Interweaving
What is Interweaving?
Join us for fresh, timely conversations about underreported stories from around the globe. We highlight the role of grassroots journalists, activists, and authors who are working to create a better information ecosystem and a more just world.
Interweaving #25 - Thinking Beyond Settler Systems
In this episode, Tzintzun Aguilar-Izzo speaks with guests John Collins (Weave News), Blake Lavia (Talking Wings), and Emmett Smith (Northern Power & Light) about the intersection of settler colonialism, ecological responsibility, and the rights of nature in northern New York/Haudenosaunee territory and beyond. In addition to Smith’s unique perspective on dams and energy issues in the region, the conversation addresses broader ethical questions about how to move beyond our current system of extractive capitalism.
Interweaving #20 - Award-Winning Author Pedro Ponce
In this episode of Interweaving, host Nicole Roché talks with author Pedro Ponce, who won the 2020 Don Belton Fiction Prize for his new short story collection, The Devil and the Dairy Princess. They discuss his narrative use of misdirection, “unreliable omniscience,” and much more. The book was published in October 2021 by Indiana University Press.
Interweaving #17 - Protecting the Pollinators
In this episode, filmmakers Blake Lavia and Tzintzun Aguilar Izzo of the Talking Wings Collective take us on a journey to Coatepec, Veracruz (Mexico), where stingless bees embody the promise of regenerative agriculture for a world that desperately needs climate solutions. They also give us a preview of their upcoming film and the 2020 North Country Art, Land and Environment Summit.
Interweaving #8 - Digging Into North Country Archaeology
In this episode, Nicole Roché speaks with two archaeology professors from the State University of New York at Potsdam about their recent work in New York State’s North Country region. Dr. Hadley Kruczek-Aaron and Dr. Tim Messner highlight how archaeology can be a powerful tool for challenging historical narratives that too often privilege the perspectives of the powerful.
Interweaving #4 - Lisa Guenther and Rivka Rocchio on Mass Incarceration
In this episode, Weave News editor Savannah Crowley speaks with Dr. Lisa Guenther about the “horizon” of prison abolition, and theater educator Rivka Rocchio shares some of the creative work she is doing to highlight the stories of correctional officers in northern New York. Rocchio’s work is part of the St. Lawrence Citizen Journalism Incubator (SLCJI) program.