Episodes
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Bonus episode - The Witch Wave LIVE Show: Celebrating 10 Seasons and Samhain!
The Witch Wave LIVE show was filmed at Littlefield in Brooklyn on October 26, 2026, and sponsored by Mithras Candle - Watch the video of the show here The moon is full, Samhain is nigh, and The Witch Wave with Pam Grossman is turning 10! In this live show, Pam leads a Samhain ritual, answers a...
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#175 - Cain Culto, Musician Magician
Cain Culto is a singer, rapper, producer, violinist, and visual artist whose genre-defying music is some of the most exciting being made today. This Kentucky-bred Latinx polymath writes songs about the occult, queerness, activism, and healing from religious trauma, and he describes his music as...
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#174 - Bill Crisafi, Otherworldly Artist
Bill Crisafi is an artist and illustrator and now author whose drawings of witches, ghouls, and magical toad ladies have amassed an enormous legion of fans. Campy, sexy, whimsical, and always full of flair, Bill’s supernatural creative world strikes a balance between the spooky and the joyfully...
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#173 - Shannon Purser, Supernatural Actor
It’s The Witch Wave Season 10 premiere!! Shannon Purser (she/they) is an Emmy-nominated actor, singer-songwriter, screenwriter, and director. They’ve played such iconic onscreen roles as Barb in Stranger Things (Netflix) and Ethel Muggs in Riverdale (CW), and they’ve starred in the Netflix film...
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#172 - Rachel Dratch, Comedy Goddess
Our Season Finale guest is Rachel Dratch, a comedy LEGEND who was a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1999-2006, during which she developed and performed such iconic characters as Debbie Downer, “The Love-ahs” with Will Ferrell, and the Boston teen Denise "Zazu" McDenna. (And she still pops...
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#171 - Lindsay Mack is Back! Author of “Tarot for the Wild Soul”
Lindsay Mack is an intuitive tarot teacher, writer, and founder of Tarot for the Wild Soul, as well as the host of the popular podcast of the same name, which has been downloaded over ten million times. Lindsay’s new book Tarot for the Wild Soul: A Trauma-Informed Approach for Growth, Healing…
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#170 - Sam Pinkleton, Director of Oh, Mary! and The Rocky Horror Show
Sam Pinkleton is the Tony Award-winning director of Oh, Mary! and the 9-time Tony Award-nominated revival of Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show on Broadway at Studio 54. His work as a director also includes Josh Sharp's TA-DA!, Morgan Bassichis’ Can I Be Frank?, Noah Diaz’ You Will Get Sick,...
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#169 - Aidan Wachter, Animist Magician
Aidan Wachter is an animist magician who has been actively involved in magical practice since the 1980s. His work reflects a wide ranging, eclectic, and non-dogmatic approach, with influences from many paths. His books include Six Ways: Approaches and Entries for Practical Magic; Weaving Fate:...
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#168 - Fiona Cook, Author of "The Dream Atlas"
Fiona Cook is the author of The Dream Atlas: An Interactive Guide to Dreamwork (illustrated by Kathleen Neeley) which is a year-long workbook to help you deepen your relationship to your dreams. Her debut book, The Wheel of the Year: An Illustrated Guide to Nature's Rhythms, illustrated by…
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#167 - Jinkx Monsoon, Goddess of Theatre, Returns Again!
Jinkx Monsoon returns to the pod for the third time! Jinkx is an award-winning actress, comedian, recording artist, and the first and only drag queen to win RuPaul’s Drag Race twice. She has become a Broadway breakout star with critically acclaimed performances in Chicago (where she broke box...
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#166 - Maria Minnis, Tarot Revolutionary
Maria Minnis is an unapologetically Black and queer tarot reader of 20+ years who teaches people about blending their spirituality with magic, liberation work, and eroticism in their everyday lives. She believes that the end result of all magic should be to cultivate a more equitable and…
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#165 - Melissa Auf der Maur, Bewitching Bassist (Hole / The Smashing Pumpkins)
Melissa Auf der Maur is an acclaimed musician, photographer, curator, and producer, best known as the former bassist of rock bands Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins. Her new memoir Even the Good Girls Will Cry covers those heady rockstar times of the 1990s, and is out now. She has also released two...
