Gregory Hoskins

He's traveled the continent as a ceremonial guide for weddings, funerals, and blessings, work born from people's deep hunger for elders and ancestry.

Along with musician Gregory Hoskins, he created Nights of Grief and Mystery, a musical storytelling ceremony that's evolved into an international journey exploring grief, authenticity, and what it means to live as if dying were not a failure.

He's the author of numerous books, including the award-winning Die Wise, Come of Age, and Matrimony.

His latest work, Trembling Still, The Awful Clarity of a Mind in Eclipse, offers a searing confrontation with his own mortality and degeneration as he navigates Parkinson's disease.

In this episode, we speak about Stephen's journey with Parkinson's and the impact it's had on his mind, body, and life.

We explore the polarities of trying and accepting and how one can navigate them more skillfully.

We also touch on how Steven stays grounded in healthy skepticism without falling into cynicism, his experience with Ibogaine, and his new record, Caldera, with Gregory Hoskins.

Enjoy.

We were in the midst of making a new record, a fourth record as an ensemble.

My partner in the project, Gregory Hoskins, had me into the studio, I think it was in September of the year, something like that, August.

I was in there and I should tell you that this Parkinson's thing affects your voice.

It turns you into a wee thing in many ways.