PODCAST · society
Cracks in the Cement
by Ronin Apokalypsis
Cracks in the Cement is a podcast series that aims to bring awareness to colonizer culture so we can make conscious choices in how we want to be with each other and the world. This series weaves three themes: (1) What is colonizer culture? In what ways does it surround us?(2) How did it get here?(3) Where do we want to go from here?
Episodes
-
How Whiteness Likely Intersects with My ADHD Symptoms
For this Cracks in the Cement podcast episode, I talk about how some of the ADHD symptoms that I can relate to might get mixed in with my whiteness. I know there can be a lot of relief in realizing one has what is currently called ADHD or ADD, either thru a formal diagnosis or just reading the...
-
dealing with these times of upheaval
For this episode, Ronin (Ro) talks about what keeps them going in these times without losing their sh*t.If you're interested in the Emotional Resilience and Accountability Training, you can check it out here: https://www.apok-ccrf.org/for-individuals/Discount code: NEWCULTURE2026
-
how to talk other white folks about whiteness
How might white people bring up "your whiteness is showing" kind of thing with other white folks? Ronin shares four steps to make this easy, and without coming across as policing or superior. Youtube version here: https://youtu.be/czFnJdmXrzI Check out our workshops, courses, and hosted community...
-
when white folks (like me) think we're being helpful
Ronin shares four ways white folks commonly think they're being helpful when they're actually overshadowing others and/or unconsciously prioritizing themselves. More information on our community conversations here - https://www.apok-ccrf.org/ccc April Harter interview -...
-
a conversation with jen from wild root revival about embodied consent
In this episode of Cracks in the Cement, I have the privilege of talking to jen of wild root revival (certified in Embodied Sex Coaching, Sexological Bodywork, and Psychedelic Integration Coaching-- so fricking cool) about gender, queerness, embodied consent, and some ways to attend to ourselves...
-
let this fuel you towards collective liberation
The smoke and mirrors of the United States occupation is gone for many of us who were not able to see it (mostly white folks). As we work through the nausea, sadness, hopelessness, anger, etc., let's use this awareness to take responsibility for the collective karma of being part of an…
more -
supporting each other in these times
A quick episode to honor the current day human experience-- the grief, anger, hopelessness of war and climate change... and as humans have done forever through the worst of times, we are asked to find ways to help and hold each other and ourselves, and to find time for joy and connection. View on...
-
not woo
It was brought to my attention that I have been using the word “woo" because I feel nervous my spiritual practices will scare some people off. I was unaware of how discounting and diminishing that is to the healers and healing that are/is so needed. And when it comes down to it, we can't make...
-
desert trip message from Gaia
White supremacy is a violent pattern of being-- both seen and unseen-- that demands us to pattern ourselves to fit in with it (or it will spit us out). This has created a wounded culture that needs healing (we must to do more than tear it down). I went to the desert to ask Gaia "What is the…
more -
going deeper than "perfectionism is bad"
This episode distinguishes between two types of perfectionism, and explores what's underneath so we can do more than just hot potato everything that seems related to it. Talking to myself and white-bodied listeners, I also share some ways I think this might mix with our whiteness. Find video...
-
another reckoning
Four years past the big white awakening of the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement... Are places like Eugene, Oregon much better? If you are a white person, are you much better? This episode reflects on some ways I've learned white folks (I'm one of them) can show up in a much better way....
-
why I quit drinking alcohol
What's slowing you down from stepping into your full self (and we need your full self now more than ever, as we enter new climate patterns and political challenges)? For me, it was alcohol and trying to be social in ways that don't gel with me (draining the shit out of me, and making me feel like…
more -
what my grandmother taught me about blocked grief
A vision of my emotionally distant grandmother as a child inspires me to discuss how trauma, blocked grief, and a belief in group superiority create armor and plaque around one's heart, blocking the ability to feel others' pain, in turn being able to support or ignore genocide. Video version:...
-
Doing less is doing more
The condition of whiteness has programmed many of us white folks into thinking we can take up more than our fair share of time and resources. This episode reflects on how moving back is often the most helpful action we white folks can do.
-
My gender journey follow-up
This episode is dedicated to my mom and my partner for loving and accepting all of who I am. Thank you so very much <3 <3 <3
-
Settlers and the belief in scarcity
For this episode I dig a little more into how ancestral trauma potentially mixes with whiteness. Specifically, how being raised with messages that there is not enough food, resources, or unconditional love, coupled with individualism can create some harmful results. P.S. Rise Up Rooted is...
-
Replacing embodied hyper-productivity with something way better
As we learn about tenets of white supremacy, productivity is commonly listed. Does this mean productivity is inherently bad? It seems to me it depends on what it's for, and if it's in healthy relationship with other beings and other aspects of ourselves. The wounded masculine is a product of the...
-
Extending grace to cancel culture
Those of us who are justice-oriented, and raised with white supremacy conditioning, can often find ourselves in the habit of being hyper-judgemental. For this episode, I reflect on how whiteness interacts with this phenomenon (we white folx have got to practice humility...), as well as my...
-
Grief is the shit
A treasured friend of mine, M, requested I do an episode on grief, so here it is. Grief has become one of my favorite topics because thanks to friends of mine like Drea, and teachers like Martín Prechtel, I have come to understand that feeling (1) safe enough to work through our own grief, and…
more -
Updates on Rise Up Rooted
This August episode offers updates on what going on with Rise Up Rooted (the organization from which this podcast springs), including its place on the path towards nonprofit status, as well as a bit of background and more information on the upcoming “Me and White Supremacy” book/learning groups...
