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PODCAST

Life is a Festival

Eamon Armstrong

Through intimate, long-form interviews, Life is a Festival unlocks the wisdom of cultural pioneers to help listeners integrate transformational experiences and create more joy and adventure in their daily lives.

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01:21:49

#141 - To Escape the Tyranny of the Self | Benjamin

Life is a Festival ·

2022/12/31

If you've been listening to the podcast for a while, you may know that I have a mentor and spiritual guide named Benjamin, an extraordinarily generous man who seems to have inexhaustible time for me in guiding my path forward. For many years, Benjamin has been working on a process of dissolution of the constructed self. In this conversation, Ben and I talk about the nature of the self, from a neuroscience perspective to a mythopoetic perspective. We explore completing the construction of the ego

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00:57:30

#140 - Iboga Part 2: Initiating with Iboga in Africa...

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2022/12/20

For Part 2 of our exploration of the psychedelic plant iboga, I have the honor of sharing a conversation with Apollon, a Bwiti N'ganga from Gabon. On the show we open with the colonial history of Gabon and the difference between Bwiti Fang in the North and Bwiti Missoko in the South. Apollon describes the meaning of Bwiti and how Westerns can connect with this spiritual practice. He describes how the Bwiti see addiction and why you have to learn to live with the devil inside you. Apollon shares the

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01:10:03

#139 - Iboga Part 1: Ibogaine Clinical Treatment |...

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2022/12/09

In the first of a two part exploration of the psychedelic West African shrub Tabernanthe iboga, this podcast investigates the Western clinical model and the extract ibogaine HLC. I visited Beond Clinic in Cancun to discuss addiction and trauma treatment with Medical Director Dr. Felipe Malacara and Nursing Lead Vianey Ariadna Perez. On the show we learn how patients receive comprehensive treatment at the clinic. We discuss the neuroscience of iboga and why it is so effective in treating addiction

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00:47:03

#138 - The Art of Interviewing | Eamon Armstrong &...

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2022/12/01

To celebrate four years of Life is a Festival, today I’m sharing a conversation I had with my friend Ian MacKenzie about how to conduct a good interview. Whether you want to start a podcast or are simply interested in being a better conversationalist, I think you’ll find this helpful. On the show we go over how to research your guest so you can bring more to the party, how to create a roadmap for an engaging, spontaneous conversation, and how to make your guest feel safe to offer their most

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01:29:34

#137 - The Queer Muslim Hero of Psychedelic...

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2022/11/07

As Colorado’s Natural Medicine Health Act goes to voters, it's the perfect time to consider how powerful psychedelic molecules should enter mainstream consciousness. Today on Life is a Festival Ismail Lourido Ali, Director of Policy and Advocacy for the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) explains the various pathways to legalization including the Decriminalization movement, medicalization, religious exception, and legal adult use. The first half of our conversation is

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01:01:56

#136 - The Gift of Mayan Warrior | Pablo González...

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2022/10/25

Mayan Warrior is one of the most iconic mutant vehicles at Burning Man and its impact goes far beyond the Playa. This week on Life is a Festival, founder Pablo González Vargas talks about gifting, Mayan culture, and the challenges of bringing an art car 8,000 kilometers to That Thing in the Desert. On the show Pablo shares his initiation into Burning Man culture and the difficulties the car faced in its first years. We talk about the physical, communal, and spiritual value of Burning Man. We

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01:33:21

#135 - The Primal Movement of the Smuggler Yogi |...

Life is a Festival ·

2022/10/12

In the countryside of Ibiza there is a strange and challenging movement practice called Primal Moves. Founder Nick Brewer’s personal history is stranger still. Today on Life is a Festival, Nick shares his incredible life story from South American smuggler to yogi and the daily practice which became his refuge and his dharma. On the show, Nick shares his story from his time as an alpine skier, to smuggling cocaine in South America, to isolation in the bowels of an Argentinian prison. Nick talks

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01:14:27

#134 - Pleasure is Medicine | Chloe Macintosh (Kama:...

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2022/10/01

If we want to actually live in our bodies, sexuality should be a daily practice. Today on Life is a Festival, Chloe Macintosh, founder and CEO of Kama, teaches us the importance of pleasure for healing and growth. On the show we talk about the importance of embodiment and the gap in adult sex education. We explore pornography addiction, erectile disfunction and the magical art of squirting. Chloe shares her four part daily practice and we finish our conversation diving into BDSM and

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01:23:21

#133 - The Neverending Healing Journey | Adam Andros...

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2022/09/23

Have you found yourself caught up in a never-ending healing journey? Are you rushing from workshop to ceremony to retreat trying to peal all the layers of your existential onion? Maybe what you need is healing from your healing! Today on Life is a Festival, Adam Andros Aronovich, creator of “Healing From Healing” offers us levity and a much needed reprieve from our hyper-individualistic personal development. On the show we discuss the fundamental importance of community in healing work. We talk

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01:02:56

#132 - Every Daddy Needs a Daddy | Eamon Armstrong...

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2022/09/17

Today on Life is a Festival in a talk recorded live at Burning Man, I share my personal kink journey and how I learned to alchemize adolescent sexual shame through the archetype of “Daddy.” I was interviewed by the brilliant Chloe Macintosh, founder of the sexual wellness app, Kama, who will be a guest on a forthcoming episode. On the show we discuss where kinks come from and how accepting, embracing, and embodying them can be healing for you and your lovers. We discuss creating safe containers

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01:46:43

#131 - The Best of Black Rock City | Burning Man...

