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May 7, 2025

Magical objects aren’t just forged—they’re found. In this solo episode, I explore the secret life of enchanted tools: the knife with a story, the crystal touched by a world-mountain, the wand bought in a witch town that still summons fairy queens.

What gives an object its power? Sometimes it’s planetary...


Feb 13, 2025

A solo show from Asunción, Paraguay.

I wanted to share some thoughts that I have been sitting with while remastering all the premium member courses, beginning with Grimoires. These thoughts turned into a full-length solo show.

Hope you like it! AI certainly seems to have had an absolute blast listening to it:

In this...


Magic: You're Not Ready Till You're Ready

Feb 13, 2025

A solo show from Asunción, Paraguay.

I wanted to share some thoughts that I have been sitting with while remastering all the premium member courses, beginning with Grimoires. These thoughts turned into a full-length solo show.

Hope you like it! AI certainly seems to have had an absolute blast listening to it:

In this...


Jul 26, 2024

Media theorist and internet legend Douglas Rushkoff joins the show this week.

We explore:

  • Is there even such a thing as 'media' anymore?
  • The promises and (many) failings of the tech world.
  • UBIs, digital utopias and dystopias.
  • Where we look for hope and optimism now.
  • Where magic sits in our shared realities.

An amazing...


Oct 24, 2023

Author, activist and educator, Dougald Hine returns to the show this week for a discussion that is simultaneously timely and timeless.

If you've been following along on the blog, you'll know that I have been wrestling with how to say things, with whom and to what end, given how the world is going.

One of the topics I...