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What you'll hear:

• There are 4 beds left for Creatrix 3.0!  The remaining beds will become available on Saturday, October 10th to my mailing list  2:55
• My witch school, The Order of Medusa is going live on October 15th!  You can join the waitlist here 3:33
• The little story that inspired this episode is at around 5:00
• On "society" 9:00

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This episode is inspired by the past weekend, in which I got to go hogwild in the mud making Pain in the Ass Art with Heather Bentley and Max Cooper.

What you'll hear:

• Pecha Kucha is Thursday!  Tickets are cheap and sexy 1:38
• Blue Minds is on October 9th if you'd like to see some original local dance (and you are, in fact local) 2:25
• Why I will always champion having a scouting day in addition to shooting days on a big documentation project 6:30
• "Shrimp tits" 11:45
• PLEASE observe the delineation between A) accepting that most cool shit you want to do will be a pain in the ass, and B) equating suffering with goodness  15:00
• The remaining free beds for Creatrix 3.0 will be released to the waitlist on Saturday!  Come on down, the water's fine, click here to join the waitlist 19:30

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What you'll hear:

• Applications for Creatrix 3.0 will open to patrons only on Saturday, September 26th at 9am (the full moon baby).  There are only 11 places available, and only 2 private rooms, so this is your courtesy call.  1:00
• The waitlist will get any remaining spaces one week later on October 3, you can sign up for that here 
• WTF are we up to on Edisto?  You can follow Heather here to find out 
• The meat of the episode begins here 3:20
• Shoutout to the fab aerialists of Bel Rev, thank you for all your patient kindness while I learned your work!  Celene on hoop, my woman Layla on aerial pole, Olivia on straps, and Mary on trapeze!  9:00

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What you'll hear:

• Cool shit coming up!  Bel Rev is this weekend!  1:00
• Pecha Kucha 50 is coming up in Charleston Oct. 1st, COME!!  3:00
• Blue Minds, presented by Impermanent Gallery and featuring JNDW is on Oct. 9th 4:30
• The meat of the episode begins at 5:15, featuring JNDW 
• Other examples of these tiny, generous icon moments 10:15

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What you'll hear:

• Come to https://belrevatl.com/!! 1:30
• Creatrix is opening applications on the Full Moon, the best place to be is the Patreon but the waitlist will get any leftover spots (if you want a single room, def pop onto the Patreon there's only 1 of those).
• This episode is by request from an anonymous friend who has a hard time compartmentalizing personal life disrupts to perform highly at her job (performance) 4:10
• The worst fault of capitalism is that you can't stop (ok maybe not the worst but it fuckin sucks) 5:00
• An annoying but ultimately very sound suggestion to make this terrible reality better for you 5:50
• Why this is a very timely episode for me 8:00
• Wisdom from a teacher/counsellor of mine 10:00
• On spirals and complaining, they each have a purpose 12:50
• Some Woo advice 14:00

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By request from my girl Kim, "should you get an LLC and why/how?"  What you'll hear:

• Went on a family vacation with my ex and it was awesome 3:30
• Come to Bel Rev!! 4:30 https://www.bigtickets.com/events/LOOP/bel-rev/
• Follow Heather for updates on her current project (I get to do some art direction for this)  5:00
• The meat of the episode starts at 6:00, this is only going to be super relevant to the US based folks.  
• What's a business structure and how might one begin to develop this concept for themselves 7:15
• Why I'm not just going to tell you do some shady shit to avoid taxation 9:30
• What is an LLC:  Limited Liability Corporation?  When should you start thinking about forming one?  12:44
• What about an S-corp?  When should you consider this structure?  What are the downsides?  13:45
• Separating yourself from your business, not just in structure, but in finances (ie:  separate checking account) 15:00
• Step 1:  Come up with a name to operate under, this can also be called a DBA (Doing Business As) and get a business license from your county clerk.  You might need a residential business permit, check with your county.  17:00
• Step 2:  Get an EIN, it's dumb easy, here's the link:  https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/get-an-employer-identification-number  You can do this even if you don't run a business
• Step 3:  Get a business checking account to separate your business income from your personal checking account 20:20
• Step 4:  File the paperwork to become an LLC (this process and the fees involved vary wildly according to state, so check with your county/state legistlation and outlines) 

