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Global Soul, Afro-Rhythms and Deep House are served up with passionate commentary. Started in 2007, The CASAMENA Radio Hour, has been known for breaking songs, and introducing new artists in the deep, afro and soulful house scene. Push your headphones in and play it loud! Let's Go!
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IFA ORISA EGUN TALKS

TRUE TALKS WITH OFAE OFAE

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Ifa, Orisha, Spirituality, Religion, Ancestors, Healing, Readings, Initiations, West Africa, Divination, Iyanifa, Babalawos, Iyami, Spells, Witchcraft, Rituals, Love, Relationships, Sex, Health, Death, Birth, Money, World, Life
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Welcome to The Orisha Wisdom Podcast, your go-to spot where the ancient beats of Orisha, Ifa, and Spiritism faith meet our buzzing modern lives! 🌟 Think of this as your spiritual lounge, a place where we chat, laugh, and delve deep into the heart of these timeless traditions. 🎧 Whether you’re a seasoned follower or just curious about dipping your toes into this vibrant faith, we’ve got something for everyone. Picture this: each episode is like grabbing coffee with a friend who’s got all the ...
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WitchSpace

Witchspace Coven

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Two academic witches in the Lower Hudson Valley, focused on learning the history, development and paradigms of modern-day witchcraft. Follow us on instagram @witchspaceco or email us at witchspaceco@gmail.com.
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Over 17 years of Celebrating Africana Spirituality!We offer events, carefully selected supplies, divination, spiritual support and education related to Ifa, Vodou, Conjure/Hoodoo and other African Spiritual Traditions.Listen to our broadcasts to learn more about these beautiful traditions and email us with your questions about them! Who knows? We may just build a broadcast around answering them!
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At the Crossroads: Intersections in African Spirituality looks at the ways African Spirituality intersects with healing, movement, and culture and informs and works in the lives of practitioners to support resilience, resistance, and liberation. Darasia is a hoodoo practitioner, an initiate of Oshun in the Lukumi Orisha Tradition and Egungun and Ifa in the West African Orisha Tradition, an astrologer, a card reader, and a certified clinical hypnotherapist.
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Enlightenment and Transformation

Enlightenment Transformation

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Enlightenment and Transformation prepares you for your own spiritual shift. The shows delve into the dark aspects of life altering wisdom and the illumination of soul enlightenment via occult studies, holistic health information, self-hypnosis, mental deprogramming, and cultural education. If you enjoy the "Foundational Friday" segment, and would like to ask a question or make a comment live on air, dial (515) 605-9862 and press the number one to speak to the host. To listen to the archives ...
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Sweet Water

Omilana and Friends

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"Sweet Water" is not just a podcast; it's a celebration of diversity, a journey into the heart of ancestral knowledge, and an exploration of the sacred connections that bind us all. Whether you are a seasoned practitioner, a curious seeker, or someone interested in the rich tapestry of African diasporic spirituality, "Sweet Water" offers a welcoming space for all to learn, reflect, and embrace the transformative power of Orisha traditions. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com ...
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Writer's Block? Rejection? Impostor Syndrome? Writing is full of ups and downs, but we can still find plenty of joy on this creative journey! Bestselling author Marissa Meyer interviews writers and industry professionals about books, craft, and publishing, to find out how we can all bring more joy to our writing process and career.
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The Super Wise Speak-Space

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Greetings & Ábọrú Àbọyè Ifakemi Abimbola ...is who I am. IFA reached out to me in 2014. My Itefa was performed in 2017 in Ibadan, Nigeria. I am the spiritual daughter of the late Chief Iya N’ifa Ifarinoola Efunyale Mother Taylor. I am Iyalode Egbekemi. Iyami Aje. I am Esutoki, devotee of Èṣù. Ìwà Pẹ̀lẹ́ ...a forever student and a most humble and gracious Iyanifa. I am but a baby with regard to my personal journey. My Community ...is comprised of a delicate and divinely guided network of Baba ...
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Weiser Books Radio Hour

