Mike Brock | The Simulation Is Collapsing: Americaās Political Meltdown
LIMINAL NEWS with Daniel Pinchbeck
Former tech executive and political writer Mike Brock joins me for one of the most urgent and explosive conversations weāve had on the channel ā covering Trumpās accelerating authoritarianism, the GOP civil war, Silicon Valleyās Christian turn, Epstein revelations, and the structural collapse of American democracy in real time. In this new episode of LIMINAL NEWS, I speak with writer and former tech executive Mike Brock, whose recent Substack essays have gone viral for their sharp, insider-level analysis of the American political meltdown. We explore the dizzying speed at which...
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Roman Hanis | Beyond Ayahuasca: Indigenous Wisdom, Healing & the Forgotten Heart
LIMINAL NEWS with Daniel Pinchbeck
Can ancient plant medicines and indigenous traditions help heal our fractured civilization? Daniel Pinchbeck speaks with Roman Hanisāauthor of Beyond Ayahuasca and co-founder of the Paititi Instituteāabout his two decades apprenticing with Amazonian elders, bridging Tibetan Buddhism, Jungian psychology, and ecological preservation. In this episode of LIMINAL NEWS, I speak with Roman Hanis, author of "Beyond Ayahuasca" and co-founder of the Paititi Institute for the Preservation of Ecology and Indigenous Culture. For over twenty years, Roman has lived and apprenticed among Andean and...
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Toxic Empathy: How Christian Nationalism Turned Cruelty Into Virtue
LIMINAL NEWS with Daniel Pinchbeck
This is an audio version of my recent video essay based on my recent Substack post, āToxic Empathy: The Supreme Court and the Death of Christian Compassion.ā I explore how right-wing Christian nationalism has inverted the moral teachings of Jesusātransforming empathy into sin and cruelty into virtue. Drawing on Herbert Marcuse, Joy DeGruy, and the Gospels, I unpack how repression, self-denial, and hierarchy have been sanctified as ātough love.ā Read the original essay here: Watch on YouTube: š References & Mentions Eros and Civilization ā Herbert Marcuse...
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Weāre Not Totally F*edāYet | Ramez Naam on Climate, Tech & Hope
LIMINAL NEWS with Daniel Pinchbeck
I sit down with Ramez Naamāscientist, technologist, and award-winning sci-fi authorāto unpack how we arrived at the brink of democratic collapse, and what we can still do to pull back. Ramez and I first met years ago at Burning Man. Since then, heās become one of the most lucid voices connecting climate change, clean energy, technology, and political reform. We talk about the tech industryās dangerous silence, the manipulation of social media, the rise of AI influence operations, and why āeverything is downstream from protecting democracy.ā He also shares hopeful insights about the...
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Adbusters' Kalle Lasn | How We Lost the Plot & How to Spark a Real Revolution
LIMINAL NEWS with Daniel Pinchbeck
I sat down with Adbusters founder Kalle Lasn to talk about his new book āManifesto for World Revolutionā and his call for a āthird crack at world revolution.ā Lasn reflects on the legacy of Occupy Wall Street and 1968, arguing that real change requires vision, not reaction. We explore his ideas for true-cost markets, meta memes, and a new Bottoms Up Majority Partyāa āThird Forceā that could redefine politics for the 21st century. Along the way, Kalle explains why activism must move beyond left and right, and why, in his words, humanity needs to ālearn how to wobble again.ā...
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Betsy Chasse | The Dark Side of āWhat the Bleepā & the New Age Industrial Complex
LIMINAL NEWS with Daniel Pinchbeck
Filmmaker Betsy Chasse, co-creator of āWhat the Bleep Do We Know!?ā, joins me to dissect how the New Age movement morphed into a billion-dollar self-help industry. We discuss cult dynamics, spiritual narcissism, the rise of Trumpian mysticism, and how āmanifestationā culture paved the road from The Secret to MAGA metaphysics. In this episode, I speak with filmmaker, author, and cultural critic Betsy Chasse ā best known as co-writer and director of the 2004 New Age phenomenon āWhat the Bleep Do We Know!?ā Betsy reflects on the filmās legacy and how its ideas about consciousness...
