Caledonia Curry ( Swoon ) | Unearthing The Medea : The Intersection of Art & Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
Release Date: 02/18/2020
Yvette Young | Everything At Once
The Cosmic Nod
The amazing multi talented multidisciplinary artist/musician Yvette Young joins me for a long conversation about life & creativity. I feel so lucky to make friends like her through this podcast. You will love this one, strap in!
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Daniel Shankin | What's So Hard About Psychedelic Integration?
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Daniel Shankin of Tam Integration stops by the Nod and we have a blast!
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Ashe | Being Joy In Times Of Sorrow
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Ashe & I discuss the bizarre experience of her musical career exploding in the middle of a global pandemic, her love of songwriting, staying mentally healthy as a public figure, the mind fuck of hit singles & so much more.
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Stephanie Lepp | Deep Fakes & High Hopes
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In late September Stephanie Lepp and I had a great conversation about her Deep Reckonings project, the concept of making room for people to change, the value of accountability & apologies in our polarized society and how art has the power to create the world we want to see.
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Izzy Fontaine | Music, Memes & Meaning
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Musician, producer & instagram meme lord; Izzy Fontaine and I talk about shifting from a life on the road to being more studio bound, focusing on technology and how to interact with it creatively, memes and humor as a means of connection, healing trauma through therapy and self reflection, psychedelic experiences and more.
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Jimi Forever | Grief Is A Mirror Of Love
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This soloish episode is a tribute to my best buddy Jimi who we unfortunately had to say goodbye to on 11/6.
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Greg & Dana Newkirk ( Of Hellier ) | Going Weird Full-Time
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Greg and Dana Newkirk (Hellier, Planet Weird, The Traveling Museum of the Paranormal & Occult) come get strange with me on the Nod. (Recorded In Jan )
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Ramin & Colin Vs The Nazis Of Zoom (Patreon Preview)
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Artist, Comedian, Podcaster Ramin Nazer and I attempted to do a live call in show. Instead we got Zoom-Bombed by Nazis. We then moved the party over to instagram live for an epic 3.5 hour chat about everything and nothing. There was game of thrones scotch, bong hits, conspiracy theory, trivia and lots of laughs.
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Rania Woodard (of LANNDS) | Inward and Upwards
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Rania Woodard is the singer/founder of the amazing Jacksonville based psych pop duo LANNDS.
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Esao Andrews | Haunted Universe
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Esao Andrews is a great friend of mine ,one of my all time favorite artists & responsible for every Circa Survive album cover to date. Beyond his massive fine art career as an oil painter he has painted murals all over the world, done 30+ covers for the Vertigo Comic Book series "House Of Mystery", as well as dozens of designs for skateboard companies Deathwish & Baker.
info_outline<p>Swoon has been one of my heros for almost 20 years now... I first found her work when I was living in and spending a lot of time in NYC and the surrounding areas from 2000-2002. <p><p>Known initially for her prolific wheat paste prints that were plastered all over the city and then quickly transitioning into a well known gallery artist who specialized in public installation works.<p><p>She collected a group of friends and collaborators, built these amazing rafts out of garbage and found objects and literally sailed all over the world, bringing art and performances and creative communion everywhere they went. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swoon_(artist)#Swimming_Cities_of_Serenissima,_2009<p><p>She went to Haiti after the earthquakes and helped villages learn a method of building structures that not only could they live in but would withstand further environmental destruction.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swoon_(artist)#Konbit_Shelter<p><p>She has constantly pushed the envelope with her unique blend of whimsical folk fairy tale imagery, expressive portraiture and hands on humanitarian applications. Most recently she has begun to tell her own story as a survivor of trauma & her journey of healing it through psychedelic therapy and art. I couldn't be more proud and excited to share this conversation with you.<p><p>TRIGGER WARNING : We go in depth about drug addiction, physical neglect/abuse of adults and of children, and things of this nature. It is by no means a dark conversation, it is full of hope, light and inspiration but I felt like a warning was necessary. We also talk a lot about the power of the subconscious and its connection to art making.<p><p>I recommend watching her incredible talk at Horizons before or directly after this episode. Just in case, I have attached the full audio of it to the end of the episode. We reference it quite a few times as it was the impetus of this conversation occuring in the first place. It is so powerful and it's a testament to why I am equally passionate about the healing power of art and the need to destigmatize psychedelics.<p>
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