Stoner Solstice: "Feral Diaries" Part 1 is out now

S6E1: 🌕♑️ Stories from the Sourdough Swap w/ Dina and Sarah

From 2024-2026, I have facilitated an ever-emerging Sourdough Swap [https://open.substack.com/pub/stonerstorywitch/p/what-is-the-sourdough-swap?r=cbtay&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web]- an attachment oriented and trauma informed anti-capitalist community building practice. The skills I have used as a facilitator are a blend of what I learned from Carmen Spagnola’s Facilitation Training [https://www.carmenspagnola.com/therapeutic-helper-trainings] as well as through facilitation training with the Offers and Needs [https://offersandneeds.com/] model through the Post Growth Institute. [https://postgrowth.org/] Aside from being featured on Asteria’s Convos [https://asteriasconvos.podbean.com/e/building-communities-and-sharing-sourdough/], I have not shared much publicly about “the swap.”   Until now.    As the podcast and the swap are both entering into their third year, it is increasingly evident that the time has come for the two to merge- to allow Stories from the Swap to be shared publicly.  As season 6 of the Stoner Story Witch podcast.   This episode features a conversation with Sarah and Dina, two swappers who graciously accepted the invitation to record a conversation with the following prompts: -How would you describe the swap to someone who has never heard about it? ⁠-What is your “swap story?”/what has been your experience of the swap so far? -What do you enjoy most about the swap? -What has been/is your intention/practice of the swap? -A favorite swap moment  -How has your experience in the swap impacted you/ what shifts have you noticed within yourself since joining the swap? -Hopes/dreams/visions you have for the future of the swap?   Specifically, in this conversation we discussed how we practice identifying our internalized patriarchy, the importance of a council of elders, and parsed out how community building is both resource sharing and intimacy building, and grappled with the messiness of it all.   Follow the podcast on Substack [https://substack.com/@stonerstorywitch] or Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/stonerstorywitch/]!   —--------------------------------------------- Grateful for all the learning and inspiration alluded to in today’s episode:   Camen Spagnola’s Numinous Network [https://www.carmenspagnola.com/the-numinous-network], Facilitation Training [https://www.carmenspagnola.com/therapeutic-helper-trainings], and PreOrder her Book [https://9thhousepressbookstore.com/products/how-to-connect-build-deep-connection-and-a-strong-bond-through-contact-nutrition-no-matter-your-attachment-style-trauma-history-or-neurotype?variant=48574008197337]   Liberation with Rev. angel Kyodo williams [https://revangel.com/] As always:---------------------------------- Thankful for the musical inspiration for the theme song: Hadestown [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSMY760q8YU] by Anais Mitchell, specifically “Our Lady of the Underground” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P780-iE9yng] and Orpheus’ Song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdfh47BxCJU] “Hedwig’s Theme” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtHra9tFISY] by John Williams   Shout out for the artistic assistance of: Matt Schubbe (Logo) Kevin Carlow [https://www.kevincarlow.com/] (Music)

Stoner Solstice: "Feral Diaries" Part 1 is out now

I am so excited to share that the Empyrean fanfic that I have been working on for a year and a half is finally coming out! Part 1 is released TODAY [https://archiveofourown.org/works/85152571?view_full_work=true] in honor of the June Solstice, Part 2 will come out on July 15 (Conscription Day) and Part 3 will release on October 1 (Threshing day). This book is a compilation and integration of my own favorite theories for the series and I have tried as hard as I can to make it align with the existing canon. I want it to feel like it is book 4! (or I guess we could say, book 3.5). This is a labor of love for all of the Empyrean fans, but especially those of you on Reddit. [https://www.reddit.com/r/fourthwing/s/XFOD1sGZ6f]

S5E10:  🌑♊️Writer’s Group Ch 10: A Sneak Peak of “Feral Diaries” w/Matt

Note: This Writers Group episode is more of a diary entry documenting our creative process rather than a well-researched audio essay about a theme or an outlined interview. Transitions may feel jarring or confusing since the priority is consent and privacy over elements of our work.   For the first time ever, I am including the part of our gathering where I read an excerpt of the book in progress (!), and this conversation also includes: how language (especially pronouns) shapes our worldview, edgewalkers and fugitives, and Kristyn discusses again how Birdbox (2018) is really just about collapse.   (This conversation happened on January 20, 2026)   You can find Matt here [https://mwcook.com/] and here [https://www.tiktok.com/@ruthconscious]   Follow the podcast on Substack [https://substack.com/@stonerstorywitch] or Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/stonerstorywitch/]!   —--------------------------------------------- Grateful for all the learning and inspiration alluded to in today’s episode:   Jeanna Kadlec: “Embrace the Cringe” and “No new stories” [https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-5qfzb-1982e2a]   People’s Oracle, Dayna Lynn Nuckolls “Liberation is Collective Imagination” [https://thepeoplesoracle.com/about/]    Thanks to Sophie Strand for “Compost Heap” [https://sophiestrand.substack.com/p/the-compost-heap] and “Sexy Inventory” on Substack [https://sophiestrand.substack.com/p/the-sexy-inventory]    Bayo Akomolafe [https://www.bayoakomolafe.net/writings]   Liberation with Rev. angel Kyodo williams [https://revangel.com/] As always:---------------------------------- Thankful for the musical inspiration for the theme song: Hadestown [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSMY760q8YU] by Anais Mitchell, specifically “Our Lady of the Underground” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P780-iE9yng] and Orpheus’ Song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdfh47BxCJU] “Hedwig’s Theme” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtHra9tFISY] by John Williams   Shout out for the artistic assistance of: Matt Schubbe (Logo) Kevin Carlow [https://www.kevincarlow.com/] (Music)

