How to Survive the End of the World
Episodes
Witch School, Chapter 1: Omisade Burney-Scott
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Witch school is in session. adrienne interviews the resplendent Omisade Burney-Scott, curator of the Black Girl’s Guide to Surviving Menopause, doul...
Welcome to Witch School
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Season 7 begins with a sister check in, preparing for Autumn heading on sabbatical and adrienne beginning the witch season! --- SUPPORT OUR SHOW! -...
Revisting the People's Peanut Butter, A 4-20 Special
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We'll be back with our new season of shows next week! But today, get lost on the river with us as we revisit April, 20th, 2018 in what feels like ...
DR. BAYO AKOMOLAFE on Coming Alive to Other Senses
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are so honored to share an episode with you from one of our favorite podcasts, FOR THE WILD. --- “The fugitive is the figure of the Anthropocene,...
Healing Justice Lineages: THE BOOK IS HERE!
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this sweet dive into the new anthology Healing Justice Lineages, adrienne and Autumn get the incredible honor of interviewing Cara Page and Erica W...
How to Transmute Anger and Rage with jackie sumell
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Subscribe to THE BEST ADVICE SHOW wherever you listen to pods. --- jackie sumell's work has been exhibited extensively throughout the U.S. and Euro...
Weaving Emergent Futures, The Brown Sisters at the YWCA Madison
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On September 29th, 2022 The Brown Sisters joined together to deliver a live dual keynote as a part of the YWCA Madison's Racial Justice Summit. Speaki...
Love, The Finale
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Brown sisters sign off season six (and 2022) with a tender, silly and thorough reflection of what they learned from this year dedicated to the sch...
Back to Wakanda
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Voice note movie review spoiler extravaganza!! Come with us as we grieve Chadwick Boseman and talk about grief, power, ancestral trauma and struggle. ...
Loving As A Family Practice, Pt. 2
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, adrienne and Autumn explore the tender edges of family as a practice when trauma is present, named and unnamed. How can family be a h...
INTRODUCING: Possibilities of Loving Collaboration with adrienne and Autumn
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We are thrilled to share this episode from the incredible Possibilities Podcast! -- We chat about the many ways adrienne and Autumn infuse love and cr...
Loving As A Family Practice, Pt. 1
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode the Brown sisters explore what they’ve learned about love at the site of their own family, what they are generating as adults buildi...
Sustaining Love
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The currently single Brown sisters discuss some of what they have learned about sustaining love - love for ourselves, love in relationship, love over ...
Love: From Falling to Choosing
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
bell hooks offers us the wisdom that “love is an act of will, both an intention and an action.” in this episode the brown sisters explore hooks’...
A New Ask Us Anything!
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We've got something for you as we get ready to return with the rest of our season All About Love. If you don't know this already, HTS is complet...
Friendlove
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne and Autumn continue their exploration of bell hooks' classic All About Love with a free flowing conversation about the sacred, life saving po...
Love the Job: Finding the Labor We Love
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
with bell hooks' guidance, adrienne and Autumn trace the conditions that leave us hopeless and despairing at work, and look at what becomes possible w...
It's Our Revival
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne maree was honored to be invited to give the sermon at The Revival: It Is Our Duty, a Juneteenth, Pride Month musical ritual of reclamation cr...
Sovereignty Hymm
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We learned a song from The Bengsons that we want everyone to learn and sing. Join us. --- We will not We will not We will not be controlled I am sover...
A Prayer For Our Bodies
26 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
won't you celebrate with me - by Lucille Clifton --- won't you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of life? i had no model. born in babyl...
Love Multiplied: Polyamory, Open Relationships, and Ethical Non-monogamy
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, adrienne and Autumn talk about opening up romantic relationships, the wonder of loving multiple partners, the challenge of love beyon...
Love the Child: Care is the Throughline
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Brown sisters in very tender, intimate conversation about the times we are loving through and how we hold each other tight and keep co-creating th...
Sibling Miniseries Bonus: IBEYI
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Autumn and adrienne kind of want the sibling miniseries to go on forever, so they were ecstatic when Ibeyi wanted to talk about twinning, creating at ...
Loving Ourselves Right Now
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne and Autumn are back with a brand new season, and this year we are looking at L.O.V.E. Love! What is it? Why does it happen? Why does it hurt ...
All About Love
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne and Autumn are back with a brand new season, and this year we are looking at L.O.V.E. Love! What is it? Why does it happen? Why does it hurt ...
