We are living in unprecedented times — of rupture, unraveling, and transformation. In Ruptures and Roots, host Joshua Swenson invites companions he has met on his path of healing and awakening to share their stories. Together, we explore the moments when life split apart, the beauty that roots in the ruins, and the possibilities that emerge through grief, collapse, and renewal. These are not tidy success stories — they are raw, human, and alive with the reminder that even in the cracks, life insists on growing deeper. <br/><br/><a href="https://gospelsofrupture.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">gospelsofrupture.substack.com</a>
Ruptures and Roots
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We are living in unprecedented times — of rupture, unraveling, and transformation. In Ruptures and Roots, host Joshua Swenson invites companions he has met on his path of healing and awakening to share their stories. Together, we explore the moments when life split apart, the beauty that roots in the ruins, and the possibilities that emerge through grief, collapse, and renewal. These are not tidy success stories — they are raw, human, and alive with the reminder that even in the cracks, life insists on growing deeper. <br/><br/><a href="https://gospelsofrupture.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">gospelsofrupture.substack.com</a>
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May 23, 2026
Listening to the More-than-Human: Katie Hamaker on Plant Thinking, Decentering the Human, and the Ethics of Relationship
<p>In this tenth episode of Ruptures and Roots, Joshua sits down with Katie Hamaker — adjunct instructor, PhD candidate at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and a teacher of courses on critical thinking, academic writing, and learning from plants. Katie's research weaves together Christianity, psychedelics, and social justice through feminist and process-philosophical lenses, asking what becomes possible when we let inherited religious narratives crack open.</p><p>Their conversation traces the slow, layered rupture of a worldview Katie inherited from Western philosophy and socialized Christianity — one that placed humans at the top of a hierarchy and silenced the voices of plants. From her early ayahuasca journeys in Peru to the years of dissonance that followed, Katie explores what it means to move beyond both materialist dismissal and the easy trap of anthropomorphizing the plant world. Together, they sit with the mycorrhizal connectivity of redwoods, the dream-teachings of mugwort, the difference between morals and ethics, and the quiet question of what it might mean to plantize the human rather than humanize the plant.</p><p>This episode invites listeners to consider: what voices have we been taught not to hear? How might we hold dissonance without rushing to resolve it? And what becomes possible when we expand our understanding of beingness to include the more-than-human world?</p><p>Follow Katie on Substack:<a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/@katiehamaker">https://substack.com/@katiehamaker</a></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Gospels of Rupture at <a href="https://gospelsofrupture.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">gospelsofrupture.substack.com/subscribe</a>
April 25, 2026
Letting It Have You: Anu Brandt on Healing, Surrender, and the Hidden Thread of Your Life
<p>In this ninth episode of Ruptures and Roots, Joshua sits down with Anu Peter Brandt — ordained sacred ceremony minister, shamanic practitioner, breathwork facilitator, energy healer, and lifelong musician. Together, they trace the thread of healing that ran quietly through Anu's life long before he recognized it: from childhood performances to Broadway stages and the jungles of Peru, where his first encounter with ayahuasca set a course that would reshape everything.</p><p>Their conversation moves through the rupture of leaving a performing career that looked like success but never quite fit, the profound years of his mother's decline and passing, and the ways plant medicine, energy work, and out-of-body exploration opened Anu to dimensions of reality he'd always sensed but couldn't name. He shares the story of his mother visiting him in ceremony, the moment ayahuasca shifted him from wanting to escape his body to wanting to fully inhabit this life, and how music became a vessel for healing rather than performance.</p><p>This episode invites listeners to consider: What if everything we've done has been preparation for the work that's truly ours? What does it mean to let rupture have us rather than running from it? And how might surrender be the doorway to everything we've been searching for?</p><p>Find out more about Anu’s incredible healing work here:<a target="_blank" href="https://hummingbirdcircle.org/">https://hummingbirdcircle.org/</a></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Gospels of Rupture at <a href="https://gospelsofrupture.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">gospelsofrupture.substack.com/subscribe</a>
March 21, 2026
Beyond Logic: Steven Schrembeck on Mind Sight, Soul Families, and the Edges of Consciousness
<p>In this eighth episode of <strong>Ruptures and Roots</strong>, I sit down with <strong>Steven Schrembeck</strong>—a software engineer by trade and by calling a dedicated explorer of meaning. Stephen’s journey is a profound study in how a strictly logical, structured life can be cracked open by curiosity and a relentless accountability to the truth.</p><p>We delve into the “ruptures” that shattered Stephen’s materialist worldview, beginning with a serious meditation practice that evolved from a stress-management tool into a vehicle for firsthand exploration of consciousness. Stephen shares the ontological shock of his first UFO sightings, the 30-hour discipline of learning telekinesis, and the startling reality of <strong>“Mindsight”</strong>—the ability to perceive the world with eyes closed.</p><p><strong>In this circle, we explore:</strong></p><p>* <strong>The Transition from Logic to Intuition:</strong> How a former atheist began to navigate psychic phenomena and telepathy.</p><p>* <strong>UFOs as a Catalyst:</strong> Why anomalous experiences often serve as a “gateway drug” to deeper spiritual awakening.</p><p>* <strong>The “Soul Family”:</strong> Stephen’s experience meeting non-physical entities and navigating a universe that feels increasingly playful and abundant.</p><p>* <strong>Practical Grounding:</strong> How to maintain stability and function when your understanding of reality begins to stretch beyond familiar bounds.</p><p>Stephen reminds us that reality is far more mysterious and loving than we’ve been led to believe, and his story is an invitation to “never stop playing” with our own experiences.</p><p><strong>Links & Resources</strong></p><p>* <strong>Stephen’s Writing:</strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=https://differentcompass.inc"> Different Compass</a></p><p><strong>Recommended Reading: </strong>The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Gospels of Rupture at <a href="https://gospelsofrupture.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">gospelsofrupture.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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