Let Folks Be

What if the most radical thing we could do is simply leave people alone?

In this unfiltered, deeply human episode of Intentifiers, Jodi Rai and Lina Buffington find themselves mid-conversation before the record button even hits - and what follows is one of the most honest exchanges the podcast has produced yet.

They explore the tension between doing meaningful, social-justice-rooted work and refusing to sacrifice yourself for it. Between holding strong convictions and letting other humans live their lives without interference. Between being committed to change and protecting your own peace.

Together, they dig into:

• Why "martyrdom or sell-out" are not the only two options for working professionals committed to doing good in the world
• The simple, radical principle: if you're not doing harm, people should leave you alone
• How systems - not just individuals - empower harm, and why that changes the conversation entirely
• The exhausting reality of being bothered from all directions: outside your community, and sometimes from within it
• Why dogma - even in social justice circles - can become its own form of control
• What it looks like to be committed to people, not a country, not an ideology - and why that distinction matters
• The ongoing, unresolved question: how do you do meaningful work, protect yourself, and actually enjoy the life you're living?

This conversation is candid, politically honest, spiritually grounded, and deeply human. It's for anyone who's tired of being told how to exist - and is still showing up to do the work anyway.

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