Climate Change in the Multiverse

Visual artist and Buckminster Fuller scholar Benjamin Lowder talks about creating in alignment with the natural structures and patterns of the Universe, transmuting spelling and word magic, how fear feeds the demiurge, the tension between fighting the old and building the new, and what it means to support Bucky's legacy of making the world work, for 100% of humanity, in the shortest possible time,...

Placing the question, "Does God exist?" at the center of his first feature length film came naturally for writer-director Ian Ebright. After crafting multiple thoughtful short films about morality and the social contracts that bind (or unbind) us, debating the existence of God was a natural progression for the Seattle-based filmmaker. When I met Ian in September at the Gig Harbor Film Festival and...

The above conversation with poet, writer, thinker, artist, and doctorette of philosophy, elianne el-amyouni, was recorded in March 2024. elianne and Kelly sit down to discuss elianne’s thesis on the Palestinian political identity, how queerness leads to liberation, the performative ruse of the colonial justice system, and leaving behind the transactional nature of modern dating While neither elian...

When I ran for political office in 2020, on the day of the election, a user on X (then known as Twitter) messaged me to say that he wanted to vote for me but couldn’t bring himself to do it because of the fanciful sentiment in my bio. “Words ARE Spells” it said. Because they are. But the Twitter user disagreed. He explained that this sort of thinking wasn’t suited for governmental service, that it...

I woke up this morning to the sound of rain, and it felt like my desire. I was equal parts happy and sad. Sad at first– Frustrated. Am I not yet empty? How do I still conjure so many feelings? How can one body feel so much? And then I woke from my half-sleep and remembered the drought. I remembered the sad snow pack and the bare mountains– And I gave gratitude for the rain. I remembered that bodie...

Organizer, artist, and engineer Kia Zahrabi speaks with Kelly about the one year anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death, the history of hijab laws in Iran, Iranians' ongoing struggle and revolution against the Islamic Regime, Zoroastrianism, and the embers burning just below the surface. Follow Nazanin Boniadi , Iranian Knowledge , Amplify Iran , Iranian Diaspora Collective , United for Masha , Center...

Amrita Ahuja, the Founder of Groundwork, speaks to Kelly about the challenges of living in the upside down world, how we've normalized to being in survival mode, the pain underneath it all, closing the small gaps, and being in service of something greater than ourselves. Follow Amrita @ groundwork.xyz This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to b...

No! More! Energetic! Liabilities! This is message reverberating from Oracle, energy reader, and world traveler Molly Jane. In this episode, we talk about being the human, grid work, meeting in Guatemala, the Barbie movie, pushing the edges of your psyche, ending the “Five of Wands” struggle within your self, and the necessity of having fun. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this w...

Alchemist, shapeshifter, and TikTok star Elianne El-Amyouni -- aka Twitchy Witch -- joins Kelly to talk about ego death, existential crises and depression, Jesus and the paradox of suffering under capitalism, being a fool for love, the cost of groceries, finding balance, and accepting that the world is always ending. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or...

Kelly chats with her cousin, prolific sitcom writer Chuck Tatham, about the WGA strike, his time working on Arrested Development, how the industry has changed over the past 30 years, AI, mini-rooms, and the best part of working in TV: snacks. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepluriverse.substack.com/subscribe

On March 2nd, 2021, Trans Mountain Pipeline (TMX) and the Crown corporation known as Canada sent Stacy Gallagher to prison for performing peaceful ceremony along the Trans Mountain Pipeline route. The Crown sentenced him to 90 days, but his partner Rita Wong managed to get him released on bail and granted leave to appeal his sentence. Stacy and Rita spoke with us about their legal situation, syste...

Reflecting on the first #Time2Talk Public Safety, Tonye and Kelly talk about the bigger picture of crime, care, colonial constructs, and how we police each other. Kelly speaks to some of her White bias and Tonye reminds us that we have all been robbed by colonialism and systemic racism. Follow Tonye @tonyeaganaba on Twitter and Instagram . Listen to their podcast The Living Laboratory on Soundclou...

Clinical counsellor and Vancouver-Kengsington Green candidate Nazanin Moghadami talks about the emotional rollercoaster that is a snap election, who has accessibility to democracy, the privilege of feeling safe, and building up the courage to step into politics. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepluriverse.subst...

BC Greens Candidate for Vancouver-Kingsway and Director of Policy for the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition Scott Bernstein talks about jumping into politics, the racist origins of drug prohibition, psychedelic medicines, and how decriminalization is related to climate change. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theplur...

Climate scientist, MBA, and BC Greens Vancouver-Point Grey candidate Dr. Devyani Singh talks about the pain of biodiversity loss, what a just transition looks like, carbon capture and sequestration, and the potential for regenerative innovation in B.C. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepluriverse.substack.com/su...

Sonia Furstenau, leader of the BC Green Party, talks about why she stepped into public service, staying calm and grounded in the face of political game playing, reconciling with Colonialism, and the weighty responsibility of shaping our future. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepluriverse.substack.com/subscribe

BC Green Party candidate Dr. Maayan Kreitzman speaks to Kelly about sea level rise, the arrest of Indigenous land defenders, our colonial legal system, and why implementing Citizens' Assemblies is our best chance at saving the planet. The Case for Citizens Assemblies: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17bfK7ZHxj_0wUHbWtbNjh9yNPHM3kXIpEiOzz5rhvQc/edit This is a public episode. If you'd like to dis...

Kelly reads Audre Lorde's Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power. "When we begin to live from within outward, in touch with the power of the erotic within ourselves, and allowing that power to inform and illuminate our actions upon the world around us, then we begin to be responsible to ourselves in the deepest sense. For as we begin to recognize our deepest feelings, we begin to give up, of nece...

Read by Kelly, "Dear White People" is an essay by Nigerian scholar, storyteller, and post-activist Bayo Akomolafe. In it, Bayo addresses the deepest frames of white supremacy and urges us to interrogate whiteness, boundaries, and the notion that we can 'return' to our indigeneity. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...

Decolonial leader, educator, and healer Leah Garza speaks with Kelly about the Akashic Records, the white supremacist right to comfort, spiritual bypassing, the myth of "solutions", and reclaiming our sovereignty. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepluriverse.substack.com/subscribe

Intuitive astrologer, movement artist, and embodied activist Virginia Rosenberg speaks to Kelly about the mechanisms of the spacetime matrix, 5D, self-actualization, and using astrology as a tool for social justice. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepluriverse.substack.com/subscribe

Director and performance artist Anna Valeska Pohl speaks with Kelly about provocative expression, censorship, the process of creating intuitive and vulnerable artwork, and the gifts of loneliness and spiritual practice. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepluriverse.substack.com/subscribe

Extinction Rebellion's Skeena Rathor speaks with Kelly about what COVID-19 means for activists, and together they discover the key to changing hearts and minds. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepluriverse.substack.com/subscribe

Performance artist, musician, and witch Morrigan Bonegardener chats with Kelly about goddess worship, sex magic, claiming divinity in a queer body, and the singular soul of the Universe. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepluriverse.substack.com/subscribe

Kori and Kelly discuss the youth climate movement, music as activism, the difference between regeneration and sustainability, evolving minds, and the importance of Indigenous and POC leadership. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepluriverse.substack.com/subscribe