Episodes
adrienne welcomes yoga teacher Wambui Njuguna-Räisänen to Witch School. Sign up for her newsletter here. They discuss A-ha moments during yoga, subtle shifts, the somatic experience of being alive, the miraculous mundane, remembering childhood magic, growing up in Nairobi, the beauty of the cycles of the land in the US, the structure of ashtanga yoga, how the threads of dominant culture show up in our spiritual and wellness spaces, Lama Rod Owens, a great web of potential liberation, light...
Published 04/26/24
adrienne welcomes Dori Midnight, a community care practitioner, ritual leader, writer, and deep listener oriented towards healing and liberation. They discuss how everything is a ritual, palm reading, holding community stories, ancestral healing practices, creative ritual spaces, spell writing, having agency in our presence, prophecy, translations for G-d, reading about ancient prophets, feeling grief and adorned, golden, jewelry mouths. --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT OUR SHOW! -...
Published 04/12/24
Z Griss is the founder of EmbodyMoreLove.com, a spiritual kinky dance community for personal & cultural liberation. On this episode adrienne and Z discuss what time is it on the clock of the world, veils being pulled back, flapping your knees like butterfly wings, being comfortable around our own magic, moments of discomfort in the presence of our children’s magic, Z’s chutzpah companion, transforming pain into love, the moment you thought you were able bodied and had your first big...
Published 04/05/24
adrienne is joined by The Free Will Astrologer, Rob Brezsny. They discuss ecocide, the 6 or 7 genocides going on in the world, holding each other tight, the duality of the moment, abiding in the paradox, finding the ways that life moves toward life, daddy witchcraft, adoring our stories, arguing with people who want nothing but transcendence, celebrating the privilege of being in this miraculous and mysterious mode, recording dreams as a child, Feral Paradise University and cultivating a...
Published 03/20/24
Join adrienne for a tender conversation with Kristiana Rae and Johnaé Strong about how they generated family as a verb in the wake of losing the father of their children in an accident in 2021. This episode originally ran on adrienne's IG. It's offered here as a resource in our collective work of grief and love.--- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT OUR SHOW! - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow --- Music by Tunde Olaniran --- HTS...
Published 03/08/24
adrienne gets witchy with Makani Themba who was previously on the show (6/24/21) with her brother, Robin D.G. Kelly. adrienne and Makani discuss incanting power, the way our voices vibrate when we’re chanting, when we make ourselves on body, re-membering, Betty Shabazz, patriarchal organizing, love as the ultimate witchy force, Sonia Sanchez, the power of the medicine we’re given, using music to shape ourselves, collective playlists, Egyptian astrology, the end of the patriarchal epic, how...
Published 03/04/24
adrienne welcomes Queer, non-binary, gender expansive, Two-Spirit human, Sara Flores to Witch School. They get into hot springs, presence-ing, “where intention flows energy goes”, mother’s backyard garden, picking red berries, making magic potions, being in a safe imaginary land, sacred kink, PLEASURE, surviving target violence, midwifery, the word “midwife”, unearthing what’s behind all of this, witch hunts on Turtle Island, children feeling magic, accessing your own divinity instead of...
Published 02/20/24
adrienne takes a break from our regular program to bring us a very special bonus episode with a super special guest: AUTUMN, the band! Podcast cohost Autumn Brown comes back, this time as a guest to talk about her debut EP, The Animal in You. The Brown Sisters are joined by Autumn’s brilliant collaborators Nehemiah Luckett, Merrill Garbus, and Sterling Duns. Tune in to hear adrienne interview the team about the process of producing the EP, with intimate look at each...
Published 02/15/24
adrienne is thrilled to welcome Adaku Utah to Witch School. Baltimore born, Nigeria, Maryland, raised in Festac, Nigeria, grounded in her legacy of organizers, farmers and healers, Adaku harnesses her seasoned skills as a grassroots strategist, holistic healer, transformative facilitator, somatics coach and ritual artist as an act of love and commitment to her community. They enjoy co-cultivating strategic, sustainable, and impactful social justice leaders and organizations. For over twenty...
Published 02/02/24
adrienne is joined by Southern born, Queer, Black, Bay Area based somatic healer, awakener, bodyworker, ritualist, & song weaver, MawuLisa Thomas-Adeyemo. They dig into setting up a witch school for your heart, fat phobia in the medical industrial complex, healing what is wounded, being a bridge, GAYTE-keeping, patriarchal b******t, finding that divine mirror, manifesting heaven on earth, being put here to relieve suffering, the fertility blessings of Oshun, digging into our divine...
Published 01/26/24
For our first episode of 2024, join adrienne as she digs deep with the curator, scholar, critic, filmmaker, institution builder and founder of BEAUCOUP HOODOO, Shantrelle P. Lewis. They get into violent reactions to sugar, talking to our body, moon cycles, negotiating pleasure, saying you're a witch 35 times a day, being New Orleans, Hoodooism, becoming a Priestess, going to Catholic school, Philadelphia, seeing Haiti become a free republic, The Spirit of Agatha Lewis, witchcraft as freedom...
Published 01/16/24
Join us for a conversation with Chani Nicholas, a best-selling author and astrologer. She and adrienne get into how astrology lives in all of us, building a world together, learning as we go, wisdom gathering, the way things could be, running a digital astrology company, and grieving fully. --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT OUR SHOW! - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TRANSCRIPT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Music by Tunde Olaniran, Mother Cyborg and The Bengsons...
