Orphic Frequency

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. 

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.

Jess Is the founder and creator of Heart in Politics www.heartinpolitics.org facilitating conversations that de-mystify
the political system for Yogis, meditators, energy workers, spiritual practitioners and coaches to amplify impact towards a better world.

Join Jess & I November 8th at 12pm pacific/3pm eastern for Communicating Across Difference - An online workshop practicing your values in your closest relationships.  $40 please RSVP @ Michelle@VenusRisinginc.com

Connect with David at www.WithinHarmony.com

Seeing the dead or spirit, in real life, in real time I'm talking like - during the day while I was working -
was the next big happening piece in my mediumship puzzle.
Esoteric Lesson: Spirit Portals & Energy Vortexs. What are they?
Ask Mick G: A question I was asked on the Podcast Witch Eye For The Muggle Guy - with Margaret Burns -
If you had to WitchSplain anything what would it be?  
Featuring music by Len Brunson. Check him out on Soundcloud here.

When words from nowhere just fell out of my mouth.
That's the phenomenon that happened next on my supernatural journey.
Esoteric Lesson of the week: #Clairsentient
Plus Music From Free Range Folk.  Buy all their stuff here. 

Ask Mick G?  Lauren from Philly writes: My mom saw a Ghost Wolf in the middle of the road? Is this her spirit animal?

And for the love of Orpheus, listen to The Lonely Ghost by Eamon's Clone.  
Better yet, listen to the whole album on his website here:
https://www.eamonsclone.com/music
It's other worldly & oh so lovely!  T
hanks Eamon's Clone for letting me share your talent!

Got a burning question? Ask MICK G email me  - Michelle@VenusRisingInc.com
Got music? Send an MP3  to Michelle@VenusRisingInc.com

As always, much love and more Orphic Frequency.  See you next week