Magick & Alchemy

By Tamed Wild

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What's Magick & Alchemy about?

Magick & Alchemy by Tamed Wild is an enchanting podcast for modern-day witches and the earth-spirited. Join hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew each week as they discuss witchcraft, divination, mythology, and all things magick and alchemy.

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Magick & Alchemy episodes:

04.17.2024
Episode 129: Springtime Hauntings with Amanda Paulson
In episode 129 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby talk springtime hauntings with Amanda Paulson. Amanda is a paranormal investigator, researcher and medium based in the Inland Pacific Northwest. In this conversation, Amanda shares...
04.03.2024
Episode 128: Spring Magick
In episode 128 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby contemplate seasonal archetypes and the magick of spring. They discuss eclipse season, dandelions, and the goddess Kybele, the celestial Mother who rules our roses, caves,...
03.20.2024
Episode 127: Trickster Tales
In episode 127 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew celebrate the Spring Equinox with their favorite trickster tales. In this conversation, they discuss the divine psychopomp from Greco-Roman lore, Mercury or Hermes. They discuss...
03.06.2024
Episode 126: Coven & Community
In episode 126 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby discuss building community and finding your coven. Joined by Tamed Wild creatrix Shelby Bundy, three witches gather around the virtual fire to talk about shedding...
02.21.2024
Episode 125: Elixirs of Life & Transformative Potions
In episode 125 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby discuss elixirs of life and transformative potions. They talk about the goddess Maat and mythical brews laced with justice. They consider Gorgon blood and pomegranate...
02.07.2024
Episode 124: The Power of Three
In episode 124 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby contemplate the power of three. They discuss triform deities, triads, and holy trinities, both modern and ancient. They gather triplicities from folklore and myth, including...
01.24.2024
Episode 123: Telling your Story with Danielle Dulsky
In episode 123 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby interview Danielle Dulsky. Danielle is a heathen visionary, painter, and word-witch. In this conversation, three witches discuss stories as spells, medicinal archetypes like the trickster...
01.10.2024
Episode 122: The Witch & the B*tch
In episode 122 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew contemplate the Witch & the Bitch. Following in the footsteps of Artemis, Hecate, and their sacred hounds, this conversation draws listeners into the Underworld. There,...
12.27.2023
Episode 121: The 13 Yarns of Yule
In episode 121 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew follow 13 wintery threads, superstitions, and symbols, crafting a tapestry of story with these Yuletide yarns. Weaving together conversations about reindeer, snow globes, caroling, and...
12.13.2023
Episode 120: The Underworld in Winter
In episode 120 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby & Kate Belew journey to the symbolic Underworld. In this conversation, they discuss the practice of wintering and ‘hanging on for the bees.’ They forage for seasonal reflections...
11.29.2023
Episode 119: Take Back the Magic with Perdita Finn
In episode 119 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby & Kate Belew interview Perdita Finn. Perdita is an author and the co-founder of the feral fellowship, The Way of the Rose. In this conversation, Perdita discusses connecting...
11.15.2023
Episode 118: Green Witch Wisdom with Robin Rose Bennett
In episode 118 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby welcome back Green Witch Robin Rose Bennett. Robin Rose is a storyteller, author, herbalist, and teacher. In this conversation, three witches discuss bibliomancy, word witchery,...
11.01.2023
Episode 117: Hometown Hauntings
In episode 117 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby share spooky tales from their hometowns. They begin in the hills of California, exploring mountain magick and contemplating stories of The Dark Watchers and Lemurians....
10.18.2023
Episode 116: The Veil is Thin
In episode 116 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby pierce the thinning veil. In this conversation, they contemplate this mystical shroud and the veil’s relationship to textile magick, tarot, and veiled goddesses and spirits....
10.04.2023
Episode 115: Wild Medicine
In episode 115 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby talk Wild Medicine with Shelby Bundy. Authored by Tamed Wild Creatrix Shelby Bundy and Kate Belew, the Wild Medicine book is an illustrated guide to...
09.20.2023
Episode 114: Tales from the Corn
In episode 114 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby celebrate Mabon and the start of Season 4! In this conversation, two witches harvest tales from corn. They discuss corn mazes, scarecrows, and the history...
09.13.2023
Episode 113: Resistance & Re-enchantment with The Missing Witches
In episode 113 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby talk resistance and re-enchantment with Amy Torok and Risa Dickens. Amy and Risa are the witches, activists, and storytellers behind The Missing Witches project. In...
08.16.2023
Episode 112: Aphrodite
In episode 112 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby discuss the Golden One and Queen of the Dawn - the goddess Aphrodite. Inspired by their recent travels, in this conversation, Kristin and Kate highlight...
07.26.2023
Episode 111: Planetary Magick with Shelby Bundy
In episode 111 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby talk planetary magick with Shelby Bundy. Shelby is an astrologer, business coach, tarot reader, and the visionary behind Tamed Wild and Magick & Alchemy. In...
06.21.2023
Episode 110: Feral Girl Summer
In episode 110 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby bid farewell to season three with a conversation about Feral Girl Summer. In this discussion, they contemplate the word ‘feral’ as a reclamation, an act...
06.14.2023
Episode 109: The Basilisk and Anzu Bird
In episode 109 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby conclude part 2 of their Mythical Creatures Series. In the final installment of this three-part conversation, they discuss the Anzu bird and the Basilisk. Beginning...
06.07.2023
Episode 108: The Furies & Harpies
In episode 108 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby continue part 2 of their Mythical Creatures Series. In the second installment of this three-part conversation, they consider the Furies and Harpies as personifications of...
05.31.2023
Episode 107: Centaurs & Satyrs
In episode 107 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby begin part 2 of their Mythical Creature Series. In the first installment of this 3-part conversation, they contemplate the magick of satyrs and centaurs. They...
05.24.2023
Episode 106: Grief Spells with Mara June
In episode 106 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby talk grief, plants, and shapeshifting with community weaver Mara June. Mara is a writer, caregiver, death doula, and community herbalist who encourages people to dream...
05.17.2023
Episode 105: The Book Coven
In episode 105 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby team up with Caitlyn Barone to host a virtual book club. From nostalgic reads to their favorite, well-loved tomes, in this conversation, three witches share...
