Roots and Realms Podcast

For the Season 2 finale of Roots & Realms, we explore the transformative power of pleasure magic and the sacred role of the body in spiritual practice. From reclaiming bodily autonomy and healing shame to raising energy through self-pleasure, meditation, movement, and ecstatic joy, we discuss how pleasure can become a pathway to empowerment, devotion, and personal transformation. The conversation...

In this episode of Roots and Realms, we explore the complicated world of spiritual mentorship. We discuss the value of guidance, how to discern healthy teacher and student dynamics, common red flags in spiritual spaces, and the importance of accountability, boundaries, and personal agency on the path. Whether you are seeking mentorship, offering it, or recovering from harmful spiritual experiences...

In this episode of Roots and Realms, we explore the witchy media that shaped our paths, sparked by the return of American Horror Story: Coven. From The Craft to Practical Magic, we reflect on what felt authentic, what didn’t, and why representation in the Craft matters. The conversation moves through influential books and shows, blending nostalgia with critique and lived experience. We also imagin...

In this episode of Roots and Realms, we explore performative paganism and the difference between authentic spiritual practice and spirituality shaped for an audience. The conversation dives into cultural appropriation, emphasizing intention, respect, and accountability when engaging with traditions outside one’s own. We also examine the complexities of moral consumption through a debate on the Har...

In this episode of Roots & Realms, KC, Zaren and Angel discuss what it means to build authentic community in modern occult spaces, particularly for queer and BIPOC practitioners. The conversation explores how imposter syndrome can arise for people of color in predominantly Eurocentric traditions and offers practical ways to overcome it, including cognitive restructuring, success journaling, an...

Angel talks about the Magick and Power in Names

In this episode of Roots and Realms, K.C. Freeman, Angel, and Zaren Allen welcome their first-ever guest, Mawiyah Kai El-Jamah Bomani, author of Hoodoo Saints & Root Warriors and Conjuring the Calabash. Together they explore hoodoo as liberation work—rooted in community healing, spiritual agency, and resistance. Mawiyah shares practical ways to canonize and connect with ancestors, set healthy spir...

Season two begins by grounding the craft in work, not aesthetics. The hosts challenge performative witch culture and reclaim magic as practice, devotion, and responsibility. From ancestral survival and foraging to activism and collective spellwork, this episode explores how intention becomes action and how community power becomes resistance. Magic is not for likes. It is for liberation.

A brief moment of reflection on year 2025 from Angel.

In this powerful Year in Review episode, the Roots & Realms collective reflects on the spiritual growth, challenges, and breakthroughs that shaped the past year. From deepening daily practices to navigating social justice work through a magical lens, this conversation explores how our lived experiences, identities, and intentions continue to evolve. We also share our guiding words for 2026 and...

In this episode of Roots and Realms, we dive into what it truly means to cultivate meaningful relationships with deities. The hosts explore the difference between mainstream and lesser-known divine figures, share personal experiences with devotion, and discuss how genuine connection goes beyond correspondences or rituals. From ongoing conversations with Hera and Eos to working with deities outside...

In this episode of Roots & Realms, the hosts dive deep into the magic and meaning of being seen. We explore what visibility and representation look like for Black and Brown practitioners in occult and metaphysical spaces: from publishing and leadership to conventions and community building.

In this powerful conversation, the Roots & Realms hosts explore the fluidity of gender expression, the spectrum of sexuality, and the importance of visibility in reclaiming authentic identity. Through personal stories, cultural insights, and spiritual reflections, they celebrate the courage it takes to live openly and the beauty found in self-defined truth.

In this minisode Angel talks about how it feels and what to do when you feel powerless, especially as members of ostracized and disenfranchised communities.

In this episode of Roots and Realms , Angel and the crew dive into the intersection of art and magic. From defining what magic means to each of them, to exploring how imagination, creativity, and expression shape spiritual practice, the conversation is both personal and inspiring.

In this minisode Angel talks about a recent experience he had and how it ties into his perceptions of Witchcraft in politics.

The hosts of Roots and Realms unpack the intersection of witchcraft and politics, exploring how magic can serve as protection, resistance, and empowerment. From personal stories to debates on ethics and impact, they highlight the importance of blending spiritual practice with real-world activism to create meaningful change.

Zaren, Angel, and KC discuss how they incorporate magick into their day to day life, and the importance of the "small" things.

Listen as KC, Martel, Zaren, and Angel discuss what building relationship, romantic, platonic, professional, etc. at the intersection of Paganism, Wicca, and being men of Color.

Listen as we discuss some of our "foundational" Craft books that influence and inform our practice.

Catch up with the hosts of Roots and Realms and discover what they have been up to over the past three years. And get to know the newest member of the team, Angel.