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#164 - Fiona Horne, Trailblazing Witch
Fiona Horne is widely recognized as one of the original pioneers of modern witchcraft — and one of the few to remain relevant, respected, and bestselling across three decades. As a trailblazing public witch she’s been a popular radio and TV personality on shows including Entertainment Tonight…
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#163 - Banafsheh Sayyad, Divine Dancer
Banafsheh Sayyad is a master Iranian sacred dancer, choreographer, transformational teacher, and founder of Dance of Oneness®, a certification program that explores dance as a path of embodied spirituality. Performing and teaching internationally, she has initiated thousands into the profound...
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#162 - Justina and Dr. Ronnie Blakeney of Jungalow and GROW Oracle Deck
Justina and Dr. Ronnie Blakeney are the daughter and mother team behind GROW: Pathways to Passion, Purpose & Peace Guidebook and Oracle Deck. Justina Blakeney is a visionary artist, designer, and New York Times bestselling author. As the founder and creative force behind Jungalow®, she’s known…
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#161 - Aliza Kelly, Astrology Star
Aliza Kelly is a celebrity astrologer, author, and media personality known for bridging mysticism with the mainstream. Recognized for her grounded and relatable approach to astrology, Aliza's worked with dozens of stars, including Drew Barrymore, Bella Hadid, Keke Palmer, Yara Shahidi, Jonathan…
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#160 - Mandy Aftel, High Priestess of Perfume
Mandy Aftel is a pioneering American artisan natural perfumer who has been called one of the fragrance industry’s “most prolific talents” by Vogue and an “angel of alchemy” by Vanity Fair. She is an author, educator, and founder of Aftelier Perfumes and the Aftel Archive of Curious Scents located...
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#159 - Sarah Potter, Author of "Sober Magic"
Sarah Potter is a professional witch, intuitive tarot reader, and spiritual guide who combines ancient wisdom with modern mysticism. She is the author of Sober Magic: Using the Tarot and Ritual in Your Journey Away from Drinking. Sarah also writes Tarotscopes for Astrology.com and Bust Magazine…
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#158 - Erika Kubick, Cheese Witch
Erika Kubick is an author, artist, recipe developer, and practitioner living in Chicago. In 2015, she founded Cheese Sex Death as a blog devoted to educating, exciting, and empowering cheese lovers everywhere. Since then, she has amassed an international following and published two books: Cheese...
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#157 - CAConrad, (Soma)tic Poet
CAConrad has been writing poems for over 50 years and working with (Soma)tic poetry rituals for over 20 years. Their latest book is Listen to the Golden Boomerang Return (Wave Books / UK Penguin 2024). They won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, a Creative Capital grant, a Pew Fellowship, a Lambda…
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#156 - Loretta Ledesma, The Death Witch
The Death Witch, Loretta Ledesma, also known as Loo, is the founder of The Mile High Conjure Gala, a Santa Muerte Devotee, and a co-owner of The Cauldron Black. She has a deep relationship with the spirit world, ancestors, and is a lover of plants and a seeker of justice. She approaches the work...
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Bonus ep! Pam and MAGIC MAKER on The Missing Witches podcast!
Happy Magic Maker pub day!! On this bonus episode, the tables are turned, and Pam is a guest on the Missing Witches podcast to discuss her magical new book. Magic Maker: The Enchanted Path to Creativity is out everywhere now! Please order yours, and join Pam for some Magic Maker launch events in...
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#155 - Kate Belew, Author of "Word Witch"
Kate Belew is an author, poet, and Witch. Her work exists at the crossroads of creativity and magic. She has taught and facilitated circles and workshops worldwide since 2017. She is dedicated to the spirit of poetry, the sacred wild of the planet, and seeks enchantment in all she does. She is a...
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#154 - Steve Burns, Host with the Most
Welcome to Season 9 of The Witch Wave! Steve Burns is an American actor and musician best known as the former host of the hit children’s television series Blue's Clues. He starred in the show from 1996 - 2002 and got a Daytime Emmy nomination in 2001. As a musician he’s released several albums of...
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#153 - Tourmaline, Liberation Luminary
It’s the Witch Wave Season 8 Finale! Tourmaline is an award-winning artist, filmmaker, writer, and activist whose work is dedicated to Black trans joy and freedom. She’s the author of the new book Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson, which is the first comprehensive – and utterly...
