Season 1 | Episode 3

In this week’s show, I speak to our dire need to both be compassionately witnessed and to compassionately witness others, citing our cultural lack of knowledge around birth, and shedding a light on those who have given birth in Gaza throughout the past year. If hearing some surgical specifics of a cesarean is not where you’re at today, I’ll meet you back here next week.

R I T E S is a podcast from composer, musician, and writer, Paris Hurley. In these weekly episodes, she shares personal essays about creative practice, art-making, and motherhood. Paid subscribers also receive her sonic prayers—a new piece of music released monthly just to this community. For more of Paris' work, you can hear OBJECT AS SUBJECT wherever you listen to your music or sign up for her weekly newsletter, where she shares additional writing and updates on all of her projects.

R I T E S was created, edited, and produced by Paris Hurley. All music, including the theme song, A Body Not Our Own is by OBJECT AS SUBJECT in collaboration with producer, Ben Kaplan of Lost Future Records.  

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