Podcasts by Eating Cake
Join N and R for a weekly (or biweekly) conversation touching on progressive politics, the social sciences and humanities, and earth-based spirituality. What's the way forward? How can we create community in the face of a state run amok? Ruth is an Alutiiq, mother, writer and activist. N is a Boricua East Coast transplant whose main goals are to live a life that is rooted in indigenous wisdom and to live as simply as possible. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eatingcake/support
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The Spring Equinox 2021 Episode from 2021-03-23T00:37:59
This is a strange conversation: R & N ramble on about the equinox, earth-based spirituality. Then we head into a strange turn into how hoarding works on a societal level in the United States...
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Withdrawing Our Projections from 2021-02-15T02:39:30
R and N talk about the "Wasteland," the problem of categories, and how the overuse of categories can lead to dehumanization. Lastly, they discuss the importance of creativity, especially when we...
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Free Your Mind from 2021-01-10T23:58:44
R&N discuss the "insurrection" (or whatever you want to call it) in D.C., political polarization, and how chickens are coming home to roost. Fun times!
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"A Sense of the Sacred" from 2020-12-14T00:48:34
R and N discuss the art of writing, words the impact that language has on our consciousness, and briefly delve into the world of dreams. We close with a reading from the book, Recovering a S...
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Astro-Politics from 2020-12-07T00:02:30
N loses track of episode numbers. R and N dive into the world of mundane astrology and discuss the upcoming solar eclipse on December 14 and the Great Conjunction coming up December ...
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Cycles of Life/The Art of Giving Thanks from 2020-11-30T01:25:27
This turned out to be a really long one! R and N touch on some politics, but spend most of the time discussing their perspectives on earth-based spirituality and how to be artful in one's everyd...
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Manufacturing Crises from 2020-11-22T23:06:20
We have an ax to grind today! R and N discuss the "housing crisis," why it is not really a "housing crisis" and instead is a crisis of capitalism. N discusses housing issues and the local Occupy...
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The Masks We Wear from 2020-11-16T01:17:40
R and N talk about wearing masks, both literally and metaphorically (mostly metaphorical), reflect on being present in the moment, and discuss their strategies to avoid media propaganda. N share...
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Episode 11: Stealing Elections from 2020-11-09T01:17:52
R and N discuss the long election and how it lasted days...and is still being counted! We also discuss how both parties participate in stealing votes and elections. We discuss oligarchs, t...
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Don't Feed the Monsters from 2020-11-01T20:55:17
What a wild ride! R and N talk about many things that they didn't anticipate discussing: the vile "health care" system, media games and the chattering class, living a life with dignity within an...
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Robbing Us of Our Creativity from 2020-10-25T19:30:39
R and N discuss a variety of things: the U.S. election being fewer than two weeks away, how media and advertising industry, how the ad industry affects our states of mind, the politi...
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Lessons from COVID-19 from 2020-10-18T22:14:29
What is COVID teaching us at this time? R and N discuss what they have learned about the world during COVID. This discussion stems from a conversation that N participated in where a Native elder...
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Episode 7: Naming as an Act of Love from 2020-10-11T22:13:51
R and N reflect on Indigenous Peoples' Day, reflect further on land acknowledgments, talk about their own ancestry, what it means to them to be indigenous, and reflect on the power of nami...
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"Pray for the Earth to Win" from 2020-10-04T19:28:50
R and N start out with a long overdue land acknowledgement, discuss the importance of caring and being in community together, Maslow's hierachy of needs and its indigenous roots, vampires and zo...
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Staying Sane While Living in Insane Times from 2020-09-29T22:14:47
R & N discuss various strategies they use to stay sane, answer listeners' questions, discuss "Trump Derangement Syndrome," and why they aren't listening to the debate tonight.
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Episode 4: The U.S. is a Sh*tshow from 2020-09-21T21:41:49
R and N discuss the death of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, discuss the U.S. as a failed state, and examine politics as a form of spellcasting. We had fun with this episode and made fun of the curre...
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Episode 3: Initiation by Fire from 2020-09-14T20:49:10
What does protests, the quarantine, and the wildfires have in common? R and N discuss the West Coast fires and its impact on an ecological level, a psychological level, and a spiritual level. We...
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Episode 2: From Assange to Ecocide from 2020-09-07T21:31:50
R and N start off with an update about the recent news about Julian Assange. The episode takes a quick turn into environmental politics, activism, Celtic mythology, being indigenous, and the pol...
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Eating Cake: Episode 1 - Introduction from 2020-09-01T17:31:27
Ruth and N. introduce the podcast, why they decided to start a podcast, and what listeners can expect in the near future.
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