Hoodoo Plant Mamas

Leah Whitcomb
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Hoodoo Plant Mamas

A biweekly podcast where writers Leah Nicole and Dani Bee discuss Black spirituality, community, and culture.

  1. Ep 52: Black Speculative Fiction Month

    OCT 25

    Ep 52: Black Speculative Fiction Month

    Our mini season has come to a close. In this episode, we recognize Black Speculative Fiction Month and the contributions Black creatives have made to the speculative fiction genre. We get into how Black horror reflects our deepest fears and how sci-fi is both pessimistic and optimistic about Black futures. Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastr [https://zencastr.com/?via=danielle-buckingham] RESOURCES * "The Argument of 'Afropessimism': Frank B. Wilderson III sketches a map of the world in which Black people are everywhere integral but always excluded [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/20/the-argument-of-afropessimism]" by Vinson Cunningham. July 13, 2020. Books * Apocalypse Still [https://a.co/d/7hRbMSx] by Leah Nicole Whitcomb * The Wishing Pool and Other Stories [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9781636141794] by Tananarive Due * Let the Dead Bury Their Dead: And Other Stories [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9780063325258]by Randall Kenan * Let's Play White [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9781937009991] by Chesya Burke * The Black Girl Survives in this One: Horror Stories [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9781250871657]Edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennel * The Sound of Stars [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9781335406699] by Alechia Dow * The Kindred [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9781335428608] by Alechia Dow * Song of Salvation [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9781335453723] by Alechia Dow * "You Will Know Your Tribe by Their Joy [https://www.instagram.com/p/CO1KpJgn_p9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==]" by Julia Mallory Movies/TV * Are You Afraid of the Dark? [https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0CC6KH3XN/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r]Amazon Prime * Candyman [1992] [https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/movies/horror/candyman/00f6fade-22d4-372a-85db-5ca532ad5f39] Peacock * Bones [2001] [https://tubitv.com/movies/465367/bones?start=true&tracking=google-feed&utm_source=google-feed] Tubi * The Skeleton Key [https://tubitv.com/movies/630864/the-skeleton-key?start=true&tracking=google-feed&utm_source=google-feed] Tubi * Sugar Hill [1974] [https://tubitv.com/movies/100021314/sugar-hill?start=true&tracking=google-feed&utm_source=google-feed]Tubi * Abby [https://watch.plex.tv/watch/movie/abby?utm_content=5d7768bd308bca0020331822&utm_medium=deeplink&utm_source=google-catalog] Plex * Scream, Blacula, Scream [https://tubitv.com/movies/437645/scream-blacula-scream?start=true&tracking=google-feed&utm_source=google-feed] Tubi * Mr. Crocket [https://www.hulu.com/movie/c8bde9de-d937-4fca-b56c-50ba25be5c53] Hulu * Bite Sized Halloween [https://www.hulu.com/watch/12c31de4-16b1-4387-82a2-69bdb508af7b] Hulu * The Blackening [https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0C5B4FQMS/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r] Starz * Cuties [https://www.netflix.com/title/81111198] Netflix * They Cloned Tyrone [https://www.netflix.com/title/80996324?source=35] Netflix * "Space Traders" - Derrick Bell (1994) [https://youtu.be/UpOJzIvmCCk?si=xyHhTysoZ_v1POLU]YouTube This podcast was created, hosted, and produced by Dani & Leah. Our music was created by Ghrey, and our artwork was designed by Bianca.

