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The Ginger Bread Man

The Ginger Bread Man

Hello All, and Welcome to my home! I am here to discuss various topics with anyone willing to talk to me. Get comfortable, let me know if you want me to get you a drink! There"s no curfew in the Ginger Bread Man"s Domain.

society & culture philosophy

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138: The Cat Episode

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2025/10/19

Hello my Friends! Welcome back to the Show! This one is gonna be fun..This week I would like to present to you one of man's best friends(we have many), Felis Catus! What is a cat? What is the history, how did we get here? This and much, much more on this deep dive into Cat Fancy from Victorian England to Satanic Catacides. At the end I will share a short excerpt from Erich Fromm's 'Escape from Freedom'. If you would ever like to talk about absolutely anything please reach out at

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29:34

137: The Objectification of Pines

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2025/09/28

Hello Everybody! Welcome back to The Ginger Bread ManThis week I discuss my fantastic stroll through a beautiful pine forest where my son and I even found a mushroom patch! I give an update on my new Kitten and use this as an introductory note to discuss objectification of the things we love, wither that be our kittens or our significant other. Finally I discuss some of the ideas of one of my favorite thinker's "Jiddu Krishnamurti" followed by an excerpt from his writings. I do hope you enjoy! If

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44:35

136: A New Discussion: The Present Condition of...

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2025/08/17

Hello my friends! This week I would like to discuss addiction in the context of Opiate Addiction. I am choosing to be vulnerable and share some of my personal experiences with dangerous opiates like Heroin and how the use of botanicals like Kratom Leaf changed my life in terms of the functionality of my habits and current needs. Why do people seek these things out, and have done so for centuries? Is sobriety the only option for society? I do believe Kratom's Alkaloids(Mitragynine, Payantheinine,

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70:45

135: Interview with Jay: Volume 2

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2025/07/27

Hello my Friends! Todays episode is rather special. I haven't done this in a while, having a friend on that is. We had Jay on the show a few years back, he was wearing a turqoise jumpsuit and an animal on his head. Wild Guy, I am very grateful to know him. And this is a First, because I have never had anyone back on a second time. We discuss Reality, and Feelings, and Purpose, and Much, Much, More. I hope you enjoy! I know I did You can email me at anytime at

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33:26

134: Is our Technology Real?

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2025/07/12

Hello My Friends!I hope you are doing well, I am so grateful for you showing up this week! On this episode I will be discussing what is Real. This time(old topic) through the lense of our Technology. Of course there are some glaringly obvious Modern Technologies that can be of concern. Yet I argue that our words, and our thoughtful words as well, are the base technology that we use to symbolize, and therefor separate, from the World. Yet we are The World, are we not? My second tool to depict our

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133: Important Lessons found in Losing Kitties

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2025/06/28

Hello My Friends! Welcome to my Home!This week has been a rollercoaster, I swear I have felt literally every emotion. As always, these are Important Lesson in disguise. What are the connections between Loss and Death, does all Grief have a common backbone. This week I lost one of my best friends, my Kitty Shefu, but I found her! So no sad endings, but I learned alot from the mental process that that involves. I am very grateful to have her back. We also discuss how Tedium and Boredom in work can

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29:08

132: Attention: Attending to the World

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2025/06/20

Hi There Friendo!Lets talk about attention and technology, what does technology do to our brains? If you have children do you monitor their usage? Big changes have come into all of our lives, and I feel I can't be the only one just a little bit concerned.. I have been on Hiatus trying to find my Muse. I cannot wait to bring your more material, new books, new Idea, new Drug Synopsis! Consider this a warm up. Have a Wonderful Week! I will be forever grateful for your attention and ears! You can

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32:31

131: The Fascinating Story of Black Pepper

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2025/03/16

Hello my Friends! Welcome back to the Show!This week I would like to discuss something I found very fascinating: Black Pepper and its primary compound Piperine, and the smaller component found inside: Piperidine. What is the connection between Pain and Pleasure, or Pain relief? Isn't the removal of pain in itself Pleasure? What does biology have to say about it? I delve briefly into the history of Black Pepper and the Opium Wars that eventually occurred. Could there be a connection between Black

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32:47

130: Animal Intelligence and Emotional Neanderthals

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2025/01/03

Hello my friends! Welcome back to The Ginger Bread Man!I am returning from a pretty hellish illness from these past two weeks, but I feel buoyed up by the loveliness of the holiday season! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year! This week I would like to discuss Neanderthals and the various perspectives we have had about their capacity throughout the years. I share some interesting facts I learned from a Documentary on Netflix: Secrets of the Neanderthals. I use this as a starting

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35:47

129: Practicing Lucidity and An Examination of...

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2024/12/06

Hello my friends! Welcome back to "The Ginger Bread Man"!This week we will be discussing some fun stuff. First, I would like to give you 6 Practical things you can do to help improve your Dream Recall and potentiate Lucid Dreaming. I have never been Lucid in a Dream, Yet.. But I have been able to recall far more dreams with some of these easy practices. All of these Ideas I got from Stanford Researcher Stephen Laberge's book on Lucid Dreaming. Second, I would like to discuss 7OH-Mytragynine. 7OH

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32:22

128: Can we Wake Up in a Dream?

