We're Still Here with Simon and Julie
The John Fugelsang Podcast
Crossover Media Group
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Simon and Julie join John for their weekly show "We’re Still Here" with special guest Rae Fancher. She's Simon’s partner and as an Alaska Native she talks about the devastating flooding happening in Alaska, where Typhoon Halong has led to evacuations, one confirmed death, and dozens of rescues. Rae shares on-the-ground perspectives from impacted communities. They also discuss the Trump’s administration’s plan to turn Alcatraz back into a prison, Detroit’s new Native land purchase policy, and a Pennsylvania lawmaker’s push to ban Native mascots in public schools. And of course, they have great calls from listeners!
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| 0:00.0 | Your first great love story is free when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at audible.co. |
| 0:05.4 | That's audible.com.uk slash wondery. |
| 0:15.4 | It's everybody's favorite segment on this show, still here with Simon Moia Smith and Julie Franchella. |
| 0:23.9 | You know, this has been quite a week. |
| 0:26.5 | And right now, in our country, within a state that is called Alaska, we are witnessing the effects of a typhoon that is displaced over 1,000 people, |
| 0:38.8 | a typhoon that has washed away homes and entire communities. You haven't heard about this on the |
| 0:44.7 | news? Oh, you haven't. Well, maybe that's because these are indigenous communities. And this came |
| 0:49.8 | just in time for Indigenous People's Day. An American state has experienced a natural disaster that is literally washing away villages |
| 0:57.3 | and the silence from corporate media is incredible. |
| 1:02.9 | So Simon Moyes Smith, you guys know. |
| 1:04.5 | He's an Oglala Lakota and Chicano journalist contributing writer at NBC News and The Nation.com. |
| 1:09.3 | Simon's the author of the forthcoming book, Your Spirit Animal is a jackass, and he's adjunct professor of Indigenous Studies at the University of Colorado, Denver. Simon, it's so good to have you with us. Love to be here, man. Julie Franchella is here, as always. Julie's a great mental health professional over 30 years of experience and handling complex trauma with indigenous youth and families. She's an enrolled member of the Ojibway of Batchewana First Nation Reserve. |
| 1:30.0 | She teaches indigenous studies at Durham College and was great this week on the politics bar with |
| 1:35.5 | Jody Hamilton and Sean Pierce. |
| 1:37.2 | Great appearance. |
| 1:38.5 | Welcome back, Julie. |
| 1:40.2 | Thank you so much for having us. |
| 1:42.4 | Always happy to be here. |
| 1:43.9 | I'm always happy to have you, but I'm especially happy this week because you guys have brought a very special guest along, someone who has joined you before on the show, but it's very rare. You guys might know Ray Fancher as Simon's partner. She's UPIC and Inupiac, born and raised in rural Alaska. Ray is the first Alaska native woman to graduate from the Native Naval Academy. |
| 2:04.8 | She's a traditional hunter. |
| 2:06.0 | She's a pilot. |
| 2:06.6 | She's an engineer. |
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