The Science Witch Podcast

Welcome to the 44th episode of the Science Witch Podcast!

For the inaugural episode with Daniel joining as a co-host, the three of us discuss the topic of breath from each of our own unique perspectives and expertise. Anjel talks about yoga and their practice of breath work and pranayama, Daniel talks about breath from an anatomical and vocal training perspective, and Enku talks about mindfulness meditation and breath as well as clean air inequality and how racism and classism intersects with the issue of clean air. We also talk a bit about the different locations we each hail from and how having a podcast based out of three different locations is something we are excited to bring to our listeners.

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Show Notes

Sunfest

Boyle’s Law

Mammals can breathe through their intestines

Thich Nhat Hanh

Headspace Meditation App

Scott Cunningham

Starhawk

Wim Hof Breathing Method 

Holotrophic Breathing 

Completely Arbortrary Podcast

World Forestry Center 

Missoula Smokejumper Visitor Center

Mystic South 

Witchy Workshops

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Welcome to the first installment of our Special Field Reports, recorded on location in Athens, GA by Enku.

In this special field report recorded on location, Enku interviews several neighbors of The Tree That Owns Itself in Athens GA and learns of the Stop Cop City  movements and tragic murder of forest defender   Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán by Atlanta police. Be sure to check the companion youtube video of Enku at the Tree that Owns Itself On our Youtube station. 

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Show Notes

The Tree That Owns Itself- Athens GA 

Atlanta Police kill Forest Defender 26-year-old Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán

Stop Cop City 

White Noise Paperback –by Don DeLillo

Witchy Workshops with Tiqvah and Anjel 

Mystic South

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Welcome to the forth episode in our Patreon mostly series, Who’s in Bloom.

In this episode of who’s in bloom for the main RSS feed, Anjel talks about being in love with lilacs and how they are the triple threat of the flowers. They go into a bit about lilacs through history as well as some of the famous gardens in the US and also suggest some recipes to use lilacs in if you happen to be lucky enough to live near one. Music is sampled from the Euphonia from the Deepwood Estates.

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Show Notes

4 reasons you should grow Lilacs

Hulda Klagar Garden 

World’s Largest Lilac Collection 

Royal Botanical Gardens Canada

Mackinac Island Lilac Festival

Lilacs at the Friends of Horticultural Farm in Burlington, VT. 

Foster Lilac

kombucha with lilac and Blueberry

This poem is entitled Lilac bush

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Welcome to the 42nd episode of the Science Witch Podcast!

In this Episode, Enku and Anjel chat with Danny Graves  who is currently featured on Season 15 of Naked and Afraid. In this episode, we discuss how spirituality and survivalism intersect for Danny and help to empower him in his survival skills. We also talk about our own survival situations we’ve been in as well as some poisonous plants that Danny got to know well in the arid regions of South Africa. We also talk a bit about embodiment and how it felt to be naked on television for a nationally syndicated show. Still waiting for Danny to start OnlyDans.

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Show Notes

Naked and Afraid on Discovery 

Naked and Afraid Season 15 Episode 4

Euphorbiaceae of South Africa

The three most abundant tree Euphorbia species of the Transvaal (South Africa)

How Toxic are Euphorbes 

Euphorbia spp. contain blistering compounds that directly irritate the skin, mucous membranes, and gastrointestinal tract on contact.1 The toxic compounds are diterpenoid euphorbol esters that activate protein kinase C, which causes cytoskeletal damage and enzyme dysfunction.1

Mother of Thousands 

Mystic South 

You’re Wrong About -Chris McCandless with Blair Braverman

Wardruna

Danny Graves on FB

Danny Graves on Instagram 

SunFest XXXIII

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Welcome to the 41st episode of the Science Witch Podcast!

In this episode of the Science Witch Podcast, Anjel and Enku talk about trees, one of our favorite topics. We talk about trees in mythology as well as some of the ways trees and forests must now be managed to combat the wildfire crisis in the west. We also talk about some forests that have infamous reputations as well as about a tree that owns itself.

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Show Notes

Big Tree Energy 

When Giant Mushrooms Ruled the Earth 

Picked Magnolia Blossoms 

History of Arbor Day 

Roots of Arbor Day 

World Forestry Center

Rethinking Wildfire exhibit with Bryan David Griffith 

Opal Creek Closed due to Wildfire 

Last day in Paradise: the untold story of how a fire swallowed a town (2019)

Tribal and Indigenous Fire Tradition

The Story of Pecans in Oklahoma 

Seminole Pumpkins 

Longleaf Pine Ecosystem Restoration: The Role of Fire

The West is Burning -Documentary 

Eco-Friendly Wood Composites: Design, Characterization and Applications

Wood imports by country 

U.S. lumber company found importing high-risk Peruvian timber

Undercover Investigators Find Oregon Link To Illegal Rainforest Logging

Hemp as a building Material 

Could 3D printing help solve America’s housing crisis?

Bolivia’s Law of Mother Earth

World Wildlife Fund – Report on Soy 

Celtic Tree Magic: Ogham Lore and Druid Mysteries by Danu Forest 

Saving the cedar of Lebanon, Cedrus libani – a cultural emblem

Suicide Forest in Aokigahara

The Hoia Baciu Forest

The Black Forest

The Fairy Tree at Uisneach in full bloom

Google earth images of Old Growth Amazon Rainforest 

Tree Equity Score

Kentuckians for the Commonwealth 

Sierra Club

United Mountain Defense 

Mountain Justice

Just Futures Institute

North Cascades Institute

Oregon Heritage Tree Program 

Arizona Heritage Tree Map 

Georgia Heritage Tree Map 

Octopus Tree

Willamette Mission Cottonwood 

The Tree That Owns Itself in Athens

Mystic South 

SWP on Youtube

Canadian Forest Tree Essences – Vibrational Healing Through the Natural Resonance of Trees

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

In this special edition of Deity Deep Dives we are releasing on the main RSS feed , Anjel talks about Heqet, the ancient Egyptian frog headed goddess, that is associated with fertility, childbirth and transformation. In this episode, Anjel discusses the connection with Heqet with the Goddess Hecate and how frogs have long been associated with witches in part thanks to this connection. They also talk a bit about threats that are causing the decline of frog populations all over the world, with several conservation organizations to help save frogs found in the show notes. Music is by Sweet Hammer.

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Show Notes

Leann Hanson

Save the Frogs

Amphibian Conservation through the Association of Zoos and Aquariums

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