Communion

Communion Podcast

We gather here today as friends to seek and hold communion while challenging the status quo on all things life, love, God, and death. Together we aim to spread light and facilitate collective liberation through authentic, loving conversation. About the hosts: Katerina is a love poet, creator, and weaver of the sacred into the everyday. Mercedez is an artist, activist, and devout advocate of joy, play, and healthy hedonism. Pedro is a leader in consciousness and cultural transformation, poet, rapper, and purveyor of God's love and light.

  1. Apr 19

    The Patriarchy is Nonbinary

    “When education is not liberating, it becomes the dream of the oppressed to become the oppressor.”** Welcome back to Communion! We're so glad you're here. In this episode we discuss: Backlash for challenging toxic gender norms The reinforcement of patriarchy by women What would the matriarchy do? Systemic perceptions of beauty Pedophilia in our collective conscious, determining our body standards, influencing our psyches Realizing our own complicity within bondage Fasting to discover the Self outside of prescribed roles Travel as a source of liberation and grief The power of queerness and alternative labels as a way of decentering men The fluidity of love, energy, and identity **paraphrased from Paulo Freire's "Pedagogy of the Oppressed"

  2. Jan 7

    Poetic Terrorism

    “We need to be shocked into beauty.” Welcome to the Temporary Autonomous Zone.  In this episode, we discuss being “stuck” in the body, and Hakeem Bey’s concept of Temporary Autonomous Zones: an artistic means of transcending the rules of our current realities. We delve into our relationships with our bodies, their wisdom, and the dangers of overidentification with them. We discuss liberatory tactics such as Poetic Terrorism to disrupt the mundane and shock people into beauty – as well as the burdens that come with being the disruptor. We discuss when to stay and fight, the love and freedom in letting go, and the role forgiveness plays in it all. Chapters 00:00 Feeling Stuck in the Body 03:01 Exploring Temporary Autonomous Zones 07:42 The Concept of Poetic Terrorism 12:44 Body and Identity: Personal Journeys 18:57 The Wisdom of the Body 27:15 The Role of the Disruptor 35:20 Navigating Family Dynamics, Ideological Differences, Erasure, and Harm 40:34 The Burden of Being a Change Maker 43:27 The Freedom in Letting Go 55:17 Creating Space for New Beginnings

  3. 11/23/2025

    Jesus Does Not Need a Gram

    "Sometimes we discover what something is by subtraction. So you're actually shaping a new reality by removing things that obscure that reality." Pedro is newly employed, Mercedez is lost in the present, and Katerina is becoming famous... and the rapture still hasn't hit, yet. In this episode we explore: Navigating our professional coming outFinding out where all the "No's" goGrowing like bamboo Staying your soul's courseSocial media's role in society and the artist's lifeDisappearing to be found and the art that emerges from that placeUsing obsession as a gift and precision in where we aim it"I have this vision of myself for a reason." PERIOD. Namaste, friends.

  4. 09/15/2025

    NPC's, Scredians, and the very fabric of Reality

    Hey y’all. It’s been a minute, and we’re questioning reality and our place within it.  In this episode we talk about: Are we NPC’s?! The repetition of history Is the Universe constantly responding to our thoughts or are we making meaning out of random chaos? Non-linear time, predetermination, and multiple dimensions Heightened spiritual experiences + the dangers of belief What are we doing when we are not fighting? Emergences from non-doing and silence: the concept of Wu Wei Christianity vs Scredianity  Butoh & The Art of the Grotesque Buck Minsterfuller, Dynamic Maximum Tension, & creating at the edge Knowing the truth of life and trusting Buck the f**k up, everybody.

  5. 06/02/2025

    Crack Angels: Money, Drugs, and Other Deities

    We're back after a short hiatus with LOADS on our minds. We start our conversation with money, revolution, and consciousness: Gentrification and homeownership in upstate New YorkHistory, karma, and the repetition of patternsThe role of money in activism and communityNavigating wealth and consciousnessThe material world vs inner realityHealing and presence amidst sufferingCompassion and material wealth Then, we get into stories of Crack Angels and other deities. We explore: Personal encounters with crack angels and unexpected blessingsDrugs as a way to sneak into heavenInnocence without ignorance And, ripely on the cusp of pride month, we close with a little bit about gender and queerness: Lessons from gay ducksThe restrictions of gender roles Queerness as an antidote to traditional normsThe inadequacy of identity and labelsBeyond words: the essence of existenceFuture Informed Indigeneity

  6. 03/09/2025

    devil is a lie

    This episode was fun! And perhaps contains some of our hottest takes yet. We discuss: Is the Devil real? Exploring the Enneagram… and dark forcesChristian conspiraciesSelf authority vs God vs external systems of informationThe nature of life and our part in it: flourishing, chaos, and changeThe effects of being guided by our collective fear of deathEmbracing the Infinitude - we’re seeds.Thought experiment: What IF this life was really IT? O__OGetting back to awe, wonder, and curiosityNeutrality as a liberating concept Stay Spicy :)

  7. 02/02/2025

    we know nothing

    Happy New Year! In this episode, we reflect on the conflicting symbolism of the winter and holiday season, we realize that America is an abusive partner, and we laugh through the confusion, dread, and ridiculousness of it all. We talk about taking a step back from alarmist attitudes, releasing fear over death or destiny, and saying "enough" and meaning it. We vibe over theories of non-attachment as a path to freedom, indigenous languages without nouns, as well as ALIENS, the CIA, psychics, and other other immaterial things we don't understand. We go all over the place, and get nowhere - right where we belong. Knowing nothing is the beginning. Laugh through it all with us.

  8. 12/01/2024

    Post-Election Reactions, Prophecies, Fallacies, and Play

    “I am already free. There’s no more I need to do to be free.” November is usually a sweet, mellow month. Except when it's an election year. In this episode, we share our post-election reactions, and offer some shifts of perspective. Topics to discover: The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Politics Ignoring The Embodiment of the Feminine  “There are no rules.”  What if we didn’t stick to the safe story? Living in Prophetic Times; A light analogy of Christ Consciousness  Letting go and walking away Shifting to Play and Pleasure Redirecting energy to the places and people where what you offer is valued We’re rich now. ...ALIENS?!

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We gather here today as friends to seek and hold communion while challenging the status quo on all things life, love, God, and death. Together we aim to spread light and facilitate collective liberation through authentic, loving conversation. About the hosts: Katerina is a love poet, creator, and weaver of the sacred into the everyday. Mercedez is an artist, activist, and devout advocate of joy, play, and healthy hedonism. Pedro is a leader in consciousness and cultural transformation, poet, rapper, and purveyor of God's love and light.

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  • Creator
    Communion Podcast
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Communion Podcast
  • Show Website
    Communion