05.10.2023
Episode 104: The Mothers of Monsters & Magick
In episode 104 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby discuss two of the lesser-known mothers of mythology. They begin with Echidna, the mother of monsters, whose children include the Sphinx, Cerberus, and Python, the...
05.03.2023
Episode 103: Earth Medicines with Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz
In episode 103 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby interview Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz. Felicia is a Curandera, Author, Indigenous Foods Activist, and Natural Foods Chef. In this conversation, Felicia discusses Curanderismo and her life as...
04.26.2023
Episode 102: Beltane & Bones
In episode 102 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew celebrate Beltane with the bones. In this conversation, they discuss bone folklore, corpse medicine, and Baba Yaga’s walkway of fiery skulls. They consider bones as...
04.19.2023
Episode 101: Weed Witch with Sophie Saint Thomas
In episode 101 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew interview Sophie Saint Thomas. Sophie Saint Thomas is an award-winning journalist and author whose written for VICE, Playboy, GQ, Glamour, Marie Claire, PRIDE, Cosmopolitan, High...
04.12.2023
Episode 100: Masks & Ritual
In the 100th episode of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew discuss the relationship between masks and ritual. They consider masks as a way to enact magick, channel the dead, and divine with the animal...
04.05.2023
Episode 99: Signs of Spring
In episode 99 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby reflect on some signs of spring. Inspired by Ostara and a season of renewal, they discuss the chalice and the cauldron, and what’s collected or...
03.29.2023
Episode 98: Moon Signs with Annabel Gat
On episode 98 of the Magick & Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby talk moon signs and horoscopes with Annabel Gat. An astrologer who has been writing the daily and monthly horoscope column at VICE since 2015, Annabel...
03.20.2023
Episode 97: Human Design with Xenia Viray
On episode 97 of the Magick & Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby interview Xenia Viray. Xenia is an imagination healer, multidimensional artist, and community weaver with a focus on Human Design and writing. In this conversation, they...
03.15.2023
Episode 96: Ostara, Moon Bathing, & Purification
On episode 96 of the Magick & Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby cover spring-related topics in the days before the spring equinox on March 20th. They discuss moon bathing, the Hare Moon, perspectives on purification, and ocean...
03.08.2023
Episode 95: An Interview with Juliana McCarthy of Ethereal Culture
On episode 95 of the Magick & Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby interview Astrologer and energy healer Juliana McCarthy. They discuss birth chart basics (why are the Sun, Moon, and Rising signs so important?!). They talk about...
03.01.2023
Episode 94: A Homesteading Journey
On episode 94 of the Magick & Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby discuss Kristin's Homesteading Journey in the Azores. Two witches contemplate what it means to live and work with the land from Kristin's experience moving into...
02.22.2023
Episode 93: Types of Magick, Part 2
On episode 93 of the Magick & Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby discuss Types of Magick, Part 2. In the second installment of this two-part series, two witches contemplate Ceremonial or High Magick and the Hermetic Order...
02.14.2023
Episode 92: Goddesses of Sex & War
On episode 92 of the Magick & Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby discuss goddesses of sex and war. In this conversation, they share stories of Inanna, Queen of Heaven, and her descent to and from the Underworld....
02.07.2023
Episode 91: Types of Magick, Part 1
On episode 91 of the Magick & Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby discuss Types of Magick, Part 1. In the first installment of this two-part series, two witches contemplate the history and lore of Green Witchcraft and...
02.01.2023
Episode 90: An Interview with Sophie Strand
On episode 90 of the Magick & Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby interview Sophie Strand. Sophie is a writer based in New York’s Hudson Valley who focuses on the intersection of spirituality, storytelling, and ecology. In this...
01.25.2023
Episode 89: Wednesday Addams: The Patron Saint of Outcasts
On episode 89 of the Magick & Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby discuss the Patron Saint of Outcasts, Wednesday Addams. In this special pop-culture episode, Kristin and Kate contemplate the history of Wednesday’s spooky family - including...
01.18.2023
Episode 88: An Interview with Chaweon Koo
On episode 88 of the Magick & Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby interview Chaweon Koo. Chaweon Koo is a writer of the intersection of pop culture, the occult, and futurism. Her Tik Tok @chaweonkoo is one of...
01.11.2023
Episode 87: An Interview with Amanda Yates Garcia
On episode 87 of the Magick & Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby speak with Amanda Yates Garcia. Amanda is an author, witch, and the Oracle of Los Angeles. In this episode, she speaks about being pulled into...
12.21.2022
Episode 86: An Interview with Danica Boyce
On episode 86 of the Magick & Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby interview Danica Boyce. Danica is a Pagan entrepreneur, writer, educator, and creator of the Fair Folk and Pagan Monastery Podcasts. In this special Winter Solstice...
12.14.2022
Episode 85: An Interview with Edgar Fabián Frías
On episode 85 of the Magick & Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby interview artist and magickal practitioner, Edgar Fabián Frías. Through their art, Edgar emphasizes historical legacies and acts of resistance, resiliency, and radical imagination within the...
12.07.2022
Episode 84: The Dragon, Gryphon, & the Sphinx
On episode 84 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby conclude their Mythological Creatures Series with an episode on the Dragon, Gryphon, and Sphinx. In this conversation, they discuss the Gryphon’s golden nests, the Sphinx’s...
11.29.2022
Episode 83: The Mermaid and the Sidhe
On episode 83 of the Magick & Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby continue their Mythological Creatures Series with an episode on the Mermaid and the Sidhe. In this conversation, they discuss the Rusalky, the Siren’s Song, and...
11.23.2022
Episode 82: The Unicorn & the Phoenix
On episode 82 of the Magick & Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby begin a new series on mythological creatures. In the first installment of this series, two witches discuss the Unicorn and the Phoenix. They talk about...
11.16.2022
Episode 81: An Interview with Madame Pamita
On episode 81 of the Magick & Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby talk with Madame Pamita. Madame Pamita is a Ukrainian diaspora witch, teacher, author, candle maker, spellcaster, and tarot reader. In this episode, Madame Pamita discusses...
11.07.2022
Episode 80: Psychedelic Witchcraft
Episode DescriptionOn episode 80 of the Magick & Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby discuss the relationship between psychedelic states and witchcraft. They talk about magickal elixirs, like those given to initiates of the Eleusinian Mysteries, and Circe’s...

