The Humboldt Lighthouse

Dan Roberts produces the Shortwave Report from his off-grid property in Garberville, California. The Shortwave Report condenses the world’s weekly shortwave communication into a 30-minute news show and is rebroadcast by radio stations across the globe. In today’s episode we discuss how Dan discovered shortwave radio, how the Shortwave Report came into being, fake news, data and privacy, and cultivating a global perspective. Visit http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml to find out more about the Shortwave Report.This episode is sponsored by Waking Up On the Appalachian Trail: A Story of War, Brotherhood, and the Pursuit of Truth written by me, your host. Visit www.nbhankes.com to pre-order a signed copy and used the coupon code SHIPIT for free shipping.

Tim “Naneek” Keenan is an American author, 2009 Appalachian Trail thru-hiking alum, and Vietnam veteran. Tim couldn’t shake his dread of the woods in the decades following his time as a grunt in the Vietnam jungles—that is until he confronted his fears head on and began a thru-hike of the 2,178.3-mile Appalachian Trail. The Good Hike: A Story of the Appalachian Trail, Vietnam, PTSD and Love,  is Keenan’s story of finally coming to peace with himself, buoyed by the healing powers of nature and his fellow hikers. In this conversation we discuss Tim’s time in Vietnam, his experiences on the Appalachian Trail, and the power of writing and love.

This episode is sponsored by The KOZM, a B Corp-certified clothing company weaving the yogic principles of “right action” directly into their threads. Visit www.thekozm.com to find men’s fitness clothing aligned with your values. Use the coupon code HL15 for 15% off your purchase order.

Tristan Louis is an Internet veteran who has co-founded six companies, two of which went public and three which were acquired. After witnessing the state of the Internet in 2016, he had an existential crisis and re-emerged to build, Casebook PBC, a B Corp that is revolutionizing the governmental social services industry. In this conversation we discuss the how Tristan is using technology to improve social services within governmental agencies, the idealism of the early Internet era and where it went wrong, tech’s impact on the 2016 election, Benefit Corporations versus C Corporations, the B Corp certification process, eco-capitalism and much more. To learn more about Tristan, please visit www.tnl.netThis episode is sponsored by The KOZM, a B Corp-certified clothing company weaving the yogic principles of “right action” directly into it’s business model. Visit www.thekozm.com to find men’s fitness clothing aligned with your values. Use the coupon code HL15 for 15% off your purchase order.

Heather Rubiales is CEO of Heather’s Hemp Alternatives, @heathershempalternatives, a start up bringing hemp-derived bioplastic alternatives to the cannabis industry. We discuss hemp bioplastics and manufacturing, start up entrepreneurialism, plastic pollution, eco-capitalism, the current state of California’s cannabis industry and much more. To find out more about Heather and her offerings, visit www.heathershempalternatives.com

Today’s episode is sponsored by Traci Webb’s upcoming Ayurveda Life Mastery Program. This five-month course, beginning this February 5th, will train you to become an ayurvedic health counselor while also offering life coaching to help you achieve your goals. Follow this link for a $100 discount: https://ayurvedicliving.mykajabi.com/a/20338/J3SeyxLS

Latif Burdick has been participating in Humboldt’s Sufism scene since the late seventies. In this conversation we discuss how Latif found Sufism, peace activism in the Vietnam War era, mysticism, music, remembering your source as Divinity, and much more. To learn more about the local sufi community, visit https://www.facebook.com/pg/GardenoftheHeartHumboldt/posts/

