THE CLEARING WITH KATHERINE MAY
Elise Loehnen’s radical candour therapist witch
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Hello,
We’re kicking off Season 3 of The Clearing Podcast in wild style by chatting to former magazine editor, podcast host and US author Elise Loehnen.
Menopausal Love Island, lumberjack witches, the potential joy of losing female reproductive organs, and animal totems are just some tiny tasters of a brilliant, hilarious, radical conversation that plays with the boundaries of possibility for women everywhere.
Despite it being her first podcast interview since discovering she had ‘dumb and slow cancer’ (the good kind) and undergoing a double mastectomy, Elise brings unfathomable, infinite amounts of energy and laughter, plus just the right amount of woo, to a joyous episode.
You may have spotted that we accidentally let Episode 2, with Joseph Coelho, fly into your inboxes prematurely. Think of it as an early-bird bonus, but we’ll try not to let it happen again.
Links from the episode:
Elise’s website and podcast Pulling the Thread
Elise’s Instagram
Mark Rothko, artist page
Hilma af Klint, artist page
Ithell Colquhoun, artist page
Production Credits
Guest Booker and Admin Support - Meghan Hutchins
Substack Manager - Rebecca Armstrong
Producer - Alice Lloyd
Music - The Leaf Library theleaflibrary
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Transcript:
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