Lost Xplorers
149 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWilliam James once said that modern people suffer from an ”ontological wonder sickness.” Through the exploration of various cultures and archaeological mysteries throughout the world, authors J David Osborne and Kris Saknussemm attempt to get to the heart of our lost moment, and provide some potential paths out. NO COUNTRY is a psychogeographical exploration of culture, art, language, and strange history.
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78 - The Corruption of Language
May 25, 2022 19:45 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBOn this episode, we talk about the corruption of language, literature as a propaganda arms of simultaneously rigid and confused goals, the erasure of the past, a trip to Iceland, and a dream about wet socks. Notre Dame rebuilding Ralph Waldo Emerson Clive James Germaine Greer Robert Hughes Sentimental Literature Blue Lagoon Iceland Asbyrgi Canyon Reykjadalur
77 - Extended Week in Doom
May 25, 2022 19:42 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBOn this episode, Kris and I do an extended “Week in Doom,” analyzing the ways in which the media is becoming completely untrustworthy. Kris closes us out with a surreal dream fit for a Jodorowsky film. Show Notes: Gay sex addict (from 2012, but I wanted to start the show with something kind of funny) 2076 John le Carré Mushrooms you can read by Mandate protests Martin Armstrong’s Socrates San Fransicko by Michael Shellenberger Largest Walgreens has a rat infestation Handbags of th...
76 - Something Invisible Has Invaded the Space Station
May 25, 2022 19:39 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBKris tells a cool story about living next to Philip K Dick, how to be prolific, inflation, the culture of Europe vs. the culture of America, shamanic language vs societal language, swimming with sea turtles, conversations we need to have vs. conversations we can’t have, the attempt to make you the main character of other people’s stories, keeping clean, a man who liked to have sex with nostrils, what would happen if everyone got smarter tomorrow?, backward speaking, and cuckoo clocks. Total...
75 - Shamanism is a Deep-Time Weatherman
May 25, 2022 19:38 - 1 hour - 49.1 MBRigging more sails, asexual superheroes, trust in news media at an all-time low, language and the construction of time, New Guinean bridge construction, feral bike thief aqueducts, aphorisms, risking cliche, and barn-owl yellow Death Star Alexas. The Most Anxious City in America No Sex in Movies Climax Twilight (1998) The Story of Natalie Wood Atlanta Goethe’s Aphorisms
74 - The Flesh Made Word
May 25, 2022 19:35 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBKris and I continue our discussion of language and its roots in creating a thought matrix for maintaining tribal stability. We talk about Facebook’s name change to “Meta,” how to survive the coming metaverse, reading media from other countries, “the unspeakable visions of the individual,” the connection of villages in Papua New Guinea, words as magic, and the way that language takes on a life of its own when separated from its web. Also: David made up a riddle and a story about Kris’s new...
73 - Falling in Love
May 25, 2022 19:30 - 55 minutes - 41.6 MBOn this episode, we talk the male experience of love, love as a verb, is falling in love a choice?, Christian and Buddhist conceptions of love, loving your wife, the most romantic thing Kris has ever done, and choosing what rules your life. In addition, David solves a riddle. “The Enigma of Amigara Fault” by Junji Ito
72 - Ghost Stories
May 25, 2022 19:22 - 50 minutes - 38.2 MBOn this special Halloween episode, we talk about: The personal theater of fright, relationships with the dead, headless Malayan pirates, the lost pilots of New Guinea, Elisa Lam, our favorite written ghost stories, and the difference between Halloween and the Day of the Dead. We end with a special Halloween reading from Kris’s book Sea Monkeys. The Island of Dr. Moreau Lost Souls The Color Out of Space La Llorona The Case of Elisa Lam “Waltzing Matilda” by Banjo Patterson Scary Stori...
71 - The Loneliness of I
May 25, 2022 19:21 - 59 minutes - 48.1 MBCircumnavigating the soul, neighbor issues, development of language as paranoia, Kris falling in love, the relationship between big cities and solipsism, the souls of dogs, narcissism machines, local bars, a remedy for self-absorption, the River of Truth, alien slogans, and dream visitations. Show Notes: John Donne John Keats Dunbar’s Number The Lonely Crowd by David Riesman The Gutenberg Galaxy by Marshall McLuhan
70 - All Part of the Deal
May 25, 2022 19:18 - 37 minutes - 28.9 MBKris and I are moving the whole podcast behind a paywall! There’s this episode and then one next week, and then we’ll be doing the show on Patreon. Tearing through the facade, hummingbirds, skydiving, where fear lives, the weapon of the apocalypse, how we get incarnated, the blue monkey-headed goddess of inquisitiveness, and arranging calendars by feast days.