Ask Us Anything!
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We made our first Ask Us Anything episode! What you'll hear here is an excerpt from that convo. These AUA episodes are available exclusively to ...
Freedom Dreams
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're so excited to share an episode from a new podcast we think you'll love called Freedom Dreams. It's a show that explores historical examples of e...
Forget Prayers, Bring Cake: A Conversation with Merissa Nathan Gerson
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this special bonus episode, we bring you audio from a virtual event hosted by Moon Palace Books in Minneapolis, an evening of conversation between ...
Sibling Miniseries Finale: adrienne and Autumn (interviewed by Dani McClain) Pt. 2
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Brown sisters realized halfway thru this series that they had to be interviewed, and the interviewer had to be Dani McClain (journalist, author, m...
Sibling Miniseries Finale: adrienne and Autumn (interviewed by Dani McClain) Pt. 1
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Brown sisters realized halfway thru this series that they had to be interviewed, and the interviewer had to be Dani McClain (journalist, author, m...
Sibling Miniseries #11: Faith and Joey Soloway
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
HOW TO SURVIVE MERCH IS WAITING FOR YOU! -- This Brown sisters interview with Joey and Faith Soloway includes original music, a family history that in...
The. Merch. Is. HERE.
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Finally, we made you merch! You are gonna look amazing wearing/using this stuff! Head over to Patreon to learn about our new tiers and how to get End ...
in case it helps / bell hooks asé
18 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sister adrienne reads her latest blog post, on moving through grief and despair. While she was writing it, she learned that bell hooks had transitione...
Pandemic Time with Fania and Angela Davis
05 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne and Autumn interview the legendary Angela Davis and Fania Davis. These sisters, who have profoundly shaped the movement for social justice th...
Sibling Miniseries #9: Benji and Maya Hart
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our youngest organizer siblings join the Brown sisters to discuss their journeys of becoming radical, with stories on queerness, Blackness and parenti...
Sibling Miniseries #8: Prentis and Eddie Hemphill
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Four siblings from Texas doing a deep dive on political shaping, culture shifting and embodiment. With unexpected astrology. Listen to Finding Our Way...
Sibling Miniseries #7: Aurora and Ricardo Levins-Morales
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This profound sibling conversation moves us through Haiti, Puerto Rico, Chicago, organizing in communist, Black power and women's movements, the love ...
Sibling Miniseries #6: Malkia and Sala
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Brown sisters are joined by Malkia Devich Cyril and Sala Cyril for a conversation on their journey from being born to Black Panther Jane...
BONUS: The Holding Change Interview
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Autumn and adrienne go live on Instagram with an interview about Autumn’s essay in Adrienne’s recent facilitation guide, Holding Change: The Way o...
BONUS: Relating During the Pandemic with Autumn Brown
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Before our new season kicks off next month, we're thrilled to bring you this essential episode from The Emergent Strategy Podcast. To support ESII, cl...
We Not Ready
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The sisters drop in with an update on the second half of the season, and a moment of celebration. TRANSCRIPT --- Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cy...
Sibling Miniseries #5: Makani and Robin
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the Brown Sisters had the honor of interviewing two siblings who are giants of the social justice movement: Makani Themba and Robin D...
Sibling Miniseries #4: Una and Michi
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Brown Sisters continue the Sibling Miniseries with pleasure and joy mavens Una and Michi Osato, sister performer artist healers who teach burlesqu...
Sibling Miniseries #3: Cole and Karissa
30 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From land ownership to Black liberation to father loss to love upgrades, Karissa Lewis and Cole B. (Transcript is on its way - sorry for the delay!) L...
Sibling Miniseries #2: Naina and Navina Khanna
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Brown sisters get to spend time with Naina and Navina Khanna, sisters who are transforming the realm of AIDS/HIV women and food justice through th...
Sibling Miniseries #1: Naima and Leah
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Brown sisters kick off our sibling interview miniseries with sisters Naima and Leah Penniman, radical farmers and writers who share reflections on...
One Drop: A Conversation with Yaba Blay
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Autumn and adrienne continue their deep dive on blackness and mixed race identity, begun in Season 4 with the episode “Tip of the Iceberg”. In thi...
Organizers in Space: What Movement Organizing & Space Exploration Can Learn From One Another
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Autumn was recently invited to take part in a really fun, mind-bending panel called Organizers in Space. The event was co-hosted by Annie Weinberg, el...
