Expanding Mind

Paranormal psychoanalysis

Phantasms, psychoanalysis, and telepathy: a chat with Mikita Brottman, author of _Phantoms of the Clinic_. www.mikitabrottman.com

DJ in Antarctica

Hip hop naturalism, H.P. Lovecraft, and the music of climate change: a wide-ranging chat (including alarms) with Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky) about his Antarctica project "The Book of Ice". http://www.djspooky.com/

Shamanism and Kabbalah

Trance practice, Hasidic healers, and the dialogue between mystical traditions: a talk with Professor Jonathan Garb, author of Shamanic Trance in Modern Kabbalah.

Media Ecology

Laugh-tears, android memes, and seriously doing unserious things seriously (or unseriously): riffing on Marshall McLuhan with para-media ecologist Gerry Fialka.

Mystical Madness

Bipolar breakdowns, mystical madness, and going off (and on) meds: a talk about being crazy in America with Gregory Pleshaw, author of "The Collapse of Time: Confessions of a Quantum Humanist".

Cosmic Serpent

Ayahuasca, scientific paradigms, and and jaguars becoming gringos: a talk with anthropologist and activist Jeremy Narby, author of the classic "Cosmic Serpent".

Photography and Spirit

Witch Camps, Salvation Mountains, and the Catholic-Pagan mix: talking about art and spirit with photographer Michael Rauner. www.michaelrauner.com

Retromania

Nostalgia, archive fever, and the purpose of music: a talk with music writer Simon Reynolds, author of the new book _Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction To Its Own Past_.

Ecodelic Psychedelia

On today's show: Psychoactive evolution, the poetry of plants, and the ecodelic programming of consciousness: a talk with professor Richard Doyle, author of the great new book Darwin's Pharmacy. www.personal.psu.edu/rmd12/

Psychogeography

Alan Moore Talks