    46 min
  2. Ep 51: Divination as Tools, Not Law

    OCT 18

    Ep 51: Divination as Tools, Not Law

    What happens when divination leads you astray? In this episode, we discuss our relationship to divination tools, how Tarot is an ever changing forecast and how the Bible is not law. We also get into the life and work of Fannie Lou Hamer and how the discourse surrounding this year's election disrespects her legacy. RESOURCES * "Does Everyone Have a Soulmate? No. [https://open.spotify.com/episode/6aB2md7u57Dszq4VzrAneK?si=J93NEhBRQ6KGkfgZNUIdtg]" A Little Juju Podcast.  * Tarot by Bronx [https://youtube.com/@mindbodybronx?si=j-R3-ATs5VnObW8v] YouTube * The Songs My Mother Taught Me [https://open.spotify.com/album/7Gs0MIZVU6Q35AcvQjmDTj?si=_vmspO28S2Szgp2J9l9zJg] by Fannie Lou Hamer * "On this day in 1963 [https://mississippitoday.org/2024/06/09/on-this-day-in-1963-fannie-lou-hamer-was-jailed-and-beaten-for-defying-segregation-on-bus/]" by Jerry Mitchell. Mississippi Today. 9 June 2024. * "Tell It On the Mountain: Fannie Lou Hamer's Pastoral and Prophetic Styles of Leadership as Acts of Public Prayer [https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1033&context=utpp]" by Breanna K. Barber.  * "Fannie Lou Hamer [https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/fannie-lou-hamer]" Biography Edited by Debra Michals. National Women's History Musuem. * "Martyrs and Matriarchs: Women in Early Christian Apocrypha [https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=rel_sum]" by Robert Wilf Create your podcast today! [https://zencastr.com/?via=danielle-buckingham]#madeonzencastr BOOKSHOP https://bookshop.org/shop/hoodooplantmamas Apocalypse Still [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9798989936809]by Leah Nicole Whitcomb bloom [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9798869310071] by Leah Nicole Whitcomb About the Boy [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9798989936823] by Leah Nicole Whitcomb BE A PATRON! https://www.patreon.com/hoodooplantmamas SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: @hoodooplants Instagram: @hoodooplantmamas DONATE Paypal: paypal.me/hoodooplantmamas Cashapp: cash.me/$hoodooplantmamas This podcast was created, hosted, and produced by Dani & Leah. Our music was created by Ghrey, and our artwork was designed by Bianca.

    40 min
  3. Ep 50: Discovering Our Sensual Selves

    OCT 11

    Ep 50: Discovering Our Sensual Selves

    CONTENT WARNING // STORIES OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ASSAULT In this episode, Dani and Leah discuss their journey of coming into their sensual selves. We talk about how traumatic puberty was for us as Black girls living in the Bible Belt, separating compulsory heterosexuality from desire, and having to stitch together our sexuality in our twenties. We highlight the life of Mather Catherine Seals, the Temple of Innocent Blood, and the inspiring work she accomplished in her short life. RESOURCES * African Goddess Rising Oracle: A 44-Card Deck and Guidebook [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9781401963101]by Abiola Abrams * "A Night at Fontaine's: A Spicy Romance Short [https://a.co/d/4gnMOAl]" by Leah Nicole Whitcomb * Conjuring the Calabash: Empowering Women with Hoodoo Spells & Magick [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9780738773711] by  Mawiyah Kai El-Jamah Bomani  * "Mother Catherine Seals And The Temple Of The Innocent Blood [https://www.wwno.org/podcast/tripod-new-orleans-at-300/2016-12-01/mother-catherine-seals-and-the-temple-of-the-innocent-blood]" by TriPod : New Orleans at 300 * "Mother Catherine [https://short-stories.co/@zoranealehurston/mother-catherine-7e4vkp0kzd06]" Short Story by Zora Neale Hurston Create your podcast today! [https://zencastr.com/?via=danielle-buckingham] #madeonzencastr BOOKSHOP https://bookshop.org/shop/hoodooplantmamas Apocalypse Still [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9798989936809] by Leah Nicole Whitcomb bloom [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9798869310071] by Leah Nicole Whitcomb About the Boy [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9798989936823] by Leah Nicole Whitcomb BE A PATRON! https://www.patreon.com/hoodooplantmamas SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: @hoodooplants Instagram: @hoodooplantmamas DONATE Paypal: paypal.me/hoodooplantmamas Cashapp: cash.me/$hoodooplantmamas This podcast was created, hosted, and produced by Dani & Leah. Our music was created by Ghrey, and our artwork was designed by Bianca.

