Stoner Story Witch

Y’all. I have been dragging my feet on releasing this podcast. Partially because I was tending to my October 1 commitment to self and spirit to release Feral Diaries , but also because this episode activates all the emotions that come up in me around the question and developmental task of- “How do I connect with people in down-power positions in times of collapse?” The hope for this series was for...

(This episode is a collection of voice memos that took place from June 30th through July 21st.  That’s right witches, the timeline of these conversations is perfectly sandwiched by Mercury going retrograde, give a day or two on each end.  It feels significant to mention that June 30th was the day that Carmen’s beloved dog Mona became an ancestor )   In this episode, Kristyn presents a suggestion f...

(This episode is a collection of voice memos that took place from June 17 through June 30th. It feels significant and worthwhile to mention that June 30th was the day that Carmen’s beloved dog Mona became an ancestor )   Welcome to Season 7, a collection of voice memos between Kristyn and Carmen in the lead up to the release of Carmen’s book, How to Connect: Build Strong Bonds and Deep Connections...

From 2024-2026, I have facilitated an ever-emerging Sourdough Swap - an attachment oriented and trauma informed anti-capitalist community building practice. The skills I have used as a facilitator are a blend of what I learned from Carmen Spagnola’s Facilitation Training as well as through facilitation training with the Offers and Needs model through the Post Growth Institute. Aside from being fea...

I am so excited to share that the Empyrean fanfic that I have been working on for a year and a half is finally coming out!  Part 1 is released TODAY  in honor of the June Solstice, Part 2 will come out on July 15 (Conscription Day) and Part 3 will release on October 1 (Threshing day). This book is a compilation and integration of my own favorite theories for the series and I have tried as hard as...

Note: This Writers Group episode is more of a diary entry documenting our creative process rather than a well-researched audio essay about a theme or an outlined interview. Transitions may feel jarring or confusing since the priority is consent and privacy over elements of our work.   For the first time ever, I am including the part of our gathering where I read an excerpt of the book in progress...

Note: This Writers Group episode is more of a diary entry documenting our creative process rather than a well-researched audio essay about a theme or an outlined interview. Transitions may feel jarring or confusing since the priority is consent and privacy over elements of our work.   Much of this conversation was omitted to protect details of our writings in progress, but in this conversation we...

Note: This Writers Group episode is more of a diary entry documenting our creative process rather than a well-researched audio essay about a theme or an outlined interview. Transitions may feel jarring or confusing since the priority is consent and privacy over elements of our work.   Much of this conversation was omitted to protect details of our writings in progress, but in this conversation we...

Note: This Writers Group episode is more of a diary entry documenting our creative process rather than a well-researched audio essay about a theme or an outlined interview. Transitions may feel jarring or confusing since the priority is consent and privacy over elements of our work.   Much of this conversation was omitted to protect details of our writings in progress, but in this conversation we...

Note: This Writers Group episode is more of a diary entry documenting our creative process rather than a well-researched audio essay about a theme or an outlined interview. Transitions may feel jarring or confusing since the priority is consent and privacy over elements of our work.   Much of this conversation was omitted to protect details of our writings in progress, but in this conversation we...

(This episode assumes listeners have already watched season 1 of Heated Rivalry and contains only spoilers and no synopsis.)   Why are we so consumed by Heated Rivalry, really? What does it mean to have a source of corrective experience with no threat of betrayal?  How can romance offer us a reparative experience to resource us for collective liberation? When power mapping between two prince charm...

Note: This Writers Group episode is more of a diary entry documenting our creative process rather than a well-researched audio essay about a theme or an outlined interview. Transitions may feel jarring or confusing since the priority is consent and privacy over elements of our work.  If you have a pressing question, feel free to ask on substack!   (This conversation occurred in September 2025)   M...

Today’s episode revisits two conversations “From the Archives,” in particular, the Full Moon in Aries in 2025 with Jeanna Kadlec and the New Moon in Sagittarius in 2024 with Carmen Spagnola. Today’s episode is all about how romance, desire, and eros is at its core about helping us find and orient to our destiny, Amor Fati- the love of our fate.  At the end of this short and sweet episode, I share...

