Pete Sands: “What have the last 48 hours been like for you?”

Pete Sands is a Diné (Navajo) performer, artist, musician, filmmaker, and activist. He is the creator of ‘Navajo Highways’, a puppet show starring Ash and Sadie, two fictional characters, teaching and discussing Navajo language, traditions, and culture. In 2020, he was recognized by Time Magazine as one of its ‘Guardians of the Year’ for creating the Utah Navajo Health System’s COVID-19 Relief effort to deliver food, firewood, and water to thousands on the Navajo Reservation.  ••• https://www.playingforchange.com/artists/pete-sands https://www.youtube.com/user/Peteyweiser https://nativenewsonline.net/arts-entertainment/navajo-puppeteer-pete-sands-captures-imaginations-in-phoenix ••• Summary of Pete’s introduction… “Hello my name is Pete Sands. I’m from a small town in Utah which is part of the Navajo Nation. And that’s where I come from.” ••• Summary of Pete’s message to the world… “Stop talking and thinking like you’re making fun of yourself. Stop that negative mindset. And start talking and thinking positively. It has to be healthy. That’s the only way you reach that balance, because your body won’t know if you’re joking, if you’re making fun of yourself. So, keep everything positive. Until we meet again…” ••• Interview conducted by Marco Rixecker https://www.amazon.com/author/marcorixecker ••• Radio Aula Mundi, March 2024 At the moment, Radio Aula Mundi is an evolving podcast station where no language and all languages are spoken… It’s a multilingual mix of music, poetry, lectures, languages, interviews, documentaries, recipes, and a lot more, co-produced with the students of the ‘Aula Mundi International Cultural Center’… --- Radio Aula Mundi Centro Cultural & Turistico Aula Mundi Aula Mundi Cultural Travel Centerhttps://radioaulamundi.bandcamp.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-aula-mundi/id1584156605 https://www.amazon.com/author/marcorixecker Spotify YouTube https://castbox.fm/channel/Let's-talk-about-it%2C-anywhere-in-the-world...-id4725033?country=us BreakerPlayer FM Facebook https://www.paypal.me/radioaulamundi https://offtherecord.pe/ (Periodismo de Verdad) •••