New Golden Age Radio

A vending machine-toppling shark, a brainwashed madame, and a young Aleister Crowley give each other Ogilve home perms... Hollee and Mark ponder the punchline.

Hannah: "I've now officially been here longer than I had been when I tried to leave the planet the first time. Proof of increased resilience, if nothing else.

Proof that I love it here just a fraction more than I hate it. Proof that breathing is still more appealing than ghosting. Proof that I learned to love myself more than I cared about making my parents happy. Proof that making myself happy often meant breaking my family's heart. Proof that broken hearts pump blood just fine and twice-born lovers can birth a new generation. Proof that I'm still here, even after all that.

Proof of life.

And yah, we prefer private, too, lady... we prefer private, too."

Mark talks about the human need for connection, the pathway to a sponsor-free media, and finding truth in the moment.

Angie talks about practicing magic in a post-religion galaxy, Jeffrey Epstein, and bringing general awareness back into our lives.

This week's playlist:

Deer Tick - Baltimore Blues No. 1

A.A. Bondy - American Hearts

The Felice Brothers - Wonderful Life

Jenny Owen Youngs - Here is a Heart

Peter Gabriel - Blood of Eden - Live

INXS - Never Tear Us Apart - Live

AFI - Dancing Through Sunday - Live

Connor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band - Roosevelt Room

Suzanne Vega - Gypsy

The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen

Watsky - Wounded Healer

On this episode of the Virtual Campfire, Mark talks with London about the energy of the Lion's Gate that is pulling us toward new beginnings, shaking the hangups that hold us back, and allowing ourselves the freedom to roam in our minds.

Hannah and Ryan discuss the pressure of having a social score and Chinese tariffs, as well as possible ways to mitigate gun violence within our evolving society, while planning a sequel to Son-in-Law for Paulie Shore. They also ponder the actual dimensions of our physical experience. If our universe is in fact a balloon animal Pringle, then exactly how crunchy are we? And more importantly, are we plain or sour cream and onion flavor? And what flavor is Andromeda? Inquiring minds want to know...

Mark talks about the difficulties of living as an individual perspective of a universal oneness while being trapped in these emotional, reactionary human bodies.

Today in After School Detention, we cleared some karma credits by listening to a lecture by Neville Goddard called "Imaginal Acts Become Facts."

This week's playlist:

Motion City Soundtrack - Hold Me Down

The Microphones - Between Your Ear and the Other Ear

Shovels & Rope - Birmingham

The Felice Brothers - Chicken Wire

Okkervil River - Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe

Maria Taylor - Green Butterfly

Conor Obers and the Mystic Valley Band - I Got the Reason

Nik Freitas - Affected

R.E.M. - Pale Blue Eyes

Jenny Owen Youngs - From Here

Death Cab for Cutie - A Lack of Color