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144-Huxley: "The Ultimate Revolution"

by Lorenzo December 22, 2011 culture

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

by Lorenzo December 16, 2011 culture

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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Impose Magazine Has Nice Things to Say About Other People

by Other People with Brad Listi October 26, 2011 author interview podcasts

  Josh Spilker has some kind words for the podcast over at Impose magazine. (Thanks, Josh!) Here’s the gist: …there’s been a new entry. Other People Podcast by Brad Listi. Brad is from The Nervous Breakdown and does it right. … Continue reading →

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259-Damer: "The Great Crescendo" Part 1

by Lorenzo March 30, 2011 culture

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?"

by Lorenzo December 7, 2010 culture

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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243-Ram Das & Leary: "Albert Hofmann Fund Raiser in 1988"

by Lorenzo August 29, 2010 culture

This recording is from the second half of an event that was held on July 24, 1988 to raise money for the Albert Hofmann Foundation. The first half (which I haven’t found a recording of yet) included talks by Paul Krassner, Laura Huxley, and Timothy Lea…

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242-McKenna: "Philosophical Gadfly" Part 3

by Lorenzo August 19, 2010 culture

In this final installment of a 1984 workshop, Terence McKenna begins by answering a question about how he sees the role of the I Chang in human life. From there he progresses to Marshall McLuhan and on to a consideration that “We cannot afford the unco…

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219-Leary: "Live in San Francisco 1979" Part 2

by Lorenzo March 23, 2010 culture

In his usual outrageous way, Dr. Timothy Leary espouses lowering the voting age to seven in this second part of a talk that he gave in San Francisco in 1979. However, once you hear his logic for such a proposal you may see the method in his madness so …

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214-Leary: "Live in San Francisco 1979" Part 1

by Lorenzo February 12, 2010 culture

This is the first of a two part recording of a performance Dr. Timothy Leary gave in San Francisco early in 1979. After being introduced by Grace Slick, Timothy does his best to provoke the crowd with statements such as, “For the last four or five thou…

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