In episode five, Alessandra sits down with award-winning poet and author Jillian Christmas to discuss mental health, ritual, and the wisdom we hold together. The pair share personal stories of crisis and recovery, illness and adaptation, while drawing on the migratory wisdom and family systems of geese and crows. The final episode of the season is a love letter, filled with poetry, practical tools, prayers and stalwart faith it is possible to find our way home together.

In episode 4, Alessandra sits down with Kyla Jamieson to discuss poetry, disability, and love as a verb. The pair speak about water a site of awe and fear, and contemplate how illness or injury might create intimacy with the earth. They dive into questions of love, joy and community care—and Kyla also reads from her acclaimed poetry collection BODY COUNT. “I truly feel like language is a miracle,” Kyra shares, “and poetry is a celebration of that miracle. What poets do is always rooted in love, because that love of language is always present.”

In this episode, Alessandra sits down with Seraphina Capranos, a renowned clinical herbalist, homeopath, and internationally sought-after teacher, to delve into the landscape of health sovereignty, emergent illness, and community care, as it relates to the climate crisis. Seraphina speaks to complex issues like Lyme disease and invasive species, drawing on her two-decade journey inspired by the healing traditions within her family. A compelling educator, speaker, and the founder of the Center for Sacred Arts, Seraphina offers profound insights into the natural world, the healing power of ritual, and the symbiosis of herbal and western medicine. “We aren’t just connected to nature,” she reminds us, “we ARE nature. Our modern illnesses reflect what's happening in nature. They are a direct mirror of the earth.”

Nov. 14: In the second episode of Imminent Domains, Alessandra sits down community organizer Robert Birch to hear personal stories from the HIV/AIDS pandemic. They discuss queer lineage and community care, speak about death, dying and ecological grief, and discuss how we might love this world more fiercely.

Oct. 31: In the inaugural episode of the Imminent Domains podcast, Alessandra sits down with âpihtawikosisâniskwêw (Métis / Norwegian / French / British) multidisciplinary artist Moe Clark, to discuss language, Indigenous land and water protection, and what is possible in this world.

Welcome to the Imminent Domains Podcast, where your host, author Alessandra Naccarato, delves into dialogue with acclaimed artists, herbalists, ritualists and more. In this short teaser, we offer you a glimpse of the rich conversations you can expect, as we meet at the crossroads art, ecology and the body, in the so-called Anthropocene. Another world is not only possible, it's on its way.

The Imminent Domains Podcast is a limited series, interview-driven video podcast that expands upon the themes, research and contemplations in Alessandra Naccarato’s essay collection Imminent Domains: Reckoning with the Anthropocene.

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