Compost the Empire

The episode features a conversation with Ifetayo Harvey, founder of the People of Color Psychedelic Collective, discussing the impact of white supremacy in mainstream psychedelia and the creation of a platform for candid discussions on race and psychedelics. The conversation delves into the complexities of working in the psychedelic field, addressing issues of trust, discernment, and the impact on...

Johnny Johnson — Peyote, Classical Education, and the Spiritual Crisis of Colonial Psychedelia In this deeply moving episode, we sit down with Johnny Johnson, a member of the Diné (Navajo) Nation and a Native American Church road man — or as he reframes it, a life coach — who has been walking this path since 1990. Johnny shares the sacred significance of peyote within his culture, his rude awakeni...

In this episode of Compost the Empire , Ethos and Logina are joined by Black queer ethical non-monogamy coach, speaker, and author Evita “LaVita Loca” Sawyers to explore what it actually means to decolonize identity, attachment, and love in real life, not just in theory. We move from big language about “decolonization” down into the body: nervous systems shaped by empire, internal surveillance, an...

Why Neurocolonization: A Survivor’s Path to Somatic Liberation In this solo reflection, Ethos speaks candidly about why the Neurocolonization work exists—and why sharing it publicly has been both a resistance and a responsibility. Rooted in ancestral memory, somatic abolition, and lived experience, this episode traces the journey from activism to liberation, from community betrayal to earth-based...

In this opening episode, Ethos shares their personal story as a trans-masculine, non-binary person raised in Mormonism, shaped by colonial cosmologies of separability, and transformed through education, somatic practice, relational inquiry, and lived experience inside the collapse of empire. Tracing a journey from early gendered misrecognition, chronic depression, and survival through structure, t...

The podcast episode explores the impact of neurocolonization on bodies, bonds, and beliefs, and the creation of an ecosystem for decolonial visions and imaginations. It delves into the acknowledgment of settler colonial projects, the reclaiming of perception of reality and possibilities, and the expansion of access to transformative experiences. The episode also discusses the power of storytelling...