Midwest Real

090. A Good-bye Rant

Some parting, soap boxy thoughts on what this show has taught me, and details on our new show, Third Eye Drops!   For more, check out midwestreal.net

089. MODUS OPERANDI with Evan Skytree Snyder

Evan Snyder (Skytree) makes psychedelic space jams and co-hosts The Future Fossils podcast. For more on Evan and other conversations teleport to midwestreal.net

088. PERMISSION FOR REBIRTH with Artist, Traveler and Psychonaut, Nick Hammond

My friend, Nick Hammond is an artist, traveler and lover-maker to life's mysteries. Nick's Website For more on this episode and Nick, head to our site midwestreal.net

087. Zen and the Art of Beer Brewing with Tommy Vandervort of Enlightened Brewing

Tommy Vandervort is a former Alderman, Philosopher and the founder of the Enlightened Brewing Company. For more on Tommy and other conversations head to midwestreal.net.

086. The Fractal Perspective with Michael Garfield

In addition to being debonair and a brain-melting conversationalist, Michael Garfield is an Austin-based writer, speaker, musician and visionary artist.   Head to midwestreal.net and michaelgarfield.net for more!

085. In The Dream of Life with Nicolas Gregoriades

Nic Gregoriades is a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt, founder of the Jiu-Jitsu brotherhood, entrepreneur, world-traveler, meditator and psychonaut. He’s hosted several podcasts, including his latest, Digital Communion. For links and a full write-up, head to midwestreal.net

084. Find What You Love and Let It Kill You|Professional Twitch Caster, Cody Hargreaves

Cody Hargreaves, known online as "Excessive Profanity" went from casting on Twitch for fun to making it his full time job in under a year. He's also lived on several continents including Asia, Europe and Australia. 

083. Daniele Bolelli |History, Heartbreak, Hot Yoga (Pants) and Possible Miracles

Daniele Bolelli is an Italian-born writer, martial artist, university professor, and podcaster. He is the author of several books including On the Warrior's Path, Create Your Own Religion and his latest, Not Afraid.   For a full write-up and more head to midwestreal.net

082. Monk Yunrou

Yunrou (formerly known as Arthur Rosenfeld) is a Taoist monk, author and martial artist. His latest book, YIN a Love Story is slated for a simultaneous release in the U.S. and China on November 1st. Head to midwestreal.net for links and more. 

081. Liam Wilson and Christopher de Cinque

Liam Wilson and Chris de Cinque are two of the most talented, handsome, well-spoken, well-read sons of bitches that I’ve ever had the pleasure of speaking with. We joined forces for a lovely live chat on twitch a couple of weeks back and oh, goody am I excited to finally share it with you.   For more details and links, head to midwestreal.net!

080. Gabriel D. Roberts

Gabriel D. Roberts is the author of several books, including Born Again To Rebirth, The Quest For Gnosis and his stellar new effort, The Hermit. Snatch it up now from Rubedo Press or Amazon.    For more on Gabriel, links and many more casts, head to midwestreal.net Dig the show? Help us out with an iTunes review!

Maja D'Aoust, The White Witch of L.A. Gives Michael An I Ching Reading

I asked the most epic question I could think of and the answer was beautiful. 

079. Maja D'Aoust, The White Witch of L.A.

Maja D' Aoust is a purveyor of the arcane, an esoteric personal trainer and most importantly, a beaming beacon of positivity.  For more on Maja D' Aoust, visit her site and her new nonprofit, The Well Wishers.

078. Michael Garfield is a Debonair Brain-Melter

Michael Garfield can only be described as a polymath, a renaissance man, something of a debonair brain-melter. At times, exchanging words with him honestly felt kind of like speaking to a library with a mouth. I'm not really sure how he does it. Michael is also a serial creative. He writes for a number of websites, paints and makes music. Get a taste of what Michael does over at michaelgarfield.net For write-up, links and more podcasts head to midwestreal.net

077. 3000 Days With BEEPLE

Artist Mike Winkelmann (Beeple) has been churning out a new piece of art everyday for over 3000 days (more than eight years). The Beeps also creates short films, loads of free VJ clips and has worked with some of the biggest music acts on the planet. Head to midwestreal.net for links and more.    

