The Side Woo
The Side Woo is a podcast hosted by artist and writer Thibault that takes place at the intersection of mental health, spirituality, LGBTQ+ issues, and art-making. Every week, we interview artists, writers, creatives, and metaphysical practitioners to learn about strategies for navigating the uncertainty of a life in the arts. Episodes come out on Thursdays. Watch the video recordings on Spotify and our YouTube channel. Welcome to The Side Woo.
Episodes
Hello! After some consideration we are moving all The Side Woo content over to our YouTube channel. Please join Thibault there for all kinds of antics including interviews, tarot readings, essays, and other unique content that people put on The YouTubes.
The Side Woo on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thibault-thesidewoo
This week Thibault does a reading for the full moon in Taurus, which is super charged to support your efforts around grounding and connecting with community.
Deck: The Official Tarot of The Grateful Dead
ALSO - Lisa Crallé s gallery Personal Space is in Vallejo NOT Alameda as is referenced in the video. Apologies to all.
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This episode, Thibault a does reading for the week of October 28 - November 3, 2025.
Deck: The Official Grateful Dead Tarot Deck.
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Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thibault-thesidewoo
This episode, Thibault does a quick reading for the new moon in Libra happening on October 21st. The effects of the new moon lasts about a month, so this reading has more bang for your buck. Deck: The Official Grateful Dead Tarot
Follow on Medium at https://medium.com/@thibault2studio
Check out Thibault's art at Thibault2studio.com
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thibault-thesidewoo
This week, in lieu of a new episode - and there will be a couple more this season, Thibault is bringing back a new, old segment: weekly tarot readings. This week is a short and dudelicious, just like our host.
Deck: The Official Grateful Dead Deck
This week's episode was recorded and broadcasted live from the Axel Contemporary Truck onto Radio Tomada in Santa Fe. Thibault talks with Mathew and gives a tarot reading through the lens of Doña Tules (Maria Gertrudis Barceló), a figure from New Mexican history, and a featured personality in the SITE Santa Fe International show.
Doña Tules has advice for artists, and anyone trying to make their way in the world as an en...
This week's episode was recorded and broadcasted live from the Axel Contemporary Truck onto Radio Tomada in Santa Fe. Thibault talks with Mathew and Jerry about woo, and talks with Zina about the sound bath she did at Electra Gallery, living in Arkansas, and the art world.
About Radio Tomada
Radio Tomada 87.9 is a mobile radio broadcast project organized by Autumn Chacon for SITE Santa Fe's International Biennial curated by Cecila A...
In this special bonus episode, artist Dana Hemenway shares hot takes on art, travel, shpants and more.
About Dana Hemenway
Dana Hemenway is an artist based in San Francisco. Her work is rooted in the excavation and elevation of utilitarian objects to make visible what has become habituated in our built environments. Hemenway uses these functional items as materials to form traditionally fiber-based crafts–– lights and cords are woven...
This week Thibault talks with Dana Hemenway at The Space Program studio where Dana is doing a residency. They talk about Dana's background in public art, how motherhood has changed her practice, and what it was like working together as co-director at Royal Nonesuch Gallery in the 2010s.
Check out our next bonus episode for Dana's hot takes.
About Dana Hemenway
Dana Hemenway is an artist based in San Francisco. Her wo...
This week Thibault talks with gallerists and power couple, Jackie Im and Aaron Harbour of Et Al Gallery and all the other projects they tackle separately and together. They talk about San Francisco's evolution as a center for art, best taqueria in town, and other important, timely topics.
Website: https://etaletc.com
To support Et Al and their fundraiser, you can go to https://etaletc.com/support
This week, Thibault talks with Renate Hume, a healer and artist who offers mandala readings to help guide people through their many chapters in life. They discuss Hume's many self-reinventions throughout her life, astrology, walking on hot coals, and ultimately how she learned to read mandalas.
About Renate Hume
Renate Collins Hume has been a counselor and spiritual development advisorfor most of her adult life. She holds a Master i...
We are back with Season 5 of The Side Woo podcast and our first guest is LA-based artist Raina Lee. Thibault and Raina talk about life in and out of LA after the fires in January, karaoke as an art form, ceramics and feng shui.
About Raina Lee
Raina Lee is a second-generation Taiwanese-American artist working in ceramic sculpture and installation. She is an author and zine publisher, having written in creative-nonfiction and te...
About Mia Weiner
Responding to the historical textile, Mia Weiner creates intimate declarations that explore identity, gender, and the psychology of human relationships. She hand-weaves each tapestry in her Los Angeles studio.
Mia received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2020) and her BFA in Fiber from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2013. She was awarded the V&A Parasol Prize by the Victoria &am...
This week Thibault sits down for a conversation with LA-based artist Samantha Rosenwald. They talk about a life-changing moment when Sam saw the face of someone (maybe g*d?) in a vision as a child, and life as a hard-working artist.
About Samantha Rosenwald
Rosenwald is based in LA and works primarily in colored pencil on canvas. By threading together contemporary culture, visual pun, and the dogmas of art history, she creates a...
In October 2024, Thibault sat down with Malado Francine and Kayla Tange to talk with them about moments when life forced change on them. They also talk about past lives, woo woo stories and being careful what you wish for.
About Malado Francine
Malado Francine (b. Malado Francine Baldwin-Tejeda) is an American multi-media artist based in Los Angeles. Her work in multiple media examines the intersection of culture and iden...
This week Thibault sits down with artist and activist Rio Asch Phoenix to talk about his solo show with Monte Vista Projects, While Light Still Falls Here, documenting the hotly contested Canyon Hills property near the Verdugo Mountains in Los Angeles. They talk about Rio's nerd-level love of plants, Instagram's effect on art and why photography is still relevant.
This week Thibault talks with best-selling author Sarah Thornton about her latest book "Tits Up: Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts", which was listed as one of the New Yorker Best Books of 2024. After her own botched breast reconstruction surgery, Thornton delved into what breasts/tits/titties mean to women all over the world from the sex work industry to wit...
This episode is a recording of a live conversation between Thibault and Allison Schulnik, reknowned painter, ceramicist, animator, and filmmaker based out in the desert in Sky Valley, CA. They talk about trying to live a dumb phone life, being witchy, and delve into Schulnik's artistic practice. Schulnik's latest show, "Dumb Phone" was at The Pit in Los Angeles and can be found on their website. The conversation was recorded on Dec...
This is a little check-in to say happy new year, and a teaser to get you excited for all the good stuff we have coming your way in 2025, which is just days away - on Thursday of this week, no less.
Also a huge thank you to all of our fans! We are listed as a Top 10, and Top 5 favorite podcast for hundreds of people which is incredible. And to the 37 of you who love us best, I love you best of all too :)
Our first episode comes o...
This week on The Side Woo, Sarah talks with grad school buddy Roberto Fatal about their beautiful short films, student loan debt, using grant money for good and the hilarity of sci-fi's white apocalypses.
About Roberto Fatal
Roberto Fatal [they/them/ellos] is a Meztize Chicana filmmaker and storyteller. They come from Rarámuri, Genízaro, and Spanish ancestry. Their Queer, gender fluid, Mestize/Mixed identity informs the s...
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