Possibilities Podcast

Possibilities Podcast

5.0 (30)
SOCIETY & CULTURE

In conversation with ideas, people and practices that create possibilities for us all. Transcripts, Playlists and More: possibilitiespodcast.carrd.co Patreon: patreon.com/possibilitiespodcast

12/06/2022

S3 E8: Possibilities of Mycelial Love w/ Syrus Marcus Ware

In this season finale episode, we talk about Syrus’ prolific art practice is rooted in a vision of nurturing irresistible, joyful, hope-fueled revolutions and how the garden of abolition can grow our loving futures. We chat about what it means to be an amplifier of community through art and what he has learned from being a parent in the movement. Syrus generously shares his memories of spending time with visionary artists Octavia Butler and Emory Douglass. This conversation beautifully braids in the loving possibilities echoed in this podcast season of #PossibiltiesOfLove. 💖 Happy Sag Season! We love you! Link to transcript: possibilitiespodcast.carrd.co Show Credits: Creative Lead/Host: Umang Antariksh Sagar, Season Producer: kumari giles, Editing and Audio Production: Katie Jensen at Vocal Fry Studios, Visual Art and Social Media: Harmeet Rehal, Music by: Hasheel and Lady Pista, Transcript: Jasmine Noseworthy Persaud, Admin Support: Salma Al Atassi

52 min
11/30/2022

S3 E7: Possibilities of Care Futures with Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

This week’s conversation is rooted in Leah’s latest book, The Future is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs. We talk about care networks, the complexity of mutual aid, disabled pessimism, joy and desire. As we move through change and collective grief, Leah shares how disabled knowledge and innovation have been generating the paths for us to move through the unknown of the pandemics we face and the vital importance of disability justice fuelling our care-centered visionary futures. 💖 Link to transcript: possibilitiespodcast.carrd.co Show Credits: Creative Lead/Host: Umang, Season Producer: kumari giles, Editing and Audio Production: Katie Jensen at Vocal Fry Studios, Visual Art and Social Media: Harmeet Rehal, Music by: Hasheel and Lady Pista, Transcript: Jasmine Noseworthy Persaud, Admin Support: Salma Al Atassi

1h 3m
11/22/2022

S3 E6: Possibilities of Loving Wild w/Naty Tremblay

In this sparkling conversation, Naty talks about the potency of the deep wilds, embodying the wilderness within us, and how regenerative reciprocity feeds all beings in all directions! We chat about their approach to their community arts practice, circle keeping and transformative justice work, and their expansive relationship to wonder and time! Through it all Naty expounds on the magic, messiness, sacredness and switchyness of relationships and how transformative love moves through forests & rivers. 💖 Link to transcript: possibilitiespodcast.carrd.co Show Credits: Creative Lead/Host: Umang, Season Producer: kumari giles, Editing and Audio Production: Katie Jensen at Vocal Fry Studios, Visual Art and Social Media: Harmeet Rehal, Music by: Hasheel and Lady Pista, Transcript: Jasmine Noseworthy Persaud, Admin Support: Salma Al Atassi

1h 6m
11/15/2022

S3 E5: Possibilities of Loving Collaboration w/ adrienne maree brown and Autumn Brown

Possibilities of Loving Collaboration with adrienne maree brown and Autumn Brown! We chat about the many ways adrienne and Autumn infuse love and creativity into their collaboration with each other on their incredible podcast “How to Survive the End of the World”. We talk about navigating the unknown, adaptation, birthing and sharing ideas and sci- fi love! They share their influences, their evolving relationship to their audiences, and how they continue to deepen and grow their connection as siblings, organizers and creators. Their podcast has been an inspiration for our show and it’s a deep joy to be in loving alignment with them as both the @endoftheworldshow and @possibilitiespodcast are releasing seasons about love! Check this episode out for deep insight and infectious laughter! 💖💕💖 Link to transcript: possibilitiespodcast.carrd.co Show Credits: Creative Lead/Host: Umang, Season Producer: kumari giles, Editing and Audio Production: Katie Jensen at Vocal Fry Studios, Visual Art and Social Media: Harmeet Rehal, Music by: Hasheel and Lady Pista, Transcript: Jasmine Noseworthy Persaud, Admin Support: Salma Al Atassi

