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In the 50’s and 60’s, a pharmaceutical company in Switzerland released the psychedelic drug LSD to encourage research of possible beneficial effects for psychological struggles or psychiatric illness. Psychedelic drugs were subsequently outlawed. Most people don’t realise that there is a legal, much safer option to achieve non-ordinary states of consciousness today. Neil Harris explains.

For more information, check out show notes at https://www.battingthebreeze.com/a-holotropic-journey/.

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If you’ve retired, are nearing retirement or have ever considered what life looks like after work, you may want to listen in. Alastair Henry provides an alternative to seeing out your days cutting grass and playing golf.  And if you haven’t contemplated any of this, well listen in anyway. It’s a charming story.

For more information, check out show notes at https://www.battingthebreeze.com/awakening-in-the-northwest-territories/.

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At the last count, 221 million people have migrated, ie moved from their “country of usual residence”; that’s 3.5% of the world’s population. Of these, just short of 80 million were forcibly moved from their homes as refugees, asylum seekers, or internally displaced. But there are many that move to join their families, to study or to seek a new life.  I was lucky enough to catch up with one such person seeking a new life.  She’s a gem.

For more information, check out show notes at https://www.battingthebreeze.com/from-belarus-with-love/.

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Have you ever visited a psychic medium? Perhaps you’re a little tentative?  Or perhaps you think it's all hocus-pocus.  You may be surprised on all three counts. 

For more information, check out show notes at https://www.battingthebreeze.com/is-anybody-there/.

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My guest today ran for the UK parliament in 2019.  Spoiler Alert - he didn't get in! That was the year when the UK was devouring itself on the subject of Brexit.  Listen to his hilarious account of fighting to become an MP and find out what advice he would give to anyone thinking of doing the same.  [WARNING: This episode includes 1 expletive at 06:57]

For more information, check out show notes at https://www.battingthebreeze.com/how-to-lose-friends-and-alienate-people/.

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Listen to the tragic story of a young man and his family, and how the law fails families like this time after time. Also, listen to his subsequent fight for justice and find out how you could play a small part in helping. [WARNING: Contains adult themes.]

For more information, check out show notes at https://www.battingthebreeze.com/marsys-law/.

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Have you ever had that experience where life was ticking over quite nicely, and everything felt normal? And then something happened, and suddenly life wasn't normal anymore. What about if that something was that you died?

For more information, check out show notes at https://www.battingthebreeze.com/misfit-in-hell-to-heaven-expat/.

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EPISODE 3:  If you need a lift, listen to the story of David Figueroa.   He was born with cerebral palsy in Puerto Rico with very little chance of creating a fulfilling life for himself.  Take a look where he is now, and how the love of two mothers helped to get him there.  Inspirational.

For more information, check out show notes at https://www.battingthebreeze.com/a-tale-of-two-mothers/.

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EPISODE 2:  On the 3rd September 1939, Neville Chamberlain broadcast the news that Britain was at war with Germany.  Accounts of war time have been well documented, but what was it like for the children living under the constant threat of German bombers?

Enid Bottle was five years old on that day.  Now eighty-eight years old and living in the South of England, she recalls vivid memories as if they were yesterday. 

For more information, check out show notes at https://www.battingthebreeze.com/a-childs-eye-view-of-world-war-ii/.

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EPISODE 1:  Welcome to Batting the Breeze, the podcast for the Infinitely Curious! 

This introductory episode provides a summary of what you can expect from our podcast.  It's a place where we share stories, invite others to share stories, and sometimes just talk.

And that talk could be about anything. Quite often, there will be subjects you've never thought about thinking about. They may be relevant to a piece of history, stir the emotions, or perhaps bring a message of hope and inspiration. Whatever the subject, we're always looking to be informative, amusing, or thought-provoking - or hopefully all three.

Each episode is just 10 minutes long, but we've got some longer uncut versions on the website show notes and on YouTube.

For more information, check out show notes at https://www.battingthebreeze.com/hello/.

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