A weekly roundtable about Indigenous issues and events in Canada and beyond. Hosted by Rick Harp.
On this week’s collected, connected conversations, our three-part pile of political pontifications concludes its campaign—as does our Summer 2024 Series... more
On this week’s collected, connected conversations (the seventh in our eight-part summer series): the push and pull of performative politics,... more
On this week’s collected, connected conversations (the sixth in our summer series): a political perusal of the prerogatives of power. The... more
On this week’s collected, connected conversations (the fifth in our summer series): the conclusion to our five-part retrospective, Why Canada... more
On this week’s collected, connected conversations (the fourth in our summer series): part four of Why Canada Needs Natives Needy,... more
On this week’s collected, connected conversations (the third in our summer series): our third installment of Why Canada Needs Natives Needy,... more
On this week’s collected, connected conversations (the second in our summer series): part two of Why Canada Needs Natives Needy,... more
The MEDIA INDIGENA 2024 Summer Series—our classic compendia of collected, connected conversations drawn from our voluminous eight-year archive—begins with the... more
On this week’s round table—the last all-new episode before our summer series launches—the second half of our special live on... more
What is genomics? In what ways might Indigenous genomics differ from its mainstream counterpart? And why is it important they... more
This week: our return to the realm of IZ, the personification of critical Indigenous studies as imagined by MEDIA INDIGENA... more
In this back half of our longer-than-expected mini INDIGENA, host/producer Rick Harp picks up where he left off (drinking deeply... more
For our latest mini INDIGENA (the sweet + sour version of MEDIA INDIGENA), we yank on the global supply chain... more
This week: building upon last episode's commanding talk by MI's own Kim TallBear, in which she highlighted the insatiable settler drive... more
On this week’s program: a plethora of pretendianism! So much, in fact, it’s going to take two whole episodes to... more
This week: 'Close Encounters of the Colonial Kind,' the title of a talk given by our very own Kim TallBear... more
On this week’s Indigenous round table: legal limbo? Did the Supreme Court's recent rejection of Quebec’s constitutional challenge to Bill... more
This episode, another ‘mini’ INDIGENA (the easy-peasy version of MEDIA INDIGENA)—one where the first item went way longer than anyone... more
For our first mini INDIGENA of 2024, Candis Callison (associate professor in the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies and Graduate... more
For our final episode of 2023, a live audience recording from the spring, when we took part in the ICA... more
This week, our penultimate program of 2023 reunites Kim and Ken for another mini INDIGENA (the rough and ready version... more
On this week’s round table: colonial carbon culpability. Calling it a “first-of-its-kind analysis,” a recent study by Carbon Brief has... more
This week: where there’s smokes, there’s fire. Does a recent ruling by Quebec’s Superior Court have the potential to dramatically alter... more
This week: controversy at the Congress. The National Congress of American Indians, that is. And according to its website, NCAI... more
This week, yet another ‘mini’ INDIGENA (the fast + furious version of MEDIA INDIGENA), with some world-wide words for our... more
We wrap up October a titch late with another ‘mini’ INDIGENA (the quick + dirty version of MEDIA INDIGENA), featuring... more
This week: another MINI INDIGENA featuring Kim TallBear (professor in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta)... more
MEDIA INDIGENA is back from its summer break with all-new shows, and we kick off with a far-ranging foursome of... more
For the eighth and final installment of our 2023 Summer Series, "Indigenous Journalisms"—our audio book club based on Reckoning: Journalism's... more
For the seventh installment of our 2023 Summer Series, "Indigenous Journalisms"—an 8-part audio book club based on Reckoning: Journalism's Limits and... more
For the sixth installment of our 2023 Summer Series, "Indigenous Journalisms"—an 8-part audio book club based on Reckoning: Journalism's Limits and... more
For the fifth installment of our 2023 Summer Series, "Indigenous Journalisms"—an 8-part audio book club based on Reckoning: Journalism's Limits and... more
For the fourth installment of our 2023 Summer Series, "Indigenous Journalisms"—an 8-part audio book club based on Reckoning: Journalism's Limits and... more
For the third installment of our 2023 Summer Series, "Indigenous Journalisms"—an 8-part audio book club based on Reckoning: Journalism's Limits... more
For the second installment of our 2023 Summer Series, "Indigenous Journalisms"—an 8-part audio book club based on Reckoning: Journalism's Limits and Possibilities—co-author... more
The opening installment of MEDIA INDIGENA's 2023 Summer Series debuts a new format for this time of year: a kind... more
For our final show of the 2022/23 season, we debut a somewhat new format—working title: 'the RADAR' 📡—as MI regular... more
This week: The function of injunctions. When First Nations challenge the authority of a province or corporation to enact decisions... more
This week: when culture and commerce collide. Three underground art rings producing hundreds if not thousands of fake artworks worth... more
Can a reserve’s chronically unsafe drinking water be associated with a greater risk of suicide for its residents? That’s the... more
This week: our second, long-overdue MINI INDIGENA of the season features regulars Trina Roache (Rogers Chair in Journalism at the... more
This week: Press Proximity to Power. For our latest TalkBack edition of MEDIA INDIGENA, where monthly supporters of the podcast debrief... more
On our latest TalkBack edition, where monthly supporters of the podcast share their questions and comments, a follow-up with journalist Dawn... more
This week: Storming the beaches. Some Canadian property developers hoping to lure so-called ‘snowbirds’ to sunny beachfront in Oaxaca, Mexico... more
Media bias: something many suspect is at play in mainstream outlets. But proving it—that's a different story. Amidst the daily,... more
This episode, a live debrief with our patrons on 'Oil and Gaslighting,' our December 21, 2022 discussion about the jarring... more
Something of a different turn for us this episode, as we roll into the realm of games. A way to... more
This week: Oil and gaslighting. They say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Guess which one... more
THIS WEEK: Our second-ever 'TalkBack' edition of MEDIA INDIGENA, where monthly supporters of the podcast on Patreon get a chance... more
This week: Alberta sovereignty. Sovereign over what and whom, you may ask? Great questions, ones that finally got an answer... more
This week: Storming the beaches. Some Canadian property developers hoping to lure so-called ‘snowbirds’ to sunny beachfront in Oaxaca, Mexico have hit... more