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Tarot InterviewsUncanny Englishness: Kit Whitfield on Folklore and FantasyKit Whitfield is an English novelist and essayist based in London. Her debut novel, published in 2006 as Bareback (UK) and Benighted (US), was shortlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award, longlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award, and optioned by Warner Bros. Kit is the author of the Gyrford duology - In the Heart of Hidden Things (2022) and its sequel All the Hollow of the Sky (2023) - both longlisted for the BSFA . These novels are set in a fictional pre‑industrial English village and centre on a family of fairy‑smiths who forge iron t...2025-07-2238 min
Tarot InterviewsHere, Queer and Creating! Tarot with Nova and MaliNova and Mali are married nonbinary lesbians who love fostering kittens and making inclusive gay art projects. Nova is from Michigan and Mali is from Germany and Texas, and they live together in Lansing, Michigan with their cats, Sam and Cosmo.Discover their latest project Star Crossed: A Queer Tarot - a gorgeous new set of cards celebrating LGBTQ+ identities and disability representation. Now live on Kickstarter, the deck is a love letter to queer resilience and artistic freedom.For more information:Website: novaandmali.comInstagram: n...2025-07-1529 min
Tarot InterviewsDo It Scared: Sage Fung on Tarot, Leaving Home, and Embracing the UnknownBeth Sage Phung is a nonbinary, first generation Asian-American writer and voice actor. They have poetry published in the Boats Against the Current magazine and the second Poets Underground Anthology, as well as various pieces posted on their Instagram account. Their voice acting talents can be heard most notably as Cassius in the audio drama Syntax. Their writing highlights their personal experience with their identity and interpersonal relationships, as well as their time spent working as a teacher in American junior and high schools. When not working at their day job, they find moments here a...2025-07-0123 min
Tarot InterviewsQueer Magic: Tarot and Transformation with Cassandra SnowCassandra Snow is an author of Tarot & Occult books, full-time Tarot reader and creative witch about town. Their latest book project is Tarot In Other Words. This book is an essay anthology on queer tarot topics that Snow curated, edited and contributed to. Order Tarot In Other Words now!Tarot Interviews credits Host and producer: Finbarre Snarey Theme music composer: Amelia Lawn Additional music: Nicola Snarey Cover art: Rein G If you're curious about the cards we use and want to find out more, visit our Tarot Interviews podcast page. 2025-06-2432 min
Tarot InterviewsThe Queen of Words: Chloe De Lullington on Cats and CacoethesChloe De Lullington is a writer, chronic overthinker, and queen of the chaotic coming-of-age narrative. Her debut novel Cacoethes (Northodox Press, June 2025) is a bold, funny, and unflinching exploration of queer longing, bad decisions, and the mess of early adulthood.Chloe’s background spans screenwriting and fiction. Whether she’s writing in silence or swapping blurbs in the wild world of indie lit, her work pulses with honesty, humour, and a refusal to tidy up the mess too neatly.Order Cacoethes now at Northodox PressTarot Interviews credits Host and prod...2025-06-1727 min
Tarot InterviewsSwords! Sorcery! Sandguins! Kay Purcell’s Tarot-Powered Tabletop TalesKay Purcell is a storyteller, community builder, and co-founder of Chaotic Wholesome Presents, known for conjuring vibrant, inclusive worlds in the realms of Tabletop Roleplaying Games and live-play performance. Their work blends razor-sharp humour with emotional depth, telling tales where every player has power, penguins are terrifying, and chaos is often delightfully wholesome.Kay has worked across video games, streaming, and community strategy, contributing to titles like Contraband and Ooblets.Find out more at kaypurcell.com and damphyr.comTarot Interviews credits Host and producer: Finbarre Snarey Theme music composer...2025-06-1028 min
Tarot InterviewsA Fuffle of Hope: Drawing the Cards with Julia BirdJulia Bird is a poet whose collections include Hannah and the Monk and Twenty-Four Seven Blossom, and two illustrated pamphlets from The Emma Press: Now You Can Look and Is, Thinks Pearl. Her poetry is known for its cinematic sweep, surreal detail and inventive humour.Julia has also collaborated with artist Mike Sims on projects including Paper Trail and A Joy Forever: a walk out with John Keats, blending poetry with visual art to reimagine poetic heritage and everyday life.Find out more juliabird.wordpress.comTarot Interviews credits Host...2025-06-0330 min
Tarot InterviewsMonstrous Flesh and the Feral Feminine: Clelia McElroy on HorrorClelia McElroy is a film researcher and the founder/director of Monstrous Flesh, a project dedicated to exploring the representation of women and non-binary people in the horror genre. Since its inception in 2021, Monstrous Flesh has been hosting film courses, events, panel talks, lectures and film seasons in collaboration with community groups and art institutions in the Midlands and the North of England.Since 2023, Clelia has been collaborating with Dr Megan Kenny on the Monstrous Flesh podcast, and together they have created the Monstrous Flesh Collective to promote their podcast activities, as well as the...2025-05-2725 min
Tarot InterviewsCrowley, Creativity & Cosmic Horror: Julian Simpson’s Occult AudioverseJulian Simpson is a British writer, director, and audio dramatist known for redefining modern audio fiction through immersive storytelling and atmospheric world-building. With a background in film and television, he is the creator of The Lovecraft Investigations, Mythos, and Who is Aldrich Kemp? - projects marked by his signature themes of mystery, belief, and the unknown. Julian is the founder of Pleasant Green, a creative label through which he produces high-concept fiction for audio. When not conjuring fictional worlds, he can often be found at the crossroads of myth and storytelling armed with a typewriter and an...2025-05-2031 min
