In this episode, I interview Tré Orona about his new album, Dead Renaissance, which is releasing May 7th, 2021. We discuss the inspirations, Marxism, books, and political conditions that provided the groundwork for the album.

The album can be purchased below:
https://fangoverfistrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dead-renaissance

Episode 33: Tré Orona Interview

In this episode I talk to Rodney Barker, the author of the Broken Circle. His book details the events during the summer of 1974 in Farmington, NM. In 1974, three Navajo men, Herman Dodge Benally, John Earl Harvey, and David Ignacio were murdered by white teens. From April to June, Navajo organizers strategized and implemented actions to oppose the racism in Farmington. In this episode we cover the events from Barker’s perspective and the information he gained from his interviews.  Thank you to Rodney Barker for his time. Thank you for listening.

Helpful Links:
Rodney Barker Website:
https://www.rodneybarkerauthor.com/the-broken-circle

Additional Historical Links:
https://libguides.sanjuancollege.edu/ld.php?content_id=42943475
https://libguides.sanjuancollege.edu/c.php?g=791122&p=5747558
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED132236.pdf

Episode 34: Navajo Organizing in Farmington 1974

In this episode, I talk to Brian Young about his new book, 'Healer of the Water Monster'. I've known Brian since our time at Diné Policy Institute. His new book was released in May of 2021. We talk about the story, themes, and his experience pitching the book to publishers. I highly recommend it. 

I've include a link for purchasing the book below:
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/healer-of-the-water-monster-brian-young

Brian Young's instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/byoungwrites/

Episode 35: Brian Young and 'Healer of the Water Monster'

In this episode I talk to Dr. Teresa Montoya and Dr. Marc Emerson about their recent article, "Confronting Legacies of Structural Racism and Settler-colonialism to understand covid 19 impacts on the Navajo Nation". We discuss public health and critical expansion of the concept. Both articulate the limits of western epistemologies and the potential of including Navajo epistemologies. 

Thank you to Teresa and Marc.

Thumbnail photo of Mural by Ivan Lee

Episode 36: Public Health & Ké in Navajo Nation

On February 1975, a group of 20 Indigenous activists from the American Indian Movement and the Coalition for Navajo liberation took over the Fairchild Semiconductor plant in Shiprock, Navajo Nation. 

As Dr. Lisa Nakamura describes, Fairchild chose to insource from the Navajo Nation due to cheap labor, tax benefits, and Federal monies. After eight days and failed negotiations, Fairchild announced it would close and leave the Navajo Nation. This had a lasting impact in the Navajo community.

In this episode I talk a long term Shiprock community member. He was a band member of  XIT. His name is “Chili” Yazzie

Chili Yazzie discusses the events leading up to the takeover, why it occurred, and the impacts of takeover from the perspective of a community member. The incident provides insight into how Navajo workers played a role in the digital industry as chip manufacturers, as well as activists confronted exploitation, and how the community reacted to the incident. 

Chili Yazzie details the sentiment of Navajo community and provides some lessons to consider when organizing in Indigenous communities. 

The opening song is titled “Reservation of Education” and the closing song is titled "At Peace". Both songs are by the band XIT.. I will also include a link to Dr. Lisa Nakamura’s article about the racialization of the Navajo women who worked at the factory. I suggest checking it out. 

Thank you to Chili Yazzie, thank you for listening.

This is the Wosdee podcast.

Dr. Lisa Nakamura article:
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/undergraduate/modules/fulllist/first/en122/lecturelist2019-20/nakamura_indigenous-circuits.pdf

Episode 32: The Fairchild Incident in 1975

I remember calling folks with a phone card with a limited amount of minutes but if I waited until 9pm I would have access to unlimited minutes. I'm feeling nostalgic for that so I dedicated a podcast episode to calling my friends asking about their stories based on various topics.  

In this episode, I asked artist friends of mine about their funniest or worst live shows. The Navajo Nation music landscape is diverse from House music to crust punk so there are a lot of stories out there.

These are some of their stories. I have listed their music in the bio. Check them out and support them. Thanks to all of them for indulging my ideas and helping them come to life.


Interview: Darin Tom
Song/link: "Comfortably Insane"
https://chapterhouse.bandcamp.com/track/comfortably-insane-featuring-a-john

Dj Cedro:
Instagram: @Golizhe 

Jordan Steele:
Songs: "Casuse AF" & "Still Here"
https://locashninjas1.bandcamp.com/album/broke-brown-beautiful

Kodee: @Navajo.bladesmith

Becki Jones:
Songs: "I Remember You" & "Nice Guy"
https://weedrat.bandcamp.com/album/the-rat-cometh
https://weedrat.bandcamp.com/album/iii

Anytime minutes 1

Welcome to Wósdéé podcast. My name is Majerle Lister. This podcast will be focused on discussions I believe are important to Diné people. I can say for certain that there will be a plethora of topics discussed ranging from politics to comic books. 

My goal is to discuss and navigate the current topics on and off the Navajo Nation. The name of the podcast comes from the Navajo translation of “come in”. Growing up with my grandparents, I remember clearly the routine of visitors knocking on the door and my grandmother yelling “woshdee”. This initiated a discussion over cookies and coffee. I felt it be captured the sentiment as well as the goal of this podcast. 

In a way, this podcast is dedicated to my grandparents who instilled the importance of listening and learning.

The podcast will include contributions from friends of mine interviewing other folks. It will also include the podcast episodes of Tlo'chi'iin News. Those podcast will be labeled differently. 

The music used for episode 1-14 was produced by @PurpleCatsInSlacks and used with their permission. Artwork for Tlo'chi'iin photo is also created by @PurpleCatsInSlacks. Thanks homie!

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