Cosmic Clowns

Welcome to Cosmic Clowns, a podcast about exploring consciousness, surviving chaos, and finding the comedy in it all. In this episode, we chat about the healing power of vibes — how songs, words, seed sounds, and other vibrations can help us connect more deeply to ourselves, our communities, and our ancestors. -------------------------------------------- Thank you for being here, we value your pre...

Welcome to Cosmic Clowns, a podcast about exploring consciousness, surviving chaos, and finding the comedy in it all. In this episode, we dive into deep discussion of teachers and the cosmos. We talk about learning from our more-than-human teachers (e.g. plants, stones, and animals) and Experience as one of our greatest teachers. We also talk about good old-fashioned human teachers and all that co...

Welcome to Cosmic Clowns, a podcast about exploring consciousness, surviving chaos, and finding the comedy in it all. In this episode, we discuss what it means to step into, and express yourself from, a state of radiant sovereignty. What does it look like to fully inhabit your unique, individuated self as a creative being, a spiritual being, and an energetic being? We talk about how greater self-a...

Welcome to Cosmic Clowns, a podcast about exploring consciousness, surviving chaos, and finding the comedy in it all. For this episode, we dig into how the cosmic mystery is showing up in our lives, how it’s bubbling up in the collective as increased consciousness, intuition, and all kinds of sorcery, and the discomfort that these spiritual expansions can cause in a world that is lionizes scientif...

Welcome to Cosmic Clowns, a podcast about exploring consciousness, surviving chaos, and finding the comedy in it all. For this episode (sorry, no video this time around—we bow to you, Mercury Retrograde), we are exploring what it means to embrace experimentation over expertise, without completely abandoning being good at some stuff. We talk about the difference between being a guide or a leader, r...

Welcome (back) to Cosmic Clowns, a podcast about exploring consciousness, surviving chaos, and finding the comedy in it all. After a tiny hiatus, we kick off our second “season” with an episode all about the erotic (just in time for Valentine’s Day). In this episode, we explore the multifaceted nature of an erotic that includes all sensual experience within its definition. We center Audre Lorde's...

Welcome to Cosmic Clowns, a podcast about exploring consciousness, surviving chaos, and finding the comedy in it all. In this episode, we delve into the concept of the New Year, questioning the traditional January 1st start date and discussing the importance of aligning personal renewal with cycles of nature and spiritual systems. We explore the inward turn that winter invites and suggest that we...

Welcome to Cosmic Clowns, a podcast about exploring consciousness, surviving chaos, and finding the comedy in it all. In this episode, we share cultural experiences that moved us in 2025. We don’t need to tell you that this year has been RUFF. And, of course, we know every one of us also found moments of joy, inspiration and love in the midst of this mayhem. Today, we each offer three things—inclu...

Welcome to Cosmic Clowns, a podcast about exploring consciousness, surviving chaos, and finding the comedy in it all. In this episode, we take a deep dive into the provocative question: Do you want to be right, or do you want to be free? We discuss how asking this question can dramatically change your attitude when you’re experiencing conflict with others, what role our need for perfectionism, con...

Welcome to Cosmic Clowns, a podcast about exploring consciousness, surviving chaos, and finding the comedy in it all. In this episode, we explore the concept of coming out, not just in the context of sexual orientation but as a broader metaphor for revealing hidden aspects of our identities. We discuss the complexities of coming out, who defines the closet or coming out, how sometimes we can go ba...

Welcome to Cosmic Clowns, a podcast about exploring consciousness, surviving chaos, and finding the comedy in it all. In this episode, we discuss the role of fear in spiritual development by looking at two words with one letter difference: scared and sacred (the “c” moves). We talk about how scarcity can drive anxiety and the ways new perspectives, caring community, and spiritual practices ( pract...

Welcome to Cosmic Clowns, a podcast about exploring consciousness, surviving chaos, and finding the comedy in it all. In this inaugural episode, we, your hosts Sebene Selassie and Jocelyn K. Glei, explore our intention for this show as an intersection of spirituality & humor. We discuss how we became creative collaborators, the power of the cosmic perspective, the role of clowning as a transfo...

Welcome to Cosmic Clowns, a podcast about exploring consciousness, surviving chaos, and finding the comedy in it all. Make sure to follow the show so you’ll be in the loop when our first episode drops on Friday, October 24th. -------------------------------------------- Podcast website: www.cosmicclowns.me Theme music: “Wow” by Charm School Clown quote from Alex Tatarsky: "[The clown is the] one w...