We continue our Host Interviews this week with Monica Brain, former journalist, current broadband advocate and raccoon enthusiast. Our wide-ranging discussion covers the hands, morals and ethics of trash pandas, the Apes movies, Yoda, and the importance of digital equity across Indian Country.

Paris Burris, shorts programmer for deadCenter Film Fest, gives Matt and Angela the scoop on films and parties coming up June 6-9 in Oklahoma City. This is a great chance to get your passes, or volunteer, to network with some of the industry's movers and shakers!

Author Weyodi OldBear joins us this week to talk about all of the writing projects she is working, including Coyote and Crow RPG, five novels, a graphic novel, and more. She talks about the intricacies of world-building for Natives in the future, and why we are so enthralled with apocalyptic stories.

Girl-on-girl violence, racism, great soundtrack, chokers...the Hulu series Under the Bridge has the 90s all over it. Our hosts discuss the first episodes of the series starring Lily Gladstone and Riley Keogh and how very Canadian it all seems.

We had a blast at IPX this year! Noetta got some fun interviews, and Angela moderated the Reservation Dogs panel. We all shopped and marveled at the Cosplayers, who get better every year!

In this episode, we turn the microphone on Matt "Lowdown" Barse as he talks about his new short film, "Distance" and his journey of how he got to becoming a filmmaker. Check out his film, "Distance" on the film festival circuits. It will be playing: Sunday May 4 at 6:45 PM at the Barebones Film Festival in Muscogee, OK. G check it out! The music is: "UcanDanz2it" by the Chahta vba isht Taloa cocophony orchestra consort And whether you're close or keeping a distance, don't just keep it...

Chris Cote, Osage language consultant for Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon, joins our hosts to talk Oscars!

Na Na Ping joins guest host Adrienne Lalli Hills and Angela to discuss proposed changes to the Indian Arts and Crafts Act by the BIA. Reel Indigenous does not take policy positions. The views expressed are those of the individuals.

In this episode, we get to talking about the final 3 episodes of TRUE DETECTIVES: NIGHT COUNTRY, and how Aunties regulate. Angela, Matt, Sunrise and tvli join in on the conversation. Monica chopped the episode together Whoever showed up, produced. The music is "AAAAYYYY!!!!" by the Chahta vba isht Taloa cocophony orchestra consort find us on the socials and follow us @Reel_Indigenous https://linktr.ee/reelindigenous So, whether you're in the night country, day country or just gone...

The Original Indigenous Comic Con is back in Oklahoma for 2024 and we have the deets! Get your fav cosplay ready, gather the family and join the Reservation Dogs, Eugene Brave Rock, the OKC Ghostbusters, Huncles Yancey Red Corn and Brent Greenwood, and more April 12-14.

In this episode, we chat it up with Nico Albert and Kyle Williams, the dynamic duo of the metal group, Medicine Horse. They share their music and advice and all the great things that they do. Thanks for listening. And after you listen, go out and buy their self-titled debut album, Medicine Horse and the Cherokee compilation album, Anvdvnelisgi. Also, for those of you who are interested in Burning Cedar Sovereign Wellness, check it out here: https://www.burningcedar.org/ You can jam out to...

It took us a minute. Sunrise got sick, then was back on the festival circuit, but we finally got Matt and Sunrise to sit down for a bit and talk about the Sundance Film Festival and the few Indigenous movies they got to see. They also talk about the short film, "Kicking the Clouds". A beautiful movie that you can watch here: http://www.skyhopinka.com/kicking-the-clouds also here is the link to the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative...

A bonus Oscars episode for your listening pleasure. Just four filmies discussing random categories of the upcoming awards ceremony and their thoughts on some of the nominees.

All of that Choctaw spirit we saw and loved in Echo? We can trace it back to a podcast fav: Peshawn Bread. What can't they do? Direct, produce, model, they do it all and we are here for it! Peshawn shares the lengths they went to during the shoot, specifically the stickball game and powwow, to make our Choctaw friends and family part of the now-canon origan of Maya Lopez in the Marvel MCU. Get your cup, because we are sipping the tea!