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Frank Schaeffer | From Evangelical Royalty to Exile, Christo-Fascism & Trump
LIMINAL NEWS with Daniel Pinchbeck
Frank Schaeffer grew up inside the birth of Americaās religious right ā making films with his father, Francis Schaeffer, that helped launch the modern anti-abortion and Christian nationalist movements. In this episode, we unpack how that movement gave rise to Trump, how money and media corrupted the church, and what real spirituality looks like beyond ideology. Frank was at the center of it all in the 1970's and 1980sā collaborating on the series āWhatever Happened to the Human Raceā with Surgeon General C. Everett Koop and witnessing firsthand how religion, politics, and money fused...
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Brett Scott | The Contradiction at the Heart of Capitalism
LIMINAL NEWS with Daniel Pinchbeck
Liberal capitalism tells us to be good and bad at the same timeāinnovate, compete, and care. In this episode, I talk with economic anthropologist Brett Scott, author of āCloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto and the War for Our Walletsā, about the failure of liberal reformism, the rise of tech-fueled authoritarianism, and how the ESG illusion collapsed into the culture wars. In this episode of Liminal News, I speak with Brett Scott about what he calls āthe contradiction at the heart of capitalism.ā We unpack how liberal capitalismās moral splitābetween ruthless competition and moral...
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Norman Ohler | Nazis on Drugs, LSD Origins & Psychedelic Futures
LIMINAL NEWS with Daniel Pinchbeck
What role did drugs play in the Third Reichāand how are psychedelics shaping our future? I sit down with Norman Ohler, author of "Blitzed" and "Tripped," to explore hidden history, consciousness, and the power of altered states. In this episode of LIMINAL NEWS, I talk with acclaimed German author Norman Ohler, best known for his groundbreaking book "Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich." We explore the hidden story of methamphetamines in Nazi Germany, Hitlerās staggering drug intake, and how these revelations reshape history. We also dive into his follow-up book "Tripped: Nazi Germany, the...
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Ralph White & Walter Alexander | Rudolf Steiner, Reincarnation, Anthroposophy & The Future of Consciousness
LIMINAL NEWS with Daniel Pinchbeck
In this episode of LIMINAL NEWS, I talk with Ralph White and Walter Alexander about the extraordinary life, teachings, and legacy of Rudolf Steinerāa visionary philosopher, spiritual scientist, and founder of biodynamic agriculture, Waldorf education, and anthroposophy. We explore Steinerās esoteric Christianity, his teachings on reincarnation and the evolution of consciousness, the challenges of our technological age, and how his ideas remain profoundly relevant today. š Sign up for the month-long Rudolf Steiner seminar here: š šRalph White Bio: Ralph taught the first...
info_outlineš§ What kind of future is AI creatingāand what deeper forces are driving it? I sit down with journalist and trauma educator Matthew Green to explore the spiritual, psychological, and political implications of artificial intelligence. We dive into the darker undercurrents of the AI revolutionāfrom mass surveillance and job loss to mythic archetypes and occult prophecy.
Matthew has been a participant in several of my courses, and Iāve deeply appreciated his clarity and depth. Together, we explore questions that I believe are essential for our time. Here, we discuss: š¹ How AI may destabilize society on a massive scale š¹ Why authoritarianism and tech oligarchs are fusing into a new power structure š¹ Rudolf Steinerās prophecy of Ahriman and its uncanny parallels to today š¹ The war on memory, cognition, and human agency š¹ The rise of AI mysticism and synthetic religions š¹ What kinds of practices and communities we need to respond
š FOLLOW MATTHEW GREEN ON SUBSTACK https://substack.com/@matthewgreenglobal
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