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East Forest – Music As Mentor, Psychedelics, And Artists Versus AI

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Talking points: music, artistry, creativity, AI, culture, spirituality, psychedelics

Music has been around for thousands and thousands of years. There’s a reason for that: it’s a powerful, synchronizing force between peoples, places hearts, and minds. And when you add psychedelics, well, that’s a recipe for incredible journeys.

I’m honored to have had this convo with one of my favorite artists, and we dig into just how important music is not just for enjoyment but as a guide, mentor, and facilitator. We also cover his upcoming doc, Music For Mushrooms. Listen in, team.

(00:00:00) – What role does music play in our lives that we often overlook, and how East’s relationship to music has changed over the years
(00:08:25) – What’s worrisome about AI and music?
(00:16:47) – How artists can weather the storm
(00:23:05) – On initiation, and the threshold we’re crossing into a vast, uncharted era
(00:26:00 ) – What was it like making music with Ram Dass?
(00:32:49) – How do you make music for a psychedelic journey, and how the union of music and psychedelics leads to something more
(00:43:15) – How do you describe psychedelics to someone who’s never done them?
(00:48:21) – How music can be a mentor and a guide to turn to
(00:51:55) – What sparked East’s Music For Mushrooms documentary

Since 2008, East Forest has used music to guide listeners through modern journeys of deep introspection. The electro-acoustic project has remained primarily a solo effort (of Krishna-Trevor Oswalt), straddling the worlds of ambient, neoclassical, electronic and indie-pop.
Whether via his Music For Mushrooms: A Soundtrack For The Psychedelic Practitioner album series, his collaborative spoken word album with Ram Dass, or one of his communal “Ceremony Concerts,” East Forest’s goal has always been “building bridges and creating an approach that’s grounded, embodied, and unarguable.”

Connect with East
-Website: https://eastforest.org/
-Documentary, Music For Mushrooms: https://eastforest.org/music-for-mushrooms
-Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eastforest/
-Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/east-forest/304982626
-Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3AWGOhO

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Josh Radnor – On Addiction, Ayahuasca, Success, And Everything In Between

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Talking points: addiction, psychedelics, the trouble with success, death, grief, masculinity, How I Met Your Mother

Honestly, there’s not a single topic Josh and I didn’t cover in this episode. We’ve been friends for years and wanted to jam together for a long time, and it’s clear we had a ton to talk about. Deeply grateful for his insight, perspective, and stories.

This is a great episode if you’re looking for the perfect combo of candid, vulnerable, and funny.

[00:06:02] – Josh’s defining moments

[00:18:43] – Addictive personalities,

[00:23:01] – The power of empathy and forgiveness

[00:31:04] – What’s brilliant about 12-step

[00:35:03] – What was happening in Josh’s life when How I Met Your Mother became successful

[00:42:06] – What made HIMYM successful, and it’s portrayal of masculinity (and Canadians)

[00:50:47] – “The basline question [of HIMYM] was ‘Who Am I?'”

[00:58:55] – Depth vs growth, Jung’s puer aeternus, and death

[01:14:03] – The role of a parent, unconditional love, and what Josh’s dog Nelson has taught him

[01:24:46] – Josh’s experience with plant medicines

Writer, director, and actor Josh Radnor is a multifaceted talent, bringing a wealth of experience to all his endeavors. Radnor is perhaps best known for playing Ted, the central character in the seven-time Emmy-winning comedy, “How I Met Your Mother.”

Premiering at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award, Radnor directed, wrote and starred in his first feature film, “happythankyoumoreplease.” The film was released in March 2011, and featured an ensemble cast including Richard Jenkins, Malin Akerman, Kate Mara, Zoe Kazan, and Tony Hale.

Radnor’s second directorial effort came with the Sundance Film Festival favorite “Liberal Arts”, which he also wrote and starred in alongside Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Jenkins, and Allison Janney. His upcoming music album, “Eulogy”, will be released later this year.

In addition to film and television, Radnor starred on Broadway as the title character in “The Graduate” opposite Kathleen Turner and Alicia Silverstone. Off-Broadway and regionally, he has appeared in productions with the Manhattan Theater Club, The Vineyard Theater, and Baltimore Center Stage, among others. A gifted writer, Radnor has published several articles in the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Guilt and Pleasure Magazine, Moviemaker Magazine, Indiewire, and The Huffington Post.

