in this episode: blog post for this episode, with images Nemik’s Manifesto Tarot 101 on Tuesday, July 23 at 6pm est + what people are saying about it Online Tarot Circles In-Person Tarot Circle  My books are open book with me thru calendly Alice Sparkly Kat The Cosmic Dispatch  In Conversation With Lane Smith on my podcast; their forthcoming book: 78 Acts of Liberation Lama Rod Owens 2024 mood board: Careless Whisper, Yes, Sigi, Me every evening at around 7:30pm, Kamau Franklin Palestinian Resistance Working Class Love Notes the most wonderful time of the year artist Archie Moore’s kith and kin  Survival is a Promise by Alexis Pauline Gumbs working class pianist at the public library How To Survive the End of the World podcast—the sisters’ reunion 78 Faces of Power  Marie Howe

Today I had the great good fortune of being in conversation with Lane Smith. Lane is a transmasculine nonbinary writer with over 20 years of experience as an activist, organizer, and Tarot reader. They have been involved in struggles against war, the death penalty, attacks on LGBT rights and body autonomy for marginalized genders and birthing people, police violence, and apartheid. They have worked as a social worker in prisons, and in the field of harm reduction with people who are at risk for HIV/AIDS. With a professional Master’s degree in Social Work and an academic Master’s degree in Humanities and Social Thought, Lane expresses their ideas in clear, nonacademic language in the interest of putting social justice values into practice. Lane is the editor of the Tarot & Politics zine, and a member of Solidarity Tarot where they live in Baltimore City, Maryland. In addition to publishing the Tarot & Politics zine—a paid venue for Tarot writers and artists that prioritizes the voices of BIPOC, trans, nonbinary, queer, disabled and neurodivergent people—Lane is also author of the forthcoming 78 Acts of Liberation: Tarot to Transform Our World, available for pre-order now. + they also have a newsletter called Rebel Specters, which I highly recommend. . Lane Smith on the interwebs: https://mxlanesmith.com/ 78 Acts of Liberation: Tarot to Transform Our World: https://bookshop.org/p/books/seventy-eight-acts-of-liberation-tarot-to-transform-our-world-lane-smith/20322387?ean=9781649632203 Tarot & Politics zine: https://mxlanesmith.com/publications/ Rebel Specters newsletter: https://buttondown.email/rebelspecters The Rebis tarot magazine: https://linkin.bio/the__rebis Armed Joy zine: https://eighteeneightytwo.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/armed-joy-imposed.pdf music: Wii music but hip hop by Lundstroem, Free Music Archive, CC BY  shea in the catskills: https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/  book a reading: https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/book  Tarot as Questions: the book: https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/tarot-as-questions-book  The Arcana in You ezine: https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/the-arcana-in-you-ezine study tarot series: https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/study-tarot-series tarot workshops: https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/tarot-workshops

In this episode: blog post for this episode (with kitty pic) a little tarot something… Online Tarot Circles Asking Good Questions + what people are saying about it In-Person Tarot Circle  My books are open—book with me thru calendly Public service announcement Prison Solidarity Project Amanita Muscaria Microdosing course with Gerti Schoen No iconic Alexis Pauline Gumbs Shawn Fain Mario Savio’s 1964 speech  creating new worlds + new culture The Cornell Lab’s Merlin Bird ID app Nick Cave’s The Red Hand Files Call (707) 873-7862 Sophie Strand on Things to Say Instead of “I Hope You’re Feeling Better”... Sam Gregg’s The Forgotten Naples the artwork of Sebastien Preschoux Artist Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir RIP Faith Ringgold The World is vast + wide, why do you [do what you do]?* Tarot Neocolonial de las Américas by Patrick McGrath Muñiz 78 Faces of Power, a work in progress poet Joy Sullivan

In this episode: blog post for this episode Online Tarot Circles  Tarot 101 +  what people are saying about it In-Person Tarot Circle  Study Tarot Series + what people have said about it My books are open book with me thru calendly Toi Derricotte co-resting cohorts with Nina Hatfield In Search of the Goddess art show Toni Cade Bambara Dr. Mohammed Subeth on MSNBC @areejakoud’s Silent Prayer Hammer & Hope’s Spring 2024 issue about Palestin Caroline Bird Sweet Tea With Emily Dickinson by Sybil Rosen UK fiber + embroidery artist Nature Nurture + UK typewriter artist James Cook Claire Foy 👑 a conversation with a woman who lacks an internal monologue Olayemi Olurin giving this asshole the what-for Louise Thompson & the First March On Washington via Prisonculture’s substack A woman lost her dog for 5 days  eclipse season vibes The Gentle Tarot more about Yukon here + a short video about him  more about Kevin here

In this episode: blog post for this offering (cat picture!) Online Tarot Circles  In-Person Tarot Circle Using Tarot to Work With the Dead  Study Tarot Series + what people have said about it My books are open + it’s easy to book thru calendly Return to the Root Retreat The Grief Room I made some zines Loretta Ross More of this energy in 2024  Artist Nick Cave on Loss, Yearning, Transcendence  Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, her convo with James Baldwin here, + this Reimagining Life With Friendship at the Center via Anne Helen Petersen’s Culture Study substack” Prison Art: Drawing Is an Outlet and Source of Income for Incarcerated People, an op-ed by Juan Hernandez Born at the Right Time by Natalie Labriola  feline blessings Jenny Holzer 78 Faces of Power Cameron Awkward-Rich; hear him read it here

