Podcasts by The Joy and the Affray

The Joy and the Affray

The Joy and the Affray is a podcast focused on exploring consciousness and all of its wonderful abilities, flaws and creations. Inspiring guests share their life stories, their philosophies, their opinions and medicines, adding to the journey and evolution of both the podcast and the ever-expanding mind of your host, Rory B

Further podcasts by Rory Boyle Sterne

Podcast on the topic Gesellschaft und Kultur

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Podcast #30 - The Real Rory B (Overcoming Addiction, Deep Shadow Work, Healing Trauma) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

From the depths of deep personal shadow work, your host Rory B shares how he is dealing with overcoming his lifelong addiction to cannabis and other substances. Through the integration of shamanic ...

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Podcast #17 - Anja Otth (Refugees On Lesbos, One Happy Family, Goulash) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

***Not Mentioned in Podcast: Any money given to the podcast this month (October) will go directly to One Happy Family Lesbos*** Anja Otth and I sit in the dapple shade of Goulash Disko’s hammock f...

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Podcast #37 - Freddy Quinlan (Cleansing the Colon of Ireland) from 2020-10-12T10:01:05

Guardian of the Colon of Ireland, Yogic innovator and voice of the Backroad Smokers Club, Freddy Quinlan, joins the JATA for a wild ride through Irishness, the session and spirituality, Orgonite an...

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Podcast #36 - Nicola Staunton (Kinergetics, Muscular Memory & Mischief) from 2020-08-27T10:45:31

Nicola Staunton, Ireland's first Kinergetic Practitioner, joins the JATA for a fun and informative chat, following a demonstration of her magical modality. We discuss the body's response to stress ...

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Podcast #35 - Death, Grief, Letting Go Of 'Going Back To Normal' from 2020-07-27T13:00:45

A transmission on how to live by embracing death. What are you having trouble letting of in the face of global uncertainty and unrest? The most difficult part of any process of death is allowing gr...

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Podcast #34 - Bynoi Desouza (Tantra, Embodied Experiences, The Many Modalities of Communication) from 2020-07-06T14:33:05

Bynoi Desouza, Tantrik educator, ISTA facilitator, mystical creator and dance, movement & Argentinian Tango educator, joins the JATA for an exploratory conversation on the classifications of words(...

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Podcast #33 - Dee Larsen (Self Pleasure, Digtal Eros, Lockdown Love And Physical Fear) from 2020-06-22T07:44:09

Dee Larsen is back! Ireland's first certified Somatic Sex Educator, founder of Body Conscious Ireland and all round beautiful human being, joins us for a fun and insightful journey into self pleasu...

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Podcast #32 - Katie Ní Mhathuna (Grief, Anger, Uncertainty, Fish People) from 2020-05-25T10:41:05

Shamanic practitioner, witch and mystic Katie Ni Mhathuna returns to the JATA for a wacky and poignant quarantine conversation. We discuss what it is to face uncertainty and anger in this time of e...

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Podcast #31 - Love in a Time of Corona (Triggering as an Act of Love) from 2020-04-10T16:00:16

The return of the JATA features a discussion about love during a time of physical separation and how triggering, especially in the context of relationship, can be one of our greatest ways of learni...

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Podcast #29 - Nicky Halliday (Cacao, Costa Rica, Nutrition) from 2019-07-21T22:23:51

Nutritionist, chef and cacaoista, Nicky Halliday, joins the JATA for a fun, wild cacao fueled conversation. Nicky's been on quite the adventure, being head chef at a retreat center in Costa Rica fo...

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Podcast #28 - Marco Rusu (Apathy, Allies, Scarcity vs Abundance, Redefining Fear, Presence) from 2019-05-29T15:48:12

Marco Rusu is one of my favourite humans. He's a youthful shaman, a gifted healer, an incredible host and my shamanic little brother. From the moment we met, as I lay in my hammock in Peru, we knew...

