The Queer Spirit podcast has conversations with artists, healers and activists who enliven, heal and empower the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Gender Queer+ communities. Each episode we'll be interviewing a different guest who does work in the world to nourish the Queer Spirit in us all - authors, coaches, teachers, body workers, mystics, creatives, ritualists, diviners and MORE. We'll dive deep into sexuality, spirituality, yoga, energy work, shamanism, healing trauma, relationships, ...
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Discover the endless possibilities at Howard Community College! Connect with us and explore a world of services, programs, opportunities, and incredible people. Join Cris Oviedo and unlock the secrets of why HCC is the place to be for your educational journey. Start your path to success today!
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The Magic of Enough with Amanda Yates Garcia
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Amanda Yates Garcia (she/her) is a writer, witch, and the Oracle of Los Angeles. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The LA Times, The SF Chronicle, The London Times, CNN, BRAVO, as well as a viral appearance on FOX. She has led rituals, classes and workshops on magic and witchcraft at UCLA, UC Irvine, MOCA, The Hammer Museum, LACMA, …
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Healing the Queer Spirit with Jonathan Koe
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Jonathan Koe is a queer astrologer, diviner, and alchemist of the subtle realm. Their work aims to empower fellow shapeshifters, visionaries and intuitives in remembering their essence, cultivating skills in being present with the ever-changing nature of reality, and weaving sincere, loving kinships with the world - even when the world has broken o…
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Sharing Magic on Our Hearts with Madre Jaguar
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Madre Jaguar (she/they) is a Queer, Non-Binary Birth Doula, Oracle and Curandera of Mayan, Pipil, Nahual and Garifuna descent. Born in Los Angeles, CA to Salvadoran immigrants and raised in Mexico. Their practice is rooted in their ancestral heritage and indigenous traditions of Mexico and Central America. Episode Highlights We learn about Madre Ja…
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Queer Books Save Lives with J.P. Der Boghossian
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J.P. DerBoghossian (he/they) is the founder of the Queer Armenian Library - the world's first library devoted to literature, film, and television by, about, and for Queer Armenians. He serves on the Board of the International Armenian Literary Alliance and is a past President of the Armenian Cultural Organization of Minnesota. He hosts the podcast …
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Silas Craft and Celebrating Black History in Howard County
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Cris is joined by Marcus Nicks, a historian, and the Assistant Director of the Silas Craft Collegians Program at Howard Community College. They discuss the rich ties between Black history and Howard County, and they offer suggestions for how we can make the most of our celebrations of Black History Month.…
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Talking About Honors and the Undergraduate Research Program at HCC!
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Cris Oviedo talks with Cheryl Campo, Director of Honors & Undergraduate Research, about Howard Community College's two Honors programs, The James W. Rouse Scholars Program, and The Frederick K. Schoenbrodt Scholars Program. They also discuss Undergraduate Research opportunities at HCC.By Dragon Digital Radio
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Just the Queer of Us with TanyaMarck Oviedo & Nick Venegoni
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Join us for our season finale: Nick (he>they) + TanyaMarck (they/them) share about their queer story and connection. Episode Highlights We flow into and explore the potency of cultivating queer connections. We take a dip into queer spirituality. And finally we are honored to share and announce upcoming queer spirit offerings in 2024. Web links Foll…
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Veterans Day is coming up on November 11th, and we would like to honor our military veterans at Howard Community College, Howard County, and all the veterans listening and watching our show with a big and sincere THANK YOU for your sacrifice and service and highlighting some of the local resources and initiatives available to all through the Howard…
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Exploring Dual Enrollment Opportunities at Howard Community College
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Current high school students have the option to take credit college courses while in high school to accelerate their professional path and save money at the same time. Learn all about it as we talk about dual enrollment options with HCC’s Dual Enrollment Director, Dr. Princess King.By Dragon Digital Radio
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As part of Cybersecurity Month, Howard Community College is participating in the Secure Our World Campaign, a national initiative that highlights the importance of properly protecting our networks, devices, and data from unauthorized access or criminal use, both at work and at home. Cris Oviedo talks with HCC’s Associate Vice President of Technolog…
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Exploring Queerness, Akashic Records + Tarot with Ruth Camillia
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Ruth Camillia (they/she/ella) is a bilingual, bicultural, healing arts practitioner, reiki master, akashic records practitioner, and tarot reader. With maternal Indigenous roots from Los Altos de Jalisco, México, they integrate curanderismo and other ancestral practices into their daily life and work. As an intuitive and trauma-informed practitione…
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Come Enjoy Fall for All at Howard Community College
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Howard Community College is thrilled to host our inaugural Fall for All event on October 20, 2023! This family-friendly, free event falls on a day when HCPSS schools are closed so it's the perfect time to explore our campus and enjoy fall festivities. We'll have pumpkin-themed activities and a pumpkin patch, face painting, moon bounce, candy, a cor…
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at HCC!