69 - Tornado Girl
May 25, 2022 19:17 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBOn this bonus episode, Kris and I talk about the potential link between Language and Paranoia. Kris also introduces a new dichotomy: terror and delight. The creative challenge on this one was a lot of fun…definitely one of our better episodes all around.
68 - Spirit Weather
May 25, 2022 19:14 - 1 hour - 36.4 MBDavid tells of his recent tornado adventures, followed by a discussion of the term "Two Spirit" as it's commonly used in modern discourse. This leads to a bigger discussion of the rich histories and traditions of Native peoples (timely talk for Indigenous Peoples' day). How do we view these cultures respectfully while still granting them the agency? What are ways to express culture without becoming a neoliberal subject?
67 - Always Check the Room Before the Guests Arrive
May 25, 2022 19:12 - 52 minutes - 121 MBKris recounts the story of a giant lizard in a tub. We are so focused on the nouning of everything, but people are verbs. We want to understand people as dynamic oscillations between modes. We also cover using cons for good, sexual intimacy, chicken guts in the street, revisionist history, and we round out with a thought exercise: what if you could see five minutes into the future? Would you have a future at all?
66 - Praying to the Blood Gods
May 25, 2022 19:08 - 51 minutes - 119 MBOn this episode, Kris and I talk about the recent story out of LA County, in which schoolkids may be encouraged to pray to Aztec gods. As fans of syncretism and blood sacrifice, Kris and I wrestle with the idea that there may be too much happening too fast. We also talk about the modern trend of couching personal grievances in broad social justice frameworks, giant mollusks, and physical confrontations. I recount a recent performance piece I witnessed that completely blew my mind and restore...
65 - The Origin of Caliber
May 25, 2022 19:07 - 1 hour - 48.6 MBWhat does it mean to control the narrative? Is there a narrative to control at all? What are good and bad optics? How about the difference between surface and substance? Pride and hate? We ask a very important question: are you the hero of your life? Can empowerment erode agency? And finally, David tells a story of a time when his life might have been saved by a bad case of diarrhea. Better Call Saul Vince Lombardi Annie Dillard David Copperfield Steve Ditko Little Dorrit
64 - Freak Power: Hunter S. Thompson as Encino Man
May 25, 2022 19:02 - 1 hour - 47.6 MBWe talk about Freak Power and Hunter S. Thompson in order to explore the difference between the counterculture of the 1960s/70s and the current culture of activism/wokeness/progressivism? Did cancellation exist in the 60s? What’s the difference between ideas and beliefs. David and Kris discuss their lines in the sand when it comes to free speech and offense: is there anything that goes too far? It seems like when I was growing up (David) it was the right who were the censors. Now it comes f...
63 - The Child Eater of Bern
May 25, 2022 19:01 - 1 hour - 53.7 MBAre fictionalized depictions of child sacrifice release valves for the actual act, or symbolic representations that take the place of the act itself? We discuss the tension between the mythology of children as a swarm of demons and children as innocents to be protected, and come to a surprising conclusion to our conversation of child sacrifice. David also follows “The Path of the Spider” as a mind exercise during the episode. The Child Eater of Bern Moloch “Lamia” by John Keats Resident ...
