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The Canary Collective PodcastEp 14 Canary Collective Podcast w/ Nicole BetancourtI sat down (in bed) with fellow chronically ill canary artist Nicole Betancourt, filmmaker and producer of the upcoming film "The Unfixing" about climate crises within our bodies paralleling those on Earth. We dip into conversation about neuroplasticity, environmental toxins, ancestral trauma, Indigenous wisdom, and a future in which all are valued across the gender expression spectrum.
Content warning: There is brief mention of physical symptoms related to trauma from seggual assault, by Kaeley, around 3/4ths of the way through this podcast.
The Unfixing film on Nicole's website: https://nbetancourt.com/the-unfixing
Nicole Betancourt's...2024-04-301h 01
The OneBeat PodcastSickness Diary with Anna RGSickness Diary - an exploration of chronic illness and disability justice with interdisciplinary artist Anna RGIn this seventh episode of Season 2, Kyla-Rose speaks with artist Anna RG, about her navigation of chronic illness, since contracting COVID in the early days of the pandemic. Anna, who lives currently in Lenapehoking/Brooklyn, spent the first chapter of her musical life in communities of Appalachian folk musics, a fiddler, banjo player, and researcher – her duo with ballad singer Elizabeth LaPrelle combined the old songs with storytelling and puppetry. Their collaboration is rooted in a research process, time in...2023-12-1244 minThe Canary Collective PodcastEp 13: Artivism, Whales, and Water with Adam Hersko-RonaTasFilmmaker and environmental activist Adam Hersko-RonaTas says, "I have a deep love of science; however, art – and film specifically – can often be the most compelling and accessible means for us to interpret the state of humanity and our role within Nature. Where are we, how did we get here, and where are we heading?"
And as environmental artist Lauren Bon says, "Artists need to create on the same scale as society has the capacity to destroy."
Kaeley and Adam talk about his experience collaborating with LA-based artist Lauren Bon on her 2023 Desert X project “The Smalle...2023-11-011h 10
Inner RebelKaeley Pruitt-Hamm: Believe Your Dreams - Intuition, Inconvenient Truths, and the Rebellion of Our BodiesSend us a text"If your body is rejecting this world, if your body is rejecting the way society is treating the earth, that's a compliment. It's a compliment to be a canary. It's a compliment to be sensitive. It's a compliment to be sick in a toxic world." In our last interview of the season (whaa) we sit down with one of Jessica's dearest friends and biggest inspirations, Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of KPH & The Canary Collective. From the heart of D.C., nonprofit activism to shaking up systems from the confines of bed, Kaeley’s jou...2023-09-221h 27The Canary Collective PodcastEp 12 Alison Sbrana: Disability ResourcesCaptions available via the Youtube of this episode:
https://youtu.be/kErHGqt25vQ
I'm coming back from a year hiatus from The Canary Collective Podcast to share with you a conversation on disability resource access that I had with Alison Sbrana (she/her). Alison got ME/CFS 9 years ago after Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) and now helps support other patients who have ME/CFS and Long COVID through her advocacy and support with organizations such as MEAction, Body Politic (@wearebodypolitic on Instagram) and even a CDC-funded panel of patient and doctor advocates. She's a co-author of...2023-01-2559 minThe Canary Collective PodcastEp 11: Forgot to Mention with Ssanyu, Bone Healer, M.S.I, Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm, interview Ssanyu, Bone Healer, who has an M.S. in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University. She combines her Ugandan ancestral medicine healing knowledge with many other modalities across the "East" and "West" and in between and we talk about different ways we envision the Western medical system healing into a more holistic, authentic model that works for more people in a deeper way. I was introduced to Ssanyu through my friend Chelsea Rose's wonderful "Bloom" podcast interview with her.
Connect with Ssanyu's work and learn more at https://www.letgoandletlove.com/work-with-me
C...2021-06-181h 03The Canary Collective PodcastEp 10: Dam Dam with Steve Hawley, on Orca WhalesI, Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of KPH & The Canary Collective, get to speak with Steve Hawley, co-creator of the documentary "Dammed to Extinction," about how we can advocate for justice for orca whales, salmon, and Indigenous communities by calling for the removal of the four lower Snake river dams. We also discuss the parallels between human and orca whale health challenges.
You can take action in a fun and easy way! Take a selfie with orca art, write a hand-written letter, or dance/sing/play along to a song for a virtual Canary Choir and Orca-stra and post, tag, a...2021-06-031h 12
Sound ScrubKPH & The Canary Collective - Devastating LoveOriginally from Seattle, WA, Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm, also known as KPH & The Canary Collective, is extending her love for singing and songwriting by collaborating with others that are looking to turn their life experiences into songs. Alongside co-writer and NFL music coordinator, Attique Iqbal, we get to learn more about his story and how Kaeley found a mutual connection within his experience with love and heartbreak, which led to this co-write. KPH also shares more about the magical origin of the production elements that are showcased throughout the song.