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Magick & Alchemy episodes:

Episode 129: Springtime Hauntings with Amanda Paulson

Episode 128: Spring Magick

Episode 127: Trickster Tales

Episode 126: Coven & Community

Episode 125: Elixirs of Life & Transformative Potions

Episode 124: The Power of Three

Episode 123: Telling your Story with Danielle Dulsky

Episode 122: The Witch & the B*tch

Episode 121: The 13 Yarns of Yule

Episode 120: The Underworld in Winter

Episode 119: Take Back the Magic with Perdita Finn

Episode 118: Green Witch Wisdom with Robin Rose Bennett

Episode 117: Hometown Hauntings

Episode 116: The Veil is Thin

Episode 115: Wild Medicine

Episode 114: Tales from the Corn

Episode 113: Resistance & Re-enchantment with The Missing Witches

Episode 112: Aphrodite

Episode 111: Planetary Magick with Shelby Bundy

Episode 110: Feral Girl Summer

Episode 109: The Basilisk and Anzu Bird

Episode 108: The Furies & Harpies

Episode 107: Centaurs & Satyrs

Episode 106: Grief Spells with Mara June

Episode 105: The Book Coven

Episode 104: The Mothers of Monsters & Magick

Episode 103: Earth Medicines with Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz

Episode 102: Beltane & Bones

Episode 101: Weed Witch with Sophie Saint Thomas

Episode 100: Masks & Ritual

Episode 99: Signs of Spring

Episode 98: Moon Signs with Annabel Gat

Episode 97: Human Design with Xenia Viray

Episode 96: Ostara, Moon Bathing, & Purification

Episode 95: An Interview with Juliana McCarthy of Ethereal Culture

Episode 94: A Homesteading Journey

Episode 93: Types of Magick, Part 2

Episode 92: Goddesses of Sex & War

Episode 91: Types of Magick, Part 1

Episode 90: An Interview with Sophie Strand

Episode 89: Wednesday Addams: The Patron Saint of Outcasts

Episode 88: An Interview with Chaweon Koo

Episode 87: An Interview with Amanda Yates Garcia

Episode 86: An Interview with Danica Boyce

Episode 85: An Interview with Edgar Fabián Frías

Episode 84: The Dragon, Gryphon, & the Sphinx

Episode 83: The Mermaid and the Sidhe

Episode 82: The Unicorn & the Phoenix

Episode 81: An Interview with Madame Pamita

Episode 80: Psychedelic Witchcraft