Kai Cheng Thom - MSW, Qualified Mediator, Somatic Sex Educator, performance artist, community healer, award-winning writer, and author of Falling Back in Love with Being Human joins us for this episode. A consummate dreamer and believer in revolutionary potential, Kai brings radical love to her work and this conversation. Join us while Kai and Prentis geek out about exciting and dangerous things like monster-making, harm and revenge, + queerness and love.

• Join the Why Feel? Healing Our Lineages + Transforming Our Communities virtual workshop on July 24th + 25th 2024.
• Prentis' new book What It Takes to Heal is available now, and you can find their U.S. book tour dates here!
• Follow @prentishemphill on Instagram to see show clips
• Become a Patreon Subscriber to support the podcast and gain access to the full unedited conversations and visual episodes

Follow Kai on IG @kaichengthom and support the projects they mentioned in this episode:

• Trans Pride Toronto
• Maggie’s Toronto
• Red Canary Song

The Becoming the People Podcast Team:
Producers: Prentis Hemphill & devon de Leña
Sound Engineer and Editing: Michael Maine
Research Assistant: Bhavana Nancherla
Original Music: Mayyadda

In this episode of Becoming the People, we ask you to bear witness to artist, researcher, writer, and founder of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, Vivien Sansour. Vivien shares her profound wisdom with Prentis as they explore the challenges of surviving systems built on the ways of living dead. She shares her prayers for the Palestinian people and how seeds hold the hope and stories of her people amidst atrocity.

• Prentis' new book What It Takes to Heal is available now, and you can find their U.S. book tour dates here!
• Follow @prentishemphill on Instagram to see show clips
• Become a Patreon Subscriber to support the podcast and gain access to the full unedited conversations and visual episodes

You can follow Vivien on IG @vivien.sansour and support the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library here.

The Becoming the People Podcast Team:
Producers: Prentis Hemphill & devon de Leña
Sound Engineer and Editor: Michael Maine
Research Assistant: Bhavana Nancherla
Original Music: Mayyadda

In Becoming the People’s inaugural episode, Prentis is joined by their dear friend adrienne maree brown. adrienne interviews Prentis about their upcoming book, What it Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World. These two friends discuss Prentis’ journey of writing this book, the role that transformational characters play in change work, and why we should prioritize healing in this painful moment of history.

You can join adrienne and Prentis in person on June 5th in Brooklyn to kick off the What It Takes To Heal book tour.

• Prentis' new book What It Takes to Heal is on presale now and comes out June 4th and you can come join Prentis on their U.S. book tour!
• Follow @prentishemphill on Instagram to see show clips
• Become a Patreon Subscriber to support the podcast and gain access to the full visual episodes

Follow adrienne's work here and find her on Instagram @adriennemareebrown

The Becoming the People Podcast Team:
Producers: Prentis Hemphill & devon de Leña
Sound Engineer and Editing: Michael Maine
Research Assistant: Bhavana Nancherla
Original Music: Mayyadda