Stars and Stars with Isa

Feb 11 2025 49 ep. 33 mins 24

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Stars and Stars with Isa is the podcast where we look to the stars above with the stars below. Each week our host and astrologer, Isa Nakazawa, sits with the most talented artists and thinkers of our time to read them their birth chart and discuss their life’s purpose and why they love, create, and walk the world the way they do.

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adrienne maree brown: virgo sun, scorpio moon, aries rising

Feb 11 2025 39 mins

adrienne maree brown is always cultivating a garden of healing ideas. Informed by decades of movement facilitation, somatics, science fiction scholarship and doula work, adrienne has authored essential works such as Emergent Strategy, Pleasure Activism, We Will Not Cancel Us and their most recent, Loving Corrections. From the mystical to the earthly, adrienne finds the equilibrium

Jade Fox: Leo Sun, Leo Moon, Aries Rising

Feb 04 2025 28 mins

Content creator and authority on all things culture & fashion, Jade Fox is the internet’s go-to expert on androgynous and masc style. Her work has been featured in outlets like Paper Magazine, Hypebeast and VH1. As a Leo moon conjunct Chiron, the asteroid representing wounds and healing, Jade shares how her early relationship with her parents now manifests in her romantic relatio

Kimberly Drew: Leo Sun, Taurus Moon, Pisces Rising

Jan 28 2025 34 mins

Curatorial director at PACE Gallery in New York, writer, and fulltime Leo, Kimberly Drew is a curator of beauty and pleasure. Kimberly has published two books – Black Futures and This Is What I Know About Art. She is also known for her work in arts institutions ranging from the Met to New York Fashion Week. Kimberly’s careful curation of everything in her life, especially her s

Madison McFerrin: Scorpio Sun, Libra Moon, Gemini Rising

Jan 21 2025 33 mins

Independent singer, songwriter and producer, Madison McFerrin has deep roots in music. Her grandfather Robert McFerrin Sr. was the first Black man to sing with the Metropolitan Opera. Her grandmother, Sara McFerrin, is a classically trained vocalist who toured as a background singer for Sam Cooke. And of course, there’s Madison’s father, Bobby McFerrin, the Grammy-winning jazz

Sophia Roe: Scorpio Sun, Libra Moon, Cancer Rising

Jan 14 2025 29 mins

Sophia Roe is known for her delicious meals, gorgeous plating and blunt honesty. She’s also a James Beard Award winning chef, writer, and Emmy-Award nominated TV host. Her relationship to food is deeply informed by her experience in the foster system and with food insecurity. Sophia’s vision for a more liberated world starts with the stomach. Isa Nakazawa sits down with Sophia

Diane Guerrero: Cancer Sun, Aquarius Moon, Scorpio Rising

Jan 07 2025 34 mins

Diane Guerrero rose to fame in her role as Maritza Ramos in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. As her platform grew, she sought ways to make an impact for kids like her – with undocumented parents at the whims of the immigration system. With time, Diane realized that telling her story over and over again was retraumatizing rather than healing. After the death of her fath

Renee Goust: Virgo Sun, Leo Moon, Libra Rising

Dec 31 2024 30 mins

Growing up on the border, Mexican-American singer-songwriter Renee Goust is unafraid to transgress artificially drawn lines. She works within and also transforms traditional Mexican music, writing and singing about people like her, who have historically been left out of roots music. She has written some of the most iconic feminist and LGBTQ hymns in Latin America and the U.S. Renee

Naomi Shimada: Cancer Sun, Aquarius Moon, Sagittarius Rising

Dec 24 2024 30 mins

Writer and model Naomi Shimada grew up between Japan and Spain in a multilingual family. She entered the fashion industry as a model at age 13 when she was scouted at a local restaurant. As she grew up in the industry, she became known for talking publicly about the dirty secrets behind the plus-sized fashion world. In 2019 she co-authored the book Mixed Feelings with fashion journ

Jill Louise Busby: Sagittarius Sun, Capricorn Moon, Scorpio Rising

Dec 17 2024 32 mins

Jill Louise Busby is affectionately known by her social media handle jillisblack. In 2016 she went viral for critiquing what passed as progressive. But the longer she operated under the social media handle, the more it became a character – cutting her off from her true self. In 2021 she published her book “Unfollow Me: Essays on Complicity.” Today, she is the Artistic Directo

Tonya Mosley: Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Virgo Rising

Dec 10 2024 36 mins

Award-winning journalist Tonya Mosley is motivated by deep curiosity and a true interest in understanding people. That’s what informs her work as the co-host of NPR’s Fresh Air program. As a kid her friend’s father nicknamed her “scoop,” and she’s been following that destiny ever since. Tonya’s Taurus Sun and Virgo Rising keep her grounded and put together, but lately