Bestselling author of Sex at Dawn and Civilized to Death, Chris Ryan joins Michael to riff about the woes of the rat race, the price of progress, the power and pitfalls of visionary experiences, breaking free from the matrix of modernity, synchronicity, the nature of mind, and more.
Read MoreIn this mind meld, author and meme sage, James McCrae and I muse about what Terence McKenna called ‘the archaic revival,’ why creatives are vital to the spiritual evolution of humankind, the relationship between myth and memes, reinventing yourself creatively, and more!
Read MoreIn this one, author and friend, Jennifer Sodini and I muse about megalithic structures, the high weirdness of the Book of Enoch, the mind-altering effects of a good conversation, the beauty of skeptical optimism, whether or not astrology is worthwhile, high-dose experiences, the dark side of the cosmic joke, and more!
Read MoreAutodidactic mythologist, psychology extraordinaire, and Myths That Make Us podcast host, Erick Godsey returns to riff on synchronicity, following your intuition, the problem with mental health pathology, the brilliance of Carl Jung, navigating the snake pit of modern spirituality, the importance of visionary exploration, and much more.
Read MoreIn this one, we riff on why consciousness is fundamental, quantum weirdness, why it’s so important, yet difficult, to find spiritual truth, why napping is a surprisingly powerful technique for creative inspiration, and much more.
Read MoreThanks to a handful of brilliant human beings (including this year’s physics Nobel Prize winners) and groundbreaking experiments, quantum weirdness has gone mainstream. Reality-breaking concepts like non-locality, what Einstein called ‘spooky action at a distance,’ are now accepted as foundational.
Read MoreIn this one, we riff on ‘psycho-technologies,’ recognizing and debugging the patterns of our minds, habit change, why ‘holding the door’ is the perfect philosophical metaphor, and more!
Read MorePlant Wave creator, Joe Pattituci enters the mind meld!
Joe is an artist that fosters connection to intuitive states and the natural world through sound, breath, and technology. As CEO of Data Garden, he is working to build a future where humans will have a real-time soundtrack to their lives generated from wearable data that is responsive to mood, tailored to taste, and optimized for any activity.
Wendy is a Harvard-educated, academic and the Dana J. Johnson Professor of Management at the University of Delaware. She is an expert on paradox and practical, open-ended approaches to problem-solving and creativity.
Read MoreComedian and artist, Ramin Nazer returns for another mercurial mind meld. In this one, we have an absolute sampler platter of wonder nuggets– The singularity, Terence McKenna, how to execute creatively, inspiration, motivation, flow states, the controversial phenomenon of Jordan Peterson, psychedelic entity encounters, and way too many other things to list!
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