Octavia's Parables
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Mind of My Mind: Chapter 12
03 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 12 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Mind of My Mind. And as always, offer questions ...
Mind of My Mind: Chapter 11
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 11 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Mind of My Mind. And as always, offer questions ...
Mind of My Mind: Chapter 10
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 10 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Mind of My Mind. And as always, offer questions ...
Mind of My Mind: Chapter 9
30 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 9 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Mind of My Mind. And as always, offer questions f...
Mind of My Mind: Chapter 8
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 8 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Mind of My Mind. And as always, offer questions for y...
Mind of My Mind: Chapter 7
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 7 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Mind of My Mind. And as always, offer questions f...
Mind of My Mind: Chapter 6
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 6 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Mind of My Mind. And as always, offer questions f...
Mind of My Mind: Chapter 5
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 5 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Mind of My Mind. And as always, offer questions f...
Mind of My Mind: Chapter 4
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 4 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Mind of My Mind. And as always, offer questions f...
Mind of My Mind: Chapter 3
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mary is in her transition, a perilous time. Others with her strength have not survived. Karl rushes home to support her - aid she rejects, at first. B...
Mind of My Mind: Chapter 2
25 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 2 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Mind of My Mind. And as always, offer questions f...
Mind of My Mind: Chapter 1
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 1 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Mind of My Mind. And as always, offer questions f...
Mind of My Mind: Prologue
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We are once again with Doro and Anyanwu, who we left at the end of Wild Seed - but we are now in modern times. Doro has continued to breed his powerfu...
Wild Seed: Chapter 14
13 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 14 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for yo...
Wild Seed: Chapter 13
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 13 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for yo...
Wild Seed: Chapter 12
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 12 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for yo...
Wild Seed: Chapter 11
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 11 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for yo...
Wild Seed: Chapter 10
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 10 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for yo...
Wild Seed: Chapter 9
06 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 9 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for you...
Wild Seed: Chapter 8
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 8 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for you...
Wild Seed: Chapter 7
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 7 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for you...
Wild Seed: Chapter 6
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 6 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for you...
Wild Seed: Chapter 5
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anyanwu reveals more of her capacities to Doro and her shipmates. Her danger, her hunger, her transformations. Isaac’s powers become more clear. And...
Wild Seed: Chapter 4
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 4 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for you...
Wild Seed: Chapter 3
03 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 3 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for you...
Wild Seed: Chapter 2
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 2 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild Seed. And as always, offer questions for you...
Wild Seed: Chapter 1
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 1 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Wild See. And as always, offer questions for you ...
Parable of the Talents: Epilogue
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Larkin/Asha meets her “charismatic, dangerous, heathen” mother, Lauren. Our understanding of the timeline deepens. Marc’s duplicity continues to...
Parable of the Talents: Chapter 21
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
All about Larkin. The final chapter. She’s living in New York. Reconnected with uncle Marc, and the church. She knows her mother’s identity, with ...
Parable of the Talents: Chapter 20
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 20 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Parable of the Talents. And as always, offer que...
Parable of the Talents: Chapter 19
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 19 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Parable of the Talents. And as always, offer que...
Parable of the Talents: Chapter 17
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Once again, we travel with Lauren and with Larkin. Larkin searches to understand her mother. Lauren searches for Larkin, alone despite herself. The ch...
Back Next Week
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello beloved listeners! The Parables team needed this week to rest and heal. Back next week with Chapter 16 of our journey through Octavia E. Butler'...
Parable of the Talents: Chapter 16
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 16 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Parable of the Talents. And as always, offer que...
Parable of the Talents: Chapter 15
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 15 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Parable of the Talents. And as always, offer que...
Parable of the Talents: Chapter 12
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 12 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Parable of the Talents. And as always, offer que...
Parable of the Talents: Chapter 11
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 11 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Parable of the Talents. And as always, offer que...
