Ruptures and Roots

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. gospelsofrupture.substack.com

Ruptures and Roots is a society podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 13 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Ruptures and Roots, a society show with 13 episodes published.

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  Episode #10

  Listening to the More-than-Human: Katie Hamaker on Plant Thinking, Decentering the Human, and the Ethics of Relationship

  May 23, 202651 minS1

  <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 p...

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  Episode #9

  Letting It Have You: Anu Brandt on Healing, Surrender, and the Hidden Thread of Your Life

  Apr 25, 20261 hourS1

  <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 pa...

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  Episode #8

  Beyond Logic: Steven Schrembeck on Mind Sight, Soul Families, and the Edges of Consciousness

  Mar 21, 20261h 23mS1

  <p>In this eighth episode of Ruptures and Roots, I sit down with Steven Schrembeck—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...

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  Episode #7

  Trusting the Unseen: Radical Integrity, Spirit, and Community Healing

  Feb 21, 202654 minS1

  <p>In this seventh episode of Ruptures and Roots, Joshua sits in conversation with a deeply devoted guide and facilitator of plant medicine ceremonies, exploring the terrain of rupture, truth, and radical integrity. Together, they navigate stories of ancestral connection, encounters with spirits and guides, and the ways psychedelic and somatic practices illuminate the unseen dimensions of our lives.</p><p>Their dialogue moves through experiences of rupture and repair—personal, communal, and ecological—highlighting the lessons of honesty, discernment, and presence. From navigating land and cultural relationships in ceremony to reflecting on the challenge of finding truth in a worl...

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  Episode #6

  Reimagining Family: Andrew Belinsky on Music, Masculinity, and Healing in Community

  Jan 17, 20261h 5mS1

  <p>In this sixth episode of Ruptures and Roots, Joshua is joined by Andrew Belinsky — musician, facilitator, community builder, and musical mentor. In this conversation, they explore the intersections of rupture, masculinity, and transformation. Andrew shares about the role of community in healing, the importance of initiation and elderhood, and how men’s work offers a pathway toward vulnerability and emotional honesty.</p><p>Andrew also shares his own journey through divorce and into conscious co-parenting, reflecting on how new paradigms of family and connection can emerge from deep listening and shared care. Joshua and Andrew speak about the shadow side...

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