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Author Nikesh Shukla talks to writers, comedians, musicians, journalists and actors about writing, laughing, singing, commenting, acting. This is the anti-Q&A - a freewheeling, sometimes irreverent (don't you hate the word irreverent) conversation that covers everything from r'n'b to writing to books to zombies. Subaltern: persons socially, politically and geographically outside the hegemonic power structure.
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Subaltern Speaks: Decolonizing Spirituality

Multi-Faith Center at the University of Toronto

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Subaltern Speaks explores the legacies of colonialism on the religion and spiritualities of colonized peoples, otherwise known as the “Subaltern” in Post-Colonial Studies, and how they have and continue to challenge these legacies through art, activism, academia, and other cultural and social mechanisms. Through meaningful conversations with leading thinkers, academics, activists, artists and spiritual leaders in our community and beyond, we seek to dismantle how colonialism and decolonizati ...
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Join host, Christina Shivtahal and author, Patty Krawec in the second part of this two-part episode as they discuss fundamental aspects of Anishinaabe cosmology beyond the historical and linear system of Western Christian theology. Previously recorded in March 2022, this important conversation explores strategies in mitigating colonial harm and dis…
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Join host, Christina Shivtahal and author, Patty Krawec in the first part of this two-part episode as they discuss fundamental aspects of Anishinaabe cosmology beyond the historical and linear system of Western Christian theology. Previously recorded in March 2022, this important conversation explores strategies in mitigating colonial harm and dism…
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Join host, Yasamin Jameh and guest, Dr. Jeff Wilson, as they explore the popularity of mindfulness in the West and how this trend contributes to appropriation of Asian Buddhist cultures. This episode unpacks how mindfulness was introduced in the West and how it gradually became detached from Buddhism to make it more appealing and marketable to West…
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Join host Christina Shivtahal and guest, Karimah Rahman, founder of The Muslim Indo-Caribbean Collective (MICC) and The Muslim Indentureship Studies Center (MISC) as they unpack Muslim Indo-Caribbean representation in the Caribbean and diaspora in Canada. Against the backdrop of Indian indentureship in the 19th and 20th century, this episode explor…
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In this episode, join host Yasamin Jameh and guest Kalpesh Bhatt as they unpack the discourses on the origins of Hinduism, and the use of the term Hinduism to denote identity and religion. Furthermore, they explore how these ideas are tied to discussions of colonialism and national identity. Kalpesh Bhatt is a PhD candidate in the Department for th…
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Join hosts Yasamin Jameh and Christina Shivtahal for Season 2 of University of Toronto's Multi-Faith Centre podcast, Subaltern Speaks: Decolonizing Spirituality. This season Christina and Yasamin are talking with guests including scholars and activists to unpack meanings of religion, the impact of the British rule on South Asian spiritualities and …
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Join Yasamin and Emilie as they discuss Emilie's experiences as Black woman growing up with Haitian and Catholic roots and her experiences of the limits of Christianity in her exploration of social justice for Black women. Our conversation today will cover revival of spirituality in Black communities and for Black women that include both institutio…
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Join Manvinder and guest, Dr. Colorado from the University of Winnipeg whose work focuses on secularism, colonialism, race and the politics of identity. In this episode we chat about what secularity means in the Canadian context and how Indigenous Spiritualities are engaged in this framework. And more broadly, what Canadian conceptions of religion …
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Join our guest, Dr. V. Rivas, the Associate Chair for the Latin American Studies Program at the University of Toronto. He specializes in the critical and theoretical study of alternative texts, creative non-fiction, narratives of resistance, and the politics of culture. In this episode, we discuss the syncretic spirituality of the cult of Maria Lio…
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Welcome to Subaltern Speaks, the official podcast of the Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Toronto. In this podcast we explore the legacies of colonialism and the religions and spiritualities of colonized peoples, otherwise known as Subaltern in post-colonial studies. Follow us for new episodes coming soon! Transcript Welcome to Subaltern Spe…
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Join guest Navdeep Gill to discuss Ayurveda practices and how Eastern spirituality is used in the wellness industry. Navi is a practitioner and holistic wellness educator whose work is based in her ancestral knowledge of Ayurveda, yoga and meditation. Her curiosity to regain her family’s indigenous healing practices took her back to India, where sh…
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Welcome to season 4 of The Subaltern podcast. It's the final one. And before we go, I have the lost episodes (interviews I recorded between May and July) to release. Look, one of the reasons I'm letting this one go is because free content is just as time-consuming to produce as other stuff and the book thing has got me so extremely busy. Sorry. So,…
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The author of 'Dept of Speculation' likes gossip magazines, wonders why aliens like rutting and has made up everything she says about her new book on the spot. Also, she isn't on Twitter because she likes it too much. This is my interview with Jenny Offill over Skype. We talk about rewriting, the change in the books landscape over the last ten year…
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