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Eating Cake
by Nicole Torres
Join N and R for a weekly (or biweekly) conversation touching on progressive politics, the social sciences and humanities, and earth-based spirituality. What's the way forward? How can we create community in the face of a state run amok? Ruth is an Alutiiq, mother, writer and activist. N is a Boricua East Coast transplant whose main goals are to live a life that is rooted in indigenous wisdom and to live as simply as possible. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eatingcake/support
Episodes
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The Spring Equinox 2021 Episode
This is a strange conversation: R & N ramble on about the equinox, earth-based spirituality. Then we head into a strange turn into how hoarding works on a societal level in the United States. Trust us, we're on to something here!
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Withdrawing Our Projections
R and N talk about the "Wasteland," the problem of categories, and how the overuse of categories can lead to dehumanization. Lastly, they discuss the importance of creativity, especially when we are trying to create new vision for society. References Book: Ecodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the...
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Free Your Mind
R&N discuss the "insurrection" (or whatever you want to call it) in D.C., political polarization, and how chickens are coming home to roost. Fun times!
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"A Sense of the Sacred"
R and N discuss the art of writing, words the impact that language has on our consciousness, and briefly delve into the world of dreams. We close with a reading from the book, Recovering a Sense of the Sacred: Conversations with Thomas Berry. We also, changes to the podcast format, discuss Ruth's...
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Astro-Politics
N loses track of episode numbers. R and N dive into the world of mundane astrology and discuss the upcoming solar eclipse on December 14 and the Great Conjunction coming up December 21. How do these strong planetary energies influence us on the individual, collective levels, and especially the...
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Cycles of Life/The Art of Giving Thanks
This turned out to be a really long one! R and N touch on some politics, but spend most of the time discussing their perspectives on earth-based spirituality and how to be artful in one's everyday life. We are all artful co-creators in our existence. Episode Notes: The Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving...
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Manufacturing Crises
We have an ax to grind today! R and N discuss the "housing crisis," why it is not really a "housing crisis" and instead is a crisis of capitalism. N discusses housing issues and the local Occupy City Hall in Bellingham. N and R eventually describe internal colonies in the United States, discuss a...
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The Masks We Wear
R and N talk about wearing masks, both literally and metaphorically (mostly metaphorical), reflect on being present in the moment, and discuss their strategies to avoid media propaganda. N shares a story about getting defriended by a former friend because she quoted the Bible to him in the…
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Episode 11: Stealing Elections
R and N discuss the long election and how it lasted days...and is still being counted! We also discuss how both parties participate in stealing votes and elections. We discuss oligarchs, the US as a failed state, and the tired old trope of "back to normal," laugh at "brunch liberals," and touch...
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Don't Feed the Monsters
What a wild ride! R and N talk about many things that they didn't anticipate discussing: the vile "health care" system, media games and the chattering class, living a life with dignity within an abusive system, the deceptive phrase "job creators," strategizing ways to be social while staying…
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Robbing Us of Our Creativity
R and N discuss a variety of things: the U.S. election being fewer than two weeks away, how media and advertising industry, how the ad industry affects our states of mind, the politics of respectability, how being respectable benefits those in power, and how the current social and political…
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Lessons from COVID-19
What is COVID teaching us at this time? R and N discuss what they have learned about the world during COVID. This discussion stems from a conversation that N participated in where a Native elder called COVID "the great teacher." They also discuss the American obsession with prolonging life,...
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Episode 7: Naming as an Act of Love
R and N reflect on Indigenous Peoples' Day, reflect further on land acknowledgments, talk about their own ancestry, what it means to them to be indigenous, and reflect on the power of naming. "Name the word, name the world!" Sources cited in the podcast: Real Rent Duwamish:...
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"Pray for the Earth to Win"
R and N start out with a long overdue land acknowledgement, discuss the importance of caring and being in community together, Maslow's hierachy of needs and its indigenous roots, vampires and zombies, and the decadence of the political realm. N ends with reading a passage from Clark Strand's…
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Staying Sane While Living in Insane Times
R & N discuss various strategies they use to stay sane, answer listeners' questions, discuss "Trump Derangement Syndrome," and why they aren't listening to the debate tonight.
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Episode 4: The U.S. is a Sh*tshow
R and N discuss the death of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, discuss the U.S. as a failed state, and examine politics as a form of spellcasting. We had fun with this episode and made fun of the current absurdity of life in the United States.
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Episode 3: Initiation by Fire
What does protests, the quarantine, and the wildfires have in common? R and N discuss the West Coast fires and its impact on an ecological level, a psychological level, and a spiritual level. We discuss wildfires, protests, and the quarantine as part of a planetary initiation into a different…
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Episode 2: From Assange to Ecocide
R and N start off with an update about the recent news about Julian Assange. The episode takes a quick turn into environmental politics, activism, Celtic mythology, being indigenous, and the politics of genocide. We even briefly touch upon the connection between electoral politics, the politics…
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Eating Cake: Episode 1 - Introduction
Ruth and N. introduce the podcast, why they decided to start a podcast, and what listeners can expect in the near future.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Join N and R for a weekly (or biweekly) conversation touching on progressive politics, the social sciences and humanities, and earth-based spirituality. What's the way forward? How can we create community in the face of a state run amok? Ruth is an Alutiiq, mother, writer and activist. N is a Boricua East Coast transplant whose main goals are to live a life that is rooted in indigenous wisdom and to live as simply as possible. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eatingcake/support
HOSTED BY
Nicole Torres
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Join N and R for a weekly (or biweekly) conversation touching on progressive politics, the social sciences and humanities, and earth-based spirituality. What's the way forward? How can we create community in the face of a state run amok? Ruth is an Alutiiq, mother, writer and activist. N is a...
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Eating Cake is created and hosted by Nicole Torres.
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