Magic Thread Media

What if we can work with ancestors to create art that inspires and liberates? Seth Eisen speaks about his approach that marries notions of community-driven, often overlooked history with an interdisciplinary performance celebrating the legacies of queer ancestors.

In this episode, Starhawk discusses how to stay nourished in our fight for justice.

Animal communicator Claudia Hehr discusses the special relationship between animals and humans, how to connect with animal ancestors, and dealing with grief and loss of animal companions.

Environmental Microbiologist and ancestral animist Siv Watkins discusses the power of our relationships with the smalls, and solving ecological crisis through evolution.

Mary Mueller Shutan discusses how to make your own life more easeful through personal skillfulness with emotions and reactivity.

Lynn Breedlove, lead singer of queercore Tribe 8 and the Homobiles shares his secret punk sauce for making a place in the world for your weird self.

Annika Leonard of Priceless Incite discusses the intersection of sexualized violence and racial trauma through a personal and professional lens, and her strong commitment to surviving and supporting others in healing.

Layla Feghali of River Rose Apothecary speaks here of how to regather ancestral memory and access our embodied memory.

In this episode, amazing tenders of culture and ancestral healing M'kali-Hashiki , Langston Kahn, and Taya Shere discuss how race and racism intersect with the work of ancestral healing.

Roger Kuhn is an enrolled member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and Chair of the Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS). Here we discuss dance, the upcoming BAAITS Powwow on Feb. 2, and the connection between sex and Earth.

Tarotist, artist and prolific Author Rachel Pollack says "As soon as you allow the power of mystery, you go into another level of existence." In this episode, Rachel walks us through her scholarship of the tarot, and the intersections with ancestors, queer and trans elders, and allowing belief in the unseen to impact your life.

Maris Orelia of Living Voice Medicine sings, prays and trances in the Norse traditions of her ancestors. In this interview, she riffs on belonging, shares her ancient song medicine, and addresses the benefits of healing with ancestors.

In this episode, artist, poet, writer and facilitator Naomi Ortiz speaks to the intersection of place, ancestors, activism embodiment and disability justice. Naomi is a Disabled, Mestiza (Latina/Indigenous/White), raised in Latinx culture, living in the U.S./Mexico borderlands. For information on visit: www. NaomiOrtiz.com Twitter: @ThinkFreestyle Instagram: NaomiOrtizWriterArtist

Scholar and filmmaker Dr. Susan Stryker celebrates the continuum of trans history, and speaks to queering time through her relationships with both elders and ancestors in the trans community. This episode is in honor of the Trans Day of Remembrance.

In honor of the Trans Day of Remembrance (November 20) Bespoken Bones is showcasing Trans speakers and causes all month. In this episode, Anthony Easton discusses the act of deadnaming, and how the trans community might learn from the good death movement and vice-versa.

Spirit worker, medicine maker, priest and activist Lou Florez (Awo Ifadunsin Sangobiyi) speaks to being in community and in being conversation with our ancestors as we embody their blessings while disrupting colonizer culture as it lives inside of us. Join us on Oct. 28 in San Francisco at the Modern Witches Confluence!

Practitioner of wonder Lindsay Sudeikis exuberantly riffs on her former life as a nun, the biblical erotic, and what it is to be in love with life while holding a hard line against oppression. She basically smashes patriarchy with every word that falls from her mouth.

Dr. G Love aka Geryll Robinson discusses the value of communal ancestral practice and ritual to heal transgenerational trauma in community.

In this episode, Nick Venegoni of the Queer Spirit podcast interviews me. We discuss the importance of desire and pleasure, and how it gets complicated in the presence of trauma. I riff on how to know if you're not living your body, and getting comfortable being uncomfortable. Lastly, we explore the transmission of trans-generational trauma and its effects on the body and sexual well-being.

Ancestral Movement practitioner Simon Thakur discusses the evolutionary role of empathy, the adaptive qualities of disembodiment, and how moving like our ancestors can heal our grieving hearts.

UK storyteller and activist Elinor Predota discusses the importance of multiplicity of perspectives when learning the stories of our ancestors, who lived rich, multi-faceted lives. Storytelling can be a healing practice that allows the humanity and fullness of our ancestors to come into focus.

Bodyworker and ancestral healer Mika Banks speaks on how she had to learn boundaries to work effectively with the dead.

Cultural geographer Christos Galanis speaks on ecosexuality as ancestral sexuality, and embodying the priniciples of sacred reciprocity, integrity and consent.

Plant and stone medicine healer Dori Midnight, speaks on ancestral and queer magic with the green bloods and rocks and crystals as allies in ancestral healing.

LGBTQ Historian and genealogist Stewart Blandon Traimon speaks on finding our ancestors who had special relationships with gender and sexuality in our family trees. Genealogy is an important parallel to ancestral reverence, and it's a special treat to dive in through a queer lens.