A native of Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Radnor attended Kenyon College where he won the Paul Newman Acting Trophy. He received his MFA in acting from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He currently resides in Los Angeles.

Connect with Josh:

-Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JoshRadnor/

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Dr. Nicholas Brüss – A Deep Dive Into Psychedelics, Part 2

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Talking points: psychedelics, psychedelic-assisted therapy, men and therapy, the effects during and after taking psychedelics

I’ve been looking forward to releasing the second part of our convo as a way of kicking off what 2023 could be for mental health. Nick is very well-informed, and if you’ve ever been curious about something like psilocybin, or just wanted some clarification on how psychedelics can affect a person and assist with powerful healing, this one is for you.

Part 1 was about the fears and worries people can have around psychedelic experiences, and an overview of how they work and what their potential is.

You can check out part 1 here: https://link.chtbl.com/tnw-t7gl

Dr. Nicholas Bruss is a licensed psychotherapist in Los Angeles, CA, specializing in integrative, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP), and Internal Family Systems (IFS). He is certified in Mindfulness Facilitation at UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC), Los Angeles, CA, and as a Compassion Cultivation Teacher at Stanford University’s Center for Compassion, Altruism, Research and Education (CCARE), Stanford, CA. Dr. Brüss is a therapist at the Los Angeles site for the MAPS-sponsored Phase III clinical trial of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD.

Connect with Nick

-Website: https://apracticeoffreedom.com/

-MAPS: https://maps.org/

–https://psychedelic.support/

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Dr. Nicholas Brüss – A Deep Dive Into Psychedelics, Part 1

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I met Nick recently at a social function, and his gentle, heavily researched, and welcoming approach to topics psychedelics, internal family systems therapy, and more was deeply edifying. So I’ve asked him to come on the show for two longer episodes.

Part 1 is about the fears and worries people can have around psychedelic experiences, and an overview of how they work and what their potential is. If you’ve ever been interested in this field, now’s your chance to get in on the ground floor!

Dr. Nicholas Bruss is a licensed psychotherapist in Los Angeles, CA, specializing in integrative, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP), and Internal Family Systems (IFS). He is certified in Mindfulness Facilitation at UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC), Los Angeles, CA, and as a Compassion Cultivation Teacher at Stanford University’s Center for Compassion, Altruism, Research and Education (CCARE), Stanford, CA. Dr. Brüss is a therapist at the Los Angeles site for the MAPS-sponsored Phase III clinical trial of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD.

Connect with Nick

-Website: https://apracticeoffreedom.com/

-MAPS: https://maps.org/

–https://psychedelic.support/

 

 

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Dr. James Hollis – The Jungian Way To Hear Your Calling

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I’ve waited a long time for this one! Deeply honored to have spoken with Dr. James Hollis, one of the foremost Jungian analysts. Ever. Period. This conversation focused almost entirely on men and their relationship to fear, women, purpose, direction, and what Jung had to say about all of them. An hour isn’t nearly enough for such a heavy conversation, so he’ll be returning in the near future. If you’ve ever been curious about the Jungian approach to therapy, have a listen.

James Hollis, Ph. D., was born in Springfield, Illinois, and graduated from Manchester University in 1962 and Drew University in 1967. He taught Humanities for 26 years in various colleges and universities before retraining as a Jungian analyst at the Jung Institute of Zurich, Switzerland (1977-82). He is presently a licensed Jungian analyst in private practice in Washington, D.C. He served as Executive Director of the Jung Educational Center in Houston, Texas for many years and was Executive Director of the Jung Society of Washington until 2019. He now serves on the JSW Board of Directors. He is a retired Senior Training Analyst for the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, was first Director of Training of the Philadelphia Jung Institute, and is Vice-President Emeritus of the Philemon Foundation. Additionally, he is a Professor of Jungian Studies for Saybrook University of San Francisco/Houston.

He lives with his wife Jill, an artist and retired therapist, in Washington, DC. Together they have three living children and eight grand-children.

He has written a total of seventeen books, which have been translated into Swedish, Russian, German, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian, Korean, Finnish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Farsi, Japanese, Greek, Chinese, Serbian, Latvian, Ukranian and Czech.

The next book, The Broken Mirror: Refracted Visions of Ourselves, comes out this year.

Connect with Dr. Hollis

-Website: https://jameshollis.net/welcome.htm

-Books: https://jameshollis.net/hollisBooks.html

-Film: SoulHeal: https://www.soulhealfilm.com/

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