62 - The Final End of Summer: Gabby Petito and the Grand Tetons
May 25, 2022 18:55 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBWhat about the Gabby Petito story is capturing the American consciousness so powerfully? What symbolic truths are revealed? Kris and I look at it through the symbolic lens of “women in trouble” and the darkening of the ubiquitous documentation of our lives on social media. Atlas Obscura The Elf School in Reykjavik The Icelandic Sagas Blackbird Targa Perfume by Peter Suskind Grand Tetons, Wyoming Slenderman The Green River Killer David Bottoms
61 - I Don’t Want to See Those People Back at the Cabin
May 25, 2022 18:50 - 1 hour - 181 MBWe explore the idea that American pop culture can be seen as ritual magical child sacrifice. If we live as perpetual children, does that create a necessity to vampirism the energy and spirit of the young? The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane Amanda Bynes Mickey Dolenz W.C. Fields Alan Parker Bugsy Malone Cuties Elizabeth Báthory The Osmonds The Sylvers Tim Matheson Ron Howard In the River by Jeremy Robert Johnson Lake Tahoe “’Til the Money Runs Out” by Tom Waits
60 - The Tuning Fork
May 25, 2022 18:45 - 1 hour - 144 MBOn this episode, Kris and I attempt to tease out the general malaise we’ve been feeling culturally as of late. We begin by discussing 9/11, taking it as an opportunity to talk about the shift we’ve made ideologically in the past 20 years. Why don’t we consider ourselves “left” anymore? We go into 9/11 conspiracies and how our thoughts have evolved. Whatever happened to intellectual humility? What is the mythopoetic story of 9/11? Note: Rage Against the Machine’s self-titled album came out i...
59 - Circus Ominous
May 25, 2022 18:41 - 1 hour - 167 MBHow do you break out of stale patterns of thought? We dive deeper into the dark heart of American Mayhem, exploring the sinister alchemy of Charles Manson moving to Los Angeles. Are there living demons of regional America? Did the Sharon Tate murders have a symbolic, occult effect on the country? “I’ve Got a Crush on You” by Charlie Watts The Orange Julius Demon Ashland Burial Mounds Sinister Forces by Peter Levenda Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein “White Rabbit” by Jef...
58 - Doom is the Business of Humanity
May 25, 2022 18:35 - 1 hour - 143 MBKris took a road trip to see Patti Smith perform at the Henry Miller library. We have a discussion about both the importance of a set of rules, and the imperative to break them. Is cancel culture on its last legs? What is "doomer optimism"? At the end of the day, if we're ever going to move past some of this stuff, we have to get tired of ourselves. Brother (1997) Patti Smith The Henry Miller Library The Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller The Air-Conditioned Nightmare by Henry Miller D....
57 - Brandon Lee and the Cursed Bullet
May 25, 2022 18:25 - 1 hour - 140 MBWas the accidental death of Brandon Lee on the set of The Crow an accident at all? Or was some kind of curse involved? David tells the story of the strange happenings on the set of the film, the demon that followed Bruce Lee through Dragon, the similarities between Brandon's death and The Game of Death, and much more. This leads to a conversation about curses in general, and the perception of them in PNG culture in particular. There's also a practical tip relating to enhancing your memory an...
56 - Bruce Lee and the Malevolent Spirit of Seattle
May 25, 2022 18:20 - 50 minutes - 115 MBIn this episode, Kris and I take a deep dive into the mystery surrounding the death of Bruce Lee. We also wonder where all of the stars have gone? Is there a reservoir of attention and charisma that is spread too thin across the internet? Was part of Bruce Lee's appeal a kind of doomed energy? Does the fact that he’s from Seattle have anything to do with it? What's going on with Seattle and the PNW in general, anyway? Probably ghosts. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story Bruce Lee’s Grave Capitol ...
55 - Climate Anxiety and Choosing Kindness
May 25, 2022 18:15 - 1 hour - 174 MBKris and I talk about the sense of psychic collective guilt permeating the atmosphere these days. What’s the deal with all of those signs touting “kindness” as a virtue? Where did the phrase “shooting fish in a barrel come from?” All this and more in this extra episode. Heaven’s Gate The Naked Gun Gary Snyder Beat Ecopoetry “The Contagion is the Solution” by The Last Psychiatrist Philip Henry Gosse Introduction to Reality Tunnels Theremin
54 - Ellen
May 25, 2022 18:10 - 1 hour - 146 MBWe have our first guest! Please welcome Kris’s mother, Ellen to the show. We talk about hearing about Pearl Harbor on the radio, child development, and the power of music. Does she reveal any deep dark secrets from Kris's past? One or two. The History of the Legendary 10th Mountain Division The Invention of Jell-O Victory Gardens Jim Whittaker Futility by Morgan Robertson predicting the wreck of the Titanic Hildegard von Bingen (incorrectly said to be 15th century, actually 12th centur...