    44 min
  4. Ep 49: Moving Through Black Mysticism and Imagination

    OCT 4

    Ep 49: Moving Through Black Mysticism and Imagination

    Hey y'all. We're back with our season 8 premiere. This season we're planning on dropping a new episode every week of Hoodoo Heritage Month discussing a theme and a historical Hoodoo that you may not know about.  In this episode, we discuss the violent effects of colonialism on our bodies, imagination, and relationships. We touch on the current political climate before getting into the  life and work of Father Divine and the need to use Black mysticism to navigate through the destruction of colonialism.  RESOURCES * "Nikki Giovanni on the importance of self love | Generational Anxiety [https://youtube.com/shorts/ZStotsgCr9Y?si=u7FLRlysh2NgtyZw]" ALLARTSTV. YouTube. * "Ep 47: Dreaming a New Dream with Austen Smith [https://open.spotify.com/episode/7cXkRIt1y6iDr29kQyPo3W?si=b57026819663401c]" Hoodoo Plant Mamas. * Loving Corrections [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9781849355544] by adrienne maree brown * September Patreon Minisode: Loving Corrections [https://www.patreon.com/posts/minisode-loving-112177077?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link] * Father's Kingdom [https://www.fatherskingdommovie.com/] documentary Create your podcast today! [https://zencastr.com/?via=danielle-buckingham] #madeonzencastr BOOKSHOP https://bookshop.org/shop/hoodooplantmamas Apocalypse Still [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9798989936809]by Leah Nicole Whitcomb bloom [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9798869310071] by Leah Nicole Whitcomb About the Boy [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9798989936823] by Leah Nicole Whitcomb BE A PATRON! https://www.patreon.com/hoodooplantmamas SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: @hoodooplants Instagram: @hoodooplantmamas DONATE Paypal: paypal.me/hoodooplantmamas Cashapp: cash.me/$hoodooplantmamas This podcast was created, hosted, and produced by Dani & Leah. Our music was created by Ghrey, and our artwork was designed by Bianca.

    46 min
  5. Ep 48: Apocalypse Still with Leah Nicole

    MAY 24

    Ep 48: Apocalypse Still with Leah Nicole

    For this very special season finale, Dani interviews Leah about her latest book, Apocalypse Still. We discuss themes, inspiration, and her writing process. We also get into the myth of the Black superhero, the difficult decisions we make to survive, and how Black folks deserve alternate endings.  Leah Nicole Whitcomb is a community storyteller from Mississippi who writes about Black folks, love, and magic. She co-hosts the Hoodoo Plant Mamas podcast. Her writing has been featured in Sistories, Samjoko Magazine, and the young adult anthology, All the Ways a Heart Burns. A Courage to Write Grant recipient, Leah's work has been supported by The deGroot Foundation, Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation, The Bereket Writing Community, Women of Color Writers Podcast, and the Women's National Book Association. She is the author of Apocalypse Still. RESOURCES * Apocalypse Still [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9798989936809] by Leah Nicole Whitcomb * bloom [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9798869310071] by Leah Nicole Whitcomb * The Black Girl Survives in This One: Horror Stories [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9781250871657] Ed by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell * "New Analysis Reveals Many Excess Deaths Attributed to Natural Causes are Actually Uncounted COVID-19 Deaths [https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2024/new-analysis-reveals-many-excess-deaths-attributed-to-natural-causes-are-actually-uncounted-covid-19-deaths/]" by Jillian McKoy. Boston University School of Health.  * "Black People Hysterically Await Superhuman Abilities During 'Negro Solstice [https://blavity.com/black-people-hysterically-await-superhuman-abilities-during-negro-solstice]'" by Jon Greig. Blavity.  * "A Jamaican Love Story: Lover's Leap in St. Elizabeth [https://thehub.news/a-jamaican-love-story-lovers-leap-in-st-elizabeth/]" by Bailey Huebner. TheHub.News. * Soul Talk: The New Spirituality of African American Women [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9780892819430]by Akasha Gloria Hull * Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal [https://www.adultswim.com/videos/primal] * When I Was a Slave: Memoirs from the Slave Narration Collection [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9780486420707] Ed by Norman R. Yetman * The Dead Don't Need Reminding: In Search of Fugitives, Mississippi, and Black TV Nerd Shit [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9781645030263]by Julian Randall * "SAD FACE [https://substack.com/home/post/p-144155598?source=queue]" by Dani Bee. Home & Other Obsessions. * "Ep 14: Writing the Spirit [https://open.spotify.com/episode/7wMgtcTw8cz3MRxrCYjmaj?si=5f86e7c093054863]" Hoodoo Plant Mamas * "Ep 36: Writing as Conjure Work [https://open.spotify.com/episode/3SmOkJOLUwwLO4jYgUIpGH?si=17d3d07d05814048]" Hoodoo Plant Mamas * "Ep 47: Dreaming a New Dream with Austen Smith [https://open.spotify.com/episode/7cXkRIt1y6iDr29kQyPo3W?si=b94956c39e64455d]" Hoodoo Plant Mamas BOOKSHOP https://bookshop.org/shop/hoodooplantmamas BE A PATRON! https://www.patreon.com/hoodooplantmamas SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: @hoodooplants Instagram: @hoodooplantmamas DONATE Paypal: paypal.me/hoodooplantmamas Cashapp: cash.me/$hoodooplantmamas This podcast was created, hosted, and produced by Dani & Leah. Our music was created by Ghrey, and our artwork was designed by Bianca.

