adrienne is thrilled to connect with the co-founder of Slow Factory and author of A Woman is a School, Céline Semaan. Celine... more

The sisters are thrilled to learn from Dr. Sunita Sah and discuss her brilliant book Defy: The Power of No in... more

Autumn and adrienne are thrilled to welcome Rabbis Jessica Rosenberg and Ariana Katz, co-authors of For Times Such as These: A... more

The sisters continue their meditations on solidarity as they delve into navigating personal and professional growth, anxiety and parenting dynamics,... more

Warning, this episode includes mention of suicide. A previous version of this episode didn't include this trigger warning. Apologies.---The sisters... more

Autumn and adrienne are thrilled to welcomeDr. Eve L. Ewing to get deep into her new book, Original Sins: The (Mis)education... more

adrienne and Autumn welcome Roan Boucher to explore the complex themes of Christian nationalism and its implications for contemporary social... more

Join adrienne and Autumn as they discuss the fundamentals of creating a go bag on HTS producer, Zak Rosen's podcast,... more

adrienne and Autumn sit down together to offer prayers and presence in response to the fires in LA County. --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TRANSCRIPT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT OUR... more

Autumn and adrienne offer some vulnerable reflections on this past year - crises, compassion, collaboration and change. --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TRANSCRIPT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT OUR SHOW! -... more

Autumn and adrienne beam in from the same room to talk to activist, trainer, strategist and writer, Daniel Hunter, founder... more

In this episode, originally recorded on IG live, adrienne and Nelini Stamp, National Organizing Director at the Working Families Party,... more

A live one from Detroit with adrienne and Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson who is a marine biologist, policy expert, writer,... more

adrienne and Autumn sit down with great teacher, Norma Wong, whose new book, When No Thing Works: A Zen and Indigenous... more

election time with amb with Chase Strangio and Shelby Chestnut, focused on the current moment in the struggle for trans... more

Heading into the election and building on our ongoing series, election time with amb, adrienne and Autumn discuss taking responsibility for... more

adrienne sits down with two members of AUTUMN the Band, Autumn and her dear core collaborator Nehemiah Luckett, to listen... more

Vanessa German is an Asheville based artist. In this episode, which you can watch on adrienne's IG, they talk about... more

adrienne is joined by Palestinian poet-organizer Devin George Atallah for a conversation on Palestinian grief, solidarity, endurance, what we are learning... more

adrienne and AUTUMN reunite to kick off Season 8 and it feels so good. They discuss caterpillar to butterfly transformation,... more

in this conversation Professor, Writer, Shit-Talker, Feminist, Southerner, Brittney Cooper⁠ and adrienne discuss the election and how black women are participating... more

in this conversation Michelle Mascarenhas and adrienne discuss how we are, a time of endings, frameworks for understanding how change happens... more

adrienne was so grateful to catch up with Palestinian organizer Linda Sarsour who is at the DNC this week. we talk... more

in this conversation adrienne talks with Sendolo Diaminah (@insurgente_lola) about being in a time of endings, moving as a community vs as... more

talking with Ash-Lee Woodward Henderson about clear demands, being honest about power, walking and chewing gum, and so much tactic/strategy clarity! --- TRANSCRIPT --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT... more

grief, story, organizing and power - incredibly helpful wisdom from the one and only Malkia Devich Cyril.#electiontimewithamb --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT OUR SHOW! - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow --- HTS... more

deep breath of a conversation with Makani Themba, author of the forthcoming Our Beautiful Next, about time, elections, power, spirit, corporate... more

You know we love Alexis Pauline Gumbs here at HTS, so we're so excited to present her episode from a... more

Hala Alyan and adrienne meditate with grief, revisit endurance, share poems and thoughts on tides turning and elections and what... more

From Prentis Hemphill, the host and producer of the Finding Our Way podcast comes a new podcast: Becoming the People. Prentis... more

We're taking some time off this summer but while we're away we're excited to share some shows in our ecology.... more

Join the sisters as they discuss Columbia’s People’s Graduation, the new Keith Haring exhibit, Lovecraft Country, Charlotte Day Wilson, Chappell... more

In a final, mistakenly overlooked Witch episode, gina Breedlove and adrienne get into Grace’s language, singing the Delfonics, kneeling before... more

Autumn interviews adrienne about our yearlong season of the Witch. They get into working with nature, Karis Nemik’s manifesto from... more

For their grand reunion, adrienne and Autumn discuss picking weeds (but not condemning their existence as a species), periods as... more

