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June 29, 2018 —
Robert Wright & Michael Pollan
The Wright Show
- Michael Pollan's new book, How to Change Your Mind
- Dissolving the ego via meditation and via psychedelics
- Brain, self, and personal narrative
- The underground subculture of psychedelic guides
- Michael feels the love and sees the unity (you had to be there)
- Do psychedelics validate scientific materialism or undermine it?
- Scientific vs. religious descriptions of psychedelic experience
- Why is the brain capable of psychedelic experiences?
- The future of psychedelics in research and society
August 19, 2016 —
Robert Wright & Douglas Osto
The Wright Show
- Doug's book Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America
- Psychedelics as gateway drugs to Buddhism
- Common ground between Buddhism and psychedelic spirituality
- What is Psychedelic Buddhism?
- When are psychedelics unhealthy?
- Compare and contrast between Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism
September 20, 2018 —
Nikita Petrov & John Horgan
Mind-Body Problems
- John's new book, Mind-Body Problems, is free online
- "What are we really, what can we be, and what should we be?"
- Robert Trivers, an evolutionary biologist with an affinity for violence
- Douglas Hofstadter, a playful writer, but a melancholic person
- Why ex-materialist Christof Koch embraced panpsychism
- How losing a daughter made Stuart Kaufman study the paranormal
- Story time! Nikita and John exchange psychedelic tales
March 03, 2020 —
Nikita Petrov & John Horgan
- Nikita's new project, Psychopolitica.com
- A collection of DMT stories
- The drama and the silliness of life as experienced by children
- The ontological status of DMT entities
- Three big pretenses: "I exist," "I know what's going on," "Everything is ok"
- Between a zombie and a madman
- The paradoxical writings of Jorge Luis Borges
- John's new book, Pay Attention
- Podcasting is the new rock'n'roll
October 19, 2015 —
Robert Wright & Jorge Ferrer
The Wright Show
- Do all religions have the same "esoteric core?"
- The psychedelic origins of transpersonal psychology
- Aligning your instincts, consciousness, and heart through "participatory spirituality"
- Constructing reality through "embodied cognition"
- Why Jorge would object to making participatory spirituality a religion
- The complicated morality of "enlightened" spiritual teachers
February 29, 2016 —
Nikita Petrov & Daniele Bolelli
- Daniele's new book Not Afraid and the practice of cage fighting
- In martial arts, you want to play it safe--but not too safe
- Raising a baby girl: the greater battle
- Other practices: meditation, psychedelics, and life in general
- The changing face and functions of online media
- Daniele's mix-and-match approach to philosophy and religion
March 05, 2019 —
Nikita Petrov & John Horgan
Mind-Body Problems
July 11, 2019 —
John Horgan & Bernardo Kastrup
Mind-Body Problems
- Why Bernardo thinks the mind-body problem is not as hard as it seems
- Bernardo's spiritual, intellectual, and psychedelic history
- God, metacognition, and the Universe
- The consolations of Bernardo's philosophy
- Bernardo: The Universe has multiple personality disorder
- The narcissism of a human-centered Universe
- Why John thinks we'll never solve the mind-body problem
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