Today’s show started with lipstick checks, a beanie crisis, and Substack doing what Substack does best: making a live show harder than it needs to be.
And then we got into it.
I talked about where my head is right now—college decisions, writing very large checks, and the quiet reality of launching a kid into a world I don’t fully trust. That thread ran underneath more of the conversation than I expected.
Then Broom from The Broom Closet Briefing joined us, and the show shifted.
We got into her backstory—growing up across multiple religious systems, teaching herself tarot, building a practice that blends tarot, Lenormand, astrology—and why she’s chosen anonymity after being very specifically targeted online.
From there, it opened up into something bigger: how people have always used divination to understand power and politics, and how she reads current events through that lens.
Her take on what’s coming wasn’t apocalyptic—it was evolutionary. Disruption, yes. Pressure, yes. But also a push toward something different, especially around energy, power, and how systems change when they’re pushed to the edge.
And then we got practical.
2026 elections: a high turnout, heavily watched, a shift in the House. Not a fantasy fix-everything moment—but movement.
It was one of those conversations that sits at the intersection of intuition and analysis, belief and reality—and somehow makes you think about all of it a little differently.
At the end, Lawrence Winnerman asked her to pull cards for our show. Child, dog, fish, stork, flowers: start something new with loyal, well-resourced friends, expect surprising climbs in audience. This all makes perfect sense to us. We'll report back…
Thank you Cat: Poli-Psych, Yanni Hamburger, Courtney, Noble Blend, Laura Tompkins, and many others for tuning in and special thanks to Karen Marie Shelton and Yanni Hamburger for moderating!
We love you, mean it!
