Love Is The Author

Garrett McNamara is a world-record-breaking big-wave surf legend, and Nicole McNamara is an environmental educator, strategist, and his core safety and support partner. They are the stars of the Emmy Award-Winning HBO Documentary Series 100 Foot Wave. Nicole and Garrett catch up with Jaymee discussing their homegrown spiritual life, secrets for conflict resolution in partnership, stories that didn't make it onto 100 Foot Wave (they wish had), managing their influence with humility, plant medicine journeys and their dedication to raising the bar of conscious parenting. This episode is a unique glimpse behind the scenes of one of the greatest partnerships in surfing, and one of the greatest love stories of all time. 

Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship 

LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, edited and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. 

MIXED BY: Chris Faller

OPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music and Sheela Bringi. 

OPENING SONG 2: Poli Harmony by Benjamin Carpenter

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music and Sheela Bringi. 

SPONSORED BY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yerbamadre.com⁠

FAN CONTACT: [email protected]

ON INSTAGRAM:  @loveistheauthor  / @unconventionalgardener

Former death row inmate and best selling author Damien Echols returns for his third conversation with Jaymee on the podcast in 3 months. Together they contemplate passages from the Shambhala Publications classic Crazy Wisdom by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, God vs. Buddhism, intelligence vs. wisdom, and the healing power of relationship for the prison of our mind. Damien's new book The Alchemy Of The Broken Blade is available wherever fine books are sold. 

Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship 

LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, edited and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. 

MIX BY: Chris Faller

OPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music and Sheela Bringi. 

OPENING SONG 2: Poli Harmony by Benjamin Carpenter

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music and Sheela Bringi. 

SPONSORED BY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yerbamadre.com⁠

FAN CONTACT: [email protected]

ON INSTAGRAM:  @loveistheauthor  / @unconventionalgardener

As Jaymee's 50th birthday approaches, the Street Monk himself reflects in a solo episode on his incredible life journey: from homelessness and addiction to recovery, fatherhood, spiritual mentorship, and key life lessons learned: how to love, how to believe, how to see the things behind things behind things until we only see ourselves. Encounters along the way with The Deftones, MC Ren, Jaleel White, playing music and acting on That 70's Show, owning a rehab, and finding Tibetan Buddhism and unlocking a life path of service. 

Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship 

LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. 

PLEASE SUPPORT THE SHOW: 

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OPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music and Sheela Bringi. 

OPENING SONG 2: Poli Harmony by Benjamin Carpenter

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music and Sheela Bringi. 

SPONSORED BY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yerbamadre.com⁠

FAN CONTACT: [email protected]

ON INSTAGRAM:  @loveistheauthor  / @unconventionalgardener

David Nichtern is a longtime Buddhist teacher, founder of Dharma Moon, author, musician and Emmy-winning composer whose life has unfolded at the peculiar intersection of meditation, creativity, culture, livelihood and the everyday predicament of being a person. David returns to the podcast for his fouth appearance, wandering through territory the LITA audience is most interested in: how to live the dharma when you’re not sitting on a cushion. Plus discussions on making a living without attachment, how to have sustainable relationships, and what happens when ancient wisdom is forced to survive contact with modern life.

THiS POD is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT: 

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LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. 

MIXED BY: Chris Faller

OPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music and Sheela Bringi. 

OPENING SONG 2: Poli Harmony by Benjamin Carpenter. 

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music and Sheela Bringi. 

Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship 

SPONSORED BY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yerbamadre.com⁠

FAN CONTACT: [email protected]

ON INSTAGRAM:  @loveistheauthor  / @unconventionalgardener

Shamelle Gonzalez is a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner, translator, editor, retreatant, and the human being behind Jaymee’s favorite Instagram account, @PemaLotus, an extraordinary resource for authentic Tibetan Buddhist teachings. A conversation about what happens when the Dharma stops being something you’re interested in and becomes the architecture of your life.

THiS POD is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT: 

⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠

LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. 

OPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music and Sheela Bringi. 

OPENING SONG 2: Poli Harmony by Benjamin Carpenter. 

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music and Sheela Bringi. 

Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship 

SPONSORED BY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yerbamadre.com⁠

FAN CONTACT: [email protected]

ON INSTAGRAM:  @loveistheauthor  / @unconventionalgardener

Mystical/Cynical is a podcast formerly hosted by artist Daren Thomas Magee aka Real Fun, Wow! and Jaymee that boasts three seasons and 100 episodes. It's been a year and change since they ended the show, so Love Is The Author is hosting a two hour reunion show for end times sake. 

