Life on the Margins: An Urban Native Experience

About Life on the Margins: An Urban Native Experience

Hosted by Briana Mazzolini-Blanchard and Homer Shadowheart, Life on the Margins is a podcast centering the urban Indigenous perspective. We discuss issues of marginalization that minority communities face in their everyday lives, all through an Indigenous lens.

Publisher

UrbanNativeCollective

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 May 2023

Latest episode

27 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

22 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Feb 2026

   Breaking Colonial Silences with Julian Brave NoiseCat

   In this episode, we are joined by writer, filmmaker, and champion powwow dancer, Julian Brave NoiseCat, where we talk about his first book- We Survived the Night, his Oscar nominated documentary, Sugarcane, and what it was like to be the first Indigenous North American filmmaker to be nominated for an Academy Award. Special thanks to Devin Dabney for music and production.

2. 

   30 Dec 2025

   Dangerously Real with Chrystos

   In this episode we are joined by a Two-Spirit elder  who needs no introduction. Poet, activist, teacher of writing, and so much more, we give you our episode with Chrystos, where we talk about everything from her years with the AIM movement, to her relationship with the late Audrey Lourde. Special thanks to Devin Dabney for music and production.

3. 

   7 Nov 2025

   The Right to Know with Professor Rebecca Wingo

   Back in late 2024 we recorded this episode with our dear friend and ally- professor Rebecca Wingo at the University of Cincinnati. Her decades of work include building and nurturing relationships with Tribal Nations and elevating the voices of contemporary Native Peoples. This past weekend, Professor Wingo, representatives from the UNC,  and our Wyandot relatives convened for the unveiling of  the first of a new series of historical markers which will tell the story of the last Indigenous nation removed from Ohio. So we thought, no better time like the present to share with you this episode, featuring Professor Rebecca Wingo. https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/93550d92bf12422b9858b71c19339214 https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2024/12/uc-history-students-map-out-wyandot-removal-trail.html Special thanks to Devin Dabney for music and production.

Who has been a guest on Life on the Margins: An Urban Native Experience

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Rebecca Nava Soto
• Sylvia Pinto
• Erika NJ Allen

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 25 / 100

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

Quality

22

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71

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