Listen to "Devastating Love" on the Sound Scrub Presents: F...2021-05-1145 minThe Canary Collective PodcastEp 9: No is Not Enough with Jeff TkachI (Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of KPH & The Canary Collective) got the dirt in this episode for ya!
As Naomi Klein says, "no" is not enough - what do we want to say "yes" to? We say "No" to pesticides making people sick, "no" to the hunger epidemic around the world, "no" to storms and droughts ruining communities. Let's say "yes" to organic and regenerative agriculture!
I interviewed Jeff Tkach of The Rodale Institute about organic farming, soil health, and his own chronic illness story back in May 2020. He is doing some seriously amazing work. We are l...2021-04-201h 03The Canary Collective PodcastEp 8: Believe Her with Author and Musician Sarah RameyExplicit Language warning! We get feisty with a few f-words, but who can blame us after what we've been through thanks to gaslighting doctors?!
In this special extended episode of The Canary Collective Podcast, I, Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm, interview author and musician Sarah Ramey. Sarah and I share many similarities, the most important being that our devastating illnesses that hit us in our twenties launched us into a "medical labyrinth" that connected us with all kinds of other sick womxn. We were told our debilitating chronic illness and chronic pelvic pain symptoms were rare, and then proceeded to...2021-03-041h 49
What the Hell is Up024: what the hell was up with 2020? A Year in ReviewWhat the hell was up with 2020? What the hell is up with the direction of Claire's podcast? Today's episode wraps up 2020 by reviewing all of the episodes I made. I spoke with all kinds of artists in 2020 and am so grateful to have shared creative, inspired space with them. I'll harken back to each and every conversation to give you a quick review of 2020 of "what the hell is up". This episode also signals a pause for me to consider a new direction for this podcast. Featuring an inspiring song called "what are you running from?" by Samara Lennoxx feat...2021-01-021h 09
Bloom with Chelsea RoseEp 14 - Music as Activism and Healing with KPH & The Canary CollectiveKaeley Pruitt-Hamm is on a mission to fight corporate greed and injustice while healing the world with her music. Blending music and activism in unique ways she has created a community and a few albums, all under the name KPH & The Canary Collective. In this episode Kaeley recalls how she became mysteriously ill while working as a lobbyist in Washington D.C. When she couldn't be diagnosed she began to explore the relationship between environmental toxins and their affect on her body and our ecosystems. When western medicine failed to find a cure she opened up to holistic healing through...2020-11-201h 09The Canary Collective PodcastEp 7: Geoship Co-Founders Morgan Bierschenk & Bas KoolsKaeley Pruitt-Hamm of The Canary Collective Podcast interviews Geoship co-founders Bas Kools and Morgan Bierschenk about their vision for the future of sustainable, non-toxic, fire and climate crisis-resilient housing. There are some audio issues with this episode, so if you're having trouble hearing, please go to the Youtube link here:
https://youtu.be/_sJAQr63hxA
and turn on "closed captions" here on Youtube and hopefully the auto-generated subtitles will give you a bit better of an idea of what the heck we're saying. If you'd like to support this podcast and the music behind it...2020-09-2145 min
What the Hell is Up020: disability pride, abelism, and advocacy feat. Kaeley Pruitt-HammHello friends! Here is the second part of this two-part series focused on disability pride and advocacy. Today's episode features Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of KPH & The Canary Collective. Currently in Denver, Kaeley is a climate and health crisis nomad who moves where she can find healthy spaces to exist. She's an indie folk singer-songwriter with a background in activism and a heart to empower other "canaries" and those with similar inspiration to participate in justice-minded creative processes. We'll hear a bit of Kaeley's story and learn the way the environmental health crisis first affects individuals with chronic illness and marginalized communities...2020-07-281h 29The Canary Collective PodcastEp 6: One Sided Glass with Grandma Mary Margaret PruittKaeley Pruitt-Hamm of The Canary Collective Podcast goes into themes behind her song "One Sided Glass" with her grandmother, Mary Magaret Pruitt. Mary Margaret is a retired nurse and social justice activist. They discuss healing and grieving after a death in the family and tell a hard-to-believe story about Kaeley's interaction with a psychic medium who claimed she had a message from Kaeley's great grandmother, Mary Margaret's mother, who dealt with similar chronic illness and barriers to healthcare as Kaeley has been dealing with as a canary in a world with rising difficult-to-diagnose disease. This interview was conducted in...2020-07-2652 minThe Canary Collective PodcastEpisode 5: Disobey with Daniel LeeKaeley Pruitt-Hamm of KPH & The Canary Collective interviews Daniel Lee, Culver City Council Member and James Lawson Institute Program Coordinator. They talk about civil disobedience, nonviolent struggle, being an activist and elected official with chronic illness, and what allies can do to support the Movement for Black Lives, which are themes that originally inspired KPH to write the song "Disobey."
