On this week's episode, I speak with farmer Chris Bolden-Newsome, co-director of the Sankofa Community Farm in West Philadelphia, PA. Chris uses sustainable agriculture and spiritual practices as means to liberation, decolonization, and cultural recovery for people in diaspora – especially the African Diaspora. In this conversation, we discuss: • Farming in cooperation with spirit • Natural agriculture • Living in communion with the soil • Okra as a food that connects and restores all people of the African Diaspora • Diaspora as scattering of seeds • The relationship between colonizing plants and colonizing people • The difference between feeding the soil rather and feeding the plants • Why the South is important in the recovery of African and black cultures and traditions • The expansiveness of African and Catholic cosmologies • The spirit in the plants of the African Diaspora

On this weeks episode, I speak with Medicine Woman, Jacque Maldonado, owner and proprietor of The Prana House New Age Apothecary in West Chester, PA. Jacque comes from a long line of medicine women and now seeks to share her knowledge with the masses. In this episode, Jacque and I discuss: * How taking on responsibility for her mom's illness led to the work that she's doing now * Growing up in a coven of women and being the "weird" one in school * What it's like educating the masses about Earth medicine * Having a life that's integrated into the cycles of the Earth * Navigating a healthy Earth-based lifestyle and business in a world that isn't set up for it To learn more about Jacque, her work and the Prana House, visit www.thepranahouse.com.

This week, I speak with artist Terrance Vann in Wilmington, Delaware in a neighborhood that houses one of his best-known murals. We have an expansive conversation that explores: • How the power of love can overcome every worry • Why meditation is necessary for art and life • Art as a spiritual practice • The connection between Natural Black hair, Nature, and power • The source of white supremacy • The value of human energy • Hope for the future To learn more about Terrance and see his work, find him on Instagram at @terranceism and order prints at www.terranceism.bigcartel.com.