Good Fire Podcast

Episodes

1. 34

   Season 3 | Special Live Episode | Good Fire Podcast

   This episode of Good Fire was recorded in front of a live audience of 300 people at the Fire and Ice Symposium during the 2025 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival, on Treaty 7 territory. Host Dr. Amy Cardinal Christianson (Métis, Treaty 8) is joined by Alvin First Rider of the Blood…

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   Jan 17, 2026

   1h 34m
2. 33

   Season 3 | Episode 9 | Good Fire Podcast

   In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Elizabeth Azzuz and Margo Robbins to talk about restoring cultural fire in their tribal territory and across the world. Quotes 05.06 - 5.27: “Fire has an amazing effect on not just the…

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   May 2, 2025

   1h 34m
3. 32

   Season 3 | Episode 8 | Good Fire Podcast

   In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Lisa Shepherd and Paul Courtoreille who share personal memories and cultural insights into fire’s role within Métis traditions. From childhood experiences to modern applications, they...

   Apr 25, 2025

   1h 10m
4. 31

   Season 3 | Episode 7 | Good Fire Podcast

   In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Ryan Reed to talk about how the younger generations are leading the way into the future with a move away from fire suppression and into fire generation to protect the environment. Quotes...

   Apr 18, 2025

   1h 15m
5. 30

   Season 3 | Episode 6 | Good Fire Podcast

   In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Rachael Cavanagh and Melinda Adams to talk about the role of Indigenous fire stewards in managing climate change. Quotes 20.51 - 20.56: “Our law is still in the land and it’s in all of the...

   Apr 11, 2025

   1h 14m
6. 29

   Season 3 | Episode 5 | Good Fire Podcast

   S‍eason 3 | Episode 4 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Accomplices: Special Episode with Alex Zahara In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Alex Zahara to talk about how a non-Indigenous person can be a good ally and accomplice to...

   Apr 3, 2025

   1h 19m
7. 28

   Season 3 | Episode 4 | Good Fire Podcast

   S‍eason 3 | Episode 4 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Existence Is Resistance with Tiffany Joseph In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Tiffany Joseph to talk about native Indigenous plants and their ability to heal the ecosystem....

   Mar 27, 2025

   1h 12m
8. 27

   Season 3 | Episode 3 | Good Fire Podcast

   S‍eason 3 | Episode 3 | Good Fire Podcast Title: The Social Dynamics of Fire Management with Vanessa Luna-Celino In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Vanessa Luna-Celino to talk about how community-based fire management is…

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   Mar 20, 2025

   1h 04m
9. 26

   Season 3 | Episode 2 | Good Fire Podcast

   S‍eason 3 | Episode 2 | Good Fire Podcast Title: We Are Fire People with Jessica Angel In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, Jessica Angel talks to Amy Cardinal Christianson and Vikki Preston about being an Indigenous trans woman bringing back fire to her Nation. Quotes 23.30 - 23.33:“The…

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   Mar 13, 2025

   1h 22m
10. 25

    Season 3 | Episode 1 | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 3 | Episode 1 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Healing Trauma Through Burning with Vikki Preston and Monique Wynecoop In this podcast, Vikki and Monique talk about the role of Indigenous women in fire and the path to bringing fire back on the land. Quotes 42.41 – 42.46: “There is a place for…

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    Mar 6, 2025

    1h 10m
11. 24

    S‍eason 3 Teaser 2 | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 3 Teaser 2 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Learning Fire with Charity Battise Charity Battise is a young Indigenous Fire Steward learning their craft. Amy and Charity met at the Indigenous Peoples Burning Network Event and they talked about Charity’s work with her Nation. Charity is a part of...

    Jan 2, 2025

    30m
12. 23

    S‍eason 3 Teaser 1 | Good Fire Podcast

    Season 3 Teaser 1 | Good Fire Podcast Join Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff as they give a sneak peek at what to expect in Good Fire’s third season. ‍ Quotes ‍ ‍ 12.20 - 12.35: “We can’t change the weather… and we can’t change the climate at the moment, but there are things that we...

    Jan 17, 2024

    30m
13. 22

    Season 2 | Episode 10 | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 2 | Episode 10 | Good Fire Podcast Title: The Abundance Will Be Forever with Victor Steffensen and Ado Webster In this final episode of Season 2 of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Victor Steffensen and Ado Webster as they reflect…

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    Sep 20, 2022

    55m
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    Season 2 | Episode 9 | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 2 | Episode 9 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Celebrating Success with Victor Steffensen and Ado Webster In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Victor Steffensen and Ado Webster talk about cultural burning in Australia and…

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    Sep 13, 2022

    1h 03m
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    Season 2 | Episode 8 | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 2 | Episode 8 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Good Fire In Guyana with Kayla de Freitas and Nicolas Cyril In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Kayla de Freitas and Nicholas Cyril to talk about the cultural burning…

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    Aug 30, 2022

    1h 15m
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    Season 2 | Episode 7 | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 2 | Episode 7 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Fire Futures with Indigenous Researchers In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down at the International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) Fire & Climate Conference in Pasadena CA,...

