Bespoken Bones Podcast

Sobey Wing, a multi-racial settler, President of Kathara Pilipino Indigenous Arts Society, and Chair of the Cross Cultural Protocols Working Group of Youth Passageways organization, speaks about multi-racial identity, the rites of passage movement, decolonial love and what led him to his life towards various communities who shared a purpose

Laura Levinson, a movement artist and healer, speaks about the erotic, the ungovernability of pleasure and of our raucously alive bodies, death, and grief.

Michelle Embree, a professional Tarot card reader and teacher, speaks about Tarot reading and the connection between storytelling and healing.

Mars Gradiva, an ancient interstellar traveller, idea vessel and a professional enthusiast making queer liberatory astrology, tackles the meaning of life, the Zodiacs and the consequences of vulnerability and our safety.

Jezmina Von Thiele, a Romani and Sinti writer, dancer, art model, healer, academic, activist, and educator, speaks about taking back the power of her heritage by modelling and using it for a way to empower one's self.

Ayana Omilade Flewellen, a Black Feminist, an archaeologist, a storyteller, and an artist, talks about archaeology and the enslavement and sexual exploitation of black women.

Katie Spataro, a full-spectrum doula, a somatic sex educator and a holistic pelvic care provider speaks about her healing practices, ancestral lineage, the intersections of birth work and sex work, and the intimate connection of grief and pleasure.

Ra Malika Imhotep, an open-hearted collaborator on a number of projects at the intersections of creative expression and Black liberation shares her experiences and talks about what it means to play with grief, the erotic, sex and ancestors as a black feminist.

Marisa Taborga Byrne, a survivor of incest, shares her experience about the magic of healing from sexual trauma. She also speaks about holistic sexuality, the Global Sexual Healing Revolution and how restorative justice helped her heal the trauma.

Darcy Ottey of Youth Passageways to how genuine rites of passage that allow young adults to "sit at the big kids table" once they make it through, as well as how to discern effective rites that welcome youth into adult community through offering identity, belonging and sense of purpose.