Becoming the People Podcast with Prentis Hemphill
Episodes
Care is a Lifeforce with Ai-jen Poo
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ai-jen Poo, the Executive Director the Domestic Workers Alliance joins Prentis this week to shareher vision for how care is the foundation to democrac...
Mini-Episode: Children as Sacred
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s mini episode is a love letter to children. Prentis reflects on how they are carrying the greatest weight of cruelty in our time—and wh...
Threads of Connection with Dean Spade
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dean Spade joins the pod this week to discuss his book, Love in a F*cked Up: Love in a Fucked Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up and Raise ...
Hallelujah with Sendolo Diaminah
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sendolo Diaminah is here to point us to the pathway of hallelujah! Co-Director of the Carolina Federation and community strategist, Sendolo brings pro...
Mini-Episode: Shock + Innocence
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s mini-episode, Prentis reflects on their time in Minneapolis, what the Epstein files are revealing to us about shame and patriarchy, a...
Survivor Power with Tarana Burke
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Activist, advocate, author, and co-founder of the me too movement, Tarana Burke joins Prentis for this episode. Tarana is sharing the portals that me ...
Mini-Episode: Finding Meaning + Action
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s mini-episode, Prentis explores the complexities of burnout and the importance of using our agency to make meaningful action in the wo...
SONGS FROM THE HOLE with J'88, Contessa Gayles and richie reseda
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The artists and producers from the powerful film, Songs from the Hole, join Prentis for this episode. JJ’88, Contessa Gayles and richie reseda share...
Mini-Episode: Acceptance as Ground
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Join Prentis for their first mini-episode. They are sharing their thoughts on how to accept the reality of our world right now, so that we can move wi...
A Small Good Thing with Samin Nosrat
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Samin Nosrat, cook, teacher, and author, joined me to kick off the new season. This is a tender conversation, and Samin shares her journey of family, ...
Welcome back to Becoming the People
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back, friends! We continue to dive into the question, how do we become the people of our time? How do we grow up and make connections in thi...
Ask Me Anything with Prentis
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Prentis is joined by BTP’s Executive Producer, devon de Leña to tackle your questions. We delve into Prentis' book-writing process for What It...
Survival Is A Promise with Alexis Pauline Gumbs
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, we gather to honor the luminous legacy of Audre Lorde through the lens of Alexis Pauline Gumbs' radiant new book, Survi...
What It Takes to Heal with Prentis + Ijeoma Oluo
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, we feature an engaging and thought-provoking conversation from Prentis’ book tour for What It Takes to Heal. Recorded live ...
Conjuring Worlds with Maurice Mitchell
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this timely episode, I’m joined by the National Director of the Working Families Party, Maurice Mitchell (@MauriceWFP). Maurice educates us on th...
Grief is the Medicine with Malkia Devich Cyril
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this powerful episode, Prentis is joined by transformative grief activist, movement strategist, writer, Malkia Devich Cyril. Malkia shares stories ...
Embodying Existence with Kai Cheng Thom
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kai Cheng Thom - MSW, Qualified Mediator, Somatic Sex Educator, performance artist, community healer, award-winning writer, and author of Falling Back...
Tending the Seeds of Aliveness with Vivien Sansour
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Becoming the People, we ask you to bear witness to artist, researcher, writer, and founder of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, ...
What It Takes to Heal with Prentis Hemphill + adrienne maree brown
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Becoming the People’s inaugural episode, Prentis is joined by their dear friend adrienne maree brown. adrienne interviews Prentis about their upc...
Becoming the People Podcast - Trailer
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From Prentis Hemphill, the host and producer of the Finding Our Way podcast comes a new podcast: Becoming the People.Prentis is in conversation with t...
[Revisit] Questioning Culture with Richie Reseda
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a revisited episode with Richie Reseda from July 18th, 2022._____Music, film, content producer, and founder of Question Culture, Richie Reseda...
[Revisit] Remembering with Alexis Pauline Gumbs
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Revisit this episode with Alexis Pauline Gumbs which originally aired October 19th, 2020.___In this episode, Prentis meets with Queer Black Troublemak...
[Revisit] Seeds, Grief, and Memory with Rowen White
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are revisting this beautiful conversation with Rowen White from May 24th, 2021. _______In this episode, Prentis sits down with farmer, seedkeeper, ...
[Revisit] Harm, Punishment, and Abolition with Mariame Kaba
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Revisit this conversation between Prentis + Mariame Kaba from July 5th, 2021._____In this episode, Prentis sits with activist, organizer, educator, an...
[Revisit] Navigating Conflict with Kazu Haga
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We revisit this conversation with Kazu Haga about Navigating Conflict. This episode originally aired May 31st 2021.______Kazu Haga is the founder of t...
[Revisit] Visioning with adrienne maree brown
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We revisit this conversation with adrienne maree brown from our first season. This episode originally aired on August 9th, 2020.______In this episode,...
S3 Ep8: Q&A + Gratitude with Prentis and the FOW Team
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join the FOW team as we wrap up season 3. Prentis will be answering your questions and Eddie and devon join in to share our gratitudes and reflections...
S3 Ep7: Feeling Whole with Sonya Renee Taylor
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our friend, Sonya Renee Taylor, has returned to grace us with her brilliance in the last guest episode of season 3. Sonya brings her wisdom on integ...