In this episode: blog post for this episode (it’s where the kitty pic lives!)  Online Tarot Circles  Asking Good Questions + what people have said about the experience still room to join the Study Tarot Series cohorts-in-progress My books are open + it’s easy to book thru calendly George Washington Carver Jonathan Louis Dent Suzette Clough’s online classes + Visual Medicine Facilitator Training you can apply here for a penpal thru the Prison Solidarity Project Alexis Pauline Gumbs Elena Solano + I are collaborating on a playlist  Downton Abbey Millennials Are Killing Capitalism study group is reading the Counterinsurgency Field Manual Email Jared to join + make a donation if you ca Dana Piazza’s artwork The Feminist on Cellblock Y Alice Sparkly Kat’s Astro Poem Generator + their Astro-Kat’s offering Mariame Kaba’s newsletter + the People’s Pottery Project Ruth Wilson Gilmore SURJ the Squad Christofascist far-right state their goals plainly SURJ’s strategy for 2024 

In this episode: blog post for this episode Tarot 101 + what people are saying about it Online Tarot Circles  room to join Study Tarot Series cohorts underway My books are open + it’s easy to book with me thru calendly @babadookspinoza the grief room + Elena Solano on Instagram or TikTok more writing about tarot In Conversation with Ki Martinez Jonathan Louis Dent Richard Tinkler An article about female reindeer The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa Salt Houses by Hala Alyan Betty Martin on the For The Wild podcast a beautiful memorial to Palestinian poet + professor Dr. Refaat Alareer,his poem read by actor Brian Cox + his Tedx Talk Stories Make Us Some skills I think we need get good at… from Karla Monterroso @karlitaliliana Laetitia Barbier  Kate Baer

Today I have the great good fortune of being in conversation with Ki Martinez. Ki received their training in the UK at the Sea School of Embodiment in 2020, becoming a Certified Embodiment Coach as well as a Certified Sexological Bodyworker. Ki is a member of the worldwide Association for Certified Sexological Bodyworkers (ACSB). Today, they specialize in working with growth-oriented people of all genders, erotic explorers, creatives, helping professionals, adults with anxiety, + folks suffering from the effects of trauma. Ki is also a Somatic Anti-Oppression Practitioner + Educator, teaching courses on Somatics for Social Justice with Both/And Collective. Prior to this work, Ki was a community organizer + facilitator in leadership development. Their focus was coaching social change makers + creatives looking to lead value-driven lives. Even in that work, they encountered the importance of embodiment + somatic practice for creating real change. Ki holds a bachelor's degree in Sociology from Loyola University in Chicago. Follow Ki’s work on IG: @pleasureactive @bothandcollective Websites & Newsletters: embodiedki.com https://both-and.org  ---- music: Wii music but hip hop by Lundstroem, Free Music Archive, CC BY  ---- shea in the catskills: https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/  book a reading: https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/book  Tarot as Questions: the book: https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/tarot-as-questions-book  study tarot series: https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/study-tarot-series tarot workshops: https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/tarot-workshops

Blog post for this offering (with kitty pic!) a little perspective . In this episode: Using Tarot to Work with the Dead  Online Tarot Circles  room to join Study Tarot Series cohorts-in-progres Tarot #inthesetimes newsletter signup My books are open it’s easy to book thru calendly Guérin Asante  Phoenicia Library Phoenicia Food Pantry Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) + their new National Member program Truthout Gerti Schoen’s online course The Dharma Tarot Móri, a gifted esotericist disrupt business as usual, protect forests + move decision-makers to action the organizers who helped Andy Beshear win re-election in Kentucky Beth Howard’s forthcoming memoir, manifesto, + how-to organizing manual Rednecks for Black Lives  Michelle Alexander in Hammer & Hope Five Broken Cameras  Can We Imagine Ourselves Surviving Together? Li: Dynamic Form in Nature by David Wade Martha Crawford

Welcome to In Conversation With, my new series where I get to talk to my favorite artists, esotericists, writers, organizers, spiritual + creative workers + people who I think are doing really interesting shit in the world.  Today I have the great good fortune to be in conversation with Roberta Aylward, an artist living in Portland, OR. Roberta was born in Elgin, Illinois in 1969 + creative expression is essential to her understanding of the world + where she finds her clearest voice. She credits her high school art instructors, Martin Davis (Tucson, AZ) + Milton Harley (Nanaimo, B.C.) for providing a strong foundation for valuing art in her life. She received a BFA with a concentration in painting from The College of Santa Fe in New Mexico in 1991.  Roberta lives in Portland, OR with her husband, their 13-year-old son + their cat. She works in her home studio + practices drawing, collage + photography in service of her painting. Roberta exhibits her art on her website + in person, opening her studio to the public twice a year. Her work is included in many private collections + has been part of group exhibitions at The Painting Center in New York, Tacoma Art Museum, Oregon College of Art + Craft, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Umpqua Valley Arts Association + The Gretchen Schuette Art Gallery at Chemeketa Community College. Roberta’s website: www.robertaaylward.com Roberta’s Instagram: www.instagram.com/robertaaylward Sign up for exhibition + Open Studio updates: www.robertaaylward.com/contact . music: Wii music but hip hop by Lundstroem, Free Music Archive, CC BY  . shea in the catskills: https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/  book a reading: https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/book  Tarot as Questions: the book: https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/tarot-as-questions-book  study tarot series: https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/study-tarot-series  tarot workshops: https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/tarot-workshops