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#152 - Kelli Scarr, Musician of Mysteries
Kelli Scarr is an American singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist based in New York's Hudson Valley. She is also the founder of Vera Jean Music, a pioneering record label dedicated to championing the talents of women artists over the age of 40. Raised in Northern California, Scarr’s musical...
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#151 - Cara Claymore, Strength Magician
Cara Claymore is a strength athlete and strength & fitness coach as well as a filmmaker, artist, writer, speaker, and Tarotist. They are a polytheistic witch and syncretic magickal operator, who subscribes to a fully enspirited worldview, and strives to play and provoke on the frontier of the…
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#150 - Hilma's Ghost, Abstract Art Witches
Hilma’s Ghost is a feminist artist collective co-founded by artists and educators Dannielle Tegeder and Sharmistha Ray that fuses contemporary art with modern spirituality through forms of divination and ritual. Named after the Swedish artist and mystic, Hilma af Klint, the collective's work is a...
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#149 - Olga Naiman, Spatial Alchemist
Olga Naiman has been a New York City-based magazine editor, freelance stylist, and interior designer for the past twenty-five years. Her work has been featured extensively in publications such as House Beautiful, Domino Magazine, The Washington Post, Real Simple, and many more. Her unique…
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#148 - Ronald Hutton, Professor of Paganism and Witchcraft
Ronald Hutton is a professor of history at Bristol University. He is a leading authority on ancient and medieval paganism and magic, the British Isles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and on global context of witchcraft beliefs. He is the author of seventeen books, including The…
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#147 - Paulina Stevens & Jezmina Von Thiele, Secrets of Romani Fortune-Telling Authors
Paulina Stevens and Jezmina Von Thiele are the co-hosts of Romanistan, a podcast that celebrates Romani identity, culture, and tradition. They are also the co-authors of the book, Secrets of Romani Fortune-Telling: Divining with Tarot, Palmistry, Tea Leaves, and More. Paulina Stevens is a...
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#146 - Mitch Horowitz, Occult Historian and Practical Magic(k)ian
Mitch Horowitz is one of today’s most literate voices of occultism, mysticism, and the unexplained. He has bylines in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, Time, and The Wall Street Journal, and appearances in Sundance-premiering movies, popular TV docuseries, and award-winning...
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#145 - Vera Sola AKA Danielle Aykroyd, Spirited Songstress
Danielle Aykroyd is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who performs under the name Vera Sola. Sometimes called the "lost love child of Leonard Cohen and Nancy Sinatra," Vera Sola’s smoky vocalization and searing, soaring songs have a cinematic aspect to them, and would feel equally at...
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#144 - Matt Marble of the American Museum of Paramusicology
Matt Marble is an artist, author, audio producer and director of the American Museum of Paramusicology ("brilliant and humbling," The Paris Review). Both creatively and through historical research, his work explores the inspired intersections of art and metaphysics and the intuitive disciplines...
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#143 - Leila Taylor Returns! Author of "Sick Houses: Haunted Homes and the Architecture of Dread"
Leila Taylor is a Brooklyn-based writer, speaker, and designer whose work focuses on the intersection of history and horror and the gothic in contemporary culture. She’s the author of Sick Houses: Haunted Homes and the Architecture of Dread (out Feb 11, 2025) and Darkly: Black History and…
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#142 - HausWitch's Erica Feldmann Returns!
Erica Feldmann is the owner and founder of HausWitch, a company devoted to helping people heal their spaces and love their homes. She holds a Master's degree in Gender and Cultural Studies, with a research concentration in Witches. Her innate interest in the connection between home spaces and...
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#141 - Astraleyes, Publisher of Bibliomancers and Artistic Abracadabbler
Astraleyes is a Los Angeles-based occult collage artist, archivist, and curator. He is also the publisher of Bibliomancers, an independent press dedicated to exploring vintage print design and its ties to cultural movements, with a special focus on the esoteric. Through Bibliomancers, Astraleyes...
