Mississippi farmer KD joins us for the season finale to talk about inheriting family land, how land stewardship informs their faith, and the challenges that come with farm life. Dani and Leah also share where we've been these past few months, winning a podcasting award, and working as an environmental educator.

KD Randle (they/them) is a Black, southern, queer, genderfluid person currently living in central Mississippi. They’re a lifelong learner, visionary, creator, their mother’s youngest seed, a friend, partner, dog parent, and former farm apprentice at Sipp Culture.

RESOURCES

• Country Queers KD Randle
• Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists by Leah Penniman

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Artist Amber Bishop joins us in this episode to talk about their latest installation, A Portal Somewhere Good: Who's All Over There? We discuss Midwestern versus Southern Black regional attitudes towards nature, architectural racism, and Black folks' yard styles.

Amber is a memory worker, artist, and filmmaker based in Ohio, dedicated to uplifting and protecting Black stories. Her work translates her Black experience, revisits the past, and reimagines the future, focusing on alternative sites of memory and the Black fantastical life. As a 2022 Filmmaker's First Fund recipient, Amber is working on her first feature documentary film. She recently completed her MFA in Documentary Studies and Production. Currently, she helps run a youth garden program in her neighborhood and is expanding her art practice into video installations and sculpture.

RESOURCES

• Amber Bishop: A Portal Somewhere Good: Who's All Over There?
• Pod Save the People
• "Can buildings be racist? A CU Boulder architect explores." by Yvaine Ye. CU Boulder Today.
• "Sweeping the Yard - African American Swept gardens of Southern USA." Pith + Vigor.
• "A lawsuit blooms in Plymouth as homeowner battles HOA over her naturally planted yard." by Chloe Johnson. The Minnesota Star Tribune.
• Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists by Leah Penniman

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Apocalypse Still by Leah Nicole Whitcomb

About the Boy by Leah Nicole Whitcomb

Between Us (pre-order) by Leah Nicole Whitcomb

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Our music was created by Ghrey, and our artwork was designed by Bianca.

In this episode we're joined by poet Ashia Ajani as they talk about their poetry collection, their family's migration story, as well as how Black folk's liberation is tied to the liberation of the land.

Ashia S. Ajani is a sunshower, a glass bead, a carnivorous plant, an overripe nectarine. Hailing from Denver, CO, Queen City of the Plains and the unceded territories of the Cheyenne, Ute & Arapahoe peoples, Ashia is the author of one collection of poetry, Heirloom (Write Bloody Publishing, 2023) and a forthcoming nonfiction collection,Tending the Vines (Timber Press, 2026).

RESOURCES

• Heirloom by Ashia Ajani
• Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists by Leah Penniman
• Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land by Leah Penniman
• Black on Earth: African American Ecoliterary Traditions by Kimberly N Ruffin
• "BBQ Becky: The 'Woman on the Phone Meme,' Explained" by Catie Keck. Inverse.
• "Oakland Residents Fear Suspicious Death May Have Been a Lynching, Calling for Transparency" by Leanne Maxwell. SFist.
• "Family awaits results of independent autopsy on Delta State student Trey Reed" by Leonardo Bevilacqua. Mississippi Today.
• "Genealogy of a Vacant Lot" by Ashia Ajani

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Apocalypse Still by Leah Nicole Whitcomb

About the Boy by Leah Nicole Whitcomb

Between Us (pre-order) by Leah Nicole Whitcomb

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Instagram: @hoodooplantmamas

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Paypal: paypal.me/hoodooplantmamas

Cashapp: cash.me/$hoodooplantmamas

This podcast was created, hosted, and produced by Dani & Leah.

Our music was created by Ghrey, and our artwork was designed by Bianca.