We're Still Here with Simon and Julie
The John Fugelsang Podcast
Crossover Media Group
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Julie and Simon join John for a wide-ranging conversation on the latest headlines.
They dive into the controversy around Charlie Kirk’s recent events, celebrate the first Indigenous New York Fashion Week ever, and discuss President Trump’s push to review several Smithsonian museums — starting with the National Museum of the American Indian. Plus, listener calls and thoughts throughout the hour.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm going to bring in Simon Moya Smith and Julie Franchella because this is the segment I look forward to all week. |
| 0:12.6 | And I know a lot of you guys do too. |
| 0:14.5 | Simon Moya Smith is one of my favorite writers. |
| 0:16.9 | He's an Oglala Lakota, Chicano journalist, a contributing writer at NBC News on the Nation.com. He's the author of the forthcoming book, Your Spirit Animal is a jackass and an adjunct professor of indigenous studies at the University of Colorado, Denver. Simon, welcome back. Love to be here, man. It's so good to have you. Thank you so much. Julie Franchella is with us as well. Julie's a mental health professional with over 30 years of experience and handling complex trauma with indigenous youth and their families. |
| 0:41.3 | She's an enrolled member of the Ojibway at Batchewana First Nation Reserve. |
| 0:45.3 | Julie's an incredible indigenous artist. |
| 0:47.3 | I recommend her website and checking out her work, and she teaches Indigenous studies at Durham College, focusing on the impacts of colonization on First Nations people. Julie, welcome back. |
| 0:56.0 | Thank you so much for having us again. Always happy to be here. |
| 1:01.0 | Well, there's a lot to cover. And obviously, I checked with both Simon and Julie to see if they'd be willing to talk about what happened to Charlie Kirk yesterday. |
| 1:12.1 | I think Simon and Julie have a very unique perspective on violence in the Americas. |
| 1:18.0 | And I wouldn't have thrown this at you if you didn't want to talk about it, but I'm grateful you did, |
| 1:21.6 | especially because Julie, your career as a trauma counselor and Simon, your fearlessness and taking on fascism. |
| 1:30.2 | How did you hear about this assassination yesterday, Simon? |
| 1:34.0 | What was the process like for you? |
| 1:36.0 | And what were you, was your response? |
| 1:38.8 | Well, again, I mean, I wasn't a fan of the guy. |
| 1:41.4 | He certainly wasn't a fan of us. |
| 1:42.9 | He wasn't a fan of people of color. |
| 1:45.2 | Well, certainly didn't even consider Mexicans, humans. You know, he maligned Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| 1:51.1 | He was hostile and horrible toward women. But that, you know, that was, again, I don't believe in |
| 1:57.6 | violence, especially that kind of violence, political violence. |
| 2:03.7 | And then Julie and I were talking about this are traditional ways. |
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