It's Witch School graduation day with Alexis Pauline Gumbs and Sangodare! They discuss priestly practice, dropping down and back and into... more

adrienne welcomes yoga teacher Wambui Njuguna-Räisänen to Witch School. Sign up for her newsletter here. They discuss A-ha moments during yoga,... more

adrienne welcomes Dori Midnight, a community care practitioner, ritual leader, writer, and deep listener oriented towards healing and liberation. They discuss... more

Z Griss is the founder of EmbodyMoreLove.com, a spiritual kinky dance community for personal & cultural liberation. On this episode adrienne and... more

adrienne is joined by The Free Will Astrologer, Rob Brezsny. They discuss ecocide, the 6 or 7 genocides going on... more

Join adrienne for a tender conversation with Kristiana Rae and Johnaé Strong about how they generated family as a verb in the wake... more

adrienne gets witchy with Makani Themba who was previously on the show (6/24/21) with her brother, Robin D.G. Kelly. adrienne and... more

adrienne welcomes Queer, non-binary, gender expansive, Two-Spirit human, Sara Flores to Witch School. They get into hot springs, presence-ing, “where intention flows... more

adrienne takes a break from our regular program to bring us a very special bonus episode with a super special... more

adrienne is thrilled to welcome Adaku Utah to Witch School. Baltimore born, Nigeria, Maryland, raised in Festac, Nigeria, grounded in her legacy... more

adrienne is joined by Southern born, Queer, Black, Bay Area based somatic healer, awakener, bodyworker, ritualist, & song weaver, MawuLisa... more

For our first episode of 2024, join adrienne as she digs deep with the curator, scholar, critic, filmmaker, institution builder and founder... more

Join us for a conversation with Chani Nicholas, a best-selling author and astrologer. She and adrienne get into how astrology... more

Join adrienne as she dives deep with Suhaly Bautista-Carolina. They discuss rooted energy, looking back, bruja-ness, plant magic, the Tao... more

A special bonus episode organized by Hala Alyan with adrienne maree brown, Spenta Kandawalla, Adaku Utah, Sepideh Moafi, Noor Tagouri... more

adrienne talks to JuJu Bae about Beyonce, the Orisha Tradition, Bad Bitch Witchness, A Little Juju Podcast, The Demons, Grandmas... more

Join adrienne for a conversation with healer, Adela Nieves Martinez. Adela is a storykeeper, mama and Promotora de Salud/Traditional Community... more

This episode is taken from adrienne’s Instagram live with the writer/poet Hala Alyan. Her recent piece in the NYT is Why... more

We found Claire Davey on the summer solstice and bring her to you this Samhain week. Claire shares sacred Celtic... more

Listen to two conversations with adrienne around the crisis in Palestine and Israel, first with Lara Kiswani from the Arab... more

Join us for a conversation with Michael Morris on fall season magic, the feminist dimension of being a witch, childish... more

Aesha Rasheed on emerging shamanism, apprenticeship, loss and ritual, wild magic making, unnamed healers, being a bodyworker!, S.O.N.G., being the... more

Edgar teaches us about bibliomancy, the many paths of divination in nature, animism, Wixárika, and letting art and magic flow... more

Join this conversation with Starhawk where we are traveling time and tending the land, developing a direct relationship with our... more

Naimonu James (@heynaimonu) came across our radar as an astrologist whose readings were poetry. A writer and intuitive who offers... more

Moya Bailey, who cast the spell of light on misogynoir, is an astrological witch who is plotting on ways to... more

Empress Karen Rose guides us through a beautiful and practical journey on reclaiming our relationship to earth, spiritual herbalism, what... more

Jessica Lanyadoo is a psychic medium, astrologer, tarot reader, animal communicator, host of Ghost of a Podcast and author of... more

Geryll “Dr. G. Love” Robinson is an Earthly representative of Intergalactic Royalty. She is a teacher to several guests of this... more

Abigail Bengson is a goddess in the lineage of wild and emotionally accurate singing, her song spells, channeled through story and wailing... more

Witch school is in session. adrienne interviews the resplendent Omisade Burney-Scott, curator of the Black Girl’s Guide to Surviving Menopause,... more

Season 7 begins with a sister check in, preparing for Autumn heading on sabbatical and adrienne beginning the witch season! --- ⁠SUPPORT... more

We'll be back with our new season of shows next week! But today, get lost on the river with us... more