Tarot InterviewsBoundless Love in Changing Times: A Tarot Interview with Sadriana ZeaSadriana Zea is a disabled writer, traditional media artist, and Twitch streamer dedicated to mental health awareness and supporting nonprofits that help people live a life worth living. She lives with her two cats in the US in Cleveland, Ohio. Like many people with an abundance of time on her hands, her hobby is collecting hobbies. She reads, crochets, does counted cross stitch and other fibre arts, and plays games of all sorts (especially video games and D&D). Sadriana is currently working on her first novel, a fantasy story about a race of people with tangible...2025-05-1330 min
Tarot InterviewsPentacles, Process & Pokémon? Oh My! A Tarot-Fueled Talk with Kate GrayKate Gray is a British games writer and journalist with over a decade of experience in the industry. Based in Canada, she specializes in dialogue writing, narrative procedural generation, and storytelling through design. Her notable works include serving as the Narrative Lead for Moonstone Island and Winding Worlds, as well as contributing to Goodbye Volcano High.Kate's journalism has been featured in publications such as Rock Paper Shotgun, and The Guardian. She is also an experienced public speaker, video presenter, critic, and panelist .Learn more and explore her work at: https://kategray.me2025-05-0626 min
Tarot InterviewsPixels & Predictions: Mama Nyah's House Of Tarot Is The Game That Reads YouTarot Interviews proudly brings you a bonus episode about Mama Nyah's House of Tarot with creator Devin Reid, who has crafted a magical combination of New Orleans mysticism and nostalgic gaming.Unlike tarot apps that display card definitions, Mama Nyah creates personal readings where your intention shapes every interpretation. The cards aren't randomly generated, they're shuffled and laid face down, preserving the experience of a real tarot reading. When Mama Nyah speaks, she weaves together all three cards of your past-present-future spread into a cohesive tapestry of meaning, just as a reader would do in person.2025-05-0214 min
Tarot InterviewsRest, Resist, Rewrite: Lindz McLeod’s Tarot-Approved Survival GuideLindz McLeod is a Scottish author known for her imaginative fiction that blends the surreal, the unsettling, and the profoundly human. Lindz writes across genres, from speculative fiction and horror to literary romance. She is the author of Turducken, an award-winning short story collection, and Sunbathers, a darkly erotic horror novella. Lindz McLeod’s The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet, a sapphic Regency tale of forbidden desire, is available right now!Learn more and find her books at: https://lindzmcleod.co.uk NEXT EPISODE: Kate Gray, award-winning jou...2025-04-2925 min
Tarot InterviewsDemons, Detectives and Doppelgängers: Chase McPherson on Rewriting The Vampire RulebookChase McPherson is a queer speculative fiction writer whose stories blend the gothic with the emotional, exploring themes of grief, identity, and the resilience of love. His Bloodbound series reimagines vampire lore - a place where rules are meant to be broken and relationships rarely follow the expected path.Influenced by a childhood filled with cult classics and dark comedy, Chase’s writing is rich with emotional texture, sharp humor, and a deep curiosity about what it means to survive, and thrive, through transformation. His work is a testament to the power of storytelling as bo...2025-04-2228 min
Tarot InterviewsRomance, Reason & Rebellion: Carrie Jenkins on Redefining LoveProfessor Carrie Jenkins is a philosopher and poet whose work explores the nature of love, identity, and the complexities of the self. She is the author of What Love Is: And What It Could Be and Sad Love: Romance and the Search for Meaning, which challenge traditional ideas of romantic relationships through both philosophical inquiry and personal experience. Her recent book Nonmonogamy and Happiness: A More Than Two Essentials Guide asks how often we hear a non-monogamous love story with a happy ending?Carrie is a professor at the University of British Columbia, where she...2025-04-1529 min
Tarot InterviewsMagic That Grows: Amy Blackthorn on the Power of PlantsAmy Blackthorn is a respected author and herbalist best known for blending plant magic with practical spirituality. Her best-selling books include Blackthorn’s Botanical Magic, Blackthorn’s Botanical Brews, Blackthorn’s Protection Magic, Blackthorn’s Botanical Wellness, and Sacred Smoke.Ordained through the Order of the Golden Gryphon and certified in aromatherapy, Amy has appeared on Netflix’s Top Ten Secrets and Mysteries and HuffPost Live. She is also the founder of Blackthorn’s Botanicals, offering teas and oils rooted in magical practice.Learn more at her official website: amyblackthorn.comNEXT EPISODE...2025-04-1427 min
Tarot InterviewsA Sloth, a Lizard Wizard and a Terrible Date Walk Into a Podcast: Lauren Beukes Draws the CardsLauren Beukes is a South African author known for her genre-bending fiction that blends speculative elements with sharp social commentary. Born in Johannesburg in 1976, she gained international acclaim with her 2013 novel The Shining Girls, a time-travel thriller about a serial killer and the woman who survives him. Beukes’s work often explores themes of identity, violence, and transformation, with a strong focus on women’s stories. Her other novels include Moxyland, Zoo City (which won the Arthur C. Clarke Award) and Afterland, a post-pandemic thriller. Lauren's latest book, the multiverse-lost-mother-thriller, BRIDGE is out now!Photo by H...2025-04-0124 minTarot InterviewsTurning The CardsFin reveals more about this mysterious podcast. Join us on April 1st for the start of The Fool's Journey.Tarot Interviews credits Host and producer: Finbarre Snarey Theme music composer: Amelia Lawn Additional music: Nicola Snarey Cover art: Rein G If you're curious about the cards we use and want to find out more, visit our Tarot Interviews podcast page. Disclaimer: The Tarot Interviews podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only. The views and opinions expressed by the hosts and guests are their own and do not constitute professional, legal, financial...2025-03-2700 min