The Metaphysical Podcast

Breaking Misconceptions through Visibility Hyrum Timpson (known as Hyrum Burton on TV!) belongs to the Centennial Park Group—a fundamentalist Mormon community of around 1500 people based in Arizona. They broke off from the mainstream LDS church in the 1910s and broke off from the group now known as the FLDS (Colorado City) in 1986. They are a community steeped in tradition but also proudly open an...

I can't thank Drew Briney enough for taking the time to talk! This episode is for those who are interested in the interpretation of ancient religious texts, creating change through political organizing, reality TV, and everything in between.  Drew Briney is a former attorney and current science fiction writer. He is also a fundamentalist Mormon and polygamist who had three wives. He was featured o...

CC Grains Part 5: Nancy currently lives in Southern California in a tiny home and remains passionate about local organic food. From Seattle to Hawaii to California, her CC Grains story is a truly remarkable coming-of-age story. A brave story that weaves together spiritual and sexual identity, health, friendship, and womanhood. ***** Seattle was a huge part of the creation of the modern food moveme...

CC Grains Part 4: Uli lives in Olympia, and she is one of the original founders of The Wildrose, Seattle's iconic lesbian bar. According to Wikipedia, in the 1980s when the Wildrose was founded, there were around 200 lesbian bars in the United States, and today there are only around 25. The Wildrose is one of the oldest lesbian bars on the West Coast. Uli worked at CC Grains as a single mother...

Renée Perry was a pioneering member of Cooperative Community Grains or CC Grains in the 1970s. It was one part of the larger Seattle Workers’ Brigade.  0:25 Renée’s Career & Life, Working backwards to CC Grains California Humanities California Documentaries Project : Real Boy   Crip Camp   14:45 Origin of CC Grains & Seattle History Separatist Lesbianism The Wobblies Great Strike The Gorgo...

Maia shares a remarkable story about a young woman, a poet and mother, whose life was impacted profoundly by Cooperative Community Grains — herself. I was honored that she let me in, and will be thinking of her story often. Maia was a pioneering member of Cooperative Community Grains or CC Grains in the 1970s, which was one part of the larger Seattle Workers’ Brigade, an all-womyn’s food distribut...

We first serendipitously crossed paths by way of the red tent at the 2015 Parliament of the World's Religion, the year of the first women's assembly. When all these years later, I found her handout in a book and reached out, the exemplary Bridget Burch-Cook very generously agreed to share her stories and wisdom with me. Check out her work at https://www.yourinspiredstory.com/ . "Bridget Cook-Burch...

Please buckle up for a fizzy, technicolor, existential soulful adventure... Unicole (ze/zir) and I first crossed paths at Alienstock in 2019. We talk about the things that truly matter: the meaning of suffering, venture capital, and the struggles of starting a commune. Thank you Unicole for your deep wisdom and guidance. You have my puffy rainbow-striped alien heart and I'm so happy we're exi...

Hiya, what can you say when words fail: today's guest is uncommonly spectacular. Jenn Mason is living her best life and changing lives in Bellingham, WA and online. She worked for 10 years at a domestic violence and rape crisis center before starting Wink Wink and being elected to her local school board. Her "non-creepy" woman-owned, identity-inclusive sex shop makes the world a place I'm a l...

Guest Ian Wright is the author of the website Dark Marxism: Adventures in Marxist Theory https://ianwrightsite.wordpress.com/author/ianwrightsite/ This conversation is an intellectual, cerebral adventure that blends ideas around Marxism and Capitalism with spiritual concepts. Listen to the first 50 minutes to hear a detailed explanation of Marx's real god, how we're sometimes like "enchanted rag d...

This episode was so fun! Have you ever wondered about the parallels between channeling and acting? Do you ponder the secrets of the universe? Check out this conversation with Susy Parker Goins of Blue Light Healing. Please check out her podcast: https://bluelightninghealing.com/blog/ Book an appointment today for her many amazing healing services: https://bluelightninghealing.com/services/ In pers...

Ian Brennan is a musician, producer, author, activist and educator who is truly rare and inspiring. He talks about how music is political, and how to elevate voices, even when no one is listening. https://ianbrennan.com/

Mark Anderson is the author of Scarecrow Oracle, a book of poetry forthcoming from Korrektiv Press on May 20th, 2022. He co-founded the popular Broken Mic spoken word poetry series and has traveled the United States performing at open mics, poetry slams, taverns, coffee shops, and libraries. From 2017 to 2019 he served as Spokane’s poet laureate. https://korrektivpress.com/category/korrektiv-press...

Market Ghost Stories Absolutely fascinating conversation with Mercedes Yaeger, @queenanneroasters , author of Market Ghost Stories and AMAZING HUMAN.  Part 1: We discuss preserving historical context, the nature of ghosts, tools for perceiving the irrational world, hot beds for the exchange of energy, what resides beyond consciousness, work as ritual and the value therein, the excitement of t...

Michael Hall: The Paranormal Lawyer @ufoiteam Part 1: Mr. Hall and I discuss how we met, the wonders of Alienstock, and the awesome work that UFOiTeam is doing. Part 2: The ABDUCTION STORY and theories on what the heck the aliens are doing! Part 3: We discuss how Mr. Hall's abduction affected him on a personal level, the intersection of religious faith and extraterrestrials (including what the pop...

Margaret shares that Seattle was a huge part of the creation of the modern food movement, but so much of that has been lost to history. She was part of the Seattle Worker’s Brigade, “A worker collective, that was worker self-managed and women-owned.” It was "explicitly anti-corporate, alternative, our motto was 'Food for People, Not for Profit.' Decidedly counter-culture." Margaret was a pioneerin...

Episode 1: Conversation with the spectacular Lady Belladonna! Belladonna is the ArchPriestess of the Aquarian Tabernacle Church and Dean at Woolston-Steen Theological Seminary, a professional psychic, and the founder of the Seattle Psychic Association. Buy her books: https://www.store.atcwicca.org/home/search?keywords=belladonna%20laveau The Aquarian Tabernacle: https://www.atcwicca.org/ Her...