Hoodoo Plant Mamas
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A biweekly podcast where writers Leah Nicole and Dani Bee discuss Black spirituality, community, and culture.
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S10E5 Ep 62: This Land is Ours with KD Randle
Mississippi farmer KD joins us for the season finale to talk about inheriting family land, how land stewardship informs their faith, and the challenges that come with farm life. Dani and Leah also…
S10E4 Ep 61: A Portal Somewhere Good with Amber Bishop
Artist Amber Bishop joins us in this episode to talk about their latest installation, A Portal Somewhere Good: Who's All Over There? We discuss Midwestern versus Southern Black regional attitudes…
S10E3 Ep 60: Heirloom with Ashia Ajani
In this episode we're joined by poet Ashia Ajani as they talk about their poetry collection, their family's migration story, as well as how Black folk's liberation is tied to the liberation of the…
S10E2 Ep 59: Black Earth Wisdom Part 2
Welcome back to part 2 of our conversation with this season's guiding text: Black Earth Wisdom. In this episode, we talk about how racism has cut us off from natural spaces and our indigenous…
S10E1 Ep 58: Black Earth Wisdom
Hey y'all and welcome back to season 10 of Hoodoo Plant Mamas. It's our 5 year anniversary! We talk about our journey with the podcast as well as our future plans. We break down the book Black Earth…
S9E5 Ep 57: Mississippi Saints and Sinners
In our season finale, we review Ryan Coogler's Sinners (2025). As Mississippi Hoodoos, we have to talk about the Mississippi and Hoodoo rep in this film. We get into Mississippi racial politics as…
S9E4 Ep 56: Saturday Magic with Nyasha Williams and Kenda Bell-Spruill
In this episode we talk with co-authors Nyasha and Ms. Kenda about their picture book Saturday Magic: A Hoodoo Story. We discuss intentional and conscious ancestor veneration, overlooked Hoodoo…
S9E3 Ep 55: Alien Encounters, Conspiracy, and the Unexplainable with Ghrey Mbenza
The honorary third member of Hoodoo Plant Mamas, Ghrey Mbenza is back to talk about the 1994 Ariel School UFO Incident in Ruwa, Zimbabwe. We delve into conspiracy, truth, and paranoia and the need…
S9E2 Ep 54: Making a Creative Life with Julia Mallory
In this episode, guest Julia Mallory returns to talk about how she's turned her life into art. We discuss believing in yourself, circumventing gatekeepers, and putting your work in the world on your…
S9E1 Ep 53: Navigating Ancestral Knowing
Hey y'all! Hoodoo Plant Mamas is back! For our season 9 premiere, we tackle the clairs---what they are and our experiences with them. We get into what Toni Morrison called the "discredited way of…
S8E4 Ep 52: Black Speculative Fiction Month
Our mini season has come to a close. In this episode, we recognize Black Speculative Fiction Month and the contributions Black creatives have made to the speculative fiction genre. We get into how…
S8E3 Ep 51: Divination as Tools, Not Law
What happens when divination leads you astray? In this episode, we discuss our relationship to divination tools, how Tarot is an ever changing forecast and how the Bible is not law. We also get into…
S8E2 Ep 50: Discovering Our Sensual Selves
CONTENT WARNING // STORIES OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ASSAULTIn this episode, Dani and Leah discuss their journey of coming into their sensual selves. We talk about how traumatic puberty was…
S8E1 Ep 49: Moving Through Black Mysticism and Imagination
Hey y'all. We're back with our season 8 premiere. This season we're planning on dropping a new episode every week of Hoodoo Heritage Month discussing a theme and a historical Hoodoo that you may not…
S7E7 Ep 48: Apocalypse Still with Leah Nicole
For this very special season finale, Dani interviews Leah about her latest book, Apocalypse Still. We discuss themes, inspiration, and her writing process. We also get into the myth of the Black…
S7E6 Ep 47: Dreaming a New Dream with Austen Smith
In this episode we're joined by Austen Smith of ImaginationDoulas. We discuss the imagination as a colonial construct as well as the need to integrate dreaming into our spiritual and liberation…
S7E5 Ep 46: The God in Me
Is your spirituality rooted in a genuine desire to connect with the Divine or is it rooted in a sense of superiority over other spiritual traditions? In this episode we answer this as well as discuss…
S7E4 Ep 45: When Your Soul Gets Weary
In this episode, we discuss what happens when your spiritual practice changes. We get into struggling with your purpose when the world has gone to shit, integrating Hoodoo in all aspects of our…
S7E3 Ep 44: We're Brainwashed
In this episode, we tackle US propaganda and how it's causing spiritual warfare. We get into the illusion of choice, media censorship, increased militarism, and how all of our oppression is…
S7E2 Ep 43: Understanding Neurodiversity wtih Ghrey Mbenza
In this episode, we're joined by Ghrey Mbenza, a neurodivergent occupational therapist who works with marginalized communities. Ghrey talks with us about neurodiversity, what it means to be Black and…
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Hoodoo Plant Mamas has published 63 episodes since October 2020, covering topics in Comedy, Religion & Spirituality.
Hoodoo Plant Mamas is currently sporadic with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 51m.
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