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Today’s program features, first of all, a conversation between Matt Pallamary and Wild Bill, who begin by reminiscing about the legendary Palenque Entheobotany Seminars, but who then go on to other wild tales, some of which may actually be true. After …

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306-McKenna: “Terence McKenna & Ram Das in Prague”

Today’s podcast features interviews conducted by Terence McKenna with cultural anthropologist Angeles Arrien and cultural icon Ram Das. The conversations took place in June of 1992 while they were attending a conference in Prague. After first discussin…

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305-Damer: “Conservatives Confront the Ideas of Occupy: A Radical Remake of America”

Today I return to an all-Occupy program and feature an interview that Bruce Damer gave to KSCO radio in Santa Cruz, California on November 19, 2011. While there are some rather interesting comments by listeners who called in to this very conservative t…

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304-Leary: “Timothy Leary and Jerry Brown in 1995”

This week as a follow-up to my previous podcast, which was primarily ‘about’ Dr. Timothy Leary. So this week I am playing an interview ‘with’ Timothy Leary that was conducted in October of 1995. Following that I play a short audio piece that was from a…

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302-Fadiman: "The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide"

This may be the most important podcast that I have done so far. In it you will hear from Dr. James Fadiman, a man who has been at the forefront of psychedelic research since the Sixties. In this interview, conducted by Matt Pallamary, Jim not only talk…

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300-Lorenzo: “Terence McKenna: Beyond 2012” Part 3

Today I pick up with the next part of a workshop that was held on January 28, 2012 titled “Terence McKenna: Beyond 2012”. This section features my second presentation of the day in which I attempted to explain why I think that the Occupy Movement i…

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299-Damer: “Terence McKenna: Beyond 2012” Part 2

In today’s podcast we pick up with the next part of a workshop that was held on January 28, 2012 titled “Terence McKenna: Beyond 2012”. This section features Bruce Damer, who begins with his “Ode to Terence” and follows with a wide-ranging ques…

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144-Huxley: "The Ultimate Revolution"

In this 1962 talk, Aldous Huxley examines the possibility that events he wrote about in his novel, “Brave New World”, are actually coming to pass. In this lecture, titled “The Ultimate Revolution” he also talks about terrorism, state terrorism.

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298-Lorenzo: “Terence McKenna: Beyond 2012” Part 1

This is the first in a series of three podcasts that will feature the presentations by Bruce Damer and Lorenzo at the January 28, 2012 workshop, which was held in the Los Angeles area. Today’s segment includes Lorenzo’s opening talk and comments from t…

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297-Various: “Tribute to Robert Anton Wilson”

The featured audio that I’m going to play in this podcast is part of a two-CD collection produced by Joe Matheny and given to the salon to podcast by the distributor, The Original Falcon Press, which you can find via originalfalcon.com. There isn’t tim…

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296-McKenna: “The World and It’s Double” Part 2

Today’s podcast is a continuation of the lecture that I played in the podcast just previous to this one. And at one point in this talk, Terence McKenna says, “Let those who talk to the elves find each other and band together.” While that would be a…

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295-McKenna: “The World and It’s Double” Part 1

The first part of today’s podcast features Part 1 of a Terence McKenna talk that may have been given sometime in 1993. Interestingly, he makes a few statements that almost sound as if he is speaking about the Occupy Movement where he says, “We’re lit…

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294-Graeber: “The Genesis of Occupy Wall Street”

Today’s podcast takes a look back at some of the roots of the current Occupy Movement on the eve of the first anniversary of the death of Mohamed Bouazizi, whose self-immolation marked the beginning of the Arab Spring. Today is also the eve of the thi…

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293-Bey: “The Power of Art and the TAZ”

When I previewed this recording of a talk by Hakim Bey, author of “The Temporary Autonomous Zone (TAZ)” a couple of days ago, I was struck at how timely these ideas are right now. Although this talk was recorded in 1993, when Bey speaks about the p…

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259-Damer: "The Great Crescendo" Part 1

Today we once again join Bruce Damer who explains what he means by The Great Crescendo, which like it or not you are already involved in. This talk is actually part of an interview he did with Matt Anderson for his upcoming documentary film FallWinterM…

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253-Leary: "Whatever Happened to Timothy Leary?"

Today’s podcast is a collage of talks by Timothy Leary and Ram Das. We begin with a 1966 interview of Dr. Leary on KPFK radio in Berkeley. That is followed by a 1973 interview with Ram Das on the same station and in which Ram Das discusses the end of h…

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