53 - River Dave and the Web of Connections
May 25, 2022 18:05 - 1 hour - 173 MBHow do our personal associative patterns work? How does swarm intelligence work? Is there any thinking outside of communication? Kris and I continue our deep dive into how patterns and associations work, and investigate a strange synchronicity between Kris’s dreams and David’s real life. River Dave / Synchromysticism / Victor Hugo Thought He Was Victor Hugo / Wherever Two or More Are Gathered in My Name Human Smoke by Nicholson Baker Euell Gibbons The Secret Sun Blog Jean Cocteau Marvi...
52 - Thinking with Conspiracies
May 25, 2022 17:55 - 1 hour - 172 MBIs it valuable to actively engage with dissonant ideas? Should we uproot our understanding of how the world works? In this episode, Kris puts the idea of conspiracy theories into practical terms. How do we break out of tautological thinking? Why did the “Richard Gere gerbil” story gain such traction? What is “Conspiracy Brain”? / Conspiracy as Metaphor / The Council Bluffs Scenario / Visualizing Patterns Giorgio Agamben Jim Marrs Richard Gere and the Gerbil David Icke’s lizard people A...
51 - The Old Man Outside the Weather Station
May 25, 2022 17:50 - 1 hour - 166 MBWhat do you do when it’s raining outside and the weather app tells you it’s sunny? Is it possible to collage together pieces of different conspiracy theories to create a dada/surrealist interpretation that defies all reason? How would that effect our approach to narrative? Can we implement a trickster spirit to how we interface with the presentation of reality? The Uncertainty of Technological Time / The Value of Argumentation / How to Break Down Narratives Show Notes: The Alexandria Quar...
50 - Was Amelia Earhart on MH370?
May 25, 2022 17:45 - 1 hour - 151 MBWhat happened to Malaysia Air Flight 370? We go over the narrative and discuss alternative theories. We go into other plane disappearances, whether or not LOST was a good show, and the limits of human technology. Why don’t we have jetpacks and self-driving cars already? Why can we go to space and have iPhones but we don’t have flying motorcycles? The Official Consensus on MH370 / Oblique Directions and Spiral Possibilities / Don Lemon’s Black Hole Theory / Was LOST a Good Show? / Where’s th...
48 - Should Parenting Require a License?
May 25, 2022 17:40 - 1 hour - 150 MBOn this episode, Kris and I go back and forth on the issue of licensing potential parents. Does the world have enough space for more people? What is the value of freedom in a world that requires sacrifice? Population Problem or Allocation Problem?/ Responsibility to Culture / Personal Authoritarianism Michael Schellenberger Buckminster Fuller Food Insecurity for the Children of Third World Countries Due to COVID Antinatalism Thomas Ligotti Bruno Bettelheim Joseph Chilton Pearce
49 - The Sea Turtle Gods
May 25, 2022 17:40 - 1 hour - 166 MBOn this episode, Kris gives one of the best articulations of how memory actually works, relates a dream in which he is visited by gods with sea turtle heads, and we decide to stop equivocating so much with our pronouncements. Abbreviation, Equivocation, Euphemism / Characters as Algebra / Hand Pan Drum Memory / The Wisdom of the Turtles Torn Curtain The Stonehenge Conspiracy Hand Pan Drum Ubik Samuel Butler Soylent Green
47 - Escape from Termite Boulevard
May 25, 2022 17:35 - 2 hours - 337 MBOn the first part of this episode, Kris and I go over the distinction between values vs. goals, with a focus on cultivating an imagination and an appreciation for nature. The Value of Imagination / Connection to Nature / The Importance of Commitment In part 2, we talk about the strange vine-like nature of memories. Where are memories stored? Where do plants store memories? Is every memory we have the first time we have it? The Metaphysics of Inspiration / Where Do Memories Come From / Bik...
46 - Decapitating the Canoe’s Mind
May 25, 2022 17:30 - 2 hours - 339 MBOn Part 1 of this episode, Kris and I begin to construct a framework for how to raise a child, with a focus on “how” to live rather than “what to achieve.” We discuss the influence of capitalism and economic prosperity on prior generations’ priorities. On Part 2, we discuss characters as an antidote to individuality, integrating yourself with your tools, and how not all questions are answered with words. Have you ever received an answer to a problem with a smell? Show Notes: The Residents...