Guess how excited Angela is about Season 4 of True Detective! First Alaska Daily and now this? Inupiaq on the rise! Be sure to hear Monica's dating profile masterpiece, lots of speculation on the plots, and the discussion of the true meaning of this series: the MMIW crises in Alaska and beyond. There is some discussion of assault, so please take care of yourself when listening.

Echo has made its mark on Tamaha, Oklahoma, as Maya comes home. How did our Creative Natives wrap up the first season of Choctaw Hero Maya? Angela, Matt and tvli chat it up. The music is "Dangerous Banaha" by the Chahta vba isht Taloa cocophony orchestra consort And remember kids, don't just keep it real, keep it REEL INDIGENOUS!

This week, our hosts examine the next two episodes of Marvel's Echo series: Tuklo and Taloa. She's facing the music of the actions she put in place, but what will that do to her family? We love the scenes with Graham Greene and Tantoo Cardinal and the action in the roller rink!

In this episode, we talk Marvel's Echo episodes 1 and 2. Special guest Dewayne Hornbuckle joins us as we learn more about the world Maya Lopez lives and operates in. Set in Tahama, Oklahoma, Maya comes to town with an agenda: to take over Fiske's empire and make it her own. We incorrectly said that Taskmaster was on "Captain America". It was actually in the "Black Widow" film. Sorry for the mistake. Big ups and thanks to Dewayne Hornbuckle for throwing us some of that Chahta knowledge, and...

This week we welcome Dewayne Hornbuckle and Darnell Colbert, citizens of the Choctaw Nation and experts in stickball and language. Each contributed to the run-away series on Disney+, Echo! Deqayne talks about being a Seminole leader during the game, and Darnell shares the work he's doing to release the episodes dubbed in Choctaw. We brought pod fav Mark Williams in just 'cause he's cool.

The podcasters welcome MCU's newest hero, Kahhori, to their screens! A welcome addition, voiced by rising star (that we've loved since Mohawk Girls) Devery Jacobs. "What If?" has two episodes featuring the newest superhero. Up first is our RIP News in partnership with Geek Girl Authority, featuring Noetta Harjo, then we celebrate one of the best additions to the universe ever.

Does anyone remember the plot of the first Aquaman? Tune in and find out as our hosts try to piece together the plot. Then we discuss the merits of a second film. Does it do what it sets out to do? Is it just a collection of stolen action scenes? Will the CGI meet the gold standard of The Flash? Find out this week! Check our LinkTree for a special scene from the 1994 film On Deadly Ground.

In this episode, we get to chat it up with the multi-talented genius, Jennifer Rader, AKA, Mistress Red. Dancer, actor, stunts, and more! What does she not do? Listen to her collaborations and insights about Ryan Red Corn, Rez Dogs, the Haus of Peshawn Bread and Killers of the Flower Moon! Remember to sign up for our patreon and check us out on the socials! The music is "Kanohmi" by the Chahta vba isht Taloa cocophony orchestra consort And remember, whether you livin' the dream, or just...

Ryan Redcorn. That's it, that's the podcast. Ryan Friggin Recorn. Writer, photographer, actor, homebuilder, Wolfpack member, and so much more. Happy 2024, RIPpers.

The hosts look back on the year that was 2023. It was quite the year. Strikes and award noms; series ends and box office gold. We list our top three from 2023 and ask the question: will this momentum continue? What were your Top 3 moments in Indigenous media?

Happy holidays from our crew to yours! We celebrate the season with a look at 2001's Christmas in the Clouds, featuring Graham Greene, Sheila Tousey and Wes Studi. It's a fun little Christmas mistaken-identity romp through a snow-less ski resort. Full of quirky characters and a vegan chef, Christmas in the Clouds has some problems, but overall is a fun watch.