MOVD

Maria Popova is one of the most prolific writers and thinkers of our time. The multi-hyphenate (author-essayist-critic-poet-human) joins Mariah to talk about the power or danger of identity and about how she lives in a state of curiosity and wonder about the world around her. Explore Maria’s project The Marginalian, her study of the search for meaning, now immortalized in the Library of Congress, and her most recent book Traversal, a philosophical book that explores the meaning of life by weaving together the biographies of historical visionaries like with scientific discoveries and historical events.Make sure you’re following the podcast wherever you listen and follow along on Instagram at @MOVDpodcast.MOVD is created by host Mariah Rooney. Production by Isabel Robertson. Music by Joshua Roman. With writing support from Emily Long and community building support from Liina Potter.

Palestinian and Saudi musician Rotana Tarabzouni speaks with Mariah about seeking and following the pulls of the erotic. For the first time, she shares publicly her experience of cultural exile when a live performance of hers ending a music set with a Qur’an recitation went viral online.Listen to Rotana’s albums Alien of Extraordinary Ability and Opening, and experience her visual EP IBQI.Make sure you’re following the podcast wherever you listen and follow along on Instagram at @MOVDpodcast.MOVD is created by host Mariah Rooney. Production by Isabel Robertson. Music by Joshua Roman. With writing support from Emily Long and community building support from Liina Potter.

Poet and spiritual teacher A Helwa joins Mariah to encourage us to hold joy and light through the darkness. She also shares a story about finding beauty and losing herself in the desert. Helwa is the author of the beloved book Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam. Make sure you’re following the podcast wherever you listen and follow along on Instagram at @MOVDpodcast.MOVD is created by host Mariah Rooney. Production by Isabel Robertson. Music by Joshua Roman. With writing support from Emily Long and community building support from Rachel Hornstein and Liina Potter.

Susan Raffo joins host Mariah Rooney to talk about the value of “glacial slowness” in our urgency-driven world. Raffo is a grassroots organizer, queer elder, somatics practitioner, and writer whose walk across the country she is currently turning into a book.Make sure you’re following the podcast wherever you listen and follow along on Instagram at @MOVDpodcast.MOVD is created by host Mariah Rooney. Production by Isabel Robertson. Music by Joshua Roman. With writing support from Emily Long and community building support from Rachel Hornstein.

John Christian Phifer joins host Mariah Rooney to talk about death and grief and the ways he is radically reimagining those with Larkspur, a revolutionary conservation burial ground in Tennessee. John Christian reminds us that death is a part of life and that our cultural distancing from death and from grief mirrors our disconnection from the earth. He also shares with us a path back to reconnection.Learn more about Larkspur and consider contributing to their important conservation work. Make sure you’re following the podcast wherever you listen and follow along on Instagram at @MOVDpodcast.MOVD is created by host Mariah Rooney. Production by Isabel Robertson. Music by Joshua Roman. With writing support from Emily Long and community building support from Rachel Hornstein.

World-renowned musician Joshua Roman joins Mariah to talk about his art and his life-changing journey with chronic illness. Joshua has brought the healing power of music to communities around the world as a cellist and composer.Read the story behind Joshua’s piece Drive that scores every episode of MOVD and listen to his latest album Immunity. Make sure you’re following the podcast wherever you listen and follow along on Instagram at @MOVDpodcast.MOVD is created by host Mariah Rooney. Production by Isabel Robertson. Music by Joshua Roman. With writing support from Emily Long and community building support from Rachel Hornstein.