Podcast Alembic

Michael Franti, The Flaming Lotus Girls, Dr. David Suzuki, Clay Shirky, Jake Kotze, Jim Sanders, Neil Kramer, Susan Blackmore, Jan Lundberg, and J. Krishnamurti are in this latest compilation of podcasts.

Listen to the "P.A. Regulars" below, for news of a nice offer from Matt Pallamary for his upcoming workshops in the Southern California Writer's Conference Feb 13 - 16.

RECENT PODCAST FINDS:

Michael Franti on TreeHugger Radio. An automatic listen. "His hopes for the new president, his efforts to live greener—both at home and on the road—and the making of Spearhead’s new record, All Rebel Rockers."

  Listen to him here

In a creative mood/mode? You might enjoy the MAKE video podcasts. Impressive production values with  interesting artists and makers. The most recent episode features The Flaming Lotus Girls, a motorized lounge chair, a vest that controls a video game with a back massage, a giant match made from thousands of matchsticks, and a $10 video camera stabilizer. (Speaking of homemade video camera stabilizers, did you see this?)

Watch / Download MAKE video podcasts

Dr. David Suzuki is a national treasure here in Canada. I'm not sure how well known he is in other parts of the world. His foundation site has a podcast page that has gone quiet, but you might enjoy choosing one from the podcast  archives.

He and his team are prolific documentarians. I enjoyed the recent Suzuki Diaries, where "Suzuki and his daughter Sarika head out on a road trip across Europe to see sustainability in action and meet the people who are working towards restoring the equilibrium between human needs and planetary limits."

Watch it here on CBC or on YouTube

KMO points to Clay Shirky's interview on NPR. I hope Shirky also makes an appearance on the C-Realm Podcast. This interview is titled: Here Comes Everybody: What's Next On The Web. Shirky has been mentioned a fair bit on Reality Sandwich, and recently guest blogged on Boing Boing.

Listen to it here on NPR 

RS contributor Jennifer posted a link in a comment that led me to the Stormy Weather podcast. I checked into the last several and enjoyed them. Two with Jake Kotze, a nice one with his pal Jim Sanders - the director of Nosis, and most recently, with Neil Kramer.

Stormy Weather 22.5: Reading and the Red 2 w/NK

Stormy Weather 22: Reading and the Red 1w/NK

Stormy Weather 21.5: Unraveling the Other w/JK

Stormy Weather 21: Heading Towards Ecstasy w/JK

Stormy Weather 20: Planting Heaven w/JS

Also, SW host Aeolus Kaphus is interviewed on a recent Black Light in the Attic podcast.

Nosis previews on YouTube

Visions of Cody podcast has been mentioned here before. He's an entertaining podcaster featuring the lighter side of yoga with a way to addresss the serious too, not to mention his love of eclectic music. He's put up a page that recaps his first podcast year, which is a great way to check out his shows if you haven't already:
VOC Podcast Season 1 Recap

You're probably already aware of the 2 Zillion-Year-Old-Hippie from his fun guest spots on BLITA and elsewhere, but just in case, here's a link to his own show, with sidekick Synthia and a range of good music:

2zillionhippie.podomatic.com

Though not a podcast, this might be a place to mention the strong documentary AKA Tommy Chong (who's not a day over 1 million). I found the film quite moving in parts. Worth renting.

Chronicles of the Psychonautilus rang in the new year after some time away. I hope more windows of time open up for him.

PODCAST ALEMBIC REGULARS:

The Psychedelic Salon

Podcast 166 - Psychedelic Dreams.
Guest speaker: Terence McKenna
Great introduction from Lorenzo describing the synch which fostered this episode.

Podcast 167 - Evolution of Intelligence.
Guest speaker: Dr. Timothy Leary

Podcast 168 - What Hawaii Says About Evolution
Guest speakers: Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, Rupert Sheldrake. One of the homemade Trialogues. The Maestros around a table at McKenna's home in Hawaii. Fascinating. What a combination of agile minds.

Podcast 169 - Truth is a Dangerous Thing
Guest speaker: J. Krishnamurti

:: All Psychedelic Salon Podcasts :: Subscribe iTunes

The C-Realm Podcast

Episode 136: The Peer-Polity Peter Principle.
"KMO welcomes energy infrastructure analyst Jeff Vail to the program to talk about how growth-oriented hierarchies start to come unglued when they run up against the energy and resource limitations that prohibit continued growth."

Episode 137: Embracing Petrocollapse.
"KMO has another go at finding "the upside of down," this time with Jan Lundberg of CultureChange.org and the Sail Transport Network."

Episode 138: God & the Copying Rule.
"KMO welcomes Bruce Damer back the program to talk about what the pursuit of artificial life tells us about the possible nature and intentions of God."

Episode 139: Memes & More... Much More.
"KMO welcomes Susan Blackmore, author of the Meme Machine to the program to discuss minds and the memes that make them, Buddhist meditation, the value of psychedelics, and the fabricated reality of the self." Great conversation.

KMO thanks Queer Ninja and QN's The Sounds of World Wide Weed podcast for setting up the Blackmore interview. 

:: All C-Realm Podcasts :: iTunes

Psychonautica

Episode 65
Max Freakout covers many topics in this installment - new consciousness podcasts, Fly Agaric, Amanita Muscaria, alcohol, a recent Erowid article, all in his engaging manner of speech. Sounds like he'll be podcasting a little less frequently due to university course loads, but keep him bookmarked. 

:: All Psychonautica Podcasts

Red Ice Creations Radio

Jan 25 Featured Interview - Jim Elvidge
The Singularity Will Not Occur, Programmed Reality & Infomania.

:: Red Ice Radio Archive :: Flash Stream Player :: on Odeo

The Entheogenic Evolution 

Martin Ball is on a roll, producing several podcasts since the last Alembic. Ones I plan to get to:

January 2: Sound Healing with Dr. Richard Grossman, Part 1

January 8: Sound Healing with Dr. Richard Grossman, Part 2

January 25: The Entheogenic Reformation with Thomas B. Roberts, Ph.D.

 :: All Entheogenic Evolution Podcasts :: iTunes

Black Light in the Attic
Cody and Sancho combo, in good flow, transdimensional mashups, from deep in Chicago.

Episode 14.5 Smashcast features their conversation with Aeolus Kephas of Stormy Weather Podcast

Episode 15 features a discussion on Lucid Dreaming with Ghandiman.

Episode 15.5 Smashcast features their conversation with  Jesse Miller of the Mystic Mind Podcast

:: All BLiTA Podcasts ::  Show Notes Blog

Gnostic Media Podcast
Jan Irvin continues on interesting topics with interesting people.

Podcast 015 - Cannabis and the Soma/Haoma Solutions - An interview with Chris Bennett

Podcast 014 - Sacred & Shamanic Beers. An Interview with Stephen Buhner 

Podcast 013 - Mushrooms & Mystical Experience - An interview with Dr. Roland Griffiths

All Gnostic Media Podcasts

Occult of Personality

Episode 55 David Beth

"T. David Beth is a Gnostic Bishop, a mage, a teacher, a writer, a philosopher, an esoteric explorer and Sovereign Grand Master of Ordo Templi Orientis Antiqua and La Couleuvre Noire, two esoteric orders that practice Voudon Gnostic Magic. His recent book is entitled Voudon Gnosis..."

Note the fascinating list of links Greg has down the left column of his site.

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