PROLOGUE: The Revolutionary Power of Art (and Stranger Things Final Act)

How to Survive the End of the World

Society & Culture

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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The sisters have been deep at work on their respective book projects. Today they're back for a rich and fun chat about artistic practice and creative process. As liberation movements continue to turn toward art during times of struggle, adrienne and Autumn reflect on the power and purpose of their art and art in general. They also share some of their tippity top culture of the year.

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0:00.0	I'm Autumn Brown, a rebel without a cause, The philosopher without a stone.
0:23.9	And a healing justice facilitator for social movements,
0:28.5	living on Dakota and in Shinaba land, currently known as Minneapolis.
0:31.2	Wow.
0:35.3	Wait, when you said Minneapolis, I just got chills thinking about all the ice resistance.
0:36.6	Y'all have been doing in Minneapolis.
0:39.1	Shout out to Minneapolis.
0:41.2	You got to throw down!
0:43.2	Yeah, I can't wait.
0:45.2	I'm going to talk about this as part of my top cultures.
0:53.4	But I'm Adrire Marie Brown, and I am an impet without a fuck to give. A songstress without a soprano high note
0:57.6	it's gone and um a twerker without a lower back okay um my lower lower back has gone out, girl.
1:11.7	I'm just sitting here like, I'm twirking when I can't really do it with my body.
1:14.7	It's like one little, one little end to moving.
1:18.0	Like, ew, ew, ew, ew.
1:22.2	And this is how to survive the end of the world.
1:25.7	Our podcast about learning from apocalypse with grace, rigor, and curiosity.
1:31.3	As a reminder, we have no ads.
1:34.1	We are listener supported.
1:36.0	That means we're supported by you.
1:38.2	You're the listeners.
1:39.4	You're the listener.
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