Fifth Season
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Brown sisters are back for season 5 of apocalypse survival philosophy, feelings and tangible skills. In this episode, they catch up a bit on life ...
Centering at the End of the World
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Brown sisters are back with a new season and this one will include some fundamental practices that help us survive and may help our listeners.adri...
Bye 2020
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Brown sisters give each other permission to rest, reflect on lessons and appreciations for the year, and ask for feedback! Note: When they recorde...
Tip of the Iceberg
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The sisters share a bit of their interwoven and distinct race stories as daughters of an interracial love story. TRANSCRIPT: - https://www.d...
Politically Potent, at Dartmouth
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The sisters speak with students at Dartmouth about the political potency of this moment in context of our histories, uplifting lessons from our ancest...
To Witch or Not to Witch
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne and Autumn sit down to talk about their mutual journeys to understanding the magic that lies within, and can be drawn from the world around u...
Election Transmission
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A little bonus this week! adrienne shared a transmission for the next 2.5 months that we wanted to also make sure our listeners had, along with some t...
Election Day Debrief
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are joined by two of the most brilliant humans I know to debrief this election so far. Kat Aaron (@kataaron), podcast producer for Octavia's ...
There’s a New World Comin’ with Toshi Reagon
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, a re-run from last year, the Brown sisters interview the legendary Toshi Reagon about the making of the Parable of the Sower Ope...
Justice at the Detroit Podcast Festival
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is a Detroit love affair of an episode. For How To Survive's first appearance at the Detroit Podcast Festival, we invited two Detroit based warri...
Charlene Carruthers for President: Facing Election Resistance
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are reposting this episode to help you prepare for and understand the ways to engage electoral politics. We are also committing this week to honori...
Beyond Survival
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For this week's episode, Autumn and adrienne sit down with Ejeris Dixon (@ejeris) and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (@brownstargirl), the editors o...
Being with Terror (with updated audio)
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An earlier version this episode contained some misaligned audio. Sorry about that! The sisters turn and face the terror and grief of living throu...
Election in End Times
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are reposting the Brown sisters 2018 conversation with Three Point Strategies,’ Jessica Byrd (@JessicaLBYRD) and Kayla Reed (@iKaylaReed) f...
True Journey Is Return
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Autumn and adrienne return to each other. Ursula le Guin wrote, "true journey is return", and in this conversation the sisters discuss the many ways t...
Guest Podcast: Tomi Adeyemi Crafts Fantastic Worlds with Words
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Before we come back with a full fall slate of episodes, we want to share this episode of Your Attention Please from Hulu and IHeartRadio. In 2019, Tom...
The Auburn Conversation
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne and Autumn were recipients of Auburn Seminary’s 2020 Lives of Commitment Award, which celebrates women of moral courage. This episode is an...
Queer Astrological Technologies, Live from the 2020 AMC!
01 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
adrienne and Autumn are joined once again by the incomparable queer astrologer, Chani Nicholas (@chaninicholas), author of You Were Born For This, in ...
On Listening
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a bit different, a three part exploration of listening featuring a short interview with Sterling Toles, and the reading of two pieces ...
Guest Podcast: Fortification
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As our summer break continues, we're so excited to feature an episode from our friends at the Fortification podcast. Future: Spiritual and polit...
Guest Podcast: Tarot for the End of Times
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
2020 is an Emperor Year, a 4 year, so we thought it would be particularly helpful to uplift episode 7: The Emperor, from Tarot for the End of Times, h...
Introducing - Parable of the Sower: Chapter 1
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A podcast diving into Octavia E Butler’s Parable of the Sower/Talents, hosted by Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown. Produced by Kat Aaron. SUBSC...
Apocalypse Survival Skill #10: Lessons
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Autumn and adrienne reunite for the finale episode of the miniseries. We create a collective altar and read aloud the names of beloveds lost inside th...
Apocalypse Survival Skill #9: The Right to Defend Ourselves
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We live in a fundamentally violent society. We have the human right to defend and protect ourselves, but for many of us the means of doing so seem ina...
Apocalypse Survival Skill #8: Casa de Salud
23 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We survive by building the new world in the shell of the old, and our new world will need a health care system. How do we transition from a health car...
Apocalypse Survival Skill #7: The Internet is a Place
16 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Now more than ever we are relying on the internet to satisfy our basic needs and desires. This begs the question, what are apocalypse survival skills ...
Apocalypse Survival Skill #6: The OODA Loop
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We bring you part two of Autumn’s interview with So and Pinar, the love organism behind Queer Nature. We discuss the potential dangers of being on t...
