Psychedelic Salon
783 episodes
Since 2005, Lorenzo Hagerty has been podcasting interviews and talks concerning the use and benefits of psychoactive plants and chemicals, both in their natural settings and in medical research institutions. Past speakers include Sasha Shulgin, Annie Oak, Rick Doblin, Daniel Pinchbeck, Shonagh Home, Bruce Damer, Aldous Huxley and others. And there have been over 200 programs featuring talks by Terence McKenna. Also interviews with several of the now long gone elders, such as Gary Fisher, Myron Stolaroff, and Al Hubbard have also been featured.
Podcast 708 – Beyond Realism
Sep, 23, 2024
Support Lorenzo on Patreon.comGuest speaker: Terence McKenna PROGRAM NOTES:AI-GENERATED Conversation about this podcast. The transcript was input to NOTEBOOKLM.google.com and this "podcast" was automatically generated:In this podcast, Terence McKenna discusses various topics, including the search...
Podcast 707 – After the Escaton
Jul, 04, 2024
Support Lorenzo on Patreon.comGuest speaker: Terence McKenna PROGRAM NOTES:In this recording, Terence McKenna discusses his wave theory, which he claims predicts every moment up until December 21, 2012. He addresses the common question of what happens after this date, suggesting a series of...
Podcast 706 – Terence McKenna “One Last Timewave Rap”
Jun, 21, 2024
Support Lorenzo on Patreon.comGuest speaker: Terence McKenna PROGRAM NOTES:WARNING! If you don't want to hear Terence talking about his Timewave idea yet again, then you should skip this podcast.In this recording, Terence McKenna introduces a concept he humorously names the "Habit Reflex Increment"...
Podcast 705 – Terence McKenna – “Don’t Take This One Seriously”
Jun, 14, 2024
Support Lorenzo on Patreon.comGuest speaker: Terence McKenna PROGRAM NOTES:In this engaging and entertaining talk, Terence McKenna shares a mind-bending theory about the universe, combining astronomy, ancient civilizations, and quantum physics. He suggests that a catastrophic event 32,000 years ago...
Terence McKenna: Drugs, Computers and Other Stuff
Jun, 05, 2024
Support Lorenzo on Patreon.comGuest speaker: Terence McKenna PROGRAM NOTES:In this insightful talk, Terence McKenna delves into the intricacies of human cognition, emphasizing the stark difference between smart and less intelligent individuals as a matter of pattern recognition from the same data....
Podcast 703 – McKenna and the Big Bang
May, 21, 2024
Support Lorenzo on Patreon.comGuest speaker: Terence McKenna PROGRAM NOTES:The session begins with a discussion about the nature of the Big Bang and its relation to philosophical concepts, specifically Kant's notion of space as an a priori function of consciousness. Terence questions the...
Podcast 702 – Hacking Reality
May, 08, 2024
Support Lorenzo on Patreon.comGuest speaker: Terence McKenna PROGRAM NOTES:In this talk, which was given in October of 1995, Terence McKenna talks about his concept of thinking about various cultures in the same vein as computer operating systems, complete with viruses. He says, "Your operating...
Podcast 701 – Return of the Timewave
Apr, 29, 2024
Support Lorenzo on Patreon.comGuest speaker: Terence McKenna PROGRAM NOTES:Among other things, Terence McKenna talks here about several books that now seem to have been forgotten. And then there is his story about his brother's vision of bonding psychedelics with our DNA to launch a permanent trip...
Podcast 700 – Plants That Talk
Apr, 10, 2024
Support Lorenzo on Patreon.comGuest speaker: Terence McKenna PROGRAM NOTES:We return once again to the land of Terence McKenna's workshops.As you will hear, his question and answer format leads him into telling some of the old stories we heard early on in Terence's talks but some of which were...
Podcast 699 – Kneading the Bread of Evolutionary Adaptation
Apr, 01, 2024
Support Lorenzo on Patreon.comGuest speaker: Terence McKenna PROGRAM NOTES:In this talk, Terence approaches the topic of how little of what was considered to be established science 100 years ago has now been overturned.One of the things he says in this talk may resonate with you is where he says,...