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2024/11/24

Hello My Friends! Welcome back to "The Ginger Bread Man!" I am so grateful that you are here! This week we continue on with my obsession with dreams. Lucid dreams in particular. What even is a Lucid Dream? For starts there is a world of difference between 'recalling' a dream and being Aware in one. One is accessible by Memory, the other way by Experience. I cannot overstate enough how fascinating I find this, and one of the most important portals into understanding the Unconscious, or Shadow Self

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32:50

127: Considering Division's Sting

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2024/11/09

Hello Everyone! Welcome back to The Ginger Bread Man! This week we will consider some real world effects of duality, as well as considering more ideas about existentialism. Towards the end I discuss some western philosophy from P.D. Ouspensky, specifically is Tertium Organum. What even is the fourth dimension? This and much, much more... Have a great Week! If you would like to talk about anything, please email me at thegingerbreadmansdialouges@gmail.com

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31:10

126: Is there a 'Spectrum of Consciousness?'

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2024/10/25

Hi!! I am so glad to be back, glad to have you hear with me, and glad to be feeling strong and vibrant! This week we will be discussing Ken Wilber's Spectrum of Consciousness and some of the ideas inside. This was a book published by the Theosophical Publishing House. I found this intriguing, being that this group cocreated by Madame Blavatsky has had alot of wackadoodle Ideas in the past. But this book shocked me with it's Groundedness and many applicable ideas. Most notably a wonderful graph I

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34:18

125: Attending to Pain

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2024/08/02

Hello my friends! Welcome back to "The Ginger Bread Man"! This week I would like to discuss the relationship between Attention and Pain. There are other key words that could apply to this subject, such as Obsession and Health Anxiety. For the last year I have had to learn how to live with and accept the uncomfortableness of my vessel. I would like to share with you some of the insight I have had when it comes to redefining where our attention lies and how we perceive our pain. At the end I will

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29:55

124: A Mindful Microdose

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2024/07/19

Hello my friends! Welcome back to the show! This week we will be discussing some of the principles of Microdosing, the trendy method of taking small indescriminate amounts of our chosen medicine. Why would we do such a thing? I talk about one of my favorite utilizations. I hope you enjoy the rumination! Afterwards I will read a brief section from my favorite Marcus Aurelius' "Meditations"! You can email me at thegingerbreadmansdialogues@gmail.com! I will be forevor grateful for your Attention

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42:54

123: The Magic of Muscimol

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2024/07/05

Hello My Friends! Welcome back to the Show! This week we will be discussing Muscimol, the alkaloid that holds benefits in the Aminita Muscaria, also known as Fly Agaric. With a nasty reputation that doesn't seem to hold water, I find it suspicious that I didn't know more about it, seeing that it grows here in my home state of Colorado. I break down the pharmacology, cultural use, and basic principles of decarboxylation to make the mushroom safer. I hope you enjoy! I really had fun presenting this

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36:59

122: Lucretian Natural Philosophy 101

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2024/06/21

Hello My Friends! Welcome Back! This week I will start out by discussing a new plant of Interest, the very Beautiful Blue Lotus. Afterwards we will dive headfirst into some ideas from the ancient world. Natural Philosophy was Science's Grand Pappy, before we new what to call it. People who thought about the Earth, and natural processes, were such philosophers. Most notably, Socrates, Pythagoras, and Many other had ideas about why things happened in the world. After that we will enjoy together a

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32:57

121: Chocolate Bars and Idea Balloons

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2024/06/07

Hello My Friends! Welcome Back to the Show! I am so glad that you are here! This Week I will be discussing the legal "Chocolate" Bars being found all throughout the USA. It's the wild wild west and I have been more than intrigued, lets talk about it! Then I will discuss Ideas. I love Ideas, they are probably my favorite thing. I spend all day long mind blending with other peoples strange ideas, some of which I definitely do not agree with. What is a concept? A Category? What is abstraction? And

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39:07

120: An Overview of Psychadelia

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2024/05/31

Hello my Friends! Welcome back to "The Ginger Bread Man", on a Thursday! Woooo!This week I want to do an overview of some of the history and basics of what classic psychedelics are. Including some information on the 4 compounds you most likely have heard of. It will be fun. Towards the end of the podcast I do a reading from Alan Watt's "The Joyous Cosmology", what a beautiful speaker that man was. You can email me any time at thegingerbreadmansdialogues@gmail.com. If you do I might even share

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44:44

119: Understanding the Past with Atoms

The Ginger Bread Man ·

2024/05/12

Hello my Friends! Welcome back to the Show!We have alot of great stuff to discuss this week. Lets start out by trying to wrap together some ideas that have been looked at over the last few weeks. Afterwards I present to you some of the dominant ideas in Lucretius's Epicurean Atomism, which has alot of parallels to the quantumn mechanics modern science stuff I have been investigating recently. Thirdly will be the third installment of the last chapter of Aldous Huxley's Island. And finally, we will

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