Weiser Books Radio Hour

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On Weiser Books Radio Hour, host Mike Conlon will be chatting with a variety of guests, spanning the entire spectrum of occult, esoteric, and speculative subjects – metaphysics and magick, astrology, tarot, and more!
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A comprehensive podcast on black history and black issues around the world. You’ll hear about subjects in black history that you won’t find in your average history curriculum. Each story is told in an entertaining narrative fashion that’s easy to listen to. I used to get bored in history class too. But black history is far from boring. The rich tapestry of experience that makes up the diaspora deserves its attention and that’s the mission of this podcast: bringing black history from around t ...
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Creation stories from around the world, dramatised for radio. An immersive audio adventure back to the beginning time… Why are we here, how did we get here and who are we anyway? These profound questions have given rise to creation stories, shared across cultures and societies to help us humans make sense of the world and there are many commonalities between these stories. In the Beginning brings ten of these ancestral tales to life. These stories transport us through the cosmos, into dreamt ...
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Marissa chats with Anna Sortino about her latest YA romance, ON THE BRIGHT SIDE. Also discussed in this episode: who is the ‘real’ audience we write for, deciding on a single vs dual POV and where the points of view intersect, leaving space in outlines for exploration, layering in character traits and details during revision, writing family dynamic…
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Happy Capricorn Full Moon witches and welcome to a summer version of our spell bag episode! We loved this in previous years and wanted to bring it back with a twist - only using items we already had in our homes. What did Gemini and Scorpio give each other? How will they use them? What are Gemini's reflections about overconsumption and the nature o…
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In this bonus craft episode, Marissa shares her seven best tips and strategies for balancing multiple writing projects. Discussed in this practical episode: how many projects she works on at any given time and what stage in the process they are at, how she prioritizes, what she does in the times when she isn’t or can’t be drafting, and so much more…
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If you remember seeing a bunch of tiktoks about the Shadow Work Journal by Keila Shaheen, probably a year to a year and a half ago, you're in luck! We were a little caught up in the hype and had to inspect the text for ourselves. You might not consider it a light, summer reading book, but Scorpio is here to convince you that it actually is!…
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Marissa chats with award-winning author of CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE, Tomi Adeyemi, about her new third book in the Legacy of Orisha series, CHILDREN OF ANGUISH AND ANARCHY. Also discussed in this episode: the inspiration for Tomi creating The Writer’s Roadmap courses for writers, feeling like you’re finally a career writer, transitioning from a l…
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Marissa chats with the husband-and-wife writing team of Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka about their latest YA adventure heist novel, HEIRESS TAKES ALL. Also discussed in this episode: the process of cowriting and the division of labor that resembles a marriage, carefully and consciously casting a heist book’s ensemble of characters, bene…
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In this 200th (!) episode of The Happy Writer Podcast, Marissa (with some help from Joanne) answers many of your burning questions. Topics discussed: dealing with burnout, crafting three-dimensional characters, writing to trends, co-writing, balancing writing with parenting, and so much more. Also included: much-anticipated updates on TLC productio…
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You can join me on Facebook Live today, 6/9/24, at 6:pm EST, to review an episode entitled WAR and JUSTICE within IFA/ORISA LIFE on TRUE TALKS WITH OFAE OFAE that was previously aired on Blog/Talk radio. We will discuss some of the precepts on Was and Justice within Ifa and Orisa Life. War, defined in parts, generally involves extremes over unresol…
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Marissa chats with Alexene Farol Follmuth about her latest contemporary coming-of-age YA romance, TWELFTH KNIGHT. Also discussed: some of the differences between self and traditional publishing and how the two can come together in a career, crafting the ‘unlikeable female character’, using Shakespeare for source material, structuring a romance diff…
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You are invited to call 563-999-3067 at 6pm EST today, June 2, 2024, to interact in an episode entitled ZANGBETO, A SPIRITUAL FORM OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE oTRUE TALK WITH OFAE OFAE. The following points will be discussed: 1. WHAT IS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND HOW DOES IT WORK 2. WHAT IS ZANGBETO AND HOW DOES IT WORK 3. HOW IS THE CONVENTIONAL FOR…
