Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda

XIII - Nothing Special (finale)

With death close at hand, Castaneda races against the clock to finish what will be his very last book. But in order to complete it, he will need to author the final chapter of his own life.  Chapter 13 Closing Music: Paradise by French 79 (Written & Produced by Simon Henner)   www.tricksterpodcast.com   Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda is a guppy production: Creator and Executive Producer: Frank Horton Producers: Ville Haimala, James Orestes, Yuval Shapira Co-Producers: ...

XII - The Golden Clasp

Intimating the end, Castaneda decides it is time for him to anoint his successor, the next nagual. His selection is Tony Karam—a student not only of his but also the Dalia Lama. Castaneda informs Tony that has a year to decide whether or not to take the position of the nagual.   www.tricksterpodcast.com   Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda is a guppy production: Creator and Executive Producer: Frank Horton Producers: Ville Haimala, James Orestes, Yuval Shapira Co-Producers:...

XI - Journey to Ixtlan

With the start of the ‘80s, Carlos Castaneda has now become the darling of the New Age movement.  But while New Agers are busy championing his past work, Castaneda has begun turning his sights to something new—a secretive project unlike anything he's done before. To secure the help needed, Castaneda opens up admission to his circle of followers. Hollywood producer Janet Yang soon becomes one of his most prized recruits.    www.tricksterpodcast.com   Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Ca...

X - Tinsel Wing

In search of a creative elixir to bring new life to his flailing film career, the great Italian director, Federico Fellini, pursues his long-cherished dream of adapting Castaneda’s books into films. But on his trip to Los Angeles, in 1984, to meet Castaneda, his dream soon turns into a nightmare.   www.tricksterpodcast.com   Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda is a guppy production: Creator and Executive Producer: Frank Horton Producers: Ville Haimala, James Orestes, Yuval Sh...

IX - Exit Paradise

The story of what put Patricia Partin on the path to Death Valley is a story that ultimately goes back to her childhood. It’s a story of how a devastating family tragedy can alter the whole course of a person’s life.   www.tricksterpodcast.com   Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda is a guppy production: Creator and Executive Producer: Frank Horton Producers: Ville Haimala, James Orestes, Yuval Shapira Co-Producers: Kevin Barth, Steve Barilotti, Colin Stewart, Ybrahim Luna, A...

VIII - Games of Truth

Richard de Mille—son of the famed Hollywood director—makes it his mission to prove that Castaneda has perpetuated the greatest literary hoax of the 20th century. But spurring his investigation to uncover Castaneda’s secrets are secrets of his own.   www.tricksterpodcast.com   Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda is a guppy production: Creator and Executive Producer: Frank Horton Producers: Ville Haimala, James Orestes, Yuval Shapira Co-Producers: Kevin Barth, Steve Barilotti,...

VII - Gloria's Don Juan

Carlos Castaneda didn't just write about a Don Juan—he was one. Over the course of his life, his magnetic personality pulled innumerable women into his orbit. Most stayed briefly. Only a few lasted long enough to see all the different facets that lay underneath the surface of his charismatic personality. One of them was Gloria Garvin. And this is her story.   www.tricksterpodcast.com   Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda is a guppy production: Creator and Executive Producer: F...

VI - Dreams of a Shadow

TIME Magazine’s investigation into Castaneda kicks into high gear as a series of late breaking discoveries reveal a portrait of a past life wholly at odds with Castaneda’s own. Behind the shroud of mystery lie tragedies. Spilling out into the open, Castaneda’s family secrets threaten to capsize both his person and professional life.   www.tricksterpodcast.com   Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda is a guppy production: Creator and Executive Producer: Frank Horton Producers: V...

Part One Credits

V - This New Man

At the peak of Castaneda's fame in the early 70s, rumors begin circulating about the authenticity of his books and his purported personal history. An all-star team of TIME Magazine journalists go looking for answers.   www.tricksterpodcast.com   Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda is a guppy production: Creator and Executive Producer: Frank Horton Producers: Ville Haimala, James Orestes, Yuval Shapira Co-Producers: Kevin Barth, Steve Barilotti, Colin Stewart, Ybrahim Luna, A...

V - This New Man (finale)

At the peak of Castaneda's fame in the early 70s, rumors begin circulating about the authenticity of his books and his purported personal history. An all-star team of TIME Magazine journalists go looking for answers.   After listening, be sure to check out: Episode Slide Show: bit.ly/2Pzmlb4 One Extra Thing: bit.ly/3c4Y6Jy Discussion Thread: bit.ly/3bnqffB   www.tricksterpodcast.com

IV - Path With Heart

The tremendous success of "The Teachings of Don Juan" will catapult Carlos Castaneda into the pop culture stratosphere and certify his status as a generational icon. But how exactly did a would-be anthropology master's thesis—which seemed destined for a dusty shelf in the UCLA library—become a bestselling bible for the counterculture?   www.tricksterpodcast.com   In search of a creative elixir to bring new life to his flailing film career, the great Italian director, Federico Fellini, pu...

III - Drugs & Shamans

As the hippie movement flowered across college campuses in the 60s, Carlos Castaneda kept his hair neatly cut and wore brown, three-piece Brooks Brothers suits. But while his appearance may have been conservative, his approach to anthropology was radical. From the sands of Sonora, he was bringing back to campus mind-bending tales of psychedelic adventures with a desert shaman.    www.tricksterpodcast.com   In search of a creative elixir to bring new life to his flailing film career, the ...

II - Between Worlds

Before achieving fame and fortune, Carlos Castaneda was once just another graduate student in the UCLA anthropology program. But even back then, his classmates remember him as being anything but ordinary. His megawatt personality and colorful stories left them spellbound; and his secretive research and purposefully veiled past stoked endless fascination.   www.tricksterpodcast.com   Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda is a guppy production: Creator and Executive Producer: Fran...

I - Bags of Stories

His reality-shattering books electrified a generation and inspired some of the greatest creative visionaries of our time — John Lennon, Joni Mitchell, George Lucas, Marvin Gaye, Oliver Stone. But who was Carlos Castaneda? A genius writer? A millionaire playboy? An enlightened guru? A shameless conman? And what answers lurk in a dark discovery made by two backpackers out amongst the sand dunes of Death Valley?   www.tricksterpodcast.com   Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda is a...