Josh Hanna is the CEO of Humboldt CBD. In this conversation we discuss how biohacking his garden led Josh to biohack himself, the origins and history of CBD in Humboldt, Humboldt hemp law, the future of the CBD industry and much more. To learn more about Josh, visit www.humboldtcbd.org and use the coupon code XMAS for 20% off.This episode is sponsored by The Northwest Institute of Ayurveda’s Life Mastery program. This course is designed to help aspiring healers, teachers, coaches, and conscious creators identify and achieve their goals, learn the science of Ayurveda, and transform. Starting February 5th, 2020. Follow this link to arrange an exploratory call with Traci Webb and receive $100 off the course: Josh Hanna is the CEO of Humboldt CBD. In this conversation we discuss how biohacking his garden led Josh to biohack himself, the origins and history of CBD in Humboldt, Humboldt hemp law, the future of the CBD industry and much more. To learn more about Josh, visit www.humboldtcbd.org and use the coupon code XMAS for 20% off.This episode is sponsored by The Northwest Institute of Ayurveda’s Life Mastery program. This course is designed to help aspiring healers, teachers, coaches, and conscious creators identify and achieve their goals, learn the science of Ayurveda, and transform. Starting February 5th, 2020. Follow this link to arrange an exploratory call with Traci Webb and receive $100 off the course: https://ayurvedicliving.mykajabi.com/a/20338/J3SeyxLS

Dr. Samuel Lee is a certified holistic psychiatrist that teaches a spirituality based mental health discipline and is the author of the free e-Book “The Spiritual Guide to Mental Health." In this conversation we discuss Dr. Lee’s path to wholeness, a spiritual view of mental health, the Dark Night of the Soul, plant medicines for psychiatric illness, Western explanations of Eastern concepts, and the emerging global consciousness paradigm. To get your copy of his free e-Book and learn more about Dr. Lee, visit www.thespiritualpsychiatrist.com

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Dr. Rick Strassman might be best known for his paradigm-shifting research into psychedelics as made popular by his book and resulting documentary, DMT: The Spirit Molecule. He has published nearly thirty peer-reviewed scientific papers and has served as a reviewer for several psychiatric research journals. Dr. Strassman has been a consultant to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Veteran’s Administration Hospitals, Social Security Administration, and other state and local agencies. In 1984, he received lay ordination in a Western Buddhist order.Following his DMT experiments, Dr. Strassman became interested in Jewish spirituality and took a scholarly approach to understanding the faith of his youth. It didn’t take long before he began to see parallels between the prophetic states as described by the Old Testament prophets and the altered states of consciousness described by research participants. In his book DMT and the Soul of Prophecy, Dr. Strassman explores these connections and proposes a new model of spiritual experience he calls theoneurology, which posits that God communicates with us via the agency of the brain.

In this episode we discuss Dr. Strassman’s journey to Jewish spirituality, connections between psychedelic and enlightenment states, the prophetic state, similarities between the prophetic state and the DMT state, the function and life of Old Testament prophets, and much more. Find out more about Dr. Strassman at www.rickstrassman.comThis episode is sponsored by The KOZM, @thekozm, a men’s fitness clothing company set out to prove that business can be done better. Visit the store at www.thekozm.com and use the coupon code HL15 to receive 15% off your purchase order.

Steven and Madison Callahan host and facilitate international iboga healing retreats. In this conversation we discuss the plant medicine iboga, the healing nature of iboga, Steven and Madison’s relationship with iboga, the shamanic perspective of soul and psyche, and much more. To find out more or to book a retreat with Steven and Madison, visit www.ibogahealing.comThis episode is sponsored by Webeekind CBD herbal apothecary, @webeekind. Visit www.webekind.com and use the coupon code LIGHTHOUSE to receive 10% off your purchase order.

Darren Main is a yoga teacher and author currently living in San Francisco. He has written largely about Eastern spirituality for a more modern and Western audience. Main is best known for his second book, Yoga and the Path of the Urban Mystic. In this conversation we discuss how Darren found yoga, the spiritual metaphor in The Wizard of Oz, religion and mythology, mysticism, the ethics of yoga marketing and holding space for students, and much more. Find more from Darren at https://darrenmain.com/This episode is sponsored by The KOZM @thekozm. The KOZM is a benefit and certified B Corp that manufactures men’s fitness clothing. Its mission is to honor all stakeholders—environment, community, employees, and investors—while proving that business can be done better. Visit www.thekozm.com and use coupon code HL15 to get 15% off your purchase order.