Becoming the People Podcast with Prentis Hemphill

Becoming the People Podcast with Prentis Hemphill

Author: Prentis Hemphill Language: English Episodes: 67
Prentis Hemphill, known for their work on Finding Our Way, now hosts Becoming the People Podcast with Prentis Hemphill. Here, Prentis engages in thoughtful, often intimate conversations with a range of voices-thinkers, artists, and practitioners who are actively shaping our understanding of society and culture. These dialogues circle around urgent, foundational questions: what does genuine human evolution look like, and how can we foster relationships that don't just connect us but fundamentally change us for the better? Each episode feels like a shared inquiry into the mechanics of healing, both personal and collective. You'll hear discussions that are less about easy answers and more about exploring the nuanced, sometimes difficult terrain of how we live with one another. This podcast serves as a space to sit with the complexities of transformation, examining the daily practices and big ideas that might guide us toward becoming different people, and in turn, creating a different world. It’s for anyone who believes that the path forward is woven through honest connection and courageous self-reflection.
Episodes
[Revisit] Embodying Existence with Kai Cheng Thom [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:51
This episode was originally aired on July 1st 2024. Kai Cheng Thom - MSW, Qualified Mediator, Somatic Sex Educator, performance artist, community healer, award-winning writer, and author of Falling Back in Love with Bein…
[Revisit] Conjuring Worlds with Maurice Mitchell [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:41
This episode first aired in July 2024. Prentis is joined by the National Director of the Working Families Party, Maurice Mitchell. Maurice shares the roots of his organizing; reminds us of our power as a people and inspi…
[Revisit] Grief is the Medicine with Malkia Devich Cyril [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:41
We won't be dropping a new episode this week, as Prentis is away mourning the passing of their father. To honor this tender moment we are resharing an episode from last season with Transformative grief activist, movement…
Reverence for Death with Alua Arthur [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:25
Death doula, author and trainer, Alua Arthur, is a clear voice of what death could be if we brought it into the center of our lives. Alua brings her profound wisdom from confronting the existential and seemingly unfaceab…
Mini-Episode: The Practice of Imagination [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:43
Prentis addresses the rolling back of the Voting Rights Act and the impacts on our hope and imagination. They remind us of the power and audacity of the visionary ancestors that dared to dream before us, and encourage us…
Holistic Prosperity with Aisha Nyandoro [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:36
Aisha Nyandoro is the CEO of Springboard To Opportunities and leader in the campaign to end generational poverty through guaranteed income. She joins Prentis this week to talk about her program Magnolia Mother’s Trust. T…
Mini-Episode: Traitors to Patriarchy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:57
Prentis is sharing a rageful invitation and calling all Traitors to the Project of Patriarchy. They are sharing their thoughts on how the manosphere manipulates men’s pain for more power, and how we need more traitors to…
Radical Non-Completion with Báyò Akómoláfé [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:05
Posthumanist thinker, poet, teacher, author and our favorite trickster, Báyò Akómoláfé is on the podcast again. Prentis and Báyò get lost in this episode as they traverse Blackness, radical non-completion, AI, and the se…
Mini-Episode: A Non-Contingent Self [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:44
This week’s episode is centered around cultivating a relationship with self that is non-contingent. A self that is not tied to or determined by the myths of human beings. They are exploring how to activate a sense of bel…
Erotic Energy with Melissa Febos [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:41
Author Melissa Febos is here to talk about her book The Dry Season - a memoir of her year of celibacy. Prentis and Melissa explore how to build a true understanding of our interiors, erotic energy outside of sex, and wha…

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