S3 Ep 4 Ben Stemrich

Russel talks about 80 year old women heckling him, astral travel, and cussing out demons of self doubt. This episode is rated M for mature.

Amos Mac & I have a long history. I'm delighted to find out nooks and crannies of his life that I didn't know as I researched for this episode of Orphic Frequency. Grab a cold brew and relax as we cover Amos Mac's creative journey including breathing a new life into the life story of Billy Tipton, hauntings in old Victorian houses in San Francisco & what it can mean to put to much stock into psychic readings & as always we end with a message of HOPE. As an out transgender writer, Amos Mac’s work explores identity, community & “second coming of age” narratives though a queer lens. He’s worked across unscripted, documentary, and dramatic series including Amazon’s Transparent, AMC's The Son, and VICELAND’s Gaycation. He is currently a television writer (Story Editor) for the forthcoming series Gossip Girl on HBO Max.  Amos Mac co-wrote No Ordinary Man, a documentary about jazz musician Billy Tipton. Presented at Cannes Docs 2020 & premiered at Toronto International Film Festival in 2020. Before working in TV Amos Mac was best known as founding editor of Original Plumbing; the first print magazine in America dedicated to trans male culture. From 2009-2019, OP was an informational and humorous slice of trans guy reality that prided itself on an artful yet cheeky documentation of community. The official book,  Original Plumbing: The Best of Ten Years of Trans Male Culture, was released in 2019 by the Feminist Press. As a photographer, Amos Mac's visual art has been exhibited in galleries internationally, featured in dozens of publications including The New York Times, Interview, and Vogue Italia, and lives on in multiple museum collections. He shot the groundbreaking Fall '15 campaign for Swedish fashion brand & Other Stories, featuring an all trans cast and crew. The iconic collaborative series he created with artist Zackary Drucker formed the content of his 2011 art publication Translady Fanzine, with an alternative selection of images exhibited as Distance is Where the Heart is, Home is Where you Hang Your Heart, at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles. If you, like me are disgusted at the recent uptick in political attacks on the Transgender community, please learn how you can help at the National Center for Transgender Equality (transequality.org)

Ariane Resnick is a special diet chef and certified nutritionist whose private chef clientele has included an array of celebrities (like Pink!). Ariane writes books and articles (check some out here on Byrdie), and consults for individuals, brands, & chefs on nutrition, recipes, and wellness. She has been featured in media such as Forbes, CBS' The Doctors, ABC News, HuffPost, Cosmopolitan, MindBodyGreen, and ELLE. She lives in Los Angeles, CA. If you are inspired by this episode, please support Ariane's good works as an author and buy one of her 5 books! My personal favorite is How To Be Well When Your Not, but I've put a link to all of them here. You can find videos of her cooking through some of her recipes at Mother Earth News for less than $3 here. We talk about how she came to be a special diet chef, what it means to be in your body and be empowered by not meditating or doing yoga during the pandemic and to be REALLY proud of where you are RIGHT NOW. 

Ben Stemrich is a Journalist for NPR out of the Lehigh Valley. He's also a really amazing, down to earth man who opens up about spirituality, mindfulness and meditation in his personal life while being a 'soft target' out in the field. Reporting on these wild and crazy times we live in is intense and this elevated conversation is a must hear. Please follow BEN on Twitter and Instagram @BenStemNews Thank you as always for listening to Orphic Frequency. 

ConnieHoffman is a wife, mother (and mom to be!) host of Carbon Coffee Podcast , insurance agent & money mindset coach. We talk about money as a spiritual force and money as REAL time -  energy. Connie has changed my relationship with money during the pandemic. I did (and continue) to do all the spiritual work around this magnificent energy but Connie put the REAL back into my bank account. Please enjoy our elevated conversation and check out Connie at ConnieHoffmanCoaching.com to work with her one on one to clean up your relationship with money.

Gina Moffa is a psychotherapist LSCW in Manhattan. We talk about how The pandemic has changed her practice, grief and trauma and Pleiadans. Once the Alien talk starts the recording gets a little wobbly which is highly suspicious if you ask me! Head over to www.GinaMoffa.com & sign up for free daily pep talks by email or text. You’ll be glad you did. You can also follow Gina on Instagram @ginamoffalcsw

Orphic Frequency is back for season three & my friend Marianne reveals all things supernatural & spiritual in her life that leave me wanting to interview her mother for more answers.

Christina Nicole talks about contracting Covid 19 in a foreign country, the confusion of labels and loving our way back home.

Margaret Burns, trained midwife & postpartum doula, Reiki Master, Yoga Teacher, & Kinesiologist.   She's trained in Body Electronics, Sacred Body Language Translation, & Spiritual Formation & Counseling.   She belongs to Hive Global Leaders, volunteered for Teal Swan & has a master's in Creative Writing & Philosophical Theology. To put it more bluntly she is my favorite witch. She is the host of Witch Eye For The Muggle Guy podcast you can hear HERE. WE talk about witchy things, kundalini yoga things and the razor thin line between a spiritual awakening and a mental break. Please give her some love (here) and thank you so much for listening to this elevated conversation!