Episodes

You ever been asleep and at 4am hear “cock a doodle doo”? Why does the rooster do this? Ifa has the answer and many other stories explaining the most popular animal in Santeria, The Rooster! Joseph Baba Ifa is going to go ove...

Betrayal is a painful thing! Unfortunately Orunmila went through quite a bit in the Odu Baba Ogbe Kana! Watch this Our Roots Podcast episode as Joseph Baba Ifa shows us how Ifa dealt with adversity! Also stay tuned for a segm...

Ochun’s love life was to complex to only do one episode on it! Part 2 will delve deeper into her relationships with other Orishas! Joseph Baba Ifa will go one by one ending with Ochun’s soul mate in this Our Roots Podcast epi...

We all know Ochun is the Orisha of love! Our Roots Podcast is going to look at each of her relationships and break down the lessons to be learned! Watch Joseph Baba Ifa look at Ochun’s love life in depth family, Iboru!#ochun ...

Have you thought of taking a pumpkin to the river for Oshun? Do you have a pending offering and you just don’t know what to give the Orisha? Watch this Our Roots Podcast episode so Joseph Baba Ifa can give you all the tips yo...

Have you ever heard of the benefits of Sea Moss? Maybe that being alkaline is beneficial to your overall health? If so, you probably heard of Dr.Sebi! A gentleman who revolutionized the holistic medicine and nutrition industr...

Are you interested in the origins of the Egungun tile? Maybe you want to learn more about Oshun? The way Eshu looks peaks your interest? The Odu Ogbe Hunle is the one for you! Watch this Our Roots Podcast episode with Joseph ...

Did you just receive Hand of Ifa and now you have no idea what to do? No worries Joseph Baba Ifa is here to clarify what your next steps could look like on your Ifa and Orisha journey! If you want to know what to do next afte...

The Odu Baba Ogbe Irosun focuses on the continuance of existence! Whether it’s the priests of Ifa living harmoniously or avoiding the extinction of the animals we need the most! Joseph Baba Ifa is going to peel back the many ...

Most would look at a cat and see just another common house pet. What if someone told you that it is a reincarnated God walking around your home! All ancient cultures recognize the divinity of the cat, and the Yoruba were no d...

Do you want to know how to take care of your loved ones after they’ve passed? Yoruba spirituality is based on the practice of honoring our ancestors! Through an Orisha known as Egungun, human beings can take care of their anc...

The best way to learn nothing is by trying to learn everything at once! This is what the Holy Odu Baba Ogbe Odi teaches us! Joseph Baba Ifa goes over how knowledge was spread in this Odu so that we could all benefit as Ifa pr...

So you walk through your front door with this brand new Orisha you just received, and then the thought hits you, “Where do I put them?”. No worries, Joseph Baba Ifa is here to let you know all the different places these Orish...

Are you someone that just found out about Ifa and ATR’s?!? There are so many others just like you who have the exact same questions! In this episode Joseph Baba Ifa is interviewed by Joy, a fellow podcaster and newcomer to th...

Who’s afraid of snakes?!? Ifa is here to demystify this very misunderstood animal! Snakes have always been sacred in ATR’s! Joseph Baba Ifa in this Our Roots Podcast is going to tell you everything Ifa has to say about this m...

There is no doubt Ifa began as an oral tradition! Ifa’s ancestors were able to preserve its sacred information this way for thousands of years! There are various Odu that show how it became what it is now, a written tradition...

Ogbe Iwori (Ogbe Weñe) I Joseph Baba IfaAs long as the world exists there will be witchcraft! This is what the Odu Ogbe Iwori states! Luckily Orunmila has given humanity the solution to defend itself, Ebo! Watch this Our Root...

Our Roots Podcast has done many episodes on Ori, the internal destiny that lives in our head! This time Joseph Baba Ifa is it going to teach you how to take care of it! You will find the stories that explain Ori’s concepts, h...

Ifa & Animals: The Crocodile | Joseph Baba Ifa Our Roots Podcast

Ifa and Orisha are practices based on respect! Respect to the Orishas, respect to our ancestors, and respect to our elders! Joseph Baba Ifa cites various Odu’s and pataki’s explaining Ifa’s hierarchy! Our Roots Podcast, here ...

Berniel Ogbe Bara is a Babalawo from Compton, California! He is a VIP member and supporter of Our Roots Podcast! Baba Joseph sits down with him to discuss his decades long journey in Orisha and Ifa culminating in his priestho...

There is no way we were going to make it through an Ifa & Animals series without giving elephants their own episode! The largest land animal on earth, and possibly the most majestic, had to be one of Orunmila’s favorites! So ...

Ashe is what makes the universe go round! It is the divine grace that Olodumare creates with! Each of us have our own very special Ashe that we’re meant to make the world a better place with! Joseph Baba Ifa is going to break...

Our Ogbe series is kicking off with its first omolodu, Ogbe Oyekun! Also known as Ogbe Yekun, it is the first combined Odu in the corpus of Ifa! Destined for greatness, he quickly learned that good character would be the quic...