Modern Anarchy

On today's episode we have the artist and film-maker Anna Epstein (She/Her) join us for a conversation about the monopolization of the legal cannabis industry. Together we talk about the red-tape bureaucracy of licensing, the greed of rich-white men, and how to stay positive while combating large systemic forms of oppression.

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Illinois’ pot shop lotteries are finally over, but licenses remain in limbo

Illinois to hold an extra license lottery for applicants unfairly kept out of chances for marijuana retail shops

THE DRUG WAR IS THE NEW JIM CROW

Race, Mass Incarceration, and the Disastrous War on Drugs

Equity vs. Equality: What’s the Difference?

Arizona Department of Health Services issues recall for marijuana products due to possible salmonella, mold contamination

Medical marijuana brownie bites recalled due to report of mold

California’s Limit on Big Growers Just Vanished. Here’s Why

Demi Lovato Is California Sober: What Does It Mean and Is It Safe?

Drug Use for Grown-Ups

This Heroin-Using Professor Wants to Change How We Think About Drugs

On today's episode, we have artist and activist Noah Scalin (He/HIm) join us for a conversation about the generational divide with the rise of the internet age. Together we talk about the internet-self vs. the physical self (or a lack thereof), the danger of curation, and the possibility that political beliefs may be taking over the role of religion.

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America Without God

Generational Differences At Work Are Small. Thinking They’re Big Affects Our Behavior

Revisiting the Origins: The Internet and its Early Governance

How the Internet was born: from the ARPANET to the Internet

Why Are My Boomer Parents on Their Phones Literally All the Time?

The Social Dilemma

Millennials stand out for their technology use, but older generations also embrace digital life

Demographics of Key Social Networking Platforms

The negative effects of social media on the social identity of adolescents from the perspective of social work

Identity in the Age of Social Media

The Artist Way

Trigger Warning: Mention of Suidical Thoughts 

On today's episode, Rayna (She/Her) shares the details of her personal story with spiritual abuse from the Mormon Church and how she was able to rediscover her sense of self. Together we talk about Mormon culture, dissociation from our past religious identities, and the difficulty of letting go of a pervasive ideological structure.

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Losing Religion, Gaining a Friend

Why I Left The Mormon Church

What Is Dissociation?

Healing Religious Trauma and Spiritual Wounds

Cognitive Dissonance

How Did You Know You Were Gay?

Sexual Orientation Identity Formation

Cass's Homosexual Identity Formation Model

About Coming Out

What's Hell Like for Mormons?

U.S. Church Membership Falls Below Majority for First Time

Leaving the Fold - A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving their Religion

Millennials are leaving organized religion. Here’s where some are finding community

On today's episode, we have the tender brutalist and professional dom, Empress Wu (She/Her) join us for a philosophical and vulnerable conversation about liberation through kink. Together we talk about why bad bitches date emotionally immature people, the sublime nature of sadism, and the need to examine your own internalization of social norms. 

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Esther Perel 

Louise Bourgeois - The Couple 

Deleuze and Guattari

Desire, the Big Other, & the Wall of Language | Psychoanalysis of Jacques Lacan

Mel Chen - Toxic Animacies, Inanimate Affections

Atlanta Shooting and the Legacy of Misogyny and Racism Against Asian Women

What EXACTLY Is A 'Service Top' In The BDSM Kink Community?

Sublime Borders: Schiller’s Will and Nietzsche’s Will-to-Power

The Art of Cruelty

BDSM 101: Praise Kink / Affirmation Play

Red Canary Song

Kink Out Events

Veil Machine

On today's episode, we have psychedelic scientist and researcher Manesh Girn (He/Him) join us for a conversation about how psychedelics affect our brain and their effectiveness in therapy. Together we talk about some of the mythology around psychedelics, your serotonin receptors, and the importance of mindfulness and meditation in creating a positive mental state.

