{"podcast":{"title":"The Witch Wave","slug":"the-witch-wave-743388","podcast_index_feed_id":743388,"rss_url":"https://witchwavepodcast.com/episodes/?format=rss","website_url":"https://witchwavepodcast.com/episodes/","image_url":"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59cd3e81f6576e21129c88dd/1739911823381-HQIURFB8X0ZCS2DIZ7MG/WWLogo2025_3000.jpg?format=1500w","author":"Pam Grossman","episode_count":177,"summary":"The Witch Wave is a podcast for bewitching conversation about magic, creativity, and culture. On each episode, host Pam Grossman speaks with a leading visionary about art and Craft.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-14T00:18:01.823590+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-witch-wave-743388"},"episode":{"title":"#147 - Paulina Stevens & Jezmina Von Thiele, Secrets of Romani Fortune-Telling Authors","slug":"147-paulina-stevens-jezmina-von-thiele-secrets-of-romani-fortune-telling-authors","published_at":"2025-04-02T04:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-witch-wave-743388/147-paulina-stevens-jezmina-von-thiele-secrets-of-romani-fortune-telling-authors","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-witch-wave-743388","url":"https://witchwavepodcast.com/episodes/2025/4/1/147-paulina-stevens-amp-jezmina-von-thiele-secrets-of-romani-fortune-telling-authors","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.blubrry.com/the_witch_wave/content.blubrry.com/the_witch_wave/ROMANIAllEditFINAL.mp3","summary":"Paulina Stevens and Jezmina Von Thiele are the co-hosts of Romanistan , a podcast that celebrates Romani identity, culture, and tradition. They are also the co-authors of the book, Secrets of Romani Fortune-Telling: Divining with Tarot, Palmistry, Tea Leaves, and More . Paulina Stevens is a California-based author, activist, and spiritual entrepreneur. She was the subject of the LA Times podcast Foretold , which chronicles her powerful personal journey of breaking away from her insular community and reclaiming her voice. She is also the founder of Romani Holistic , a spiritual wellness business offering intuitive readings, herbal remedies, and handcrafted holistic goods rooted in ancestral knowledge. Jezmina Von Thiele (they/she) is a writer, educator, performer, and fortune-teller whose work is rooted in their mixed Sinti Romani traditions. Their poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have been featured in  Prairie Schooner ,  The Kenyon Review Online ,  Narrative Magazine , and other publications. Based in the New Hampshire Seacoast area, Jezmina leads transformative rituals and workshops on divination, spiritual wellness, and the creative arts; provides private tarot, palm, and tea leaf readings; and offers spiritual and creative coaching, online and in person. On this episode, Paulina and Jezmina discuss Romani divination and folk magic, the history of the “G-word,” and the complex power of intuition. Pam also talks about the importance of evolving one’s language, and answers a listener question about an Election Day flame-out. Check out the video of this episode over on YouTube (and please like and subscribe to the channel while you’re at it!) Our sponsors for this episode are Woodland Magic , Ritual + Shelter , The Stormcloud Oracle , BetterHelp…","meta_description":"Paulina Stevens and Jezmina Von Thiele are the co-hosts of Romanistan , a podcast that celebrates Romani identity, culture, and tradition. They are also t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4782,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-witch-wave-743388/episodes/147-paulina-stevens-jezmina-von-thiele-secrets-of-romani-fortune-telling-authors/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-witch-wave-743388/147-paulina-stevens-jezmina-von-thiele-secrets-of-romani-fortune-telling-authors.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}