In this episode, Amy seeds the story of Vandana Shiva – Indian tree-hugger, seed freedom activist, author of 20 books, an ecofeminist who will never be overcome by hopelessness, no matter how tough the situation, and who directs our attention to a tiny speck that is the first link in the food
PodcastIn this episode, Risa and Carol Gigliotti talk about animal creativity and animal cultures, listening to trees, feminism, and the source of all Earth inspiration. “Carol Gigliotti is an author, artist, animal activist, and scholar whose work focuses on the reality of animals’ lives as importan
PodcastWhere I live we are in the season of seed bags, mason jars, and cauldrons. Out here the trees sing in breath-taking colour, writing colour on the fabric of the world and across the eyes, neural nets and fast-beating hearts of every being who witnesses them. As if to burn a memory of colour in…
PodcastIn this episode, special guest co-host Zoe Flowers of the Magick Hourz podcast joins Risa to talk with theorist, conjuror, poet Aurielle Marie. “A part of way-finding the new world is to embrace being on the run, being fugitive, being abolitionists, being in protest.” “Being in a p
PodcastA meditation on the world-building magic of Octavia E. Butler. Octavia E Butler: prophet, world-builder, door-opener, progenitor of the magic that is Afrofuturism. Novelist. Writer of books that make portals, what adrienne maree brown calls visionary fiction. Writing that visions the future, that op
PodcastIn this interview, we get to talk with Leonora Carrington’s son – Gabriel Weisz Carrington, author of The Invisible Painting – and grandson – Daniel Weisz Argomedo. It’s a brilliant and emotional insight into a person they loved and admired, and whose work and unique vo
PodcastIn this episode, we tell a story about artist Leonora Carrington. How she found and fostered a new, woman-centered surrealism in Mexico City after the trauma of World War — and after her own incarceration and torture in a psychiatric facility. We talk with her family, and also meet the art coordinat
Missing WitchesIt’s Gorgon season! Vin Caponigro, founder of Snake Hair press sits down with us to talk about W.I.T.C.H., the printing press’s role in witch hunts and in liberation; manifestos, occult studies, revolution, the overlapping space of ritual and performance, and their own personal intersect
PodcastIn the first episode of season 7 of the Missing Witches podcast, Amy tells the story of W.I.T.C.H. Women’s International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell – a group that sprung up from the Women’s Liberation movement in 1968 New York, on Halloween, to hex sexism, capitalism and racism. A gr
Missing WitchesA recipe is a story and a knife is a magic wand. Cozy up to the fall equinox as Melissa Madara author of The Witch’s Feast: A Kitchen Grimoire and Sarah Robinson author of Kitchen Witch: Food, Folklore & Fairytales join us around the cauldron to discuss the art, science, history, imaginati
PodcastIn this episode, Amy and Risa discuss the high magic of laughter, Goldenrod, Seasons and cycles, Emily Dickinson, Monica Sjoo, weddings, technology, creativity and the fundamental witch state of being in awe. The Missing Witches podcast is made possible with the support of our Patreon Coven. Today&#
PodcastToday on the podcast we get to dig deeper into the life and work of Monica Sjöö thanks to her daughter-in-love Annie Johnston. Annie is a Women’s Rights activist who has dedicated years of her life to cataloging and preserving the vast amount of letters, photojournals, and artwork in Monica
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