1h 5m
11/01/2022

S3 E4: Possibilities of Creative Flourishing w/ Bilal Baig

Possibilities of Creative Flourishing with the radiant Bilal Baig! We chat about how the possibilities and tensions of love form fertile ground for their creations including the groundbreaking TV series Sort Of and beyond! Bilal shares what excites them in creative work and nourishes them in collaborations, how their family informs their comedic style, and how they honour their pace & younger self in making work that is authentic to them! We also get some tantalizing hints about what’s coming up in the soon to be released Season 2 of Sort Of! 🔥 Link to transcript: possibilitiespodcast.carrd.co Show Credits: Creative Lead/Host: Umang, Season Producer: kumari giles, Editing and Audio Production: Katie Jensen at Vocal Fry Studios, Visual Art and Social Media: Harmeet Rehal, Music by: Hasheel and Lady Pista, Transcript: Jasmine Noseworthy Persaud, Admin Support: Salma Al Atassi

51 min
10/25/2022

S3 E3: Possibilities of Divine Love w/ Alexis Pauline Gumbs & Sangodare Akinwale

In this episode we talk with Alexis and Sangodare as they celebrate 14 years of their loveship! This sweet episode is a special one because both Alexis and Sangodare have been big love teachers for Umang! We talk about the infinite ways in which Sangodare and Alexis lean into loving trust, curiosity, playfulness, and miracle with each other, and how that fuels the magic they offer out into the world. Link to transcript: possibilitiespodcast.carrd.co Creative Lead/Host: Umang Antariksh Sagar, Season Producer: kumari giles, Editing and Audio Production: Katie at Vocal Fry Studios, Visual Art and Social Media: Harmeet Rehal, Music by: Hasheel and Lady Pista, Transcript: Lilah Hill and kumari giles, Admin Support: Salma Al Atassi

1h 16m
10/18/2022

S3 E2: Possibilities of Relational Loving w/ Kai Cheng Thom

In this episode we talk with Kai Cheng about being an “extremist for love” and her books “I Hope we Choose Love” and “Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars”. We also chat about the complexity of queer utopias, self mythologies, recreating institutional structures, queer/trans magic, our sacred unknown knowing and the western colonial myth of “lasting forever”. This transformative discussion is intricately braided with the idea of letting love and the relationship to self, community and beyond be the driving force of our lives🔥 Links to transcript: possibilitiespodcast.carrd.co Show Credits: Creative Lead/Host: Umang, Season Producer: kumari giles, Editing and Audio Production: Max Collins & Katie Jensen at Vocal Fry Studios, Visual Art and Social Media: Harmeet Rehal, Music by: Hasheel & Lady Pista, Transcript: Jasmine Noseworthy Persaud, Admin Support: Salma Al Atassi

52 min
10/11/2022

S3 E1: Possibilities of Ungovernable Desire w/ Madhavi Menon

Madhavi Menon is a scholar of desire and our first guest on our season, Possibilities of Love! This conversation is rooted in Madhavi’s incredible book “Infinite Variety: A history of Desire in India”. We talk about colonialism, caste, hindu mythology, Sufi poetry and darghas as a site of desire, yogic and tantric paths, adornment, the institution of marriage and love stories that capture our imagination! This episode speaks to an expanded landscape of history and ideological shifts of desire, and how desire is the rawest form of us🔥 Links to transcript: possibilitiespodcast.carrd.co Show Credits: Creative Lead/Host: Umang, Season Producer: kumari giles, Editing and Audio Production: Katie Jensen at Vocal Fry Studios, Visual Art and Social Media: Harmeet Rehal, Music by: Hasheel & Lady Pista, Transcript: Jasmine Noseworthy Persaud, Admin Support: Salma Al Atassi

1h 3m
10/07/2022

Possibilities Of Love Season Trailer

The first episode of our #PossibilitiesofLove season will be released next week on October 11th! We are so hyped! Here is a little taste of what's to come❤️‍ Also reminder that you can find our show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and anywhere you listen to podcasts! Transcripts for our episodes can be found at possibilitiespodcast.com and for ongoing updates follow us on Instagram, twitter and facebook! Find these links at possibilitiespodcast.carrd.co Narration by: Umang Illustrations by: Harmeet Trailer video audio production by: Katie at Vocal Fry Studios Music by: Hasheel & Lady Pista Trailer Transcript: As we move through change, upheaval and the great unknown that is everyday in this world - what if love is our surest guide? What if everything is love or an opportunity to love? What if it’s just that simple? Can divine loving desire fuel our shedding of everything that is not love and generate creative, abundant and fulfilling paths that make our hearts sing? What does it take to trust the path love offers, even if it requires defiance of our ideas of impossibility? This season we are in conversation with some incredible thinkers and artists to explore these inquiries and so much more. I am your host Umang. And Possibilities of Love is our new season.

