affordable housing and caring for children. In this episode, Angela Glover Blackwell explores the tantalizing possibilities—and the feasibility—of a federal job guarantee with one of its leading advocates, Darrick Hamilton, Executive Director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at the Ohio State University.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Federal Job Guarantee</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle/>
      <itunes:summary>A federal job guarantee is an old idea making its way back this election cycle. It’s controversial and considered radical—but what makes more sense than making sure that everyone who needs a job can get one? A job guarantee would bring financial stability to millions of families. And it would put people to work doing things the nation needs, such as building affordable housing and caring for children. In this episode, Angela Glover Blackwell explores the tantalizing possibilities—and the feasibility—of a federal job guarantee with one of its leading advocates, Darrick Hamilton, Executive Director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at the Ohio State University.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>A federal job guarantee is an old idea making its way back this election cycle. It’s controversial and considered radical—but what makes more sense than making sure that everyone who needs a job can get one? A job guarantee would bring financial stability to millions of families. And it would put people to work doing things the nation needs, such as building affordable housing and caring for children. In this episode, Angela Glover Blackwell explores the tantalizing possibilities—and the feasibility—of a federal job guarantee with one of its leading advocates, Darrick Hamilton, Executive Director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at the Ohio State University.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>1242</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Climate Migrants</title>
      <description>Climate change will displace more than 180 million people around the world by the end of this century. Along the Gulf Coast of the United States, rising seas are already threatening historic Black and indigenous communities. In Louisiana, for example, a piece of land the size of a football disappears into the water every hour-and-a-half. In this episode, Radical Imagination host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with Colette Pichon Battle, executive director at the Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy, about what’s being done to address the crisis in some of the most vulnerable communities in America. We also hear from Houma Nation Chief August Creppel, who is racing against time to figure out solutions for his people.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Nov 2019 19:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Climate Migrants</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>Climate change will displace more than 180 million people around the world by the end of this century. Along the Gulf Coast of the United States, rising seas are already threatening historic Black and indigenous communities. In Louisiana, for example, a piece of land the size of a football disappears into the water every hour-and-a-half. In this episode, Radical Imagination host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with Colette Pichon Battle, executive director at the Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy, about what’s being done to address the crisis in some of the most vulnerable communities in America. We also hear from Houma Nation Chief August Creppel, who is racing against time to figure out solutions for his people.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Climate change will displace more than 180 million people around the world by the end of this century. Along the Gulf Coast of the United States, rising seas are already threatening historic Black and indigenous communities. In Louisiana, for example, a piece of land the size of a football disappears into the water every hour-and-a-half. In this episode, Radical Imagination host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with Colette Pichon Battle, executive director at the Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy, about what’s being done to address the crisis in some of the most vulnerable communities in America. We also hear from Houma Nation Chief August Creppel, who is racing against time to figure out solutions for his people.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>1780</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Reparations</title>
      <description>No major institution in America has wrestled more deeply with the question of reparations for African Americans than Georgetown University. Five years ago, a student discovered that  Maryland Jesuits sold 272 slaves in 1838 to save the school from financial ruin. That forgotten history sparked an anguished conversation about Georgetown’s complicity in slavery and the school’s responsibility to the descendants of the 272 enslaved people. In this episode of Radical Imagination, Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with one of the descendants, Melisande Short-Colomb, who is now a a student at Georgetown. We also hear from Howard University history professor Ana Lucia Araujo about what it will take for our nation to finally reckon with and atone for slavery and its legacy.

Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Nov 2019 15:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Reparations</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle/>
      <itunes:summary>No major institution in America has wrestled more deeply with the question of reparations for African Americans than Georgetown University. Five years ago, a student discovered that  Maryland Jesuits sold 272 slaves in 1838 to save the school from financial ruin. That forgotten history sparked an anguished conversation about Georgetown’s complicity in slavery and the school’s responsibility to the descendants of the 272 enslaved people. In this episode of Radical Imagination, Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with one of the descendants, Melisande Short-Colomb, who is now a a student at Georgetown. We also hear from Howard University history professor Ana Lucia Araujo about what it will take for our nation to finally reckon with and atone for slavery and its legacy.

Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>No major institution in America has wrestled more deeply with the question of reparations for African Americans than Georgetown University. Five years ago, a student discovered that  Maryland Jesuits sold 272 slaves in 1838 to save the school from financial ruin. That forgotten history sparked an anguished conversation about Georgetown’s complicity in slavery and the school’s responsibility to the descendants of the 272 enslaved people. <br><br>In this episode of Radical Imagination, Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with one of the descendants, Melisande Short-Colomb, who is now a a student at Georgetown. We also hear from Howard University history professor Ana Lucia Araujo about what it will take for our nation to finally reckon with and atone for slavery and its legacy.</p><p><br><br></p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>1740</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Guaranteed Income</title>
      <description>In this episode of Radical Imagination we visit Stockton, California. It was known as the nation’s foreclosure capital during the 2008 recession. Today,  it’s the first city in the country to try universal basic income as a strategy to reduce inequality and boost economic security. This bold experiment gives residents a minimum monthly salary regardless of income or employment status. Angela Glover Blackwell sits down with Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, who became  the first black mayor in the city’s history at age 26, to talk about his income initiative and what lessons holds for the nation.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2019 18:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Guaranteed Income</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle/>
      <itunes:summary>In this episode of Radical Imagination we visit Stockton, California. It was known as the nation’s foreclosure capital during the 2008 recession. Today,  it’s the first city in the country to try universal basic income as a strategy to reduce inequality and boost economic security. This bold experiment gives residents a minimum monthly salary regardless of income or employment status. Angela Glover Blackwell sits down with Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, who became  the first black mayor in the city’s history at age 26, to talk about his income initiative and what lessons holds for the nation.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode of Radical Imagination we visit Stockton, California. It was known as the nation’s foreclosure capital during the 2008 recession. Today,  it’s the first city in the country to try universal basic income as a strategy to reduce inequality and boost economic security. This bold experiment gives residents a minimum monthly salary regardless of income or employment status. Angela Glover Blackwell sits down with Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, who became  the first black mayor in the city’s history at age 26, to talk about his income initiative and what lessons holds for the nation.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <itunes:duration>1544</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Police Abolition</title>
      <description>As cases of police abuse and misconduct gain attention, activists have moved beyond calls for reform to advocate for the abolition of police.  It’s a controversial and widely misunderstood idea. How would police abolition work, exactly? How would we protect public safety? Radical Imagination host Angela Glover Blackwell explores these questions with humanitarian hip-hop artist Jessica Disu, a.k.a. FM Supreme, who has publicly called for police abolition. And we hear from Rachel Herzing, co-director of the Center for Political Education in Oakland, California, about the racialized history of policing and innovative community-driven alternatives for public safety.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 10:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:title>Police Abolition</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Angela Glover Blackwell</itunes:author>
      <itunes:subtitle/>
      <itunes:summary>As cases of police abuse and misconduct gain attention, activists have moved beyond calls for reform to advocate for the abolition of police.  It’s a controversial and widely misunderstood idea. How would police abolition work, exactly? How would we protect public safety? Radical Imagination host Angela Glover Blackwell explores these questions with humanitarian hip-hop artist Jessica Disu, a.k.a. FM Supreme, who has publicly called for police abolition. And we hear from Rachel Herzing, co-director of the Center for Political Education in Oakland, California, about the racialized history of policing and innovative community-driven alternatives for public safety.
Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:summary>The United States once had open borders. Migrants from all over the world would arrive fleeing war, escaping poverty and seeking opportunity. Open borders made our country strong. But many Americans today are horrified — or frightened — by the idea of “open borders.” Harsh new immigration policies are making it more difficult than ever to come to the U.S. or even ask for asylum. Nevertheless, violence, oppression, poverty, desperation, and hope continue to drive migrants to our borders. Last year, more than 1,000 migrants from Central America gathered near the border of Guatemala and Mexico to travel north in search of asylum. Radical Imagination host Angela Glover Blackwell sits down with Roberto Corona, founder of People Without Borders, an organization that assisted this refugee caravan. We also hear from New York Times Columnist Farhad Manjoo, who has called for open borders.
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        <![CDATA[<p>The United States once had open borders. Migrants from all over the world would arrive fleeing war, escaping poverty and seeking opportunity. Open borders made our country strong. But many Americans today are horrified — or frightened — by the idea of “open borders.” Harsh new immigration policies are making it more difficult than ever to come to the U.S. or even ask for asylum. Nevertheless, violence, oppression, poverty, desperation, and hope continue to drive migrants to our borders. Last year, more than 1,000 migrants from Central America gathered near the border of Guatemala and Mexico to travel north in search of asylum. Radical Imagination host Angela Glover Blackwell sits down with Roberto Corona, founder of People Without Borders, an organization that assisted this refugee caravan. We also hear from <em>New York Times</em> Columnist Farhad Manjoo, who has called for open borders.</p><p>Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</p>]]>
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      <description>A podcast focused on stories and solutions that are fueling change. 
Features conversations with thinkers and changemakers from multiple fields who are wielding instruments of influence — academia, activism, media, government — to deliver equity wins at scale. 

Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</description>
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      <itunes:summary>A podcast focused on stories and solutions that are fueling change. 
Features conversations with thinkers and changemakers from multiple fields who are wielding instruments of influence — academia, activism, media, government — to deliver equity wins at scale. 

Tune into Radical Imagination as we dive into the stories and solutions that are fueling change. www.radicalimagination.us</itunes:summary>
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