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Expanding Mind – Cacophony Society – 05/19/13

Pranks, clowns, and the aesthetics of chaos: a talk with John Law and Carrie Galbraith, co-authors of Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society. http://www.lastgasp.com/blog/publishing/tales-of-the-san-francisco-cacophony-society/       – Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) | Embed

Expanding Mind – Virtual Objects – 05/12/13

Technological animism, YouTube nostalgia, and the Internet’s glass bead game. A talk with Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Leckey about his new curated show The Universal Addressability of Dumb Things. http://goo.gl/qjT7N   Related articles Expanding Mind – Shamanic Odyssey – 05/05/13 Godspeed Institute – 05/05/13 – Originally Aired 05/13/12 Expanding Mind – Present …

Expanding Mind – Shamanic Odyssey – 05/05/13

Greek shamans, addiction, and cultivating indigenous mind: a talk with author and apprentice vegetalisto Robert Tindall about Shamanic Odyssey: Homer, Tolkien, and the Visionary Experience, co-authored with Susana Bustos. Related articles The Gary Null Show – Ralph Nader – 05/01/13 Vinyl Experience – May Day – 05/03/13 Pure Imagination – 04/05/13 …

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Expanding Mind – American Zen – 04/28/13

Sitting Zen, drinking tea, and asking “Who am I?”: a talk with David Chadwick, author of Crooked Cucumber: the Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki and the honcho behind the immense Suzuki online archive. www.cuke.com originally aired 6/14/12 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (12.6MB) | Embed

Expanding Mind – Modern Psychedelia – 04/21/13

Acid rock, anthropology, and the path to the impersonal: a talk with Patrick Lundborg, author of the fascinating new book Psychedelia: An Ancient Culture, a Modern Way of Life. www.subliminalsounds.se/DOK/psychedelia.html –   Podcast: Play in new window | Download (12.9MB) | Embed

Expanding Mind – Present Shock – 04/07/13

Digital time, moon cycles, and the human art of pattern recognition: a talk with Douglas Rushkoff, director of the new book Present Shock. http://www.rushkoff.com/present-shock/   Related articles Godspeed Institute – The Next Level Church – 04/07/13 Expanding Mind – The Source Family – Originally Aired 04/19/12 Mindful Living – 04/06/11 Podcast: Play …

Expanding Mind – The Source Family – Originally Aired 04/19/12

Kundalini cults, SoCal spirituality, and the fascinating figure of Father Yod: an exuberant talk with Jodi Wille, director of the new documentary on The Source family. http://thesourcedoc.com/ Podcast: Play in new window | Download (12.2MB) | Embed

Expanding Mind – Consciousness Explorers – 03/31/13

Meditation, warrior compassion, and hacking the sensorium: a probing talk with consciousness writer and explorer Jeff Warren, author of The Head Trip. www.jeffwarren.org. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (12.9MB) | Embed

Expanding Mind – Sex at Dawn – 03/24/13

Bonobos, evolutionary psychology, and the hard-wired problem of monogamy: a sprightly conversation with Christopher Ryan, co-author of Sex at Dawn. http://www.chrisryanphd.com/ Podcast: Play in new window | Download (13.4MB) | Embed

Expanding Mind – Magickal Cinema – 03/17/13

Thelema, initiation, and the magick of clowns: a talk with Antero Alli, director of the new “zany occult thriller” The Dream of Falling Upwards. http://www.verticalpool.com/fallingup.html Podcast: Play in new window | Download (13.3MB) | Embed

Expanding Mind – Counterculture and Cyberculture – 03/10/13

Cybernetics, collaboration, and why Google likes Burning Man: a talk about the art and science of systems with historian Fred Turner, author of From Counterculture to Cyberculture. http://fredturner.stanford.edu/ Podcast: Play in new window | Download (13.4MB) | Embed

Media Ecosystem

Expanding Mind – Media Ecology – 03/03/13

Punk rock, media monoculture, and the economy of attention: a talk with Antonio Lopez, author of The Media Ecosystem. www.themediaecosystem.com originally aired on 08/16/12 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (12.5MB) | Embed

Expanding Mind – Transhuman Fictions – 02/24/13

  Brain tech, telepathic drugs, and ass-kicking Buddhists: a fascinating talk with Ramez Naam about his new transhumanist science fiction novel Nexus. http://rameznaam.com/   Podcast: Play in new window | Download (12.8MB) | Embed

Expanding Mind – 02/17/13

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Expanding Mind – Lovecraftian Magic – 02/10/13

Grimoires, H.P. Lovecraft, and the power of nightmare: a talk with ceremonial magician Donald Tyson, author of The Dream-World of H.P. Lovecraft and the Necronomicon Series from Llewellyn Publications. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (12.4MB) | Embed