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Podcast #27 - JATA Live! Brendan Mulcahy (Kambo, Self, Synchronicities, The Journey, Heart Singing) from 2019-05-06T15:43:52

Brendan Mulcahy is one of the funniest, warmest, kindest and humble humans on the planet. He works with the frog medicine, Kambo, has traveled extensively, collecting all sorts of stories and follo...

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Podcast #26 - Nagual Uchu (Modern Shamanism, Sorcery, Shadow Work, Authentic Self, Suffering, Being) from 2019-04-19T11:37:02

Nagual Uchu studied shamanism among the indigenous tribes of Mexico, Peru and Brazil. He was a member of Carlos Castaneda’s circle and he worked closely with Merilyn Tunneshende (the Nagual Woman f...

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Podcast #25 - Rachel O'Regan (Art, Identity Politics, Celibacy, Dreads, Janis Joplin is Alive) from 2019-03-20T18:43:27

Did you know that Janis Joplin is alive and well and living in South Dublin? This is merely one of several mind-blowing facts revealed to us by this week's guest, Rachel O'Regan. Rachel is a Dublin...

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Podcast #24 - Riverbank Report (The Journey of Self, Service, Entropy, The Shadow, A Song) from 2019-02-18T18:35:33

A full, unadulterated Rory B thoughtstream, direct from the bank of the Avonmore River. In this episode, I share with you exactly where my journey has taken me, I describe the joy and the affray of...

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Podcast #23 - InwardBound 2: Darragh and Dave (Psilocybin Therapy, Consciousness, Shamanism, Honey) from 2019-01-28T09:00:03

We're back with more shroomy shenanigans from the crew behind InwardBound. This time I'm joined by Dr. Darragh Stewart and David McNamara to discuss further the benefits and challenges of psilocybi...

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Podcast #22 - Ciarán Ryan (Sex, Power, Love, The End of the World) from 2019-01-07T19:33:06

Nutritionist and self-made sexpert Ciarán Ryan joins me for the first podcast of 2019; a daring foray into sex, power, relationships, the wimpy masculine, the dark feminine, how to elevate your par...

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Podcast #21 - InwardBound 1: Rob & Caroline (Psilocybin Therapy, Plant Teachers, Consciousness) from 2018-12-21T11:41:47

Holy shit! Literally, shit is holy people, psilocybin mushrooms grow on it (thanks Mr. Hicks). And Holy Shit the time is neigh, InwardBound, Ireland's first official psychedelic therapy facilitator...

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Podcast #20 - Greg Clifford (Independent Art, Music, Filmmaking, Society) from 2018-12-03T17:29:29

Greg is a super interesting artist and great conversationalist. He's just released his first film, Back to Basics, which is a documentary about himself and two other unsigned musicians on a whirlwi...

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Podcast #19 - Spirituality and Scepticism, The Future of the Joy and the Affray, Bolsonaro from 2018-10-30T19:03:12

Your host, Rory B, sits in the woods and discusses spiritual awakening, scepticism, death, healing, the future of this podcast and the Brazilian election results. To get in touch, if this episode s...

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Podcast #18 - Katie Ni Mhathuna (Shamanism, The Path to Remembering, Ways to save the World) from 2018-10-15T18:34:34

Shaman/ Animist/ Healer/ Psychic/ Superhero Katie understands the World in ways that most of us have forgotten. She has answers to life's big, mysterious questions. Filled to the brim with poetical...

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Podcast #16 - Danko (Goulash Disko, Therapy, Shamanism) from 2018-09-24T16:08:26

I love this one. Danko is a dear Croatian friend of mine who joins me once a year on an island to dance our hearts out and commune in riveting conversation. He has trained as a therapist and now pr...

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Podcast #15 Cris Gasparoti (Hopfully Brewing) from 2018-08-27T19:24:35

On this episode of the JATA, I sit down with master brewer Cris Gasparoti from Hopfully Brewing to discuss a whole bunch of topics, from Baniwa chilies, political ideologies, how to avoid offending...

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Podcast #14 - Ego, Identity, Rewilding from 2018-08-13T16:36:26

A one-man conversation on ego, identity, enlightenment, rewilding the world and balance.