    Aug 22, 2022

    49m
17. 18

    Season 2 | Episode 6 | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 2 | Episode 6 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Cultural Fire in California with Don Hankins In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Don Hankins, Plains Miwok from the central valley of California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin…

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    Jul 25, 2022

    32m
18. 17

    Season 2 | Episode 5 | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 2 | Episode 5 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Fire In Zimbabwe with Ntando Nondo Original publish date: July 18, 2022 In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Ntando Nondo to talk about Indigenous land stewardship and fire...

    Jul 18, 2022

    1h 02m
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    Season 2 | Episode 4 | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 2 | Episode 4 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Cultural Safety with Joe Gilchrist and Natasha Caverley In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Joe Gilchrist and Natasha Caverley to talk about how Indigenous and Western ways of...

    Jul 11, 2022

    1h 25m
20. 15

    Season 2 | Episode 3 | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 2 | Episode 3 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Fire and Carbon with Russell Myers Ross and William Nikolakis In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Russell Myers Ross and William Nikolakis to speak about the work of the...

    Jun 27, 2022

    1h 07m
21. 14

    Season 2 | Episode 2 | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 2 | Episode 2 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Cultural Fire and Ceremony with Ron Goode In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Ron W. Goode to talk about his journey stewarding the land using fire and the importance of...

    Jun 20, 2022

    1h 21m
22. 13

    Season 2 | Episode 1 | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 2 | Episode 1 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Cultural Fire Is Back with Bhiamie Williamson In our first episode of Season 2, Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Bhiamie Williamson to discuss the connection of Indigenous peoples to the land, and how cultural burning is…

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    Jun 13, 2022

    1h 26m
23. 12

    Season 2 Teaser 2 and How To | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 2 Teaser 2 and How To | Good Fire Podcast‍ ‍ Resources Canada Wildfire: https://www.canadawildfire.org/ ‍ ‍ Firesticks Alliance Australia: https://www.firesticks.org.au/ ‍ ‍ Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils: http://www.prescribedfire.net/ ‍ ‍ Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges:...

    May 1, 2022

    16m
24. 11

    Season 2 Teaser 1 | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 2 Teaser 1 | Good Fire Podcast ‍ We are so excited to bring you a second season of Good Fire. It only took us 2 years to figure it out. But now, here it comes. Coming in the first half of 2022, discussions from people around the world about Indigenous cultural burning, getting fire back…

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    Dec 1, 2021

    20m
25. 10

    Season 1 | Episode 10 | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 1 | Episode 10 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Cultural Fire in Brazil and Venezuela with Jay Mistry The final episode of Season 1 of the Good Fire Podcast is an incredible conversation that helps to try and summarize some of the ideas we have discussed over the last 10 episodes. Jay Mistry…

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    Nov 12, 2019

    1h 01m
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    Season 1 | Episode 9 | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 1 | Episode 9 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Aboriginal women and caring for country in NSW, Australia with Vanessa Cavanagh When most people imagine a firefighter they picture a man. Women, it would seem, are still trying to shake the stigma of historical gender roles. Across the colonized...

    Nov 4, 2019

    1h 02m
27. 8

    Season 1 | Episode 8 | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 1 | Episode 8 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Fire Ecology and Indigenous Knowledge with Frank Lake Wildfire management has long been the domain of colonial governments. Despite a rich history of living with, managing, and using fire as a tool since time immemorial, Indigenous people were not...

    Oct 28, 2019

    1h 03m
28. 7

    Season 1 | Episode 7 | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 1 | Episode 7 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Interior Fire Keepers Workshop in Merritt BC, Canada: Second live recording with Pierre Kruger In this live episode recorded at the Interior Fire Keepers Workshop in Merritt BC, Canada, Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff speak with…

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    Oct 21, 2019

    21m
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    Season 1 | Episode 6 | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 1 | Episode 6 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Fire and Water in California, USA with Don Hankins In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Don Hankins, President of the California Indian Water Commission to talk about the...

    Oct 15, 2019

    1h 12m
30. 5

    Season 1 | Episode 5 | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 1 | Episode 5 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Interior Fire Keepers Workshop in Merritt BC, Canada with Nklawa In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Fire Keeper Nklawa. He provides insight helping people to better…

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    Oct 7, 2019

    25m
31. 4

    Season 1 | Episode 4 | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 1 | Episode 4 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Firesticks Alliance in Australia with Oliver Costello In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Oliver Costello to talk about re-invigorating the use of cultural burning by...

    Oct 1, 2019

    1h 03m
32. 3

    Season 1 | Episode 3 | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 1 | Episode 3 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Interior Fire Keepers Workshop in Merritt BC, Canada with Pierre Kruger In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Pierre Kruger. Indigenous people have a rich history of working…

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    Sep 23, 2019

    23m
33. 2

    Season 1 | Episode 2 | Good Fire Podcast

    S‍eason 1 | Episode 2 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Burning on territory in Victoria, Australia with Trent Nelson and Tim Kanoa Cultural burning exists around the world. In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Trent Nelson and Tim...

    Sep 16, 2019

    1h 14m
34. 1

    Season 1 | Episode 1 | Good Fire Podcast

    Season 1 | Episode 1 | Good Fire Podcast Title: Welcome to the Good Fire Podcast in Alberta, Canada On this first episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff explore the concept of fire as a tool for ecological health and cultural empowerment by…

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    Sep 3, 2019

    23m