Tarot has been used as a tool for divination for hundreds of years, but one illustrator in particular changed the face of the game - literally. We explore Pamela Colman Smith’s contributions to the famous Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck and the cult origins of the commission.

Produced and hosted by Brian Moore and Sam Malott Brown.

Story Editing, Audio engineering, and mixing by Julia Sikora.

Special shoutout to the Boston Tea Room in Ferndale, MI for the tarot reading

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Forming Function Season 2 is supported in part by grant funding from Michigan Architectural Foundation.