1 min
06/17/2021

Pandemic Minisode 8 - Possibilities of Regenerative Reciprocity w/ Naty Tremblay

This week’s episode, Possibilities of Regenerative Reciprocity is the last of our minisode series! This episode features Naty Tremblay (@civilcyborg) sharing insights about our collective responsibilities and making connections to create interwoven communities of magic, justice and transformation. Links to Episode, Patreon and Transcript in Bio Listen to this episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and anywhere you listen to podcasts. Music by: Lal Art by: @umang_antariksh ID: White block text on pink background reads "POSSIBILITIES OF REGENERATIVE RECIPROCITY W/NATY TREMBLAY ”. Below, there’s a circular photo of Naty, a metis francophone person smiling head tilted with short hair, shaved on the sides. They are wearing a soft pink shirt and necklace and there’s glitter surrounding them. Blue and pink alternating, text reads: “hosted by KUMARI GILES” "POSSIBILITY SHAPER, CIRCLE KEEPER & COMMUNITY NURTURING ARTIST NATY TREMBLAY REFLECTS ON THE DEEP LESSONS OF THIS PAST YEAR THROUGH OUR PANDEMIC QUESTIONNAIRE" "AVAILABLE NOW WHEREVER YOU LISTEN TO PODCASTS" At the bottom, white block text on pink background reads “EXTENDED VERSIONS OF MINISODES IS AVAILABLE ON OUR PATREON PAGE”.

26 min
06/03/2021

Pandemic Minisode 7 - Possibilities of Dark Magic w/ Alvis Choi a.k.a. Alvis Parsley

This week’s episode, Possibilities of Dark Magic features Alvis Choi a.k.a. Alvis Parsley (@parsleyparsley) Alvis reflects back on the terrains the pandemic has made them explore - the challenges of moving frontline work to virtual spaces, making space to try new things and culturally rerouting to their authentic self. Links to Episode, Patreon and Transcript: linktr.ee/possibilitiespodcast Listen to this episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and anywhere you listen to podcasts. Music by: LAL & Pantayo Art by: Umang ID: White block text on pink background reads "POSSIBILITIES OF DARK MAGIC W/ ALVIS CHOI A.K.A. ALVIS PARSLEY ”. Below, there’s a circular photo of Alvis, a cantonese person sitting in a furry vest and sparkly belt wearing a blonde wig with bangs, red lipstick and glasses looking upwards. Blue and pink alternating, text reads: “hosted by UMANG ANTARIKSH SAGAR” "BRILLIANT ARTIST & CARING COMMUNITY WORKER, ALVIS REFLECTS WITH VULNERABILITY & REALNESS ON THIS PAST YEAR THROUGH OUR PANDEMIC QUESTIONNAIRE" "AVAILABLE NOW WHEREVER YOU LISTEN TO PODCASTS" At the bottom, white block text on pink background reads “EXTENDED VERSIONS OF MINISODES IS AVAILABLE ON OUR PATREON PAGE”.

18 min
05/20/2021

Pandemic Minisode 6 - Possibilities of Cultivating Joy w/ kumari giles & Dev Ramsawakh

This week’s episode features the rest of the team, Dev and kumari in Possibilities of Cultivating Joy. Dev and kumari chat about intentional relationships, clearing space for joy and interconnectedness. Link to Episode, Patreon & Transcript: linktr.ee/possibilitiespodcast Music by: LAL & Pantayo Art by: Umang

39 min

5

out of 5

30 Ratings

Yes!

11/23/2020

bluesuzi

This podcast is helping to shift my perspective and views for ways to move through the world in more connected and accountable ways and to appreciate creativity and lifting each other up. Grateful to listen and look forward to more!

In conversation with ideas, people and practices that create possibilities for us all. Transcripts, Playlists and More: possibilitiespodcast.carrd.co Patreon: patreon.com/possibilitiespodcast

Creator

Possibilities Podcast
Years Active

2019 - 2022
Episodes

30
Rating

Explicit
Copyright

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