[Revisit] Embodying Existence with Kai Cheng Thom

About this episode

Kai Cheng Thom joins Prentis Hemphill to discuss radical love, community healing, and the complexities of existence.

This episode was originally aired on July 1st 2024. Kai Cheng Thom - MSW, Qualified Mediator, Somatic Sex Educator, performance artist, community healer, award-winning writer, and author of Falling Back in Love with Being Human joins us for this episode. A consummate dreamer and believer in revolutionary potential, Kai brings radical love to her work and this conversation. Join us while Kai and Prentis geek out about exciting and dangerous things like monster-making, harm and revenge, + queer...

People in this episode

Host: Prentis Hemphill

Guest: Kai Cheng Thom

Topics covered

• existence
• radical love
• queer
• community healing
• performance art
• harm and revenge

Keywords

• Kai Cheng Thom
• Prentis Hemphill
• radical love
• community healer
• performance artist
• queer
• harm
• revenge

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Falling Back in Love with Being Human

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