We are so honored to share an episode with you from one of our favorite podcasts, FOR THE WILD. --- “The fugitive... more

In this sweet dive into the new anthology Healing Justice Lineages, adrienne and Autumn get the incredible honor of interviewing... more

Subscribe to THE BEST ADVICE SHOW wherever you listen to pods.   --- jackie sumell's work has been exhibited extensively throughout the... more

On September 29th, 2022 The Brown Sisters joined together to deliver a live dual keynote as a part of the... more

The Brown sisters sign off season six (and 2022) with a tender, silly and thorough reflection of what they learned... more

Voice note movie review spoiler extravaganza!! Come with us as we grieve Chadwick Boseman and talk about grief, power, ancestral... more

In this episode, adrienne and Autumn explore the tender edges of family as a practice when trauma is present, named... more

We are thrilled to share this episode from the incredible Possibilities Podcast! -- We chat about the many ways adrienne and Autumn... more

In this episode the Brown sisters explore what they’ve learned about love at the site of their own family, what... more

The currently single Brown sisters discuss some of what they have learned about sustaining love - love for ourselves, love... more

bell hooks offers us the wisdom that “love is an act of will, both an intention and an action.” in... more

We've got something for you as we get ready to return with the rest of our season All About Love.  If... more

adrienne and Autumn continue their exploration of bell hooks' classic All About Love with a free flowing conversation about the... more

with bell hooks' guidance, adrienne and Autumn trace the conditions that leave us hopeless and despairing at work, and look... more

adrienne maree was honored to be invited to give the sermon at The Revival: It Is Our Duty, a Juneteenth,... more

We learned a song from The Bengsons that we want everyone to learn and sing. Join us. --- We will not We will... more

won't you celebrate with me - by Lucille Clifton --- won't you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of life?... more

In this episode, adrienne and Autumn talk about opening up romantic relationships, the wonder of loving multiple partners, the challenge... more

The Brown sisters in very tender, intimate conversation about the times we are loving through and how we hold each... more

Autumn and adrienne kind of want the sibling miniseries to go on forever, so they were ecstatic when Ibeyi wanted... more

adrienne and Autumn are back with a brand new season, and this year we are looking at L.O.V.E. Love! What... more

adrienne and Autumn are back with a brand new season, and this year we are looking at L.O.V.E. Love! What... more

We made our first Ask Us Anything episode! What you'll hear here is an excerpt from that convo.  These AUA episodes... more

We're so excited to share an episode from a new podcast we think you'll love called Freedom Dreams. It's a... more

In this special bonus episode, we bring you audio from a virtual event hosted by Moon Palace Books in Minneapolis,... more

The Brown sisters realized halfway thru this series that they had to be interviewed, and the interviewer had to be... more

The Brown sisters realized halfway thru this series that they had to be interviewed, and the interviewer had to be... more

HOW TO SURVIVE MERCH IS WAITING FOR YOU! -- This Brown sisters interview with Joey and Faith Soloway includes original music, a... more

Finally, we made you merch! You are gonna look amazing wearing/using this stuff! Head over to Patreon to learn about... more

Sister adrienne reads her latest blog post, on moving through grief and despair. While she was writing it, she learned... more

adrienne and Autumn interview the legendary Angela Davis and Fania Davis. These sisters, who have profoundly shaped the movement for... more

Our youngest organizer siblings join the Brown sisters to discuss their journeys of becoming radical, with stories on queerness, Blackness... more

Four siblings from Texas doing a deep dive on political shaping, culture shifting and embodiment. With unexpected astrology. Listen to Finding... more

This profound sibling conversation moves us through Haiti, Puerto Rico, Chicago, organizing in communist, Black power and women's movements, the... more

The Brown sisters are joined by Malkia Devich Cyril and Sala Cyril for a conversation on their journey from being born to... more

Autumn and adrienne go live on Instagram with an interview about Autumn’s essay in Adrienne’s recent facilitation guide, Holding Change:... more

Before our new season kicks off next month, we're thrilled to bring you this essential episode from The Emergent Strategy... more

The sisters drop in with an update on the second half of the season, and a moment of celebration. TRANSCRIPT --- Music by... more

In this episode, the Brown Sisters had the honor of interviewing two siblings who are giants of the social justice... more

The Brown Sisters continue the Sibling Miniseries with pleasure and joy mavens Una and Michi Osato, sister performer artist healers... more

From land ownership to Black liberation to father loss to love upgrades, Karissa Lewis and Cole B. (Transcript is on its... more

