How to Survive the End of the World
Episodes
Landscapes of Reactivity, an Epic Ask Us Anything!
25 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hey hey hey, it's a sister-sister AMA! Today on the show, adrienne and Autumn answer questions from our Patreon supporters. To access exclusive co...
Hot and Vibrant for the Apocalypse with Denée Benton
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Denée Benton (Eliza Hamilton in Hamilton! Cinderella in Into the Woods! Peggy Scott on The Gilded Age!) joins the sisters Brown to explore how creati...
If hope is a muscle, then how do I build it?
10 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Autumn is hosting another show and you're gonna love it! In the Season Four premiere of the Climate Changed podcast, Autumn talks with Tory Stephe...
New Life and Joy, Death and Grief, Absolute Bewilderment and Confusion with Kaji Reyes and Sendolo Diaminah
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne and Autumn are thrilled to explore the intersection of spirit, ritual and movement organizing with dear friends of the show, Kaji Reyes and S...
A Flirtation with Capitalism with Jenn Kidwell and Brandon Kazen-Maddox
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The sisters are ecstatic to welcome OBIE Award-winning artist Jenn Kidwell and ASL artist Brandon Kazen-Maddox to discuss “we come to collect: a fli...
Write The Next World With Us
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne and Autumn are joined by Kate McCabe (Founder and Executive Director of Bog & Thunder), Max Sussman (Culinary Director of Bog & Thund...
Moving Toward the Horizon of Love Together with Sonya Renee Taylor
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Originally recorded on IG live, adrienne and her friend, the author, activist and artist Sonya Renee Taylor process being a survivor in these times. L...
Building a Movement Full of Doors and Windows with Morgan Bassichis
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The sisters are THRILLED to build with their dear friend, Morgan Bassichis. Morgan is a comedian, musician, Anti-Zionist activist and writer who has b...
Who We Are Becoming Matters with Norma Wong
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The sisters are THRILLED to welcome poet, Zen master and Indigenous Hawaiian leader Roshi Norma Wong back to the show! Her new book is part story-poem...
Live from The Great Northern (feat. Penguin Daddies)
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne and Autumn convened in Minneapolis at the end of January for a live taping of the show at The Great Northern Winter Festival. Every year The ...
Autumn Brown Becomes the Vision
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Autumn was recently in conversation with Dr. Chera Reid and Dr. Trinel Torian on their wonderful podcast, Becoming the Vision where they invite vision...
I am a Funeral Pyre with Nnenna and Pierce Freelon
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The sisters are ecstatic to welcome Nnenna and Pierce Freelon to the show.Nnenna is a GRAMMY nominated jazz singer, storyteller and grief sojourner....
FRACTAL #6: Altars as/for Your Art
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The sisters describe how and why they build altars for creation and detail recalibrated writing nooks, work laptops, writing in the tub and car, visio...
FRACTAL #5: The Beauty and Precision of Project Management
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The sisters nerd out on project (and self!) management, spreadsheets, procrastination, saving your work and ensuring you have adequate support for the...
An Emergency Dispatch from Occupied Minneapolis: "Intense, Frightening, Surreal and Inspiring."
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Autumn lives, works and organizes in Minneapolis, where, for over 6 weeks, ICE has escalated its tactics in abducting people from their home. adrienne...
FRACTAL #4: The Womb of Weird
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Another year, another fractal! Autumn and adrienne revel in the majesty their respective weirdness in the artistic process and how improvisation and s...
FRACTAL #3: Storyboarding, Structuring and Tending your Creative Garden
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Another fractal! The sisters dive into the intricacies of storyboarding and structuring in their writing process and how visual mapping can aid in org...
Fractal #2: The Interval Method, Writers Block and Finding the Finish Line with Autumn and adrienne
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our fractal series continues as the sisters delve into the challenges of writer's block and share their strategies to overcome it. They discuss th...
FRACTAL #1: The Creative Life and Time (Management) of adrienne and Autumn
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the first in a mini-series on creative process, the sisters explore the importance of making space for writing, both physically and e...
PROLOGUE: The Revolutionary Power of Art (and Stranger Things Final Act)
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The sisters have been deep at work on their respective book projects. Today they're back for a rich and fun chat about artistic practice and cre...
CORRECTED: Freedom Practice in an Unfree World
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some of you may have gotten the wrong audio when we posted this episode on 11/21/26. SORRY!Today we're thrilled to feature the recent interview fe...
Freedom Practice in an Unfree World
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're thrilled to feature an interview featuring Autumn from Next Economy Now with Ryan Honeyman. In this episode, she shares her journey of...
The Long Dark with Francis Weller
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The sisters are thrilled to welcome soul activist, Francis Weller to the show. They discuss how engaging with grief and shame is essential, the necess...
