There’s a New World Comin’ with Toshi Reagon

How to Survive the End of the World

Society & Culture

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, the Brown sisters interview the legendary Toshi Reagon about the making of the Parable of the Sower Opera, a production years in the making, based on the dystopian novel by Octavia E. Butler. We caught Toshi in the midst of the New York premiere of the opera, and we talked with her about turning earthseed into song, lessons from her mother, and the necessity of creative practice. https://www.parableopera.com/ https://toshireagon.com/ Additional music from Blue Dot Sessions - endoftheworldshow.org www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow @endoftheworldPC

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0:00.0	Hello beloved listeners.
0:05.0	Next in our election prep series is a replay of an interview that we did with Toshi Regan where she gives one of the clearest
0:16.7	explanations of the purpose of voting in these times and we wanted you to get a chance to dive into all of Toshi's
0:25.4	brilliance but particularly this piece if you're having a hard time with going
0:31.6	through the motion of voting if you have people in your life who are
0:35.0	having a struggle with actually doing what needs to be done in this election
0:39.9	cycle, this is the episode to listen to. Enjoy, we love you justice facilitator for social movements living in rural Minnesota.
1:06.2	And I'm Adrian Marie Brown, author of Emergent Strategy, co-editor of Octavius Brood, writer, facilitator of black liberation work,
1:15.0	Auntie Extraordinaire Dula and pleasure activist living in Detroit.
1:20.0	And this is How to Survive the end of the world.
1:23.7	And right now we're listening to an original song
1:26.5	from The Parable of the Sower Opera.
1:29.6	We cannot believe it.
1:32.3	We're super excited. The opera is so amazing.
1:35.0	What you gonna do?
1:39.0	What you gonna do.
1:40.0	What you gonna do? What you gonna do?
1:42.0	What you gonna do? What you gonna do? What you gonna do?
1:45.0	What you gonna do?
1:46.0	When the world on fire.
1:50.0	What you gonna do? What're gonna do.
1:57.0	This is amazing. The opera is masterminded by Toshi Reagan, a hero of ours,
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