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Larger, Freer, More Loving

Matt LaVine & Dwight K. Lewis Jr.

We hope to aid ourselves and others in a journey towards living a “larger, freer, and more loving” life through critically engaging the popular culture that we live in, particularly with a focus on justice, care, the Arts, and community.

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62:41

The City of Portland, the US Government, and...

Larger, Freer, More Loving ·

2025/10/01

Today, Dwight and Matt are talking about the Trump administration's war on what's now known as Portland, Oregon (traditional, rightful, occupied lands of many different Indigenous peoples of the Lower Columbia River). Dwight asks Matt about his experience as someone who lives in and whose activism is based in Portland. After Matt identifies some particular ways we need to reframe how we think and talk about violence, Dwight offers a solution in the form of a collective humanity check.

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79:54

Welcome Back: it's only been 3 weeks?

Larger, Freer, More Loving ·

2025/02/11

It's good to be back with you all. It's been a minute since we've had an episode. In this episode, Matt LaVine and Dwight K. Lewis Jr discuss the impact of the first three weeks of the second Trump administration on marginalized communities. They emphasize the importance of community, resilience, and activism as a response to the administration's actions. Dwight shares his personal experiences of grief and anger, highlighting the need for collective healing and resistance. Matt leads a discussion on

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67:41

Race Equity: nurturing Peace, Healing, and Joy

Larger, Freer, More Loving ·

2023/04/19

It's good to be back with you all. It's been a minute since we've had an episode. But no matter what you listen to us for, we've got a feeling that this episode is for you! Because today, we've got with us multi-hyphenate, Hanif Fazal—an activist, a writer, a race equity facilitator and consultant, a business owner, awesome father, brother, and son. We're talking about his new book, "An Other World: The Fight For Freedom, Joy, and Belonging". Pre-order it

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68:01

Black Planetary Ecology: Diamonds in the Cave

Larger, Freer, More Loving ·

2022/04/19

Today, we were lucky enough to have a conversation with a scholar, public intellectual, and activist who happens to be one of our favorite human beings on the planet – Dr. Claudia Ford. We began by asking Claudia to explain the relation between Planetary Consciousness and Blackness. From there, she talked about the intersection of Black ecology and Afro-pessimism. This led to a discussion of her new book project and her term Black “Grandmother Epistemology”, which unfolded into conversations on

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65:24

Rage & Social Justice: a new beginning

Larger, Freer, More Loving ·

2022/03/16

Welcome back for our second episode of season 2 which, as we said last time, is going to forefront things like the role of emotion in racial justice and social justice work more broadly, concepts of transformation and revolution, and uplifting ways of being and knowing that are marginalized in our white supremacist, patriarchal, capitalist world. We were lucky enough to have a scholar, public intellectual, and activist who has done wonderful work that touches on all of these fronts–Dr. Myisha

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67:59

Returning to a “Larger, Freer, More Loving” Life

Larger, Freer, More Loving ·

2022/02/16

Alright, welcome folks. We are back at it again with SEASON 2. We are extremely excited about this season and what we have in store for you all. In this episode, we talk about transitions we’ve both been going through since Season 1, what’s been happening in the worlds around us, and how those things came together in our thinking about themes for Season 2. We talk about protest, loss, grief, emotions, and how they all come together when trying to fight for a more racially and socially just world.

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33:53

First Thoughts on Trump's Executive Order Combating...

Larger, Freer, More Loving ·

2020/10/20

In this episode, we began thinking through Trump's Executive Order Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping. It is a little raw.... which we took to be a good thing. We hope that this raises awareness!

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88:16

A Counter Narrative using Non-western, Anti-western,...

Larger, Freer, More Loving ·

2020/09/24

Today, we had three scholars that do fantastic research on counter narratives and counter histories in philosophy, John Harfouch, Meena Krishnamurthy, and Peter K.J. Park. We begin by defining counter narratives or histories in philosophy; then engage the ways that western and white power limits counter narratives and the emotions that motivate them. Following that, we discuss a number of ways we can push back against white supremacy culture both from the inside and the outside. And lastly, we

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36:48

The @talkingwings Collective on “The North Country...

