Tantra and Yoga are practices rooted in Indic spiritual traditions that share long, intertwined and complex histories. Often, we encounter tantra and yoga as forms of exercise, self-care, sex, or as pathways to personal wellness. However, these powerful, multifaceted practices are much more than that.
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In this episode, Dr. Anna Corwin, Chair of the CIIS Women’s Spirituality Program facilitates an illuminating conversation between Dr. Sundari Johansen, Assistant Professor of Women’s Spirituality, and Anjali Rao, yoga practitioner-educator and author of Yoga as Embodied Resistance.
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This episode was recorded during an in-person and live streamed event at California Institute of Integral Studies on October, 16th 2025. You can also watch it on the CIIS Public Programs YouTube channel. A transcript is available at ciis.edu/podcast. To find out more about CIIS and public programs like this one, visit our website ciis.edu and connect with us on Instagram @ciispubprograms.
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Sundari Johansen & Anjali Rao: On Tantra, Yoga, and Embodied Resistance

Malin Björk (v) har medverkat i Feministiskt perspektiv sedan starten för snart sexton år sedan. När hon blev vänsterpartiets representant i EU-parlamentet skrev vi om det. Dessförinnan arbetade hon med Eva-Britt Svensson på samma kansli i Bryssel. Nu kommer hon tillbaka till Sverige, redo att ta sig an riksdagsvalet i höst. Med sig har hon en rad erfarenheter, bland annat hur politiska samarbeten formas och hur de kan fungera i praktiken, hur det är att tampas med högerextrema i parlamentet men också vad som ryms under vänsterparaplyet i en europeisk kontext.
Med en stadig fot i HBTQI-rörelsen, en annan i miljö- och klimatfrågor, feminism och ekonomisk rättvisa frågar vi oss om Björk kan locka tillbaka väljarna som följde med Gudrun Schyman till Fi? Det, och lite andra svåra frågor om avhopp, sextimmars arbetsdag och det politiska läget både här och i omvärlden.

Efter ett halvt liv i EU – Malin Björk (v) kommer hem till valet

What to the muted is a Grammy if they still don't own the very sound that won it?

What to the Muted is the Grammy?

MADE THIS ON AUDACITY!! didn't think i could make a track that almost sounds like something from a horror movie on audacity but that was the vibe it unexpectedly gave off!! totally experimental and i had no idea what kind of inspiration i get from these, because i am bored asf usually. took down d1sc0mf0rt__? TEMPORARILY!!!! im putting it back up i just need to fix it. uhhh but anyway, had no idea what this was going to sound like, and i always have a very small ideation of how the first layer(s) of distortion will, but, like, thats it... luv my tumors!! <3 again, sorry for taking down my previous upload. if u knew me before october 2025 or so, u would maybe know i did that a lot, and that i have privated stuff i dont really want here anymore, but i have to download the files somewhere BESIDES my school laptop, and my phone that i wont have much longer because apparently i need a new one. lowkey havent gotten any followers since maybe september, so everyone reading this is either a weird harsh noise fan, or one of my 12 tumors, but hell, tumors or not, luv u guys!!

stabbed to death (cemetery)

Inspirées du concept d’auto-histoire, nous présentons notre pièce [...Ma voix multiple qui soulève ces corps], une polyphonie d’artistes héritant des histoires algériennes et vietnamiennes en tension depuis la postcolonialité. Dans leurs pratiques, chacune d’entre elles dépasse les silences transmis, les fictionne, les régénère, les transgresse… pour rendre le réel habitable en première personne. « Si je n’ai pas accès à la vérité, je l’inventerai, je me raconterai moi-même, préférant mes fictions aux mensonges et aux vérités que d’autres fabriquent pour moi, sur moi » Gloria Anzaldùa Nous invitons l’armée de Beautiful Liars entendues dans la création à déployer leurs affabulations et leur démarche afin de se donner ensemble des outils pour forger de nouveaux imaginaires. Par delà la fragmentation systématique de ces histoires, nous voulons explorer les espaces depuis lesquels s’agencent nos identités à venir.  Pour la 4ème émission nous invitons l’artiste Yến-Linh Thẩm entendue à déployer sa démarche de création et les outils qu’elle mobilise dans son rapport à la vietnamité. Nous parlerons de musique refuge, de berceuses, du mensonge comme manière de se raconter à partir des nécessités qui nous composent et de l’eau comme espace à habiter.

insta : @yen.linh.fr / @theofficialpin12

Tracklist :

1. Intro pièce de théâtre Saïgon de Caroline Guiela Nguyen + texte pièce de théâtre Boat People + musique Các bụi Khánh Ly thu âm trước, 1975 
2. Extraits musicaux field recording pris à Son La et Ninh Binh + extrait de l’instrument Dan Tranh
3. Musique Khi Tinh Xa + Musique film Mamie Kim, 2025

