The Rudo Love Podcast

Backing track from the wonderfully free pixabay site, this song is called Cave of Enlightenment by Light Music. Dripping wet earthy poem. When the rain fallsRiver songs fill the airSoak here with meIn soft green springsPools of deep shadowy alpineRippling limeSpreading to emeraldOceans opening to the sunTurning into jewelsPerhaps I love the moss most of allThe smokey coolness, translucent white stemsWarm hearted singing green, nutty and earthyI love the sensible green of an oak leafBalanced, dependable, familiarAnd the way a fern hasA darkerA wet primordial mysteryQuite in contrast to the cyclic garden shadesGetting used to one season, one storyWondering when you’ll changeI am cool waters that birthed forth jadeAlmost every tone possibleMineral cities on the horizonFlashy malachite and turquoise hallwaysNothing pleases me more than taking my timeTurning a whole field over to tawny brownAnd then back again after the spring rainsTempering your eagerness with much needed restGreen is every shade of rest.And lends itself to all potentialOf dreams and of the futureFrom the immortal evergreensTo the blink and you’ll miss them fiddleheadsReturn to meGreen-hearted wandererYou are home, even if apartI can find you, get closer stillAs I close my eyesI’ll take my timeCome to meGreen-hearted loverI am the earth. Get full access to Rudo Love at rudolove.substack.com/subscribe

I'm terrible at subtle reveals. But after you listen, just come on over to the Magic Hour Dreamcast. I’m still around, just exclusively in one spot. Season 2 or something may come in 2024! If the crowd demands it.  Get full access to Rudo Love at rudolove.substack.com/subscribe

She's a week late but my darlings I really gave my sweet Bjorn something hard to edit...I recorded this free-flowing chat with my Mother Tree aka Yo-Yo Ma aka Amai aka Dr Randolph Hollingsworth with only ONE MICROPHONE. When I told the Viking he shook his head and sulked for a week before opening the file to do it. I guess I deserve that. But I think you'll enjoy a very loving, calm, open-minded, and wholesome approach to AI that me and Ma talk about. As promised, here's the articles I had a blast reading while doing some pre-readinghttps://scienceexchange.caltech.edu/topics/artificial-intelligence-research/trustworthy-ai&https://scienceexchange.caltech.edu/topics/artificial-intelligence-research/artificial-intelligence-everyday-life-usesAnd the whistle-blowing presentation that caught my attention and imagination:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoVJKj8lcNQ Get full access to Rudo Love at rudolove.substack.com/subscribe

We knew we'd meet under a new moon. We knew we'd record one day. And the time came and wow what a chat!Please enjoy the deep and sultry dive into the depths of Lou'ana Whitney's music, her music videos, and their thematics of magic and healing with shadow-work and other wondrous tools. It's rich and delicious. Join her on instagram https://www.instagram.com/louanawhitney/ and stream her everywhere. Some of my fave music videos of hers from latest release order:Night CreatureLost & Found Love BindEye to EyeMove Along Get full access to Rudo Love at rudolove.substack.com/subscribe

My utmost pleasure to have such a fine and splendid person on the show for you dear listeners...we cover our love of this whenua we reside on, the solidarity and representation, joy, creative spaces, generative spacesIf you'd like to engage with Ara there are a few ways to doing so...her green and generative space https://arasimmons.com/Support the work we all are proud of experiencing : Manawaka Ao on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/manawaka_ao/https://www.manawakaao.org.nz/ Flourishing Circles: https://arasimmons.com/flourishing-circlesHer writing on "Celebrating Independence while colonised": e-tangataWe gush about Makanaka Tuwe: https://www.instagram.com/thewellbysesamathlo/ Get full access to Rudo Love at rudolove.substack.com/subscribe

She's getting close to a natural resting time! Here's a lovely fierce poem to warm the cockles of your sunflower hearts. I've also started a substack for poems as they come...https://rudolove.substack.com/ Get full access to Rudo Love at rudolove.substack.com/subscribe

How very pleased I am to give you this short story, read at an art event and written specially for it. It's a bit sensual and best listened to without kiddos around I believe! I'll be adding this to a future collection of things I intend to publish. Enjoy Get full access to Rudo Love at rudolove.substack.com/subscribe

An interview, concert, and lush connecting. Aotearoa New Zealand has a magical song bird named Caitlin Smith...poet, storyteller, spiritual being, community weaver, vocal coach, and rocket of energy and hope. It was a blast to sit on her rug, sipping macca cacao mushroom tea, as she jumped up sporadically to play her upright piano...all while being filmed for a doco. I learned so much about the senses, the richness of life and living a life full of purpose. We even covered a deep shared passion of astrology. I love this interview. It's so important to talk about visibility...about blindness. Her latest album has braille on it, and part of what she's trying to do is cultivate community to break down isolation. We can all do our bit. I went away feeling like I'd swam in the ocean and came out renewed. Enjoy.http://www.caitlinsmith.com/Caitlin's great grandmother is Kate Edgar, first woman in New Zealand to gain a university degree Get full access to Rudo Love at rudolove.substack.com/subscribe

