In this season finale episode, we talk about Syrus’ prolific art practice is rooted in a vision of nurturing irresistible, joyful, hope-fueled revolutions and how the garden of abolition can grow our loving futures. We chat about what it means to be an amplifier of community through art and what he has learned from being a parent in the movement. Syrus generously shares his memories of spending time with visionary artists Octavia Butler and Emory Douglass. This conversation beautifully braids in the loving possibilities echoed in this podcast season of #PossibiltiesOfLove. 💖

Happy Sag Season! We love you!

Link to transcript: possibilitiespodcast.carrd.co

Show Credits:

Creative Lead/Host: Umang Antariksh Sagar, Season Producer: kumari giles, Editing and Audio Production: Katie Jensen at Vocal Fry Studios, Visual Art and Social Media: Harmeet Rehal, Music by: Hasheel and Lady Pista, Transcript: Jasmine Noseworthy Persaud, Admin Support: Salma Al Atassi

This week’s conversation is rooted in Leah’s latest book, The Future is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs. We talk about care networks, the complexity of mutual aid, disabled pessimism, joy and desire. As we move through change and collective grief, Leah shares how disabled knowledge and innovation have been generating the paths for us to move through the unknown of the pandemics we face and the vital importance of disability justice fuelling our care-centered visionary futures. 💖

Link to transcript: possibilitiespodcast.carrd.co

Show Credits:

Creative Lead/Host: Umang, Season Producer: kumari giles, Editing and Audio Production: Katie Jensen at Vocal Fry Studios, Visual Art and Social Media: Harmeet Rehal, Music by: Hasheel and Lady Pista, Transcript: Jasmine Noseworthy Persaud, Admin Support: Salma Al Atassi

In this sparkling conversation, Naty talks about the potency of the deep wilds, embodying the wilderness within us, and how regenerative reciprocity feeds all beings in all directions! We chat about their approach to their community arts practice, circle keeping and transformative justice work, and their expansive relationship to wonder and time! Through it all Naty expounds on the magic, messiness, sacredness and switchyness of relationships and how transformative love moves through forests & rivers. 💖

Link to transcript: possibilitiespodcast.carrd.co

Show Credits:

Creative Lead/Host: Umang, Season Producer: kumari giles, Editing and Audio Production: Katie Jensen at Vocal Fry Studios, Visual Art and Social Media: Harmeet Rehal, Music by: Hasheel and Lady Pista, Transcript: Jasmine Noseworthy Persaud, Admin Support: Salma Al Atassi

Possibilities of Loving Collaboration with adrienne maree brown and Autumn Brown! We chat about the many ways adrienne and Autumn infuse love and creativity into their collaboration with each other on their incredible podcast “How to Survive the End of the World”. We talk about navigating the unknown, adaptation, birthing and sharing ideas and sci- fi love! They share their influences, their evolving relationship to their audiences, and how they continue to deepen and grow their connection as siblings, organizers and creators. Their podcast has been an inspiration for our show and it’s a deep joy to be in loving alignment with them as both the @endoftheworldshow and @possibilitiespodcast are releasing seasons about love! Check this episode out for deep insight and infectious laughter! 💖💕💖

Link to transcript: possibilitiespodcast.carrd.co

Show Credits:

Creative Lead/Host: Umang, Season Producer: kumari giles, Editing and Audio Production: Katie Jensen at Vocal Fry Studios, Visual Art and Social Media: Harmeet Rehal, Music by: Hasheel and Lady Pista, Transcript: Jasmine Noseworthy Persaud, Admin Support: Salma Al Atassi

Possibilities of Creative Flourishing with the radiant Bilal Baig! We chat about how the possibilities and tensions of love form fertile ground for their creations including the groundbreaking TV series Sort Of and beyond! Bilal shares what excites them in creative work and nourishes them in collaborations, how their family informs their comedic style, and how they honour their pace & younger self in making work that is authentic to them! We also get some tantalizing hints about what’s coming up in the soon to be released Season 2 of Sort Of!  🔥