A Rant- We Don't Really Know Shit

Can we really know anything? Some of history's greatest minds weren't so sure.  

076. Shane Mauss

Shane Mauss is a comedian and the host of the Here We Are podcast (his chat with Michael Garfield is a must-listen). Grab Shane's latest comedy special "My Big Break," on Itunes, Spotify or Amazon. 

075. Katy Walker, Joel Mejia | Time Is Art

Katy Walker and Joel Mejia are two of the main creative forces behind Time Is Art. A film that explores "an artist's search for inspiration in a money-driven society that shuns creativity, and the human search for meaning in a seemingly meaningless world. A cinematic meditation along the lines of Waking Life and Samsara... A film less concerned with linear storytelling and more open to the cycle patterns, the hidden meanings of symbols and the dreamlike overlapping of people, places and mome...

Michael rants about synchronicity (Podcast 075. Prologue)

Excerpt from Man & His Symbols (Audiobook) by Carl G. Jung on the concept of synchronicity. Listen to the whole clip here.   Head to midwestreal.net for more and for a full talk on synchronicity, time and a bunch of other woo-dipped nuggets, check out podcast 75 and Time is Art.  

74 Filmmaker Kevin Kunze

Kevin Kunze is the filmmaker behind Mobilize, an investigative documentary exploring the potential long-term health effects from cell phone radiation. The film examines the most recent scientific research, follows national legislative efforts, and illuminates the influence that technology companies have on public health.   For links and a full write-up head to midwestreal.net

073. Matt Pallamary

Matt Pallamary is the author of A Land Without Evil and Spirit Matters. He's been traveling to the Amazon for more than 15 years, where he has studied, lived and participated in visionary rites with both indigenous peoples and western-worlders.  

072. Gabriel D. Roberts

Pal, author and tireless dream-chaser, Gabriel D. Roberts returns for another rousing tete-a-tete.    For a full write-up and links head to midwestreal.net! 

071. Bruce Damer Ph.D

Dr. Bruce Damer is a multi-disciplinary scientist and an aficionado of all things woo. He researches evolutionary biology, especially focusing on questions surrounding the origin of life. He designs asteroid-wrangling spacecraft and he's an expert in computer science who has spent decades researching emergent, lifelike virtual systems. Head to midwestreal.net for a full write up and links!  

070. Chris de Cinque of Closure in Moscow returns!

  Chris de Cinque has special, cheeky, verbose way about him. He's a born performer orator and novelty magnet. He also sings in the proggy, deep-diving satire-soaked band Closure in Moscow. If you think it’s not possible to write an insightful, mystical rabbit hole of a concept record that grapples with grandiose themes like enlightenment, metamorphosis and transhumanism all while maintaining a deep sense of fourth-wall-breaking satire complete with boner noises, Closure in Moscow's critica...

069. The Return of Marty Leeds! | The Mystic and the Madman Swim in the Same Waters

Marty Leeds is an author and researcher on the subjects of myth, math, spirituality, philosophy, sacred geometry and lost civilizations. He has an ongoing lecture series available on Youtube and he’s the host of the podcast The Marty Leeds' Mathemagical Radio Hour. Marty has been a guest on many popular podcasts, had an article recently featured on grahamhancock.com, and has been a featured speaker at several conferences, including the up-comingModern Knowledge Canadian Tour.     Head to m...

068. The Higherside Chats' Greg Carlwood

  Never forget just how possible it is to take a 90 degree turn off of the the well-worn. You have the capacity to sharpen the stick on your freak flag, stab it deep into the soil and craft something that is uniquely yours around it. If you nurture it, tend to it and care for it enough, it just might bear enough fruit to free you from the nine-to-five path for good.   Greg Carlwood has done just what I've described in a huge way. His show, The Higherside Chats has become one of the most po...

.067 Nicolas Gregoriades (Nic Gabriel) | LIFE IS NOT A PROBLEM

Nicolas Gregoriades is a man who lives life to the fullest. He's a competitive Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, a world-traveling psychonaut with a number of Ayahuasca ceremonies under his belt and he hosts The Journey Podcast.  Head to midwestreal.net for links and a full write-up

066. Dr. Carl Hart

Dr. Carl Hart is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at Columbia University and the author of High Price. He has spent two decades studying pharmacology, drugs and their effects. He's well-known for his blunt, unflinching, truth-based approach to drug education.      

