Join host Greg Carlwood of The Higherside Chats podcast as he talks the Donald Trump win, initiation and the ecological crisis with today's guest, Daniel Pinchbeck.

It seems even the densest of observers can see we have serious problems. The economic game the elite have built is more one-sided and unsustainable than ever, The Earth seems to be going through serious stress while multinational companies continues to pick it's bones clean without regard, and the one-two punch of media and education has dumbed down the population and pacified our pineals so thoroughly that most of the mainstream wade through life in defeated apathy and exhausted indifference. It's a multi-faceted crisis of consciousness like we've never seen, and as the proverbial train comes closer and closer to derailment- the shadowy cabal of conductors seems to have little gameplan beyond "full steam ahead."

Today's guest has racked his brain, broken open the head, and ceremoniously sent his consciousness deep into the great beyond in his attempts to develop a system of solutions to the rickety runaway train we call modern society. He is the renowned author, philosopher, and psychonaut, Daniel Pinchbeck. After having gotten himself on the radar with his first two books, "Breaking Open the Head" and "2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatal", he's laying out the roadmap to right the ship and solve many of the previously mentioned problems in his latest work, "How Soon Is Now". Joining the Higherside Chats on the morning after the election, Greg and Daniel dive deep into the pool of weird.

6:09 With the country coming to terms with the election results, Greg and Daniel begin by discussing what this could mean. Like many of us on the Trump train, whether it be willingly or not, Daniel details the coaster of emotions and thoughts he's endured throughout his observations of the election cycle. And while people have claimed this result may be an indication of underlying racism or sexism throughout our culture, one can argue these outlandish statements don't translate to the policies and overt corruption we've seen with the Clintons. On the other hand, there is a fear rooted in past experience, where leaders with such demagogic tendencies have the power to erode and dismantle crucial democratic institutions. Listen as Greg and Daniel discuss the long history of disastrous policy that has brought us to our current point of complacency.