Link to transcript: possibilitiespodcast.carrd.co

Show Credits:

Creative Lead/Host: Umang, Season Producer: kumari giles, Editing and Audio Production: Katie Jensen at Vocal Fry Studios, Visual Art and Social Media: Harmeet Rehal, Music by: Hasheel and Lady Pista, Transcript: Jasmine Noseworthy Persaud, Admin Support: Salma Al Atassi

In this episode we talk with Alexis and Sangodare as they celebrate 14 years of their loveship! This sweet episode is a special one because both Alexis and Sangodare have been big love teachers for Umang! We talk about the infinite ways in which Sangodare and Alexis lean into loving trust, curiosity, playfulness, and miracle with each other, and how that fuels the magic they offer out into the world.

Link to transcript: possibilitiespodcast.carrd.co

Creative Lead/Host: Umang Antariksh Sagar, Season Producer: kumari giles, Editing and Audio Production: Katie at Vocal Fry Studios, Visual Art and Social Media: Harmeet Rehal, Music by: Hasheel and Lady Pista, Transcript: Lilah Hill and kumari giles, Admin Support: Salma Al Atassi

In this episode we talk with Kai Cheng about being an “extremist for love” and her books “I Hope we Choose Love” and “Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars”. We also chat about the complexity of queer utopias, self mythologies, recreating institutional structures, queer/trans magic, our sacred unknown knowing and the western colonial myth of “lasting forever”. This transformative discussion is intricately braided with the idea of letting love and the relationship to self, community and beyond be the driving force of our lives🔥

Links to transcript: possibilitiespodcast.carrd.co

Show Credits:

Creative Lead/Host: Umang, Season Producer: kumari giles, Editing and Audio Production: Max Collins & Katie Jensen at Vocal Fry Studios, Visual Art and Social Media: Harmeet Rehal, Music by: Hasheel & Lady Pista, Transcript: Jasmine Noseworthy Persaud, Admin Support: Salma Al Atassi

Madhavi Menon is a scholar of desire and our first guest on our season, Possibilities of Love! This conversation is rooted in Madhavi’s incredible book “Infinite Variety: A history of Desire in India”. We talk about colonialism, caste, hindu mythology, Sufi poetry and darghas as a site of desire, yogic and tantric paths, adornment, the institution of marriage and love stories that capture our imagination! This episode speaks to an expanded landscape of history and ideological shifts of desire, and how desire is the rawest form of us🔥

Links to transcript: possibilitiespodcast.carrd.co

Show Credits:

Creative Lead/Host: Umang, Season Producer: kumari giles, Editing and Audio Production: Katie Jensen at Vocal Fry Studios, Visual Art and Social Media: Harmeet Rehal, Music by: Hasheel & Lady Pista, Transcript: Jasmine Noseworthy Persaud, Admin Support: Salma Al Atassi

This week’s episode, Possibilities of Regenerative Reciprocity is the last of our minisode series! This episode features Naty Tremblay (@civilcyborg) sharing insights about our collective responsibilities and making connections to create interwoven communities of magic, justice and transformation.

Links to Episode, Patreon and Transcript in Bio

ID: White block text on pink background reads "POSSIBILITIES OF REGENERATIVE RECIPROCITY W/NATY TREMBLAY ”. Below, there’s a circular photo of Naty, a metis francophone person smiling head tilted with short hair, shaved on the sides. They are wearing a soft pink shirt and necklace and there’s glitter surrounding them. Blue and pink alternating, text reads: “hosted by KUMARI GILES” "POSSIBILITY SHAPER, CIRCLE KEEPER & COMMUNITY NURTURING ARTIST NATY TREMBLAY REFLECTS ON THE DEEP LESSONS OF THIS PAST YEAR THROUGH OUR PANDEMIC QUESTIONNAIRE" "AVAILABLE NOW WHEREVER YOU LISTEN TO PODCASTS" At the bottom, white block text on pink background reads “EXTENDED VERSIONS OF MINISODES IS AVAILABLE ON OUR PATREON PAGE”.