Who better to go on a spiritual adventure with on the podcast than my pal Pete Holmes! There are lots of places you might know Pete from; his stand-up, his spirituality-meets-comedy podcast You Made It Weird, his HBO show Crashing, or his new book, Comedy Sex God. Pete and I have been wanting to record another show since ourepicconversationonPete‘spodcast, and it’s a great and wide-ranging discussion but for me, the big news is that we do a short but totally accessible spiritual experiment to unravel the weirdness of the universe just through paying attention to our own experiences.
We also discuss
what toxic masculinity means if no one really has a definition of masculinity
identity and certainty
whether or not lucid dreaming is good for us
just how much free will do we have, anyway?
what Louis CK represents to people, especially in his “comeback” set, and why it’s important to think about those representations
Well friends, the time has come for me to hang out with my favorite be-bearded funny podcast mystic, Duncan Trussell.
Maybe you’ve heard me or just listened to his amazing pan-mystic-technoccultist thoughts on Duncan’s show, The Duncan Trussell Family Hour. But if not, you should – He’s creating bridges between humor, politics, mysticism, magic, and data. And not in some dumb cheesy new age NPR way, either. It’s the real deal.
IN THIS EPISODE
How Duncan moved from focusing on comedy to expanding mysticism and magick: 1:45
“Sex is more like conversation than anything else”: 5:20
The shaming of serious discussion, and the disruption of comfortable talk: 8:00
How to harmonize with boredom: 11:20
DWE – Driving While Enlightened (when Ram Dass was pulled over by the police): 16:00
I do not like all of Duncan’s guests – how does he roll with them? 18:55
People will change, and we can be a part of that :28:10
Okay, and what about Joe Rogan having a bunch of assholes on his show?: 30:10
So who wants to start a demon podcast? (Not me): 32:30
The story of Hitler dick tattoo: 35:00
Let’s do dual work cultivating love and craziness (and Duncan’s dog liked barking at this) and also defending against the anti-Christ: 39:05
There are people who do evil, and here’s a little bit about them: 43:20
To fight or not to fight, and how would you know the difference, and what is fighting anyway?: 47:10
The black magician who saw Christ: 56:10
I’m not interested in the valorization of disagreement, and neither is Duncan: 1:10:40
Duncan reads the passage, “Faithfulness” by Rudolf Steiner: 1:15:10
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