-
crushed on yourself lately? + the dangerous mix of having experienced oppression, and being white
For this podcast, I get into... Cracks: I have been FEELING Janelle Monáe's new album, "The Age of Pleasure"-- it has it all... summer vibes, the absence of the male/white gaze, juicy queerness, sovereign sexiness, joy, pleasure (of course!), and crushing on oneself with ZERO apologies~~!!!…
more -
White ppl: accountability is an iterative process for us to step up and do
While attending a recent environmental law conference, I noticed the importance of Accountability among occupier white folks. Take a listen! white ppl, we need to: feel, acknowledge, grieve, apologize, and let go of W.S. culture again and again and again and again...
-
My gender journey
For this new Cracks episode, I share my journey of stepping into my embodied, empowered self as nonbinary, transmasculine-leaning (feel free to imagine me singing a made-up joy tune “it feels so good to be Me~~ yeah yeah yeah~~!"). If you have kids in your life, I hope you listen to this episode....
-
White guilt and the importance of white people getting grounded and whole
For this episode, I reflect on how white guilt (and regret and shame) is a healthy reaction when a white person first learns the ways in which they have caused harm and contributed to a super f-ed up system + what might be some reasons white guilt can get stuck and amass + how that potentially...
-
The difference between individualism and sovereign beingness
For this podcast episode, I noodle on how ideas of self-empowerment can show up as individualism (separation from others), as compared to sovereign beingness (connection with others), and the importance of noticing when my anger at white supremacy and the male gaze is actually anger at myself for...
-
Settling in and surrendering to velvety dark potential while guided by your personal "north star"
As an antidote to white supremacy, let's ride the waves of what the dark season has to offer us. What does it feel like in your body to imagine settling and surrendering into the dark, rich, liminal void of self-reflection with the intention of letting go of white supremacy? In the dark shadows…
more -
Get high on context (relationships, multi-dimensionality, who we are, how our day is going, the weather, the place we sit/stand, what happened on our walk over, how well we slept last night, ...)!
This Cracks in the Cement episode explores the ways in which white colonizer settler culture insists we ignore context (relationships, multi-dimensionality, who we are, how are our day is going, the weather, the place we sit/stand, what happened on our walk over, how well we slept last night, our...
-
Bringing the magic with Color, Queerness, and a Refusal to be contained
For episode 6 of Cracks, we'll talk about how colonizer/settler/white supremacy culture seeks to contain and control our minds, bodies, and souls. We'll get energized about our relationship to color and gender and how they intersect and offer endless opportunities to sprout our soul selves from…
more -
Flow pairs as an alternative to self-as-island individualism
For episode 5, I talk about a truly magical alternative to individualistic I-am-an-island way of being: flow pairs-- getting into a state of creative explosions and growth with another human. So fricking awesome! Book referenced: "Sand Talk," by Tyson Yunkaporta You can share your thoughts here....
-
Taking a step back to share how I ended up doing this work
In this episode, I share a bit about how I ended up focusing on colonizer/white supremacy culture, and how that work brought me to a place of developing awareness of multidimensional and plant/tree beings. I had no idea that would happen! So literally AWESOME!!!
-
Unplugging the colonizer gaze + what makes white supremacy culture a unique system of oppression
Episode 3 offers some historic background on what makes colonizer (AKA white supremacy) culture a unique system of oppression. [Please note--> I talk a few times about how certain groups were/are left out of accessing resources-- in retrospect, I wish I had added it goes way beyond that-- it is a...
-
Stepping outside of good/bad + engaging your imagination
In episode 1, listeners are invited to reflect on aspects of white culture within the U.S. (rugged individualism, the King's English rules, compete to prove our worth, stuck in the head and locked out of the body, etc.). Episode 2 adds some layers to that invitation: --> instead of hot potato-ing...
-
Our Personal Values and the Energy Body
In this episode, we start the ball rolling on the conversation around aspects of colonizer culture that show up in each of our own personal values (join the conversation!), and I (Robin) share where I'm at on the journey of getting out of my head and into my heart (while encouraging...
-
Cracks in the Cement Trailer
Hosted by me, Robin, Cracks in the Cement is a podcast series that aims to bring awareness to colonizer culture so we can make conscious choices in how we want to be with each other and the world. This series weaves three themes: (1) What is colonizer culture, and in what ways does it surround…
more
We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.
No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.
No topics indexed yet for this podcast.
Loading reviews...
ABOUT THIS SHOW
Cracks in the Cement is a podcast series that aims to bring awareness to colonizer culture so we can make conscious choices in how we want to be with each other and the world. This series weaves three themes: (1) What is colonizer culture? In what ways does it surround us?(2) How did it get here?(3) Where do we want to go from here?
HOSTED BY
Ronin Apokalypsis
Loading similar podcasts...
Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does Cracks in the Cement have?
Cracks in the Cement currently has 34 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Cracks in the Cement about?
Cracks in the Cement is a podcast series that aims to bring awareness to colonizer culture so we can make conscious choices in how we want to be with each other and the world. This series weaves three themes: (1) What is colonizer culture? In what ways does it surround us?(2) How did it get...
How often does Cracks in the Cement release new episodes?
Cracks in the Cement has 34 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
Where can I listen to Cracks in the Cement?
You can listen to Cracks in the Cement on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.
Who hosts Cracks in the Cement?
Cracks in the Cement is created and hosted by Ronin Apokalypsis.
URL copied to clipboard!