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Howard Community College is very proud of its Dragones, and to celebrate their diversity and contributions to our #DragonCountry we are planning multiple events on Campus showcasing their works and elevating the ongoing opportunities available to all. Tune in and join Cris Oviedo and her guest, the Director of Equity and Community Engagement at HCC…
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Getting Ready for the Bauder Lecture 2023!
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The Third Annual Bauder Lecture is coming to Howard Community College on September 21st, an event where diverse contemporary authors discuss their work, ignite conversations, and inspire attendees to co-create a more just and compassionate world. This year’s book is Aftershocks by author Nadia Owusu. Get all the detail at howardcc.edu Don’t forget …
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The Green Wisdom of Herbalism with Rekara Gage
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*Audio Note: Volume and clarity varies during some parts of this interview. Rekara Gage (she/her) is an herbalist who focuses on the importance of ritual, safety and community when it comes to personal healing and growth. Her approach to wellness is based in food medicine and spirituality, emphasizing new ways to add plant medicine to the routines …
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Learning About the New Child Care Professional Apprenticeship!
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According to research conducted by the Grant View Research firm, the national child care industry was valued at 60.4 billion dollars in 2022, and experts predict that it will continue to grow overtime as more families return to in person work, families who continue to work from home rely on child care in order to be effective remote employees, and …
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Creating Dreams out of Chaos with Crystal Mason & Jason Wyman
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Crystal Mason (they/them) is an artist, activist, dreamer, consultant and coach. They believe in the power of community and necessity of hope. Jason Wyman (they/them) is Queerly Complex. Using appreciative inquiry, deep listening, and creative conjuring, Wyman taps the Cosmic Mysteries in all to reveal moments of Chaos Poetry. They live, love, and …
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Expanding Career Opportunities with Apprenticeships
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An apprenticeship is defined as “an industry-driven, high-quality career pathway where employers can develop and prepare their future workforce. And individuals can obtain paid work experience, classroom experience, and a portable, nationally recognized credential.” (www.apprenticeship.gov) Howard Community College fully believes and supports this …
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The Magic of Gender Exploration with Rae McDaniel
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Rae McDaniel (they/them) is a non-binary speaker, author, therapist, Certified Sex Therapist, coach and Transgender Diversity & Inclusion Educator. Rae helps audiences gain the sheer audacity to be themselves in the world through play, pleasure, and possibility. Their book Gender Magic is a first-of-its-kind practical guide to achieving gender free…
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Talking about workforce development at HCC with Minah Woo
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The term workforce development has been floating around in the professional arena as an approach where employers invest in their employees training so they will have better skills and opportunities within the organization. Howard Community College recognizes the value of this people-first approach and is proud to offer many opportunities for employ…
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The Science, Magic & Folklore of Crystals with Nicholas Pearson
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Welcome to Season 6 of the show! Nicholas Pearson (he/him) has been immersed in all aspects of the mineral kingdom for nearly 30 years. As one of the leading voices in crystal healing today, he offers a unique blend of science and spirituality alongside a grounded, practical approach to working with crystals. The author of several books, including …
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Season 6 of the podcast will launch next week on Monday, March 27th, 2023. We're excited and grateful to share this season with TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) as a co-host on the show. You may remember them from the last episode of season 5 last year. We want to share about some of our online offerings… First Saturdays Online Meditation + Breath Wor…
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TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) identifies as a non binary, queer, native indigenous person of color who resides on Tongva + Kizh + Chumash land (colonially known as Long Beach, Ca). They currently are of service to their communities as a mentor + wellness facilitator. They are creator of Vamonos a healing arts practice rooted in and with well + bein…
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Bridging the Binaries with Brandi Stanley
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Brandi Stanley (she/her) makes a living out of making connections—science and art, fermenting and theology, permaculture and social movements, neuroscience and dance. If creativity is the ability to connect the seemingly un-connectable, that’s the art she practices. In love with the space between things—the intersections and the paradoxes—she's con…
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Creating Change & Finding Ease with Kenji Oshima
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Kenji Oshima is an Intrerfaith Spiritual Director, Community Dharma Teacher and Life Coach specializing in high functioning adults with ADHD. When not geeking out over Sci-Fi you’ll find him volunteering for QTAPI groups, reading at the beach, or finding ease in alternative health care. Episode Highlights Kenji shares how his diagnosis of adult ADH…