    44 min
  6. Ep 47: Dreaming a New Dream with Austen Smith

    MAY 10

    Ep 47: Dreaming a New Dream with Austen Smith

    In this episode we're joined by Austen Smith of ImaginationDoulas. We discuss the imagination as a colonial construct as well as the need to integrate dreaming into our spiritual and liberation practices. We go over the principles of their project, ImaginationDoulas, and talk about how to work with the Spirit of Creativity. This is a must-listen for all creatives! Austen Smith is a spirit-forward visionary artist, writer, social researcher, and founder of Our Lunar Intelligence (OLi), a black-centered organization focusing on spatial justice and spiritual creativity. The ImaginationDoulas, an OLi project, uses ancestral reverence and dreaming as a methodology to restore the imaginations of systemically disempowered peoples. Learn more about Austen's work at www.ourlunarintelligence.org. RESOURCES * Apocalypse Still [https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?Ah7JtGND2Vkzvr8URK6XPFQDlvM9SWmFuH9CJ1YVEAx#]by Leah Nicole Whitcomb * "The God in Me [https://open.spotify.com/episode/2mJwrgOvUCQv1PqG7QJOm0?si=e8c6ca6becd4493f]" Hoodoo Plant Mamas Podcast * "The Chinese doctor who tried to warn others about coronavirus [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51364382]" by Stephanie Hegarty. BBC.  * "Austen Smith on the role of daydreaming in your creative practice [https://www.reckon.news/black-joy/2024/01/austen-smith-on-the-role-of-daydreaming-in-your-creative-practice.html]." by Danielle Buckingham. Black Joy x Reckon * ImaginationDoulas Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/imaginationdoulas/] BOOKSHOP https://bookshop.org/shop/hoodooplantmamas BE A PATRON! https://www.patreon.com/hoodooplantmamas SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: @hoodooplants Instagram: @hoodooplantmamas DONATE Paypal: paypal.me/hoodooplantmamas Cashapp: cash.me/$hoodooplantmamas This podcast was created, hosted, and produced by Dani & Leah. Our music was created by Ghrey, and our artwork was designed by Bianca.

