{"id":35951,"date":"2025-03-06T17:07:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T22:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=35951"},"modified":"2025-03-06T17:07:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T22:07:33","slug":"new-podcast-aims-to-bring-diverse-ancestral-voices-to-the-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/new-podcast-aims-to-bring-diverse-ancestral-voices-to-the-table\/","title":{"rendered":"New podcast aims to bring diverse \u201cAncestral Voices\u201d to the table"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A new podcast aims to bring \u201cAncestral Voices\u201d from diverse backgrounds to the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ancestral Voices: We Belong, a new monthly podcast, is led by Traditional Anishinaabe Grandmother Kim Wheatley and Jamaican Canadian Storyteller and Lawyer Maxine Gordon Palomino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aim of the podcast, which is facilitated by Neighbour Media, is to \u201ccelebrate the rich narratives of Indigenous, Caribbean and Black communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program was launched on February 25 at Aurora Town Square with Gordon Palomino saying their collective aim of the podcast is \u201cgetting to know ourselves, getting to know others\u201d and share perspectives \u2013 even those that don\u2019t align \u201ceye to eye\u201d all the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur journey started in 2020,\u201d said Wheatley. \u201cA mutual friend said, \u2018I think the two of you would sync together really well.\u2019 At the time, Maxine had a vision and she was working on a partnership with libraries to try and bring this vision forward, and I thought that was a great idea. She really led that part of the project for us and we had a remarkable time with that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re at 2025 [and] five years in we\u2019re still getting to know each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wheatley says she is of Potawatomie, Ojibwe and Caribbean ancestry and, therefore, lives at \u201cthat intersectionality of people of colour\u201d and she wants to \u201chonour all I am and all that travels through me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis has allowed me to really connect with my co-lead Maxine so powerfully and intimately,\u201d she said. \u201cWe feel and we act like sisters. All the things that come with sisterhood we have gone through and we continue to go through, and we have a great respect for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those sisterly bonds were underscored by Gordon Palomino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is what Ancestral Voices is about: getting to know ourselves, getting to know others \u2013 some don\u2019t necessarily see eye to eye all the time, but you can see things from different perspectives,\u201d she said. \u201cWe tend to have two different approaches to most things and this is where the sisterhood thing comes in. Each of us, with our creativity and our differences, we\u2019re able to make this project a home; we can listen to the podcast, you will hear the different tones and approaches\u2026 and I think that is what will make it interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the monthly podcast develops, Wheatley and Maxine Gordon are fielding any and all guest suggestions, stating they \u201cdon\u2019t want to be limited\u201d in who sits opposite them at the microphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe just want to highlight Indigenous, Black, African and Caribbean voices in a platform that is safe and welcoming,\u201d says Wheatley, adding this includes cultural expressions of the past, present and future. \u201cI hope the guests that we have on the podcast capture your interest and that you\u2019re able to like, share, and encourage other people to follow us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of our superhero powers is freewill use it wisely. Just make very good choices for the greater good, from your heart first. The podcast is very much our heart-speak. We\u2019re not trying to bother or criticize anybody but we\u2019re trying to embrace a sense of unity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new podcast aims to bring \u201cAncestral Voices\u201d from diverse backgrounds to the table. Ancestral Voices: We Belong, a new monthly podcast, is led by Traditional Anishinaabe Grandmother Kim Wheatley and Jamaican Canadian Storyteller and Lawyer Maxine Gordon Palomino. The aim of the podcast, which is facilitated by Neighbour Media, is to \u201ccelebrate the rich […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27,4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-culture","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-06-06.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-9lR","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-03 21:58:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35953,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35951\/revisions\/35953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}