A chat with guruphiliac Jody Radzik about a-conceptual awareness, reframing spiritual experience, and the problem with Space Daddy gurus. http://guruphiliac.blogspot.com/
Expanding Mind – Psychedelics and Religion – 12.17.15
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 Religious Experiences. https://erowid.org/culture/characters/richards_bill/
Expanding Mind – Our Robots, Ourselves – 12.10.15
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 of Autonomy. https://esd.mit.edu/Faculty_Pages/mindell/mindell.htm
Expanding Mind – Cognitive Liberty – 12.03.15
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
Expanding Mind – Robots on Acid – 11.19.15
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/
Expanding Mind – Setting Science Free – 11.12.15
A talk with maverick biologist Rupert Sheldrake about morphic resonance, citizen PSI, and the crumbling of scientific materialism. http://www.sheldrake.org/
Expanding Mind – Uncanny Objects – 11.05.15
A wild and wonderful talk with ecological philosopher Timothy Morton about telekinesis, Buddhism, the weirdness of reality, and the trouble with “Nature” in the era of global warming. http://ecologywithoutnature.blogspot.com/
Expanding Mind – Lucifer Revising – 10.29.15
A talk with author Peter Grey about radical witchcraft, the trouble with neopaganism, and the devilish twists and turns of the story of Lucifer that animates his new historical study, Lucifer: Princeps. http://scarletimprint.com/
Expanding Mind – Terra Nova – 10.22.15
A talk with Martin Winiecki from the Institute for Global Peace Work about community building, trust, water, and the amazing Tamera cooperative in Portugal. You can download the new book by Tamera co-founder Dieter Duhm, Terra Nova: Global Revolution and the Healing of Love, from http://verlag-meiga.org/terra-nova-ebook/ For more, go to http://terranova.tamera.org
Expanding Mind – Void and Imagination – 10.15.15
A sparkling chat with multimedia artist Michaelangelo about inspired language, dream theaters, and entheogenesis. www.voidandimagination.com