Deep Indigenous Mama, Teacher, Student Wisdom with Leah Manaema Avene
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this fall adrienne finally got to connect with mother, musician, therapist, broadcaster, facilitator, researcher and educator, Leah Manaema Av...
A Mother's Letter
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi Beloveds. We’re back with an episode to share from another show we love. Radio Workshop trains youth across Africa to make radio and podcasts. Th...
The Sisters Answer Your Questions On Battlestar Galactica, Artistic Expression and The 5 Universal Postpartum Needs
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The sisters are deep in book writing mode which you'll hear more about in the coming weeks. Meantime, they wanted to share their responses to som...
Love in a F*cked Up World with Mariame Kaba
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The sisters are thrilled to share an episode of one of their favorite new pods, Love in a F*cked Up World hosted by past HTS guest, Dean Spade.On this...
A Ride On the Freedom Flotilla with Huwaida Arraf and Chris Smalls
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To conclude our season of solidarity, we're featuring a converastion adrienne recently had on IG Live with Huwaida Arraf and Chris Smalls about th...
The Revolution Will Be Incremental with Rebecca Solnit
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The sisters are ecstatic to build with writer, activist and historian Rebecca Solnit. Her latest book is No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays on ...
The Illusion of a Clear, Direct Path to Freedom with Chinyere Tutashinda and Rico Sisney
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As we near the end of our season of solidarity, the sisters are thrilled to go deep with Chinyere Tutashinda, co-founder of the BlackOUT Collective a...
A Palestinian Love Story with Devin Atallah and Sarah Ihmoud
14 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne is joined at her home by Devin Atallah and Sarah Ihmoud to hear their love story. They discuss what love has to do with solidarity, falli...
How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell, Together with Dean Spade
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The sisters are thrilled to welcome Dean Spade to the show! He has been working to build queer and trans liberation based in racial and economic justi...
I'm the Hell
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The sisters convene to consider the realizion that aging means being in grief all the time but continuing, nonetheless, writing in the bath, taking re...
Be My Senpai
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The sisters answer a listener question about how to interface with critical feedback and even trolling. They dive into the the importance of belonging...
The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity with Sarah Schulman
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's conversation is long-overdue. The sisters have been circling, admiring and inspired by Sarah Schulman for many years. Finally, they conven...
Messiness is Where the Creativity Exists with Céline Semaan
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne is thrilled to connect with the co-founder of Slow Factory and author of A Woman is a School, Céline Semaan. Celine shares her journey as ...
The Five Stages of Defiance with Dr. Sunita Sah
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The sisters are thrilled to learn from Dr. Sunita Sah and discuss her brilliant book Defy: The Power of No in a World that Demands Yes. The conversa...
A Radical's Guide to the Jewish Year with Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg and Rabbi Ariana Katz
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Autumn and adrienne are thrilled to welcome Rabbis Jessica Rosenberg and Ariana Katz, co-authors of For Times Such as These: A Radical's Guide to...
The Sister Peace
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The sisters continue their meditations on solidarity as they delve into navigating personal and professional growth, anxiety and parenting dynamics, u...
The Sister Feud
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Warning, this episode includes mention of suicide. A previous version of this episode didn't include this trigger warning. Apologies.---The sister...
Original Sins with Dr. Eve L. Ewing
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Autumn and adrienne are thrilled to welcomeDr. Eve L. Ewing to get deep into her new book, Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Chil...
Is This the Rapture? with Roan Boucher
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne and Autumn welcome Roan Boucher to explore the complex themes of Christian nationalism and its implications for contemporary social justice m...
From Parable to Practice: Building Your Go Bag
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join adrienne and Autumn as they discuss the fundamentals of creating a go bag on HTS producer, Zak Rosen's podcast, The Best Advice Show. Inspir...
The Solidarity of Unconditional Presence
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne and Autumn sit down together to offer prayers and presence in response to the fires in LA County. --- TRANSCRIP...
Landing 2024
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Autumn and adrienne offer some vulnerable reflections on this past year - crises, compassion, collaboration and change. --- ...
Tactical Disobedience with Daniel Hunter
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Autumn and adrienne beam in from the same room to talk to activist, trainer, strategist and writer, Daniel Hunter, founder of Choose Democracy. Danie...
post-election time with Nelini Stamp
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, originally recorded on IG live, adrienne and Nelini Stamp, National Organizing Director at the Working Families Party, dish on rest, ...
adrienne and Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson - Live in Detroit
24 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A live one from Detroit with adrienne and Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson who is a marine biologist, policy expert, writer, and teacher working to help cr...
