Hey you all, it's John, coming to you during this hiatus between seasons, with the last in our mini-series, some of my favorite things.

I've been sharing episodes from other shows and their limited series, projects I've appreciated and thought you would too.

This one is from Happy Forgetting.

It's an anthology podcast about racial justice in America.

Its instigator and senior producer and editor, Ruxandra Guidi,

describes the series as a collection of personal and opinionated audio essays and documentaries

that remind us progress isn't

linear. If that sounds like a show that's kindred to scene on radio, well, it is. And in fact,

Roxandra asked me to contribute an episode to the Happy Forgetting series. I did, made a version of

our Freedom Summer episode from season four for Happy Forgetting series. I did, made a version of our Freedom Summer episode from season four for happy forgetting,

but that's not what I'm dropping in here.

This is an episode that begs for and deserves close listening.

It follows a woman named Maria Ramos Bracamontes and touches on themes of tradition, care, and healing.

Things we always need plenty of and certainly will need going forward with all that's being torn down right now.

In particular, it's about care and healing among indigenous and Mexican women in California and Mexico.

The repair that's needed has to do with the wreckage of climate change, but also deeper issues with longer histories.

You can find the rest of the collection wherever you listen or at happyforgetting.com.

This episode by producer Adriana Rodriguez is called Finding the Wisdom.

Poet Natalie Diaz was born in the Fort Mojave Indian Village in Needles, California.

An enrolled member of the Gila River Indian community,

she left the reservation and played professional basketball abroad for years

before returning to focus on her writing.

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