This week's catch-up is with my friend AJ, also know as Miss Wiggy. AJ and I met in Los Angeles in 2016 on a communal blanket in Echo Park. They were quintessential in convincing me to go to my first radical faeries gathering in 2017.

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We're taking a transatlantic flight to Liverpool this week with my guest Day. Day and I met in Los Angeles in 2017 at a weekly Echo Park soiree of radical faeries and their friends. This beautiful ethereal creature and I traveled up the Pacific Coast to Portland together, taking in nature and watching out for bears!

For more context on the radical faeries, check out Chat Room: The Radical Faeries before diving in to the next four episodes, as me and these guests share association with this group.

CW: mention of rape

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On this week's bonus episode Chat Room, I tell a story of my introduction to and experience with the radical faeries, a queer liberation group that was founded by gay activists including Harry Hay in the 1970s.

Episodes 6-9 guests and myself share association with the radical faeries, so take a listen before diving in to these conversations.

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Queen Co. Meadows swings by the podcast to give me a birthday spiritual reading for this week's episode. And what a reading it is! Queen Co. Meadows is the current sovereign of the Imperial Lineage and Court Milner-Meadows Des La Pound. This Imperial Court has been a leading force in the preservation and authentic representation of African-American, Native American and West Indie American indigenous folk practices, medicines, and traditions dating back to the 1800s.

For more information on Queen Co. Meadows and to book your own reading, which I HIGHLY recommend, visit ConjureSouth.com, on Instagram at conjure_south and Cotaliya_ , and on YouTube at The Hoodoo Queen.

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On this week’s episode, I spend time with Kayla. Kayla and I met in Los Angeles in 2017, working on a performance with Opera Povera and Ron Athey at the Cathedral Vibiana. I remember feeling pulled towards Kayla. Have you ever got a felt sense about someone you’ve just met? Maybe it was because we shared an experience that was yet to be disclosed...

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Ben and I met in 2008 in Washington, D.C. at the party of a mutual friend. I was immediately attracted to Ben's magnetism, depth, and creativity. In this conversation, we chat about everything from being queers in our 40s, our changing waist lines, control and the creative process, and settling in for the long haul.

CW: body dysphoria, drug use, trauma, mental illness, cults

On the first bonus episode, CHAT ROOM, I make a vague attempt to work through feelings of dissatisfaction. What's with this dissatisfaction? Why is something within feeling dissatisfied?

References:

Ahmed, Sara. (2010). The Promise of Happiness. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

Thomas Hübl, https://thomashuebl.com/

It's Pisces season, ya'll. That means my birthday month. And what a better treat than reconnecting with a friend I've missed dearly. Lady Dane is so many things-author, artist, actor, activist, educator, among a few. In this conversation, we talk about boosting love, politics, theatre, healing, and charting friendship through separations.

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What to say about this queen? On this week's podcast premiere episode, I reconnect with my friend of 16 years, Jennie. We chat about everything from career transitions during the pandemic, addiction, musical theatre, our love for La Croix, and school pods. Jennie is a mother, theatre director, actor, real estate agent, school pod manager, and overall superstar.

CW: eating disorder, addiction

I'm hoping, and this may be a long shot, but I'm hoping you might give me an hour of your time for a conversation...

In this short episode, Host of I Miss You John Moletress (they/them) introduces the podcast as "an intimate phone call between friends" and "reconnecting with this life".

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