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Preserving Queer History with David Weissman
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David Weissman is a documentary filmmaker, public speaker and longtime activist. He is best known as producer of the films THE COCKETTES, WE WERE HERE, and CONVERSATIONS WITH GAY ELDERS. David was also co-founder of QDoc—The Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival. Episode Highlights David shares about how he became an accidental filmmaker while h…
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Bonnie Violet is a trans femme genderqueer spiritual drag artist, identity doula and digital chaplain; YouTuber, Twitcher & Host of A Queer Chaplain podcast with such series as Drag & Spirituality, TranSpirit & Faith Leaders. Co-host of Splintered Grace with her conservative christian aunt, and At the Castro Country Club recovery podcast. Director …
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Reviving the Legacy of Queer Ancestors with Seth Eisen
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Seth Eisen is a San Francisco-based artist, writer, director, dramaturg, archivist, and educator who engages LGBTQIA+ history as a living, breathing dialogue by researching lost legacies. His transdisciplinary aesthetic combines physical theater, dance, ritual, puppetry, drag, circus, installation, and video art. Blurring the edge between art, rese…
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For nearly a decade, Mike Iamele has helped hundreds of GBTQ+ men to integrate shame and figure out what they subconsciously do every time they’re successful –– through a process called Sacred Branding®. In 2014, Mike accidentally came out to millions when he wrote an article about falling in love with a man after identifying as straight––and 100,0…
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Soul Speaking & Spiritual Freedom with Coach K Josephs
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Kalyela J (she/her) is a Queer Spirituality Coach whose desire is to help the LGBTQ community experience love and peace with their spirituality and sexuality. She is considered a “Soulspeaker'' helping people heal their limiting beliefs so they can live into their purpose. Through first-hand experience she knows the journey and challenges that a Qu…
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Drama Therapy & Theatre as Activism with Anna Winget
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Anna Renée Winget (they/them - currently living on Tongva land) is an artist, activist, scholar and educator. They currently serve as Affiliated Scholar at the University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI) where they are collaborating on Crossing Pride: a transnational digital healing storytelling project and archive by/ for/ with …
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Reconstructing Spiritual Practice with Mahrs Schoppman & Scott Sessions
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Mahrs Schoppman, born and raised in California, is a queer & trans somatic psychotherapist with a private practice based out of his home office in Occidental, California. He specializes in working with the queer community and with those who live with the embodied traumatic impacts of growing up in an oppressive religious environment. He is passiona…
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The Dynamic Cosmos & Black Trans Liberation with Ni’Ja Whitson
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Ni’Ja Whitson is a multi award-winning Queer Trans NB artist and futurist, a wound and medicine worker, noted by Brooklyn Magazine as a culture influencer. They are a United States Artist Fellow, Creative Capital and two-time "Bessie" Awardee who engages transdisciplinarity through a critical intersection of the sacred and conceptual in Black, Quee…
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Storytelling in Wobbly Times with Eli Ramer
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Eli Ramer, who writes under the name Andrew Ramer, is the author of several books of interest to gay/queer readers, including "Queering the Text" and "Two Flutes Playing," which author and journalist Mark Thompson (who interviewed Ramer in his book "Gay Soul") called "a gay classic." Ramer will be talking about his new book, "Two Hearts Dancing." H…
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Daily Magic for Peace offers a quick and simple way to focus your intentions, prayers, and actions toward healing the crisis in Ukraine. By gathering one or two items and joining the circle, you will help send positive energy to counterbalance injustice, anger, and fear. Music by Terry Hughes. https://ever-changing.net/daily-magic Listen here on Ap…
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Creative Practices for Authenticity & Equity with Dianna Grayer & Sheridan Gold
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Sheridan Gold is a retired Special Ed teacher of at-risk youth, and is currently very involved with creating art, and playing and performing music. She enjoys her days with her wife Dianna, their dog Sweet Pea, and their 13 chickens, and teaching hand drumming to seniors. Dianna Grayer has been a Marriage Family Therapist for the last 25 years. She…
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Kung Fu as a Path of Liberation & Empowerment with Sifu DeVante Love
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Sifu DeVante Love is a Gay Olympic Martial Artist, QTBIPOC Counselor, Wellness Coach, and Spiritual Teacher who has over a decade of experience guiding thousands of folks across the world who have felt weighed down by their trauma, anxiety, stress, or cultural expectations. They are the Founder of Healing Kung Fu, an online queer and BIPOC friendly…
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Yoga, Dharma & Social Justice with Jacoby Ballard
