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Expanding Mind - Cacophony Society - 05/19/13

2013-05-19 14:04:01 archivist

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/

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Expanding Mind - Virtual Objects - 05/12/13

2013-05-12 19:15:26 archivist

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

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Expanding Mind - Shamanic Odyssey - 05/05/13

2013-05-05 06:52:00 archivist

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.

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Expanding Mind - American Zen - 04/28/13

2013-04-28 06:53:36 archivist

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

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Expanding Mind - Modern Psychedelia - 04/21/13

2013-04-21 08:00:50 archivist

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

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Expanding Mind - Present Shock - 04/07/13

2013-04-14 07:28:04 archivist

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/

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

2013-04-07 16:36:01 staff

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/

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Expanding Mind - Consciousness Explorers - 03/31/13

2013-03-31 14:50:57 archivist

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.

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

2013-03-24 15:16:05 archivist

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/