We're Still Here with Simon and Julie
The John Fugelsang Podcast
Crossover Media Group
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
This week, Simon and Julie join John to unpack a powerful mix of history, headlines, and accountability.
They begin by honoring the legacy of Jesse Jackson, reflecting on how he bridged Black and Indigenous civil rights struggles — from supporting Standing Rock to advocating for Leonard Peltier — and how he used his national platform to connect movements that are too often siloed.
Then they turn to Texas, where Tarrant County GOP chair Bo French is seeking higher office after publicly calling for the mass deportation of millions — including Native Americans. They examine what this rhetoric reveals about extremism inside state politics and how normalized it has become.
They also discuss a Georgia lawmaker’s proposal to rename Sawnee Mountain after Donald Trump. The pushback highlights deeper questions about Indigenous erasure, public memory, and who gets honored on the land.
And finally, they close with a troubling but important story out of Hawaiʻi, where Mark Zuckerberg reportedly used shell companies to pressure Native Hawaiian families into selling ancestral lands while constructing a fortified compound. It’s a conversation about power, land, and what happens when billionaires collide with Indigenous sovereignty.
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| 1:04.1 | Let me tell you, I am so glad Simon Moya Smith and Julie Franchella are here. |
| 1:11.0 | Simon is 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 is adjunct professor of indigenous studies at the University of Colorado, Denver. Simon, so good to see you. Good to see you, too. Thanks for being here. Julie Franchella is a mental |
| 1:28.8 | health professional with over 30 years of experience handling complex trauma with indigenous youth and families. |
| 1:33.5 | Julie's an enrolled member of the Ojibway of Bajuan of First Nation Reserve. She teaches |
| 1:38.1 | indigenous studies at Durham College focusing on the impacts of colonization and First Nations people. Julie, |
| 1:43.6 | I'm so glad you're with us today too. Guys, I'm so glad you're with us today, too. |
| 1:45.5 | Guys, I'm so glad you're with us. And I wanted to just start off by asking if you have any thoughts |
| 1:50.6 | on the passing of Reverend Jackson. I was reading the Native News Online coverage of his death. |
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