In 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
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A 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
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“Our connection to the universe cannot be combated.” – Olaomi CW: laughter, tears, rage. Today we gather to invoke an idea that Dr. Beverly Smith shared with us in the past: A conversation can be a protection spell. May this conversation be a spell of Protection for all those pushe
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We’re celebrating Juneteenth with Sherry Shone aka That Hoodoo Lady, author of Hoodoo For Everyone: Modern Approaches to Magic, Conjure, Rootwork, and Liberation. As we discuss the idea of Emancipation and Pride, Sherry says: Where I spend my dollars, that’s where I say my pride is. She
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In this episode we sit down with prismatic Singer, Activist, Witch Michaela A. Harrison about her Whale-Whispering project, about the ocean, ancestors, the Middle Passage slave trade, reality and rainbows, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Judy Garland, and singing as a means of survival and transcend
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Astrologer, writer, and director of programming at CHANI.app Thea Anderson returns to the podcast to take us deeper into her work using astrology to understand the past, especially the missing stories of the lives of Black folks and enslaved people. She also shares her dream practice and a vision fo
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Monefa Walker returns to the show to bring her no-bullshit approach to astrology, her joy in her neurodiversity, and her vast understanding of patterns — both geopolitical and celestial — to a frank conversation about war and the future. “The conjunction in Pisces is saying hey: before we bran
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We sat down in the anointing glow of Christena Cleveland’s light to chat about her new book God Is A Black Woman. “We are all healing from religious trauma,” she says. But we are all sacred and we can imagine a God who welcomes our messiness. “My mess is my sacred offering to
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In celebration of Black History Month 2022, we gathered together a panel of powerful Black Witches we’ve found on our journey. We asked them to call into the circle the ancestor(s) that are showing up for them right now, ones that want to be named, and share any messages or stories they (the p
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In celebration of the continuing history of Black Magic, we thank these Witches for sharing their wisdom, their energy, their voices and their time. Plus check our Juneteenth Specials 2020 & 2021
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We are missing the profound magic of marginalized voices. The world is starving for them. We are longing for all the wisdom and magic that has been suppressed and defamed. We are always interested in Black History. But let’s pause together here — while we are in the moon cycle dedicated to thi
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