Episodes and Updates – Page 2 – The Science Witch Podcast

Ep 11- Interview with Amy Blackthorn

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Ep 74- Return of the Blackthorn

Post date June 21, 2025

Welcome to the 74th episode of the Science Witch Podcast!

In this episode, just in time for pride, Anjel and James talk to one of the favorite guests of the podcast, Amy Blackthorn and check in with them about what they’ve been up to with their new books, how plant magick can help save us from Late Stage Capitalism existential dread, how AI is horrible for writers, witches and pretty much everyone else, and we even talk a bit about being poly, queer, and shadow work. At the end of the episode we talk about our upcoming Trans Telethon 3, and some new offerings on the Pateron.

Show Notes

Ep 51- Protection Magick with Amy Blackthorn

Disability History: The 1977 504 Sit-In

Master Gardener- OSU extension

Blackthorn’s Book of Sacred Plant Magic: Spells, Rites, and Rituals for Living an Aromatic Life by Amy Blackthorn

Legality of Cannabis

How to grow Pineberries – White Strawberries with a Citrus Kick

Meta’s Massive AI Training Book Heist: What Authors Need to Know

Woman poisoned after using an AI generated mushroom field guide

The AI grift that can literally poison you: When AI comes for mushroom foragers.

Authors fighting deluge of fake writers and AI-generated books

Writing samples from several prolific ‘authors’ on Amazon deemed highly likely to be AI-generated

Lawyer Cites Fake Case Generated by ChapGPT in legal brief

Hasbro has just laid off 1100 people, heavily focused on WotC and particularly art staff, before Christmas to cut costs. CEO takes home $8 million bonus.

Three Mile Island nuclear plant will reopen to power Microsoft data centers

Funny People (2009)

Spirit Northwest

Once Upon a Convention

Blackthorn Grove Podcast

Transcripts for the interview

Transcripts of Intro/Outro

Arrowleaf Balsamroot: The Hearty, Heavy Edible Plant

Tags amy blackthorn, interview, plant magick

Who’s in Bloom- Balsamroot

Post date May 8, 2025

Welcome another episode in our Patreon mostly series, Who’s in Bloom.

Balsamroot in bloom overlooking the Columbia River photo by Anjel

Show Notes

Arrowleaf Balsam Root

Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.)

10 iconic wildflower hikes in the Columbia River Gorge

Transcript for this episode available here

If you like this episode and want to check out more episodes like this, check us out on Patreon.

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Ep 73- Comedy, Disability and Recovery with Eleanore

Post date April 29, 2025

Welcome to the 73rd episode of the Science Witch Podcast!

Eleanore Ryan, stand up comic and sober activist

In this interview with stand up comedian and sober activist, Eleanore Ryan, talks to 3 of the co-hosts about her comedy, recovery and spirituality. This episode comes with a heavy content warning about discussions of sexually explicit nature as well as about drug use and recovery and we also talk about Eleanore’s dwarfism and disability in very candid ways. This is also a conversation where we find a lot of common ground and catharsis with Christianity and we hope our listeners will find humor and solace in Eleanore’s words like we have.

Show Notes

Turner Syndrome

Heart of Invictus

BITE Model of Authoritarian Control

Eleanore Ryan on Instagram

Transcripts for the Interview

Transcripts for Intro/Outro

Tags comic, interview

Ep 72: Meditation

Post date March 24, 2025

Welcome to the 72nd episode of the Science Witch Podcast!

Buddha statue at the Golden Gate Botanical Gardens in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, USA.

In this episode, Enku, Ruby and Anjel each talk about their different expertise and perspectives on meditation and give information and suggestions on how to start and maintain a meditation practice. The three hosts each share their own experiences and practice in this episode as an offering to our listeners to help survive late stage capitalism with equanimity.

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

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Show Notes

Shambhala

Vipassana meditation

Forest Bathing

Headspace Meditation App

Insight Timer Ap

Jean Sibelius – Finlandia

How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan

Shunryu Suzuki: Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

Tonglen Meditation

Pema Chödrön – How To Meditate

No transcripts available for this episode.

