How can a conspiracy theory frighten you and comfort you at the same time?

In this episode, Britt and Mr.Teri explore where conspiracy theories come from, why they are so persuasive, the real failures they attach themselves to, and the prejudice often hidden inside them.

They approach this conversation not as experts laughing at what other people believe, but as people who were pulled in themselves. They reflect on the seduction of feeling like one of the few people who had “awakened,” the embarrassment of looking back, and the difficult questions that followed:

How did I believe that? What did I repeat? Who might I have hurt? What was happening inside me that made this story feel true?

Together, Britt and Teri unpack how grains of truth become harmful narratives, how algorithms and propaganda feed fear, and how queer, trans, Jewish, racialized, and other marginalized communities are turned into convenient scapegoats.

Using examples involving Jeffrey Epstein, climate change, politics, and election manipulation, they examine how identity-based blame distracts us from institutional failures, systemic inequality, and abuses of power.

This is a conversation about conspiracy theories, but it is also about shame, accountability, compassion, and finding a way out.

The invitation is to stay curious, verify what we encounter, look beyond individual villains to the systems around them, and help people leave fear-based thinking without pushing them further into it.

If this conversation feels close to home, Britt is launching Second Signal, a project offering practical tools for people trying to reconnect with someone caught in harmful online content loops.

Teri also regularly publishes podcasts, articles, political education, and coming-out resources at TeriWesterby.com.

You are not powerless, and you do not have to navigate these conversations alone.

What becomes possible when we stop measuring our lives by how much we produce... and finally give ourselves room to breathe?

In this candid summer catch-up, Britt and Mr. Teri talk about parenting through change, choosing yourself, returning to creativity, and recognizing parts of your identity that were present long before you had words for them.

From The Odyssey and coming home to yourself, to attachment, transition, gender-diverse kids, raising girls vs boys, and the spiritual feeling of losing yourself in art.

Join them as they explore how slowing down can open space for healing and more honest self-understanding in this warm, funny, and deeply personal conversation about accepting that we are never fully healed - and discovering that creativity does not have to accomplish anything to be meaningful.

What if getting dressed has never been just about clothes?

In this episode of Maple & Myrrh, Britt and Mr. Teri explore the powerful relationship between fashion, gender expression, queer history, and liberation.

From powdered wigs and underground queer spaces to ballroom culture and today’s gender-fluid fashion movement, they examine how clothing has been used to enforce social expectations—and how LGBTQ+ people have transformed it into a tool of resistance, creativity, and self-discovery.

Mr.Teri shares his own journey of experimenting with gender expression, finding community, and learning that the way we present ourselves can become an important part of understanding who we are. Together, Britt and Teri discuss chosen family, queer artists and designers, the influence of music and popular culture, and the courage it takes to live visibly during a time of growing political hostility.

This is a conversation about much more than fashion. It is about the people who refused to disappear, the communities that created beauty under oppression, and the power of expressing yourself without asking permission.

Does evil actually exist? Or is it a part of being human?

Can it be found only in the actions of cruel individuals, or can it also live within non-human entities like governments, corporations, institutions, and systems that allow harm to occur?

In this episode of Maple and Myrrh, Britt and Mr. Teri explore the complicated nature of evil—how fear, ego, power, and dehumanization can lead ordinary people to participate in extraordinary harm.

They examine the lasting violence of colonialism and residential schools, the ways institutions avoid responsibility, and the unsettling reality that good and evil can exist side by side within people and societies.

But this is not simply a conversation about darkness. It is also about what becomes possible when we choose compassion, understanding, education, and collective responsibility. Britt and Mr. Teri reflect on forgiveness, personal growth, and the small actions each of us can take to interrupt harmful systems without losing sight of our shared humanity.

Can compassion exist without excusing harm? Can understanding the roots of evil help us prevent it? And how do we remain human while working to change systems that have forgotten their humanity?

Most of us inherit a version of Jesus shaped by tradition, politics, church culture, family stories, and what we were told to believe. But what happens when we look more closely at what Jesus actually taught?

In Part 1, Britt looks at the Jesus behind the familiar image: the storyteller, the disruptor, the healer, and the teacher who challenged status, religious performance, social hierarchy, and the abuse of power. This episode explores how the earliest stories about Jesus were shaped through oral tradition and community memory before becoming the Gospel texts many people know today.

Through Mark, Matthew, Luke, John, and the broader world around these writings, this episode looks at Jesus’ uncomfortable and often radical teachings on mercy, justice, humility, service, forgiveness, enemy love, and the kingdom of God. It also asks why so many of these teachings have been softened, misunderstood, or used as weapons in modern religious and political life.

