Life is a Festival
Transformational gatherings, the communities they build, and the teachers who help us bring that open-hearted joy home.
The Marvelous Mother Shucker of Mardi Gras
Life is a Festival #52: Katrina Brees (The Bearded Oysters)
We go deep into the history of Mardi Gras with fabulous parades and exclusive balls, prideful showings and pubic wigs. We discuss Katrina’s work advocating against gun violence, microdosing for mental health, and throwing a lemonade party when life gave her its sourest lemon.
The Boy Hero Must Die
Life is a Festival #48: The Mythic Masculine Podcast with Ian Mackenzie
It is the humility of the failed hero that allows him to truly connect with his brothers
We Can All Be Babes
Life is a Festival #36: Andrea Graham (The Librarian)
At Bass Coast, a beautiful boutique festival in the forests of British Columbia, everyone is a babe. What is a babe? A Bass Coast babe is a person of any gender who’s really feeling themselves.
The Ripple Effect of Claiming Your Space
Life is a Festival #34: Lizzie Rose (Lizzie Rose Media)
An ode to taking up space as boldly, colorfully, and radiantly as you want.
It’s Better With You Here
Life is a Festival #29: Live From BMIR (Burning Man Information Radio)
Live from Burning Man with David Block (The Human Experience), Jex and Wolverine.
Can Free Love Save the World?
Life is a Festival #27: Julia Maryanska & Ian MacKenzie (Love School)
According to Tamera, the revolutionary peace research eco village in Portugal, liberating love from fear, violence, and lies is the root solution for a true system change.
Dance Music's Woke Girl Gang
Life is a Festival #25: Abi Getto & Liz Garard (Nap Girls)
How the iconic napping pose drew over 250 members to the collective, intersectionality and white feminism, how a girl gang metabolized #metoo, and how best to be an ally.
Find Your Rite of Passage
Life is a Festival #18: Life Rites with Max Carver & Ari Andersen
My personal story of embarking on the Mount Everest of shamanic journeys, the psychedelic medicine iboga which I took as part of an initiation with the Bwiti people in Gabon.
A Masterclass in Consent
Life is a Festival #13: Romi Elan (SoulPlay Festivals)
Would you like to live life like a festival? If the answer is an enthusiastic YES, join us for this dynamic conversation.
The Verdant World of a Village Witch
Life is a Festival #10: Sarah Wu (Envision Festival)
Life is a festival and in Costa Rica they call it Pura Vida.
The Mythopoetic Antidote for Pornography Addiction
Life is a Festival #7: Zhenzan Dao (The MogaDao Institute)
With her ferocious wisdom like honey from the mouth of a Jaguar, Zhenzan teaches limitless passion.