Lola And The Poets Podcast – Poets, Mavericks & Prophets

Fine Art and Esoterica, with Ewoud van Rijn

In Episode 13, Lola & The Poets welcomes Ewoud van Rijn, artist, scholar, and lecturer at the Royal Academy of Arts in the Netherlands, as we delve into his exploration of the relationship between the arts and the esoteric realms in his extraordinary work. We start our chat talking about his most recent series of drawings and…
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Illustrating Worlds, with Caroline Chapple

In Episode 12, Lola & The Poets welcomes the lovely Caroline Chapple, artist, illustrator, visual storyteller, and marketing expert, from London, UK, with decades of corporate experience, and an educational background in NLP and coaching. We discussed her work as a graphic recording artist, creating micro-worlds, the origins of the craft, her experience as scribe in various…
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In the Shadows, Part 3: On Instinct and Conflict

Episode 11 of Lola & The Poets is a continuation of the themes of my previous two solo shows on the concept of the shadow, here focusing on a topic both grave and difficult to articulate — the violence ingrained in human nature. I talk about the consequences of disconnect between our intellect and our instincts,…
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Energetic Patterning, with Christopher Moss

In Episode 10, Lola & The Poets welcomes Christopher Moss, energy healer, activist, and ex-bag man, based in Britain — an elder who has undergone a spiritual awakening (his own definition), after two decades of working in trade in Camden Passage, Angel, in the Islington area of London. Chris trained at the school established by medical anthropologist…
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Astrological Symbolism, with Dragana Van de moortel-Ilić

In Episode 9, Lola & The Poets welcomes Dragana Van de moortel-Ilić, astrologer, scholar, and educator, based in Ghent, Belgium, in a fantastic Winter Solstice comeback episode where we discuss Dragana’s life path from scientist to master stargazer, her thesis in cultural astronomy and astrology at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, collaboration with the Faculty…
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The Alchemical Screen: Enchantment and the Cinema

In Episode 8, Lola & The Poets returns after two years in the wilderness, with a solo show on enchantment and the cinema, titled The Alchemical Screen — where I finally pop my filmologist hat on, in proper. Actually, it is an audio I subsequently taped of my presentation at a media conference on 21st century magic…
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On Liminality & Sensory Experiences, with Joshua Sternlicht

In Episode 7, Lola & The Poets is joined by Joshua Sternlicht, filmmaker, educator, and Liminal Sessions organiser, based in Lisbon, Portugal, talking liminality, his travels as an art educator, the palpable primacy of our senses in navigating realities, curating holistic experiences at Quinta de Sant’Ana, where the magic of the fives senses is evoked with…
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On Plant Wisdom, with Don Roberto

In Episode 6, Lola & The Poets is joined by Don Roberto, medical anthropologist and medicine man, raised in Indonesia and London, based in Taiwan. We’re talking glorious variety of topics, from childhood imaginal friends and UFO experiences, liminal multi-universe existences crossing lands and cultures, trajectory of processing beliefs into praxis, to what Don Roberto is uniquely qualified…
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In the Shadows, Part 2: All About the Doppelgänger

In Episode 5, Lola & The Poets is back with the second solo show on the concept of the shadow, number two of the three shows I plan on this topic. This one is on the shadow-patterning of communications, the chiaroscuro of social media, and the idea of the doppelgänger, our shadow twin. The episode arrives, as…
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Mythic Doodling, with Divyam Chaya Bernstein

In Episode 4, Lola & The Poets is talking mythic doodling with the lovely artist & storyteller Divyam Chaya Bernstein. We discuss childhood philosophies, mystical Ireland, origins and practices of storytelling, inner critics & inner worlds, importance of vibes & tribes, art journaling as therapy, nourishing art communities, zen annihilations, soft spaces for hard truths, archetypal phases…
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In the Shadows, Part 1: On Collective Narratives

Episode 3 is the first of three planned Lola & The Poets solo shows on the concept of the shadow, both individual and collective. In this one I talk shadow realms in the times of a pandemic, the idea of infectious narratives, and recall two stories from my own shadows dipping into the collective —…
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On Wanderlust, with Milica Mijatović

In Episode 2 of Lola & The Poets we’re talking wanderlust with Milica Mijatović, traveller extraordinaire, tracing the first leg of her travels, lasting two of the six years she’s been on the road. We’re discussing the imaginal, soul impressionism, ecology, volunteering in tribal communities, telepathy, family egregores, hitchhiking lore around the globe, how being suddenly broke can…
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On the Magical Real: Introduction

In Episode 1 of Lola & The Poets I introduce the series as host, and talk about the concept of the magical real in psychology, society, culture, and the arts, the topics we will be covering on the shows, guests we will have, and a bit about my life and professional background, how it is connected…
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