Tea Time this week centres around exploring a tragedy of the past. 1816 was known as the year without a summer, following the eruption of Mount Tambora and it’s global impacts. It’s a mostly forgotten bit of history, that left a very different world afterwards. Also, Dakota reads a poem that may take you right … Read more

Zena and Dakota come together for a tea time chat about Vanity and get completely bogged down in discussing the Seven Deadly Sins and whether they serve any purpose to the average person. Dakota is profoundly impressed that she completely avoided all ‘what’s in the box’ jokes until making the cover image. You can help … Read more

Zena is joined this week by Eric Hanson, a biochemist who answers her questions about viruses, COVID-19, and more. They go in-depth, but keep it understandable. This Week In Virology : Podcast recommendation from Eric.This Podcast Will Kill You : Podcast recommendation from Dakota. Note: With all matters of life and death, please add your … Read more

The fabulous Stylo Starr joins us this week to speak about her art, the importance of representation in art, and how she connects with creativity. It’s a super fun conversation that delves deep into a beautiful heart. View Stylo’s work. Join Stylo on Instagram. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Matreon.

Zena is joined this week by poet Janet Marie Rogers, who speaks about honesty and authenticity in exploring her roots as an indigenous woman through her connection with language and what writing has meant to her in general. Janet has recently begun her term as Writer In Residence at McMaster University. Explore Janet’s Poetry Join … Read more

The ever-delightful Karen Brown Burson joins Zena this week to talk about food, it’s relationship to our wellness and immune system, as well as how to breathe and relax in these Covidian times. From Karen:A healthy immune system is always a key to good health, but now more than ever your diet matters! Check out … Read more

Zena and Dakota explore what they are each doing during social isolation. Zena is meditating and explains how important and powerful it can be. Dakota is re-watching her favourite films, and gives a very deeply nerdy analysis of Hitchcock’s ‘Rear Window’. Cover Image by Dakota Lanktree A stream from Russel Brand, speaking of breath techniques … Read more

Zena and Dakota listen to your messages this week! We heard from a beautiful bunch of former guests and friends about what theyre doing to manage social distancing and quarantine through COVID-19.

Just in time for the flood of plague conspiracy theories, we get the benefit of the insight of Fearful Jesuit. He does the good work of analyzing conspiracy theories, digging into the why and what the heck of conspiracies, and putting it out into the world in his podcast, The Paranoid Strain. You can help … Read more

This week’s victim is Madame X! Or is it you, dear listener? We talked about the magical, the weird, the unusual, and all with joy. Oh, and we didn’t even get a chance to talk about the fangs. She’ll be back soon. 🙂 Madame X on FacebookHouse of the DreamingIron GardenDark Side of the Con … Read more