We highlight laughter in a time of great injustices through stories from a variety of guests. We explore laughter as part of your spiritual practice, our medicine and how can laughter bring healing during a time when many of us are living with a constant low-grade ache in our nervous systems. We laugh and find ways to bring levity to everyday life and our communities.
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Rachel El Shamy
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comedy · religion & spirituality · society & culture
In this episode, I sit down with Susan, founder of a national foster care nonprofit now operating 18 chapters across 13 states, serving over 3,000 kids every month. But we don't spend the episode talking statistics. Instead, we go deep on the woman behind the mission. Susan grew up in Corpus Christi in a 1,200-square-foot home that was always full of people — cousins, friends, neighbors — shaped by a mom with an open-door policy and a dad who worked two or three jobs and handed her a $100 bil...
12 May 2026
Grit, Grace & Power of Play
In this heartfelt episode, I sit down with Chrystal Smith, co-founder of Foster Village, right in the middle of Foster Care Awareness Month. Chrystal takes us back to her roots growing up in South Central Los Angeles — navigating poverty, domestic violence, and all during the time of the Rodney King riots — and how witnessing those stark realities as a child sparked a lifelong passion for vulnerable kids and families. Chrystal shares the powerful story of her oldest son's traumatic birth and ...
22 Apr 2026
An UnEdited Life
What happens when the room you thought would fill with light… stays dark? And what if that disappointment was actually the beginning of something real? Welcome back to Laugh on and Levitate with Rachel El Shamy This week I'm sitting down with someone I've known for over twenty years — and honestly, she was on my list from day one. Angie Day Peters is a mother of six, an author, a storyteller, and one of those rare people who carries joy like it's just who she is— not something she perfo...
2 Apr 2026
The land is your land: Laughter as resistance
In this debut episode, I sit down with Sam Grey Horse — Austin horseman, musician, and Mescalero Apache and friend — we hope you enjoy this deeply personal conversation, as we explore his indigenous identity, survival, spirituality, and what it means to live indigenously in a colonized city. The episode weaves together storytelling, songs, and Sam’s personal upbringing in a way that defies easy categorization. I hope you find Grey Horse's personal healing journey and Indigenous wisdom o...
14 Feb 2026
It starts with a laugh!
You know that moment when the world feels impossibly heavy... and then something makes you laugh? Not the kind of laugh that ignores the pain, but the kind that somehow holds it while lifting you up at the same time? Welcome to “Laugh On & Levitate” a fresh podcast about laughter, levity and spirituality. This is a podcast for those of us curious about laughter, advocacy and what makes others laugh! We explore laughter as medicine, resilience, and a pure release of joy. Finding ligh...
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