Roots and Realms Podcast

Roots and Realms
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Roots and Realms is a podcast where BIPOC voices explore spirituality, ancestry, magic, and the unseen. Through candid conversations and cultural storytelling, we honor the sacred, challenge norms, and uplift the paths less traveled. Join us at the crossroads; where tradition meets transformation.

  1. May 8

    Spiritual Mentorship

    In this episode of Roots and Realms, we explore the complicated world of spiritual mentorship. We discuss the value of guidance, how to discern healthy teacher and student dynamics, common red flags in spiritual spaces, and the importance of accountability, boundaries, and personal agency on the path. Whether you are seeking mentorship, offering it, or recovering from harmful spiritual experiences, this conversation offers insight, reflection, and real talk for modern seekers. We also appreciate your patience with some technical difficulties present in portions of the episode.

    50 min

  2. Apr 15

    Episode 5 - Magick in Movies

    In this episode of Roots and Realms, we explore the witchy media that shaped our paths, sparked by the return of American Horror Story: Coven. From The Craft to Practical Magic, we reflect on what felt authentic, what didn’t, and why representation in the Craft matters. The conversation moves through influential books and shows, blending nostalgia with critique and lived experience. We also imagine what a truly grounded, diverse, and practice-centered witchy series could look like beyond Hollywood aesthetics. To close, we introduce a new Roots and Realms project amplifying the voices of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color within Western occult traditions.

    1h 3m

  3. Mar 31

    Episode 4 - Performance vs Action

    In this episode of Roots and Realms, we explore performative paganism and the difference between authentic spiritual practice and spirituality shaped for an audience. The conversation dives into cultural appropriation, emphasizing intention, respect, and accountability when engaging with traditions outside one’s own. We also examine the complexities of moral consumption through a debate on the Harry Potter franchise, questioning whether boycotts are meaningful activism or inconsistent performance. This episode challenges listeners to think critically about spirituality, social media, and what it truly means to walk a genuine path.

    1h 15m

  4. Mar 4

    Episode 3 - Building Community

    In this episode of Roots & Realms, KC, Zaren and Angel discuss what it means to build authentic community in modern occult spaces, particularly for queer and BIPOC practitioners. The conversation explores how imposter syndrome can arise for people of color in predominantly Eurocentric traditions and offers practical ways to overcome it, including cognitive restructuring, success journaling, and ancestor connection. The hosts also highlight common red flags in online occult groups, such as controlling moderators, lack of diversity, and spaces that discourage honest dialogue, while emphasizing the importance of creating brave, supportive communities where practitioners can show up fully as themselves and grow together. ✨

    52 min

  5. Feb 26

    Minisode - The Magick and Power of Names

    Angel talks about the Magick and Power in Names

    17 min

  6. Feb 16

    Episode 2 - Interview with Mawiyah Kai El-Jamah Bomani

    In this episode of Roots and Realms, K.C. Freeman, Angel, and Zaren Allen welcome their first-ever guest, Mawiyah Kai El-Jamah Bomani, author of Hoodoo Saints & Root Warriors and Conjuring the Calabash. Together they explore hoodoo as liberation work—rooted in community healing, spiritual agency, and resistance. Mawiyah shares practical ways to canonize and connect with ancestors, set healthy spiritual boundaries with complicated relatives, and invites allies to move from performative support to true accomplice-ship. A warm, powerful conversation on devotion, justice, and why magic has always been for liberation.

    51 min

  7. Feb 9

    Episode 1 - From Aesthetic to Action

    Season two begins by grounding the craft in work, not aesthetics. The hosts challenge performative witch culture and reclaim magic as practice, devotion, and responsibility. From ancestral survival and foraging to activism and collective spellwork, this episode explores how intention becomes action and how community power becomes resistance. Magic is not for likes. It is for liberation.

    45 min

  8. 12/23/2025

    End of Year Reflection from Angel

    A brief moment of reflection on year 2025 from Angel.

    12 min
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Roots and Realms is a podcast where BIPOC voices explore spirituality, ancestry, magic, and the unseen. Through candid conversations and cultural storytelling, we honor the sacred, challenge norms, and uplift the paths less traveled. Join us at the crossroads; where tradition meets transformation.

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  • Creator
    Roots and Realms
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Roots and Realms
  • Show Website
    Roots and Realms Podcast

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