Indigenous Planetary Health Podcast

Indigenous Planetary Health Podcast

HECLab University of Victoria

Episodes 53
Avg. Duration 44m
Activity Moderate
Apple Rating 5.0 (4)
Since Apr 2024
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
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Episodic
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58%
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heclab.cmpstudios.ca

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About This Podcast

We’re burning down our house, and we’re in for nasty weather. But Indigenous peoples have ideas for planetary resurgence and restoration. Professors Heather Castleden and Hōkūlani Aikau bring you conversations with artists, activists, scholars, and other knowledge keepers tackling the climate crisis.

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S1E50 EP 50: Kanaka ʻŌiwi Resistance to Settler Science at Mauna a Wākea with Iokepa Casumbal-Salazar

Apr 22, 2026 45m

This week on the Indigenous Planetary Health podcast, hosts Hoku and Melia share an emotional conversation with Iokepa Casumbal‑Salazar about his new book,  First Light: Kanaka ʻŌiwi Resistance to…

S1E49 EP 49: Restoring Jurisdiction, Restoring Well-Being: A Conversation with Brittany Brinkworth and Shona Nelson, leaders from Doig River First Nation

Apr 08, 2026 45m

This week on the podcast, we explore what is termed the Modern Treaty Era in Canada through the powerful story of the Doig River First Nation, located in the Upper Peace River region of eastern…

S1E48 EP 48: Mariana Islands Part Three: Protecting & Liberating the Archipelago, a conversation with Our Commonwealth 670 (OCW 670)

Feb 18, 2026 33m

In July 2025, Tiara and Hoku spent nearly a week in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) on the islands of Saipan and Tinian. They shared a meal with members of Our Commonwealth…

S1E47 EP47: The Mariana Islands Part Two: Listening to the land, a conversation with Franceska de Oro

Feb 04, 2026 30m

Join us for part two of our special three-part series on the Mariana Islands. This week, Dr. Tiara Na’puti interviews Franceska De Oro, a CHamoru/Filipina Native Rights Advocate, environmental…

S1E46 EP 46: The Mariana Islands: A three-part series

Jan 21, 2026 47m

This week on the podcast, we’re launching a special three-part series recorded in the Mariana Islands with Dr. Tiara Na’puti, a member of our Archipelagos research collective. In early July 2025, the…

S7E45 EP 45: What Side Are You On? A Tohono O’odham Life Across Borders, a conversation with authors Mike Wilson and Tony Lucero

Jan 07, 2026 52m

In this week’s episode, Hoku is joined by guest co-host and podcast research assistant Melialani Hamilton, a new PhD student in IGOV. Together, they interview Michael Wilson a Tohono O’odham human…

S1E44 EP 44: Grief, Kinship, and Indigenous Futures with Jeffery Ansloos

Dec 10, 2025 53m

In this week’s episode, Hoku speaks with Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos, Associate Professor of Indigenous Health and Social Policy at the University of Toronto, and a citizen of Fisher River Cree Nation. A…

S1E43 EP 43: Caring for Country: A Kamilaroi Father–Son Story of Climate Leadership with Brad and Kye Moggridge

Nov 26, 2025 40m

Indigenous communities worldwide have long maintained deep, reciprocal relationships with their environments, sustaining ecosystems through traditional ecological knowledge and interconnected land…

S1E42 EP 42: ‘Āina Education: A framework and conversation about restoring relationships between people and place with Maya Saffery

Nov 12, 2025 52m

Land-based or place-based education is probably a well-known pedagogical framework for folks working in Indigenous education. For our guest this week, Dr. Maya Saffery, a Kanaka ʻŌiwi cultural…

S1E41 EP 41: The Audacity of Indigenous Art/ists: A Conversation with Zena Cumpston

Oct 29, 2025 47m

As academic institutions in the United States experience a dramatic defunding of research related to decolonization, in Canada and Australia, these efforts are ongoing and accelerating. Given the…

S9E40 EP 40: Co-creating transformative art from Turtle Island to Palestine with Smokii Sumac and Zaynab Mohammed

Oct 15, 2025 52m

This powerful episode explores art as a practice of resistance, healing, and connection across lands and lineages. Guest hosts Kathryn Stone and Brenda Jimenez are joined by guests Smokii Sumac, a…

S1E39 EP 39 From Stories on the Trapline to Protocols in Playhouses: Indigenous Resurgence through the Performing Arts with Reneltta Arluk

Oct 01, 2025 55m

In this episode, Heather sits down with Reneltta Arluk, a performing arts artist and Indigenous arts advocate and leader. We get to hear beautiful stories from Reneltta of growing up on the trapline…

S1E38 EP 38: Curation as Ceremonial Political Practice, a conversation with Léuli Eshrāghi

Sep 17, 2025 43m

Join Hōkū in this episode as she sits down with Léuli Eshrāghi, Curator of Indigenous Practices at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. For Léuli, this role goes beyond curating Indigenous art; the…

S1E37 EP 37: Go! Go! Stop! Land-based Wellness with Sandra Martin Harris

Sep 03, 2025 34m

We are back from our summer break! Before we get started, stop! Take a deep breath in … and … out. Pause. Where is the sun in the territory you’re on now? Where is the moon? Observe and connect. In…

S1E3 Replay: Slugs and frogs, the underdogs of planetary health with Sarah Jim

Aug 20, 2025 41m

Summer break continues, and art meets planetary health in a replayed episode with Sarah Jim. Through her paintings, Sarah reminds us of small but mighty relations.   One of the key values of our…

S1E2 Replay: Supporting Indigenous health through governance and stewarding the land and waters with Dr. Shannon Waters

Aug 06, 2025 45m

Continuing with our summer break, let’s revisit an old episode with Dr. Shannon Waters. As a physician frustrated with a health system focused on sickness, Shannon talks about what keeps us well.…

S1E1 Replay: Centering the Earth in Indigenous Planetary Health with Dr. Nicole Redvers

Jul 23, 2025 47m

Co-hosts Heather and Hōkū are taking a break this summer, so journey back with us to listen to the first ever guest on the Indigenous Planetary Health Podcast, Dr. Nicole Redvers. As a global leader…

S1E36 EP 36: When the Pine Needles Fall, a discussion with Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel

Jul 09, 2025 45m

In this episode, Heather and Hoku speak with Katsi’tsakwas (Ellen Gabriel) about her recently published memoir, When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance (co-authored with Sean…

S1E35 EP 35: Indigenous Philosophies and Staying Curious for Planetary Health with Dr. Shandin Pete

Jun 25, 2025 43m

Indigenous science and western science may not be so different after all. Dr. Shandin Pete joins Heather and Hōkū to talk about Indigenous philosophy, observational science, and hydrology. By…

S1E34 EP 34: Remembering Haunani-Kay Trask with Noelani Goodyear- -Ka’ōpua

Jun 11, 2025 51m

If you don’t know who Haunani-Kay Trask is, or what the Hawaiian sovereignty movement is about, this episode is for you! Hōkū sits down with longtime friend Noelani Goodyear-Ka’ōpua to learn about…

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