45 - Wrapping a Hair Around a Spider’s Leg
May 25, 2022 17:25 - 2 hours - 345 MBOn this episode, Kris and I discuss initiation rites throughout the world, with an eye towards distinguishing childhood from adulthood in terms of agency when dealing with uncertainty. We finish up with some practical questions: what’s the best way to know how many gumballs are in a gumball machine? Why are there so many large insects in the Solomon Islands? Does sex magic work? We continue our quest to acquire new and interesting questions… Part 1 Death Thinking / Initiation Rites/ Rums...
44 - Nostalgia and the Tarot
May 25, 2022 17:20 - 2 hours - 339 MBIn Part 1 of this episode, Kris and I discuss the invention of childhood from the perspective of time and sexuality. Is being a child denoted strictly by preparing for adulthood? Is adulthood a prison? In Part 2 we continue our discussion of archetypes and characters, with a deep dive into the quantum mechanics of the tarot and the aesthetic quality of nostalgia. Are we touching parallel worlds? Kris also has a great recounting of his recent dream, which connects with a formative moment fr...
43 - The Oscillation of Archetypes
May 25, 2022 17:15 - 2 hours - 324 MBPart 1: Ambient Noise / Thought Formulation / Getting Too Old for Pop Music / The Invention of Childhood Part 2: Everyday Archetypes / Oscillating Frequencies / Character as Process / Nailing Down Some Definitions / Tarot Moog theremini Phil Abrams The Brotherhood of the Wolf Casey Kasem DaBaby - “Suge” Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by William Blake Metallophone Kalimba (thumb piano) The Paris Review Interviews “Blackberry Winter” by Robert Penn Warren Oscillator ...
42 - Self-Medicating at the Green Robin
May 25, 2022 17:10 - 2 hours - 123 MBThis might be one of the most involved episodes we've recorded. We start out with a Gus Update, then move into discussions of lost civilizations, similarities in different mythologies, indecipherable languages, and dreams of green darkness. Then, in part 2, we begin an incredibly ambitious and free-ranging conversation about language and the world of archetypes, how they might manifest both in characters and in human beings, and what a "choral reef" of lesser gods might look like. How might...
41 - Speaking with Maps: An Elaboration on CPG
May 25, 2022 17:05 - 2 hours - 279 MBOn this episode we begin with a great piece of listener mail that asks the question: how does one avoid feeling like a ghost in the world? This leads to a discussion of Rilke’s poem “Turning-Point.” In the second half, Kris and I elaborate on the Crystal Radio / Pirate Radio / Ghost Radio theory of Culture as a Force / Entity with Language as its medium. Why are eccentrics so important? How do we move on from expertisism? And how to we interact with the maps of our world to separate the sig...
40 - Modern Myth (Part 2): Crystal Radio, Pirate Radio, Ghost Radio
May 25, 2022 17:00 - 2 hours - 279 MBKris and I begin to develop a frame for a big theory of imagination, magic, and the paranormal. Part 1: Why Are Alien Encounters Violent? / Hypnotic Implanted Memories / David’s Alien Visitation / The Magic of Gypsies Part 2: Exclusive Excerpt / Where is the Signal Coming From? / Desert Radio at Night / Meinong’s Jungle Show Notes: Captivity Narratives Care of the Feeble Minded and Insane in Texas Communion by Whitley Strieber Hellier Herb Caen Archive Milton H. Erickson (hypnotis...
39 - Modern Myth (Part 1): The Third Man in the Woods
May 25, 2022 16:59 - 2 hours - 117 MBIn the first hour, we talk about: UFOs Declassified / Distrust in the Media / The Cultural Significance of Bigfoot / Conspiracy as Folklore In the second hour, we talk about: What Would an Alien Intelligence Look Like? / The Primacy of Symbols / Are Languages Entities? / The Multiplicity of Answers Show Notes: “The £1,000,000 Bank-Note” by Mark Twain The Power of Eight by Lynne McTaggart Charles Fort UFOs as a Modern Myth by Carl Jung The Red Book’s Illustrations Voynich Manuscript...
60 - Ghost Stories
October 27, 2021 17:00 - 50 minutes - 38.2 MBOn this special Halloween episode, we talk about: The personal theater of fright, relationships with the dead, headless Malayan pirates, the lost pilots of New Guinea, Elisa Lam, our favorite written ghost stories, and the difference between Halloween and the Day of the Dead. We end with a special Halloween reading from Kris’s book Sea Monkeys. From now on, the episodes will all be over at the Patreon! Subscribe here to keep up with the show. Thanks for listening to the past 61 episodes. W...
