Halusanation
15 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago -Artist Dax Martinez-Vargas uses his new prog. rock activist concept album as a foundation for insightful conversations about our culture and the policies and art that shape it all in an effort to help get humans on the same page globally.
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2 days into 2024
January 03, 2024 04:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBAnother update episode where I give an update on the backyard opposums and connect some books together to help you set your expectations until 2033. The books spoken about are "The Fourth Turning" by William Strauss and Neil Howe, "The Fourth Turning is Here" by Neil Howe, "The Storm before the Calm" by George Friedman, "The End of the World is Just Beginning" by Peter Zeihan, "Why We're Polarized" by Ezra Klein and Charles Eisenstein's "Climate: A New Narrative". PlainScribe summary of s...
Possum Kingdom (Copernicus Episode Addendum)
October 21, 2023 16:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBI finish the story of the possums from the previous episode and explain what's ahead for the podcast, including my new lean edit-free approach so listeners can have more useful content vs 1 to 2 episodes a year. I explain how the goal is to work more in the present to connect with eros & heart & community instead of how I've usually worked focused on the future, locked in my head, not really enjoying how long it takes to do anything. Sponsored by the 2020 album Halusanation. Support the...
A Copernicus Type Mental Shift Needed ASAP
October 20, 2023 15:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBIf we all were to assume we'd be extinct soon, could we put our differences aside and learn to love each other and enjoy the rest of our days? Support the show
"Take Back Time" pt. 2 - Guest Chad Hale
April 29, 2023 22:00 - 50 minutes - 35.1 MBVeteran Chad Hale picks up his story after he joined the military instead of choosing prison. Chad explains life in the Army as well as after the military, his time in a government job, and how PTSD continues to create havoc in veterans' lives once out of the military. Though he was working in beautiful Hawaii, he eventually had to leave that life behind and restart in East Texas, finally putting his health and wellness first, in a new way. Utilizing yoga and meditation, and a new diet, Chad...
"Take Back Time" w/ Chad Hale pt.1
July 05, 2021 20:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBAn American Veteran shares his tale. Told in 3 parts, Chief Warrant Officer (ret.) Chad Hale walks us down his path to redemption after a series of circumstances in his youth landed Chad in the now closed & criminally indicted Glen Mills school for boys. Followed by a tumultuous path to enlistment in the military, Chad shares how he came close to losing himself within his 22 year career as an Army Signalier. After 4 tours in Iraq and shouldering countless obstacles and over comings alongsi...
Trump Flags and the people who wave them - Trailer - Guest Chad Hale
May 29, 2021 01:00 - 2 minutes - 1.85 MBWhat should you tell your neighbors who are still waving a Trump flag? Guest Chad Hale shares his thoughts. From the upcoming episode of the first filmed episode of Halusanation. See the video at www.halusanation.live/news Support the show
Trailer - "Take Back Time" w/ Chad D. Hale
May 05, 2021 05:00 - 6 minutes - 4.23 MBOn the next episode of Halusanation, of the several things guest Chad Hale talks about, one of them is heard here, regarding the abuse he witnessed while in the United States military. He also speaks re: the recently closed, abusive Glen Mills School for Boys which he was an unfortunate inmate of. After multiple decades of surviving through an American nightmare, he's finally found peace in Texas, and taking back time. Support the show
Global Conflict Resolution w/ Delaney Dornik
January 13, 2021 16:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBWhether it's zoomed out in a plane, up close, on the ground in a foreign land, or out of body on hallucinogens, Minneapolis native, recent college grad + artist Delaney Dornik shares his diplomatic perspective with host Dax Martinez-Vargas on how we Americans might benefit from listening more so as to help us break free from our nostalgic delusion patterns and reductive labeling of who we are and who everyone else is and isn’t. Two pieces of music on this episode come from composer Nathan ...
Trailer : "Breaking Free from Limiters" w/ Delaney Dornik
November 26, 2020 01:00 - 2 minutes - 1.56 MBWhether it's how Americans are passed the two party system or waking up from our cozy obsession with nostalgia, Delaney Dornik and I discuss American politics and the traps Americans and global leaders fall into. - - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - - Support the show
Trailer : "Breaking Free from Limiters" w/ Delaney Dornik
November 26, 2020 01:00 - 2 minutes - 1.56 MBWhether it's how Americans are passed the two party system or waking up from our cozy obsession with nostalgia, Delaney Dornik and I discuss American politics and the traps Americans and global leaders fall into. - - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - - Support the show
How to Legalize Hallucinogens - Myc Williams (interview)
November 13, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBDirector of Communications of Decriminalize Nature Ann Arbor, Myc Williams, explains how he & his team was able to decriminalize all entheogenic substances in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and how anyone can do the same in their community. Myc and Dax discuss the idea of a Global Hallucinogen Day and how that might work. Music Featured by Fire Fire Red Star Down: https://firefireredstardown.bandcamp.com/community To support Ousman Sanyang's GoFundMe: gf.me/u/ysch24 Do It For Ous www.halusanatio...
Trailer - Ann Arbor Legalizes Shrooms w/ Myk Williams
November 03, 2020 08:00 - 1 minute - 960 KBDecrim Nature's Myk Williams explains how his team was able to get entheogenic substances in Ann Arbor, Michigan, decriminalized. Myk also shares his perspectives on the benefits of psilocybin and other substances. Support the show
"Costrado" : Alex Pecor - Home/Work Place Questions Post Covid + Generational Wonders
October 15, 2020 18:00 - 13 minutes - 9.52 MBAlex Pecor discusses what sort of topics, he, as an American, would like to hear about on Halusanation. Dax and he chat about some of these topics. Support the show
Do it for Ous
October 04, 2020 15:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBOusman Sanyang, 18 years old, from Gambia, West Africa, shares his story about his struggle in Gambia since his father died 3 years ago in a timber harvesting accident, leaving Ousman as the man of the house hold with a mother with Parkinson's & 5 younger siblings, one of which now has Maleria. Dax's goal is to make listeners aware of how they can help Ousman with a GoFundMe campaign. Now, with the owner of Ousman's house wanting Ousman and his family out by , after the rainy season, which...
Scramble
August 17, 2020 20:00 - 10 seconds - 264 KBGet Out My Eyes. Get Out My Mind. Support the show