Apocalypse Survival Skill #5: Tactical Hope
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What behaviors and choices make the difference between life and death in a disaster? What are the skills that will matter most in a crisis, and how do...
Apocalypse Survival Skill #4: Braiding Seeds
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Any scenario of systemic collapse involves a question of how we sustainably feed ourselves and our communities. For a visionary answer, Autumn turns t...
Apocalypse Survival Skill #3: Where There is No Doctor
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our miniseries with a conversation about how we access medicine, health, and healing when our under-resourced and fragile medical systems ...
Apocalypse Survival Skill #2: Making Home
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During this time of economic collapse, many of us are wondering how we will create and maintain homes, if and when we can’t afford to rent or buy. O...
Apocalypse Survival Skill #1: Shelter in Place
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We kick off the Apocalypse Survival Miniseries with a special focus on social distancing inside the pandemic. Autumn interviews long time New Yorker M...
Staying In with Emily and Kumail
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Beloved Survivors, as we work away on our upcoming survival mini-series, we have another special guest treat to share. You might know Kumail and Emily...
This is Irresistible!!!
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Irresistible: a community of practice in collective healing and social change. Formerly known as Healing Justice Podcast, their show is all abo...
Hello Beloved Survivors: Talk To Us
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're here today to ask you a question. What are your strategies for intimacy and connection to other humans during this time of social distancing? We...
Coronavirus: Wisdom from a Social Justice Lens
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode from Healing Justice Podcast, we bring you advice about how to adapt your travel and gatherings, timely medical information, inv...
Guest Podcast: Decolonizing the Crone
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green drops blessings like ripe mango into our laps. Walls breathe a heavy sigh of relief as she shreds the ...
Guest Podcast! - Possibilities Podcast featuring adrienne marie brown
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Podcast: Possibilities Podcast This episode features a rich, laughter filled conversation with social justice facilitator and New York Times be...
It's Hard Out Here for a Prophet
22 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Surprise! In honor of Martin Luther King Jr’s holiday, and to herald the arrival of black history month, we bring you this very special episode, and...
Flowers After the War
10 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Brown Sisters wrap season 3 with a reflection on what they are proud of from the last year and the last decade, and what intentions they are setti...
Bending Towards the Future with Toshi Reagon
24 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Brown Sisters are coming to you live from the Majestic Theater in Boston, in a gorgeous event sponsored by Emerson College. We welcome back to the...
Sashay Away from Supremacy with Matt McGorry
06 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Brown Sisters sit down with actor, activist and avid reader Matt McGorry (@MattMcGorry) to discuss unlearning supremacy, loving our bodies and bei...
Charlene Carruthers for President: Facing Election Resistance
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Brown Sisters sit down with the brilliant Charlene Carruthers, author of Unapologetic and founder of the Chicago Center for Leadership and Transfo...
It’s a Process
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Brown Sisters are finally reunited in conversation, where they discuss rigor, resilience, and discovering creative process in the midst of change ...
Future Economics Part 2: The Solidarity Economy
17 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Back in March 2018, adrienne and Autumn recorded Future Economics Part 1: The Money Talk, an intimate conversation about class, wealth, and debt. They...
This World Is Ours to Build
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’re baaaaack! Sort of. Autumn and adrienne continue to be juggling busy schedules, so we return for the second half of our 2019 season with a reco...
Guest Podcast 3! - Parenting for Liberation: We Live for the We
20 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For our third guest podcast, we are cross posting a conversation hosted by our friend podcast Parenting for Liberation. This summer PFL, with the Unde...
Guest Podcast 2! - Beyoncé's Witchy Virgo Season
05 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest this week is A Little Juju podcast, teaching us the witchy wisdom we need to survive these times. Here's an excerpt we found highly relevant...
Guest Podcast 1! - Raising Rebels
15 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Raising trans and queer babies is a fundamental survival strategy for all possible futures. This episode drops us into a sweet conversation between ma...
ima ima boss bitch
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As they prepare to go on break for August and September, adrienne and autumn offer listeners a window into what’s been going on behind the scenes, a...
What Time It Is, with Movement Generation
17 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The sisters have wanted to interview Movement Generation since they conceived of this podcast. Recently, adrienne got to hear Michelle Mascarenhas-Swa...
Sister Interview on Pleasure Activism
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Autumn guides adrienne into deeper vulnerability around her NY Times bestselling book Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good. show notes: h...