An Index of Indigenous Podcasts

Three Five years plus into our podcast (subscribe for free here), we thought it worthwhile to start a list of other Indigenous shows sharing this sphere. If you listen regularly, you heard us bemoan the fact on episode 18 that at a recent podcasting conference—Podcast Movement—we were the only Aboriginal podcasters in attendance!

Now, there were likely good reasons for that, not least, affordability. Conferences cost money, of course, including airfare and accommodation, never mind the fee to get in. I suspect that fact alone challenged many if not most of the folks that may have wanted to come to the event. Still, I do think some kind of gathering just for Indigenous podcasters should happen, and maybe we at MEDIA INDIGENA will be the ones to help make that a reality.

In the meantime, I thought it’d be good to start a list of the Indigenous people plugging away at podcasting. For now, I’m definitely trying to feature those that are actively putting out content (along with a few that are, shall we say, less so).

This list (in no particular order) will iterate over time, so check back every so often.

If you don’t see a show in this list that you think should be, add it in comments or email me rick [at] mediaindigena [dot] com.

Independent podcasts

These are podcasts created by producers who work independently of the control and resources of a large-scale network like NPR or CBC.

• Native Opinion
• Red Man Laughing
• Métis In Space
• Broken Boxes
• Breakdances with Wolves
• The Jig is Up
• Toasted Sister
• Women Warriors
• One Dish, One Mic
• The Roundtable Podcast
• Urban Indianz
• Geek Savz: The Native Nerds Podcast
• Native Trailblazers
• Medicine for the Resistance
• Let’s Talk Native
• Curtain the Podcast
• Indigenous Urbanism
• The Henceforward
• Coffee With My Ma
• Coffee and Quaq
• The Red Road Podcast
• Mi’kmaq Matters
• All My Relations
• Native Hope
• Native Calgarian
• 21st Century Native Leaders
• Warrior Life
• Talks With A Fox
• Nomadcast

On possible hiatus:

• The Cuts
• A Tribe Called Geek
• Kukukwes.com: The Podcast
• The Skoden Chronicles
• Piusivut
• Curating Indigeneity

Podcasts by broadcasters

Programs created under the auspices of a parent broadcaster which oftentimes (but not always) releases an episode on terrestrial airwaves first, then makes it available as a podcast. One might also slot well-resourced podcast networks (e.g., Panoply) under this category.

• Unreserved
• Who killed Alberta Williams?
• Native America Calling
• Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo
• Speaking Out
• Wild Black Women

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