What are memories of lands, waters or peoples, without time? What is the future? And, if we are unequipped to view time, like rivers, as currency to be manipulated, resource rather than relation, what have we already lost? In this episode, Lauren Williams shows us that these questions too, are political, introducing to the broader archive the concept of chronopolitics. She asks us to consider the question of Grace Lee and James Boggs: “What time is it on the clock of the world?” while her guests chime in with considerations of kinship, urgency, and magic. She also highlights the relationship between time and punishment in a world that may itself be more temporary than dominant narratives suggest.

This limited series was dreamed up, written and produced by Lauren Williams; essays were co-produced by my dear friend Ayinde Jean-Baptiste; and the audio was engineered by Conor Anderson. Featured guests include PG Watkins, Curtis Renee, Nate Mullen, Angel McKissic, and Nick Buckingham. Excerpts from several references were read by voice actors Joy Vandervort-Cobb. Our theme music is the instrumentals from a song called Detroit Summer by Invincible and Waajeed, courtesy of Emergence Media.

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