ANDREA GIBSON on the Blessings of the Wound [HOMAGE] /370

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🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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We are rebroadcasting our extended conversation with Andrea Gibson as we honor their death on July 14th, 2025. The conversation, originally aired In September of 2023, was entitled “The Blessings of the Wound.” For so many of us who have been touched by Andrea’s work, their death is a deep wound, one that will stretch and expand our hearts in accordance with its depth. In the episode, Andrea contemplates the deeply rooted societal fears of disconnection and of death. Facing fear...

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0:00.0	Hey for the wild community, it's Ayanna here.
0:18.4	Today we are re-airing a conversation that feels especially tender in this
0:24.2	moment. As many of you know, Andrea Gibson passed away earlier this week. Andrew's voice, their
0:31.4	poetry, their heart, all of it has been a guiding light for so many of us navigating this wild, raw, and beautiful life.
0:42.8	Before we begin this episode, I want to share something written by Andrea's beloved people
0:47.7	in the days following their passing.
0:50.5	It feels like a way of holding Andrea close.
0:53.8	Honoring the love they offered, the honesty they lived with, and the lasting imprint they left on our hearts.
1:01.9	Quote, whenever I leave this world, whether it's 60 years from now, I wouldn't want anyone to say I lost some battle.
1:09.9	I'll be a winner that day."
1:11.6	End quote, Andrea Gibson.
1:14.5	Andrew Gibson was a winner today.
1:17.0	On July 14th at 4.16 a.m.,
1:19.9	Andrea Gibson died in their home, surrounded by their wife, Meg, four ex-girlfriends, their mother and father, dozens of friends, and their
1:29.8	three beloved dogs. Poet Laureate of Colorado, world touring spoken word artist, author of
1:37.9	seven books, Callous Maine High School State Basketball Champion, and subject of the award-winning
1:44.1	documentary,
1:45.5	Come See Me in the Good Light, and so much more.
1:49.3	Andrea Gibson accomplished much on their 49 years on this planet.
1:54.5	Though Andrea desperately wishes to have lived a longer life,
1:58.3	they could not have possibly lived a fuller one. Since learning they had cancer
2:03.6	in 2021, Andrea has been a champion of finding beauty in unlikely places and gratitude in the hardest
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