Larger, Freer, More Loving ·

2020/09/21

Today, we’re following up with our second quickcast—this time with artists and activists of the Talking Wings Collective, Blake Lavia and Tzimu Aguilar-Izzo, who are hosting the North Country Art, Land, and Environment Summit throughout the month of September and into October. We talked about the ways that art, land, and environment intersect, especially the role that art plays in activism for the land and our environments. Following that, we discussed the importance of understanding one’s

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39:39

Christina Van Dyke: A Lesson in Communal Love

Larger, Freer, More Loving ·

2020/09/16

Today, we did something new for the show—a quickcast—an in-depth account of some one individual issue that grabs our attention off of the planned episodes. This brings us to our guest, Professor Emerita of Philosophy at Calvin College, Christina Van Dyke. Christina stepped down from your full professor position to protect a vulnerable junior faculty member. We wanted to highlight what it means to live out one's philosophical and moral theories. To let people know that standing up isn't easy but that

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89:00

Black Masculinities: the super predator-not

Larger, Freer, More Loving ·

2020/09/10

Today, we’re talking with Tommy Curry and John Youngblood about Black masculinities. We begin by talking about the Black male experience, particularly in academia, as a means of defining Tommy’s man-not and the multiplicitousness of Black masculinities. Following that, we apply this knowledge as a critique of intersectionality with the hopes of propelling intersectionality towards new growth and understanding, and we conclude by discussing Black Boy Joy.

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52:53

Don’t Wait: Just Freaking DO IT

Larger, Freer, More Loving ·

2020/08/01

We’re continuing a line of thought we’ve been working on for the past few episodes. Last time, we mentioned that we’d been talking about current racial dynamics and crises of structural, environmental racism like COVID-19 within too narrow of a Black/White binary. In this episode, we’ve got intersectional indigenous activists, Desiree Kane and Tewentenhawihtha Aldrich. We begin by asking, Can you both speak to us about US naivety in relation to the issues affecting native folks? How do you feel

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66:33

Open the Books

Larger, Freer, More Loving ·

2020/07/16

Today, we’re talking with Stephanie Rivera Berruz and Taina Figueroa about race and racism in the university and their particularly cities (i.e. Milwaukee and Atlanta). We focus on LatinX identities and their relation to the Black/White Binary, especially in the wake of the murders of George Floyd and Breanna Taylor. By asking, What are some ways y’all think current discussions concerning COVID-19 and/or institutional racism need to involve discussions of LatinX identities? Disability? Or other

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77:43

The Question of Inclusion in Philosophy

Larger, Freer, More Loving ·

2020/07/09

Today, we’re talking with Charles Mills, Linda Alcoff, and Shelley Tremain about a more specific issue than we have in our previous episodes. That said, it’s an issue that we believe connects up with racism and ableism not only in the discipline of philosophy, but also racism and ableism as it is experienced globally. In particular, we want to talk about the news that came out several weeks ago about a seven year, $2.78 million grant that was awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research

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61:45

Baldwin as Juneteenth & Pride

Larger, Freer, More Loving ·

2020/06/25

In this episode, we talk about how James Baldwin influenced our podcast, and his connection to Juneteenth and Pride. Following that, we talk about whiteness, Trump, and the importance and history of Juneteenth and Pride, especially the way that the Trans community fought during the 1960s.

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77:25

Committed White Allies

Larger, Freer, More Loving ·

2020/06/11

In this episode, we focused our conversation on what it takes to live-out being a committed anti-racist ally, particularly one needs to critically engage democracy, education, and one's community. Towards the end of this episode, we dialogue about the police protest over the last month, looting, policing, defunding the police, and other current topics.The ethos of this episode can be felt in this James Baldwin quote, "Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have

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