Ratio & Ritual Podcast

In Conversation with Anna Lamanskaya. "All our body’s systems are opening and closing like a flower."

Patrick Kelly — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 21:20:54 GMT

Anna Lamansky is a certified Facial Massage & Osteopathy Specialist with a medical foundation in neuroscience and kinesiology, and over 20 years of hands-on experience in holistic beauty and functional health.

As the founder of Matryoshka Spa, she helps clients restore natural facial symmetry, ease TMJ dysfunction, relieve chronic tension, and reconnect with their inner vitality. Beyond her private practice, Anna has spent over 10 years teaching professionals worldwide, sharing advanced methods in facial osteopathy, sculpting techniques, and holistic facial therapy.

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Inner Worlds with Anna Lamansky. "The body reveals the story of our life."

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In Conversation with Saskia Wilson-Brown. "Making space for the aliens in the fragrance industry."

Patrick Kelly — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:49:03 GMT

Saskia Wilson-Brown, a Cuban-British-American artist and curator, studied Fine Art at UC Berkeley and Central Saint Martins. After early work in art, film festivals, and television, she founded The Institute for Art and Olfaction (IAO)in 2012 as a nonprofit advancing access and experimentation in perfumery. Through the IAO, she established many programs and initiatives, including the Art and Olfaction Awards, the Experimental Scent Summit, the biennial Scent Week LA, as well as the IAO’s educational, exhibition, and library initiatives (in collaboration with her colleagues at the IAO). She lectures internationally for leading universities and conferences, hosts the radio show and podcast Perfume on the Radio, and is currently writing a book with Distributed Art Publishers (expected Autumn 2026) while completing a PhD on scent in creative practice at SmartLab, University College Dublin.

“The Institute, in the beginning, was kind of an art practice…social sculpture or relational art that has evolved into a whole different thing now…a nonprofit.”

Thank you to Saskia for being on the podcast. Be sure to follow along with her on Instagram. Saskia's full written Ratio & Ritual interview for “Inner Worlds” can be read here.

Show Notes and Resources:

The Cultures of Perfume, coming November 2026, the joys of civet and malodor, The Art and Olfaction Awards, the rise of Chinese indie and experimental perfumers, The Experimental Scent Summit in Athens, The Biennial Scent Week, Snowblink, The Pan-American Perfume Congress, El Flamin’ Taco (specifically the Echo Park location!), The Philosophical Research Society Library

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In Conversation with Stefan Storm. "Let the legend grow and take on importance."

Patrick Kelly — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Born in Sweden in 1986, Stefan Storm is a songwriter, producer, and artist best known as one half of The Sound of Arrows. After forming the project in 2006, he quickly signed with a Swedish label and gained international attention when a 2008 track went viral on MySpace, leading to a move to London and deals with Big Life Management and Geffen Records. The debut Sound of Arrows album Voyage (2011) established him as a visionary in electronic pop.

More recently, he has been producing and writing with artists including Alison Goldfrapp, Annie, Paola & Chiara, and Jessica Winter, cementing his reputation as a forward-thinking creative force in modern pop.

“It’s not only about how it sounds, it’s about how it looks and what feeling it conveys.”

Thank you to Stefan for being on the podcast. Be sure to follow along with him on Instagram. Stefan’s full written Ratio & Ritual interview for “Inner Worlds” can be read here.

Show Notes and Resources:

Editor’s Notes. In the beginning of the conversation, Patrick was thinking of snowshoeing, not cross country skiing. Oops! Also, apparently the new John Waters film is not moving forward—for now.

Nina Hynes, Goldfrapp’s Felt Mountain, Annie’s Dark Hearts, Alison Goldfrapp’s Flux, Soundtrack From Twin Peaks by Angelo Badalamenti, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, Bi Gan’s Resurrection, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, Train Dreams by Denis Johnson, Train Dreams the film, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, Room to Dream by David Lynch and Kristine McKenna, Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch, Carsick by John Waters, David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future and The Shrouds, Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis.

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In Conversation with Lauren Haynes. "Entrepreneurship is like losing your mind, but your heart’s so full."

Patrick Kelly — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:58:05 GMT

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Discussions on Wooden Spoon Herbs, Southern folk medicine system (Appalachian/Southeastern U.S. energetic system), magnesium, Telepathy Tapes podcast, Love Has Won documentary, M.F.K. Fisher’s How to Cook a Wolf, Motherpeace Tarot Deck, Flower Oracle Deck from Broccoli Publishing, Holly Howard business consultant, Harvard Divinity School, Trinity Mouzon Wofford, Golde, CAP Beauty, Sprouts Farmers Market

In Conversation with Isabella Behravan. Icelandic disco, 35mm film screenings, and the sound of glass.

Patrick Kelly — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:00:45 GMT

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Ratio & Ritual interviews LA-based photographer, director, and DJ Isabella Behravan. Icelandic disco, 35mm film screenings, and the sound of glass. Plus additional discussions on: what replaces a cowboy jacuzzi, being overstimulated musically, and the many merits of Letterboxd.