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Jacoby Ballard is a yoga and Buddhism teacher with over 20 years of experience, working at the intersection of social justice, trauma and embodied practice. He has taught in prisons, schools, hospitals, recovery centers, offices, co-led a yoga teacher training, and co-founded a worker-owned cooperative healing justice center in Brooklyn. His first …
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Creating the Black Queer Tarot with Kendrick Daye
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Kendrick Daye is a multi-media collage artist and the creator of the Black Queer Tarot. Originally from Coconut Grove, Florida, he is now setting up art camp in Harlem, NY. His diverse approaches to making art include art direction, bespoke design, music, and most notably collage - both digital and analog. Kendrick aims to create work that imagines…
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The Religion of Love & Poetry with David Nazario
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First and foremost, David Nazario is a human, spirit, brother, lover and friend. Secondly, he is a writer, speaker, and educator. David released his first book, "Make Love Your Religion: How To Put Love First & Succeed at Doing What You Love" in 2018, and his second book, "Poems Written In The Bathtub While Cumming Out" released Winter 2021. Episod…
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Writing Mirrors Life with Matthew Clark Davison
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Matthew Clark Davison is the author of Doubting Thomas (Amble Press in 2021) and creator of The Lab :: Writing Classes with MCD. His textbook The Lab, Experiments in Writing Across Genre, co-authored by bestselling writer Alice LaPlante, will be published by W.W. Norton in 2022. His prose has been recently anthologized in Empty The Pews (Epiphany P…
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Dream Yoga & Vibrational Alchemy with O Zotique
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O (they/them) is a yogi and priestess committed to helping themselves and others release attachment to fear and vibrate at a radiant frequency of embodiment and joy. O is a healer and artist working internationally in the media of social practice, vibration, yoga, dreamwork and reiki. Their dissertation with the State U of NY centers around flow ps…
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Painting & Poetry: Art as Medicine with Keone Wales
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Keone is a queer, a heretic and a fool, here to help shift the paradigm and welcome the higher dimensions through play and joy. They bring dreams and visions for the collective through their paintings, poetry and story telling. For them, it’s all about energy; helping nurture our energetic connections with plants, trees and other beings. And also h…
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Kerem Brule is a self-taught musician who has continued to experiment and evolve creatively in search of her own authentic musical expression. Kerem is an electronic music producer, sound healer, drum circler, singer-songwriter and even… a rapper! She is a lover of improvisational layering of rhythm, harmony and melody, and along the way has discov…
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Minoritea Report is a weekly BIPOC Gay Podcast. Join Yo' AunTeas Kerel, Dawon, and Jerrell as they catch up & spill tea about the Black & POC LGBTQIA+ experience, relationships, politics, sports, and pop culture! Episode Highlights We learn how the hosts met and why they decided to start their podcast, Minoritea Report. They talk about the importan…
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"We are erotic by nature." This is the core belief underlying all that Darshana Avila offers as an Erotic Wholeness coach and guide. Supporting folx to establish a deeply felt sense of pleasure and ease in their bodies and relationships is her joy. Guiding folx to reconsider the stories they've been told about who they ought to be and what it takes…
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Representation Matters: Being Queer & Disabled with Anthony Michael Lopez
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Anthony Michael Lopez is a queer, disabled actor known for his appearances on Broad City, Homeland, and the feature film “Mapplethorpe” starring Matt Smith. He recently shared the stage with Daniel Craig, David Oyelowo, and Rachel Brosnahan in New York Theatre Workshop’s production of “Othello.” Anthony’s new streaming miniseries “desert in” - prem…
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Shamanic Practice and Healing Justice with Richael Faithful
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Richael Faithful is a multidisclipinary folk healing artist, healing justice strategist, complex conversation facilitator, community lawyer and creative. Working from the shamanic tradition of conjure, they focus on the interactions of generational healing, practical ritual, and magic and death doulaship. Episode Highlights: Richael shares their pa…
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Ritual, Ceremony & Rites of Passage with Colleen Thomas
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Colleen Thomas is a ritual artist and independent audio producer. Her podcast, Shame Piñata, focuses on creating rites of passage for real-life transitions. Episode Highlights Colleen shares about her podcast Shame Pinata, and how it focuses on creating rites of passage for real life transitions. We discuss the importance of ritual as a container a…
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Queering Permaculture with Claudiu Oprea & Maria Fernandes
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Claudiu Oprea is a queer permaculture educator, artist and healer. Since the pandemic he has set up the Sanqtuary Goa, India, an experimental arts and permaculture sanctuary that explores the intersection between permaculture and queerness as well as the question of where our healing may come from. Maria Fernandes is a body based facilitator and th…
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