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The Canary Collective Podcast

The Canary Collective Podcast

By Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm

Hi, I’m Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of KPH & The Canary Collective. Join me as I interview canaries who are at the forefront of feeling the effects of the Earth’s ecosystem distress in our bodies. I write songs seeking to raise awareness about the connections between human and environmental health. As a former community organizer mostly sidelined due to debilitating chronic illness, I have been feeling called to interview my friends and discuss the issues behind the songs I write, talk solutions to those problems, and imagine what healing and winning justice for all would feel like.
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Episode 2: Dam Dam with Chiara D'Angelo

The Canary Collective PodcastMay 05, 2020

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Ep 13: Artivism, Whales, and Water with Adam Hersko-RonaTas

Ep 13: Artivism, Whales, and Water with Adam Hersko-RonaTas

Filmmaker and environmental activist Adam Hersko-RonaTas says, "I have a deep love of science; however, art – and film specifically – can often be the most compelling and accessible means for us to interpret the state of humanity and our role within Nature. Where are we, how did we get here, and where are we heading?"

And as environmental artist Lauren Bon says, "Artists need to create on the same scale as society has the capacity to destroy."

Kaeley and Adam talk about his experience collaborating with LA-based artist Lauren Bon on her 2023 Desert X project “The Smallest Sea with the Largest Heart.” Through solar-powered electrolysis, Lauren’s installation aimed to transmute polluted Salton Sea water while growing a sculpture over 9 weeks.

Adam's website: https://www.ahrtwork.com/about

Adam's Instagram, specifically his video "Smallest Sea with the Largest Heart": https://www.instagram.com/p/CvDVMQIvUK9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Lauren Bon's work:

https://www.metabolicstudio.org/about

KPH & The Canary Collective's work:

http://www.canarycollective.org/



Nov 01, 202301:10:19
Ep 12 Alison Sbrana: Disability Resources

Ep 12 Alison Sbrana: Disability Resources

Captions available via the Youtube of this episode:

https://youtu.be/kErHGqt25vQ

I'm coming back from a year hiatus from The Canary Collective Podcast to share with you a conversation on disability resource access that I had with Alison Sbrana (she/her). Alison got ME/CFS 9 years ago after Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) and now helps support other patients who have ME/CFS and Long COVID through her advocacy and support with organizations such as MEAction, Body Politic (@wearebodypolitic on Instagram) and even a CDC-funded panel of patient and doctor advocates. She's a co-author of the Long COVID Survival Guide.

Thank you, Alison, for sharing invaluable tips you have for "hacking" the broken healthcare system and getting SSDI / SSI / home health help with compensated caregivers who can do things like meal prep and other day to day tasks. It's giving me so much hope!

Body Politics (click here for the Support Group Slack for recommended practitioners): https://www.wearebodypolitic.com/

NPR Article on The Long COVID Survival Guide: https://www.npr.org/2022/11/18/1137661071/the-long-covid-survival-guide-to-finding-care-and-community

Follow Alison's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alisonsbrana/?hl=en

Follow more of Kaeley of KPH & The Canary Collective's work at http://www.canarycollective.org/

Support my (Kaeley's) medical treatment and music on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kph

Jan 25, 202359:47
Ep 11: Forgot to Mention with Ssanyu, Bone Healer, M.S.

Ep 11: Forgot to Mention with Ssanyu, Bone Healer, M.S.

I, Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm, interview Ssanyu, Bone Healer, who has an M.S. in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University. She combines her Ugandan ancestral medicine healing knowledge with many other modalities across the "East" and "West" and in between and we talk about different ways we envision the Western medical system healing into a more holistic, authentic model that works for more people in a deeper way. I was introduced to Ssanyu through my friend Chelsea Rose's wonderful "Bloom" podcast interview with her.  

Connect with Ssanyu's work and learn more at https://www.letgoandletlove.com/work-with-me

Connect with Kaeley's work at http://www.canarycollective.org/

Jun 17, 202101:03:02
Ep 10: Dam Dam with Steve Hawley, on Orca Whales

Ep 10: Dam Dam with Steve Hawley, on Orca Whales

I, Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of KPH & The Canary Collective, get to speak with Steve Hawley, co-creator of the documentary "Dammed to Extinction," about how we can advocate for justice for orca whales, salmon, and Indigenous communities by calling for the removal of the four lower Snake river dams. We also discuss the parallels between human and orca whale health challenges. 

