Rain Phoenix is a multidisciplinary artist and creator of LaunchLeft podcast. She is the older sister of Joaquin, Liberty and Summer, and younger sister of River. Jaymee and Rain go deep discussing the potentially harmful aspects of applause, humble ways to create a generous mind, Ian MacKaye as a "near impossible" model of artistic integrity, how her solo album River was a way to open the conversation about loss and “the sledgehammer of grief,” and why service is the secret of life.

RAIN PHOENIX WEB: www.rainjphoenix.com

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Geneviève Medow-Jenkins, founder of Secular Sabbath who also had the unique experience of being raised at the legendary Esalen Institute in Big Sur, joins Jaymee in conversation live from the kirtan space of the Love Serve Remember Foundation in Ojai, CA.

Topics include:

- the normalization of nudity

- being unafraid of confrontation

- the value of boredom

- the potency of not sharing everything on Instagram

- her hyper-competitive side when it comes to board games

- what it means to unconditionally love someone. 

SECULAR SABBATH WEB: www.secular-sabbath.com

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Jaymee shares a free hour of spiritual guidance, offering his one of a kind teachings, tools and practices for sustaining mental health and cultivating emotional maturity. In this solo episode, you'll learn how he disrupts patterns of mind on a daily basis (and why), the importance of living a life of integrity, tips for parents attempting to redirect generational trauma, and multiple home recordings, including an excerpt of Jaymee and his mother on magic mushrooms.

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Marlon "Chito" Vera is an Ecuadorian mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The pride of Ecuador and already a legend at the young age of 31, little has been focused on Chito's spiritual side, which Jaymee explores throughout the entirety of this episode. You'll hear why he considers fighting a meditation, his love of Ram Dass's spiritual classic Be Here Now and how the Tao Te Ching has taught him to embrace the unknown.

CHITO WEB: www.marlonchitovera.com

LOVE IS THE AUTHOR PODCAST: produced, curated and hosted by Jaymee Carpenter. 

INSTAGRAM: @chitoveraufc / @loveistheauthor / @unconventionalgardener

THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY: www.indianlodgeroad.com / IG: @indianlodgeroad

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Mark Mahoney is a true icon of American Tattoo Art, a living legend of the craft. He is the owner of the Shamrock Social Club tattoo shop on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, CA., where he has tattooed everyone from 2PAC and Biggie Smalls, to David Blaine and Johnny Depp. This episode is a masterpiece of vulnerable storytelling, and a masterclass in authenticity covering the expanse of Mark's entire life and career. You’ll hear stories featuring William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Dennis Hopper, Martin Scorsese, working with David Lynch as an actor on Season 3 of Twin Peaks, and an unexpected discovery Jaymee and Mark make in real time of a man they share in common who personally saved both of their lives.

SHAMROCK SOCIAL CLUB: www.shamrocksocialclub.com

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Coulter Jacob's is a highly influential independent artist in Los Angeles who hasn't quit his day job. He's worked for the Department of Water and Power in Los Angeles for over 20 years, intentionally has no website, rarely takes commissions or sells his paintings. "I've just never wanted to live the life of a starving artist". He's a disciplined practitioner of the creative process who believes in the gift of mentorship (he was mentored by tattoo icon Bob Roberts) and now empathizes for his own mental health and sanity on a daily basis. This episode is nearly 3 hours in length, recorded at his home studio and creative laboratory in beautiful San Pedro, CA, where he lives a quiet life with his wife Taren and their bunny Silvio.

COULTER ON FUCK THAT'S DELICIOUS: www.youtu.be/iiHB7c8i5Ik?si=FoDATe6gOKPEJT4b

LOVE IS THE AUTHOR PODCAST: hosted, produced, edited, engineered by Jaymee Carpenter. 

INSTAGRAM: @coulterjacobs / @loveistheauthor / @unconventionalgardener

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Dave England is an American stunt man and member of Jackass who's currently creating a documentary on the cult sport of fingerboarding. Jaymee and Dave take turns attempting to make the other do a "spit take", and cover a range of topics including David Bowie's bulge in Labyrinth, the massive influence early skateboarding videos had on culture, early childhood pranks and homemade zines, the genius of Spike Jonze, working with Tyler The Creator, raising children as a stunt man, and the strange feeling there may be a Jackass 5 in our future.

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Legendary ambient multi-instrumentalist Laraaji joins Jaymee for an uncommon conversation on the Universal Truths beyond religion, his original unconscious mystical initiation with sound, why he's worn the same colors for the past 5 decades, and production notes/spiritual practices from his iconic 1980 release Ambient 3: Day Of Radiance (produced by Brian Eno as part of his Ambient series). Laraaji also opens up about his "cadaver" themed ayahuasca experience, and how he learned to listen to the voice of inner knowing.

LARAAJI WEB: www.laraaji.blogspot.com

LOVE IS THE AUTHOR PODCAST: produced, edited and hosted by Jaymee Carpenter. 

MIXED BY: Chris Faller

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Featuring memorable conversations with Juliette Lewis, Krishna Das, Jim James, Pete Holmes, Devendra Banhart, Sam Bercholz, Kim Krans, Sarah Hyland, Bob Roth, Nick Mulvey, YAWN & LOKO, Clive Langer, Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, and many more.

00:40 NICK MULVEY

08:32 JULIETTE LEWIS

12:00 JIM JAMES

14:43 PETE HOLMES

21:46 SAM BERCHOLZ

34:04 KRISHNA DAS

45:50 DEVENDRA BANHART

55:49 ROBERT RYAN

105:19 MIKE "ONE SHOT" COULTER

123:00 TULKU ORGYEN RINPOCHE

130:13 YAWN & LOKO

137:03 CLIVE LANGER

146:49 KIM KRANS & SARAH HYLAND

2:01:06 LAMA LHANANG RINPOCHE

2:08:18 CODY MONTGOMERY & BOB ROTH

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MIXED BY: Chris Faller

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Barry Taylor is a former priest with a PhD in theology and pop culture, who was once a touring sound technician for legendary soul artists Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight, and The Stylistics. But it was hilariously working on the Highway To Hell tour in 1979 with AC/DC that Barry converted to Christianity, ushering in a new immersive phase of his life. HIs book Sex, God, and Rock 'n Roll is a wonderful collection of essays based on the “random magic and mystery of life”, recently riffed upon by comedian Pete Holmes in his Netflix special I Am Not For Everyone (2023).

BARRY WEB: www.patreon.com/barrytaylor

SEX, GOD & ROCK N ROLL: https://shorturl.at/p86Jn

LOVE IS THE AUTHOR PODCAST: produced, edited and hosted by Jaymee Carpenter. 

MIXED BY: Chris Faller

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