Episodes
Tessa Perlow is an artist specializing in embroidery and beading. Her work is inspired by magic and nature, and she uses stitching to transform second hand materials into special, one of a kind pieces. Tessa was born and raised in New Jersey and grew up with a passion for arts and crafts. She went on to study fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC and then fell in love with embroidery post-grad while pursuing a path as an independent working artist. Symbols play a large...
Published 03/22/23
Andrea Stein is a children's book author and the owner of Moon Dust Press, an independent publisher of magical books for kids based in Austin, Texas. As a mother of 3 and practicing Pagan witch herself, she’s committed to creating resources for kids in earth-based households and changing the narrative around witchcraft in children’s literature.  Andrea started writing books about witchcraft for kids in 2019 and has since made it her full time job, creating her own books and publishing other...
Published 03/08/23
Diana Rose is a relational astrologer, tarot reader, writer, and facilitator currently living near the Angeles National Forest in southern California. Her practice aims to bring fellow humans into a more ferociously loving and compassionately honest relationship with themselves, the Earth, and the heavens. She has been a three-time invited speaker at the Northwest Astrology Conference, is a repeat guest on The Astrology Podcast, and has been a guest on many, many other podcasts including...
Published 02/22/23
Tino Rodriguez and Virgo Paraiso are metaphysical painters who create solo work and collaborative work. Tino Rodriguez expertly weaves together elements from Catholic idolatry, European Fairy Tales, Celtic fables, Mexican myths, and Native American legends as he explores the complexity of spirituality, sexuality, and transformation. The duality found in Western religions- good and evil, heaven and hell, spirit and body- intermingle in a vision that makes such distinctions irrelevant. Tino...
Published 02/08/23
Shantelle Malawski is a Canadian professional wrestler. She is signed with Impact Wrestling, where she performs under the ring name Taylor Wilde - otherwise known as “The People’s Witch.” Taylor was under a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) contract from 2006 to 2007. She then joined TNA in 2008 and would go on to become a one-time TNA Women's Knockout Champion and also went on to become the inaugural and two-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion while also becoming the first wrestler to...
Published 01/25/23
Nanse Kawashima is a Japanese artist and founder of Sibylline Vein where she offers a variety of spiritual services. She is certified in Advanced Reiki and has been reading Tarot for clients since 2011. Her approach to tarot reading is a combination of wisdom derived from tarot archetypes and intuitive insight which is made applicable for our modern day lives. In 2016 she started studying Western Astrology (Placidus System) and has been infusing it in her sessions with her clients. Many of...
Published 01/11/23
Rena Anakwe is an interdisciplinary artist, performer, poet and healer working primarily with sound, visuals, and scent. Exploring intersections between traditional healing practices, spirituality and performance, she creates works focused on sensory-based, experiential interactions using creative technology. She has performed or composed music for such venues as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim Museum, Pioneer Works, and Le Poisson Rouge, and she has been awarded countless...
Published 12/21/22
Starhawk is the legendary author, activist, permaculture designer and teacher, and a prominent voice in modern earth-based spirituality and ecofeminism. She is the author or co-author of thirteen books, including The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess and the eco-topian novel The Fifth Sacred Thing, and its sequel City of Refuge. Her most recent non-fiction book is The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups, on group dynamics, power, conflict...
Published 12/07/22
Jamie Della is the co-author of The Wicca Cookbook which is now available in its second edition. She is also the author of eight other books, including The Book of Spells: The Magick of Witchcraft, and she writes the “Herbal Journeys” column for Witches & Pagans magazine, Writing the Magick and Homesteading the Hollows blogs, and launched Every Last Drop: Exposés on the LA Eastern Sierra water wars. She offers a Spellcrafting course online, bi-monthly newsletters, and leads creativity and...
Published 11/23/22
Steven Intermill is the director of the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick in Cleveland, Ohio. The Buckland collection includes artifacts from Raymond Buckland, Gerald Gardner, Lady Rowan, Aleister Crowley, Sybil Leek, Anton LaVey, Israel Regardie, Scott Cunningham, and many other leaders of the Pagan community. Featuring artifacts from the original collection, the museum’s mission is to display the tools and imagery of Witchcraft and Magick, while celebrating the First Amendment and...
Published 11/09/22
Najah Lightfoot is a multi-award-winning writer. She is the author of the bestselling Good Juju: Mojos, Rites & Practices for the Magical Soul, and her new book Powerful Juju: Goddesses, Music & Magic for Comfort, Guidance & Protection. She is a regular contributor to the Llewellyn annuals and a contributor to The Library of Esoterica -Volume III - Witchcraft. Her magickal staff is on display and part of the permanent collection of the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft, located in...
Published 10/26/22
Ezra Rose is an illustrator, zinester & multi-disciplinary creator living on a small farm with queer chosen family. Their work explores monsters, magic, queer/trans identity, and Jewish culture, and has been published in tabletop games, comics, literary anthologies & more. In addition to the beautiful and radical drawings that Ezra creates, they are also a brilliant writer and researcher, and their mystical poetry and zines about Jewish folklore figures are marvelous as well. Ezra’s...
Published 10/12/22
It’s the Witch Wave Season 6 Premiere! Drag Superstar Jinkx Monsoon (she/her/they/them) returns to celebrate her recent RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7 win. Jinkx Monsoon is the “internationally tolerated” cabaret icon who’s taken over the entertainment industry as an award-winning actress, acclaimed vocalist, and theatre sensation. She is the winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 5, AND the recent winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 7 amongst a cast of all-winning contestants,...
