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.

 

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. 

Direct download: AUBREY_DE_GREY.mp3
Category:society and culture -- posted at: 4:00pm EDT

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!

Direct download: bolelli2.11_-_2_14_15_12.15_AM.mp3
Category:society and culture -- posted at: 2:21am EDT

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  

Direct download: LiamWilson2.5_-_2515_7.42_PM.mp3
Category:society and culture -- posted at: 9:16pm EDT

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