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Radical Soul
by Jera Brown
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.Want to be featured? Email [email protected]. radicalsoul.substack.com
Episodes
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Can I Still Love Tolkien?
Many of us raised in the church grew up idolizing Christian authors like C.S. Lewis, Dorothy Sayers, and Flannery O’Conner. And you didn’t have to grow up in the church to learn to love J.R.R. Tolkien. But looking back, these authors can be problematic. Rereading them, it’s easy to spot sexism,...
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Inclusive Heathenry with Siri Vincent Plouff
As early as the mid-19th century, white supremacists started using Norse mythology in an attempt to legitimize ideas that people with Scandinavian or Germanic heritage were of a superior race. Later, the Nazis used Nordic symbols, often the runes, as part of their party. To this day, white...
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Dr. Pamela Ayo Yetunde: Full Interview
This is the longer of two episodes featuring author, pastoral counselor, and Dharma Leader Dr. Pamela Ayo Yetunde. In this full 90-minute interview, you’ll hear about Ayo’s experiences being a part of the school integration initiative in the 60s and 70s and being bussed to a mostly White school....
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Is it a small-j or big-j justice day?
This is the shorter of two episodes featuring Dr. Pamela Ayo Yetunde. In this 30-minute version, I pulled together moments from our interview that highlight Ayo’s insights about justice with a small j — which is justice on a personal level — versus justice with a Large J — which is systemic…
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Seven ways to fight fascism
This is part three of a three part series on combating Christian Nationalism. The entire conversation was livestreamed on Wednesday, November 6, the day after the election. Part one covered what Christian nationalism is and who Christian nationalists are. Part two covered what doesn’t work in...
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Fighting fascism: what doesn't work
This is part two of a three part series on combating Christian Nationalism. The entire conversation was livestreamed on Wednesday, November 6, the day after the election. If you haven’t heard it yet, part one covered what Christian nationalism is and who Christian nationalists are. A reminder…
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Know your enemy; know your future ally
On Nov 6, I went live on Instagram and YouTube with three spiritual leaders and activists to discuss how to combat Christian Nationalism. I’m breaking up the discussion into three podcast episodes. In this first one, we discuss what Christian Nationalism is and who Christian nationalists are. The...
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When Healing Finally Happens
If you’re on a healing journey, you know what I mean by “ahah moments.” Those rare moments when something finally clicks and allows you to finally give up a hurtful habit or belief. These breakthroughs can take years to get to. And it’s not uncommon to believe they’ll never come. Or that they’ll...
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New Series Honoring Queer Elders & Ancestors
I’m launching a new series for Radical Soul, honoring queer elders and ancestors. What you can expect: * Podcast interviews with queer activists and authors in their 60s and 70s reflecting on their careers, their personal journeys, and their latest work. * Posts at radicalsoul.co on the legacies…
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Activist Bex Mui on Spiritual Health
I 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...
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Goddess Erica on worship as a low bar
When 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...
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The Subconscious Made Conscious with Addie Hirschten
A 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...
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Jera Brown and David Britton Discuss Their Spiritual Evolutions
In 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…
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Janet Hardy On Aging in a Public Body
Janet 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.…
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Tristan Taormino on Cultivating Intuition
Tristan 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...
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Kai Cheng Thom on the Inherent Worth of Cis Men and Trans Femmes
Kai 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...
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Desire as Trickster Energy with Opulence Abundance
“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...
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Rebranding the Podcast
Quick 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…
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spiritchild on Embracing Core Desires While Dismantling the System
My 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...
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Felicity Azura On Loneliness and Professional Cuddling
“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…
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On the Sacredness of Casual Sex with Queer Theology’s Brian and Shay
Queer 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...
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Lenny Duncan: Daddy Dom and Priest of Oshun
A 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…
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Colin Bedell on Queering the Cosmos
In 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…
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Filmmaker Alex Liu on Sex Education and Shame
Growing 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...
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Jimanekia Eborn on the Spiritual Practice of a Bath
We 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…
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Antonieta Paco on Sacred Sex Work
Antonieta 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...
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Burlesque Artist Jenn Freeman/Po'Chop on the Erotic as a Divine Yes
Chicago-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...
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Mistress Hecuba on Trauma Work and BDSM
Mistress 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...
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Wild & Sublime's Karen Yates on Rewiring Orgasms and Erotic Energy
For 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...
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Fetish Model and Pro Cuddler Fiesty Feminista on Professional Erotic Work
Fiesty 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...
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Spiritual Drag Artist Bonnie Violet on Identity Doulaship
In 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...
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Artist Janet Chui on Spiritual Awakenings, Tarot, and Kink
Janet 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,...
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Fio Gede Parma on Erotic Possibilities
Fio 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...
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Krista Wilson on Erotic Self-Care and Religious Trauma
Krista 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...
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Venus Valentine on the Spiritual Power of Phone Sex Hotlines
Venus 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...
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My Journey & Welcome to the Podcast
Jera 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...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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.Want to be featured? Email [email protected].
radicalsoul.substack.com
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Jera Brown
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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...
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