Radical Soul
39 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago -Formerly Left-Handed Journeys. Interviews with radical souls about their spiritual journeys, especially centering the stories of queer folks and sex workers.
This podcast is part of the larger Radical Soul brand which centers justice, strives to help others heal from religious trauma, and rejects white and Christian supremacy.
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Activist Bex Mui on Spiritual Health
March 02, 2024 17:26 - 44 minutes - 41 MBI hope you’re lucky enough to have a friend or friends who specifically check on your mental health. Folks who genuinely want to hear about your anxiety, depression, attempts to focus, regulate sleep, etc. It’s pretty wonderful to have permission to talk about these things. Spiritual activist Bex Mui is taking it one step further. She wants to talk about your spiritual health. In our interview, she explains: “We've always understood physical health. That's always been a part of our system ...
Goddess Erica on worship as a low bar
February 02, 2024 15:42 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBWhen Goddess Erica and her husband opened up their marriage, her husband helped demonstrate how she deserved to be treated. “I don't want to say that he gave me the standards, but he helped me get to a point where I realized that l my low bar is worship,” she explained in our interview. But this realization wasn’t the only thing that led to Erica claiming her Goddess title. Becoming a mom was also a big part of the journey of learning how she felt about herself: “I gave up my body and was ...
The Subconscious Made Conscious with Addie Hirschten
January 23, 2024 23:24 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBA friend and artist Addie Hirschten recently released her first book, The Alchemy of Symbols: How to Use the Power of Images to Transform Your Life. The book is about living an intentional life filled with symbols: noticing how symbols affect you and paying attention to how the universe may be speaking to you through them, and/or how you also may be speaking to yourself. Addie asks the reader (and podcast listener) to consider what symbols you surround yourself with and why. Symbology is ju...
Jera Brown and David Britton Discuss Their Spiritual Evolutions
January 10, 2024 20:02 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBIn a special episode of Radical Soul, my partner David Britton interviews me for a change! He asks me about growing up as a pastor’s kid and my move away from Christianity. For the past fifteen years, we’ve been there to witness each other’s spiritual evolutions. The result is a unique glimpse into the ways two people who love each other can impact each other, as well as what remains stable about someone’s personality or essence in the midst of massive change. During the interview, David ...
Janet Hardy On Aging in a Public Body
December 19, 2023 13:36 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBJanet Hardy has a very public body. As a traveling kink educator and public player, it’s no leap to believe that thousands of people around the world have studied her body in public scenes or demonstrations. And as an author, much of Hardy’s work has centered around her own embodied experiences. As such, she has given us access to her body in a profoundly intimate way. Now in her late sixties, Janet reflects on her aging body and her changing relationship with pain, sex, gender, time, and m...
On Aging in a Public Body
December 19, 2023 13:36 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBJanet Hardy has a very public body. As a traveling kink educator and public player, it’s no leap to believe that thousands of people around the world have studied her body in public scenes or demonstrations. And as an author, much of Hardy’s work has centered around her own embodied experiences. As such, she has given us access to her body in a profoundly intimate way. Now in her late sixties, Janet reflects on her aging body and her changing relationship with pain, sex, gender, time, and m...
Tristan Taormino on Cultivating Intuition
October 03, 2023 22:51 - 47 minutes - 32.3 MBTristan Taormino’s new memoir A Part of the Heart Can’t Be Eaten combines her relationship with her father who died from AIDS, coming into her own queer identity, and becoming the sex educator and porn creator that she is today. As her astrologer who read her birth chart explained, Tristan is living in her dharma. There’s a beautiful theme of learning to trust her intuition throughout the book, and I asked Tristan about this. How do we learn to build a sense of intuition? You’ll find some ...
Kai Cheng Thom on the Inherent Worth of Cis Men and Trans Femmes
September 27, 2023 19:59 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBKai Cheng Thom’s most recent book, Falling Back in Love With Being Human, is a series of letters to people or groups of people who are hard to love. Which is everyone. She addresses trans-exclusionary radical feminists (TERFs) and trans women. She writes to sex workers and their clients. She has letters to mass shooters and their victims. She writes to J.K. Rowling. She writes to herself. The current state of the world can make it awfully hard to ground ourselves in love. It can be hard to...
