👻 Ashley kicks off this spooky month with three spine-tingling tales of how our waters may be holding on to something we DON’T wanna remember. From ghostly arms that’ll pull you under, to phantom passengers without a destination, we are telling it all…from the safety of the shore.

Sources

https://www.louisianahauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/manchac-swamp.html#:~:text=Manchac%20Swamp%20%2D%20Real%20Haunts%20in%20Ponchatoula%20LA&text=Locals%20call%20this%20swamp%0%22Ghost,with%20her%20when%20she%20died.

https://hnoc.org/publishing/first-draft/julia-brown-curse-hoodoo-hurricanes-and-storm-swamped-ruddock

https://asiatimes.com/2021/03/ghosts-of-the-tsunami-still-wander/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zFsJt2spVk

🔥 🚨 Kaylene is FIRED UP with some red hot goss about wildfires. Go ahead, pop this episode on to learn about how we can better prevent and control them, and how these techniques can serve as a metaphor for tending our own inner flames. Drop a comment below and let us know what gets you fired up!

Sources

https://www.vox.com/climate/366765/megafires-climate-indigenous-controlled-burns?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/features/tribal-and-indigenous-fire-tradition

https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-1/indigenous-affairs-wildfire-what-if-indigenous-women-ran-controlled-burns/ 

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/climate-environment/how-l-a-bureaucracy-made-it-harder-to-clear-flammable-brush-683f953e?utm_source=chatgpt.com 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/22/los-angeles-wildfires-response?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Controlled Burns Prevent Wildfire | Firelighters: Fire is Medicine | Full Film | Local, USA

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/native-knowledge-climate-change-wildfires?utm_source=chatgpt.com

🌬️ Ashley is filled to the brim and ready to burst with all things wind. From trade winds, to battle wins, to tornado sirens, Ashley spills it all.

Sources:

https://nhmu.utah.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/Tornado%20FAQs.pdf

https://www.nationalgeographic.com.es/ciencia/lluvias-peces-ciencia-da-explicacion-este-inquietante-fenomeno_22204

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/weird-science/pouring-down-arachnids-australias-spider-rain-explained-n361006

https://www.weather.gov/fgz/DustDevil#:~:text=Even%20though%20they%20are%20generally,of%20a%20strong%20dust%20devil.

https://digital.princeton.edu/mongol-invasions/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/18/hurricane-erin-updates-forecast-rip-currents/85705978007/

https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/wind_is_essential_to_natural_processes

🌱 Kaylene spreads the chisme about how plants are not so different from humans. Some may say they're even smarter. Listen in and learn how plants survive, adapt, and communicate in ways you'd never even think.

Sources:

Listen to the sound plants make when they are 'stressed'

Plants "Talking" To Each Other For The First Time Captured On Video @TheCosmosNews

Plants Feel Pain And Scream When Stems Are Cut Or Dried Crying Sound Recorded @TheCosmosNews

The Secret Language of Trees

Century-old mystery of plant communication solved | Cornell Chronicle

https://www.earth.com/news/stressed-plants-make-sounds-and-moths-can-hear-them/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8e4860n9rpo.amp

The Sleepy Scientist | The Secret Life of Plants

🦇 Ashley takes us DEEEEEPPP into the ecological and spiritual significances of one of the natural wonders of the world: CAVES. Join us in learning about these amazing formations and a story of how a Thai soccer team was stranded in one and made headlines through their rescue.

Sources: 

https://www.earth.com/news/prehistoric-sea-monster-shark-fossils-found-in-worlds-largest-cave-325-million-years/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50695593

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44695232

https://www.airforcespecialtactics.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2270139/thai-cave-rescue-two-years-later/#:~:text=It's%20believed%20the%20boys%20and,to%20rain%2C%20the%20cave%20flooded.

🌊 Kaylene takes us into the deep end as she explains how water plays a role in memory, our emotions, and spirituality.

Sources:

https://youtu.be/RHpZmDtalOc?si=lubzDywIykMgwPcq

https://www.vedaaustin.com/vedas-book

https://youtu.be/7g167YIYL1w?si=JSzPX0InBFxxuZpZ

https://www.aquaworks.co.nz/te-mana-o-te-wai/?srsltid=AfmBOopKYZakM0LW3TE5Mj3YgJ_Ra_wNNUXVEo38VvsfqwlIZJ2YQJ3t

🐍 Ashley dives into some of the origin stories of the people who were marooned along the coast of Guyana and the island now known as Jamaica and tells the harrowing tale of how this community thrived beyond the confines of colonization.

Sources: 

https://longreads.com/2018/10/30/the-masterless-people-pirates-maroons-and-the-struggle-to-live-free/

https://www.libs.uga.edu/reserves/docs/scans/curtis-masterless-people.pdf

https://waynesavage.com/the-maroons-of-jamaica-2/

https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/guerilla-warfare-in-eighteenth-century-jamaica/

🍀 Kaylene puts on the kettle and sits down to talk about Ireland's ancient connection with the land, their dark history, and how their stories and influence continue to echo all over the world.

The fourth and final episode in our island series 1.

Sources:

https://thepuertoricorealestate.com/article/st-patricks-day-celebration-puerto-rico-history

What really caused the Irish Potato Famine - Stephanie Honchell Smith

https://youtu.be/5Krlr-tb8Gk?si=YZfEfbQ_0Exae8dI

https://youtu.be/DhYC-7emtOM?si=0-05WOL9OFLK_VTB

https://youtu.be/hl7CP4Bix88?si=fPcxilNbXMD7omX8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gregory

Tuatha Dé Danann | Irish gods, Mythology, Legends | Britannica

https://nosweatshakespeare.com/literature/best-irish-authors/

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irishman-s-diary-1.119792

https://nhcp.gov.ph/a-glimpse-into-the-life-of-josephine-bracken/

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/ni-woman-honoured-145-years-after-death-in-hong-kong/40486114.html

https://www.danceus.org/style/maglalatik-dance-in-philippines/

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/foods/potatoes#nutrition

🎤 Ashley pours us a hot one as she tells the story of how The Philippines came under Spanish rule, re-gained their independence, and how they made sure they were never silenced again.

Third episode in our island series 1.

Sources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvG7RumlMcY

https://www.history.com/articles/magellan-expedition-facts-dangers

https://improbable.com/ig/winners/

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/world/asia/07karaoke.html

🌺 Kaylene tells the story of cultural diversity of Puerto Rico, and their amazing ability to overcome adversity through music and dance, over a hot cafecito.

The second episode in our island series 1.

Mi Gente

https://youtu.be/iE9ZJzgxpu0?si=HA6Tb2gz1e3ZstLO

What is Salsa

https://youtu.be/z6DPm1nCIWc?si=lqWOQU4f-95kj6Ri

El Apagón

https://youtu.be/1TCX_Aqzoo4?si=6qU64iEY7tVY1EQ_