C-Realm Podcast

KMO talks first with James Howard Kunstler about his new novel, World Made By Hand. Next he speaks with Dmitry Orlov about the 5 stages of collapse and about his book, Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects, which has just been released. KMO closes the podcast with a reading on the difference between "breakdown" and "collapse" from Thomas Homer-Dixon's excellent book The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/351387.html

Former guest AyasminA turns C-Realm correspondent to interview artist, David "Slocum" Hewson who makes Iquitos, Peru his base of operations and where he is contributing to the construction of the Pyramid Peru project. AyasminA and Slocum discuss the role of ayahuasca and other visionary plants in the creation of Slocum's art before moving on to an examination of the relative harms done by ayahusca tourism versus the effects of trans-national petroleum, mining and timber corporations on the people and the ecology of the Amazon.

KMO talks with author D.J. Solomon who reads a long passage from his novel from the future. Is the human soul amenable to improvement? If you were designing a plague that would remake humanity, what would you change? What would you leave untouched? Who would live, and who would die? How would men and women relate to one another on the morning after?

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/349780.html

KMO welcomes Matthew J. Pallamary, author of Land Without Evil, back to the program to talk about the preparations one can make prior to departure in order to get the most from one's ayahuasca experiences.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/348815.html

KMO talks with artist, urban innovator, and film-maker, Michael E. Arth about a project in which he turned a portion of a Florida town known as "Crack Town" into an area the locals now call "the Garden District." Later the conversation breaks the bonds of linear thought and spirals into the recursive wonderland of the exponential function, through a technological singularity, and into the realms beyond.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/348314.html

In this special Friday episode, KMO welcomes Alan Shoemaker back to the program to talk about the upcoming International Amazonian Shamanism conference in Iquitos, Peru and revisit some of the topics that KMO covered in episode 89 with AyasminA.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/347418.html

KMO welcomes science writer Chip Walter, author of Thumbs Toes and Tears and Other Traits that Make Us Human, back to the podcast to discuss the evolutionary origins of kissing and the role that this curiously delightful behavior plays in making us distinctly us.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/346872.html

KMO talks with Ayasmina, who deflates the ayahuasca hype balloon and re-sets expectations with a much needed reality check. KMO and Ayasmina also compare notes on the role that alcohol and marijuana play in the evolving global ayahausca consciousness.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/345551.html

In this episode, KMO sits down with Daniel Quinn, author of Ishmael, Beyond Civilization, and The Holy, to discuss animism, civilization, population, and tribal ways of making a living.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/344951.html

KMO welcomes Matt W. of the Temple of the Way of Light to talk about the experiences that lead him to start this community in the Amazon and what awaits the C-Realm listeners who join KMO for a pre-conference retreat there in July of 2008.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/343678.html

In this episode, KMO plays a talk that he recorded in Austin, Texas this past weekend. James Howard Kunstler addressed the Congress for the New Urbanism and emphasized the need for trains and sleazy waterfront flop houses for sailors. After that KMO plays a clip from a Thomas Homer-Dixon talk that amplifies a theme touched on in Jim Kunstler's contribution and ends with a call to unspecified action.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/343449.html

KMO welcomes Dr. Martin Ball back to the program to compare the Amazonian Ayahuasca traditions with the Peyote traditions of North America. Later, they explore the topic of the law and the evolving consciousness in the USA surrounding these sacred medicines.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/343223.html

Host KMO talks with New York Times best-selling author Steve Alten about his new book The Shell Game. Was 9/11 a false flag operation? Will the next attack result in a canceled 2008 election and an indefinite extension of the Bush-Chaney regime? How far will the Neo-cons go to indulge the appetites of the Saudi "royals," and what won't they do to shield the House of Saud from the consequences of its many crimes?