Podcast 698 – Uncomfortable About Psychedelics?
Mar, 21, 2024
Support Lorenzo on Patreon.comGuest speaker: Terence McKenna PROGRAM NOTES:Today begins our 20th year of podcasting from the Psychedelic Salon with a talk that Terence McKenna gave in the late 1980s. Near the end he talks about his daily cannabis use and how he and Kat got together. As far as I can...
Podcast 697 – “The Adventures of Casey Hardison”
Mar, 11, 2024
Support Lorenzo on Patreon.comGuest speaker: Casey Hardison and Patreon Saloners PROGRAM NOTES:Today's podcast features a recording from a recent Live Salon. As usual, the conversation was free-form and didn't follow any script. One of the people who dropped by for the conversation was Casey...
Podcast 696 – Ayahuasca Use in the Amazon
Mar, 06, 2024
Support Lorenzo on Patreon.comGuest speaker: Charles Grob PROGRAM NOTES:Charlie Grob and Lorenzo (circa: 2012)Today we feature a talk that Dr. Charles Grob gave at the 1994 Transpersonal Association Conference in Killarny, Ireland. The focus of this talk concerns Dr. Grob's work with ayahuasca users...
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Podcast 695 – The Legendary D.M. Turner
Feb, 26, 2024
Support Lorenzo on Patreon.comGuest speakers: Elizabeth Gips and D.M. Turner PROGRAM NOTES:Today's podcast features what may be the only recorded interview of the legendary D.M. Turner. It was conducted by Elizabeth Gips.FROM EROWID.ORGElizabeth Gips, was the beloved "psychedelic grandmother" and...
PODCAST 694 – The Art of Dying
Feb, 19, 2024
Support Lorenzo on Patreon.comGuest speakers: Ram Das and Dr. Kenneth Ring PROGRAM NOTES:Ram Das and a young LorenzoToday's podcast features two speakers, Ram Das and Dr. Kenneth Ring. Their topic is death! Unless you have come up with a plan to avoid dying, you may find some interesting...
Podcast 693 – The Braided Self
Feb, 12, 2024
Support Lorenzo on Patreon.comGuest speaker: James Fadiman PROGRAM NOTES:James FadimanPhoto source: psychedelicpress.co.ukToday we get to listen to a long-forgotten talk by one of our most important elders, James Fadiman. This is a talk that he gave at the Transpersonal Vision Convention in 1988...
Podcast 692 – The Promise of Buddhism
Jan, 22, 2024
Support Lorenzo on Patreon.comGuest speaker: Jack KornfieldPROGRAM NOTES:Jack KornfieldMickey HartToday's podcast features Jack Kornfield speaking at the 1988 International Transpersonal Conference in Santa Rosa, California.Kornfield is an American writer, teacher, and psychologist who is known for...
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Podcast 691 – The New Berzerkers
Jan, 15, 2024
Support Lorenzo on Patreon.comGuest speaker: Ralph Metzner PROGRAM NOTES:RALPH METZNERImage source: WikipediaToday we're going to dip back in time to 1988 and the recording of a talk by Ralph Metzner at the Transpersonal Vision Conference. Ralph has been mentioned by several or our past speakers,...
Podcast 690 – Terence McKenna at Esalen June 1984
Jan, 08, 2024
Support Lorenzo on Patreon.comGuest speaker: Terence McKenna PROGRAM NOTES:Esalen Institute near Big Sur, CaliforniaAlthough he first appeared at Esalen in the early 1970s, this may be the earliest recording of a Terence McKenna workshop there. It is from June of 1984.I think this is Terence's best...
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Podcast 689 – McKenna at Esalen 1985 Part 2
Jan, 01, 2024
Support Lorenzo on Patreon.comGuest speakers: Terence McKenna, Dennis McKenna, Eduardo Luna, Kat Harrison PROGRAM NOTES:This is a recording of a workshop session at the Esalen Institute from August of 1985 featuring a conversation between three of the early pioneers of the psychedelic resurgence....