Parable of the Talents: Chapter 10
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our narrator is born, and named, and welcomed. Lauren and Bankole discuss a move, again. Assessing danger, seen and unseen. Bankole tries to understan...
Parable of the Talents: Chapter 9
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Marcus leaves, with the Peraltas. Dan Noyer returns, chased. A fierce battle. Lauren speaks words she can’t take back. Jarrett is ascendant.Toshi an...
Parable of the Talents: Chapter 7
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 7 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Parable of the Talents. And as always, offer ques...
Parable of the Talents: Chapter 6
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 6 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Parable of the Talents. And as always, offer ques...
Parable of the Talents: Chapter 5
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 5 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Parable of the Talents. And as always, offer ques...
Parable of the Talents: Chapter 4
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Acorn welcomes a baby. They hold ceremony. They assess the impact of the house truck, and we get a window into Acorn’s decision-making structures. T...
Parable of the Talents: Chapter 3
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We hear the horrible ordinary story of how the house-truck family came to Acorn. And with Acorn, they bury their dead. Toshi and adrienne explor...
Parable of the Talents: Chapter 2
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 2 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Parable of the Talents. And as always, offer ques...
Parable of the Talents: Chapter 1
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss and analyze Chapter 1 of Octavia E. Butler's book, Parable of the Talents. And as always, offer ques...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 25
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our travelers land. But not as they expected. They grieve, and they live. They sow seeds. adrienne and Toshi close out Octavia E. Butler’s Parable o...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 24
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss Chapter 24 of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. We lost all our episode descriptions when ...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 23
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss Chapter 23 of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. We lost all our episode descriptions when ...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 22
11 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss Chapter 22 of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. We lost all our episode descriptions when ...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 21
10 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss Chapter 5 of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. We lost all our episode descriptions when t...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 20
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss Chapter 20 of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. We lost all our episode descriptions when ...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 19
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss Chapter 19 of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. We lost all our episode descriptions when ...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 18
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss Chapter 18 of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. We lost all our episode descriptions when ...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 17
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss Chapter 17 of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. We lost all our episode descriptions when ...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 16
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our travelers learn from each other, walking miles. Lauren shares some secrets, and she kills. They can’t afford denial. As always, Toshi and ...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 15
28 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss Chapter 15 of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. We lost all our episode descriptions when ...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 14
27 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss Chapter 14 of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. We lost all our episode descriptions when ...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 13
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A funeral for Lauren’s father. The Garfields go to Olivar. A fire, theft. Loss all around. Toshi and adrienne offer thoughts and questions about Ch...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 12
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss Chapter 12 of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. We lost all our episode descriptions when ...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 1 1
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Break-in, theft and a rape at the compound. Olivar is recruiting. Lauren names the Books of the Living. adrienne and Toshi offer thoughts and question...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 10
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss Chapter 10 of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. We lost all our episode descriptions when ...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 9
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Keith continues to spend time outside. He takes a gun, he brings cash. He comes and goes, sparking violence in the home. adrienne and Toshi dig into...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 8
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss Chapter 8 of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. We lost all our episode descriptions when t...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 7
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss Chapter 7 of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. We lost all our episode descriptions when t...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 6
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss Chapter 6 of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. We lost all our episode descriptions when t...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 1
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We dive in, with a summary of the first chapter of Parable of the Sower, our analysis, and questions for you (and your people) to consider. Support th...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 5
21 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss Chapter 5 of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. We lost all our episode descriptions when t...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 4
20 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss Chapter 4 of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. We lost all our episode descriptions when t...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 3
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown discuss Chapter 3 of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. We lost all our episode descriptions when t...
Parable of the Sower: Chapter 2
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 2 of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower. Hosted by adrienne maree brown and Toshi Reagon. We lost all our episode descriptions when th...
Parable of the Sower: Ch. 1
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We meet Lauren Olamina.
Trailer
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is for you: you students, you organizers, you voters. You who have always meant to read the Parables. You who wonder about our destiny. You searc...