All Episodes
Audacity Works — 203 episodes
Episode 202: The Fractured Psyche- performing highly while your life is in disrupt
Episode 201: Do you need to form an LLC?
Episode 200!!! What I've learned from recording 200 episodes, and advice for new podcasters
Episode 199: The Racist, Classist History of Lawns
Episode 198: I can't believe I f#$ did that
Episode 197: Ghost Stories with Andrea St. Amand
Episode 196: The Daughters of Mnemosene (short episode)
Episode 195: Why I Stopped Running The Audacity Project
Episode 194: Using Ritual to make Warming Up Suck Less
Episode 193: Eff the 4th of July
Episode 192: The Responsibility of a Public Presence
Episode 191: Human Life Meat Stories and Using Instagram
Episode 190: Hellish Amounts of Admin and How To Deal
Episode 189: A New Moon Ritual (with friends)
Episode 188: Buffet Episode!
Episode 187: Hi, I'm Autistic
Episode 186: When Boundaries Backfire
Episode 185: For Kim- the story of how our OG coven formed
Episode 184: Busking in Italy, Part II
Episode 183: When the Trolls Find You...or someone you love
Episode 182: When Injuries are Reckonings (plural)
Episode 181: Cultural Appropriation and "am I part of the problem?"
Episode 180: Strange Wonderful Circus Life with Ess Hödlmoser
Episode 179: Busking in Italy, Part I
Episode 178: Working with your Friends and When it's a Good Idea
Episode 177: On being in charge, and structuring free creation time
Episode 176: Using AI in Artwork. Let's Talk About It.
Episode 175: In Defense of Phoning It In
Episode 174: Returning to Old Work
Episode 173: A Spell for the Waxing Moon
Episode 172: On Costumes!
Episode 171: Three Ways I Conserve Cognitive Energy
Episode 170: Choosing a Mental Health Professional
Episode 169: Molting Rituals and Unexpected Funerals
Episode 168: If you're consistently missing the mark
Episode 167: For the Islands
Episode 166: WTF is "shadow work"?
Episode 165: A Christmas Story
Episode 164: Winter Solstice Rituals
Episode 163: Changing Habits (#$%#!)
Episode 162: "The Cavalry Isn't Coming" with Adam O'Keeffe
Episode 161: Help for the Helpers
Episode 160: the Truth about Boundaries
Episode 159: My Thoughts on Astrology (for Scorpio season)
Episode 158: Accidental Activism and Becoming a Filmmaker with Sasha Galitzki
Episode 157: The Parable of the Stump
Episode 156: When to do it ya damn self
Episode 155: How to UnF$%# Yourself
Episode 154: On Breaking Contracts and Burning Bridges
Episode 153: "Why I am wet?" and other stories with Kristina "Nekyia" Cañizares
Episode 152: Job postings behind a paywall...are they worth it?
Episode 151 - How I Read Tarot
Episode 150: Un-Morning Pages
Episode 149: Buffet Episode! On guilt, rebelling against your own schedules, and sustainable creative practice
Episode 148: What I mean by "Audacity"
Episode 147: "It's not that deep" - pretentious art
Episode 146: You didn't make the cage, but you can climb out
Bonus episode! Surprise!
Episode 145: One Month as a Wheelchair User- what I learned
Episode 144: The IADF and the Magic of Attention
Episode 143: Your 5 non-negotiables- finding balance during crunch time
Episode 142: WHY is it so hard to do stuff I like doing?
Episode 141: Blame the Snake
Episode 140: WIP Sharings at Artists Residencies
Episode 139: "Rest" is Not Enough
Episode 138: Buffet episode!
Episode 137: Cringey stories from yesteryear, part II
Episode 136: Extraordinary Measures and low-work June
Episode 135: How I met Manflesh and how partnership can influence your work
Episode 134: Creatrix Decompression, and MOAR lessons learned for in person events
Episode 133: How to be Pissed Off, a podcast about being angry
Episode 132: Art and Activism with Dr. Jess Allen
Episode 131: Advice from the Creative Trenches
Episode 130: How to Get Feedback that Actually Works
Episode 129: "I HATE setting choreography!" or Product based vs. Process based work
Episode 128: Navigating Life in the South
Episode 127: Perfectionism - not a moral failing on your part
Episode 126: When your dreams come true and it's terrifying
Episode 125: Buffet episode!
Episode 124: How to tell your friends "no"
Episode 123: Active rest, duck tongue, and how to choose a PT with Dr. Jen Crane
Episode 122: How to go on a solo holiday
Episode 121: "No one wants to hire my work, it's too out there/contemporary/weird"
Episode 120: Say it with your whole chest: Rachel gets political
Episode 119: When people disapprove of your weird ass life choices
Episode 118: Undercutting (uuuuugghhhhh)
Episode 117: Performing Full Time
Episode 116: Buffet episode! 3 questions from listeners
Episode 115: For those at the beginning
Episode 114: No more "show me the money." Now it's "show me the humanity."
Episode 113: The darkness in me sees and honors the darkness in you
Episode 112: End of the Year Rituals and the Long Dark
Episode 111: Gift Ideas for the Weirdo in Your Life
Episode 110: Adventures in Nonprofit Land with Sierra Nicholls
Episode 109: "When do we eat?!"