Gosh aren't I stirring the hornets nest.Just a wee dip into my concerns with wellness coaches, and then some red flags which I feel are important enough to pop into the notes:Run for the hills if the coach has one or more of these issues...-can't listen to your concerns with their service or can't listen to hearing you say they've offended you-doesn't offer you options or do a financial readiness chat-doesn't have good hygiene with relationship boundaries with you-says your money issues are a lack mindset or handles criticism by suggesting you have unresolved negative thoughts-holds no qualifications relating to their area of talent/expertise-can't discuss racism, oppression, privilege, poverty or equityI'd love to hear from any of my coaching friends, there's so much nuance here and this is only a ten minute dip into the subject...open for more! Get full access to Rudo Love at rudolove.substack.com/subscribe

What a very special time: Pride month, Aquarius season, Cyclone Gabrielle. Can you think of a better moment than now to hear a super short but super vivid expert on mermaids? Plus I did sound effects. Thank you, enjoy.Book: Peter and Wendy, page 122 chapter 8. Sourced from the Library of Congress https://read.gov/books/pageturner/peter_wendy/#page/142/mode/2upOcean effects:  JuliusH from PixabayMermaid wailing effect: Prettysleepy from PixabayThank you so much Bjorn, I love you.  Get full access to Rudo Love at rudolove.substack.com/subscribe

Oo Oo Interviews are back! I sit down with Diana P. Cartwright, the pen-name of a very talented and moving human who studies the intricate layering of patterns, stories, and history we have written about the planet we call Venus. I wanted to ensure we wove in the relational aspects of both Venus as archetype and Venus as guide to be in right relationship with erotic selves and our community at large. What unfolds is a flowy delicious conversation that blew my heart and mind wide open. Please enjoy. And here are some links/resources to accompany our chat plus one correction:Correction: Diana credited Bayo Akomolafe with the word “interbeing” but it’s Thich Nhat Hahn’s wordResources:Diana on Substack: https://substack.com/profile/99136168-diana-p-cartwrightAudre Lorde's live reading of Erotic as Power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWmq9gw4Rq0&t=530sadrienne maree brown who wrote two books we talking about: e-book: https://www.akpress.org/emergentstrategy.html or go to your local bookstore/librarye-book: https://www.akpress.org/pleasure-activism-e-book.html or go get it in personSonya Renee Taylor who wrote The Body is not an Apology but who's Patreon is so delicious and educational I cannot recommend more to become a patronPretty much anything Emily Nagoksi has ever written (on stress cycles, on burnout, her podcasts) and her sister Amelia. Get full access to Rudo Love at rudolove.substack.com/subscribe

I have completed my transformation. With this episode I deliver you the goods, in a highly sexual highly poetic and super channeled explosion of creativity. I am so psyched to give this recording to the collective online consciousness. Thank you so much for your patronage, thank you to my Bear of a producer and love. The episode is pretty much best listened to privately or just within earshot of mature minds. You know?The last bit of the episode is HIGHLY sexual.  Get full access to Rudo Love at rudolove.substack.com/subscribe

A joyous, erotic, and sweet story of my bisexual identity and how awesome my parents were.  Get full access to Rudo Love at rudolove.substack.com/subscribe

I started wondering why I deny myself pleasure in the moment of accomplishment...I almost forgot why I started podcasting in the first place! For the pure, fantastic pleasure of purring into the microphone. Hear about my journey...erm...return to pleasure and presence...and also hear me read a snippet from the card deck The Lantern Oracle. And don't forget to write me a review or rate me! And if you want to see what me and Pixie are up to there our new show The Pixie Rudo Dreamcast, hosted on Transistor.  Get full access to Rudo Love at rudolove.substack.com/subscribe

Something is ready to be released to the public. And I have an American folk song classic to sing to you.  Get full access to Rudo Love at rudolove.substack.com/subscribe

Rachel's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hermissionpermission/Kentucky engagement: https://www.facebook.com/KentuckiansForTheCommonwealth/ Get full access to Rudo Love at rudolove.substack.com/subscribe

Alex Smart says her path may look a little weird, going from public medicine to software design to leading digital development teams in an insurance industry (all the while being incredibly involved in the music scene and composing/writing and producing). I'd say it's not weird at all it's inspired, and I reckon all my listeners will feel the same way. If you'd like to engage with Alex, email her on a_smart@me.com Get full access to Rudo Love at rudolove.substack.com/subscribe

Gal's projects are so juicy, from her documentary "Young and Can't Cum" to her fantastical music videos, or filming one of Aotearoa's epic forest festivals each new year...Gal is a creative dynamo. Rudo and Gal discuss the creative nuance and differences between commercials, documentaries, and music videos.For more of Gal's work check out her website: https://galhochman.com Get full access to Rudo Love at rudolove.substack.com/subscribe

Rudo gets a bit meta as she presents you with a recording that was done live for her figure drawing participants. It was amazing and here's the juice on what it's all about...and an invitation for you to explore Rudo's own take on self-love affirmations. You may be surprised by what she has to say... Get full access to Rudo Love at rudolove.substack.com/subscribe

Rudo learns it’s really actually hard to record experts of children’s stories. But she got there…and hopes you enjoy 1- minutes of her dulcet tones. Thank you to the Library of Congress site, which I used to read from: https://read.gov/books/pageturner/2002juv21580/#page/108/mode/2upAnd thank you to Juan Sanchez for the lovely piano music, which I got from Pixaby. Get full access to Rudo Love at rudolove.substack.com/subscribe