A talk with teacher Ronan Hallowell about electronic media, Native American ritual, and the challenges of transformative pedagogy.
Expanding Mind
A talk with cultural theorist James Burton about liberating fictions, the Black Iron Prison, and his book The Philosophy of Science Fiction: Henri Bergson and…
A talk with anthropologist (and "vibe-ologist") Graham St. John about entities, horror films, and his new book Mystery School in Hyperspace: A Cultural History of…
A talk with renegade religious philosopher Michael Hoffman about entheogens, determinism, and religious experience from an engineering point of view. http://egodeath.com/EntheogenTheoryOfReligion.htm
A talk with secular Buddhist author and teacher Stephen Batchelor about the problem with religion, the aesthetics of the dharma, and why worries about McMindfulness…
A talk with new age musician Laraaji about cosmic electronics, sacred New York, and the medicine of laughter meditation. http://laraaji.blogspot.com/
A chat with guruphiliac Jody Radzik about a-conceptual awareness, reframing spiritual experience, and the problem with Space Daddy gurus. http://guruphiliac.blogspot.com/
A chat with Bill Richards about God talk, roses, and the best playlists for psychedelic therapy. Check out Richards' new book Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and…
A talk with historian and engineer David Mindell about drones, social robots, agency, and his enlightening new book Our Robots, Ourselves: Robotics and the Myths…
A talk with psychedelic freedom fighter Casey Hardison about human rights, doing time, and the good and bad sides of hedonism. https://www.erowid.org/culture/characters/hardison_casey/hardison_casey.shtml
A talk with cognitive scientist Andrew Smart about artificial intelligence, hallucinations, and his new book Beyond Zero and One: Machines, Psychedelics, and Consciousness. http://www.orbooks.com/catalog/beyond-zero-and-one-by-andrew-smart/
A talk with maverick biologist Rupert Sheldrake about morphic resonance, citizen PSI, and the crumbling of scientific materialism. http://www.sheldrake.org/