This was a great Zoom conversation with Lynsi Stevens, Head Witch behind Crystal Case Apothecary. Obsessed with magical devices and transformational items from her favorite childhood cartoons and anime, she distills the spirit of fantasy, mysticism, DnD, and creates medication cases for magical beings on their grand life’s journey. Her love of anim…

Our guest, Lauren Elizabeth is an amazing actor, circus performer and former wrestler(?!). She also will pump you up with wisdom, her perspective as a queer Asian-American actor, and how to know not only the battles you're willing to fight, but the ones you're willing to lose. Lauren's a laugh-riot, and we can't for you to see her perform at Decolo…

Journee has a kiki with burlesque performer La La Luscious who will be performing at this year's festival. Learn about their performance-style, their approach to art and dance, and even more lore about one the newest and raddest performers in the Boston burlesque scene! Don't forget, DND Fest is June 7-9! Get your tickets today at DecolonizeandDisc…

We're back y'all. It's thirty days from the festival, and Journee sat down with Kenny Frasch aka the MARVELous GLAMME CH0WDAH! The two drag besties talk about Kenny's intersectional existence, running the multiple-award-winning bar, The Hop Knot, and killing with kindness. It's a romp! Listen now!

Monique Dupree does more than we do! An American actor who's been in horror, high drama, and comedy, she has severe chops. Speaking of chops, she's also a force in the world of independent wrestling both in the ring and behind the curtain. When not doing that, she's an entrepeneur, cosplayer, burlesque performer, and maybe an omega level mutant? We…

Galactic Bar Fight rules. But this little cult hit of an indie game has an amazing creator, with a great origin. Jonathan Jennings loved video games his whole life, and now he makes them. How'd he get here? What does he think about his role in the cultural shift in gaming, and what advice does he have for other BIPOC and historically marginalized f…

COP/OUT's gone through many twists and turns with a focus on activism and building community. Journee and Steven got to sit down with Joey Steel and Al Rosenberg and talk about how the two of them met, the songwriting process, community building through expression and nearly come to blows over the rutabaga's place in the revolution. COP/OUT will be…

Jes met Robert and Diandra at Riot Games back in the day, and the three of them have been creating the stories behind some of the coolest video games. Hear about that exciting origin, the importance of creating diverse characters correctly, and take a peek under the hood of the video game industry. Hear all this and more on today's episode. Our the…

Y'all ain't ready. We talk to Sam Cha in this one. Sam Cha is a poet, teacher, editor, and translator. His work has appeared in, or is forthcoming from, several places, including apt, Anderbo, Better, Best New Poets 2016, decomP, DIAGRAM, Memorious, Missouri Review, Rattle, and RHINO. He’s a poetry editor at Radius. He lives and writes in Cambridge…

Usually, the team behind Decolonize and Discover are talking to each other weekly about our strategic and tactical aspects of running this festival. This week, though, Journee and Jes brought Zac and Steven into the Zoom to talk about the origins of this festival, how all of them met at the same LARP, and geek out about the projects each of them do…

Black Fae Day began in 2021 to bring visibility to Black Joy and visibility during a tumultuous time. Jes and Journee speak with its founder, Jasmine La Fleur about their mutual love of fantasy, folklore, and finding oneself in play and imagination. It's a lively conversation. Don't forget to get ready for Black Fae Day 2023 on May 13! Our theme mu…

Honeychild Coleman (Bachslider, the 1865) connected with us on Zoom and we remain electrified by her wonder. Journee and Steven talk Honeychild about her art, music and writing. She discusses what it was like growing up in small town, and how her unique perspective benefitted from being introduced to queer culture in adolescence, before she moved t…

Raquel Skellington LARPs full time. Seriously. She's taken the love of live action roleplaying and made it a career! She talks with Jes and Journee about learning to embrace and love herself as a woman of color, bringing her authentic self and cultural perspectives to games, and how the LARP world has seen some progress forward for BIPOC and queer …

Your hosts talk with Cat Brooks, of the NH Executioners, based out of the Knight's Hall in Nashua, New Hampshire. Did you know there is real life knight fighting? Did you know the team that represented the USA is not only local but unapologetically Queer? Learn about how Cat got into the sport, how he and his family compete, and the LARP they just …

Jes and Journee reconnect with Curly Bright, Nerdlesque artist, cosplayer, pinup model, and makeup lover. They all chat about Curly's Filipino background, the journey from cosplay to nerdlesque, identity, and her experience at the inaugural Declonize and Discover festival. We also plan a few more events for June's upcoming festival. Listen now. Lea…

In our first episode, Jes and Journee set the stage to focus on Fairie royalty, King J'Vonte (they/them), the ruler of the Baltimore Fae Court and the founder of our beautiful sibling event, Realmscape's Festival on April 28-29 at the Cahill Recreation Center in Baltimore, MD. Journee and the King discuss J'vonte's journey as Black lover of fantasy…

Jes Negrón and Journee LaFond host the new podcast that features BIPOC, Queer, and disabled musicians, game designers, sci-fi and horror writers, burlesque/drag performers and other artists who are bringing their cultural experience to their creative spaces. An offshoot of the Declonize and Discover festival (June 16-18, 2023), this show is hear to…