Summary

This month on Strangers, Miriam and Inmn talk with Olson about how to organize and put on DIY shows and events. They go over some of the information in this month's feature zine "Hey Gang, Let's Put on a Show." You can read the zine here. There's no audio feature this month, because most of the information gets covered in the interview. And Inmn forgot to do a word of the month, so that's on them.

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This month on Strangers, we have The Memory Shop by Melissa Ren, a short story about grief, belonging, and memory alteration. The word of the month is about deep care…and also deep anxiety. Read along at Tangledwilderness.org

Guest Info

Melissa Ren (she/her) is a Chinese-Canadian writer whose narratives tend to explore the intersection between belonging and becoming. She is a prize recipient of Room Magazi...

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This month on Strangers, we have Wax by Henri Feola, a story about disaster, cataclysm, and memory. The word of the month is about speaking loudly, and we have an interview with Henri after the feature. The interview is sadly cut short by technical difficulties, but is still quite enjoyable.

Guest Info

Henri Feola (he/they) is a writer, musician, abolitionist, and mutual aid organizer based in Appalachia....

Episode Notes

This isn't a real episode. It's an advertisement, but it's an advertisement for a really cool thing, a new new book by Margaret Killjoy that we're Kickstarting. You can get so many deals and cool rewards and stretch goals that have already been unlocked, as long as you're listening to this before March 21st at 9am est. If you're listening after that, then you can probably just go preorder or regular order the...

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This month on Strangers we have The Dandelion Gatherers: On Italian American Foodways, Anarchism, and Assimilation. This piece is a historical exploration of Italian American foodways, anarchism, and assimilation through folklore, newspaper stories, and accounts of women who gathered dandelions by the roadside.. The word of the month is about everyone's favorite revolutionary musical, besides Newsies. Read along a...

Episode Summary This month on Strangers, we have a Live Like the World is Dying crossover episode because the feature is a Live Like the World is Dying Skill Series zine. Casandra talks with Aaron, the host of the Propaganda By the Seed podcast about edible perennial plants that you can grow. You can read the zine here or get a free PDF of it at www.Tangledwilderness.org.

Guest Info

Aaron Parker can be found host...

Episode Summary

This month on Strangers, Inmn talks to Margaret and James about Ready For Anything, which you can read at www.tangledwilderness.org. The zine has a lot of practical advice and checklists for preparing for another Trump presidency and a world that is growing more fascistic each day. Sign up for our monthly features at patron.com/strangersinatangledwilderness.

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Inmn can be found on Instagram...

Summary

We have a special extra episode of Strangers this month. We have an interview with Henri Feola, talking about his zine The Veil Between Worlds is Plexiglass: notes from an incarcerated forest defender. If you want a copy of this zine, go to www.tangledwilderness.org.

About the Zine

On January 18, 2023, Atlanta police murdered Tortuguita, a protester defending the Weelaunee People’s Forest. Three days lat...

Summary

This month on Strangers we have a collection of poems by William Morris, thoughtfully edited by Casandra. The word of the month is far too much ado about urine. You can read along at TangledWilderness.org

Guest Info

Casandra (they/them) is a book designer, occasional host of Live Like the World is Dying, and collective member of Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness. They love books and hope you're having a l...

Summary

This month on Strangers we have some short stories by Margaret Killjoy, Folk Tales of the Lowlands of Cekon, a set of folk stories set in the world Margaret’s new book The Sapling Cage from Feminist Press. The word of the month is about faeries being sketchy.

Guest Info

Margaret Killjoy (she/they) can be found on IG @MargaretKilljoy or on twitter @magpiekilljoy. You can find more of her essays on Substack...

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This month on Strangers we have Refuting the Legend: On the Words and Life of Louis Mercier-Vega. Jame Stout gives us an introduction to the life and words of Louis Mercier Vega, an anarchist writer who fought with the International Group of the Durruti Column in the Spanish Civil War, along with an English translation of Louis' piece Refuting the Legend from the original in French. The word of the month is about r...

Episode Summary

This Month on Strangers, we have a special guest interview by Margaret and Casandra with Shane Burley and Ben Lorber to talk about their new book Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism. The feature is an abridged transcript of the conversation.

Host Info

Margaret can be found on twitter @magpiekilljoy or instagram at @margaretkilljoy.

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Summary

This month on Strangers we have a comic, Queer Uprisings by Hazel Newlevant. Queer Uprisings is a comic about some of the acts of group resistance that set the stage for the more-famous Stonewall Uprising in 1969, which we commemorate annually with Pride marches. The word of the month is about forgetting, literally. Follow along at tangledwilderness.org

Guest Info

Hazel Newlevant (they/them) is a cartoonis...

Summary

This month on Strangers we have a collection of poetry by Maria Elle. Escape Plan is a collection of poetry that explores what it means to hold the dreams of the future while grappling with the persistent horrors of now, through the lens of love, war, Capitalist-driven climate devastation, anti-Zionist struggles, and the pursuit of a free Palestine. The word of the month is about being connected to the Earth. Foll...

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This month on Strangers we have “Hurrah for Anarchy: a history of Haymarket, May Day, and the Chicago Anarchists” by Margaret Killjoy, which is a short historical article about…May Day. We have no audio feature this month, just an interview with Margaret about the zine. If you want to read the zine, go to Tangled Wilderness.org and check it out for free! The word of the month is about the nature of fear.

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Summary

This month on Strangers, we have a short story called With the Dolphins by Bill Stickers. It's a story about the spirit of adventure on the high seas, the false promises of AI, and the inescapability of worker exploitation in late-stage capitalism -- and how solidarity, in all its many forms, can effectively fight it. The word of the month is about the queen of rot. Sort of. Read along for free at tangled wildernes...

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This month on Strangers, we have a piece called So Your Cult had a Schism: Why and How to Dig a Tunnel About it by Miriam Roček, which feels pretty self-explanatory. The word of the month is about some critters that also like to make tunnels. Follow along here at tangled wilderness.org.

Guest Info

You can find Miriam here at Strangers.

Publisher

This podcast is published by Strangers In A Tangled...

Summary

This month on Strangers, we have the short story A Field, A Shadow, Indeed a Shadow, by Margaret Killjoy. Two teenagers discover what it means to wander the woods, the night, and to take action in all of the small ways that feel big to save their forest from destruction and to answer the call to adventure. The word of the month is a word that's supposed to be mean but holds great power. Can you guess what it is? Fo...

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This month we have Death of a Murder, a short story set in a not-too-distant bio-tech, sci-fi future about radicals waging a revolution against the Unifers who control the world we know now and how fighting in a revolution is never simple. The word of a month is also about the future...and birds.

Guest Info

Vicky Osterweil is a writer, worker and agitator living in Philadelphia. Her book In Defense of Loo...