What does collective liberation look like in practice? Join Spring Up co-founders Stas & Leander as they host guests to talk about collaboration, practices, and media that inspire liberatory visioning. The purpose of this podcast is to come together in conversation with collaborators, collective members, and mentors to explore how we get free together by: Co-creating visions of the world we want to live in, building our capacity to collaborate + hold conflict, and sharing the movies, games, and tv shows that are inspiring us and getting us through!
The Importance of Saying No with Niloufar Khonsari
In this latest episode, Stas and Leander sit down with Niloufar Khonsari, the author of “The Future is Collective.” Join the conversation about what nonprofits can learn from cooperatives, the wisdom of saying no, applying transformative justice principles in the workplace, and her learnings as a founder of Pangea Legal Services.
You can get 10% off “The Future is Collective (https://www.northatlanticbooks.com/shop/the-future-is-collective/)” with the code: COLLECTIVE! You can also learn more about Nilou’s services as a coach and facilitator here (https://www.niloukhonsari.com/).
(https://www.gettingfreetogether.org/podcast)
Song credits:
“Brilliant Mycelium” Written by Alexandra Love Performed by Beautiful Chorus
Books mentioned in last segment:
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak (https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-island-of-missing-trees-a-novel-elif-shafak/c2eb77f2a4a740b3?ean=9781635579796)
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-house-in-the-cerulean-sea-tj-klune/7deab81dfed3bdd9?ean=9781250394545)
Learn more about us & our work:
Learn more about the Spring Up Collective (https://www.timetospringup.org/)
Learn about our Getting Free Together organizational consulting services (https://gettingfreetogether.org/)
Join our Patreon to support this podcast and get access to low cost coaching and discounts on our webinars (https://patreon.com/cultivateconsent)
Learn more & register for our webinars, retreats, and course at bluelight academy (https://bluelight.academy/)
22 Jul 2026
Grief Sabbaticals and Pleasure as Transit with Mara
In this latest episode, we sit down with Spring Up member owner Mara. Mara is the lead of our Mediation program along with being a queer artist, therapist, DJ and community organizer, raised by the mangroves of Miami and living between Los Angeles and London. They share about their grief sabbatical last year, what it takes to pause movement work, relationship with plantcestors and curanderismo that became everyday practices of liberation to get through, and movements like cuerpo territorio and speculative fiction that are currently inspiring them.
Access the full episode transcript here (https://www.gettingfreetogether.org/podcast).
Check out Mara's radio show Discoteca 3ala Mars (https://www.dublab.com/shows/discoteca-3ala-mars)
Get 1:1 coaching with Mara (https://www.timetospringup.org/product-page/coaching) or request 1:1 or group mediation (https://www.gettingfreetogether.org/collaborate-with-us) support
Song credits & licensing:
“Brilliant Mycelium” Written by Alexandra Love Performed by Beautiful Chorus
Learn more about us & our work:
Learn more about the Spring Up Collective (https://www.timetospringup.org/)
Learn about our Getting Free Together organizational consulting services (https://gettingfreetogether.org/)
Join our Patreon to support this podcast and get access to low cost coaching and discounts on our webinars (https://patreon.com/cultivateconsent)
Learn more & register for our webinars, retreats, and course at bluelight academy (https://bluelight.academy/)
26 Feb 2026
Why We’re Not a Nonprofit with Shannon Perez-Darby
In this episode, Stas and Leander sit down with iconic abolitionist, author, and podcast host Shannon Perez-Darby. Join the conversation as they dive into why nonprofits are not the ideal structure for liberatory organizations, risk management and harm reduction around mandatory reporting, and hot takes on the show Pluribus!
