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On this episode, Kris and I discuss how to listen to the world, making out with jaguars, and how to separate chaos from complexity. 

Chimbu Provence

Bronisław Malinowski

Margaret Mead

Cannibal Metaphysics by Eduardo Viveiros de Castro

Perspectivism

Charles Sanders Peirce

Ian T. Baldwin

José Ortega y Gasset

Tristes Tropique by Claude Lévi-Strauss

The Discovery of Guiana by Sir Walter Raleigh

Earth Beings by Marisol de la Cadena

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On this episode, Kris and I continue our discussion of the Solomon Islands, including cargo as a verb, the meaning of cults, and the ongoing destruction of the Melanesian ecosystem.

Abandoned Malls

The Strait of Malacca

The Pirates of Southeast Asia

The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Tsing

Staying with the Trouble by Donna Harawy

Dakkar

Nightlife in Lagos

The Wantok System

The Moonies

Proboscis Monkeys

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John Frum cults, cargo prophets, and the Yupno construction of time. On this episode, Kris and I begin our discussion of alternative ways of thought by taking a close look at the diverse and complex cultures of Melanesia.

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Turtle Island

The Three Sisters

Map of Melanesia

The Independence of Papua New Guinea

Huli Wigmen

Asaro Mudmen

Cargo Cults

The Trumpet Shall Sound by Peter Worsley

Road Belong Cargo by Peter Lawrence

The Lyndon Johnson Cult

Yasur Volcano

John Frum

Visitants by Randolph Stow

Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta

Sepik River

Slit Drum Performance

The Yupno Perception of Time

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Sigil magic, cigarette ad campaigns, and ontological wonder sickness. In this episode, Kris and I discuss the dangerous trap of individualism, and the hole it has left in the heart of the world.

Long Pig

Nostradamus

Emanuel Swedenborg

Clarke’s Three Laws

Sigil magic

Werner Heisenberg

Heinz Pagels

The Neptune Society

A Pluralistic Universe by William James

The Lucky Strike Campaign

Edward Bernays

Sinclair Lewis

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Pre-linguistic dream states, self-induced schizophrenia, and the spirit world. On this episode, Kris and I wrap up our preliminary discussion on mysterious doubles by investigating the voices in our heads.

How Forests Think by Eduardo Kohn

Runa Puma

“The people who do not hear voices in their head”

Headspace

Jungian Depth Psychology

“Shooting the terrible master”

Joshua Slocum

Orland Bishop

Roman baths

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Siberian Mammoth Pirates

Feeding Your Demons by Tsultrim Allione

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Time loops, tulpas, and incredible hulks. On this episode, Kris and I continue our exploration into mysterious doubles, this time focusing on literary figures and the human mind.

John Donne’s doppelgänger sighting

Percy Bysse Shelley

“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Lord Byron

E.T.A. Hoffman

“William Wilson” by Edgar Allan Poe

Sylvia Plath

“The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Incredible Hulk

“Like a Pimp” by David Banner

Arnold Schwarzenegger & Lou Ferrigno’s breakfast

The Culture of Narcissism by Christopher Lasch

Time Loops by Eric Wargo

Goethe’s doppelgänger

Bismarck Sea

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Hermetic mysteries, Egyptian shadows, and the underground tunnels of the mind.  In the first part of our series on strange doubles, Kris and I discuss the mythological, folkloric, and religious origins of the doppelgänger.

The Vardøger

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Labyrinths, hybrid creatures, and psychic ghost ships. On this episode, Kris and I wrap up our conversation around artistic genius through a discussion of two writers who are very important to us. We finish up with the question: why are so many artistic geniuses not recognized during their lifetimes?

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