Released under the full moon in Scorpio, this final episode is a long, intimate, deep conversation between Rajni Shah and Omikemi. Infused by the sounds and shapes of the ocean, this episode moves through and returns to themes of vulnerability, reciprocity, faith, kinship, and survival.

A few notes about content: there is some swearing in this episode; and the conversation includes themes of trauma and harm, though nothing explicit or detailed.

This episode is accompanied by an offering in which Omikemi invites listeners to spend time with a question that was present for them at the time of recording.

To read more about Omikemi: https://disabilityarts.online/collections/omikemis-guest-editorship/

Other texts and people mentioned in the episode:

Terese Marie Mailhot. Heart Berries: A Memoir. Bloomsbury, 2018.

Marvin W. Meyer (editor). The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts. HarperOne, 2019

Alexis Pauline Gumbs. Dub: Finding Ceremony. Duke University Press, 2020.

Spirit stone made by Jeremy “Mudjai” Devitt https://nationalaboriginaldesignagency.com.au/our-artists/jeremy-devitt

with thanks to Mau Caron for the story about the shining eyes.

For a transcript, full credits, and land/water acknowledgments for this episode visit the episode web page.

Episode themes

Introduction [00:01:07 ]

1. Opening [00:03:45 ]
2. Arrival [00:07:20 ]
3. The hustle [00:18:03 ]
4. What makes you stay? [00:30:34 ]
5. Reciprocity [00:35:50 ]
6. Knowing [00:43:33 ]
7. Not Knowing [00:48:39 ]
8. Systems are People [00:55:19 ]
9. Care and Vulnerability [00:59:23 ]
10. Transformation [01:03:03 ]
11. Not political enough [01:06:11 ]
12. Free to be carried [01:08:38 ]
13. Water [01:18:40 ]
14. Closing images [01:20:57 ]
15. Kinship [01:27:34 ]

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