The Canary Collective podcast features interviews with canaries who are at the forefront of feeling the effects of the Earth’s ecosystem distress in our bodies. I write songs seeking to raise awareness about the connections between hum...2020-07-021h 07The Canary Collective PodcastEpisode 4: Creer with Luz Elena Mendoza of Y La Bamba for The Canary Collective PodcastThe Canary Collective Podcast discusses themes of believing womxn for their pain with indie band Y La Bamba's Luz Elena Mendoza. Join Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of people power indie folk band KPH & The Canary Collective as she traces the themes of gender, healthcare, and environmental justice issues behind her songs through conversation with her fellow canaries, colleagues, friends and family. The song "Creer" was co-written, interpreted, and translated in Spanish by Luz Elena Mendoza on KPH & The Canary Collective's album "The Canary Collective: Vol 1."
You can listen to the full album, including the song "Creer," here: https://open.sp...2020-07-0232 minThe Canary Collective PodcastThe Canary Collective Podcast Episode 3: Believe Her with Lisa Seilkopf Medical Medium CoachThe Canary Collective Podcast Episode Three: Believe Her with Lisa Seilkopf Medical Medium Coach
Join Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of people power indie folk band KPH & The Canary Collective as she traces the themes of environmental and human healing behind her songs through conversation with her fellow canaries, friends and family.
In today's episode, Kaeley interviews Lisa Seilkopf, a health coach who shares a really similar health story to Kaeley. They both had been diagnosed with "autoimmune diseases" but did not get better from their debilitating symptoms until they started treating the root...2020-05-141h 10The Canary Collective PodcastEpisode 2: Dam Dam with Chiara D'AngeloJoin Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of KPH & The Canary Collective for the second episode of The Canary Collective Podcast, an interview with Chiara DAngelo, Salish Sea activist.
If you want to support her work on Glenda Brelier's campaign, a woman with Native American ancestry seeking to save the Salish Sea through work in the Washington State legislature, go here: https://www.glendaforwa.com/
And if you want to support her work saving orca whales and restoring rivers with dam removal: https://www.whaleresearch.com/action?fbclid=IwAR2myxDa9A79aOK7-S02kHBNLJovQFD2jBbO0_zPCXRUS7gW5N9LGG-HgCU...2020-05-0651 minThe Canary Collective PodcastEpisode 1: Been to the Future with Nickie and Luke SekeraThis episode features mother-son water rights activist team Luke and Nickie Sekera. Nickie's T-shirt saying "I've Been to the Future...and We Won!" -not to mention Luke and her badass work against water privatization - inspired me to write the first song on "The Canary Collective: Vol 1" album, "Been to the Future." We imagine and even pretend we won and revel in our success during a podcast reunion interview in the year 2045.
Support their work at https://www.communitywaterjustice.com/
Watch the video of our Zoom interview on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3...2020-05-011h 04The Canary Collective PodcastThe Canary Collective Podcast TrailerHi, I'm Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm of people power indie folk group KPH & The Canary Collective.
Being an activist and a musician have always been a part of who I am. I've always aspired to be a sort of "musical Erin Brockovich," helping connect the dots and not sit silently while my friends and family are made sick because of corporations taking shortcuts in the name of profit. Since becoming disabled by chronic illness in 2015 and sidelined from my job in the non-profit world, I'm feeling more than ever the need for conversation around healing - healing the ecosystems...2020-05-0102 min
DiscologistEpisode 289: Seán Barna ReturnsOn his first full length Pictures Of An Exhibitionist, singer/songwriter (and, full disclosure, one of our brodawg's) Seán Barna is getting in touch with his feelings and delivering a savagely raw set of songs that chronicle his adventures in LA and Washington, DC over the past few years. Kevin and Marcus (Dowling) are sitting down with the "dark lord" of folk to talk the ins and outs of Exhibitionist, life after DC, and more.PLUS! Instead of giving up on being a musician after suffering a crippling health crisis, Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm poured her experiences into her new EP, Hi F...2017-06-131h 35
ChunkyGlasses: The PodcastEpisode 289: Seán Barna ReturnsOn his first full length Pictures Of An Exhibitionist, singer/songwriter (and, full disclosure, one of our brodawg's) Seán Barna is getting in touch with his feelings and delivering a savagely raw set of songs that chronicle his adventures in LA and Washington, DC over the past few years. Kevin and Marcus (Dowling) are sitting down with the "dark lord" of folk to talk the ins and outs of Exhibitionist, life after DC, and more.PLUS! Instead of giving up on being a musician after suffering a crippling health crisis, Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm poured her experiences into her n...2017-06-131h 35