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200 Episodes baby!!  What you'll hear:

• Thing #1 I've learned:  You never know what is going to be useful to anyone else, so say what you wanna say 1:30
• Thing #2 I've learned:  Ignore the stats.  The work has to be its own reward, or you won't keep doing it.  4:30
• Thing #3 I've learned:  Saying something once is saying it never (quote by The Movement Maestro!)  And actually saying it 12 times is still sometimes like saying it never. Never be afraid to repeat yourself.  7:30
• Silly stats:  
  • Total downloads:  47,908 over the entire 4 years  9:45
  • The most downloaded episode by far is Episode #42:  Morning Pages: how to do them, how to not do them, and what to do if they bore the pants off of you  at over 900 downloads
  • The 2nd place winner is Episode #67:  Art, Grief, and What Happens Next with Shannon McKenna at over 500 downloads
  • The 3rd place winner is Episode #36:  IADF Survival Guide: learn from my fails
• Advice for anyone curious about starting a podcast 14:00
  • Listen to Shante.  
  • Sustainability is priority #1.  Set yourself up for a good experience by creating a cadence and expectation you can live up to.
  • Know your WHY before you begin.  Don't do it for accolades or responses or metrics- do it for you.  Do it for the one person who will get something out of every episode.
  • Invest in some good kit.  Here's the mic I use now.  17:30
  • Your words have value.  If you got things you wanna say, say em!  

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What you'll hear:

• "We do not rush."  1:55
• Asheville Butoh Festival!  3:00
• The waitlist for Creatrix 2027 is right here:  https://poser.kit.com/creatrix3 May 9-17, 2027  4:30
• Why tf am I talking about lawns?  5:30
• The racist/colonial history of green lawns 11:00
• How I'm making efforts to decolonize the land we live on 15:00
• Further reading:
  • https://bioneers.org/why-how-to-decolonize-your-yard-zmbz2206/
  • https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/31/this-heatwave-is-a-reminder-that-grass-lawns-are-terrible-for-the-environment
  • https://www.history.com/articles/lawn-mower-grass-american-dream
  • https://blogs.wellesley.edu/es39901/2021/09/29/the-american-lawn-a-harmful-invention/

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What you'll hear:

• This episode is 100% taken from my girl Dr. Shante Cofield's podcast Maestro on the Mic, Episode 723
• Seven Deadly Satisfactions is on sale TODAY fo cheapo, you can still get in on that 
• The meat of the episode starts at 2:51
• Part I:  I can't believe I fucking did that, the performing artist edition 3:37
• Bern makes an appearance at 4:25 for fans
• Part II:  I can't believe I fucking did that, the business owner edition 12:15

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Please welcome to the proverbial studio my good friend, Andrea St. Amand, evidential psychic medium and best-selling author!

What you'll hear:

• How we met and me fangirling all over Andrea 2:00
• The backstory baby!  Andrea's had more careers than anyone else I know; professional ballet dancer, lawyer, and evidential psychic and author 5:00
• How she manages her own energy and prevents burnout 12:15
• What I learned from Andrea in a mediumship intensive, and what a spirit or entity actually needs/wants from us 18:30
• The most haunted building in Charleston and how Andrea had a nice little sleepover in there 21:00
• Is there such a thing as "dark entities" and how would they form?  26:00
• On being "harmed" by an entity 32:00
• Differentiating real psychic hits from imagination 36:00
• On writing a book!  39:00
• The artist residency that Andrea is organizing, Fayetteville Creates, go apply to it!  It's process-based, not product, which is my absolute favorite kind.  42:15
• Last call to join the waitlist for 7 Deadly Satisfactions!

You can find Andrea here:  https://andreasaintamand.com/ where you can order her book, sign up to her mailing list, and get yourself a reading!

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