Thesis Series Part 4: Refusal, Protection, and the Intelligence of Survival
Send a text What if silence isn’t agreement? In this episode, we unpack how survival within institutions often requires a strategy people never see — monitoring tone, calculating risk, deciding when t...
12 Mar 2h 2min
Thesis Series Part 3: When Policies Don't Match Practice
Send a text Part 3 of Fira's Thesis Series examines how the institution can appear supportive on paper but also quietly shifts responsibilities and instability onto Indigenous students. In this episod...
16 Feb 1h 21min
Thesis Series Part 2: When Support Is Assumed
Send a text In Part 2 of the Thesis Series, we examine how institutional harm often shows up—not through overt discrimination, but through silence, shifting expectations, and assumed support that neve...
2 Feb 1h 37min
Thesis Series Part 1: Survival Before Scholarship
Send a text Before there was a thesis, there was survival. In this opening episode, Fira shares the story of how she arrived at graduate school—not through a carefully planned academic path, but throu...
26 Jan 1h 19min
Back with Auntie Baddie!
Send a text This Episode marks the return of Dr. Georgina Badoni for Part Two of our conversation first introduced in Episode 21. In this episode, we reopen the space with intention, care, and account...
19 Jan 1h 25min
Béeso Áden!: Colonizers in Our Pockets
Send a text Whose faces are we carrying in our pockets every day? We break down how U.S. currency honors slave owners, colonizers, and architects of Native genocide, and how that daily symbolism reinf...
12 Jan 1h 29min
Season Two, Welcome Back!
Send a text Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! We are back with a new episode to start season two! Hope you had a great break! A massive shout-out to all our listeners! We love you and thank you! We hope ...
13 Okt 202553min
