Lifting the Iceberg

On this episode, I have a discussion with Patrick Carbajal on how we view parkour as a spiritual practice.

You can find out more about Patrick by following him on Instagram at @pat_carbajal or by following his team, The Venture Co.

You can stay up to date on any new podcasts at liftingtheiceberg.com or by following Lifting the Iceberg on Facebook and Instagram. Podcast available on Spotify, Itunes, and Youtube.

Thank you to Alexa Spaddy for designing the graphics for this podcast. You can find her at Alexaspaddy.com

Thank you to Kerusu for the soundtrack Stay with me. You can find Kerusu on Spotify, Youtube and Soundcloud.

On this episode, I have a discussion with Dr. Tom Berendt. Dr. Berendt is a Professor of Religion at Temple University whose work focuses primarily on the veneration, or worship, of animals and nature in different religious traditions throughout history. I first met Dr. Berendt when I took his "Earth Ethics" class at Temple, and continued to have discussions with him in this field when I joined his Pagan Studies club, where we looked deeply into nature-based religious traditions. In this episode, we explore the broad question of how religion mediates humanity's relationship with the natural world.

Dr. Berendt is not currently active on social media, but within the next year he will be upon his release of his new book, "The Animality Manifesto". So stay tuned and I will be posting about that when it is released.

You can stay up to date on any new podcasts at liftingtheiceberg.com or by following Lifting the Iceberg on Facebook and Instagram. Podcast available on Spotify and Itunes, and Youtube.

Thank you to Alexa Spaddy for designing the graphics for this podcast. You can find her at Alexaspaddy.com

Thank you to Kerusu for the soundtrack Stay with me. You can find Kerusu on Spotify, Youtube and Soundcloud.

On this episode, I have a discussion with Louie Izzo about his latest drawing titled "Overwhelmed by Light". We talk about the creative process behind this piece, how to see and then portray subtle emotions in a portrait, and about the experience of ego-dissolution that is a motif in so much of his art.

You can find out more about Louie by following him at louieizzo.art on Instagram.

You can stay up to date on any new podcasts at liftingtheiceberg.com or by following Lifting the Iceberg on Facebook and Instagram. Podcast available on Spotify, iTunes, and Youtube.

Thank you to Alexa Spaddy for designing the graphics for this podcast. You can find her at Alexaspaddy.com

Thank you to Kerusu for the soundtrack Stay with me. You can find Kerusu on Spotify, Youtube and Soundcloud.

On this episode, I have a discussion with Bryce Clarke on Parkour and social media. Bryce is a parkour athlete and coach in New York City who has played a huge part in using social media to help build and grow the NYC parkour scene. I talk with him about the pros and cons of social media as it relates to the parkour community and parkour culture, and how social media has and is effecting the global evolution of parkour, for better or worse.

On this episode, I sit down with Caren Charles to talk about her painting titled "The Resurrection of the Hummingbird". Caren is a Hudson Valley based visionary artist, body painter, live painter and vocalist who draws the inspiration for her work from the beauty found in nature, and whose creative process blends together intentional subject matter with free-flow creation.

You can find out more about Caren at carenartist.com, and by following her on Instagram at @ccdiggity and on Facebook at Caren Charles Designs.

You can stay up to date on any new podcasts at liftingtheiceberg.com or by following lifting the iceberg on Facebook and Instagram.

Thank you to alexa spaddy for designing the graphics for this podcast. You can find her at Alexaspaddy.com

Thank you to Kerusu for the soundtrack Stay with me. You can find Kerusu on spotify, youtube and soundcloud.

James Sharcot is the co-founder of the California based BioHack Energy company BeLifeWater and is an expert on the intersection between water, well-being and consciousness. James travels the world to share his expertise and transform the way the world thinks about and interacts with water. By providing the most natural and highest quality water technology and educational resources available, James aims to heal the physical, mental, and spiritual dimensions of being. You can learn more about James and his company at belifewater.com and at @belifewater on Instagram.

On this episode I sit down with Raphael Zaki. Raphael is a media theorist who earned his Masters degree under the cyberpunk media theorist Douglass Rushkoff. Raphael is an expert at the intersection between social activism, digital economics, media and the Occult. On this episode, I talk to Raphael about the philosophy and practices behind the concept of Magick, and how these occult practices are used as a bridge into the human subconscious.

On this episode, I sit down with Zak Ferentz. Zak is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, motivational speaker and front-man of the band Ferentz and the Felons. Zak and I break down his song Hudson County line by line, and by doing so, we talk about his life story, the lessons he's learned from the darkest times of his life, and how he rose from the darkness in his past to become the person he is now. Please give his song "Hudson County" a listen before listening to this podcast; it can be found on Youtube, Spotify, or anywhere you get your music. I'll also have a link to it in the show notes on liftingtheiceberg.com.

In this episode, I sit down with Edgar Soto to talk about his journey with creating his podcast, The Two Nines Podcast, and we talk about how a podcast can create community.

On this episode, I sit down with Genevieve Wood to discuss her latest painting on ancestral lineage.