Note: This Writers Group episode is more of a diary entry documenting our creative process rather than a well-researched audio essay about a theme or an outlined interview. Transitions may feel jarring or confusing since the priority is consent and privacy over elements of our work.  If you have a pressing question, feel free to ask on substack!   (These conversations occurred in September 2025)  ...

Last year, Kristyn recorded a podcast  with her partner/co-parent Kevin titled “Discord Mode.” This conversation is effectively a part 2 of that conversation, and a public offering of repair after a public rupture event.   How can cis/het white women compassionately offer grace (the same grace Black women have given us) to our men in order to invite them into liberation while also not tolerating a...

Note: This Writers Group episode is more of a diary entry documenting our creative process rather than a well-researched audio essay about a theme or an outlined interview. Transitions may feel jarring or confusing since the priority is consent and privacy over elements of our work.  If you have a pressing question, feel free to ask on substack!   (These conversations occurred in September 2025)  ...

Remember, Remember the 5th of November!  The movie V for Vendetta is now 20 years old, and it is clear from looking around that the dystopia has arrived!   Why is it important to listen to and follow native Voices in the reVolution? How can we all be a little more mischieVous in how we disrupt the status quo?  What is it that makes Costa Rica a Blue Zone anyway?  Just how many layers of symbolism...

Note: This Writers Group episode is more of a diary entry documenting our creative process rather than a well-researched audio essay about a theme or an outlined interview. Transitions may feel jarring or confusing since the priority is consent and privacy over elements of our work.  If you have a pressing question, feel free to ask on substack!   Today’s episode is about Kristyn’s attachment issu...

How can astrology help us give ourselves permission to do the things we deeply yearn to do and live the lives we would prefer?  What is the connection between a creative practice and a spiritual journey in helping us to process shame, and how can practices like playing Dungeons and Dragons with friends or baking sourdough for our community resource our somatic capacity in the revolution?     Krist...

Can any good story that compels you towards a more liberated life be considered “Gospel?”  If the Bible doesn’t mention Hell, what else might fundamentalist Christianity be getting wrong?  Is this whole podcast made possible by Kristyn’s teenage years of evangelical somatics?  If inspiration is really a godsend, then isn’t our creative practice a worship of the divine?     Kristyn with a Why chats...

(This episode is inspired by and heavily discusses the 2019 Tony Award Winning Musical Hadestown .)   Why is Kristyn so obsessed with Hadestown, really? What becomes possible when we treat stories as animist beings?  What can be gleaned in reviewing the previous year of the podcast, and what are we inviting for the next year?  Can we grapple with the fact that TERFs can create meaningful art and c...

(This episode is based off the FX show “Say Nothing” that came out in 2024, based on the non-fiction book of the same name .)   What is it that makes stories of revolution (Les Mis, Hadestown, etc) so irresistible? How is it possible that our suburban public school education in the 90s in the USA did not properly educate us on the realities of oppressed peoples overseas?  Who benefits when we beli...

(This episode is offered as a collective imagining and embodiment of better stories we can look to for guidance towards liberation)   How can we collectively pivot away from stories that demand converting or disposal rather than co-holding in community?   In what ways can wounds and embodied practices be portals offering ancestral healing?  How can a practice of polyamory be a portal to an animist...

(This episode was recorded before 2025’s “Summer of Love” & only contains spoilers for old seasons of #LoveIslandUK and #LoveIslandUSA) How do humans biologically build attachment?  How do popular reality shows (ab)use mammalian attachment to create dramatic moments for entertainment?  What happens to our nervous systems as viewers when we watch?  What are the narratives that #LoveIsland perpe...

This episode marks the podcast’s one year anniversary and to celebrate we are going to give plants some “main character energy” What might emerge if we proceeded as though plants could grow us just as much as we grow them?  In what ways can Cannabis be a competent protector, and a companion for practicing consent in times of collapse?  How is the Cannabis industry “just like the Handmaid’s Tale” (...