The Brown sisters get to spend time with Naina and Navina Khanna, sisters who are transforming the realm of AIDS/HIV... more

The Brown sisters kick off our sibling interview miniseries with sisters Naima and Leah Penniman, radical farmers and writers who... more

Autumn and adrienne continue their deep dive on blackness and mixed race identity, begun in Season 4 with the episode... more

Autumn was recently invited to take part in a really fun, mind-bending panel called Organizers in Space. The event was... more

The Brown sisters are back for season 5 of apocalypse survival philosophy, feelings and tangible skills. In this episode, they... more

The Brown sisters are back with a new season and this one will include some fundamental practices that help us... more

The Brown sisters give each other permission to rest, reflect on lessons and appreciations for the year, and ask for... more

The sisters share a bit of their interwoven and distinct race stories as daughters of an interracial love story. TRANSCRIPT: - https://www.dropbox.com/s/fl1gsitoi8rt2iq/HTS_Tip%20of%20the%20Iceberg.pdf?dl=0 Music by... more

The sisters speak with students at Dartmouth about the political potency of this moment in context of our histories, uplifting... more

adrienne and Autumn sit down to talk about their mutual journeys to understanding the magic that lies within, and can... more

A little bonus this week! adrienne shared a transmission for the next 2.5 months that we wanted to also make... more

Today we are joined by two of the most brilliant humans I know to debrief this election so far. Kat... more

In today’s episode, a re-run from last year, the Brown sisters interview the legendary Toshi Reagon about the making of... more

This is a Detroit love affair of an episode. For How To Survive's first appearance at the Detroit Podcast Festival,... more

We are reposting this episode to help you prepare for and understand the ways to engage electoral politics. We are... more

For this week's episode, Autumn and adrienne sit down with Ejeris Dixon (@ejeris) and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (@brownstargirl), the editors... more

An earlier version this episode contained some misaligned audio. Sorry about that! The sisters turn and face the terror and grief of... more

We are reposting the Brown sisters 2018 conversation with  Three Point Strategies,’ Jessica Byrd (@JessicaLBYRD) and Kayla Reed (@iKaylaReed) from... more

Autumn and adrienne return to each other. Ursula le Guin wrote, "true journey is return", and in this conversation the... more

Before we come back with a full fall slate of episodes, we want to share this episode of Your Attention... more

adrienne and Autumn were recipients of Auburn Seminary’s 2020 Lives of Commitment Award, which celebrates women of moral courage. This... more

adrienne and Autumn are joined once again by the incomparable queer astrologer, Chani Nicholas (@chaninicholas), author of You Were Born... more

This episode is a bit different, a three part exploration of listening featuring a short interview with Sterling Toles, and... more

As our summer break continues, we're so excited to feature an episode from our friends at the Fortification podcast.  Future: Spiritual... more

2020 is an Emperor Year, a 4 year, so we thought it would be particularly helpful to uplift episode 7:... more

A podcast diving into Octavia E Butler’s Parable of the Sower/Talents, hosted by Toshi Reagon and adrienne maree brown. Produced... more

Autumn and adrienne reunite for the finale episode of the miniseries. We create a collective altar and read aloud the... more

We live in a fundamentally violent society. We have the human right to defend and protect ourselves, but for many... more

We survive by building the new world in the shell of the old, and our new world will need a... more

Now more than ever we are relying on the internet to satisfy our basic needs and desires. This begs the... more

We bring you part two of Autumn’s interview with So and Pinar, the love organism behind Queer Nature. We discuss... more

Any scenario of systemic collapse involves a question of how we sustainably feed ourselves and our communities. For a visionary... more

We continue our miniseries with a conversation about how we access medicine, health, and healing when our under-resourced and fragile... more

During this time of economic collapse, many of us are wondering how we will create and maintain homes, if and... more

We kick off the Apocalypse Survival Miniseries with a special focus on social distancing inside the pandemic. Autumn interviews long... more

Beloved Survivors, as we work away on our upcoming survival mini-series, we have another special guest treat to share. You... more

Meet Irresistible: a community of practice in collective healing and social change. Formerly known as Healing Justice Podcast, their show... more

We're here today to ask you a question. What are your strategies for intimacy and connection to other humans during... more

In this bonus episode from Healing Justice Podcast, we bring you advice about how to adapt your travel and gatherings,... more

North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green drops blessings like ripe mango into our laps. Walls breathe a heavy sigh... more