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Podcast #13 - Liam Gough on Jordan Peterson from 2018-07-30T18:13:55

Liam Gough is one of my favourite humans on this planet. He's a printmaker, deep thinker and pulls some of the best moves on any dancefloor ever. In this episode of the JATA, Liam and I dissect the...

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Podcast #12 - Hugh Hick (Journalism, Independent Art, Depression) from 2018-07-16T13:29:29

Episode 12 of The JATA stars Hugh Hick, Playwright, Musician, Writer, Radio Presenter and all round lovely man. We talk about the quirks of podcasting and interviewing, the future of journalism, th...

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Podcast #11 Dee Larsen (Somatic Sex Educator / Sexological Bodyworker) from 2018-06-29T13:36:18

This is the sexiest episode of The Joy and the Affray so far. Dee Larsen, this week's soft spoken, somatic sex expert, is a revelation. Operating out of Belfast in Northern Ireland, Dee's healing c...

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Podcast #10 - DAI :Dancing Artificial Intelligence (Giving Life to Form, A Very Special Robot)) from 2018-05-24T19:24:42

I meet a robot housed in a bizarrely beautiful, non-humanoid body, who is learning how to dance. I sit down and talk to two of DAI's three creators, Martin Rautenstrauch and Jonathan O'Hear, about ...

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Podcast #9 - The Ayahuasca Diaries Part 3: Marco (Shamanism, Plant Spirits) from 2018-05-04T15:36:05

Boom! Just like that, the Ayahuasca Diaries are back with their third installment. This week's episode features Marco, a young German shaman in training. We discuss the need for a spiritual/psychad...

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Podcast #8 Love, Society, Competiton And Sadness (Patreon Special) from 2018-04-24T18:22:58

Here is my most revealing episode yet where I deal with my own sadness while refracting it through the chaotic, smashed lens of what it means to be human in this society. I touch on competition, fr...

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Podcast #7 Tiny Pixie (Positive Living, Wellbeing, Fun & Sparkles) from 2018-04-07T11:21:52

The Joy and the Affray is back with the wonderful Caroline McMullen, aka Tiny Pixie, for an animated discussion on health, positivity, overcoming depression and unhealthy life-patterns, and being a...

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Podcast #6 - The Ayahuasca Diaries Part 2: Humble Little Monkey from 2018-03-20T21:13:03

Part 2 of The Joy and the Affray's Ayahuasca Dairies features your host, Rory B, as he shares with you all his very strange, raw and, ultimately healing experience with ayahuasca. Also discussed ar...

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Podcast #5 The Ayahuasca Diaries part 1: Mario Belovic from 2018-03-16T20:41:51

Friends! Here you have it, the first episode of The Joy and the Affray's Ayahuasca Diaries. There have been loads of positive changes, both in the development of the podcast (check out our slick ne...

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Podcast #4 My Friend Kayko (Education System, Brazil) from 2018-02-24T14:43:47

My friend Kayko, or Caco, or Ricardo, is a really lovely man. He's become my best buddy here in Brazil and there's never enough time for us to talk about all of the topics our company seems to insp...

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Podcast #3 - Ki (Non-binary world traveller) from 2018-01-27T20:59:33

A fellow traveller in Brazil, Ki is an inspiring human. Existing in the neutral zone of self identification, Ki is officially the first transgender friend I've had in this lifetime. After a hard da...

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Podcast #2 Roberta (Brazilian Class Divisions, Travel) from 2017-12-27T22:44:52

A meditation on Brazil, car crashes, holiday greetings, lovely kids and an interview with the very cool Roberta DaSilva

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Pocast #1 Poledancers (Pole fitness, Endorphins, Sexuality) from 2017-12-16T13:20:07

A sweet, cosy conversation with Ireland's finest poledancers and pole fitness instructors; Sarah, Terri and Michael on #1 of The Joy and the Affray

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Podcast #0 (Intro to the series) from 2017-12-06T13:33:48

Podcast #0 (Intro to the series) by Rory Boyle Sterne

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