Access the full episode transcript here. (https://www.gettingfreetogether.org/podcast)
Learn more about the Mandated Reporting Harm Reduction:
Balancing Risk Assessment Tool (BRAT) (https://www.mandatoryreportingisnotneutral.com/risk-assessment-tool)
Listen & subscribe to Shannon's podcast "Popaganda" (https://www.popagandapod.com/?utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnNyR_k5p0iXaM2ZVvofWYEJ06JDFEwoHbtgmgiuN3HGq8q5Zhwnw-9CiQmFo_aem_sbQi8WhfPS_f7EqDDEShbQ)
Learn more about the Accountable Communities Consortium (https://accountablecommunities.com/?utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnAVl3H_Suq_BvIXMphBvXFFdbPTjHt07UekLGyqbftp0ZfulDxwU9PBjJVA4_aem_4aMDQHqszAFbzIlIwiTfbw)
Read "How to End Family Policing: From Outrage to Action" (https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-to-end-family-policing-from-outrage-to-action-c-hope-tolliver/d43eaf77632ebb2b?ean=9798888904565&next=t&next=t&affiliate=1039&utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnkKOAJD1-yMrkiyS8pl-E8yBc8nbMZDxs00_BCCVWMyTZ6xiiDbJDY3CH7mU_aem_h-3fOTMpk78iMzR8WKDxWg)
Song credits:
“Brilliant Mycelium” Written by Alexandra Love Performed by Beautiful Chorus
Learn more about us & our work:
Learn more about the Spring Up Collective (https://www.timetospringup.org/)
Learn about our Getting Free Together organizational consulting services and 6-month cohort program (https://gettingfreetogether.org/)
Join our Patreon to support this podcast and get access to low cost coaching and discounts on our webinars (https://patreon.com/cultivateconsent)
Learn more & register for our webinars, retreats, and course at bluelight academy (https://bluelight.academy/)
11 Dec 2025
Compost, Conflict, and K-Pop Demon Hunters
Stas and Leander sit down with friend and mentor Mia Mingus who has taught us all so much about transformative justice, pod mapping, and disability justice. In this conversation, they speak about composting, conflict, and K-pop Demon Hunters.
Access the full episode transcript here (https://www.gettingfreetogether.org/podcast)
Learn more about Transformative Justice with the video series by the Barnard Center for Research on Women featuring Mia, Leander, Stas alongside other peer TJ practioners. (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhSpqfRmMddSIjX7a-__IkmNAiNiLu_3j)
Learn more about SOIL: A Transformative Justice Project (https://www.soiltjp.org/about)
Learn more about the Ahimsa Collective (https://www.ahimsacollective.net/)
Learn more about us & our work:
Learn more about the Spring Up Collective (https://www.timetospringup.org/)
Learn about our Getting Free Together organizational consulting services and 6-month cohort program (https://gettingfreetogether.org/)
Join our Patreon to support this podcast and get access to low cost coaching and discounts on our webinars (https://patreon.com/cultivateconsent)
Learn more & register for our webinars, retreats, and course at bluelight academy (https://bluelight.academy/)
12 Jun 2025
Succession Planning: A Conversation with Bre of Joy As Resistance
Bre Dovez of Joy as Resistance discusses succession planning within collective governance with Stas and Leander, detailing their journey implementing sociocracy and preparing to hand leadership to new co-Executive Directors in this interview.
25 Feb 2025
Movement Practice: A Conversation with Brianna
In this episode, we are in conversation with our new co-owner Brianna. Together we explore our embodiment practices, how we navigate risk individually and collectively, what those practices looked like in the Palestinian solidarity encampments on campus, what the role of therapy is within our society, and how unions and worker ownership show up not only in universities but in reality TV.
Learn more about us & our work:
Learn more about Spring Up (https://www.timetospringup.org/)
Learn about our Getting Free Together cohort program (https://gettingfreetogether.org/)
Join our Patreon to support this podcast and get access to low cost coaching and discounts on our webinars (https://patreon.com/cultivateconsent)
Learn more & register for our webinars, retreats, and course at bluelight academy (https://bluelight.academy/)
13 Dec 2024
Collaborating With Chosen Family: Meet the Spring Up Founders
Stas and Leander interview Spring Up co-founder shaïna about building creative community, sustaining collaborative work, and finding imagination in adult video games.
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