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Expanding Mind

Progressiveradionetwork.com presents Expanding Mind with Erik Davis. He explores the culture of consciousness: magic, spirituality, psychology, technology.

society & culture

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56:03

Expanding Mind - Out There - 03.08.18

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2018/03/09

A conversation with Burt Shonberg biographer Spencer Kansa about LA bohemia, psychedelic art, Marjorie Cameron, gumshoe biography, and his new book Out There: The Transcendent Life and Art of Burt Schonberg. http://burtshonberg.com/

en

58:08

Expanding Mind - Erowid on Pineapple - 03.01.18

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2018/03/01

A conversation with Sylvia Thyssen, senior editor at the Erowid Center, about experience reports, drug geekery, Shulgin's notebooks, and Erowid's current Pineapple fund-matching drive.

en

58:46

Expanding Mind - Goodbye Reality - 02.22.18

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2018/02/22

A conversation with futurist, inventor, and educator Mark Pesce about Faustian bargains, Facebook mind control, surveillance capitalism, and his bracing recent article “The Last Days of Reality.” https://www.markpesce.com/

en

57:36

Expanding Mind - The Gnostic New Age - 02.15.18

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2018/02/15

A conversation with historian of religion April DeConick about altered states, religious conspiracy theory, and her new book The Gnostic New Age.

en

58:54

Expanding Mind - Getting Higher - 02.08.18

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2018/02/08

A chat with occult writer and drug geek Julian Vayne about Baphomet, the (sur)reality of spirits, evolution, ritualizing entheogens, and his new book Getting Higher: The Manual of Psychedelic Ceremony. https://theblogofbaphomet.com/

en

59:05

Expanding Mind - Consciousness Explorer - 02.01.18

Expanding Mind ·

2018/02/01

A lively discussion with "meditation MacGyver" Jeff Warren about polyspirituality, Buddhist hedonism, the X-factor of awareness, and how he contributed to Dan Harris's new book Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics (Spiegel & Grau). http://jeffwarren.org/

en

58:04

Expanding Mind - Booting Up - 01.26.18

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2018/01/26

A fascinating conversation with computer scientist and freak-geek extraordinaire Dr. Bruce Damer about innovation pools, realm-bending, Terence McKenna, and a powerful new scientific vision about the origins of life.

en

58:51

Expanding Mind - The Zen of OBEs - 01.18.18

Expanding Mind ·

2018/01/18

Psychologist and consciousness researcher Susan Blackmore talks about astral cords, brain regions, Zen koans, and her recent book Seeing Myself: The New Science of Out-of-Body Experiences (Robinson). https://www.susanblackmore.co.uk/

en

58:20

Expanding Mind - Theorizing Conspiracy Theory - 01.11.18

Expanding Mind ·

2018/01/11

A wide-ranging conversation with historian of religion Dustin Atlas about certainty, skepticism, antisemitism, gnosis, and the politics of knowledge. Read Dustin’s blog thoughts on this and other matters at https://blogblawgblog.wordpress.com/.

en

58:18

Expanding Mind - Insect Surfing - 01.04.18

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2018/01/05

Guitarist and artist David Arnson talks about his long-running psychedelic surf band Insect Surfers, along with comments on rare dolphins, reverb units, pictures in your mind, and his eye-boggling new coloring book Insect Surfers & Alien Allies. http://www.insectsurfers.com/

en

58:36

Expanding Mind - For the Wild - 11.30.17

Expanding Mind ·

2017/11/30

Religious scholar Sarah M. Pike talks about wilderness conversion, Hare Krishna hardcore, feral wonder, and her illuminating new book For the Wild: Ritual and Commitment in Radical Eco-Activism (University of California).

en

57:26

Expanding Mind - Trans-Millenia Consort - 11.23.17

Expanding Mind ·

2017/11/23

Legendary electronic musician Pauline Anna Strom talks about space music, intuition and imagination, being blind, and her new compilation Trans-Millennia Music (Rvng Intl.)

en

55:37

Expanding Mind - Morbid Anatomist - 11.16.17

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2017/11/16

Writer, photographer, and curator Joanna Ebenstein talks about Goth obsessions, memento mori, Santa Muerta, and her extraordinary new illustrated collection Death: A Graveside Companion (Thames & Hudson).

en

59:41

Expanding Mind - Scary Thoughts - 11.09.17

Expanding Mind ·

2017/11/09

Electronic musician and podcaster Marc Kate talks about nihilism, horror movies, New Age music, and transmuting Nazi black metal into the ambient soundscapes of his latest album, Deface. www.marckate.com

en

58:11

Expanding Mind - Coyote Poetics - 11.02.17

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2017/11/02

Poet and wilderness writer Andrew Schelling talks about his new biography Tracks Along the Left Coast (Counterpoint), which tells the story of Jaime De Angulo (1887-1950): Big Sur bohemian, California Indian anthropologist, and great Coyote poet.

en

59:26

Expanding Mind - Mindlessness - 10.19.17

Expanding Mind ·

2017/10/19

Academic psychologist Thomas Joiner talks about the mindfulness craze, stoicism, the trouble with “trauma,” and his trenchant new book Mindlessness: The Corruption of Mindfulness in a Culture of Narcissism (Oxford).

en

56:20

Expanding Mind - Imaginal Landscapes - 10.12.17

Expanding Mind ·

2017/10/12

Scholar, writer, and mythographer William Rowlandson talks about Jorge Luis Borges, magical trees, Yankee mysticism, and the power of the weird and murky. https://williamrowlandson.wordpress.com/

en

57:34

Expanding Mind - The Voyager Golden Record - 10.05.17

Expanding Mind ·

2017/10/05

Futurist, science journalist, and Boing Boing co-editor David Pescovitz discusses space exploration, Carl Sagan the stoner, and the recent release of the Voyager Golden Record.

en

56:03

Expanding Mind - Mentored by a Madman - 09.28.17

Expanding Mind ·

2017/09/28

Neurologist and world-class Parkinson’s expert Professor A.J. Lees talks about William S. Burroughs, self-experimentation, ayahuasca, and his terrific medical memoir Mentored by a Madman: The William Burroughs Experiment.

en

57:42

Expanding Mind - Into the Muck - 09.21.17

Expanding Mind ·

2017/09/21

Israeli therapist, spiritual teacher, and psychedelic activist Galia Tanay talks about deep dharma practice, the problems with mindfulness, acceptance and commitment therapy, and how psychedelics shape the self.

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