Climate Change in the Multiverse

Placing the question, "Does God exist?" at the center of his first feature length film came naturally for writer-director Ian Ebright. After crafting multiple thoughtful short films about morality and the social contracts that bind (or unbind) us, he delivers a powerful look at what pride, grief, and certainty can do to a person. Starring Patrick Fabian (of Better Call Saul fame) at the head of a brilliant ensemble cast,The Way We Speak offers a sharp and humbling look at the modern man and the lengths he may go to in order to be seen and heard. Ian and Kelly discuss the making of the film, Ian's oeuvre of short films (which you can watch at brokentelegraph.com), breaking free from the dominant narratives of religion and right to comfort in the West, and power stories have to change the world.

After a weekend of spliffs, staying up talking until 2am, and connecting the dots on love, consciousness, and culture conditioning, Kelly and elianne sit down to discuss elianne's thesis on the Palestinian political identity, how queerness leads to liberation, the performative ruse of the colonial justice system, and leaving behind the transactional nature of modern dating. Watch the full conversation on YouTube @loveandthemultiverse elianne el amyouni is a lebanese-canadian writer, poet, PhD candidate, and TikTok superstar known as Twitchy Witch. She has a Masters in Occult Symbology and Jungian Dream Analysis, and she also sometimes turns into a cat. Meow.

Elianne El Amyouni aka Twitchy Witch is back on the podcast! Elianne is a PhD candidate in the Palestinian political identity with a Masters in Jungian Dream Analysis and Occult Symbology. She shares from her life growing up in a household with parents who taught her to question everything -- especially dominant narratives -- and explains how out of a pantheon of gods, a singular God emerged and evolved through the religions of the West. We also talk tarot, bias, gaslighting, free will, and how stories shape the world.

Does consciousness create reality?! Sherrie Jackson blows our minds with her NOPE "tulpa" theory and Kelly offers esoteric insights to back her up. Check out Sherrie's blog for in-depth film analysis and fun: https://thefoolio.substack.com/

Organizer, artist, and engineer Kia Zahrabi speaks with Kelly about the one year anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death, the history of hijab laws in Iran, Iranians' ongoing struggle and revolution against the Islamic Regime, Zoroastrianism, and the embers burning just below the surface.Follow Nazanin Boniadi, Iranian Knowledge, Amplify Iran, Iranian Diaspora Collective, United for Masha, Center for Human Rights in Iran, Gol Farahani, and nsuncollective.

Amrita Ahuja, the Founder of Groundwork, speaks to Kelly about the challenges of living in the upside down world, how we've normalized to being in survival mode, the pain underneath it all, closing the small gaps, and being in service of something greater than ourselves. Follow Amrita @groundwork.xyz

No! More! Energetic! Liabilities! This is message reverberating from Oracle, energy reader, and world traveler Molly Jane. In this episode, we talk about being the human, grid work, meeting in Guatemala, the Barbie movie, pushing the edges of your psyche, ending the “Five of Wands” struggle within your self, and the necessity of having fun.

Alchemist, shapeshifter, and TikTok star Elianne El-Amyouni -- aka Twitchy Witch -- joins Kelly to talk about ego death, existential crises and depression, Jesus and the paradox of suffering under capitalism, being a fool for love, the cost of groceries, finding balance, and accepting that the world is always ending.

Kelly chats with her cousin, prolific sitcom writer Chuck Tatham, about the WGA strike, his time working on Arrested Development, how the industry has changed over the past 30 years, AI, mini-rooms, and the best part of working in TV: snacks.

On March 2nd, 2021, Trans Mountain Pipeline (TMX) and the Crown corporation known as Canada sent Stacy Gallagher to prison for performing peaceful ceremony along the Trans Mountain Pipeline route. The Crown sentenced him to 90 days, but fortunately his partner Rita Wong managed to get him released on bail and granted leave to appeal his sentence.Stacy and Rita spoke with us about their legal situation, systemic racism in the courts, the ongoing devastation of colonization, giving consent, and how you can help. You can donate to Stacy and fellow land defender Jim Leyden's legal funds here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-fund-for-jim-and-stacys-appeals

Reflecting on the first #Time2Talk Public Safety, Tonye and Kelly talk about the bigger picture of crime, care, colonial constructs, and how we police each other. Kelly speaks to some of her White bias and Tonye reminds us that we have all been robbed by colonialism and systemic racism.Follow Tonye @tonyeaganaba on Twitter and Instagram. Listen to their podcast The Living Laboratory on Soundcloud and their music on Spotify.