065. Dr. Aubrey de Grey

  Dr. Aubrey de Grey is Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer at the SENS Research Foundation, a not for profit dedicated to defeating age-related disease. 

064. Daniele Bolelli | Taoism, Gravity-Defying Glorious D-Cups

Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can have a word with him? Daniele Bolelli is a professor, writer, martial artist podcaster and truly excellent human being.    Head to midwestreal.net for links a full write-up!

063. Liam Wilson, Michael Phillip | Rabbit Holes Don't End

Guest and pal Liam Wilson is a musician, psychonaut, yogi, meditator, traveler and writer (by no means does he live an unexamined, "typical" nine-to-five lifestyle). Yet, none of that has prepaired him one bit for the trajectory altering uppercut to the nethers that is fatherhood. As if that weren’t nuclear enough, he also just participated in a two-day Ayahuasca ceremony run by a mysterious, otherworldly, head-sucking nomadic shaman. An experience that has left him rethinking even the most...

062. Zoltan Istvan, Michael Phillip | Are we on the Cusp of a Transhumanist Utopia?

We have absolutely no idea what the future will hold, but we’re definitely on the cusp of something huge. Are we headed for an unprecedented utopian neo renaissance? Will technological and medical breakthroughs enable us to live practically forever so we’re free to pursue our passions all day long? Or are we on the verge of something darker? Some sort of Huxlian, Orwellian dystopia steeped in thought control, murderous AI and oligarch overlords who'll invade our minds in an effort to milk u...

061. Will Pangman, Michael Phillip

Although more and more of the analog world is seeping into the digital realm, the almighty dollar has managed to resist the pixel-y tide. Currency creation remains an esoteric, behind-the-scenes process controlled by a few privileged, monocle-clad, suit- wearers -- why is that? Are we meant to believe money is great the way it is, or sacred? I'm not (pun intended) buying it, nor are the thousands of people using Bitcoin. Will Pangman is a Bitcoin evangelist, works for a Bitcoin start up and...

060. Dennis McKenna, Michael Phillip | The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss

Dennis McKenna is an ethnopharmacologist, lecturer, founding member of the Heffter Research Institute, world traveler, mystic and author of Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss, My Life with Terrance McKenna. get the full write-up and links at midwestreal.net  

059. The Secrets in Plain Sight All Around Us | Scott Onstott, Michael Phillip

Scott Onstott is an Author and researcher with a background in math and architecture. Thanks to his proclivity for quantification, Scott has an aptitude for tracking down, highlighting and making sense of truly unbelievable numerological and geometrical synchronicities that reverberate throughout manmade structures, nature and the cosmos. His self-produced film, Secrets in Plain Sight is an exploration of these and many other phenomena and has been viewed over 4 million times on Youtube. he...

058. Everything is Sound. With Alexandre Tannous, Michael Phillip.

Alexandre Tannous is one of those guys whose insight just continually surprises you.  He holds multiple degrees in music and philosophy. More importantly, he has traveled to over 40 of countries where he has participated in dozens of shamanic, meditative and initiatory ceremonies. Alexandre also researches the esoteric and therapeutic properties of sound from scientific and shamanic perspectives. He has lectured at many major universities including Georgetown, Princeton and NYU.   Head to...

057. Author, Freemason and Brain-melter, Robert W. Sullivan IV Returns!

Author, 32nd degree Freemason and scholar Robert W. Sullivan IV is back to blast more hidden knowledge! This time, he takes a scalpel to your favorite films, exposing the cloaked allegory, messages, symbols and archetypes that fuel man's most powerful narratives. As always, for a full write-up, head over to midwestreal.net 

056. Dr. Rick Strassman, Michael Phillip

Within all of us, there's a chemical gateway to another dimension. It's called DMT. What is its purpose? Why is it so ubiquitous throughout nature? No one knows, but one thing's for sure- it can change your life in a matter of minutes.   Dr. Rick Strassman has studied the substance for over 20 years. He's the author of DMT the Spirit Molecule and his new book, DMT and the Soul of Prophecy. For a full write up, head to midwestreal.net ! 

