Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast
Episodes
Ep. 52: Returning to the Earth: Spiritual Wisdom for Chaotic Times with Dr. Rocio Rosales Meza
21 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of the winter season, Dr. Candace Manitopyes sits with Dr. Rocio Rosales Meza, a Xicana/Mexicana seer, initiated medicine woman, ...
Ep. 51: Navigating Medicine as a Young Cree Physician with Dr. Tara Hutchison
14 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this powerful cousin episode, Dr. Candace Manitopyes welcomes her cousin, Dr. Tara Hutchison, a young Cree physician from Moose Cree First Nation, ...
Ep. 50: Not Your Stereotype: Rewriting Indigenous Representation with Crystle Lightning
07 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this vibrant episode, Dr. Candace Manitopyes speaks with acclaimed actress, musician, and director Crystle Lightning of Enoch Cree Nation, an artis...
Ep. 49: Unlearning the Colonial Lies, Reclaiming the Knowing with Tanya Talaga
31 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this gripping episode, Dr. Candace Manitopyes sits with award-winning journalist, author, and filmmaker Tanya Talaga, whose work has become a lifel...
Ep. 48: Two Lands, One Sound: Indigenous Music from Aotearoa to Turtle Island with Theia
24 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Turtle Island (aka North America) meets Aotearoa (aka New Zealand), and the stories of Indigenous resistance mirror each other. Dr. Candace Manitopye...
Ep. 47: Letting Go of Shame, Keeping the Orgasms: Indigenous Erotica as Resistance with Dr. Tenille Campbell
17 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is the episode that will make listeners laugh, blush, heal, and rethink everything they were taught about love, shame, and who they’re allowed ...
Ep. 46: Navigating Between Community and Colonial Systems with Minister Mandy Gull-Masty
10 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this moving episode, Dr. Candace Manitopyes has a conversation with Minister Mandy Gull-Masty, the first Indigenous person to ever serve as Canada’...
Ep. 45: Undoing the Colonial Binary: Kent Monkman on Queer Indigenous Worldviews
03 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode opens like someone cracked a window in a crowded room. Fresh air, honesty, and two Indigenous minds settling into a conversation that fee...
Ep. 44: Laughing Through It: How Native Humour Carries Us with The Deadly Aunties
27 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Candace sits with not one, but two Deadly Aunties—Stephanie Pangowish and Sherry McKay—two Indigenous comedians who have turned e...
Ep. 43: Beads, Backbone & Breaking Barriers with Melrene Saloy-Eaglespeaker
20 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Melrene Saloy Eagle Speaker—Blackfoot designer, artist, and founder of Native Diva Creations and Authentically Indigenous—opens u...
Ep. 42: Walking in Balance: Ma-Nee Chacaby on Being Two-Spirit
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emerging from a place of prophecy, courage, and hard-earned wisdom, this episode traces the extraordinary life of Ma-Nee Chacaby—a Two-Spirit Ojibwe...
Ep. 41: Redefining Native Music: Natasha Fisher’s Creative Freedom
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Candace Manitopyes sits down with Anishinaabe singer-songwriter Natasha Fisher, a rising independent artist known for her moody, edgy fusion of po...
Balancing Light and Dark: The Medicine of Creation with Copper Canoe Woman
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this profound conversation, Dr. Candace Manitopyes sits down with Vina Brown, also known by her ancestral name ƛ̓áqvas gḷ́w̓aqs, which trans...
Ep. 39: Soft as Bones: The Strength Beneath Tenderness with Chyana Marie Sage
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest this week is Chyana Marie Sage, a Cree-Métis and Salish memoirist, journalist, poet, model, and author of the national bestselling memoir S...
Ep. 38: The Pedagogy of Moss: Lessons in Fluidity, Belonging, and Resilience with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Candace Manitopyes sits down with the beloved scientist, writer, and matriarch Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass and Gatherin...
