How to Survive the End of the World

How to Survive the End of the World

Author: How to Survive the End of the World Language: English Episodes: 100
Sisters Autumn Brown and adrienne maree brown host How to Survive the End of the World, a podcast rooted in their shared lives as writers, activists, and facilitators shaped by multiracial diasporic lineages. This isn't a theoretical discussion about distant catastrophes; it's a direct, grounded conversation about the endings we are all already living through-the collapse of systems, the death of old ways, and the personal transformations that feel like worlds dissolving. Each episode delves into the tangible, often messy practices a community needs to navigate these ruptures. You'll hear them explore how we grieve, how we organize, how we imagine futures, and how we find wholeness even as things fall apart. The dialogue is intimate and urgent, moving from the kitchen table to the front lines of social change, always asking what it means to survive with integrity and connection. This podcast operates from the belief that learning to face endings together is the first, most necessary step toward building something new. For more from Autumn and adrienne, find them at endoftheworldshow.org.
Episodes
The Revolution Will Be Incremental with Rebecca Solnit [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:07:03
The sisters are ecstatic to build with writer, activist and historian Rebecca Solnit. Her latest book is No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays on Uneven Terrain.They talk about how solidarity is always across differen…
A Palestinian Love Story with Devin Atallah and Sarah Ihmoud [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:27:41
adrienne is joined at her home by Devin Atallah and Sarah Ihmoud to hear their love story. They discuss what love has to do with solidarity, falling in love, Palestinians in love, searching for love, eternal love, self l…
I'm the Hell [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:18
The sisters convene to consider the realizion that aging means being in grief all the time but continuing, nonetheless, writing in the bath, taking responsibility for our inner state, the free Chani Breakthrough Course,…
Be My Senpai [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:21:06
The sisters answer a listener question about how to interface with critical feedback and even trolling. They dive into the the importance of belonging and the ways they establish safety and boundaries in their lives, how…
The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity with Sarah Schulman [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:12
Today's conversation is long-overdue. The sisters have been circling, admiring and inspired by Sarah Schulman for many years. Finally, they convene to discuss the particularities of solidarity, how heroism and perfection…
Messiness is Where the Creativity Exists with Céline Semaan [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:54
adrienne is thrilled to connect with the co-founder of Slow Factory and author of A Woman is a School, Céline Semaan. Celine shares her journey as a Lebanese-American and the founder of Slow Factory, emphasizing the need…
The Five Stages of Defiance with Dr. Sunita Sah [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:16:24
The sisters are thrilled to learn from Dr. Sunita Sah and discuss her brilliant book Defy: The Power of No in a World that Demands Yes. The conversation explores the complex relationship between compliance and defiance a…