You can take action in a fun and easy way! Take a selfie with orca art, write a hand-written letter, or dance/sing/play along to a song for a virtual Canary Choir and Orca-stra and post, tag, and mail to public officials who are deciding on whether or not to remove the dams - officials like Governor Jay Inslee and Senator Patty Murray. 

Visit http://www.canarycollective.org/canary-choir-and-orca-stra.html for instructions on how you can take action! 

Visit https://www.dammedtoextinction.com/ to view Steve's film 

https://youtu.be/cw2YmCkVS04 for the trailer

Follow @kphcanarycollective on Instagram for more updates.

Jun 03, 202101:12:37
Ep 9: No is Not Enough with Jeff Tkach

Ep 9: No is Not Enough with Jeff Tkach

Apr 20, 202101:03:43
Ep 8: Believe Her with Author and Musician Sarah Ramey
Mar 04, 202101:49:32
Ep 7: Geoship Co-Founders Morgan Bierschenk & Bas Kools

Ep 7: Geoship Co-Founders Morgan Bierschenk & Bas Kools

Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of The Canary Collective Podcast interviews Geoship co-founders Bas Kools and Morgan Bierschenk about their vision for the future of sustainable, non-toxic, fire and climate crisis-resilient housing. There are some audio issues with this episode, so if you're having trouble hearing, please go to the Youtube link here:

https://youtu.be/_sJAQr63hxA

and turn on "closed captions" here on Youtube and hopefully the auto-generated subtitles will give you a bit better of an idea of what the heck we're saying. If you'd like to support this podcast and the music behind it so that the one-woman volunteer tech team for this podcast can improve the quality of future interviews, you can pledge $1/month or more on https://www.patreon.com/kph  

Geoships are geodesic domes made out of non-toxic bioceramic material that is made to live in harmony with the land, in communities of people, for healthy humans and a healthy planet. As the canaries of the world feel the effects of our toxic housing crisis in our bodies through chronic illness, Geoship provides hope for solutions that are affordable and accessible to more people of all abilities. Plus, they are built based on ancient principles of sound healing and harmonizing architecture pioneered by Egyptians during the time of the building of the pyramids.

We mention in the podcast that you can invest in Geoships through a crowdfunding site. That window has since closed, but there are more ways to get involved with and invest in Geoship still!

 Learn More about Geoship: https://geoship.is/


Sep 21, 202045:47
Ep 6: One Sided Glass with Grandma Mary Margaret Pruitt

Ep 6: One Sided Glass with Grandma Mary Margaret Pruitt

Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of The Canary Collective Podcast goes into themes behind her song "One Sided Glass" with her grandmother, Mary Magaret Pruitt. Mary Margaret is a retired nurse and social justice activist. They discuss healing and grieving after a death in the family and tell a hard-to-believe story about Kaeley's interaction with a psychic medium who claimed she had a message from Kaeley's great grandmother, Mary Margaret's mother, who dealt with similar chronic illness and barriers to healthcare as Kaeley has been dealing with as a canary in a world with rising difficult-to-diagnose disease. This interview was conducted in May 2020 between Kaeley's location in Joshua Tree and Mary Margaret's location in Seattle. 

Listen to the full Canary Collective album of songs, including "One Sided Glass" and download for free or pay what you can: https://kphmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-canary-collective-vol-1 

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2V3CfUh3oJBz4OTpw2rQUk?si=ig2axxrPSamh2T1HfXhP3A 

Support Kaeley's medical treatment on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kph

Jul 25, 202052:06
Episode 5: Disobey with Daniel Lee

Episode 5: Disobey with Daniel Lee

Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of KPH & The Canary Collective interviews Daniel Lee, Culver City Council Member and James Lawson Institute Program Coordinator. They talk about civil disobedience, nonviolent struggle, being an activist and elected official with chronic illness, and what allies can do to support the Movement for Black Lives, which are themes that originally inspired KPH to write the song "Disobey."  

The Canary Collective podcast features interviews with canaries who are at the forefront of feeling the effects of the Earth’s ecosystem distress in our bodies. I write songs seeking to raise awareness about the connections between human and environmental health. As a former community organizer mostly sidelined due to debilitating chronic illness, I have been feeling called to interview my friends and discuss the issues behind the songs I write, talk solutions to those problems, and imagine what healing and winning justice for all would feel like. 