Tags meditation, topics

Deity Deep Dives: The Cailleach

Post date February 14, 2025

Welcome to the seventh episode in our Patreon mostly series, Deity Deep Dives.

the Cailleach by Anjel

In this edition of Deity Deep Dives, Anjel talks about the Crone of Winter, Goddess of Storms the Cailleach, where the original groundhog myth comes from and about embracing their own cronehood. Original music by Ruby. To listen to more episodes like this and support our work, check us out on Patreon.

Show Notes

Monaghan, Patricia. The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore. New York: Facts On File, 2004.

Rees, Alwyn, and Brinley Rees. Celtic Heritage: Ancient Tradition in Ireland and Wales. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1961.

Squire, Charles. Celtic Myth and Legend. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1995.

How accurate are Punxsutawney Phil’s Predictions

Life expectancy in the US- CDC data

Deity Deep Dives: Bridget

Transcript

Tags cailleach, celtic, Deity Deep Dives

Ep 71: Chaos Magick with Oliver

Post date January 31, 2025

Welcome to the 71st episode of the Science Witch Podcast!

In this episode, the 4 co-hosts revisit the topic of Chaos Magick with one of the SWP coven, Oliver. This conversation brings in a lot of interesting threads to both introduce and pique listener interest in the topic of Chaos Magick as well as help give our community more tools for surviving the next 4 years and making it a bit more magical.

Books by Peter J. Carroll

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Show notes

Breath of Fire – HBO Docuseries

Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic As Power by Audre Lorde

The Jeremy Bearimy Timeline

Transcripts of this episode

Tags chaos magick, interview

Ep 70: Solstice Traditions with Morgan Daimler

Post date December 22, 2024

Welcome to the 71st episode of the Science Witch Podcast!

Morgan Daimler from the Irish Pagan School

For this year’s Solstice episode, we interviewed the indomitable Morgan Daimler about the holidays and misconceptions, and debunked some misinformation about where some of our holiday traditions come from. This was an enjoyable and thought provoking conversation that was very informative and revealing to the point where we want to schedule for Morgan to come back to continue some of the threads we picked up in this episode.

5 Worst Witch Books ever Possibly

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Show Notes

How did the Christmas Tree tradition start

How to Maintain Your 12-Foot Skeleton and Other Giant Halloween Decorations

The Living Goddesses by Marija Gimbutas

The Venerable Bede (673 AD – 735 AD)

The Temple of Sulis Minerva at Bath

The Fear PDX

Why did people start eating Egyptian mummies? The weird and wild ways mummy fever swept through Europe

Helena Blavatsky on Occult Confessions

The Nine Noble Virtues

An Cailleach mural in Drogheda, Ireland

Jane Brideson

Morgan Daimler

T. Thorne Coyle Course

Transcripts for this interview and intro/outro.

Tags holidays, interview, solstice

Deity Deep Dives: Athena

Post date December 8, 2024

Welcome to the seventh episode in our Patreon mostly series, Deity Deep Dives.

Athena by Anjel

In this episode of Deity Deep Dives for the main RSS feed, Anjel discusses the problematic goddess, Athena. In an era where we need strong feminine archetypes, can we reimagine this goddess in our image? This episode was written by Anjel and music is by Ruby. Art for this episode is by Anjel.

Stickers of this and other deities are available on our Etsy.

Show Notes

Athena Greek Goddess of the Patriarchy

The Tragedy Of Greek Goddesses: Feminism In Ancient Greece

Darkside of Comedy – Joan Rivers

Breath of Fire Docuseries

Transcripts for this episode.

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Black Lives Matter

Tags athena, Deity Deep Dives

Ep 69- Emergency Episode: Post 2024 Election

Post date November 21, 2024

Welcome to the 69th episode of the Science Witch Podcast!

In this unscripted emergency episode, all 4 co-hosts share their thoughts and fears about the results of the election. We waited until some time had passed to edit this episode so as not to traumatize our audience and also remove some of the more raw and unfiltered thoughts. While we all talk about a lot of the bad things to come, we also share messages of hope and affirmation of our project to connect queeridos all over the world and be in community.