When No Thing Works with Norma Wong
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne and Autumn sit down with great teacher, Norma Wong, whose new book, When No Thing Works: A Zen and Indigenous Perspective on Resilience, Sha...
election time with Chase Strangio and Shelby Chestnut
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
election time with amb with Chase Strangio and Shelby Chestnut, focused on the current moment in the struggle for trans rights.follow @chasestrangio ...
Choosing Our Terrain
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Heading into the election and building on our ongoing series, election time with amb, adrienne and Autumn discuss taking responsibility for the polit...
Bonus: The Way Your Blood Beats Listening Party
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne sits down with two members of AUTUMN the Band, Autumn and her dear core collaborator Nehemiah Luckett, to listen to their latest EP, The Way ...
election time with Vanessa German
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Vanessa German is an Asheville based artist. In this episode, which you can watch on adrienne's IG, they talk about grief and art and spirit and angel...
Palestinian Grief and Undying Liberation
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne is joined by Palestinian poet-organizer Devin George Atallah for a conversation on Palestinian grief, solidarity, endurance, what we are lea...
Solidarity is Love
05 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne and AUTUMN reunite to kick off Season 8 and it feels so good. They discuss caterpillar to butterfly transformation, AUTUMN’s performance re...
election time with Brittney Cooper
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
in this conversation Professor, Writer, Shit-Talker, Feminist, Southerner, Brittney Cooper and adrienne discuss the election and how black women a...
election time with Michelle Mascarenhas
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
in this conversation Michelle Mascarenhas and adrienne discuss how we are, a time of endings, frameworks for understanding how change happens and how...
election time with Linda Sarsour
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne was so grateful to catch up with Palestinian organizer Linda Sarsour who is at the DNC this week. we talk about not judging people’s emoti...
election time with Sendolo Diaminah
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
in this conversation adrienne talks with Sendolo Diaminah (@insurgente_lola) about being in a time of endings, moving as a community vs as an indivi...
election time with Ash-Lee Woodward Henderson
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
talking with Ash-Lee Woodward Henderson about clear demands, being honest about power, walking and chewing gum, and so much tactic/strategy clarity! ...
election time with Malkia Devich Cyril
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
grief, story, organizing and power - incredibly helpful wisdom from the one and only Malkia Devich Cyril.#electiontimewithamb --- ...
election time with Makani Themba
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
deep breath of a conversation with Makani Themba, author of the forthcoming Our Beautiful Next, about time, elections, power, spirit, corporate press...
A Motherful World with Alexis Pauline Gumbs
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You know we love Alexis Pauline Gumbs here at HTS, so we're so excited to present her episode from a show we recently discovered. It's called ...
Endurance Check In with Hala Alyan
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hala Alyan and adrienne meditate with grief, revisit endurance, share poems and thoughts on tides turning and elections and what is real and who is ur...
Becoming the People with adrienne and Prentis Hemphill
12 Jul 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 ...
Help This Garden Grow
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're taking some time off this summer but while we're away we're excited to share some shows in our ecology. Today we're playing part...
The Sisters Reunion Part 3: Top Culture & Beyond
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join the sisters as they discuss Columbia’s People’s Graduation, the new Keith Haring exhibit, Lovecraft Country, Charlotte Day Wilson, Chappell R...
Witch School 26, gina Breedlove
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a final, mistakenly overlooked Witch episode, gina Breedlove and adrienne get into Grace’s language, singing the Delfonics, kneeling before diffe...
The Sisters Reunion Part 2: Witch Report
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Autumn interviews adrienne about our yearlong season of the Witch. They get into working with nature, Karis Nemik’s manifesto from Andor, humor as a...
The Sisters Reunion Part 1: Sabbatical Report
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For their grand reunion, adrienne and Autumn discuss picking weeds (but not condemning their existence as a species), periods as Cave Goddess, what wo...
Witch School Graduation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs and Sangodare
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's Witch School graduation day with Alexis Pauline Gumbs and Sangodare! They discuss priestly practice, dropping down and back and into your cen...
Witch School 25, Wambui Njuguna-Räisänen
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne welcomes yoga teacher Wambui Njuguna-Räisänen to Witch School. Sign up for her newsletter here. They discuss A-ha moments during yoga, sub...
Witch School 24, Dori Midnight
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne welcomes Dori Midnight, a community care practitioner, ritual leader, writer, and deep listener oriented towards healing and liberation. They...
Witch School Chapter 23, Z Griss
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Z Griss is the founder of EmbodyMoreLove.com, a spiritual kinky dance community for personal & cultural liberation. On this episode adrienne a...
Witch School Chapter 22, Rob Brezsny
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne is joined by The Free Will Astrologer, Rob Brezsny. They discuss ecocide, the 6 or 7 genocides going on in the world, holding each other tig...
Family as a Verb
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join adrienne for a tender conversation with Kristiana Rae and Johnaé Strong about how they generated family as a verb in the wake of losing the ...
