DoseNation Podcast

Byzantine chants, Gregorian chants, icaros, and sacred songs are featured. Robert Tindall talks to us from the from the Takiwasi clinic in Peru, and discusses his new book, "The Shamanic Odyssey: Homer, Tolkien, and the Visionary Experience", as well as "The Jaguar that Roams the Mind", his book about apprenticing with an ayahuasca shaman in South America.

Be sure to check out The Shamanic Odyssey: Homer, Tolkien, and the Visionary Experience and The Jaguar that Roams the Mind: An Amazonian Plant Spirit Odyssey on Amazon.com.

YouTube tracks featured in this Episode: Byzantine chant - Praise the Lord, Icaro for peace, Gregorian Chant - Kyrie Eleison, Gregorian Chant - Dies Irae, Song of the Dwarves, Enigma - Sadeness, TheReal Mix - Hard Dubstep Edit & Gregorian Chant, Icaro - Juan Flores, Gregorian Dubstep - Kozmic Klimax

Nicholas Buxton, author of "Tantalus and the Pelican" talks about giving up drinking to go on a spiritual journey exploring modern monasticism. He discusses his visits with monasteries around the world, Christian vs. Buddhist monastic traditions, participating in BBC's documentary "The Monastery", life as an urban priest, and whether or not entheogens mix with spiritual or monastic life.

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Ramez Naam, author of "More Than Human" and "Nexus", joins us for a discussion about brain computer interfaces, neural prosthesis, brain hacking, transhumanism, nanotechnology, wireless brain-to-brain communication, the technology behind "Nexus", and the future of the human race.

Be sure to check out More Than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement and Nexus on Amazon.com.

Steve Beyer, author of "Singing to the Plants," sits in for a discussion about Tibetan Buddhism, shamanism, ayahuasca, sorcery, magic darts, ayahuasca tourism, and much more.

Be sure to check out Singing to the Plants: A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon on Amazon.com.

Also check out Steve Beyer's Singing to the Plants Blog and Ayahuasca Pinterest Board.

Krystle Cole from Neurosoup sits in for a fun discussion on entheogens, spirituality, religion, and psychedelic culture. Topics include Lysergic, psychedelic assisted psychotherapy, research chemicals, legal and safety issues, Neurosoup haters, cultural views of psychedelics, Unitarians, and the possibility of incorporating entheogens into organized religion.

Be sure to check out Neurosoup.com and Krystle Cole on Amazon.com.

In Episode 04 of the DoseNation Podcast Dennis McKenna sits down with hosts Jake Kettle and James Kent to discuss "The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss," a memoir by Dennis McKenna. Topics include psychedelic mushrooms, the Incident at La Chorrera, telepathy, holoplasm, alien contact, Terence McKenna's TimeWave, and much more.

Be sure to check out The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss on Amazon.com.

Special thanks to Mojo Video Tech of Brooklyn, New York, for hosting this interview in their awesome studio!

In Episode 3 of the DoseNation Podcast hosts James Kent and Jake Kettle interview Hamilton Morris of Vice Magazine. We talk about salvia divinorum, research chemicals, Chinese research chemical suppliers, roflcoptr, voodoo priests, psychoactive zombi toxins, nootropics, and more.

Be sure to check out Hamilton's Pharmacopeia at vice.com.

Episode 02 of the DoseNation Podcast, the Best and Worst Drug News of 2012. Our hosts Jake Kettle and James Kent take a look back at 2012 and discuss the news stories that make us facepalm and give us hope. First we discuss the bad news: smiles and roflcoptr, face-eating bath salts zombies, spice, media hype, oxcycodone, the unfortunate death of an Ayahuasca tourist, and Mexico's drug war. Then we discuss the good news: new lines of research chemicals, long-term positive effects of low-dose psilocybin exposure, MDMA and PTSD trials, a psychedelic research renaissance, flagging support for the Drug War, and marijuana decriminalization in Colorado and Washington State. It's been a long strange year. Support this show by liking us on Facebook and telling a friend.

Episode 01 of the DoseNation Podcast, No Singularity for You. In this broadcast we meet our hosts Jake Kettle and James Kent, who discuss the apocalypse that never came, the fate of the singularity, machine consciousness, the future of the human race, Downton Abbey, and more. Support this show by liking us on Facebook and telling a friend.