Midwest Real
A podcast & blog with an unquenchable lust for rabbit holes, novelty and open-minded inquiry. Join us as we dig beyond the status quo! Hosted by Michael Phillip EST. 12/21/2012 in Milwaukee.

Tommy Vandervort is a former Alderman, Philosopher and the founder of the Enlightened Brewing Company.

For more on Tommy and other conversations head to midwestreal.net.

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In addition to being debonair and a brain-melting conversationalist, Michael Garfield is an Austin-based writer, speaker, musician and visionary artist.  

Head to midwestreal.net and michaelgarfield.net for more!

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Nic Gregoriades is a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt, founder of the Jiu-Jitsu brotherhood, entrepreneur, world-traveler, meditator and psychonaut. He’s hosted several podcasts, including his latest, Digital Communion.

For links and a full write-up, head to midwestreal.net

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Cody Hargreaves, known online as "Excessive Profanity" went from casting on Twitch for fun to making it his full time job in under a year. He's also lived on several continents including Asia, Europe and Australia. 

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Daniele Bolelli is an Italian-born writer, martial artist, university professor, and podcaster. He is the author of several books including On the Warrior's Path, Create Your Own Religion and his latest, Not Afraid.

 

For a full write-up and more head to midwestreal.net

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Yunrou (formerly known as Arthur Rosenfeld) is a Taoist monk, author and martial artist. His latest book, YIN a Love Story is slated for a simultaneous release in the U.S. and China on November 1st.

Head to midwestreal.net for links and more. 

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Category:society and culture -- posted at: 12:23am EDT

Liam Wilson and Chris de Cinque are two of the most talented, handsome, well-spoken, well-read sons of bitches that I’ve ever had the pleasure of speaking with. We joined forces for a lovely live chat on twitch a couple of weeks back and oh, goody am I excited to finally share it with you.

 

For more details and links, head to midwestreal.net!

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Gabriel D. Roberts is the author of several books, including Born Again To Rebirth, The Quest For Gnosis and his stellar new effort, The Hermit. Snatch it up now from Rubedo Press or Amazon. 

 

For more on Gabriel, links and many more casts, head to midwestreal.net

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I asked the most epic question I could think of and the answer was beautiful. 

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Maja D' Aoust is a purveyor of the arcane, an esoteric personal trainer and most importantly, a beaming beacon of positivity. 

For more on Maja D' Aoust, visit her site and her new nonprofit, The Well Wishers.

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Michael Garfield can only be described as a polymath, a renaissance man, something of a debonair brain-melter. At times, exchanging words with him honestly felt kind of like speaking to a library with a mouth. I'm not really sure how he does it. Michael is also a serial creative. He writes for a number of websites, paints and makes music.

Get a taste of what Michael does over at michaelgarfield.net

For write-up, links and more podcasts head to midwestreal.net

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Artist Mike Winkelmann (Beeple) has been churning out a new piece of art everyday for over 3000 days (more than eight years). The Beeps also creates short films, loads of free VJ clips and has worked with some of the biggest music acts on the planet.

Head to midwestreal.net for links and more.    

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Can we really know anything? Some of history's greatest minds weren't so sure.  

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Shane Mauss is a comedian and the host of the Here We Are podcast (his chat with Michael Garfield is a must-listen). Grab Shane's latest comedy special "My Big Break," on Itunes, Spotify or Amazon. 

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Katy Walker and Joel Mejia are two of the main creative forces behind Time Is Art. A film that explores "an artist's search for inspiration in a money-driven society that shuns creativity, and the human search for meaning in a seemingly meaningless world. A cinematic meditation along the lines of Waking Life and Samsara... A film less concerned with linear storytelling and more open to the cycle patterns, the hidden meanings of symbols and the dreamlike overlapping of people, places and moments."

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Excerpt from Man & His Symbols (Audiobook) by Carl G. Jung on the concept of synchronicity. Listen to the whole clip here.

 

Head to midwestreal.net for more and for a full talk on synchronicity, time and a bunch of other woo-dipped nuggets, check out podcast 75 and Time is Art.  

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Kevin Kunze is the filmmaker behind Mobilize, an investigative documentary exploring the potential long-term health effects from cell phone radiation. The film examines the most recent scientific research, follows national legislative efforts, and illuminates the influence that technology companies have on public health.

 

For links and a full write-up head to midwestreal.net

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Matt Pallamary is the author of A Land Without Evil and Spirit Matters. He's been traveling to the Amazon for more than 15 years, where he has studied, lived and participated in visionary rites with both indigenous peoples and western-worlders.  

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Pal, author and tireless dream-chaser, Gabriel D. Roberts returns for another rousing tete-a-tete.   