Witch School Chapter 21, Makani Themba
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne gets witchy with Makani Themba who was previously on the show (6/24/21) with her brother, Robin D.G. Kelly. adrienne and Makani discuss incan...
Witch School Chapter 20, Sara Flores
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne welcomes Queer, non-binary, gender expansive, Two-Spirit human, Sara Flores to Witch School. They get into hot springs, presence-ing, “wh...
The Animal in You: Listening Party
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne takes a break from our regular program to bring us a very special bonus episode with a super special guest: AUTUMN, the band! Podcast cohost ...
Witch School Chapter 19, Adaku Utah
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne is thrilled to welcome Adaku Utah to Witch School. Baltimore born, Nigeria, Maryland, raised in Festac, Nigeria, grounded in her legacy of ...
Witch School Chapter 18, MawuLisa Thomas-Adeyemo
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne is joined by Southern born, Queer, Black, Bay Area based somatic healer, awakener, bodyworker, ritualist, & song weaver, MawuLisa Thomas-...
Witch School Chapter 17, Shantrelle P. Lewis
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For our first episode of 2024, join adrienne as she digs deep with the curator, scholar, critic, filmmaker, institution builder and founder of BEAUC...
Witch School Chapter 12: Chani Nicholas
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a conversation with Chani Nicholas, a best-selling author and astrologer. She and adrienne get into how astrology lives in all of us, buil...
Witch School Chapter 16, Suhaly Bautista-Carolina
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join adrienne as she dives deep with Suhaly Bautista-Carolina. They discuss rooted energy, looking back, bruja-ness, plant magic, the Tao Te Ching, th...
Practices for Care and Endurance
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A special bonus episode organized by Hala Alyan with adrienne maree brown, Spenta Kandawalla, Adaku Utah, Sepideh Moafi, Noor Tagouri and Layla Feghal...
Witch School Chapter 15, Juju Bae
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne talks to JuJu Bae about Beyonce, the Orisha Tradition, Bad Bitch Witchness, A Little Juju Podcast, The Demons, Grandmas Building Alters, Inte...
Witch School Chapter 14, Adela Nieves Martinez
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join adrienne for a conversation with healer, Adela Nieves Martinez. Adela is a storykeeper, mama and Promotora de Salud/Traditional Community Health ...
On Endurance, with Hala Alyan
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is taken from adrienne’s Instagram live with the writer/poet Hala Alyan. Her recent piece in the NYT is Why Must Palestinians Audition...
Witch School Chapter 13: Claire Davey
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We found Claire Davey on the summer solstice and bring her to you this Samhain week. Claire shares sacred Celtic Cosmology teachings about moving into...
Ceasefire
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to two conversations with adrienne around the crisis in Palestine and Israel, first with Lara Kiswani from the Arab Resource and Organizing Cen...
Witch School Chapter 11: Michael Morris
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a conversation with Michael Morris on fall season magic, the feminist dimension of being a witch, childish potions, transgender liberation...
Witch School Chapter 10: Aesha Rasheed
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Aesha Rasheed on emerging shamanism, apprenticeship, loss and ritual, wild magic making, unnamed healers, being a bodyworker!, S.O.N.G., being the som...
Witch School Chapter 9: Edgar Fabián Frías
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Edgar teaches us about bibliomancy, the many paths of divination in nature, animism, Wixárika, and letting art and magic flow through our lives. --- ...
Witch School Chapter 8: Starhawk
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join this conversation with Starhawk where we are traveling time and tending the land, developing a direct relationship with our nature, imagining a w...
Witch School Chapter 7: Naimonu James
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Naimonu James (@heynaimonu) came across our radar as an astrologist whose readings were poetry. A writer and intuitive who offers readings, Naimonu sp...
Witch School Chapter 6: Moya Bailey
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Moya Bailey, who cast the spell of light on misogynoir, is an astrological witch who is plotting on ways to help us apply the wisdom of the stars to t...
Witch School Chapter 5: Empress Karen Rose
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Empress Karen Rose guides us through a beautiful and practical journey on reclaiming our relationship to earth, spiritual herbalism, what she does in ...
Witch School Chapter 4: Jessica Lanyadoo
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Lanyadoo is a psychic medium, astrologer, tarot reader, animal communicator, host of Ghost of a Podcast and author of Astrology for Real Relat...
Witch School, Chapter 3: Geryll “Dr. G. Love” Robinson
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Geryll “Dr. G. Love” Robinson is an Earthly representative of Intergalactic Royalty. She is a teacher to several guests of this Witch School seas...
Witch School, Chapter 2: Abigail Bengson
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Abigail Bengson is a goddess in the lineage of wild and emotionally accurate singing, her song spells, channeled through story and wailing and surpr...