286: Hingepoints and Speculative Fiction (with B.L. Blanchard)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re joined by author B.L. Blanchard to imagine a North America without colonization. We talk about map-making as world-building, returning home, and dancing the rice. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Content Warning:</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode contains conversations about or mentions of murder, imprisonment, colonization, climate change, death, heart attack, and estrangement. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Guest</strong></p> <p><a href="https://blblanchard.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Brooke Blanchard,</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">who writes under the name B. L. Blanchard, is a graduate of the UC Davis creative writing honors program and was a writing fellow at Boston University School of Law. She is a lawyer and enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. She is originally from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan but has lived in California for so long that she can no longer handle cold weather. Pre-order</span> <a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/822/9781542036511"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Peacekeeper</span></em></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">today! </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Housekeeping</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Merch</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Pick up your Spirits major arcana tarot deck and get our first sticker of the month at</span> <a href= "http://spiritspodcast.com/merch"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">spiritspodcast.com/merch</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Recommendation</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">: This week, Amanda recommends</span> <a href= "https://the-ard.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Anti-Racism Daily newsletter</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Books</span><span style="font-