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Night Owls Late Night Podcast
By Jodeci Maldonado
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Night Owls Late Night Podcast May 23, 2021
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The Exam of Existence
What does it really mean to be human?
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The Rose Jade
What if the color of a jade could change?
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The Dream of Eden
Answering the question, can one be saved no matter the cost?
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Sea Glass Garden
A poem about love, salt, and the sea.
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Blossoms Beyond Birth
A poem as a walk down memory lane.
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Sōzu of Redemption
An essay about redemption for the moments we could do over or for that which did not take root.
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A Pocket Full of Prayers
An essay about the daily uptaking of a climb up the mountain range of mood.
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The State of "I Can't" vs.The Dream
This poem with the aforementioned title takes an interesting take on a court case conducted against a dream.
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The Aro Algorithm
A brief essay about the wonders of aromanticism.
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Redefiniing Reality
This essay is about "The L Word" reboot, and a small continuation of "Pan-tastic or Pandora" that came after the original essay, but before "The Missing Person: Trans Accolades."
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Deflowering the Lavender Scare
An essay about the historical moment called The Lavender Scare which occurred around the time of the Red Scare.
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The Missing Person: Trans Accolades
The companion essay to "Pan-tastic or Pandora" dubbed "The Missing Person: Trans Accolades"
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Pan-tastic or Pandora
An essay about whether or not Pan, as an identifier, will need to be changed in the future.
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Transfromation
An essay all about the transition process and the miraculousness of it all.
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May the Arrow hit the Mark
An essay about the aromantic community and my first dive into it.
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Ace in the Hole
This episode is a brief rendition of my journey as an asexual individual and the community at that time.
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When all is Said
An episode about the stressful time of changing one's name officially or choosing not to, and if so, for how long?
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Dissolution or Evolution?
The question of what our lives would be like without stereotypes? Also the question is there a stereotypical look for nonbinary people?
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In the Out-House
A small essay about normalizing the sanctity of quiet, safe places like the bathroom for LGBTQIA community members.
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Kaleidoscope Rights (Gender Collection Poetry Dump 2)
The second poetry dump from The Kaleidoscope Rights Gender Collection
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Drew the Sleuth of Gender
To change one's nonbinary name or not to change it, that is the question.
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Kaleidoscope Rights (Hybrid Gender Collection) Poetry Dump 1
Various poems from the Kaleidoscope Rights Hybrid Gender Collection, that has been ongoing in previous episodes.
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Byproduct or Believe
The naked truth of nonbinary anxiety.
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The Superhuman List
The ideal relationship for your kind nonbinary host.
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Top Shelf?
One nonbinary individual, fielding the question of top surgery.
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The Rim Part 2
The response of Jodeci to their female self on their nonbinary journey, a continuation from The Rim Part 1.
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The Rim part 1
A letter to my male self, as a nonbinary person with a biologically female body
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Ties that Bind
The catalyst of my realization that I am, in fact, a nonbinary person.
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Four Shades of Blue
A nonbinary essay about giving your parents and those who might not understand a second chance when coming out.
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Gender Bend
The first nonbinary essay in a collection that I am planning to air and the first is entitled Gender Bend.
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Game of Gyros
Today's episode is another book review, this one about Joan Didion's Slouching Toward Bethlehem. To do this we compare this work to Didion's The White Album.
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A Nook in Nowhere
Today's episode is a book a unsolicited book review of my graduate school mentor, and friend, Baron Wormser's memoir. It has recently been rereleased as a second edition and is entitled The Road Washes Out in Spring.
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A Shaman Under the Moon
This episode speaks about shamanism and witchcraft and how they have a lot in common, particularly when it comes to nature, and how that brings us a lesson in death, peace, and the art of letting go.
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Dyslexia: The Dormant Deity
This episode is inspired by my best friend Ashley from school and a need to spread awareness about mental illnesses such as dyslexia.
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Counting Compassion
This is about my journey from Catholicism to Buddhism and my desire to get Mala Beads.
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A Voice in the Silence
A look into why spiritual life can sometimes be solitary for those that walk the path.
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Intertwining Pursuits: Mental Health and Spiritual Practice Parts 1 and 2
This episode features Dawn Washington, a new podcaster, and a long time friend of mine as we talk about mental health, spiritual practice and our lives.
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Cardinal's Nest
This episode is about the cardinal directions of a compass and what they mean in several spiritual practices, or elements of a practice, but particularly what they mean in Shamanism.
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Every Life and The Ego
This episode is about the relationship that exists between the Theravada and Mahayana sects of Buddhism as well as the relationship between body, spirit, and Ego.
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Theology Labyrinth
An essay about the similarities or the "connective tissue" between religions
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Stillness of the Water Excerpt (Spiritual Chit Chat part 2)
A continuation of spiritual chit chat via reading an excerpt from my essay "The Stillness of the Water".
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Qi Gong Resounding
This is a spiritual essay about life learning Qigong.
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To the things, cherished
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Spiritual Chit Chat
This episode is to have a kind of fireside chat about life being active in the spiritual.
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Shamanism Solutions
A little insight into my life as a shaman by way of an essay. Thank you for listening and we apologize for any declines in quality we are working with new equipment.
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Sanctum Sanctorum
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To the Body, a Temple as it is
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The Story of Three
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How is That for the Optimistic View
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