Sneak Peek: Madeline Sayet Podcast

Jo Reed:  You're a member of the Mohegan Nation, as you said. Your mom is a medicine woman. And you've said storytelling was just so important to your family and your community as well.

Madeline Sayet:  Yeah,  so growing up I was really raised with this understanding of story medicine. You know, stories aren't neutral. They're often used as a part of healing practices, not just in my culture, but around the world. And what that always made me think of is the fact that  stories have power. You know, you can't just tell a story and expect it not to do anything. If you're actually wielding a story, it can create great healing, or it can create great harm. And so, our accountability to our communities and how we tell stories, how a story is told for the community, not for ourselves, is very important in thinking about what we're doing and how we do it and why. I believe that the stories we pass down shape our collective possible futures, and so we have a responsibility to care for how things move forward. What we carry forward and what we leave behind. And to be very intentional about that.