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Pathways Through The Darkness: Psychedelics & Trauma -PART 1- w/ Nicole, Tarzie, & James ~ Ep 40 Jan 27, 2017

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The first episode of 2017! Number 40, featuring Nicole Bradford, Tarzie McLean, and James W. Jesso (yes me)... Anyways! Episode number 40, featuring Nicole Bradford, Tarzie McClean, and James W. Jesso (yes me).

This episode is actually the audio of an event held in Calgary. AB on December 2, 2016, titled Pathways Through The Darkness - Psychedelics & Trauma Healing. The event was put on by the Calgary Psychedelic Society and featured the two amazing women whose bios I am about to present to, and myself. The event sold out really fast and so we recorded it in order to make sure this one-off gathering of us three could be shared beyond the few fast enough to get their tickets. Part 1 of the episode the lectures, Part 2, the Q&A.

Full Show Notes and to listen to PART 2: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp40

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***Featured image courtesy of and copyright to Heather McLean (whose art, if you don't know it, you should)

Decolonizing Consciousness: From Music Festivals to Standing Rock w/ Sobey Wing ~ Ep 39 Dec 12, 2016

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Welcome to the show, Sobey Wing.

I left it to Sobey, by his request, to introduce himself during this show and so I will leave the same here in regards to the content of the show:

"We will examine moving from complicit behaviors in systemic racism, environmental racism that could be examined and confronted with consciousness and heart-centered accountability, particularly in the above cultures. Ultimately we will look at how to center and support indigenous-led front lines that need us to stand together for the water and future generations in Standing Rock and all lands and waters threatened by corporate greed and governments."

This show was the first, and likely only, live episode of the podcast. I say "only" because the video quality does not meet the standards of this show. However, the audio is fairly good, so no loss on the gems Sobey offers us in this one.

Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp39

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Recreating Your Relationship With Food w/ Malcolm Saunders ~ Ep 38 Nov 25, 2016

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For the November Edition of ATTMind Radio, I am happy to introduce Malcolm Saunders to the show.

He is a prolific food educator, chocolate maker, and the owner and visionary behind The Light Cellar, which is considered to be one of the premier superfood stores in North America. I have known Malcolm for many years now and his work has had an important impact on my own life, it is an honour to have him on the show.

Topics Discussed:

"foodSCOPE" Malcolm's model for creating a personally meaningful diet.
Raw Foods and diet diversity.
Saturated Fats and the history of Canola.
Problems with Standard American.
Craving for junk fulfillment of internal, psychic Emptiness.
Slowing down.
Fasting.
Simplifying and training yourself for intuitive eating.
Aredveda and diet's effects on subjective consciousness.
Superfoods in general.
Problems with the 1st world's role at the top of the globalized food economy hierarchy.
How to seek 'good' and high-integrity sources of rare or medicinal foods.
CHOCOLATE - the problems with the so-called "raw" movement, mycotoxins, and the experiential potentials of chocolate as a ceremonial substance.

Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp38

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ReWilding The Urbanite w/ Erica Wohldmann ~ Ep 37 Oct 16, 2016

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This episode welcomes TEDx alumni Erica Wohldmann. She is is a scientist and a passionate environmentalist with a joint Ph.D. in cognitive psychology and cognitive science from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is also currently a Professor of Psychology at California State University, Northridge. We have her on the show today to talk ReWilding.

If you have heard of reWilding yet, here is a great place to start. We talk not only about what reWilding is but also dip into the human cognitive relationship to nature, the role immersion to nature plays in our psychological and physiological health, and some tips to get yourself started. We also touch on agriculture, playing in the dirt, talking to plants, and the church of the forest. Of course, no talk on reWilding would be complete without discussing the broken food shed in North America and its influence on degenerative diseases and obesity!

Enjoy.

Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp37

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The Politics Of Ayahuasca w/ Daniel Waterman ~ Ep 36 Sep 21, 2016

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I am happy to introduce, Daniel Waterman. He is a philosopher, artist, writer, and Ayahuasca provider based in the Netherlands. He is also the author of Entheogens, Society & Law.

Daniel and I met up in the Netherlands to record this conversation in his living room. The recording taps into the conversation just as Daniel begins to speak about the implications of a major turning point in his journey with Ayahuasca just after 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001.

Daniel carries the conversation in poignant and poetic forms from there as we touch on the larger context around his book Entheogens, Society & Law, death and rebirth, religious morals and ethics and their place in law, DMT entities and 'Meaning', E-Prime, and what it means to find relevant questions.

This is a beautiful journey with a very well-spoken and insightful man who has a lot to offer us. Enjoy.