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#140 - Lykanthea A.K.A. Lakshmi Ramgopal
Lakshmi Ramgopal is a musician and dancer who performs under the name Lykanthea. Her electro-mythic debut EP, Migration, received much-deserved praise from such outlets as The Chicago Tribune, Noisey, and Public Radio International’s The World (and listeners will recognize its track “Hand and…
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#139 - Laura Tempest Zakroff, Sigil Witch
Laura Tempest Zakroff (she/they) is a professional artist, author, performer, and Modern Traditional Witch based in New England. She holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and her artwork has received awards and honors worldwide. Her work embodies myth and the esoteric through her...
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#138 - Damsel Elysium, Intuition Musician
Damsel Elysium is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and experimental sound and visual artist who uses double bass, violin, and original recorded sounds to explore alternative communication and connections with space, nature, and the unseen world. Their performances combine improvisational...
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#137 - Robert Shehu-Ansell of Fulgur Press
Robert Shehu-Ansell is a publisher, curator and independent scholar. Through his publishing company Fulgur Press he has represented esoteric artists in book form since 1992. These books are exquisitely produced, highly collectible, and deeply magical. From grimoires to artist monographs to tarot...
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#136 - Joanna Ebenstein, Founder of Morbid Anatomy and Author of "Memento Mori"
Joanna Ebensteinis the founder and creative director of Morbid Anatomy, which is the world’s leading community that focuses on, among other things, the culture and contemplation of death. Morbid Anatomy has taken many forms since its founding in 2007. It’s been a wildly popular blog, a library, a...
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#135 - Judika Illes Returns! Author of "Witches: A Compendium"
Judika Illes is the author of numerous books devoted to spells, spirits, and witchcraft, including Encyclopedia of Spirits, as well as Pure Magic, Daily Magic, Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, Encyclopedia of Mystics, Saints, and Sages, and Magic When You Need It. Judika also was a significant...
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#134 - Cécile McLorin Salvant, Enchanting Chanteuse
Welcome to Season 8 of The Witch Wave! Cécile McLorin Salvant is a three-time Grammy-winning singer and composer, considered by many to be the Ella Fitzgerald/Sarah Vaughan/Billie Holiday/choose-your-own-iconic-vocalist of our time. The late opera legend Jessye Norman described Salvant as “a…
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#133 - Suranne Jones, Bewitching BAFTA-winning Actor
This season finale of The Witch Wave features Suranne Jones, the award-winning English actor, producer, and series creator. She’s been nominated for several awards for acting and won a BAFTA for her starring role in the hit series Doctor Foster: A Woman Scorned. Some highlights from her decades...
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#132 - Cat Willett, "Women of Tarot" Author and Illustrator
Cat Willett is a Brooklyn-based artist. She has written, illustrated, and published two full-length books. The first is The Queen of Wands: The Story of Pamela Colman Smith, the Artist Behind the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck. Her newest book, Women of Tarot, An Illustrated History of Divinators, Card...
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#131 - Kimberly Rodriguez, Author of "Incantations Embodied"
Kimberly Rodriguez (@poetagoddess) is a first-generation Indigenous Mexican artist and writer based in the Bay Area, CA. Her art reflects her journey toward reclaiming her indigenous roots and exploring different forms of self-expression. As an artist, Kimberly is deeply committed to creating…
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#130 - Pati Dubroff, Glamour Goddess
Pati Dubroff is an iconic, world-renowned makeup artist. She has worked with such glamazons as Margot Robbie, Kirsten Dunst, Elizabeth Olsen, Laura Dern, Christy Turlington, Priyanka Chopra, and Emma Watson to name but a few. She’s also collaborated with such photographic phenoms as Annie...
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#129 - Christopher Marmolejo, Author of "Red Tarot"
Christopher Marmolejo is a Brown, queer, and trans writer, diviner, and educator. They use divination to promote a literacy of liberation, and their new book Red Tarot: A Decolonial Guide to Divinatory Literacy is an in-depth exploration of how tarot can be a tool of freedom, magical…
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#128 - Ron Regé, Jr., Cosmological Cartoonist
Ron Regé, Jr. is a Los Angeles-based cartoonist who began drawing and self-publishing comics in the early 1990s in Cambridge, MA. Though he came out of zine culture and the underground comics scene, his work took a distinctly mystical turn thanks to a spiritual awakening he had the early 2000s....
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