Desire as Trickster Energy with Opulence Abundance
August 26, 2023 13:56 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MB“Healing our relationship to desire, and being able to acknowledge, verbalize, and celebrate our desires is key to living a life of joy, presence, and meaning,” explained conflict navigator and healer Opulence Abundance in a recent newsletter/blog post. We spoke about Opulence’s relationship with desire for the podcast, along with the relationship between yoga and the caste system, embracing one’s identity as a healer, and the loss of wisdom in communities that shun their elders. Resources...
Rebranding the Podcast
August 20, 2023 19:54 - 2 minutes - 2.4 MBQuick announcement about rebranding this podcast to the Radical Soul Podcast. Follow me on Twitter, Instagram, or Threads. And if a certain newsletter or episode of this podcast resonated for you, please share it with others. Thank you so much for your support, and expect new content soon! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit radicalsoul.substack.com
spiritchild on Embracing Core Desires While Dismantling the System
April 21, 2023 12:03 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBMy latest guest for Left-Handed Journeys is spirit, also known as spiritchild. We talked about: * spirit’s spiritual roots as a Yaruba or Santerio priest. * Traveling as a freedom artist and giving back to communities he visits. * spirit’s work as a Somatica practitioner, helping people embrace their core desires. * What it means to be a spiritually-rooted person and a revolutionary. Transcript for this episode available here. spirit is an afro-indgenía maroon (of Puerto Rican and J...
Felicity Azura On Loneliness and Professional Cuddling
April 06, 2023 20:07 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MB“I understand why self-care is important, but self-care cannot be a replacement for community care. You cannot ‘self-care’ your way out of horrible mistreatment, and mistreatment is often systemic,” explained Felicity Azura, my guest for this episode of the Left-Handed Journeys Podcast. Felicity is a writer, professional cuddler, sex worker, and host of Pro Cuddle Hustle —the world's first podcast on the cuddle industry. We talked about the unique space that professional cuddling holds in s...
On the Sacredness of Casual Sex with Queer Theology’s Brian and Shay
March 05, 2023 17:33 - 48 minutes - 22.4 MBQueer Theology is the multi-faceted brand of Brian G. Murphy and Fr. Shay Kearns — two friends who believe in spreading a progressive message about the goodness of queerness, gender fluidity, and sexuality within Christian spaces. However, the community they’ve fostered, known as the Sanctuary Collective, is open to all “seekers, doubters, and used-to-be-Christians” who are looking for a body-positive welcoming space to ask questions and just be. In this episode of Left-Handed Journeys, we ...
Lenny Duncan: Daddy Dom and Priest of Oshun
January 29, 2023 10:59 - 1 hour - 44.5 MBA big theme in Lenny Duncan’s story, as they told it to me for the podcast, is making space for themselves and breaking out of spaces that no longer fit. From a teen runaway who finds a home in alternative relationships in the 90s with other queer folks, to becoming ordained in the ELCA church, to becoming initiated into Ifa, an African spiritual tradition while reparenting themselves in a loving kink community. In this episode, we talked about The Grateful Dead, praying to our ancestors, ...
Colin Bedell on Queering the Cosmos
December 30, 2022 20:00 - 44 minutes - 20.4 MBIn this episode, I talk to the wonderful Colin Bedell whose work combines queer studies and astrology. We talked how to "queer" astrology through the act of questioning and how astrology can, in turn, deepen your self-identity . Colin explains how he came into his own as a queer individual through understanding his sign and his place in the universe and how he now grows in his spiritual being by queering astrology. Learn more at queercosmos.com or follow Colin on Instagram @queercosmos. F...
Filmmaker Alex Liu on Sex Education and Shame
September 13, 2022 14:00 - 33 minutes - 15.3 MBGrowing up, Alex Liu didn't know it was okay to be queer. And although he's been out of the closet for decades, a shadow of shame around sex and sexual desires still follows him around.He turned his own story and questions into a documentary: A Sexplanation. The documentary takes us "from neuroscience labs to church pews, [featuring] provocative conversations with psychologists, sex researchers—and even a Jesuit priest. With humor and grit, Alex takes audiences on a playful, heartfelt journe...