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/342818.html

KMO welcomes Doug Fine, NPR correspondent and author of Farewell My Subaru to the C-Realm to discuss the intricacies replacing gasoline with veggie oil, fording raging rivers for a two-day supply of goat chow, and kicking the Wal*Mart habit.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/341748.html

In this episode, KMO welcomes Techgnosis author Erik Davis back to the program to discuss the idea of the Bardo and consider possible ways to make the most of it. In the second half of the program, after a few excerpts from a talk by Terence McKenna to set the stage, KMO and Erik Davis dig into the question of whether there's any purpose behind the human enterprise and whether that purpose could possibly be worth the obvious harm that it is causing to Mother Earth.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/340494.html

As the start of the fourth and final season of Battlestar Galactica draws near, KMO uses BSG to dig into questions of the continuity of individual identity over time with philosophy professor Amy Kind. Professor Kind contributed a chapter to the new book, Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy. In the second half of the program, we hear from Techgnosis author, Erik Davis. Erik details the need to employ tactical skepticism in negotiating the Mundus Imaginalis and dealing with its inhabitants.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/339506.html

KMO responds to a query concerning the best place in the US to ride out the Malthusian Correction and later enlists the aid of former guests of the program to answer a listener's question about whether entheogens really do produce spiritual experiences or "higher" states of consciousness.

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Dmitry Orlov and Albert K. Bates explore visions of a
post-collapse America, and later KMO talks food, consciousness, and
the forces of darkness with Neil Kramer of the Cleaver.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/337437.html

A lecture by the late Terence McKenna recorded at the Open Center in NYC in April of 1994.

KMO and guest David Blume spell out the difference between ethanol as a huge corporate/government boondoggle and ethanol as a strategy for re-localization and bio-remediation. After that KMO visits with organic farmer Patrice Gros and two of his energized and idealistic interns.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/335681.html

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In this installment, KMO speaks with Colin Tudge and David Blume about the possible applications of high technology, genetic engineering, robotics and artificial intelligence in farming.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/335289.html

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In this episode KMO talks with Gyrus about this crunch time in human history. Later we hear from author Colin Tudge on how to feed a global population of 9 billion and feed them well for the long haul.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/335090.html

In this episode, KMO discusses the temptations of power on the shamanic path with Matthew J. Pallamary, author of Spirit Matters: A Memoir and techniques for reconstructing the prehistoric human mind with Gyrus, author of Archaeologies of Consciousness: Essays in Experimental Prehistory.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/333619.html

In this episode KMO concludes his conversation with Dr. Kathy McMahon
of PeakOilBlues.com about common reactions to learning about the
implications of Peak Oil including the pathological faux-optimism she
calls "Panglossian disorder." KMO wraps up with a look at the
Singularitarian faith as reflected in Collapse: How Societies Choose
to Fail or Succeed, by Jared Diamond.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/333566.html

In this episode, KMO concludes his conversation with James H. Kunstler, author of the Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the 21st Century. Later, we hear from Kathy McMahon, founder of PeakOilBlues.com about the range of psychological reactions which commonly manifest themselves in people who come to appreciate the implications of peak oil.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/331946.html

KMO welcomes author Dmitry Orlov back to the program for a discussion of keeping people fed in times of turmoil and for a reading from Orlov’s soon-to-be-published book, Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects. After that, James H. Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century, drops by to talk about the fate of surburbia in the post-petroleum era.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/331057.html

In this episode, KMO welcomes Neil Kramer, keeper of a blog called
the Cleaver, to the C-Realm to discuss the synchronicities,
entheogens, the Matrix, and the limited utility of pursuing
"conspiracy" research.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/329678.html

KMO concludes his talk with futurist George Dvorsky about the wisdom of human enhancement, and then wraps up the year with a look at the real world Amish and the lure of Collapse Fetishism.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/328667.html

In this 69th installment of the C-Realm Podcast, KMO speaks with
author Bill McKibben and futurist George Dvorsky about the ethical
implicatons of the Transhumanist agenda and what it means to remain
human in an engineered age.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/326444.html

In this 68th episode of the C-Realm Podcast, we continue the
conversation with Lorenzo of the Psychedelic Salon about the
opportunities for community building and a rapid change in human
consciousness that arise in moments of crisis, then KMO talks with
Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and
the Durable Future about the advantages of establishing more resilient
and self-sufficient local economies.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/325909.html

