Pandora

Two crazy cats and one hard-nosed reporter land in Syria right as it is thrown into turmoil. Rasha Elass navigates her way through Damascus amidst government crackdowns and whistling missiles in search of the country she loves.

This story contains graphic imagery and descriptions of wartime violence, sensitive listeners please be advised.

Thank you, Rasha, for sharing your story with us! Rasha Elass is currently the editorial director at New Lines Magazine, where she first shared this story. She’s also working on a memoir about her childhood and reporting days in Syria. Follow what she’s up to on her website.

Produced by David Exumé, original score by Renzo Gorrio, artwork by Teo Ducot

Season 13 – Episode 24

Wartime Cats

The first people who lived on the northern plains of what today is the US called themselves "Lakota", meaning "the people", a word which provides the semantic basis for Dakota. The first European people to meet the Lakota called them "Sioux", a contraction of "Nadowessioux", a now-archaic French-Canadian word meaning "snake", or enemy.

The Lakota also used a metaphor to describe the newcomers. It was "Wasi'chu", which means "takes the fat", or "greedy person". Within the modern Indian movement, "wasi'chu" has come to mean those corporations and individuals, with their governmental accomplices, that continue to covet Indian lives, land, and resources for private profit. "Wasi'chu" does not describe a race; it describes a state of mind.

This book is about resistance to that state of mind and to the economic system that rewards it. 

Wasi'chu by Bruce Johansen and Roberto Maestas on Audible:
https://www.audible.com/pd/Wasichu-Audiobook/B09CHHXQKZ

Buy on Audible

Wasi'chu by Bruce Johansen and Roberto Maestas, Narrated by Jason Ryll (Chapter 7)

big things coming

Soulful Times

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Some people run long distances. Why do they do this? What happens to the body when it can't go anymore? Why are some people addicted to it? 

We answer most of these questions through the personal experiences of ultra-runner, Jordan Wirfs-Brock, and also hear from experts in physiology and medicine along the way. Enjoy!

Going the Distance: What happens during long exercise bouts

Ta-ku - June 26th (Lets Go)

Performance by the Cisco High School Mighty Lobo Band in 2012

March of the Belgian Paratroopers

2.MR.DUBSAC-Aka.Amen - Ra.WSABC.So Im Tryin To Stay AsSomethin.As Forever Greener & Greener.Pt.2.mp3

Ta-ku - June 26th (Lets Go)

Haz&Taku