In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with writer, editor, & vocalist/lyricist Ken Goffman (aka R. U. Sirius) about Psychedelic Transhumanism, Singularity, and more.

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R.U. at Mindplex

Interview: Has The Silicon Valley Ruling Class Gone To Crazy Town?

R.U. at bandcamp

RU’s favorite: “The Party Dogs album "It's A Groove" is me singing at 29-30 years old in 1982”

Mondo 2000

Enshittification at wikipedia

Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky: State of the World 2024

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Producer Richard Rasa: http://www.pelorian.com/rasa.html

Host/Producer Mike Gathers: https://linktr.ee/mgathers23

In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with Joseph Matheny, multidisciplinary artist and explorer of both the wilderness and the esoteric. Joe was an old friend of Robert Anton Wilson (Joe was also Bob's chauffeur for a while), and he was talking to Bob a lot when the book Reality Is What You Can Get Away With was published, and part of the efforts in trying to get the screenplay produced.

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Links...

• Joseph Matheny's website:

• Exploring Ong's Hat:

• Incunabula Research Center.:

• Robert Anton Wilson's "The I in the Triangle":

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Host Mike Gathers: https://linktr.ee/mgathers23

Producer/Engineer Richard Rasa: http://www.pelorian.com/rasa.html

In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with RAW Lucubrator and Guerill-AI Ontologist, Vincent Murphy.

Links:

• Vincent's Brainstorm

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• Hilaritas Press Podcast

In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with Scott Apel – writer, movie critic, and long time friend of RAW. Scott was the original editor and publisher of the new Hilaritas Press release of Chaos and Beyond: The Best of Trajectories. Scott also created Beyond Chaos and Beyond, which Scott describes in this episode. 

Links:

• Scott's Wikipedia page

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• Hilaritas Press Podcast 

In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with writer John Higgs about the KLF, William Blake and Robert Anton Wilson

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• John Higgs' website

• Hilaritas Press Podcast: 

In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with novelist, poet, painter and song writer, Wayne Saalman, @waynensaalman, about aliens, UFOs, and more in his latest book, The Journey Across Forever,

• Wayne’s Website

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• Hilaritas Press Podcast: 

In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, about Paganism, Polyamory, Wizardry, Unicorns and GaeaGenesis.

• OberonZell.com

• more at Amazon 

• “A Bouquet of Lovers: Strategies for Open Relationships” by Morning Glory Zell

•  Wilson obit on Shea 

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• Hilaritas Press Podcast: 

In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with Lon Milo DuQuette. As Mike says, "it’s my great pleasure to chat with man who wrote the introduction to the new Hilaritas publication of Lion of Light;  musician, teacher, and author of over 20 books on Aleister Crowley, Magick, Kabbala, Thoth Tarot, and things that bump in the night, Lon Milo DuQuette."

Links:

• Lon's website

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Audio clip of RAW at the beginning of this podcast from

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• Hilaritas Press Podcast: 

In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with Crowley biographer Richard Kaczynski, author of the recently updated Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley and The Weiser Concise Guide to Aleister Crowley.

Lion of Light at Hilaritas Press

Richard Kaczynski's website

Perdurabo, Revised and Expanded Edition

Panic in Detroit: The Magician and the Motor City

The Weiser Concise Guide to Aleister Crowley

In depth discussion with Richard on Crowley and entheogens 

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• Hilaritas Press Podcast: 

In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with the Rev. Ivan Stang of the Church of the Subgenius.

• Subgenius.com

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• Hilaritas Press Podcast