Basic Witches

TW: eating disorders.

If you’re looking for permission to let go and GROW, this episode is for you! Today, Katie Barbaro joins the Basic Witches to discuss her new book, The Fed Up Book, and how finding healing from her eating disorder inspired her to write it. Listen to the ladies talk about the negative effects of diet culture, what it means to live out a life of radical self-compassion, and how to use all the change in your life as a force for good and self-empowerment. 

Today on Basic Witches:

• How diet culture has affected us all 
• Leah and Rachel’s personal experiences with disordered eating 
• What it means to embrace radical self-compassion 
• What led Katie to writing her book
• Using breakups as a force for growth and change

This show is supported by:

• Betterhelp | use code BASICWITCHES for 10% off your first month

Follow Katie:

• Katie’s Instagram @thefedupbook
• Katie’s Instagram @katiebarb
• The Fed Up Book
• Katie’s website

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Rosey Blair joins the Basic Witches today to chat about diversity in comedy, plus-size representation, and her ups and downs of being an online creator! Listen to the story of her viral tweet that led to a personal run-in with online cancel culture, and how it allowed her to grow and learn. Plus, listen about how she’s seen the power of manifestation firsthand, and why she considers herself a sort of digital witch!

Today on Basic Witches:

• Using comedy as a shame destroyer 
• The lack of diversity in the comedy world
• Rosey’s experience with online cancel culture
• How to learn and grow from your mistakes with class
• The importance of fat representation in media

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• Rosey’s Instagram
• Rosey’s Twitter
• Rosey’s TikTok

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@BasicWitches // @LeahKnauer // @RachelLaforest

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This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Holy shiitake, today’s episode is one you won’t wanna skip! Mushroom expert Danielle Stevenson is currently getting her graduates in Environmental Toxicology, and today she shares her knowledge and research about all things fungi! Learn about how mushrooms communicate via the World Wood Web, how they’re being used to treat PTSD, anxiety and even oil spills, and why mushrooms caused so much trouble during the construction of the U.S railroad system that they ended up being banned! She shares how she pairs her witchiness with her love for fungi, and be sure to listen to the end where Danielle makes a case for mushrooms being queer Scorpios! 

Today on Basic Witches:

• Danielle’s journey of discovering her love for fungi
• The complex ways fungi intercommunicates
• The magical, multifaceted many uses of mushrooms
• How mushrooms are inspiring modern innovation
• How Danielle interweaves her love for fungi with her witchiness

This show is supported by:

• Betterhelp | use code BASICWITCHES for 10% off your first month

Follow Danielle:

• Danielle’s Instagram: DIY Fungi
• Danielle’s blog: DIY Fungi

Follow your intuwitchin’ by following us on IG: 

@BasicWitches // @LeahKnauer // @RachelLaforest

Join us LIVE for “Blazin’ with @BasicWitches” on Instagram every Tuesday at 5:55pm PST. Free Q&A, card pulls, and expert guests!

New Merch Alert! Visit BasicWitches.Threadless.com for our latest releases.

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This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Today, Pro-Witch Daniela Arango joins the Basic Witches to share with them  (and you!) the wisdom and experiences she’s gained from being a channeller. Learn what your “spiritual wifi” is, and how you can utilize it, how to tap into your higher self, and why the twelfth dimension may just be made entirely up of cats?? Also, stay til the end where Daniela channels a special message specifically for the collective! 

Today on Basic Witches:

• What is your “spiritual wifi” is and how to tap into it
• A dive into alternate dimensions
• How our bodies use control and fear as protective instincts  
• The intersection of your future self and your higher self
• A special message for the collective

Follow Daniela:

• Daniela’s Instagram
• Check out Daniela’s website
• Daniela's meditation Energy Healing Meditation

Follow your intuwitchin’ by following us on IG: 

@BasicWitches // @LeahKnauer // @RachelLaforest

Join us LIVE for “Blazin’ with @BasicWitches” on Instagram every Tuesday at 5:55pm PST. Free Q&A, card pulls, and expert guests!