Ep. 37: The Queer Wedding and the Revolution
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this deeply personal episode, Dr. Candace Manitopyes returns to the Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast with honesty, gratitude, and renewal. She ...
Ep. 36: The Power of Performance: Dr. Zoey Roy on Art as Education
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Candace Linklater welcomes Dr. Zoey Roy, a celebrated spoken word poet, creative producer, and arts-based educator from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, a...
Ep. 35: Crafting Space for Indigenous, Queer, and Trans Futures with Siibii
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Siibii —a queer, trans, non-binary Cree artist–joins Dr. Candace Linklater in this episode where shit gets real. Known for their breakout single Y...
Ep. 34: You Are the Medicine: A Conversation with Asha Frost
13 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the RIW Podcast, Dr. Candace Linklater welcomes Asha Frost, bestselling author of You Are the Medicine, healer, oracle deck creator...
Ep. 33: Indigenous Futurity and the Language of Art with Christi Belcourt
06 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Candace Linklater sits down with renowned Métis artist Christi Belcourt, whose work bridges ancestral knowledge, land-based resistance, and decol...
Ep. 32: Sacred Limits: On Loss, Legacy, and Living Offline with Vanessa Brousseau
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Candace Linklater speaks with Vanessa Brousseau, also known as Resilient Inuk, an Inuk multidisciplinary artist and advocate whose art and activis...
Ep. 31: Breaking Cycles, Building Legacies with Drezus
23 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation with Drezus (Jeremiah Manitopyes) gets real. He takes us through his journey—from rising in the Indigenous hip hop scene to reclai...
Ep. 30: The Cost of Telling the Truth: Grief, Love, and Online Violence with Nikki Apostolou
16 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Candace Linklater and guest Nikki Apostolou (aka Recycled Stardust) delve into the meaning of living with integrity, community engagement, and sta...
Ep. 29: Matriarch Mode: Love, Loss, and Indigenous Mothering with Dr. Tasha Spillett
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this warm, wise, and wildly relatable episode, Dr. Candace Linklater and Dr. Tasha Spillett dive deep into what it means to mother, mourn, and move...
Ep. 28: Sport, Survival, and Spirit: How Waneek Horn-Miller Turned Pain Into Power
02 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this heart-expanding chat, Dr. Candace Linklater sits down in person with Waneek Horn-Miller—Mohawk Olympian, activist, and one of the most influ...
Ep. 27: Honouring the Sacredness of Two-Spirit Lives with Chance Paupanakis
26 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Candace has some deep convos with Chance Paupanakis, a proud Swampy Cree and Two-Spirit advocate from Kinosew Sipi Cree Nation. Raised in both Ind...
Ep. 26: Fashion as Medicine: A Conversation with Lindsay King
19 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Candace Linklater sits with Lindsay King, an Indigenous fashion designer from the Salto Ojibwe and Mohawk Nations, whose journey ...
Ep. 25: Andre Bear’s Journey Through Law and Love
12 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode goes deep. Dr. Candace sits down with Andre Bear, a Two-Spirit Nehiyaw Plains Cree educator and legal scholar who’s been using social m...
Ep. 24: Under the Spotlight and Inside the Heart with Anna Lambe
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast episode is a deeply candid conversation between two Indigenous women who hold space for each other in a way that’s both tender and powe...
Ep. 23: Sacred Rage & Queer Truth: Jayli Wolf on Healing Through Music
28 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In an unfiltered conversation, Jayli Wolf and I demolish the toxic religious trauma from our Jehovah's Witness and evangelical backgrounds. We ex...
Ep. 22: Jeremy Dutcher on Blood Memory, Music & Mother Tongues
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this raw and real podcast episode, Jeremy Dutcher drops truth bombs about Indigenous language revitalization, Two-Spirit identity, and cultural res...
Ep. 21: Scott & Mama Wabano: Real Love, Real Rank, Real Power
14 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast episode is basically a love letter to indigenous resilience, told through the epic mother-child duo of Virginia and Scott Wabano. Scott&a...
