Good Fire

About Good Fire

In this podcast we explore the concept of fire as a tool for ecological health and cultural empowerment by indigenous people around the globe. Good Fire is a term used to describe fire that is lit intentionally to achieve specific ecological and cultural goals. Good fire is about balance.

Publisher

Indigenous Leadership Initiative

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Sept 2019

Latest episode

17 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

67 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Jan 2026

   Season 3 | Special Live Episode | Good Fire Podcast

   This episode of Good Fire was recorded in front of a live audience of 300 people at the Fire and Ice Symposium during the 2025 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival, on Treaty 7 territory. Host Dr. Amy Cardinal Christianson (Métis, Treaty 8) is joined by Alvin First Rider of the Blood Tribe (Blackfoot Confederacy), along with visual storyteller Jordan Melograna from the Indigenous Leadership Initiative. Together, they reflect on Indigenous fire stewardship as a living practice—one rooted in sovereignty, cultural continuity, and care for future generations. What unfolds is not just a conversation about fire, but a gathering of stories—about land, memory, responsibility, and the work of rebuilding relationships that were deliberately broken.

2. 

   16 Jan 2026

   Reigniting Relationships: Indigenous Fire Stewardship and Community Resilience

   Dr. Amy Cardinal Christianson interviews Alvin First Rider and Jordan Melograna about Indigenous fire stewardship, exploring its role in cultural continuity, ecological restoration, and community resilience, highlighting the importance of storytelling in shifting public understanding of fire.

3. 

   2 May 2025

   Season 3 | Episode 9 | Good Fire Podcast

   In this episode of the Good Fire Podcast, hosts Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff sit down with Elizabeth Azzuz and Margo Robbins to talk about restoring cultural fire in their tribal territory and across the world.

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

25,491

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

50 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

63 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

28

Social presence

0

YouTube

72

Engagement

91

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