For skeptics, seekers, former church kids, spiritual outsiders, and anyone trying to understand Jesus outside of institutional control, this episode offers a more honest look at the teacher whose message still challenges power, certainty, and the way we treat each other.

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Most of us inherit a version of Jesus shaped by tradition, politics, church culture, family stories, and what we were told to believe. But what happens when we look more closely at what Jesus actually taught?

In Part 1, Britt looks at the Jesus behind the familiar image: the storyteller, the disruptor, the healer, and the teacher who challenged status, religious performance, social hierarchy, and the abuse of power. This episode explores how the earliest stories about Jesus were shaped through oral tradition and community memory before becoming the Gospel texts many people know today.

Through Mark, Matthew, Luke, John, and the broader world around these writings, this episode looks at Jesus’ uncomfortable and often radical teachings on mercy, justice, humility, service, forgiveness, enemy love, and the kingdom of God. It also asks why so many of these teachings have been softened, misunderstood, or used as weapons in modern religious and political life.

For skeptics, seekers, former church kids, spiritual outsiders, and anyone trying to understand Jesus outside of institutional control, this episode offers a more honest look at the teacher whose message still challenges power, certainty, and the way we treat each other.
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In this episode of Maple and Myrrh, Britt and Mr.Teri explore what it means to make meaning, claim freedom, and become yourself when life has brought suffering, shame, rejection, or oppression. Beginning with Teri’s experience reading Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning during recovery from gender-affirming surgery, the conversation opens into a deeper reflection on queer spirituality, survival, and responsibility.

Through Viktor Frankl's work and experiences, this episode looks at three connected questions: How do we find meaning after suffering? What does it mean to be free when no one else gets to define us? And how do power, gender, bodies, and social conditions shape the choices available to us?

This is a thoughtful, personal, and accessible conversation about existentialism, trauma, queer becoming, and the sacred work of building a life that is truly our own. It honours suffering without glorifying it, challenges shallow ideas of “just be yourself,” and asks what liberation requires beyond personal courage. At its heart, this episode is about queer people as meaning-makers: not only surviving what tried to erase us, but creating beauty, community, responsibility, and new ways of being.

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In this candid interview, Mr. Teri Westerby shares his personal journey through gender-affirming surgery, recovery, and the importance of self-care and advocacy. Discover insights on medical systems, societal perceptions, and the power of authenticity.

Resources:

• Transcare BC - https://transcarebc.ca

• Phalloplasty Procedure - https://www.phallo.net/

• Gender-Affirming Surgery Overview - https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/gender-affirmation-surgeries

• Reddit - https://www.reddit.com

What if telepathy is not just science fiction? What if the strange moments we brush off, like knowing who is calling before the phone rings, feeling someone’s emotions from across the room, or receiving a message in a dream, are clues to something bigger?

In this episode, Britt and Mr. Teri get into telepathy, non-human intelligence, UFO experiences, NDEs, meditation, consciousness, and the weird space where science, spirituality, and personal experience start to overlap.

They talk about government interest in psychic phenomena, stories of non-verbal communication, historical accounts of people receiving messages beyond ordinary speech, and the possibility that consciousness may not be as locked inside the brain as we have been told.

From UFO contact stories to near-death experiences, shared thoughts, intuitive hits, and the idea that non-human intelligence may communicate through feeling, imagery, symbols, or direct knowing, this conversation asks one big question:

Are we picking up signals all the time and just not realizing it?

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What if a single equation could connect some of the deepest ideas in mathematics, physics, and philosophy?

In this episode, we explore Euler’s Identity, or "The God Equation", often called the most beautiful equation in mathematics:

e^(iπ) + 1 = 0

At first glance, it looks like a strange collection of symbols. But hidden inside it are five of the most important numbers in mathematics — 0, 1, π, e, and i — each representing a fundamental aspect of reality.

Together they link:

• growth and change

• cycles and rotation

• nothingness and unity

• the real and the imaginary

Along the way we explore how binary code turns sound into data, why ancient civilizations embedded mathematical harmony into architecture, and why this equation shows up everywhere from quantum physics to communication systems.

This episode doesn’t claim to prove spirituality, consciousness, or cosmic purpose. But it does ask a deeper question:

What does it mean when the universe turns out to be intelligible in ways we didn’t invent?

From the foundations of mathematics to the philosophical echoes of ancient traditions, this is a journey through one of the most astonishing discoveries in human thought — and what it might reveal about the hidden structure of reality.

Key Topics

• Euler's identity as the most beautiful equation
• The connection between math, nature, and spirituality
• The significance of pi, e, and imaginary numbers in understanding reality
• The cyclical nature of life, growth, decay, and return
• The unity of physical laws and spiritual concepts

Links:

Euler's formula 3d visualization By WoodMath

Animation of Pi (with narration)