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...Beautiful Liars #4 w/ Yến-Linh Thẩm par PIN12

made this on audacity! i tried making another harsh noise wall track, but i made something else and just added more audio just like it because i thought it was "giving horror movie vibes." i made this at like, midnight but i have to go because im finally leaving the motel 6!!! idk im not gonna be homeless or whatever soon so yay! luv u guys!! <33 might change the title sometime later, but who knows? its 30 minutes later i had to stop because im in a lyft going to a quality inn! i got a voucher because the apartment/nursing home im gonna live at is being renovated. it has been like, 4 months since they started so thank fucking god. wait i have to go bye!! 
*ORIGINALLY TYPED AND UPLOADED AROUND 12:13 PM, 19/3/2026!! I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE FILE OR SOMETHING IDFK*

she was drowned

In this episode of We Published, Beloved!, Dr. Jenn M. Jackson shares an intimate account of their journey from ideas to published book, highlighting the significance of community, the importance of self-trust, and the transformative power of writing about Black women and feminism. This episode offers a deep dive into the challenges and victories of first-time authors navigating the publishing industry.

S1E12 - Jenn M. Jackson, PhD | We Published, Beloved! Podcast

Dani Vee and award winning investigative journalist Louise Milligan chat about her new book Shellybanks. A novel about buried secrets and unimaginable trauma. Published by Allen and Unwin.

They chat about the impact of cross-generational relationships between women, and working through trauma through a feminist lens.

Louise chats about her Irish influence, humour and the impact of trauma as an investigative journalist.

Listen now!

793. Dani Vee and Louise Milligan - Multi-generational women, feminism and Shellybanks.

Welcome to this 8th of March special where the experience of radio meets the realities of patriarchy. On international feminist fight day, Sunday Service teamed up with the activist network Feministische Front to gather texts, poems, thoughts & audio performances from their community in order to showcase them for this episode. Thanks to everybody who participated in the open call! Without you, this wouldn't have been possible. In this close to 4 hours show, you will find 24 pieces created by different artists & writers in a combination with ambient soundscapes & feminist songs that match the emotions being processed within the texts.

In the tracklist, you'll find all of the authors (their instagram handles) plus the title of their piece if one was given.

Trigger warnings & topics:

abuse, body politics, emancipation, fear, femicide, friendship, gender (roles), harassment, misogyny, motherhood, power, rage, reproductive rights, safety, solidarity, survival, trauma, violence

This episode shows how much is yet to be done when it comes to ending patriarchy & fighting for the freedom of all. Having to be a feminist is a constant & ongoing struggle in a world structured by capitalism & patriarchal societies. It hasn't been cozy & it won't be cozy. Keep thinking, keep talking, keep supporting each other!

host – @pijujini

open call/network/activism – @feministischefront; feministischefront@systemli.org

text

first hour

* @nina_paragoniia_ – a woman’s view
* sigune schnabel – ich war eine frau
* @waltrude840 – fkt
* @kezrice – we don’t always sleep well at night

second hour

* jessica lucie
* @lucy.pullicino – mumsy
* @doreen.kutzler – mutterschaft ist…
* @nicolorina_ nicol rivera – the dramaturgy of the uterus
* @lenalalelale – care
* @love_ju_93 – tanz der dissonanz
* @maria_seisenbacher – survival vagina

third hour

* @kamaladubrovnik kamala dubrovnik – vulvisionary
* @chichichiaraaaa chiara zimmermann – no title
* @dorianollez doria nollez – patient is a young woman
* @luminous.photography.jb jasmin börsig – ein geräusch von einsamkeit
* @barblina c – nostalgie
* jasmin karami – femizid
* anuscha zbikowski – gedicht

fourth hour

* @supernova_discovery vesna perić – mamma radio
* @lenalalelale – schaffen
* @poetrybyrahel – ich will
* @_koerper_lauschen_ – vom mut und blinzeln
* mirjam zeise – du isst mich
* @missclit miss clit – our bodies our choice

music
* infinite love – emile mosseri
* my house – nikki giovanni
* i am what i am – gloria gaynor
* episode i – sun electric
* for her breath is on all that hath life – the humble bee & offthesky
* matterhorn – sonmi451
* intuition, nimbus – caterina barbieri & bendik giske
* unbeschreiblich weiblich – nina hagen, spliff & nina hagen band
* swallow's tempest – gigi masin
* thin ice – peppi p.
* deep space garden – rand aldo
* space 8 – nala sinephro
* a tentative understanding – dynastor & innesti
* die große natur – florian t m zeisig
* wind & birds in a peaceful mountain range – pablo bolivar
* birds of paradise – demima
* funkier than a mosquito’s tweeter – nina simone
* space – the humble bee & offthesky
* reclaim the night – peggy seeger
* 20:10 pm – matti bye
* fingers – peppi p.
* labyrinth – haruhisa tanaka
* nipple to the bottle – grace jones
* trans 101 (escario) – bobby sanchez
* impatience magma – caterina barbieri & bendik giske
* walk in woods – sam jackson (vibrant stillness)
* two-spirit anthem (noodl beatz) – bobby sanchez
* lezbophobia – tribe 8
* for her breath is on all that hath life – the humble bee & offthesky
* too many creeps – bush tetras
* mostly chimes – adrianne lender
* nobody – dornika
* freedom – kara-lis coverdale
* unspoken trutz – women in jazz, alina bzhezhinska
* @missclit miss clit – our bodies our choice

