Life is a Festival
Transformational gatherings, the communities they build, and the teachers who help us bring that open-hearted joy home.
The Queer Muslim Hero of Psychedelic Legalization
Life is a Festival #137 - Ismail Lourido Ali (MAPS)
From medicalization to religious exception, how should powerful psychedelic molecules enter mainstream consciousness?
Pleasure is Medicine
Life is a Festival #134: Chloe Macintosh (Kama: Sex & Pleasure Education)
The importance of embodiment from erectile disfunction to the magical art of squirting.
Every Daddy Needs a Daddy
Life is a Festival #132: Eamon Armstrong with Chloe Macintosh (Live from Burning Man)
Kink, like psychedelics and Burning Man itself, can be a powerful transformational technology, if used wisely.
Dunking on the New Age is Boring Now
Life is a Festival #129: Alex Ebert
There is much that is still valuable and relevant from the New Age.
The Poetry of Gender
Life is a Festival #126: Janne Robinson
Feminist beat poet and author Janne Robinson discusses authenticity, gender, and her no bullshit approach to creating the life you want.
I Kink, Therefore I Am: The Art of Liberating Desire
Life is a Festival #119: Cat Meyer
In honor of the Day of Love, we’re diving into the wonderful world of BDSM
A Prison is the Shadow of a Festival
Life is a Festival #116: Sonya Shah (Ahimsa Collective)
If we are committed to healing and a joyful life, we must look at our culture’s deepest shadows, and change the way we understand justice.
Sex and Shamanic Shadow Hunting
Life is a Festival #112: Ohad Pele & Jasmeen Hana (ISTA)
Shamanic sexuality training at the International School of Temple Arts.
Queer is Questioning
Life is a Festival #111: From Spaces Between Podcast with Al Jeffery
What does it mean to call yourself “Queer?”
Brotherhood is the Medicine
Life is a Festival #106: Adam Jackson (Sacred Sons)
A deep dive on modern men's work and how Sacred Sons is working to bring forth the embodied masculine.
From Boy Prince to Embodied Man
Life is a Festival #103: Adrian Grenier
An icon of male fantasy finds peace and purpose in healthy masculinity and joyful service.
Reconnecting After Covid
Life is a Festival #102: Radha Agrawal
Feeling a nervous about post-pandemic gatherings? A master community builder gives us a gentle nudge back to IRL connection.
Love Free From Fear
Life is a Festival #86: Sabine Lichtenfels
Can we heal the wounds of love and share lives of both dedication and erotic adventure?
Decolonize Your Body
Life is a Festival #85: Camille Barton
Camille shows us how to unravel the legacy of colonization in our bodies through psychedelics, grief work and somatic healing.
Edgewalking Gender, Technology, and Community
Life is a Festival #81 [In Community]: Andrew Murray Dunn (Siempo)
Through his exploration of gender and his dedication to humane technology, Andrew is walking the edge of culture and community.
Wrestling with the Predator
Life is a Festival #74: Ian MacKenzie (The Mythic Masculine)
A mythopoetic understanding of the patterns of sexual abuse in our culture.
Eros and the Shepherdess: A Tale of Trans Emergence
Life is a Festival #72: Zhenevere Sophia Dao (The MogaDao Institute)
Zhenevere Sofia Dao returns to the show to share, for the first time, the story of her transgender emergence during sixteen months of silence in the Jemez Mountains.
Collective Liberation for Drug Users
Life is a Festival #71: Mohawk the Educator
Cognitive liberty is a beautiful thing and all drug users should have the right to experiment safely.
Embodiment Practices for Healing Trauma
Life is a Festival #66: Tina Nance (Yoga Barn)
Tina Nance, a yin yoga and yoga therapy teacher in Bali, is a true master of the art of cultivating interoception (the felt sense of the body) and meeting our edge with mindfulness and compassion.
Bonus Birthday Blast From the Past
Life is a Festival #61: Behind the Mynd with David Colón
If you’ve discovered my work through this show and you want to know more about the Life is a Festival philosophy or how I met so many fascinating friends to interview (or if you just want to hear some silly stories on my birthday) this is the podcast for you!