This Damn World

Please welcome to the stage our first live band interview! An eclectic collective from San Francisco, Loco Tranquilo’s style unites hypnotic melodies and jazzy grooves with otherworldly tempos. They describe their sound as sea jazz (aka wild serenity) and seek to spread their Latin-rooted love across the hearts of the world.  

Dr. Strangelove’s fluoride mind control theory. Stanley Kubrick’s falsified footage of the Moon Landing. USOs trailing alien lights through the open, unexplored sea. Ishak Kang reveals that the truth is out there- if you’re willing to look.

Life is a highway- a long, fun, scary, humbling road. Take a moment to appreciate your little guilty pleasures. Look back on when you learned the important things, like how to not care what anyone thinks and how to do those fucking taxes. And sometimes it is literally a long road- tune in for details on Donnie and Alyssa’s upcoming journey, a cross-country exploration called “A Place and All Its Creatures.”

Civil rights law is stereo-typically a field without creativity. For Melanie Popper of the Revelatory Center for Arts and Law, it’s an opportunity to illuminate the emotional side of crimes we’ve learned to overlook, the true art of law. Listen to stories of powerful court case, a year-long exploration of the Caribbean, and the importance of appreciating your life.  

An Erotic Haunted House Enter the gates of Sexy Hell. Jenn gives a play by play of her night at Kink.com's "Hell in the Armory," an erotic haunted house straight out of your scary wet dreams. Dom goes to the rodeo to watch bull fights and Singha Beer gives YOU a chance to win a trip to Thailand.

What does a ghost look like? Amanda Christina has felt them all her life. As a child, she slept with a light to ward away night terrors and the spirits that prowled her room. As an adult, she has learned to read and interact with spiritual energy, and to exercise fear management in her everyday life. Check out Amanda’s message on social media at @inspiremeamanda.

Michelle Garcia never felt destined to become a cop. For 20 years, she patrolled the streets of Tuscon, Arizona, responding to calls both humorous and haunting. The lessons she learned in the Police Academy stuck with her through every interaction and have been carried on to her new career as a meditative yoga instructor and the host of her own podcast, “Live with Meaning.”

It's the worst STD imaginable: feelings. Where polyfuckery allows for easy transactions, polyamory must factor in the emotions of every partner in the relationship- and all of their partners too. Jess is a new participant in the process and provides TDW insight into another style of multiple lovers. Part 2 of the Poly Playbook. 

The pump and dump, the shoot and scoot. However you phrase it, poly- specifically polyMuckery- is a lot different than your average monogamous relationship. TDW talks with Alex as he describes the "in and outs" of open marriage. Part 1 of the Poly Playbook. 

A tiffin a day keeps the hunger away. After years of marketing for big-name companies like Mars and Coca Cola, Adrian Tay has finally had the chance to step back and construct a business he believes in- “Green Tiffin,” a delivery service which prepares healthy, daily meals for vegetarian and flexitarians alike. Hear the business’ conception story, as well as Adrian’s Burning Man experiences as a fire dancer.