9. A PERSONAL RECALIBRATION + IMMIGRANT JUSTICE w/ Cesar Espinosa

9. A PERSONAL RECALIBRATION + IMMIGRANT JUSTICE w/ Cesar Espinosa

In this episode, I share personal reflections on how my relationship with activism has changed since moving to Houston and becoming a parent (tldr: i am tired and freeways are ruining my life). I also talk to Cesar Espinosa of FIEL about organizing the Houston immigrant community in the wake of the tragic ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Organizations supporting immigrants in Houston, TX: FIEL HOUSTON [https://fielhouston.org/] | LULAC [https://lulac.org/] | WOORI JUNTOS [https://woorijuntos.org/] GoFundMe: In Loving Memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52 Years Old [https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-lorenzo-salgado-araujo-52-years-old] Episode cover photo: AP Photo/Mark Felix *ABOUT MOTHERING NEW WORLDS* * New episodes every other Friday on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Youtube. * FOLLOW ON IG [https://riverside.com/instagram.com/motheringnewworlds] * SUBSCRIBE ON SUBSTACK [https://riverside.com/motheringnewworlds.substack.com/] for extra monthly episode

8. BONUS EPISODE: CHILDLESS BY CHOICE w/ Denia Perez

To hear more, visit motheringnewworlds.substack.com [http://motheringnewworlds.substack.com]  In today’s episode, I interview Denia Perez, an immigration attorney by training, longtime activist in the immigrant rights movement, and a writer with the nonprofit Documented (where she recently interviewed Zohran Mamdani!). Beyond all of that, Denia is also a witch, a clown, the town jester of my heart, the madrina to my child, and my best friend. Denia also writes the hilarious and tender substack “how to survive your flop era [https://substack.com/@den1a]” where she chronicles her own unlearning of capitalism, perfectionism, and tending to your inner child/weirdo. ABOUT MOTHERING NEW WORLDS* * New episodes every other Friday on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Youtube. * FOLLOW ON IG [https://riverside.com/instagram.com/motheringnewworlds] * SUBSCRIBE ON SUBSTACK [https://riverside.com/motheringnewworlds.substack.com/] for extra monthly episode

7. GRIEF IS A PORTAL w/ Ayako Gallagher

TW: pregnancy termination, termination for medical reasons, infant loss, medical trauma Ayako Gallagher (she/they) Japanese-Irish settler living on the stolen traditional territories of the hunquemenium language group First Nations. She is a grief practitioner, activist, speaker, potter, and bereaved mother of one in the stars and two earthside kids. Her work stands at the intersections of grief, collective liberation, and parenting, inviting people to realize and honour that their lived experiences and grief can be catalysts for personal and collective change. Follow Ayako on IG [https://www.instagram.com/mamasmatterhere/] **ABOUT MOTHERING NEW WORLDS*** * New episodes every other Friday on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Youtube. * FOLLOW ON IG [https://riverside.com/instagram.com/motheringnewworlds] * SUBSCRIBE ON SUBSTACK [https://riverside.com/motheringnewworlds.substack.com/] for extra monthly episode

6. LET PARENTING RADICALIZE YOU w/ Brea Baker

In this episode, Brea Baker and I talk about everything from how parenting has radicalized us, to the responsibility that comes with raising boys, to Black land ownership and growing your own food, to building community and finding third spaces when you're no longer part of the church. WE COVER IT ALL!!! Brea’s website [http://breabaker.com] | Brea’s book [https://www.breabaker.com/rooted] | Brea on IG [https://www.instagram.com/freckledwhileblack] *Note: the title of this episode is a spin off of the book Let This Radicalize You [https://bookshop.org/p/books/let-this-radicalize-you-organizing-and-the-revolution-of-reciprocal-care-kelly-hayes/14d7715e6c321806?ean=9781642598278&next=t&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=dsa_nonbrand&utm_content={adgroupname}&utm_term=aud-1885352274144:dsa-19959388920&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=12440232635&gbraid=0AAAAACfld41Th8R-63MR6WdisoNv9muIa&gclid=Cj0KCQjwof_QBhCgARIsADaMzOcBGHGEP1PhPJKb8FvDjdo7Jo_ZCq6gz6eDaDPcANvyJhUvIpbeWTQaAjnEEALw_wcB]by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba, which I recommend to everyone. ***ABOUT MOTHERING NEW WORLDS*** * New episodes every Friday on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Youtube. * FOLLOW ON IG [instagram.com/motheringnewworlds] * SUBSCRIBE ON SUBSTACK [motheringnewworlds.substack.com/] for extra monthly episode

5. "WHY DID I HAVE KIDS" AND OTHER FORBIDDEN QUESTIONS w/ Leah Kim

In this episode, we ask WAIT WHY DID WE HAVE KIDS and other forbidden questions that would make trad wives shit themselves. Just kidding, but we do talk about the existential dread of child-rearing through climate crises, parenting post-Oct 2023, maternal mental health, birth trauma (tw), and chosen family. Leah's website: https://www.leahkim.org/ [https://www.leahkim.org/] Leah's book "MOM, UNFILTERED" https://www.leahkim.org/mom-unfiltered [https://www.leahkim.org/mom-unfiltered] ***ABOUT MOTHERING NEW WORLDS*** * New episodes every Friday on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Youtube. * Follow on IG: instagram.com/motheringnewworlds [https://www.instagram.com/motheringnewworlds] * Subscribe for an extra monthly episode on substack: motheringnewworlds.substack.com/ [http://motheringnewworlds.substack.com/]