We're Still Here with Simon and Julie
The John Fugelsang Podcast
Crossover Media Group
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Simon and Julie went live with John to explore powerful stories from Indian Country. They covered the Miccosukee Tribe’s lawsuit over “Alligator Alcatraz”; reflected on 80 years since the U.S. detonated the first nuclear bomb on stolen Mescalero Apache land; and discussed how Medicaid cuts threaten Native healthcare. They also highlighted the water crisis on reservations, where half of households still lack reliable clean water. Listeners called in to share their stories—one even asked about burning sage (smudging) at an Indian Health Services clinic.
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| 1:25.7 | Now it's time to bring in Simon Moyes Smith and Julie Franchella. Simon's an Oglala Lakota and Chicano journalist. He's a contributing writer at NBC News and The Nation.com. He's the author of the forthcoming book, Your Spirit Animal, is a jackass, and he's an adjunct professor of indigenous studies at the University of Colorado, Denver. Simon, it's so good to have you back. Welcome. Yeah, I'd love to be here, man. |
| 1:45.3 | Thank you. Julie Franchella is a mental health professional with over 30 years of experience |
| 1:49.1 | on handling complex trauma with indigenous youth and families. She's an enrolled member of the |
| 1:53.2 | Ojibway at Batchewanahua, First Nation Reserve. She teaches indigenous studies at Durham College, |
| 1:57.6 | focusing on the impacts of colonization and First Nations people. And I, |
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| 2:08.3 | And that's members of the East Street band, not me. Julie, it's good to have you. Thank you for joining us |
| 2:12.8 | again. Thank you so much. And just before we kind of jump into things, I just wanted to take a minute to thank everyone who reached out to myself and Simon after our pre-recorded segment where we talked about Ann Coulter. |
| 2:27.3 | Your solidarity and your messages, they really moved us. |
| 2:33.3 | And so we just want to say, you know, it's not easy to talk about those kinds of things. |
| 2:38.0 | But knowing there are people out there that are listening and learning and standing with native communities really reminds me, you know, why we keep telling the story. |
| 2:46.7 | So thank you for caring enough to reach out to us and for proving that we're not actually |
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