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Expanding Mind - 2/2/12

Gary Null — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:03:57 +0000

Guerilla recordings, exotica, and the archaeology of global sounds

A talk with Alan Bishop, head honcho of outsider world music label Sublime Frequencies. www.sublimefrequencies.com

itunes: Sublime Frequencies

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Expanding Mind - 01/26/12

Gary Null — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:48:49 +0000

Political Ecology

Political ecology, revolutionary events, and the trouble with utopia: a talk with J.P. Harpignies, author of Political Ecosystems and Delusions of Normality.

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Expanding Mind - 01/19/12

Gary Null — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:17:15 +0000

Christian Spirituality

Religious roots, everyday spirituality, and the commodification of Christianity: a talk with Brad Pickens, religious scholar and co-director of the Farmhouse Mission.www.farmhousemission.org

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Expanding Mind - 01/12/12

Gary Null — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:35:19 +0000

Mutants & Mystics

Comic books, the library angel, and the paradoxical path between debunkers and true believers: a chat with Dr. Jeffrey J. Kripal, author of Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal.

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Expanding Mind - 01/05/12

Gary Null — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:34:43 +0000

Outsider science, the desire for answers, and the growing weirdness of mainstream physics: a lively talk with Margaret Wertheim, author of Physics on the Fringe.

Today it is science writer Margaret Wertheim, discussing her new book Physics on the Fringe, a book about outsider physicists, especially one named Jim Carter. The book's website is http://physicsonthefringe.com/ Margaret also co-runs the Institute For Figuring, an organization devoted to the poetic and aesthetic dimension of physics. www.theiff.org

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Expanding Mind - 12/29/11

Gary Null — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:59:46 +0000

Art and Trauma

Near-death experience, visionary art, and the link between trauma and spirit: a talk with sculptor and painter Dan Rhema, whose story is told in the ebook I Close My Eyes to See. danrhema.com

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Expanding Mind - 12/22/11

Gary Null — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:58:19 +0000

REPEAT PROGRAM: 06/09/11

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Expanding Mind - 12/8/11

Gary Null — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:18:30 +0000

Adolescent Enchantments

Cannabis, Dungeons & Dragons, and the difference between magic and mysticism: a talk with Peter Bebergal, author of Too Much to Dream: A Psychedelic American Boyhood.

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Expanding Mind - 12/01/11

Gary Null — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:54:00 +0000

Dreams and Kabbalah

Mysticism, mytho-logic, and the dream as a ladder to infinity: an illuminating conversation with Jewish studies scholar Dr. Elliot R. Wolfson, whose latest book is A Dream Interpreted Within a Dream.

https://files.nyu.edu/erw1/public/about.html

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Expanding Mind - 11/24/11

Gary Null — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:00:40 +0000

REPEAT PROGRAM: 05/26/11

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Expanding Mind - 11/17/11

Gary Null — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:37:55 +0000

Philip K. Dick's Exegesis

VALIS, visionary glimpses, and the spiritual practice of writing: a talk with Pamela Jackson, co-editor of the recently published edition of Philip K. Dick's Exegesis.

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Expanding Mind - 11/10/11

Gary Null — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:15:19 +0000

Revelatory Ecstasy

Visionary optimism, the alchemy of technology, and the big fat bummer of death: surfing the Singularity with Current TV host and documentarian Jason Silva.

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Expanding Mind - 11/3/11

Gary Null — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:50:51 +0000

REPEAT PROGRAM: 7/14/11

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Expanding Mind - 10/27/11

Gary Null — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:58:51 +0000

Chaos Magic Machines

Radionic devices, the invocation of Lilith, and the magickal creation of magickal objects: a Halloween chat with chaos mage and Hieronymus machine maker Joe Max.

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Expanding Mind - 10/20/11

Gary Null — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:18:09 +0000

The Empire of Death

Bone rooms, morbid kitsch, and Bolivian skull parties: a fascinating chat with Dr. Paul Koudounaris about his beautifully illustrated book The Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses.

http://empiredelamort.com/

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