Jimanekia Eborn on the Spiritual Practice of a Bath
March 30, 2022 14:00 - 46 minutes - 21.3 MBWe all get to define what spirituality is for us. Jimanekia Eborn, also known as the Trauma Queen, has done this for herself. One of her spiritual practices is a bath with different oils—something that connects her to her body. And on this episode of the podcast, she encourages listeners to figure out what unique spiritual practices work for them.We talk about relationships and trauma, femmes and the unhealthy expectation to trust quickly, and building self-trust.More about my guest:Jimaneki...
Jimanekia Eborn on the spiritual practice of a bath
March 30, 2022 14:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBWe all get to define what spirituality is for us. Jimanekia Eborn, also known as the Trauma Queen, has done this for herself. One of her spiritual practices is a bath with different oils—something that connects her to her body. And on this episode of the podcast, she encourages listeners to figure out what unique spiritual practices work for them. We talk about relationships and trauma, femmes and the unhealthy expectation to trust quickly, and building self-trust. More about my guest: Jim...
Antonieta Paco on sacred sex work
March 24, 2022 01:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBAntonieta Paco, AKA Sonia Sass, views her sex work as priestess work. A part of the sacred lineage that extends back to temple priestesses. In this episode, we talk about how she became a mind/body/soul healer, how she explored her own indigenous roots and those of the communities, all around the country, that she found herself connected to. She also explains her work as a sex worker activist, and why it's such an important topic right now. As discussed in the episode, here's Antonieta's ...
Antonieta Paco on Sacred Sex Work
March 24, 2022 01:00 - 51 minutes - 23.7 MBAntonieta Paco, AKA Sonia Sass, views her sex work as priestess work. A part of the sacred lineage that extends back to temple priestesses. In this episode, we talk about how she became a mind/body/soul healer, how she explored her own indigenous roots and those of the communities, all around the country, that she found herself connected to. She also explains her work as a sex worker activist, and why it's such an important topic right now.As discussed in the episode, here's Antonieta's list...
Burlesque artist Jenn Freeman/Po'Chop on the erotic as a divine yes
February 18, 2022 00:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBChicago-based burlesque artist Jenn Freeman, also known as Po'Chop about burlesque as a spiritually healing tool, the erotic as the holy spirit, and Jenn/Po'Chop's work creating sacred spaces and art on the Chicago South Side. As their artist statement so beautifully explains, "Our work is a reimagining of Lord as (Audre) Lorde where worship is a space where the erotic is regarded as the highest knowledge and ancestors are whispered into walls made of brown bags. Our healing is urgent. Th...
Burlesque Artist Jenn Freeman/Po'Chop on the Erotic as a Divine Yes
February 18, 2022 00:00 - 41 minutes - 19 MBChicago-based burlesque artist Jenn Freeman, also known as Po'Chop about burlesque as a spiritually healing tool, the erotic as the holy spirit, and Jenn/Po'Chop's work creating sacred spaces and art on the Chicago South Side. As their artist statement so beautifully explains, "Our work is a reimagining of Lord as (Audre) Lorde where worship is a space where the erotic is regarded as the highest knowledge and ancestors are whispered into walls made of brown bags. Our healing is urgent. Throu...
Mistress Hecuba on Trauma Work and BDSM
February 05, 2022 05:00 - 46 minutes - 21.3 MBMistress Hecuba explores intimacy through cathartic pain and alarming psychodrama. BDSM is a structure that holds the space for the bizarre, the uncomfortable, and any lustful perversions that are either raging to be seen or lying dormant in the depths of the psyche. Some of her favorite forms of play teach her new things and push against the boundaries and limits of her submissives. She seeks an experience with her submissives and craves to see them in all their complexity and raw humanity....
Mistress Hecuba on trauma work and BDSM
February 05, 2022 05:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBMistress Hecuba explores intimacy through cathartic pain and alarming psychodrama. BDSM is a structure that holds the space for the bizarre, the uncomfortable, and any lustful perversions that are either raging to be seen or lying dormant in the depths of the psyche. Some of her favorite forms of play teach her new things and push against the boundaries and limits of her submissives. She seeks an experience with her submissives and craves to see them in all their complexity and raw humanity....