S3 Ep6: Building Power with Alicia Garza
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, author, political strategist, and organizer, Alicia Garza, breaks down what power is, how we build it and why we need it in order to ...
S3 Ep5: Resisting the Attention Economy with Jenny Odell
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for some moss talk, discovering the infinite from within our own space and how to resist the attention economy with Jenny Odell.Jenny Odell is...
S3 Ep4: Aloha ʻĀina with Dr. Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio is a Kanaka Maoli wahine artist, activist, scholar and storyteller joins us for episode four. In this episode Jama...
S3 Ep3: Questioning Culture with Richie Reseda
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Music, film, content producer, and founder of Question Culture, Richie Reseda, helps us explore the pyramid of patriarchy, how to respond to harm with...
S3 Ep 2: Continual Becoming with ALOK
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Acclaimed writer, performer, and public speaker ALOK joins Prentis for our first guest episode of season 3. ALOK and Prentis connect on their mutual...
S3 Ep1: Stories from the Precipice
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to season 3 of Finding Our Way. In this episode, Prentis shares what our team has been up to in our time away and where we are heading ...
S2 Ep13: Reflections with Prentis
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we close out this season of Finding Our Way, Prentis reflects on the journey so far, the questions we continue to move with, and what is still to c...
S2 Ep12: Harm, Punishment, and Abolition with Mariame Kaba
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Prentis sits with activist, organizer, educator, and author, Mariame Kaba, to discuss abolition and its connection to healing work. T...
S2 Ep11: Culture and Masculinity with Phil Agnew
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Prentis is joined by educator, strategist, trainer, speaker, cultural critic, and Dream Defenders co-founder, Phillip Agnew. They dis...
S2 Ep10: Ask Us Anything with Prentis and Eddie
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we near the closing of season 2, Prentis and Eddie take questions submitted by listeners on this very special Ask Us Anything episode! Listen as th...
S2 Ep9: Power, Intention, and Gathering with Priya Parker
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Priya Parker is a facilitator, strategic advisor, the acclaimed author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters, and one of Prentis&apo...
S2 Ep8: Breaking Binaries and Intersex Justice with Sean Saifa Wall
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Prentis today is scholar, somatics practitioner, and co-founder of the Intersex Justice Project, Sean Saifa Wall. In this episode, Saifa exp...
S2 Ep7: Navigating Conflict with Kazu Haga
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kazu Haga is the founder of the East Point Peace Academy, a core member of the Ahimsa Collective, and the author of Healing Resistance: A Radically Di...
S2 Ep6: Seeds, Grief, and Memory with Rowen White
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Prentis sits down with farmer, seedkeeper, and Indigenous seed and food sovereignty activist, Rowen White. Rowen is the founder and...
S2 Ep5: What We Choose to Embody with Prentis
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this season's first solo episode, Prentis explores questions brought on by this moment of continual rupture. What do we do when the people and...
S2 Ep4: Reclaiming Ugly with Vanessa Rochelle Lewis
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Vanessa Rochelle Lewis goes deep into her own story of confronting a world that told her she was ugly and unwanted, and her emergence...
S2 Ep3: Hope, Questioning, and Getting Lost with Bayo Akomolafe
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, author, poet, and professor, Bayo Akomolafe digs into the very notions of activism, hope, and living a life of questioning. This conv...
S2 Ep2: MeToo, Power, and Grace with Tarana Burke
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our first guest episode of season 2, Prentis sits down with author and activist Tarana Burke. In this far reaching yet personal conversation, Prent...
S2 Ep1: Welcome Back with Prentis and Eddie
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Prentis and Eddie reflect on season one and what it's been like to create the podcast all while looking forward into what&apos...
Ep 8: Looking Forward with Prentis
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Though this moment is an uncertain one, our path remains the same. In the final episode of season one, Prentis reflects on the journey thus far and ...
Ep 7: Remembering with Alexis Pauline Gumbs
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Prentis meets with Queer Black Troublemaker, Black Feminist Love Evangelist, and author of the upcoming book Undrowned: Black Feminis...
Ep 6: A Radical Anger with Lama Rod Owens
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Prentis sits down with Lama Rod Owens. Lama Rod is an activist, healer, and the author of the recent book, Love and Rage: The Path of...
Ep 5: Ask Me Anything with Prentis
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this very special episode of Finding Our Way, Prentis is joined by our co-producer, Eddie Hemphill, as they sit with questions from the listeners o...
Ep 4: Creativity and Leadership with Patrisse Cullors
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Prentis talks with author, storyteller, artist, and co-founder of Black Lives Matter, Patrisse Cullors. Listen to this deeply persona...
Ep 3: Community and Belonging with Mia Birdsong
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Prentis sits down with Mia Birdsong, storyteller, community curator, and author of the recent book, How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family...
Ep 2: Visioning with adrienne maree brown
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Prentis sits down with podcast host, doula, pleasure-activist, and writer, Adrienne Maree Brown, to discuss the moment in which we fi...
Ep 1: The Body with Sonya Renee Taylor
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our inaugural episode, Prentis talks with author, poet, and teacher, Sonya Renee Taylor, to discuss the body, our relationship to it, and what a wa...
Ep 0: Welcome to Finding Our Way
21 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Prentis Hemphill, writer, healer, teacher, and Somatics practioner. In this inaugural episode of Finding our Way, Prentis sets the intention for ...