Episode 108: Witchcraft for Grounding
Episode 107: 3 hacks for when you feel stuck in your creative process
Episode 106: Eyes of Possibility with Rachel Strickland (yes I interviewed myself)
Episode 105: Beefsteak! Meatsuits and the Muggle Gym part II
Episode 104: For Instructors- how to teach traveling workshops
Episode 103: You really aren't alone- the story of BossUp
Episode 102: If you're bored with your discipline
Episode 101: Breastmilk is Magic, and other Natural Witchcraft with Dr. Mel Hobart-Beaumari
Episode 100 Baby!! The Nature of Audacity
Episode 99: The Terror of Success
Episode 98: Get Obsessed with your Process
Episode 97: Making Art in the Extreme with Sasha Galitzki
Episode 96: Insidious Perfectionism and what to do about it
Episode 95: Finding Your Why
Episode 94: Online Personas vs. Real Life Personas
Episode 93: Creating Shows from the Ground Up with Veronica Rosas
Episode 92 - Lessons from IADF 2024
Episode 91: A Love Song to Summer, and Why I Live in the South
Episode 90: Buffet Episode!
Episode 89: Artistic Hoarding and How To Stop Doing It
Episode 88: Via Negativa, Getting Funding, and Terrifying Monkeys with Ross Travis
Episode 87: The Exact Tools I Use for Creative Biznass
Episode 86: The Cost of Being Yourself
Episode 85: The Birthday Episode- More thoughts on Aging
Episode 84: How They Weaponize Your Passion with Max Cooper
Episode 83 - The Intersection of Art and Business (and the resulting cringe)
Episode 82: Creating Creatrix (or anything else) and the Gremlins I Met Along the Way
Episode 81 - Rules of the Road for being a great collaborator
Episode 80 - On Seasonality for Human Animals
Episode 79: The Language of Money with Sandi York
Episode 78: How to create a demo reel on a budget
Episode 77: Honoring the Rib Ache
Episode 76: Navigating the Tension between Artistic Integrity and being a Generous Performer
Finding Your Special Sauce with Ulrike Storch
The 3 Things You Need to Create
How to Pivot in your #GigLife
"What Looks Tasty?" - how to know what to do with the rest of your life
Nutrition for High Performance: how to feed your meat suit with Shannon Morse
Buffet Episode! As much Q & A as I can fit into 23 minutes
The Most Powerful Thing You can Do to Build a Strong, Resourceful Community (in the face of competition)
How do you know what sets you apart?
Art, Grief, and What Happens Next with Shannon McKenna
Should you create a Patreon? And all of those questions
Dealing with Competition in Small Communities
Pre and Post Show Rituals
Choosing Collaborators so you don't Lose Your Mind :)
The Radical Responsibility of Being Seen with Dr. Shante Cofield
Making a film: what you need to begin (it's not as much as you think)
Episode 60: How long should an ambient aerial set be? A spicy love rant.
No-work December, and the tiers of an Artistic Career
An exercise on pleasure, and what to post on the 'Gram
Jobs, Careers, Projects: When to let it F*&^ Go
An Episode for Burnt Out Coaches (and what to do about it)
Creating in Isolation, particularly if you wish you weren't
Deer in Headlights: some shadow aspects to creative freedom
The Subtle Divide: The big ole lists of Pleasures and Restorative Practices
What I've Learned in One Year of Podcasting: Revelations, Samhain Reminiscences and What's Brewing in the Woo Corner
Creating into the Void and other odd realities we make peace with
Hidden Gems: useful hacks for performing artists (with stories!)
A Summer's Tale: the results of my experiment with a summer of minimal work
Tempting Failure: a story from yesteryear in which Rachel does something stupid
Amateur vs. Professional: wtf does it actually mean
Buffet Episode! On ageism in performance, flow state, and witchy stuff
Leaving the normie job: dealing with judgement from others
Coming back to aerial after an injury
When is it ok to perform for free: a re-framing of performing opportunities
Morning Pages: how to do them, how to not do them, and what to do if they bore the pants off of you
DIY Fundraising without feeling like a jerk
Getting in touch with what you want/need to create: Tapping into the Power of Envy, Jealousy, and Anger
Turning Scars (or Wounds) into Stories
Podcast Buffet: All the episode suggestions I can't fill 20 minutes with!
Transforming Fear into Fluency: Artist Residencies for Aerialists
IADF Survival Guide: learn from my fails
The Double Life of Artists: Day Jobs as a Creative Lifeline
IADF, Summer Solstice, and Desire vs. Purpose
Is it Imposter Syndrome? Or is it Misogyny? (or racism, or transphobia, or agism, or ableism...)
Circus Fame, how it happens, and what to do with it
Artist Residencies - wth is that?
The Trap of the "Independent Woman"
Relationships and the Performing Arts
Experimenting on Yourself muahahaha
What to do when you get rejected
Bealtaine! Or...Beltane, and how to celebrate it
On Aging, Part II
The Age Episode, pt. 1
What the #$% do I do with my Money?
Time management, procrastination, and BURNOUT
Ostara and the spring equinox
On Dealing with What You Look Like
On smashing the industry patriarchy
On Meatsuits and the Muggle Gym
Some fun opportunities, and Gremlin Fighting 101
The Audacity Project: enrollment and how I made it
A Tale of Rejection and Redemption, in that order
May Brigid bless you: Imbolc- what is it and how can you celebrate it
Choosing music and working with composers
Cringey Stories of Yesteryear (likely part 1 of many)
Toxic/warring studio culture and when to leave a job
Another take on New Year's Resolutions and prioritization
Why I don't work in December, and other musings on doing nothing
Costuming, baby!
For the jaded ones
Operating under active grief
Making a good first impression, and finding your niche
The Halloween Episode: why we love Samhain
Crabs in a bucket: empathy and codependence
Use the good china
Cheers to the irresponsible