59 - All Part of the Deal
October 20, 2021 17:00 - 37 minutes - 28.9 MBKris and I are moving the whole podcast behind a paywall! There’s this episode and then one next week, and then we’ll be doing the show on Patreon. Tearing through the facade, hummingbirds, skydiving, where fear lives, the weapon of the apocalypse, how we get incarnated, the blue monkey-headed goddess of inquisitiveness, and arranging calendars by feast days.
58 - Spirit Weather
October 13, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 36.4 MBDavid tells of his recent tornado adventures, followed by a discussion of the term "Two Spirit" as it's commonly used in modern discourse. This leads to a bigger discussion of the rich histories and traditions of Native peoples (timely talk for Indigenous Peoples' day). How do we view these cultures respectfully while still granting them the agency? What are ways to express culture without becoming a neoliberal subject?
57 - Praying to the Blood Gods
October 06, 2021 17:00 - 51 minutes - 119 MBOn this episode, Kris and I talk about the recent story out of LA County, in which schoolkids may be encouraged to pray to Aztec gods. As fans of syncretism and blood sacrifice, Kris and I wrestle with the idea that there may be too much happening too fast. We also talk about the modern trend of couching personal grievances in broad social justice frameworks, giant mollusks, and physical confrontations. I recount a recent performance piece I witnessed that completely blew my mind and restore...
56 - Freak Power: Hunter S. Thompson as Encino Man
September 29, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 47.6 MBWe talk about Freak Power and Hunter S. Thompson in order to explore the difference between the counterculture of the 1960s/70s and the current culture of activism/wokeness/progressivism? Did cancellation exist in the 60s? What’s the difference between ideas and beliefs. David and Kris discuss their lines in the sand when it comes to free speech and offense: is there anything that goes too far? It seems like when I was growing up (David) it was the right who were the censors. Now it comes fr...
55 - The Final End of Summer: Gabby Petito and the Grand Tetons
September 22, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBWhat about the Gabby Petito story is capturing the American consciousness so powerfully? What symbolic truths are revealed? Kris and I look at it through the symbolic lens of “women in trouble” and the darkening of the ubiquitous documentation of our lives on social media. Subscribe to our Patreon for $5 a month here!
54 - The Tuning Fork
September 15, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 144 MBOn this episode, Kris and I attempt to tease out the general malaise we’ve been feeling culturally as of late. We begin by discussing 9/11, taking it as an opportunity to talk about the shift we’ve made ideologically in the past 20 years. Why don’t we consider ourselves “left” anymore? We go into 9/11 conspiracies and how our thoughts have evolved. Whatever happened to intellectual humility? What is the mythopoetic story of 9/11? Note: Rage Against the Machine’s self-titled album came out i...
53 - Doom is the Business of Humanity
September 09, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 143 MBKris took a road trip to see Patti Smith perform at the Henry Miller library. We have a discussion about both the importance of a set of rules, and the imperative to break them. Is cancel culture on its last legs? What is "doomer optimism"? At the end of the day, if we're ever going to move past some of this stuff, we have to get tired of ourselves. Patreon episode - "Circus Ominous": This episode is very much worth giving the Patreon a try. At the moment we have 14 bonus episodes, and for...
52 - Bruce Lee and the Malevolent Spirit of Seattle
September 01, 2021 17:00 - 50 minutes - 115 MBPart 1: In this episode, Kris and I take a deep dive into the mystery surrounding the death of Bruce Lee. We also wonder where all of the stars have gone? Is there a reservoir of attention and charisma that is spread too thin across the internet? Was part of Bruce Lee's appeal a kind of doomed energy? Does the fact that he’s from Seattle have anything to do with it? What's going on with Seattle and the PNW in general, anyway? Probably ghosts. Part 2 (available here): Was the accidental de...
51 - Ellen
August 25, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 146 MBPart 1: We have our first guest! Please welcome Kris’s mother, Ellen to the show. We talk about hearing about Pearl Harbor on the radio, child development, and the power of music. She is a lovely person with a lot of insight. Kris was on the edge of his seat the whole time. Did she reveal any deep secrets about his past? One or two. Part 2 (available here): Kris and I talk about the sense of psychic collective guilt permeating the atmosphere these days. What’s the deal with all of those s...