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Marissa chats with Tessa Gratton about her new YA fantasy, BLOOD & FURY, the sequel to CHAOS & FLAME, co-written with Justina Ireland. Also discussed: building social justice and important topics into fantasy while also making a book fun, how working on different projects concurrently can be both challenging and inspiring, creating inspiration list…
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What's up witches and happy Sagittarius Full Moon! Feels fitting to be talking about protection during a Sag moon, especially when our hosts chat about the intersection of protection and technology. We knew we had to revisit protection after reading The Evil Eye, so if you liked May's previous episode, you're primed and ready for this one!…
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Marissa chats again with Jessica Brody, author of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel and Save the Cat! Writes a Young Adult Novel about her popular craft books and how she adapted the original Save the Cat screenplay book’s components for novel-writing. Also discussed in this craft-focused episode: how even pantsers can benefit from outlining tips, how h…
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Marissa chats with Isabel Greenberg about her new Arthurian fantasy graphic novel, YOUNG HAG AND THE WITCHES’ QUEST. Also discussed in this episode: the freedom of creating a first project without the expectation that it will be read, the challenges and allure of retellings and Arthurian legends, the process of creating and revising a graphic novel…
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Marissa chats with Kekla Magoon about her new middle grade time travel fantasy, THE SECRET LIBRARY. Also discussed in this episode: How secrets can take many forms (goats!), writing stories non-linearly, how creating a timeline can help catch inconsistencies and track continuity, how sometimes you need to write the whole book to feel confident enou…
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Marissa shares her top 10 tips for improving your work-life balance. From starting with a focused to-do list, to reframing goal time frames, to the best way to approach multitasking, and so much more, you’re sure to find something helpful in this practical episode. Note: For more writing-specific productivity tips, you can also check out episode 14…
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Marissa chats with Ana Ellickson about her debut YA urban fantasy, THE VANISHING STATION. Also discussed: having the courage to leave an agent even before selling a book, developing complex magic systems and how helpful editors can be for ensuring they work, using locations—known and unknown—as settings for urban fantasy, creating three-dimensional…
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Marissa chats with Makiia Lucier about her new romantic YA fantasy inspired by Pacific Island mythology, DRAGONFRUIT. Also discussed in this episode: writing by hand in notebooks, what it’s like to revise and resubmit to an agent, the advantage of keeping early writing a secret, the joy of research and using it to build lush worlds and believable f…
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Marissa and Joanne get together to answer listener-submitted questions about publishing, getting into nitty gritty details of what it’s like to be a published author. Also covered in this jam-packed episode: word count guidelines, what happens after signing with an agent, the submission process, what it’s like to break up with an agent, advances an…
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Marissa chats with Adib Khorram about his new YA romantic comedy, THE BREAKUP LISTS. Also discussed in the episode: the challenges of pandemic books and virtual launches, the positive influence of We Need Diverse Books, having fun mining your own experiences for fiction, showcasing the people who work behind-the-scenes in theater, identifying and c…
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Last episode we discussed how to pray, now what? You prayed but now things aren't going the way you thought, did spirit hear me? When we pray will be put in situations that may seem like spirit didn't hear, but those situations are for development, etc. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/divinepriestess/support…
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In this week’s episode, Marissa chats with Stephanie Kuehnert about her new YA zine-style memoir, PIECES OF A GIRL, that includes journal entries, original illustrations, and pages from her actual diaries and zines. Discussed in this episode: how a book can take the time it needs to take, how even a memoir can be a challenge to structure and know w…
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In this week’s special episode sponsored by Amplify Marketing, Marissa has a fascinating chat with company founder, Franklin Goldberg, about getting books into the hands and hearts of readers. Discussed in this jam-packed episode about marketing: how every book needs to be looked at individually depending on a complex set of variables, the most eff…
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You are invited to call 563-999-3067 at 3:pm EST on Sunday, March 17, 2024, to discuss RELATIONSHIPS: AFTER COVID VACCINES PT.2 on TRUE TALKS WITH OFAE OFAE. We will be getting personal with disclosure about our actual experiences after COVID-19 and how we responded to the vaccines. We will also discuss how our spiritual, mental, and physical healt…
