Stars and Stars with Isa Stitcher Studios

Rico Nasty began releasing mixtapes online, self-teaching and innovating when she was in high school, leading to collaborations with rapper Lil Yachty, two studio albums, and her latest EP, Hardcore Dreamz. Rico’s journey into motherhood and her rap career developed hand-in-hand, and her story is one of personal resilience and creative shape shifting. Rico liberates herself and her fans from the shackles of normativity. Isa sits down with Rico to discuss how her Taurus sun and moon and Aquarius rising allow her to reinvent herself constantly, but remain grounded in who she is.

Multidisciplinary artist, poet, and writer Fariha Róisín is a Capricorn Sun and Cancer Moon and Rising. Host Isa Nakazawa sits down with Fariha to unpack how her chart illuminates the trajectory of her writing career, from a critical examination of wellness culture to her own healing from childhood abuse. Fariha shares details of her journey to mending her body and spirit through liberation. Isa also guides Fariha through her Saturn and Pluto placements, planetary aspects that are slow to arrive — but when they do arrive, they arrive with force.

Poet, writer, and podcast host Saeed Jones is a Sagittarius Sun, Taurus Moon, and Libra Rising. Our host, Isa Nakazawa, leads Saeed to reflect on how his seemingly opposing appetite for life and tendency to turn inward harmoniously meet in his Sagittarius, or what Saeed calls the “party hermit.” Also, Saeed’s Venus in Scorpio has influenced his pursuit of intense experiences, sometimes confusing dangerous passion for depth. Finally, Saeed satiates his Moon in Taurus through his home, where he’s created a sanctuary for life, work, and play in Columbus, Ohio.

Maya Murillo came up in the early days of social media, when she started making humorous videos on Vine and YouTube at 16. The internet sweetheart and co-host of the Super Secret Bestie Club podcast, with creator and bestie Curly Velasquez joined Buzzfeed Latine video vertical, Pero Like, in 2016, making videos about identity and Latinidad and pop-culture. Today, she’s on Instagram and TikTok as @Mayainthemoment, where she makes content as varied, bubbly, and exuberant as her personality. She gets real about her dating life and the importance of self-care and self-love, while still delivering her funny snippets of observational comedy. Maya and Isa look at how Maya balances her double Aries with her Pisces Rising, and how she learns boundaries through her friends.

Zach Stafford is a journalist, podcast host and producer whose wide-ranging work explores pop culture, queer joy and loss, and police brutality among other issues. Today, Zach is co-creator and co-host of Vibe Check, an original podcast in our Stitcher family, which he leads with fellow journalist Sam Sanders and writer Saeed Jones. Zach has also recently earned a Tony for his co-production of the Broadway musical A Strange Loop, which also won a Pulitzer Prize in drama. Isa Nakazawa discusses Zach’s Pisces sun, Pisces moon, and Leo rising, and how together, they allow him to ride the in-between spaces and identities that can’t be contained nor easily defined.

Jahad Chris Carter also known as JC, created The Hopeless Romantic Society, an interview series about love’s adventures and misadventures with millions of viewers on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. In their videos, JC inspires strangers to spill the tea, revealing stories about the wildest thing they ever did for love. Rather than hide behind the microphone, JC exposes themself with equal honesty and humor. Isa Nakazawa sits down with JC to discuss how their Pisces sun, Cancer moon, and Taurus rising create the perfect balance for their work while also revealing what makes them happy, and when to ask for help.