Read more about Daniel Lee on his City Council website: http://danielwaynelee.com/sample-page/ 

And here's more about the James Lawson Institute: https://jameslawsoninstitute.org/

Jul 02, 202001:07:39
Episode 4: Creer with Luz Elena Mendoza of Y La Bamba for The Canary Collective Podcast
Jul 02, 202032:37
Episode 3: Believe Her with Lisa Seilkopf Medical Medium Coach

Episode 3: Believe Her with Lisa Seilkopf Medical Medium Coach

The Canary Collective Podcast Episode Three: Believe Her with Lisa Seilkopf Medical Medium Coach  

Join Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of people power indie folk band KPH & The Canary Collective as she traces the themes of environmental and human healing behind her songs through conversation with her fellow canaries, friends and family.  

 In today's episode, Kaeley interviews Lisa Seilkopf, a health coach who shares a really similar health story to Kaeley. They both had been diagnosed with "autoimmune diseases" but did not get better from their debilitating symptoms until they started treating the root causes of their symptoms holistically. They ask questions such as "why are so many people getting diagnosed with autoimmune disorders? What are some potential root causes - such as chronic infections and toxins that the body is reacting to - that the mainstream medical community might be missing?" These gals are not doctors and are not giving medical advice, but it's fun to compare notes between canaries on their healthcare journeys and dream about a future in which it's easier to afford healthcare that actually addresses the whole body and environmental factors that influence our insides. You can book a session with Lisa by DMing her on Instagram: @feelfreetoheal https://www.instagram.com/feelfreetoheal/?hl=en

May 14, 202001:10:02
Episode 2: Dam Dam with Chiara D'Angelo

Episode 2: Dam Dam with Chiara D'Angelo

Join Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of KPH & The Canary Collective for the second episode of The Canary Collective Podcast, an interview with Chiara DAngelo, Salish Sea activist.  

If you want to support her work on Glenda Brelier's campaign, a woman with Native American ancestry seeking to save the Salish Sea through work in the Washington State legislature, go here: https://www.glendaforwa.com/  

And if you want to support her work saving orca whales and restoring rivers with dam removal: https://www.whaleresearch.com/action?fbclid=IwAR2myxDa9A79aOK7-S02kHBNLJovQFD2jBbO0_zPCXRUS7gW5N9LGG-HgCU

Following the theme of the next track of the album of music, "Dam Dam," we will talk dam removal, orca whales, neurotoxins, housing, and pandemics.  Chiara chained herself like a mermaid to an Arctic oil drilling rig in protest for hours and hours. She's a badass.  I released an album "The Canary Collective: Vol 1" seeking to raise awareness about the connections between human and environmental health cries for healing. As a former community organizer mostly sidelined due to debilitating chronic illness, I have been feeling called to interview my friends and discuss the issues behind the songs and beyond.   

How are we feeling the Earth's ecosystem distress in our bodies' ecosystems? Who's at the forefront of that? What can we do to heal land, water, and bodies at all levels?

May 05, 202051:18
Episode 1: Been to the Future with Nickie and Luke Sekera
May 01, 202001:04:13
The Canary Collective Podcast Trailer

The Canary Collective Podcast Trailer

Hi, I'm Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of people power indie folk group KPH & The Canary Collective.

Being an activist and a musician have always been a part of who I am. I've always aspired to be a sort of "musical Erin Brockovich," helping connect the dots and not sit silently while my friends and family are made sick because of corporations taking shortcuts in the name of profit. Since becoming disabled by chronic illness in 2015 and sidelined from my job in the non-profit world, I'm feeling more than ever the need for conversation around healing - healing the ecosystems of our bodies and healing the ecosystems of our Earth.

So I started a podcast! During a global public health epidemic. What better time than now to interview canaries who are at the forefront of human and environmental crises? We'll talk about problems of the world - from orca whales going extinct to the rise of autoimmune diagnoses. And most importantly, we'll talk about solutions. And we'll even sometimes sing and play games on air dreaming up what the world would look like if it were healed of these problems.

In February 2020, I released an album of music called "The Canary Collective: Vol 1" full of songs about healing and building the world we want.

So this podcast is going to start out by tracing the steps of these songs and delving deeper through conversation, exploring the people and topics that inspired me to write these tunes.

So welcome! Join us! Let's sing our way out of this mine together!

May 01, 202002:09