Does Skiing Matter When The World Is Burning?

Connor Ryan, a professional skier and Lakota activist, speaks to me in long, eloquent streams that move swiftly in myriad directions before coming together in strong, poignant conclusions. He’s talking about skiing, but also so much more; its intersectionality, how it beautifully and simply frames meaning. How it embodies freedom. But as ICE agents roam the streets of Minneapolis, as our health and human services department deplores the use of science, and as myriad other turbulent fo