Ep. 20: Dismantling Religious Dogma: A Two Spirit Perspective with Owen Unruh
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this heart-to-heart episode, Owen Unruh opens up about his journey as a Two Spirit, Indigenous person navigating addiction, shame, and the long roa...
Ep. 19: Crown and Culture: Emma Morrison, Miss Word Canada
31 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emma Morrison is a powerhouse Indigenous woman who's breaking barriers as the first Indigenous Miss World Canada representative, preparing to com...
Ep. 18: A Queer, Native Woman with a PhD--A Colonizer's Nightmare
24 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this powerful relaunch of the Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast, Dr. Candace Linklater shares her transformative journey of completing her PhD, n...
Ep. 17: Two Spirit Alchemy: Embracing Authenticity Through Self-Love with Alex Manitopyes
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Candace (aka Relentless Indigenous Woman) in the final episode of our Two Spirit and IndigiQueer series for June as she interviews her fiancé, A...
Ep. 16: Two-Spirit Realities in Native Communities with Chase Campeau
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Chase Campeau and Candace Linklater as they explore the often challenging realities of being Two Spirit or IndigiQueer within Indigenous communit...
Ep. 15: Reclaiming Roots: A Two-Spirit Story Across Cultures with Haley Robinson
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for an inspiring episode featuring Haley, an actor, model, and advocate making waves across various industries with their unapologetic confide...
Ep. 14: Two-Spirit Realities: Authentic Insights with Kairyn Potts
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of our Two Spirit and IndigiQueer Pride series! We're thrilled to have Kairyn (Kai) Potts as our guest. Kai is a pow...
Ep. 13: Letting Go of People-Pleasing
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Candace as she shares her personal journey toward ending the cycle of people-pleasing. In this heartfelt episode, she explores the challenges and...
Ep. 12: Insecurities & Lateral Violence
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Candace explores how colonial violence has fueled insecurities and lateral violence among Native communities. She shares five persona...
Ep. 11: Mothers of the Nations: The Role of Matriarchy
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us on a journey into the heart of matriarchy and maternal wisdom in our latest podcast episode, featuring Candace and her special guest Jenny Saw...
Ep. 10: Misogyny and Its Connection to MMIWGT2S+
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Candace is joined by special guest Alycia Two Bears, member of the Mistawasis Nêhiyawak First Nation, who's a passionate educ...
Ep. 9: Healing Colonial Wounds: We All Have Them
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For this thought-provoking episode, Candace explores the pervasive influence of colonialism that often goes unnoticed, deeply embedded as it is in our...
Ep. 8: What I Wish Indigenous Allies Knew
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Candace delves into the nuanced differences between comprehension and compassion within Indigenous solidarity, emphasizing the importance of abandonin...
Ep. 7: Native Ghost Stories Series
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of the Native ghost stories series, Candace delves into a chilling collection of spooky ghost stories. From encounters with spiri...
Ep. 6: Native Ghost Stories Series
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Candace welcomes a special guest, Jennifer, the owner of Bar Harbor Ghost Tours in Maine. Notably, it's the only indigenous-owne...
Ep. 5: Native Ghost Stories Series
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready for a chilling episode as we kick off the October Native Ghost Stories Series with nine spine-tingling tales! Tune in to experience some hai...
Ep. 4: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
30 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, Candace delves into the significance of Truth and Reconciliation and initiating the process of decolonization. She emphasizes...
Ep. 3: Truth Before Reconciliation
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Candace boldly addresses truth before reconciliation, delivering poignant reflections for non-Indigenous listeners. She tackles the s...
Ep. 2: Unmasking the Church's Legacy: Residential Schools
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, Candace Linklater delves into the complex and painful role of the church in the history of residential schools. She provides ...
Ep. 1: The Journey of Relentless Indigenous Woman
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, join Candace as she unfolds her relentless journey as an Indigenous woman, delving into the challenges she faced and the empowering p...