THiS POD is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT: 

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LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, music, mixed and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. 

OPENING/CLOSING SONG: Sexual Chocolate by Jaymee Carpenter

Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship 

SPONSORED BY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yerbamadre.com⁠

FAN CONTACT: [email protected]

ON INSTAGRAM:  @loveistheauthor  / @unconventionalgardener

KOANHEADS is a Buddhist-based conversation between former death row inmate and best selling author Damien Echols, certified mindfulness teacher Chris Carmena, and Jaymee focusing specifically on the Zen tradition, practices and homegrown realizations. Damien's new book The Alchemy Of The Broken Blade was released this week and is available wherever fine books are sold. 

SPONSORED BY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yerbamadre.com⁠

Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship 

LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. 

SOUND MIX: Chris Faller

OPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

OPENING SONG 2: Poli Harmony by Benjamin Carpenter

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship 

THiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: 

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FAN CONTACT: [email protected]

ON INSTAGRAM:  @loveistheauthor  / @unconventionalgardener

In one of the most intimate conversations ever shared on Love Is The Author, Jaymee sits down his mother Victoria Roberts for a conversation about how she survived a decade of horrific sexual abuse by her father, the silence and self-blame she carried, and the spiritual life raft that preserved something in her no one could touch. She recounts confronting her abuser, reclaiming her innocence, and discovering a forgiveness that neither excuses the unforgivable nor requires reconciliation. Mother and son read the letters that helped reroute the pain of their family history: hers to the father who violated her trust, and the prophetic letter she later sent Jaymee when addiction had brought him to his knees—a letter that did not shame him into changing, but loved him into remembering who he was. This is not a story about remaining a victim. It is a story about firm-footed honesty, sacred boundaries, and the rebel spirit that can emerge from the wreckage still capable of making peace.

Content note: This episode contains candid discussion of childhood sexual abuse and addiction.

SPONSORED BY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yerbamadre.com⁠

Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship 

LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. 

SOUND MIX: Chris Faller

OPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship 

THiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: 

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FAN CONTACT: [email protected]

ON INSTAGRAM:  @loveistheauthor  / @unconventionalgardener

John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s close friend, assistant and artistic collaborator Dan Richter takes us even deeper behind the doors of rock-and-roll history in part two of their conversation, recalling the making of Imagine with Phil Spector, what The Beatles’ breakup looked like from inside John and Yoko’s world, and John’s enduring artistic rivalry with Paul McCartney. He shares how Yoko’s relentless devotion to peace helped shape John’s creative evolution—and introduces us to a rarely seen side of Lennon, including his secret passion for doing hair. Dan reveals what he believes was the secret ingredient behind John Lennon’s musical genius, and at one point during the conversation the ghost of John Lennon interrupts the interview. Get ready for another intimate dose of two of the worlds most revolutionary artists told by someone who wasn’t merely there— he was part of the story. 

SPONSORED BY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yerbamadre.com⁠

Interested in Trauma Counseling/Mentorship with Jaymee? email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: ⁠www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship⁠ 

LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. 

SOUND MIX: Chris Faller

OPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

THiS SHOW IS A LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT: 

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FAN CONTACT: [email protected]

ON INSTAGRAM:  @loveistheauthor

This episode features Jaymee’s conversation with artist Dan Richter—immortalized as Moonwatcher in Stanley Kubrick’s cinematic masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey, a role he not only performed but choreographed while in the grip of heroin addiction. Dan takes us behind the eyes of one of cinema’s most iconic figures and into the astonishing life that followed. From 1969 to 1973, he served as John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s assistant and artistic collaborator—and is credited with taking the iconic cover photograph for Lennon’s first solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. Through Dan’s intimate recollections, we encounter John, Yoko, and Kubrick not as legends, but as people. His extraordinary journey placed him among some of the most influential artists and visionaries of the 20th century, including The Beatles, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Harry Smith, and Ram Dass—all while Dan emerged as a potent artist in his own right. He also shares the remarkable story of his 42 years of sobriety, which began when John and Yoko created an improvised rehabilitation sanctuary for him inside their home at Tittenhurst Park. For Beatles, Kubrick, and counterculture devotees who think they already know the story: sit back and prepare for your software update.

SPONSORED BY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yerbamadre.com⁠

Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship 

LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. 

SOUND MIX: Chris Faller

OPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

THiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: 

⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠

FAN CONTACT: [email protected]

ON INSTAGRAM:  @loveistheauthor  / @unconventionalgardener