In this installment of the C-Realm Podcast, KMO speaks with Nate
Hagens of theOilDrum.com about the various fantasies for replacing
fossil fuels with bio-fuels, synthetic fuels, or anything else that
will supposedly take up the slack when global oil production peaks and
keep our first world of happy motorists shuttling great distances
everyday in their shiny metal boxes. Later KMO speaks with Yasmeen
Grant about the new CBC radio documentary, "In Search of the Divine
Vegetal," and finally we hear from fellow podcaster, Lorenzo, about
how sudden disruptions to business as usual can effect an
instantaneous change in consciousness that evaporates the ethnic,
economic, and ideological barriers that divide our communities.

show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/325265.html

In this week's episode of the C-Realm Podcast, KMO concludes his conversation with RadiOrbit's Mike Hagan and author Martin Ball about the big change on the horizon and on the ways in which the spirit works with, around, and in spite of our rationalistic belief systems to effect the necessary transformation.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/324599.html

In this 65th installment, KMO welcomes Mike Hagan of RadiOrbit back to the program to discuss the changing media landscape and the acceleration of consciousness evolution that the evolution of media reflects. Later, Dr. Martin Ball joins the conversation to talk about his work studying with Mescalero Apache medicine people in New Mexico, music, visionary plants, and the Big Change.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/323016.html

In this episode, KMO concludes his talk with meditation instructor Heidi Smith of the Center for Soulful Living and then rounds out the discussion of the relative merits of drug-free meditation vs. entheogen-assisted explorations of consciousness with Jan Irvin of Gnostic Media and Daniel Siebert of the The Salvia divinorum Research and Information Center.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/322545.html

KMO and meditation instructor, Heidi Smith of the Center for Soulful Living pick up the conversation started on Psychonautica examining the friction between proponents of pharmacologically assisted spirituality and zero-tolerance advocates of drug-free meditation. Peak-oil oriented feedback, clips from the Psychedelic Salon and admissions of chronic absent-mindedness.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/321517.html

In this episode, KMO talks with Chris Clugston of WakeUpAmerika.com about the coming adjustment in our material standard of living. KMO then acknowledges the possibility that business as usual for another 20 or 30 years might still be possible, if less than desirable.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/320788.html

In this 61st episode, KMO plays a recording of Marlene Dobkin De Rios on why she condemns the practice of ayahuasca tourism. Before that, KMO plays a conversation that he recorded back in July in the Iquitos home of Alan Shoemaker with Melitta Tchaicovsky & Pepe Ozan of ArtNetwork Productions.

Show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/320545.html

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In this episode we hear the conclusion of KMO's talk with Brian Trent with extra emphasis on the psychological appeal and the sociological implications of movies about the living dead. KMO also examines atheism, psychedelic shamanism, burning man, and the neo-zombie flick, 28 Weeks Later. Special guest appearance by C-Realm Listener Hanrahan. Show Notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/319892.html

In this episode, KMO talks with novelist Brian Trent about
ideologically reflexive behavior that the echo chamber corporate media
has instilled in us. Later, KMO revisits the clashing belief systems
of 2012 prophets Whitley Strieber and Daniel Pinchbeck.

It's the First Anniversary non-special. In this episode, KMO welcomes Wendy Luckey and Philip Horvath back to the program to talk about 2012, giving up our meat bodies, the technological singularity, and the nature of catastrophe. KMO reads lots of emails from C-Realm listeners who chipped in to save Ungo, KMO's dog.

Extended show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/317608.html

In this special installment of the C-Realm Podcast, KMO explores the bonds between humans and animals with Professor Marc Bekoff.

KMO interviews Chip "Carlos" Tanner, a gringo apprenticing under a Peruvian curandero and explores the spirit realm with Wendy Luckey, with whom he participated in a San Pedro ceremony in Iquitos in July of 2007. Ever wondered why KMO bleeps out the profanity? KMO explains all and provides audio glimpses into two very different ayahuasca ceremonies.

Extended show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/316344.html

In this episode, KMO reads more listener email than regular listeners would probably expect to hear. He then takes a short quote from Vernor Vinge and spins it out for half the show talking with Professor Cornelia Butler Flora about the difference between "standard of living" and "quality of life."