055. Gabriel D. Roberts, Michael Phillip.

Our friend, Author Gabriel D. Roberts returns to the show. We discuss why we're all heroes in training, why fear is overrated and how to be the best, most authentic versions of ourselves.  For a full write-up head to midwestreal.net! 

It's Not Science Fiction, It's Biomimicry- Dr. Michael Nosonovsky, Michael Phillip

“In the first half of the 20th century, the prevailing idea was that humans could be masters of nature and the universe. We thought that human power was unlimited. We thought- ‘we can change rivers, we can move mountains—’ we can actually conquer nature. Then, sometime in the second half of the 20th century, we made the realization that the relationship between nature and humans is actually much more complex than that.       We can learn a lot from nature. This is where the idea of biomim...

053. Pursuing Passions, Chasing Justice Through Filmmaking, Hot Dog Related Altercations. Featuring Filmmakers Spencer Chumbley and Erik Ljung of VICE.

The show is joined by filmmakers Spencer Chumbley and Erik Ljung. They've shot for a variety of organizations including VICE, Al Jazeera and more.  Head to midwestreal.net for a full write-up and links!

052. The Undying Stars - Author David W. Mathisen, Michael Phillip

David W. Mathisen's latest work, The Undying Stars dances comfortably where traditional historians wouldn't dare tread. The book ties together ancient megalithic structures with star myths and a holographic, worldview that's oddly similar to what modern science is finding. Still not sexy enough? The Undying Stars also argues that this ancient wisdom was deliberately suppressed by forces who took over the Roman empire, which launched a ruthless campaign to eradicate this esoteric system of k...

051. Simulation Theory, Quantum Mechanics and the Nature of Reality with Physicist Tom Campbell, Michael Phillip

Tom Campbell has had an impressive career in applied physics. He has worked in military intelligence, he has reverse-engineered the weapons technology of rival governments, he has worked in national missile defense, even on huge engineering projects for NASA— impressive stuff.    But what makes Tom an even more interesting and rare specimen is that he has also spent three decades researching the nature of consciousness and reality. He has done so by remaining open-minded about topics that ...

050. Randall Carlson of Sacred Geometry (Part 2)

Randall finishes the brain melting he started in the second part of our conversation. Head to MidwestReal.net for the full write-up!

049. Randall Carlson of Sacred Geometry International (Part 1)

Every night we go to bed taking it for granted that tomorrow will come. Worst case scenario, our heart will give out and we won't wake up. But, what if that wasn't the worst case scenario? As we speak, massive chunks of instant extinction are flying by the vessel we inhabit at preposterous speeds. If one of them crosses the earth's path, it could easily be game over for the human race. As long as we've been aware of that inconvenient fact, it's been good for precisely one thing- apathy. T...

048. Liam Wilson of Dillinger Escape Plan. Set your good vibe blasters on high.

Liam Wilson is best known for playing bass in the spastic, technical, AMAZING progressive metal mainstay, Dillinger Escape Plan. If you're a fan of heavy music and you somehow haven't heard of them over the course of the last 15 or so years, I don't even know what to say.  If you're not so much into the metal, fear not, for this man is likely the opposite of what comes to mind when you imagine a guy with millions of head bangs under his belt. He's a voracious reader, a practitioner of Trans...

047. Marty Leeds and Michael Phillip in Math Magic Land.

Ancient languages like Hebrew had a numerical values embedded into every character. This added levels of meaning and allegory to the bible that gave people like Sir Isaac Newton and many other scholars a life-long headache. But, numerical value is totally absent from the English language... right? I don't know. But, Author and researcher Marty Leeds has some pretty god damn interesting thoughts, videos and books that argue for it. Head to midwestreal.net for links, and a full write-up!

046. Closure in Moscow - The Nuggets that Lay Beyond.

I spoke with Closure in Moscow about their highly intelligent, psychedelic, satyrically lased new masterpiece of a record, Pink Lemonade. Go buy it right now on iTunes or your local record store.  See the full article at Midwest Real.

045. The Glorious Third Coming of Daniele Bolelli

044. Are Psychedelics the Future of Medicine? With Brad Burge of MAPS