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Click here to submit your review for Basic Witches, and you’ll receive access to a witchy & empowering secret Spotify playlist from Leah and Rachel!

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

TW: sexual assault.

Today’s episode the Basic Witches are joined by Pro-Witch Syrena Pendley (AKA the Hoodrat Hippie) to tell her story of alcoholism, addiction, and finding the light through spirituality and sobriety. She’s here to show why magic isn’t just for white people, chat about her love for the moon, and explain how she’s using kung-fu to empower women. 

Today on Basic Witches:

• How Syrena’s addiction led her to spirituality
• The power of shadow work 
• How she’s using sex magic to manifest in her life
• Using the moon phases to guide and check yourself 
• Why we need to redirect the conversation around assault 
• How Syrena is empowering women through self-defense

This show is supported by:

• Betterhelp | use code BASICWITCHES for 10% off your first month

Follow Syrena:

• Syrena’s Instagram
• Syrena’s website The Hoodrat Hippie

Follow your intuwitchin’ by following us on IG: 

@BasicWitches // @LeahKnauer // @RachelLaforest

Join us LIVE for “Blazin’ with @BasicWitches” on Instagram every Tuesday at 5:55pm PST. Free Q&A, card pulls, and expert guests!

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Click here to submit your review for Basic Witches, and you’ll receive access to a witchy & empowering secret Spotify playlist from Leah and Rachel!

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Comedian, actress, and witchy friend of the show, Kate Willet, joins the Basic Witches today to chat about sexuality, comedy, and being in the weird in-between space of quarantine limbo. Listen to her crazy Burning Man story, and hear what she experienced that caused her to believe in the reality and power of manifestation! 

Today on Basic Witches:

• Spiritual lessons learned from past relationships 
• The challenges of being a comedian in COVID times 
• Owning your sexuality and desires
• All about fate, manifestation, and astrological archetypes
• What being a witch means to Kate

Follow Kate:

• Kate’s new Audible Original, Dirtbag Anthropology, is a deep dive on the subject of masculinity, now and available at audible.com/dirtbag
• Follow Kate on Instagram
• Kate’s Twitter
• Kate’s podcast Reply Guys
• Check out Kate’s website

@BasicWitches // @LeahKnauer // @RachelLaforest

Join us LIVE for “Blazin’ with @BasicWitches” on Instagram every Tuesday at 5:55pm PST. Free Q&A, card pulls, and expert guests!

New Merch Alert! Visit BasicWitches.Threadless.com for our latest releases.

Subscribe! Review! Join our Patreon! And we promise we won’t put a hex on you <3

Click here to submit your review for Basic Witches, and you’ll receive access to a witchy & empowering secret Spotify playlist from Leah and Rachel!

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Today, none other than Chris Corsini, joins the Basic Witches for an in-depth conversation on spiritual leaps of faith, manifesting abundance, and the importance of bridging the gap between the deaf and spiritual communities. Hear about his how his sudden move to Europe was a lesson in trusting the universe, and how you can follow in his footsteps to manifest your own dreams. 

Today on Basic Witches:

• How Chris’ work is helping connect the deaf and spiritual communities
• Why accessibility is so important in all aspects of life 
• How his sudden international move was a leap of faith in taking signs from the universe
• An in-depth look into his card reads
• What it means to manifest abundance into your life

This show is supported by:

• Betterhelp | use code BASICWITCHES for 10% off your first month 

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• Inward Boutique - To find all products and services offered by Chris
• Chris' IG - To find FREE monthly horoscopes and IG Lives / cute Chris content :)
• Chris Corsini: Tarot, Astrology & Workshops - To find Tarot PICK-A-PILE & Horoscopes & MDLCHLD Music Videos
• Chris' Anchor - To find Chris' Podcast MIDDLE GROUND

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@BasicWitches // @LeahKnauer // @RachelLaforest

Join us LIVE for “Blazin’ with @BasicWitches” on Instagram every Tuesday at 5:55pm PST. Free Q&A, card pulls, and expert guests!