Published 09/28/22
BONUS EPISODE: This was originally released as a Witch Wave Plus episode for our Patreon backers on May 11, 2022. In light of recent current events re: Roe v. Wade being overturned, we are taking it out from behind the paywall and releasing it to everyone in hopes that it will offer some inspiration and activation. _____________________________________________________________________________ Sarah Lyons is a writer, activist, filmmaker, and witch based in New York City. Her writing and...
Published 06/30/22
It’s the Witch Wave Season Finale! SARK is the best-selling author and artist of nineteen inspirational, prismatically illustrated books, selling over three million copies. This month, her wildly successful book, Succulent Wild Woman, is being rereleased in an expanded, 25th anniversary edition. She began by creating her iconic “How To Be An Artist” poster in her Magic Cottage in San Francisco, and has now operated her highly successful creative business for over 30 years.  SARK’s art,...
Published 06/15/22
Sarah Anne Lawless is a published author, artist, herbalist, and educator living in rural Ontario, Canada. She has been an herbalist for 15 years; creating herbal medicines, publishing articles, teaching at herbal conferences across North America, as well as teaching native plant and mushroom identification to private groups, local schools, scouting programs, outdoor education programs, and via horticultural societies. Over the past 10 years she has focused on researching and working with...
Published 06/01/22
Chaweon Koo is a writer of the intersection of pop culture, the occult, and futurism. Her TikTok @chaweonkoo is one of the most popular occult accounts on the platform, and she also interviews some of the most distinguished occultists and witches in the English-speaking world on her YouTube channel, Witches & Wine. Her new book Spell Bound: A New Witch’s Guide to Crafting the Future is out now, and details her journey from an atheist witch into one of the most visible East Asian...
Published 05/18/22
Lindsay Heather Pearce is an actress and singer who is currently starring as Elphaba in the hit Broadway musical, Wicked. Lindsay was also one of the runners-up on The Glee Project, which gave her a guest starring role on the TV show Glee. She has since been in productions of everything from Spring Awakening to American Idiot, and in February 2020 she made her Broadway debut in Wicked, which she’ll be in through the end of this month May 2022. It was also just announced that she’ll be moving...
Published 05/04/22
Charm Taylor is a musician who sings and raps about her ancestors, her devotion to Yoruban deities known as orisha, and the pain, joy, and eternal hope that comes with being a Black American woman. Her Bandcamp page describes her thusly, “One part heaven one part earth. One part ancient one part future. Presently, the supernova, vocalist, song writer, and universe whisperer gifts us fresh melodic emcee energy and soul stirring content hovering somewhere between the collective essence of Ms....
Published 04/20/22
Madame Pamita is a Ukrainian diaspora witch, teacher, author, candle maker, spellcaster, and tarot reader. Her new book, Baba Yaga’s Book of Witchcraft is filled with Slavic spells, rituals, and stories, with a specific focus on Ukraine. She has also written The Book of Candle Magic and Madame Pamita’s Magical Tarot. Madame Pamita has a popular YouTube Channel for teaching witchcraft, two podcasts, and she is the proprietress of the online spiritual apothecary, the Parlour of Wonders. She...
Published 04/06/22
Rithika Merchant is a visual artist from Bombay (Mumbai), India. Her work explores myths, stories and ideas shared by different cultures, featuring creatures and symbolism that are part of her personal visual vocabulary. Nature plays a pivotal role in her work and is emphasized by the use of organic shapes and non-saturated colors. Her paintings and collages are made using a combination of watercolor and cut paper elements, drawing on 17th century botanical prints and folk art, to create a...
Published 03/23/22
Jessie Susannah Karnatz, aka the Money Witch, brings capitalism-critical, shame-free education to healers, hustlers, and creatives in order to catalyze change in their financial lives. She believes healing our finances will bring blessing to our lives, our lineages, and our communities. She offers education, Money Magic products, and Intuitive Financial Coaching online and in the Bay Area (unceded Ohlone land). Her new book, Money Magic: Practical Wisdom and Empowering Rituals to Heal Your...
Published 03/09/22
Darla Teagarden is a self-taught artist and mixed media photographer with a phantasmagoric, otherworldly bent. She creates portraits (most often self-portraits, either faceless or in-character) in theatrical vignettes handcrafted out of wood, paper, chalk, and plaster, and which are rife with sacred symbols and occult imagery. Her widely celebrated work has been exhibited in galleries including Roq La Rue (Seattle), Last Rites (NYC), and The Convent (Philadelphia) and it has been published in...
Published 02/23/22
Nina MacLaughlin is the author of Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung, a re-telling of Ovid's Metamorphoses told from the perspective of the female figures transformed. She is also a frequent writer for The Paris Review, where she writes lyric essays on such transformational entities as the dawn, the solstices, and the moon. Her book Summer Solstice: An Essay, is a collection of her summer solstice essays, and it is a wonder. Her first book is the acclaimed memoir Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter....
Published 02/09/22
Master Herbalist Karen M. Rose has dedicated her life’s work to empowering individuals to reconnect to their own ancestral traditions. Over the past 20 years, she has created several outlets to offer her teachings and healing modalities to women, people of color, Black, and LGBTQX communities including the opening of her three Brooklyn shops, Sacred Vibes Apothecary, Sacred Botanica, and Sacred Spice. Karen also has a new book coming out in February called The Art & Practice of Spiritual...
Published 01/26/22