Published 01/04/24
Join adrienne as she dives deep with Suhaly Bautista-Carolina. They discuss rooted energy, looking back, bruja-ness, plant magic, the Tao Te Ching, the snake skin of the way, childhood memories as stepping stones to where we are, growing up between two city parks, Mamá Tingó, being another beginning, burrowing under ground and using your unique skills and finally, figuring it out before it's too late. Suhaly (she/they/we/us) is an Afro Dominican herbalist, artist, cultural worker, and...
Published 12/22/23
A special bonus episode organized by Hala Alyan with adrienne maree brown, Spenta Kandawalla, Adaku Utah, Sepideh Moafi, Noor Tagouri and Layla Feghali. With gratitude to CTZNWELL. TRANSCRIPT // LEARN MORE FROM OUR HOSTS:  adrienne maree brown  https://adriennemareebrown.net/ IG: @adriennemareebrown   Hala Alyan https://www.halaalyan.com/ IG: @hala.n.alyan    Spenta Kandawalla  https://www.jaaduacupuncture.com/about IG: @spentawalla   Adaku...
Published 12/11/23
adrienne talks to JuJu Bae about Beyonce, the Orisha Tradition, Bad Bitch Witchness, A Little Juju Podcast, The Demons, Grandmas Building Alters, Intergenerational Herbalists, Hoodoo, Loving Being On Earth, Intermixing Intuitions, Aces of Spades, Crying, Transformative Change from Prayer and Queer Ultimatum. --- BDSmovement.net --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT OUR SHOW! - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TRANSCRIPT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Music by...
Published 12/04/23
Join adrienne for a conversation with healer, Adela Nieves Martinez. Adela is a storykeeper, mama and Promotora de Salud/Traditional Community Health Practitioner. Her work focuses on supporting people in their journeys to tell their own story. On this episode, adrienne and Adela discuss post-work pleasure, moving through grief, the lineages of our work, a deeper knowing, walking with spirit, listening to the land, coming back to our ancestors, mothering, transcending unbearable loneliness...
Published 11/17/23
This episode is taken from adrienne’s Instagram live with the writer/poet Hala Alyan. Her recent piece in the NYT is Why Must Palestinians Audition for Your Empathy? In this conversation she joins adrienne to discuss endurance and care. --- TRANSCRIPT --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT OUR SHOW! - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow --- Music by Tunde Olaniran, Mother Cyborg and The Bengsons --- HTS ESSENTIALS ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT Our Show on...
Published 11/15/23
We found Claire Davey on the summer solstice and bring her to you this Samhain week. Claire shares sacred Celtic Cosmology teachings about moving into the sacred delicious darkness of this phase of our (northern hemisphere) year. --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT OUR SHOW! - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TRANSCRIPT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Music by Tunde Olaniran, Mother Cyborg and The Bengsons --- HTS ESSENTIALS ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT Our Show on...
Published 11/03/23
Listen to two conversations with adrienne around the crisis in Palestine and Israel, first with Lara Kiswani from the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, then from Morgan Bassichis of Jewish Voice for Peace. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/how-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/message
Published 10/19/23
Join us for a conversation with Michael Morris on fall season magic, the feminist dimension of being a witch, childish potions, transgender liberation movements, and the long cycle of stories of change. --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT OUR SHOW! - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TRANSCRIPT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Music by Tunde Olaniran, Mother Cyborg and The Bengsons --- HTS ESSENTIALS ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT Our Show on...
Published 10/09/23
Aesha Rasheed on emerging shamanism, apprenticeship, loss and ritual, wild magic making, unnamed healers, being a bodyworker!, S.O.N.G., being the somatic experience of the earth, blood spells, (and being fangirled by amb). --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT OUR SHOW! - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TRANSCRIPT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Music by Tunde Olaniran, Mother Cyborg and The Bengsons --- HTS ESSENTIALS ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT Our Show on...
Published 09/18/23
Edgar teaches us about bibliomancy, the many paths of divination in nature, animism, Wixárika, and letting art and magic flow through our lives. --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT OUR SHOW! - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TRANSCRIPT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Music by Tunde Olaniran, Mother Cyborg and The Bengsons --- HTS ESSENTIALS ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PEEP us on...
Published 09/05/23
Join this conversation with Starhawk where we are traveling time and tending the land, developing a direct relationship with our nature, imagining a world we want and reclaiming witch lineages! --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT OUR SHOW! - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TRANSCRIPT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Music by Tunde Olaniran, Mother Cyborg and The Bengsons --- HTS ESSENTIALS ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT Our Show on...
Published 08/21/23
Naimonu James (@heynaimonu) came across our radar as an astrologist whose readings were poetry. A writer and intuitive who offers readings, Naimonu speaks with us about tending to the internal needs of feeling and knowing so much. --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT OUR SHOW! - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TRANSCRIPT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Music by Tunde Olaniran, Mother Cyborg and The Bengsons --- HTS ESSENTIALS ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT Our Show on...
Published 08/04/23
Moya Bailey, who cast the spell of light on misogynoir, is an astrological witch who is plotting on ways to help us apply the wisdom of the stars to the radical offers we make in the world. --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT OUR SHOW! - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TRANSCRIPT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg --- HTS ESSENTIALS ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PEEP us on...
Published 07/21/23