    1h 5m
  7. Ep 46: The God in Me

    APR 26

    Ep 46: The God in Me

    Is your spirituality rooted in a genuine desire to connect with the Divine or is it rooted in a sense of superiority over other spiritual traditions? In this episode we answer this as well as discuss spiritual insecurity, performing spirituality for others, and seeing ourselves as divine beings.  RESOURCES * Apocalypse Still [https://bookshop.org/a/93534/9798989936809]by Leah Nicole Whitcomb * Jeida K. Storey's Threads Post [https://www.threads.net/@storeytellingtarot/post/C5j52ays6Vb] (storeytellingtarot) * "Astrology Influencer MysticxLipstick Dead in Alleged Murder-Suicide After Troubling Social Media Posts [https://www.yahoo.com/news/astrology-influencer-mysticxlipstick-dead-alleged-155343236.html]" by DeMicia Inman. Yahoo!News. * "Ep 45: When Your Soul Gets Weary [https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Fq8CFEEA3uh6hn3Vn4YcE?si=fd1964ee3991451f]" Hoodoo Plant Mamas Podcast * "Finding Healing in Gospel Music [https://therumpus.net/2021/03/25/finding-healing-in-gospel-music/]" by Leah Nicole Whitcomb. The Rumpus. BOOKSHOP https://bookshop.org/shop/hoodooplantmamas BE A PATRON! https://www.patreon.com/hoodooplantmamas SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: @hoodooplants Instagram: @hoodooplantmamas DONATE Paypal: paypal.me/hoodooplantmamas Cashapp: cash.me/$hoodooplantmamas This podcast was created, hosted, and produced by Dani & Leah. Our music was created by Ghrey, and our artwork was designed by Bianca.

    37 min
  8. Ep 45: When Your Soul Gets Weary

    APR 12

    Ep 45: When Your Soul Gets Weary

    In this episode, we discuss what happens when your spiritual practice changes. We get into struggling with your purpose when the world has gone to shit, integrating Hoodoo in all aspects of our lives, and the need to tap into local plant medicine.  RESOURCES * Apocalypse Still [https://a.co/d/ayHhDc6] by Leah Nicole Whitcomb * "Get your spirit right with podcast host and Osun Priestess Juju Bae [https://www.reckon.news/black-joy/2024/03/get-your-spirit-right-with-podcast-host-and-osun-priestess-juju-bae.html]" by Danielle Buckingham. BlackJoy x Reckon * Banning Black Gods: Law and Religions of the African Diaspora [https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-1-64602-103-1.html] by Danielle N. Boaz. * "The magical science of Hoodoo with Hess Love [https://www.reckon.news/black-joy/2023/10/the-magical-science-of-hoodoo-with-hess-love.html]" by Danielle Buckingham. BlackJoy x Reckon. * Tatianna Tarot YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIFsaGXPW7mIx8l6XJP_a8w]. * "Magical Transitions" [https://leahwhitcomb.substack.com/p/magical-transitions] by Leah Nicole Whitcomb. Little Sunday Sermons. * "'African American Herbalism' is both history and healing" [https://www.reckon.news/black-joy/2024/04/african-american-herbalism-is-both-history-and-healing.html] by Danielle Buckingham. BlackJoy x Reckon.  * African American Herbalism: A Practical Guide to Healing Plants and Folk Traditions [https://bookshop.org/p/books/african-american-herbalism-a-practical-guide-to-healing-plants-and-folk-traditions-lucretia-vandyke/17544907?aid=88301&ean=9781646043521&listref=black-herbalism-resources] by Lucretia Vandyke BOOKSHOP https://bookshop.org/shop/hoodooplantmamas BE A PATRON! https://www.patreon.com/hoodooplantmamas SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: @hoodooplants Instagram: @hoodooplantmamas DONATE Paypal: paypal.me/hoodooplantmamas Cashapp: cash.me/$hoodooplantmamas This podcast was created, hosted, and produced by Dani & Leah. Our music was created by Ghrey, and our artwork was designed by Bianca

    37 min
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A biweekly podcast where writers Leah Nicole and Dani Bee discuss Black spirituality, community, and culture.

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  • Creator
    Leah Whitcomb
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    53
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Hoodoo Plant Mamas

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