Mother Earth Medicine Podcast
Honoring Indigenous cultures and values as we collectively dream and co-create a future of mutual flourishing because Ancestral Intelligence embodies the antidote to Artificial Intelligence and the extractive ideologies destroying our planet.
A new podcast co-hosted by Dr. Lyla June Johnston (Diné/Tsétsêhéstâhese), Cultural Survival Board Member, and Aimee Roberson (Choctaw and Chickasaw), Cultural Survival Executive Director.
Tune in starting on Earth Day, April 22, 2026!
Mother Earth Medicine Podcast
Latest Episodes
Indigenous Kenya: The Power of Luhya Knowledge to Protect Biodiversity with Dr. Nelly Masayi
In Episode 5, co-host Dr. Lyla June Johnston (Diné/Tsétsêhéstâhese) speaks with Dr. Nelly Masayi (Luhya), an Indigenous academic from western Kenya, about the role of Indigenous knowledge in protecting biodiversity, addressing climate change, a...
Caring for Self, Caring for Community: Lessons in Leadership with Tanaya Winder
In Episode 4, co-host Lyla June Johnston (Diné/Tsétsêhéstâhese) speaks with Tanaya Winder (Shoshone, Ute, Diné, and Paiute), an accomplished author, singer-songwriter, poet, and motivational speaker, about burn out and working from our heart’s ...
Fierce Love: Balancing Nurture and Defense of Our Communities
In Episode 3, co-host Aimee Roberson (Chahta/Chikashsha) speaks with Alicia Moncada (Wayuu) and Avexnim Cojtí (Maya K'iche') about what it means to be Indigenous, how all of humanity has Indigenous roots, and the fierce love needed to care for ...
Burhan Sönmez: Kurdish Voices and the Power of Language
In Episode 2, one of our hosts, Dr. Lyla June Johnston (Diné/Tsétsêhéstâhese), speaks with Burhan Sönmez about the revitalization of the Kurdish language. Listen to “Healing Our Future: Mother Earth Medicine with Lyla June and Aimee...