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Wonder Cabinet

Whose Land Is It?

Wonder Cabinet

Wonder Cabinet Productions

Society & Culture, Wonder, Philosophy, Ttbook, Knowledge, Interview

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Ever want to quit your job, leave the rat race behind, and head back to the land? Buy an old farmhouse or build a solar-powered home and live self-sufficiently on a few acres of your very own? Generations before you have shared that dream. The reality is more complicated. Even owning your own land is an ethical minefield.

Original Air Date: December 18, 2021

Interviews In This Hour:

Can you live off the land and still live ethically? — What does 'owning' land actually mean? — How the Land Back movement is reclaiming land stolen from Indigenous people

Guests:

Makenna GoodmanSimon WinchesterHayden King

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Millions of people dream of someday owning land.

0:09.0

And whether your vision is a townhouse with a patio or a hundred acres with a view,

0:14.0

the root longing is the same.

0:19.0

A piece of earth to call your very own.

0:23.3

But what does that mean, really?

0:26.2

To say you own a piece of land, not just legally, but ethically,

0:32.2

especially when you consider that most of the land on this continent

0:34.9

was basically stolen from the original inhabitants.

0:38.5

I'm Anne Strain Champs, and in this episode of, to the best of our knowledge,

0:42.4

whose land is it? Wisconsin Public Radio It's to the best of our knowledge.

1:00.9

I'm Anstrain Champs.

1:03.9

That's the potato patch, on to bed.

1:06.4

I need to come in here and see all this stuff, but I'm very busy.

1:10.0

Have you ever wanted to quit your job, leave the rat race behind, and head back to the land?

1:15.9

Maybe buy an old farmhouse or build a solar-powered tiny home and live self-sufficiently on a few acres of your very own.

1:25.2

Generations before you have shared that dream.

1:28.3

Come on.

1:30.3

Fiji, come, come.

1:32.3

Pidgey, come.

1:33.3

Fiji, come.

1:36.3

The reality is a little more complicated.

1:39.3

We're leaving. I'll sleep the dorm.

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