curation of music & texts by Jini Piju

Sunday Service X Feministische Front hosted by Jini Piju

I veckan var det feministiskt konferens i Ungerns huvudstad Budapest. Främst forskare och politiker deltog, även om genusstudier numer bedrivs utanför landets gränser. Ulrika Westerlund (Mp) var en av deltagarna och enligt färska studier framgår att demokratin i världen nu backat till 1978 års nivå vad gäller demokratiska fri- och rättigheter. Ungern har en del i det. Hör henne berätta om de ungerska forskarnas svåra villkor, det politiska läget i Ungern, EU och USA.
I veckans podd möter vi också Alice Bulukin som berättar vad som händer på nya mötesplatsen Bacchi Syre i Stockholm, vad det är och vilka möjligheter som finns för grupper, organisationer och aktivister på nästan 900 kvadratmeter mitt i stan.

#12 2026 Rapport från nationalkonservatismens europeiska epicenter

serving snazzy beats, bass bumpers and cheeky chatter, riding on a genre-fluid, house based, tempo ranging train of fluff

wanna come?

next:
23.08.25 • moyn
31.08.25 • sägewerk
06.09.25 • mystic creatures

memories:
19.09.21 • beate uwe 
05.12.21 • DISKOflausch @ beate uwe
24.06.23 • mensch meier 
13.07.23 • crack bellmer 
12.08.23 • dinkelkrach 
26. & 27.08.23 • moyn moyn 
06.10.23 • silikon 
02.11.23 • queer girls night 
12.12.23 • cashmere radio
16.02.24 • KAFF 
23.02.24 • groovestation 
08.03.24 • klunkerkranich
15.03.24 • elipamanoke
23.03.24 • amt 
30.05.24 • lunatic
03.08.24 • gART.n 
29.08.24 • tarmac 
18.10.24 • ifz 
11.01.25 • MENA
24.05.25 • Stuck FFO
09.06.25 • KATER

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Just a 14-year-old girl, her piano, and a microphone in a closet. Straight-A student skipping grades and heading to a prestigious boarding school this fall. Grade 6 ABRSM pianist and former choir member. Her synesthesia informs both her music and her visual art, earning her a scholarship to the Glassell School of Art and residencies at SAIC and RISD.
Rose from the ashes last Friday.
19 tracks in 14 days. 2k plays in her first 2 weeks—no social media, no promotion.
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BIGGEST UMA KOMPTON FAN 2026

The publishing world is overwhelmingly white and the stories that we read reflect that reality. Because of this long-time trend, many new and upcoming Black and queer authors often feel shut out and excluded from the publishing process.

This podcast demystifies the publishing process with a focus on first-time Black and queer authors.

En feministisk podd från Fempers. Nyheter, samtal, debatt och fördjupning.

This is a podcast for people who are curious about the world and themselves featuring talks and conversations presented by the Public Programs department of California Institute of Integral Studies, a non-profit university in San Francisco. Listen here or on your favorite podcast app to a diverse array of visionaries, artists, and scholars sharing compelling experiences, offering new perspectives, and expanding creative horizons.

WEB RADIO - ATELIERS - EVENT

Station Station est une web radio associative basée à La Station — Gare des Mines
www.stationstation.fr

🎛️ NEXT EVENT 🎼

FLUX-TENDU x STATION STATION •
Pour sa première édition de Flux-Tendu, série de soirées en soutien aux radios indépendantes, Point Éphémère invite Station Station ! 
Au programme de ce 02 avril 2026 : calamity (live), F Pneumonia (live) et Dalida Carnage (live). 

Billetterie : https://fr.ra.co/events/2387088

Words and Nerds Podcast is an entertaining and conversational podcast that aims to get inside a writer's mind. We discuss books, the social and political influences of a writer's work and how literature has the power to change the world. 

The podcast digs deep to bring you an in depth and sometimes humorous analysis of the author's book and its influences. Join us for a new way of looking at literature. 

Dani Vee your host, English teacher, podcaster, reader, book enthusiast and over-thinker. Dani is joined by various guest co-hosts and has a number of spin off episodes including the Feedback Sessions, Summer Series Takeover, Bite-Size Episodes, livestreams, mash-ups and cross-overs. 

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