Clinical counsellor and Vancouver-Kengsington Green candidate Nazanin Moghadami talks about the emotional rollercoaster that is a snap election, who has accessibility to democracy, the privilege of feeling safe, and building up the courage to step into politics.

BC Greens Candidate for Vancouver-Kingsway and Director of Policy for the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition Scott Bernstein talks about jumping into politics, the racist origins of drug prohibition, psychedelic medicines, and how decriminalization is related to climate change.

Climate scientist, MBA, and BC Greens Vancouver-Point Grey candidate Dr. Devyani Singh talks about the pain of biodiversity loss, what a just transition looks like, carbon capture and sequestration, and the potential for regenerative innovation in B.C.

Sonia Furstenau, leader of the BC Green Party, talks about why she stepped into public service, staying calm and grounded in the face of political game playing, reconciling with Colonialism, and the weighty responsibility of shaping our future.

BC Green Party candidate Dr. Maayan Kreitzman speaks to Kelly about sea level rise, the arrest of Indigenous land defenders, our colonial legal system, and why implementing Citizens' Assemblies is our best chance at saving the planet.The Case for Citizens Assemblies: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17bfK7ZHxj_0wUHbWtbNjh9yNPHM3kXIpEiOzz5rhvQc/edit

Kelly reads Audre Lorde's Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power."When we begin to live from within outward, in touch with the power of the erotic within ourselves, and allowing that power to inform and illuminate our actions upon the world around us, then we begin to be responsible to ourselves in the deepest sense. For as we begin to recognize our deepest feelings, we begin to give up, of necessity, being satisfied with suffering and self-negation, and with the numbness which so often seems like their only alternative in our society. Our acts against oppression become integral with self, motivated and empowered from within."

Read by Kelly, "Dear White People" is an essay by Nigerian scholar, storyteller, and post-activist Bayo Akomolafe. In it, Bayo addresses the deepest frames of white supremacy and urges us to interrogate whiteness, boundaries, and the notion that we can 'return' to our indigeneity.

Decolonial leader, educator, and healer Leah Garza speaks with Kelly about the Akashic Records, the white supremacist right to comfort, spiritual bypassing, the myth of "solutions", and reclaiming our sovereignty.

Intuitive astrologer, movement artist, and embodied activist Virginia Rosenberg speaks to Kelly about the mechanisms of the spacetime matrix, 5D, self-actualization, and using astrology as a tool for social justice.

Director and performance artist Anna Valeska Pohl speaks with Kelly about provocative expression, censorship, the process of creating intuitive and vulnerable artwork, and the gifts of loneliness and spiritual practice.

Extinction Rebellion's Skeena Rathor speaks with Kelly about what COVID-19 means for activists, and together they discover the key to changing hearts and minds.

Performance artist, musician, and witch Morrigan Bonegardener chats with Kelly about goddess worship, sex magic, claiming divinity in a queer body, and the singular soul of the Universe.

Kori and Kelly discuss the youth climate movement, music as activism, the difference between regeneration and sustainability, evolving minds, and the importance of Indigenous and POC leadership.

Pritam Siri and Kelly chat about Kundalini Yoga, the spirituality of wealth (in a capitalist society), remembering our achievements from past lives, three-dimensional ambition, and embodying emotions in the human incarnation.

Ish and Kelly talk about anger, Instagram memes, being a femme voice in a traditionally male activist space, putting billionaires to work, and the (in)validity of astrology.

rivers and kelly talk about human supremacy, reframing the concept of sacrifice, boundaries, trauma, monogamy, and the joyful re-wilding of the planet