by Griffy LaPlante
Earthbound Writers Radio is an audio project in which Griffy and their friends read aloud their stories, poems, essays, and plays exploring revolutionary camaraderie, frustrations both political and personal, and the evergreen question: What does it mean to live on a planet? This planet, we mean? Wait, we're on Earth. Where are you?
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April 1, 2025
<p>Railroad worker and organizer <strong>Rachel Bergman</strong> reads aloud her essay "Empathy Training: A Young, Queer Femme on an Old, Man's Railroad." Some names in the essay have been changed.</p><p>Afterwards, Griffy and Rachel discuss life on the railroad, organizing (and connecting) across personal and political differences, the joys and anxieties of writing non-fiction, and Spinoza's definition of "joy"—a felt expansion of one's capabilities—as described in the book Joyful Militancy by carla bergman (no relation) and Nick Montgomery.</p><p>Rachel Bergman is a revolutionary socialist and railroad worker in Western Minnesota. A former PhD student in sociology, she has previously written about labor organizing and the financialization of international aid. She once wrote an innuendo-filled song for her college comedy group about a mortician falling in love with a corpse. It never made it to the stage.</p>
February 14, 2025
<p>In this very special Valentine’s Day episode, we will hear the text of Faggot Heart Weep, a 4-part zine written and illustrated by <strong>chanci</strong> about love, queerness, growing food, and the future. It was originally created in 2024 for the book <a href="https://combospress.com/products/playing-in-the-dirt" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Playing in the Dirt</a>, published by Combos Press about queer farming in the midwest.</p><p><strong>chanci</strong> is a painter, comic artist, zine maker, seed keeper, farmer, and educator, from and based in the Twin Cities. You can see Faggot Heart Weep in <a href="https://www.chanciart.com/zines/heartweep" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">zine form</a> (from which this episode’s art comes), as well as more of chanci’s work, at <a href="https://www.chanciart.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">chanciart.com</a>.</p><p>I, <strong>Griffy,</strong> wrote and recorded this episode’s musical interludes (“Praise the Yarrow”) alongside vocal harmonies from Minneapolis singer-songwriter <strong>Mary Traxler</strong> of the band <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fruit.form/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Fruitform</a>.</p>
January 24, 2025
<p>During Griffy's monthlong winter sojourn in Minneapolis, they recorded this episode with their friend <strong>Gabriel Rodreick</strong>, who recited and discussed his poem (and song) “Caged.” Gabriel is a Minneapolis singer-songwriter whose music you can find under the name <strong>Freaque</strong> on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/6xmxsU99bvYcGrvdsw3pFk?si=JxCyk4WZT4GggRSP4vSlMQ">spotify</a>, <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/artist/freaque/1472776699">apple music</a>, and <a href="https://youtube.com/@freaque9007?si=MbpMd9MZhewjQvoB">youtube</a>. The musicians who performed with Gabriel in the musical track are <strong>Ivan Cunningham, Anna Dolde, Matty Harris, Tarek Abdelqader, Jack Stanek,</strong> and <strong>Mitch Van Laar.</strong></p>
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