Extended show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/315538.html

KMO reads Yin and Yang accounts of the 2007 Burning Man event. Author Carol Ekarius talks about toxic body burden, and author Vincent Casspriano Jr. unpacks Albert Bartlett's lecture on population.

Extended show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/314586.html

In this episode KMO concludes his talk with Professor Albert Bartlett on population, growth, energy and agriculture. After that, we hear from author Carol Ekarius about the many joys and advantages of keeping backyard chickens. Finally, KMO provides a short primer on memetics and closes with a teaser segment of next week's guest, Vincent Casspriano Jr.

Extended show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/312906.html

In this installment of the C-Realm Podcast, KMO welcomes Professor Albert Bartlett back to the program to do an advanced seminar on his basic lecture on population, energy and the exponential function. After that we hear from Mike Hagan, host of RadiOrbit.

Extended show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/312028.html

In this 52nd episode, KMO speaks with film-maker Michelle Espinosa about her adventures in Peru and Ecuador. Later we hear from visionary artist A. Andrew Gonzalez about his use of entheogens as tools in the creative process.

Extended show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/310420.html

In this 51st episode, KMO speaks with Dr. Richard Grossman, Yasmeen Grant, and C-Realm listener, Earthmansurfer about their experiences surrounding the 3rd Annual International Amazonian Shamanism Conference held in July of 2007 in Iquitos, Peru.

Extended Show Notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/309030.html

This "best of" show draws from the most memorable interviews of the first 49 episodes of the C-Realm Podcast. Featured guests include: Douglas Rushkoff, Jeremy Narby, Catherine Austin Fitts, Dmitry Orlov, and Thomas Homer Dixon.

Start here for an excellent introduction to the major (non-psychedelic) themes of the show.

In this episode, KMO concludes his discussions with Digital Crusader,
Eric Boyd, and Center for Conscious Creativity founder, Philip
Horvath.

Extended show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/304926.html

 

In this episode, KMO welcomes Digital Crusader, Eric Boyd, back to the
program to talk about Transhumanist perspectives on the environment
and sustainable living. Later we hear from Philip Horváth of the
Center for Conscious Creativity, and finally KMO talks with BrainPaint
creator, Bill Scott, about the potential of EEG biofeedback technology
for ADD therapy, meditation, and self-improvement.

Extended show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/303016.html

Back from the shamanism conference in Iquitos, KMO relects on his
experiences with C-Realm listener, Pio, who journeyed with him, and
gives a rundown of the other podcasts that feature prominently in his
consciousness at the moment.

Extended show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/302456.html

Episode 47: Laughter in the Jungle

Podcasting from the 3rd Annual International Amazonian Shamanism Conference in Iquitos, Peru, KMO interviews Gringo Ayahuasquero, Ronald Joe Wheelock and enjoys Wachuma and laughter with Wendy Luckey and a group of truly exceptional human beings.

In this Independence Day edition of the C-Realm Podcast, KMO talks with Brian Czech of the Center for the Advancement of a Steady State Economy (C.A.S.S.E.) about the tension between our finite material resources and the expectation of never-ending growth. Later KMO reads from an essay by Stanley Krippner, "Consciousness and the Mythologies of Society," in which he holds the central driving myth of the so-called First World up to the light of consciousness. How long can we afford to plot our course by the Grand Narrative of Progress?

Extended show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/299734.html

Letcher vs. Irvin. We hear the conclusion of KMO's conversation with
Jan Irvin and contrasts Jan's presentation with passages from Shroom:
A Cultural History of Magic Mushrooms by Andy Letcher. Who won? This
is only the first round. We also hear about funny from Some Guy Named
Paul.

Extended show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/299241.html

In this episode, KMO gets together with Viking Brian to talk about sensory deprivation tanks and to interview Jan Irvin of Gnostic Media. Loads of listener email and a return of the long silent soap-box theme.

Extended show notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/298939.html

This episode consists mainly of a presentation given by Frank Echenhofer at the 2nd Annual International Amazonian Shamanism Conference in Iquitos, Peru. KMO also reads from the artists statement of visionary artist, A. Andrew Gonzalez, the sponsor of this week's episode.

Extended Show Notes: http://kmo.livejournal.com/298656.html