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The Challenges of Psychedelic Research

The Neuroscience of Psychedelic Drugs: Ending Psychedelic Myths With Professor David Nutt

The History of Psychedelics and Psychotherapy

Alcohol is a Drug

Psychedelics Promote Structural and Functional Neural Plasticity

Dr. Stanislav Grof

Reframing Bummer Trips: Scientific and Cultural Explanations to Adverse Reactions to Psychedelic Drug Use

2 Claims About Psychedelics and the Default Mode Network DEBUNKED

Temporal Dynamics of the Default Mode Network Characterize Meditation-Induced Alterations in Consciousness

Characterization and prediction of acute and sustained response to psychedelic psilocybin in a mindfulness group retreat

From Sacred Plants to Psychotherapy: The History and Re-Emergence of Psychedelics in Medicine

Coffee is a Drug Not a Beverage, Drink Up! Just Not Too Much

How to Change Your Mind

5 Psychedelic Stocks to Watch

Trial of Psilocybin versus Escitalopram for Depression

Synthesis: Legal Psilocybin Center

What Happens in the Brain When We Feel Fear

Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault 

On today's episode, Kellie joins us for a raw and honest conversation about her experience with HPV and navigating this world with anxiety. Together we explore the paradox of our fear of perception and our need to be seen during this time of social media.

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HPV Passed through Childbirth 

HPV and Men STD Facts

"data from the CDC indicate that at least 75 percent of the reproductive-age population has been exposed to the sexually transmitted HPV"

HPV Vaccine Against Cancer

STI vs STD: Do They Mean the Same Thing? Here's How Experts Explain It

The Midnight Gospel

We All Have “Main-Character Energy” Now

How to stop ruminating thoughts

7 Ways to Deal With Negative Thoughts

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

What Is Self-Awareness and Why Is It Important? [+5 Ways to Increase It]

"Once we accept the absurdity of our situation, embrace that comparisons are odious, we're liberated to use them anyhow."

Too Much Social Media Time Could Raise Risk of Depression

The Social Dilemma

On today's episode, we have somatic social justice practitioner, trauma-informed, resilience-oriented licensed psychotherapist, Nat Vikitsreth (She/Her). Together we talk about the effects of generational trauma and internalized oppression within our relationships and how it all relates to Nat's personal story and dreams for our future. 

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Come Back to Care - Newsletter

Free Training

In-Out-N-Through Program

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The Legacy of Trauma

Internalised Oppression -Naming and Peeling Away the Layers of Shame

Social Relationships and Health: A Flashpoint for Health Policy

Introduction to Mutual Aid

What is Transformative Justice?

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome 

Parents’ emotional trauma may change their children’s biology. Studies in mice show how

What is Co Regulation?

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Viktor Frankl

Neuroplasticity Explained

On today's episode, artist and abolitionist Christiana (She/Her) joins us for a conversation about radical everyday acts and being a multi-hyphenate artist. Together we discuss radical imagination within abolition and quantum mechanics, the growing pains of creating art, and the difficulty of holding space for transformational justice.

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Radical Imagination

Ocativa Butler and Science Fiction

The Artist Way

A Year After George Floyd’s Killing, White Allyship Fades

Transformative Justice

Long-Term Recidivism Studies Show High Arrest Rates

Radical Dharma

If atoms are mostly empty space, why do objects look and feel solid?

After decades of effort, scientists are finally seeing black holes—or are they?

Survival of the Fittest Has Evolved: Try Survival of the Kindest

Shadow Places

Hundreds Hop NY Subway Turnstiles, Block Street to Protest NYPD

The Price of a Subway Swipe: When $2.75 Becomes $249 Million

Trigger Warning: Domestic Abuse  

On today's episode, Gary (He/Him) shares his personal journey with the difficulties that life can throw at you including domestic abuse and learning to live with an autoimmune disease. Gary provides a raw vulnerability in sharing how he learned to take responsibility for himself and to accept his realities in order to find joy.

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The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation

On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

What Is The Negativity Bias and How Can it be Overcome?

Domestic Violence Hotline

On today's episode, we have burlesque dancer, model, and OnlyFans content creator Ramona Romance (She/Her). Together we talk about abstinence only education, Satanism, and learning to love your genitals.

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Betty Page

Dita Von Teese

Stoya

Empowerment in Heels

Abstinence-Only Education Is Ineffective And Unethical, Report Argues

The Head of a Satanic Temple Explains Satanism

The Ups and Downs of Being an Only Child

Lilly Rascal

Come as You Are