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In this week’s episode Marissa chats with John Schu about his semi-autobiographical novel in verse, LOUDER THAN HUNGER. Also discussed: the difficulty in determining an age label for a book, writing a fictionalized account of your own experiences instead of a memoir and deciding when and how much to fictionalize, the healing power of writing from a…
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For the Pisces New Moon, Scorpio and Gemini discuss Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens: The Divine Feminine in the African Religious Traditions by Lilith Dorsey. Full of stories and essential info about the feminine entities, spirits, deities and ancestors of African Traditional Religions, this book is an important read, prompting important conv…
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🌟 Welcome to a special journey with the Orisha Wisdom Podcast. Episode 98, 'From Charm to Harm: How Can Charisma and Power Lead Astray - Part 1,' opens a two-part conversation that begins, unexpectedly, with a song—'The World's Greatest.' This melody leads us down a rabbit hole of reflections and crucial lessons about the allure and pitfalls of cha…
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I have come across a lot of people who don't know how to pray or feel that prayer works, leading back to the original statement; they don't know how to pray. This episode is just something quick to help you feel a little bit more comfortable with your own prayers, ultimately helping you to feel more confident with speaking to spirit and developing …
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In this week’s episode Marissa chats with debut author and podcaster Bethanie Finger about her YA historical fantasy, MORE THAN LIFE. Also discussed in this episode: expedited series releases, being a pantser, even when worldbuilding, finding the magic in editing, short chapters, the effectiveness of writing exercises and sprints, the Prince Kai Fa…
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In this week’s episode Marissa chats with literary agent, coach, and now author, Lucinda Halpern, about her new book, GET SIGNED: FIND AN AGENT, LAND A BOOK DEAL, AND BECOME A PUBLISHED AUTHOR. Also discussed in this jam-packed episode: the varied job of representing authors, why the query letter is the most important document a writer will ever cr…
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In the spirit of Marion Gibson's Witchcraft (our last episode, if you haven't heard it!), today our hosts talk about Scorpio's Espiritismo - what is it, what was it like to be raised in a spiritual practice and what Scorpio wants you to know about the Espiritismo that she grew up with. This episode isn't a How To Guide, but instead a journey throug…
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In this week’s episode Marissa chats with Hafsah Faizal about her latest YA fantasy heist, the first of a new duology, A TEMPEST OF TEA. Also discussed in this episode: how a non-reader can turn into a reader and then a published author, planning out a heist when being mostly a pantser, struggling with doubts and imposter syndrome, planning out rom…
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You are invited to call 563-999-3067 at 3:pm EST on Sunday February 18, 2023, to discuss RELATIONSHIPS: AFTER COVID VACCINES, on TRUE TALKS WITH OFAE OFAE. We will be getting personal with disclosure about our actual experiences that took place after COVID-19 and how we responded to the vaccines. We will also discuss how our spiritual, mental, and …
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For the last 3 Years I have been asked to DJ the party for the Annual Orisha Conference. It truly is an honor that I have been grateful for. Here is the recording of the most party with plenty of Orisha chants of course. Enjoy! For more music like this and many of the songs I played visit our Bandcamp and subscribe…
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In this week’s episode Marissa chats with Dinesh Thiru about his debut YA fantasy adventure, INTO THE SUNKEN CITY. Also discussed in this episode: how a gag project can inspire a writing career, retelling a literary classic (TREASURE ISLAND) in a postapocalyptic setting, how much of the source material to use, and creating a more modern diverse cas…
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For February's New Moon, New Book, Scorpio and Gemini talk to Marion Gibson, professor, historian and author of the recently released Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials. One part delightful conversation, one part book-review-turned-existential-crisis, this is a must hear episode for the witches and witch-adjacent alike! From the University of Exete…
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In this week’s episode, the first of the 2024 season, Marissa chats about her brand-new book, WITH A LITTLE LUCK, the companion to INSTANT KARMA. Featured in this episode are two special guests: Chuck Gonzales, the illustrator for the comic book pages inside WITH A LITTLE LUCK, and Stacy Carolan, the book’s audio edition narrator. Discussed in this…
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