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Episode 42: Tarot, Ancestors & brilliant Trans elders Jan 05, 2019

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Tarotist, artist and prolific Author Rachel Pollack says "As soon as you allow the power of mystery, you go into another level of existence." In this episode, Rachel walks us through her scholarship of the tarot, and the intersections with ancestors, queer and trans elders, and allowing belief in the unseen to impact your life.

Episode 41: "In the context of my ancestors, I make sense." Norse mystery, song as prayer, and seidr initiation Dec 23, 2018

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Maris Orelia of Living Voice Medicine sings, prays and trances in the Norse traditions of her ancestors. In this interview, she riffs on belonging, shares her ancient song medicine, and addresses the benefits of healing with ancestors.

Episode 40: The place for our wounding is the dirt under our feet: Disability justice, embodied activism and taking care of each other Dec 06, 2018

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In this episode, artist, poet, writer and facilitator Naomi Ortiz speaks to the intersection of place, ancestors, activism embodiment and disability justice. Naomi is a Disabled, Mestiza (Latina/Indigenous/White), raised in Latinx culture, living in the U.S./Mexico borderlands.

For information on visit: www.NaomiOrtiz.com

Twitter: @ThinkFreestyle

Instagram: NaomiOrtizWriterArtist

Episode 39: Your trans ancestors and elders hold your activist tender heart Nov 20, 2018

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Scholar and filmmaker Dr. Susan Stryker celebrates the continuum of trans history, and speaks to queering time through her relationships with both elders and ancestors in the trans community. This episode is in honor of the Trans Day of Remembrance.

Episode 38: Deadnaming and the Good Death movement Nov 07, 2018

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In honor of the Trans Day of Remembrance (November 20) Bespoken Bones is showcasing Trans speakers and causes all month. In this episode, Anthony Easton discusses the act of deadnaming, and how the trans community might learn from the good death movement and vice-versa.

Episode 37: Decolonizing our ancestral body: Answering the ancestral call towards liberation Oct 23, 2018

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Spirit worker, medicine maker, priest and activist Lou Florez (Awo Ifadunsin Sangobiyi) speaks to being in community and in being conversation with our ancestors as we embody their blessings while disrupting colonizer culture as it lives inside of us. Join us on Oct. 28 in San Francisco at the Modern Witches Confluence!

Episode 36: Radical education, revamping Catholicism, and Ancestral Eros Sep 26, 2018

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Practitioner of wonder Lindsay Sudeikis exuberantly riffs on her former life as a nun, the biblical erotic, and what it is to be in love with life while holding a hard line against oppression. She basically smashes patriarchy with every word that falls from her mouth.

Episode 35: Communicating through trees: Healing trauma in community Sep 09, 2018

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Dr. G Love aka Geryll Robinson discusses the value of communal ancestral practice and ritual to heal transgenerational trauma in community.

Episode 34: Queer Ancestral Sexual Healing Aug 27, 2018

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In this episode, Nick Venegoni of the Queer Spirit podcast interviews me. We discuss the importance of desire and pleasure, and how it gets complicated in the presence of trauma. I riff on how to know if you're not living your body, and getting comfortable being uncomfortable. Lastly, we explore the transmission of trans-generational trauma and its effects on the body and sexual well-being.

Episode 33: Embodied evolutionary history, ancestral movement and deep feeling and healing Aug 11, 2018

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Ancestral Movement practitioner Simon Thakur discusses the evolutionary role of empathy, the adaptive qualities of disembodiment, and how moving like our ancestors can heal our grieving hearts.

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