Wild & Sublime's Karen Yates on Rewiring Orgasms and Erotic Energy
January 30, 2022 23:00 - 43 minutes - 19.8 MBFor over twenty years, Karen Yates worked in Chicago in the performing arts as a director, actor, writer and producer. Six years ago she left the arts and moved into a deep exploration of sexuality and energy - in Tantra and somatic sex education, and Biofield Tuning, a form of sound healing that addresses to issues in the electromagnetic field of the body. Now she is the host and producer of Wild & Sublime, a live talk show and podcast about sex for all orientations, preferences and relatio...
Wild & Sublime's Karen Yates on rewiring orgasms and erotic energy
January 30, 2022 23:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBFor over twenty years, Karen Yates worked in Chicago in the performing arts as a director, actor, writer and producer. Six years ago she left the arts and moved into a deep exploration of sexuality and energy - in Tantra and somatic sex education, and Biofield Tuning, a form of sound healing that addresses to issues in the electromagnetic field of the body. Now she is the host and producer of Wild & Sublime, a live talk show and podcast about sex for all orientations, preferences and relatio...
Fetish Model and Pro Cuddler Fiesty Feminista on Professional Erotic Work
January 23, 2022 03:00 - 42 minutes - 19.6 MBFiesty Feminista thinks we should rename sex work to erotic work to truly encompass the work that providers do. In this episode, we talk about that and more.Fiesty is a fetish model, session wrestler, and professional cuddler who uses her public persona to spread feminist messages and the importance of a connection with nature.Fiesty tells her story, from being raised in the Catholic church to becoming a social activist in NYC to how she got into professional cuddling. Follow Fiesty on Inst...
Fetish model and pro cuddler Fiesty Feminista on professional erotic work
January 23, 2022 03:00 - 42 minutes - 11.3 MBFiesty Feminista thinks we should rename sex work to erotic work to truly encompass the work that providers do. In this episode, we talk about that and more. Fiesty is a fetish model, session wrestler, and professional cuddler who uses her public persona to spread feminist messages and the importance of a connection with nature. Fiesty tells her story, from being raised in the Catholic church to becoming a social activist in NYC to how she got into professional cuddling. Follow Fiesty on ...
Spiritual Drag Artist Bonnie Violet on Identity Doulaship
September 27, 2021 12:00 - 48 minutes - 22.2 MBIn this episode, I talk to Bonnie Violet, a trans femme genderqueer spiritual drag artist and digital chaplain. She shares her story from being diagnosed with HIV at 19 and using drugs and alcohol to compensate for the loss of religious community to becoming a chaplain to learning to embrace her trans-ness through drag. Bonnie Violet is a YouTuber, Twitcher & Host of a queer chaplain podcast with such series as Drag & Spirituality, TranSpirit & Faith Leaders. Co-host of Splintered Grace with...
Spiritual drag artist Bonnie Violet on identity doulaship
September 27, 2021 12:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBIn this episode, I talk to Bonnie Violet, a trans femme genderqueer spiritual drag artist and digital chaplain. She shares her story from being diagnosed with HIV at 19 and using drugs and alcohol to compensate for the loss of religious community to becoming a chaplain to learning to embrace her trans-ness through drag. Bonnie Violet is a YouTuber, Twitcher & Host of a queer chaplain podcast with such series as Drag & Spirituality, TranSpirit & Faith Leaders. Co-host of Splintered Grace wi...
Artist Janet Chui on spiritual awakenings, tarot, and kink
August 19, 2021 23:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MBJanet Chui is the artist based in Singapore and creator of the Self-Love Oracle. Drawing fantastical subjects since childhood and holding a B.A. in Journalism, she's worked in tourism and publishing, and is currently studying Counseling Psychology. After her experiences with motherhood, divorce, Tibetan Buddhism, healing, and the supernatural, she pushes others to heal through self-exploration and self-expression. We talked about Janet's spiritual awakening while giving birth, her journey t...