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2022/08/25

For those about to Burn! I have procrastinating my own packing for That Thing in the Desert by making you this compilation of my best Black Rock City conversations. From asking the Big Meow Marian whether Burning Man is a festival, to fumbling towards inclusivity with activist Nexus, from Burners without Borders to the Nordic Borderland, these are some of my favorite BRC moments from Life is a Festival. I’ve also added a few PSAs including how to talk to cops (Don’t!), how to protect yourself and

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01:02:13

#130 - Flow States and Festival Consciousness | Jason...

Life is a Festival ·

2022/08/20

The Wizard of Awe, Jason Silva, returns to Life is a Festival to discuss festival consciousness and how we, the refugees from the mundane, can unleash the brave and reckless Gods we really are at Burning Man and beyond. On the show we discuss freedom from self and expanded circles of moral concern. We talk about using avatars to explore and create our true selves. We touch on ontological and peak experience addiction. We explore the predictive brain theory and solving the problems of the world. We

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01:24:16

#129 - Dunking on the New Age is Boring Now | Alex...

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2022/08/09

This podcast has highlighted many long-standing issues with New Age spirituality and the dark side of “good vibes only,” but according to today’s returning guest, rockstar philosopher Alex Ebert, dunking on the New Age has become boring and there is much that is still valuable and relevant from its perspective and rituals. On the show we begin with a review of the issues with spiritual communities from the dark side of manifestation to how toxic positivity functions like cancer. Alex explains how

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01:12:24

#128 - Festivals Create Lasting Transformation | Dr....

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2022/07/29

We who attend Burning Man and other multi day mass gatherings have long felt that these events are personally and lastingly transformational. In May of this year, Dr. Molly Crockett and their team at Crockett Lab at Yale University published research demonstrating what we always believed. Today on Life is a Festival, Dr Crockett explains their findings and what they mean for harnessing the transformative power of festivals. On the show we talk about what transformation is and how it can be studied,

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00:59:48

#127 - Building an Ethical & Sustainable Healing...

Life is a Festival ·

2022/07/01

Do you want to be a healer? From psychedelic medicine to therapy to bodywork, after experiencing an awakening many hear the call to serve in the healing arts, but how do we create a practice that is both ethical and sustainable? Laura Mae Northrup, author of Radical Healership, breaks it down on today’s episode. On the show we discuss why people get into the work of healing others, as well as what Laura calls “shadow whys.” We discuss managing money as an act of love and how both overcharging and

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01:02:50

#126 - The Poetry of Gender | Janne Robinson

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2022/06/03

Here’s to the women who don’t give a fuck! But should we give a fuck about gender at all? Today on Life is a Festival we meet feminist beat poet and author Janne Robinson, to discuss authenticity, gender, and her no bullshit approach to creating the life you want. On the show Janne shares how she learned not to give a fuck and to create a life and thriving business as a poet and coach. We discuss staying authentic and truly vulnerable while building a brand out of your art and healing. We get into

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01:12:12

#125 - Worldbuilding for a Better World | Lak...

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2022/05/26

At their best, festivals are platforms for personal and communal transformation by creating temporary immersive worlds, ripe with participation and opportunities for growth. Few gatherings do this with the theatrical flair of BoomTown Fair, a choose-your-own-adventure playground in the English countryside. Today on Life is a Festival, visionary leader, Lak Mitchell, shares how his vast team creates a living, breathing town once a year and how why they are now starting again with Chapter One: The

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01:19:49

#124 - Art and Irresolvable Contradictions (Live) |...

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2022/04/22

On a little known shore inland from Los Angeles lies a post apocalyptic seaside town and one of the art world’s most interesting happenings. Founded in 2015, Bombay Beach Biennale is a renegade celebration of art, music, and philosophy. Pushing through a few hours of sleep, cofounder Tao Ruspoli and I sat down at the Biennale for a conversation. On the show we discuss the ecological and philosophical paradox of the Salton Sea and the strange fate of Bombay Beach. Tao shares why great art is made

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01:22:45

#123 - Welcome Refugees with a Festival | Mike...

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2022/04/02

Can we take Burning Man principles and apply them to refugee situations? Mike Zuckerman has spent the last six years creating a toolkit for refugee-led spaces that help instill creativity, connectivity, and hope. Now he’s in Poland welcoming 4 million refugees from Ukraine who are crossing over into Europe. Our conversation starts with a brief overview of the situation on the Polish border. We discuss Mike’s history creating spaces from Temple nightclub, to [freespace]. We talk about Burning Man

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01:27:56

#122 - California Lucid Dreaming | Jonah Gabriel Haas...

Life is a Festival ·

2022/03/25

“And finally, you would dream ... where you are now. You would dream the dream of living the life that you are actually living today.” - Watts Do you lucid dream? The kind where you awaken inside the dream and can bend it to your will? Do you fly? Make love? Or maybe just let the dream play out? Would you maybe create a festival? Today’s guest Jonah Gabriel Haas is the cofounder and marketing director for Lucidity Festival, a dreamy annual adventure amidst the coastal California Oaks of Santa

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