For a full write-up and links head to midwestreal.net

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Dr. Bruce Damer is a multi-disciplinary scientist and an aficionado of all things woo. He researches evolutionary biology, especially focusing on questions surrounding the origin of life. He designs asteroid-wrangling spacecraft and he's an expert in computer science who has spent decades researching emergent, lifelike virtual systems.

Head to midwestreal.net for a full write up and links!  

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Chris de Cinque has special, cheeky, verbose way about him. He's a born performer orator and novelty magnet. He also sings in the proggy, deep-diving satire-soaked band Closure in Moscow. If you think it’s not possible to write an insightful, mystical rabbit hole of a concept record that grapples with grandiose themes like enlightenment, metamorphosis and transhumanism all while maintaining a deep sense of fourth-wall-breaking satire complete with boner noises, Closure in Moscow's critically acclaimed opus, Pink Lemonade will prove you deeply wrong. 

head to midwestreal.net for a full write up and links!

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Marty Leeds is an author and researcher on the subjects of myth, math, spirituality, philosophy, sacred geometry and lost civilizations. He has an ongoing lecture series available on Youtube and he’s the host of the podcast The Marty Leeds' Mathemagical Radio Hour. Marty has been a guest on many popular podcasts, had an article recently featured on grahamhancock.com, and has been a featured speaker at several conferences, including the up-comingModern Knowledge Canadian Tour.  

 

Head to midwestreal.net for a full write-up!

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Never forget just how possible it is to take a 90 degree turn off of the the well-worn. You have the capacity to sharpen the stick on your freak flag, stab it deep into the soil and craft something that is uniquely yours around it. If you nurture it, tend to it and care for it enough, it just might bear enough fruit to free you from the nine-to-five path for good.  

Greg Carlwood has done just what I've described in a huge way. His show, The Higherside Chats has become one of the most popular conspiracy-based podcasts out there- and the thing just keeps growing. It's chalk full of all of the sexy, shadowy, esoteric, entertaining goodness you could ever hope for in a podcast, so check it out and give the Carlwood some love!

thehighersidechats.com

For a full write-up and more links, head to MIDWESTREAL.NET

 

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Nicolas Gregoriades is a man who lives life to the fullest. He's a competitive Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, a world-traveling psychonaut with a number of Ayahuasca ceremonies under his belt and he hosts The Journey Podcast. 

Head to midwestreal.net for links and a full write-up

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Dr. Carl Hart is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at Columbia University and the author of High Price. He has spent two decades studying pharmacology, drugs and their effects. He's well-known for his blunt, unflinching, truth-based approach to drug education.    

 

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Dr. Aubrey de Grey is Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer at the SENS Research Foundation, a not for profit dedicated to defeating age-related disease. 

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Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can have a word with him?

Daniele Bolelli is a professor, writer, martial artist podcaster and truly excellent human being. 

 

Head to midwestreal.net for links a full write-up!

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Guest and pal Liam Wilson is a musician, psychonaut, yogi, meditator, traveler and writer (by no means does he live an unexamined, "typical" nine-to-five lifestyle). Yet, none of that has prepaired him one bit for the trajectory altering uppercut to the nethers that is fatherhood.

As if that weren’t nuclear enough, he also just participated in a two-day Ayahuasca ceremony run by a mysterious, otherworldly, head-sucking nomadic shaman. An experience that has left him rethinking even the most basic anchors most of us ground our very realities in.

For a full write up and links, head to midwestreal.net  

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We have absolutely no idea what the future will hold, but we’re definitely on the cusp of something huge.

Are we headed for an unprecedented utopian neo renaissance? Will technological and medical breakthroughs enable us to live practically forever so we’re free to pursue our passions all day long? Or are we on the verge of something darker? Some sort of Huxlian, Orwellian dystopia steeped in thought control, murderous AI and oligarch overlords who'll invade our minds in an effort to milk us for money and energy as we jump willingly into ultra-plush matrix pods of their design? 

Who knows?

Our guest this week, Zoltan Istvan is the author of the Transhumanist Wager. He writes for practically every major technology website (Gizmodo, Huffington Post, Motherboard Wired etc.) He’s the founder of a transhumanist political party, which aims to draw attention and dollars to science and tech. He’s also traveled around the world on a god damned sailboat. 

Head to midwestreal.net for links and the full write-up and more!

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Although more and more of the analog world is seeping into the digital realm, the almighty dollar has managed to resist the pixel-y tide. Currency creation remains an esoteric, behind-the-scenes process controlled by a few privileged, monocle-clad, suit- wearers -- why is that? Are we meant to believe money is great the way it is, or sacred? I'm not (pun intended) buying it, nor are the thousands of people using Bitcoin.

Will Pangman is a Bitcoin evangelist, works for a Bitcoin start up and is a regular on The Bitcoin Group podcast.

Head to midwestreal.net for a full write-up.  

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