Artist Janet Chui on Spiritual Awakenings, Tarot, and Kink
August 19, 2021 23:00 - 40 minutes - 18.7 MBJanet Chui is an artist based in Singapore and creator of the Self-Love Oracle. Drawing fantastical subjects since childhood and holding a B.A. in Journalism, she's worked in tourism and publishing, and is currently studying Counseling Psychology. After her experiences with motherhood, divorce, Tibetan Buddhism, healing, and the supernatural, she pushes others to heal through self-exploration and self-expression.We talked about Janet's spiritual awakening while giving birth, her journey thro...
Krista Wilson on erotic self-care and religious trauma
August 19, 2021 22:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBKrista Wilson, a licensed professional counselor working in Chicago, is currently developing an online community for the treatment of religious trauma syndrome and the effects of Purity Culture called Existence Therapy. We talked about how growing up in a conservative religious environment or a colonized culture can lead to religious trauma, as well as unhealthy views on sexuality. Krista talked about her own journey away from a conservative Christian mindset and how a masturbation practice...
Fio Gede Parma on Erotic Possibilities
August 19, 2021 22:00 - 44 minutes - 20.2 MBFio Gede Parma is a Balinese-Australian hereditary spirit-worker, seer, diviner, and initiated witch.Fio has been a dedicated, passionate, and purposeful mentor of witches and spirit-workers for 15 years and serves with love in Wildwood, Reclaiming, and Anderson Feri Traditions.They are the award-winning author of several books and anthologies including Ecstatic Witchcraft, Magic of the Iron Pentacle (with Jane Meredith), and Elements of Magic (with Jane Meredith). Fio has taught Witchcraft ...
Fio Gede Parma on erotic possibilities
August 19, 2021 22:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBFio Gede Parma is a Balinese-Australian hereditary spirit-worker, seer, diviner, and initiated witch. Fio has been a dedicated, passionate, and purposeful mentor of witches and spirit-workers for 15 years and serves with love in Wildwood, Reclaiming, and Anderson Feri Traditions. They are the award-winning author of several books and anthologies including Ecstatic Witchcraft, Magic of the Iron Pentacle (with Jane Meredith), and Elements of Magic (with Jane Meredith). Fio has taught Witchcr...
Krista Wilson on Erotic Self-Care and Religious Trauma
August 19, 2021 22:00 - 44 minutes - 20.4 MBKrista Wilson, a licensed professional counselor working in Chicago, is currently developing an online community for the treatment of religious trauma syndrome and the effects of Purity Culture called Existence Therapy.We talked about how growing up in a conservative religious environment or a colonized culture can lead to religious trauma, as well as unhealthy views on sexuality. Krista talked about her own journey away from a conservative Christian mindset and how a masturbation practice c...
Venus Valentine on the spiritual power of phone sex hotlines
August 14, 2021 00:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBVenus Valentine is a genderfluid femme sexpert, BBW fetish model, and host of the Dirty Panties Podcast. S/he is a spiritual wanderer who has explored a number of esoteric paths to find what works for her. We talked about how easy it is to get disenchanted with various communities and spiritual teachers, such as the problematic tendencies of sex therapy culture and a shady Tantra mentor. We also talked about our work as phone sex operators, which Venus introduced me to, and how it can be a p...
Venus Valentine on the Spiritual Power of Phone Sex Hotlines
August 14, 2021 00:00 - 47 minutes - 21.8 MBVenus Valentine is a genderfluid femme sexpert, BBW fetish model, and host of the Dirty Panties Podcast. S/he is a spiritual wanderer who has explored a number of esoteric paths to find what works for her. We talked about how easy it is to get disenchanted with various communities and spiritual teachers, such as the problematic tendencies of sex therapy culture and a shady Tantra mentor. We also talked about our work as phone sex operators, which Venus introduced me to, and how it can be a p...
My Journey & Welcome to the Podcast
August 13, 2021 17:00 - 4 minutes - 3.4 MBJera shares pieces of their own left-handed journey and why they started this podcast. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @thejerabrown Instagram: @thejerabrown This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit radicalsoul.substack.com