(ep. originally titled "Entheogens, Society & Law")

Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp36

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The Curious Puzzle of 'Psychedelic Integration' w/ Jef Baker ~ Ep 34 Jul 21, 2016

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Another episode of ATTMind Radio has come to fruit and I am happy to announce the guest is Jef Baker.

From his bio:

Jef is a Cultural Studies and Communications graduate from Southern Cross University. His thesis 'A Thread in the Vine-The Deep Ecology of Contemporary Ayahuasca Discourse' played an important role in his rediscovering the plant medicine path. Jef's research interests are now centred on exploring the ritual aspects of the psychedelic experience and how entheogenic plants inform people's notions of self, agency, identity and community in postmodernity. A particular focus is how the integration process is critical in bringing about pragmatic change at the personal, cultural and social levels.

Jef Baker and I initially met online and when I was blessed with the opportunity to be in Sydney, Australia to give a talk for the Sydney Spore, he and I met up for falafel and conversation. Starting with a discussion around the underlying themes and conflicts within the larger online Ayahuasca discourse, we quickly transition into discussing the somewhat elusive puzzle of what it means to 'integrate' one's psychedelic experiences. In particular, we discuss the role of community engagement and the difference between a change in perspective and a change in behavior.

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Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp34

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Stoned Cyborg Theory w/ Sebastian Job ~ Ep 33 Jun 08, 2016

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While touring Australia, I had the opportunity to sit down with Sebastian Job, Ph.D. Him and I originally met in 2014 through Rak Razam while we are all in Peru to study and work with the plant traditions down there.

He joins us to talk about his path from studying the psychology of racist Russian nationalists to the sociopolitical significance of entheogens. We discuss his personal journey with plant dietas, entheogens and the potential they hold as allies in advancing our local and global sociopolitical context, and his advancement of Terrence's McKenna's Stoned Ape Theory, which he calls Stoned Cyborg Theory (yes it is as awesome as it sounds, however not nearly as far out as you'd think).

It was a gift to have some a well read and articulate guest to the show and I'm sure you will enjoy this one.

Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp33

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So You Want To Be Enlightened? w/ Martin Ball ~ Ep 32 May 20, 2016

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So you want to be enlightened?

Well, here are 17 questions and answers about enlightenment from the professor, author, and host of The Entheogenic Evolution, Martin Ball Ph.D.

Unlike other episodes of the podcast, this is not an interview between Martin and I. It is a reading of one of his essays. It was initially released on his podcast a few years ago, which is where I first heard it. Unfortunately, when I tried to find it in order to share it with some friends, I found it out it had been taken down. I felt this an important piece of work and thus messaged Martin and was granted his permission to release it through ATTMind Radio. It offers some highly relevant, albeit tough to swallow, information for people in spiritual culture.

I was also given a bunch of Martin's artwork to play within the video. Although my video editing skills are amateur at best, his art is fresh. Enjoy the journey.

Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp32

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Harm Reduction: Theories & Practicalities | Paul Brooks ~ ATTMind 31 Apr 30, 2016

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The somewhat painful emergence out of the "Just Say No" fallacy of the Nancy Reagan DARE moment is underway at the cutting edge of festival and nightlife culture. In its place, Harm Reduction has come to the forefront as the next wave of drug education. But more than just drug education, Harm Reduction is a public health philosophy that basically says "people are gonna do risky things, might as well give them real, evidence-based information to at least make informed choices, so as to minimize risk".

On this episode of ATTMind Radio, we feature Paul Brooks. He is a journalist and founding member of Calgary Party Safe, a not-for-profit harm reduction organization. He is also manager of a popular downtown club in Calgary, Alberta, Communication Director for Bass Coast Music Festival, and a super great guy. He is on the show to explore not only the philosophy and evolution of harm reduction but some practical information about staying safe when sampling psychoactives.

Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp31

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Plants: Food, Medicine, Teacher w/ Yarrow Willard ~ Ep 30 Apr 15, 2016

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Yarrow Willard, Clinical/Master Herbalist, co-visionary of the Harmonic Arts Botanical Dispensary and self-proclaimed 'Herbal Jedi" is this episode's guest. He joins us to explore the potentials of plants and the natural world in training the material and non-material potentials residing in each of us.

Topics explored in the episode include:

how to learn from plants.
microdosing wild plants,
epigenetics and health through the generations,
the role plants play in our material and non-material health,
cultivating biological resilience,
branched polysaccharides and the fungal kingdom,
training the microbiome,
the current state of human domestication and how we can start to free ourselves.

Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp30

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