S5E9: 🌑♉️Writer’s Group Ch 9: Past Predicted the Present: Turn it in Pass/Fail w/ Matt

Note: This Writers Group episode is more of a diary entry documenting our creative process rather than a well-researched audio essay about a theme or an outlined interview. Transitions may feel jarring or confusing since the priority is consent and privacy over elements of our work.   Much of this conversation was omitted to protect details of our writings in progress, but in this conversation we discussed Matt embarking on his 2026 goal of self-publishing his book “Prayer Warriors” (anticipated release on August 3rd) while Kristyn (accurately) predicts the day (it is upon us) where she is gonna just click “publish” on the fanfic as Pass/Fail.   (This conversation happened on January 13, 2026)   You can find Matt here [https://mwcook.com/] and here [https://www.tiktok.com/@ruthconscious]   Follow the podcast on Substack [https://substack.com/@stonerstorywitch] or Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/stonerstorywitch/]!   —--------------------------------------------- Grateful for all the learning and inspiration alluded to in today’s episode:   Jeanna Kadlec: “Embrace the Cringe” and “No new stories” [https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-5qfzb-1982e2a]   People’s Oracle, Dayna Lynn Nuckolls “Liberation is Collective Imagination” [https://thepeoplesoracle.com/about/]    Thanks to Sophie Strand for “Compost Heap” [https://sophiestrand.substack.com/p/the-compost-heap] and “Sexy Inventory” on Substack [https://sophiestrand.substack.com/p/the-sexy-inventory]    Liberation with Rev. angel Kyodo williams [https://revangel.com/] As always:---------------------------------- Thankful for the musical inspiration for the theme song: Hadestown [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSMY760q8YU] by Anais Mitchell, specifically “Our Lady of the Underground” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P780-iE9yng] and Orpheus’ Song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdfh47BxCJU] “Hedwig’s Theme” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtHra9tFISY] by John Williams   Shout out for the artistic assistance of: Matt Schubbe (Logo) Kevin Carlow [https://www.kevincarlow.com/] (Music)

S5E8:  🌑♈️Writer’s Group Ch 8: Writing as Prophecy w/ Matt

Note: This Writers Group episode is more of a diary entry documenting our creative process rather than a well-researched audio essay about a theme or an outlined interview. Transitions may feel jarring or confusing since the priority is consent and privacy over elements of our work.   Much of this conversation was omitted to protect details of our writings in progress, but in this conversation we discussed writing as prophecy, life with EDS, how to work through Mercury Retrograde, how collapse brings clarity, and the power of collective imagination inherent in fanfic (as well as in pentagrams of human-dragon relationships.)   (This conversation happened on November 25, 2025, between publishing S5E3 [https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-wjk9p-19c77fd] and Repairing Relational Rupture w/ Kevin [https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-chcnr-19dcc85])   You can find Matt here [https://mwcook.com/] and here [https://www.tiktok.com/@ruthconscious]   Follow the podcast on Substack [https://substack.com/@stonerstorywitch] or Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/stonerstorywitch/]!   —--------------------------------------------- Grateful for all the learning and inspiration alluded to in today’s episode:   Jeanna Kadlec: “Embrace the Cringe” and “No new stories” [https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-5qfzb-1982e2a]   People’s Oracle, Dayna Lynn Nuckolls “Liberation is Collective Imagination” [https://thepeoplesoracle.com/about/]    Thanks to Sophie Strand for “Compost Heap” [https://sophiestrand.substack.com/p/the-compost-heap] and “Sexy Inventory” on Substack [https://sophiestrand.substack.com/p/the-sexy-inventory]    Resources in the “Compost Heap”:  Stranger than Fiction (2006 movie), Mistborn [https://www.brandonsanderson.com/pages/the-mistborn-saga-the-original-trilogy]   Liberation with Rev. angel Kyodo williams [https://revangel.com/] As always:---------------------------------- Thankful for the musical inspiration for the theme song: Hadestown [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSMY760q8YU] by Anais Mitchell, specifically “Our Lady of the Underground” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P780-iE9yng] and Orpheus’ Song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdfh47BxCJU] “Hedwig’s Theme” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtHra9tFISY] by John Williams   Shout out for the artistic assistance of: Matt Schubbe (Logo) Kevin Carlow [https://www.kevincarlow.com/] (Music)