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This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Today, another female power duo, Alison Leiby and Halle Kiefer, join the Basic Witches for a super fun episode that covers everything from seances and identity theft, to being broken up with over tarot cards. The ladies chat about starting their horror film podcast, being female comedians, and their experiences with New York psychics. You don’t wanna miss this vibrant and chatty episode!

Today on Basic Witches:

• What sparked Alison and Halle to start a podcast about horror films
• What it was like for Alison writing for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Halle’s experiences with premonition dreams
• All about Rachel’s crazy seance experience 

Follow your intuwitchin’ by following us on IG: 

@BasicWitches // @LeahKnauer // @RachelLaforest

Join us LIVE for “Blazin’ with @BasicWitches” on Instagram every Tuesday at 5:55pm PST. Free Q&A, card pulls, and expert guests!

New Merch Alert! Visit BasicWitches.Threadless.com for our latest releases.

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Click here to submit your review for Basic Witches, and you’ll receive access to a witchy & empowering secret Spotify playlist from Leah and Rachel!

Follow Alison and Halle:

• Alison's Instagram Alison's Twitter
• Halle's Instagram Halle's Twitter
• Listen to Alison and Halle's podcast Ruined!
• Ruined Instagram Ruined Twitter
• Send questions for their show Ruined to [email protected]

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Calling all comedy lovers! Well today’s guest, Jonathan Mangum, a former cast member of Who’s Line Is It Anyway?, joins the Basic Witches today to chat about his time on the groundbreaking show, why college probably isn’t worth it, and how he views the supernatural as a skeptical person. From stories about how he used to vomit before each show, to discussing block universe theory, this episode’s got it all!

Today on Basic Witches:

• How Jonathan started in improv and what he learned from being on Who’s Line Is It Anyway?
• The importance of diversity in improv and comedy
• How science and witchcraft are not just compatible, but complimentary  
• Being a skeptic who still believes in the supernatural

This show is supported by:

• Betterhelp | use code BASICWITCHES for 10% off your first month

Follow Jonathan:

• Jonathan's Instagram
• Jonathan’s Youtube: UJokes
• Jonathan's Twitter

Follow your intuwitchin’ by following us on IG: 

@BasicWitches // @LeahKnauer // @RachelLaforest

Check out Rachel’s new site! Sex And The Synchronicity

Join us LIVE for “Blazin’ with @BasicWitches” on Instagram every Tuesday at 5:55pm PST. Free Q&A, card pulls, and expert guests!

New Merch Alert! Visit BasicWitches.Threadless.com for our latest releases.

Subscribe! Review! Join our Patreon! And we promise we won’t put a hex on you <3

Click here to submit your review for Basic Witches, and you’ll receive access to a witchy & empowering secret Spotify playlist from Leah and Rachel!

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Pro-Witches Dan and Kat Eckhart join the Basic Witches today to chat all things mediums and seances. They tell their story of how they went from fundamentalist religious backgrounds, to becoming celebrity occultists. Tune in to hear the fascinating history of mediums in the United States (including Abraham Lincoln hosting a seance at the White House?!) and their spookiest stories of freaky things happening during some of their seances. 

Today on Basic Witches:

• What it means to be a medium in the modern day
• How the Eckharts went from Bible college to seance leaders
• The art of setting the seance table
• How seances are similar to improv
• The surprising political and patriarchal history of anti-seance movements

Follow your intuwitchin’ by following us on IG: 

@BasicWitches // @LeahKnauer // @RachelLaforest

Join us LIVE for “Blazin’ with @BasicWitches” on Instagram every Tuesday at 5:55pm PST. Free Q&A, card pulls, and expert guests!

New Merch Alert! Visit BasicWitches.Threadless.com for our latest releases.

Subscribe! Review! Join our Patreon! And we promise we won’t put a hex on you <3

Click here to submit your review for Basic Witches, and you’ll receive access to a witchy & empowering secret Spotify playlist from Leah and Rachel!

Follow The Eckharts:

• The Eckharts instagram
• The Eckharts website
• The School Of Occult Arts

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions