The Art of Living
What if behind every moment of suffering is also an invitation to co-create new possibilities? A portal to renew through community, solidarity love and hope. Known for her heart centered wisdom, powerful perspective, yet playful and passionate about creating community as immunity to pain and suffering. If you're looking for content that will touch your heart and change your life and inspire you to live your life as an artful master piece, listen up!
Sylvia Richardson is a poet, the author of Flesh Mapping Cartography of Struggle Renewal and Hope in Education. Her book tells her story of escaping war and poverty, through her relentless commitment to learning and education as path of liberation. Each episode, is a conversation with poets, artists, educators and dreamers who envision a world that holds multiple worlds as teaching is a process of remembering our stories, remembering our solidarity to our ancestors and our solidarity to nature and future generations.
Sylvia Richardson’s invitation to co-create a new vision of education for social justice, as an artful path to living in coexistence while unlearning powerlessness, a path to honour our inherent value is not in how much we make, the titles we wear but rather our connection to life. I am here to remind you learning is a lifelong journey: to remember our stories, to celebrate our connection to life and to honour our response ability to life and make an offering of love. Sylvia Richardson Ph.D. is an Indigenous scholar, artist, inspirational speaker, media and curriculum specialist. She is internationally renown for her radio program Latin Waves which has aired for the past 12 years in radio stations across Canada and the USA. Flesh Mapping Cartography of Struggle Renewal and Hope in Education was published by Peter Lang publishing in 2013. Sylvia is the former VP of AMARC – The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters with 4000 association in 130 countries.
- Update frequency
- every 25 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 25
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2024
Interview with hockey legend Ernie “Punch” McLean
In hockey circles, the name Ernie ‘Punch’ McLean is legendary. A prospector, business owner and talent scout – McLean’s reputation as a true character of the game has been forged through a lengthy re…
The impact of GMO Foods for the past 20 years
Dr Vandana Shiva has been researching the impact of GMO Foods for the past 20 years, she speaks to Latin Waves about her latest book Soil not Oil. And the need for society to stand together against t…
Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women the Push to end Colonization
BRANDI MORIN is an award-winning Cree/Iroquois/French multimedia journalist from Treaty 6 territory in Alberta. Among her many awards over a decade of reporting on Indigenous oppression in North Amer…
Breaking Free, The Life and Times of Peter McLaren, Radical Educator
McLaren is the author and editor of over forty-five books and hundreds of scholarly articles and chapters. His writings have been translated into over 20 languages, he is Co-Director of the Paulo Fre…
Democratic Economic Planning by Dr Robin Hahnel
Art of Living host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Dr. Robyn Hahnel about his latest book Democratic Economic Planning. The hastening pace of global climate change’s human impact of the COVID 19 pandem…
Glenn Ford, Black Agenda Report, Nov 5, 1949 – July 28 2021
Glenn Ford is a good ancestor , whenever I feel down or burned out I reenergize myself when I think of the commitment to Justice Glenn Ford had.
I interviewed Glenn in 2010, Glen Ford was a writer…
Cuba and its 60 years of resistance to US Imperialism
Sylvia Richardson speaks with journalist Arnold August about the legacy of empire.
After more than 100 years of US imperialistic aggression in Latin America, people in the Latin America have learned …
Indigenization of our Struggle against Capitalism
Host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Silvia Federici author of Revolution at Ground Zero. The zero point of revolution is our social relations, the violence of capitalism as our primary organizing syst…
Uprisings In Columbia
host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Common Frontiers director Raul Burbano, about the up rising in Colombia. From April 28 to May 8, the violent actions of the state security forces resulted in the de…
Revolution in a time of Pandemic
host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Jorge Martin about May Day and the significance for workers in Latin America. The man made virus of Capitalism that has shut down economies worldwide. The militariz…
Aviva Chomsky “Organizing for Power: Building a 21st Century Labor Movement”
host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Dr. Aviva Chomsky, about creating a labour movement for the 21st century. The triumph of Neoliberalism has meant that the state no longer works toward the welfare o…
Humanizing education so that it sustains learners in times of chaos
Host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Darren Lund, author of The Great White North? Exploring Whiteness, Privilege and Identity in Education.
They speak about humanizing education so that it sustains le…
Climate Front Line producer speaks about need for a new narrative
Host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Alfredo Gonzalez Valenzuela an environmental scientist and host of Climate Front Line, how it is not enough to understand the science, it is necessary to have a rel…
Plain Radical, Living, Loving and learning to leave the Planet Gracefully
Art of Living host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Robert Jensen on his book Plain Radical, Living, Loving and learning to leave the Planet Gracefully. It’s hard to have hope…What will you tell the gen…
To create schools that are deserving of our babies
Sylvia Richardson speaks with David E. Kirkland, Vice Dean for Equity, and Community Action at NYU. The responsibility for educator to engage with issues of social justice. ” To create schools that a…
Suzanne Kyra on balance in our personal and professional life
With over 20 years of experience, Suzanne Kyra, M.A., Registered Clinical Counsellor, is a highly regarded counsellor with offices in West Vancouver and Coquitlam. She is also an international empowe…
Graham Russell speaks about the humanitarian crisis of people trying to flee Honduras
Host Sylvia Richardson speaks to Graham about the thousands of people trying to flee Honduras, how the western media and politicians have let us down by presenting these humanitarian crisis without a…
Transformative power of education
Art of Living host Sylvia Richardson, speaks with Dr. Eric Davis, about the transformative power of education activated through relational, experiential learning, that student centered and inspire re…
Government takes advantage of Pandemic to bail out banks
We are in the midst of class war says Ellen Brown speaking with Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson
The pandemic reveals the government can make available money on demand. Unfortunately the money has …
Sacred teachings of Quechua Aymara people about the path to coexistence
The way to health is consciousness of our interdependence. In this interview Latin Waves Host Sylvia Richardson we speak with Aymara elder Marcelo Saavedra a professor of Indigenous Studies in Ottawa…