Hosted by Desiree Hellegers, this episode features segments on Teaching Palestine, Food Justice, Health and Trans Fiction:
Teaching Palestine: Palestine has long been one of the great silences in the official curriculum. In this segment, Jan Haaken talks with Bill Bigelow about the volume he has co-edited, Teaching Palestine: Lessons, Stories, Voices (2025), new from Rethinking Schools. The volume provides educators with tools to uncover the history and current context of Palestine-Israel in the classroom — poetry, personal narratives, interviews, role plays, critical reading and writing activities, and more. Teaching Palestine offers a defense of Palestinian humanity centering Palestinian lives, uplifting and celebrating Palestinians’ struggle for justice, and critiquing racism and inequality.
Kasama Farm: The Municipal Eco Resiliency Project interviews Jihelah & Leilani about Kasama Farm, which specializes in culturally significant crops for the Filipino community in Portland. The interview also explores topics such as farming during climate change and the rights of farm workers. This interview is part of MERP's Food Sovereignty Media Series, and was made possible by a grant from the Mt Hood Cable Regulatory Commission.
What's Cuckoo?: MAHA and the fiction of Gretchen Felker-Martin: Frann Michel considers some ideas of the new head of HHS, and recommends the horror novels Manhunt (2022) and Cuckoo (2024) by trans writer Gretchen Felker-Martin.