54 Future Now - Space News, Dr. Bruce Damer on the Fourth Path of Psychedelics, Greg Panos on wrangling your AIs

Listen To 54 Future Now Bruce Damer

Dr. Bruce Damer is a  scientist and entrepreneur known for his groundbreaking work in origin of life research and virtual worlds. With expertise spanning astrobiology and computer science, he passionately explores the intersection of technology and the origins of life on Earth and beyond. Now he is focused on what he refers to the Fourth Path of Psychedelics, or the return to more rigorous research into psychedelics and their potential use in creativity, innovation, and problem solving for today’s troubled world.  

Dr. Bruce Damer investigating indigenous psychedelics In the second half of today’s show, Billy Sunshine checks in for a discussion with celebrated VR/AR pioneer Greg Panos on the taming of the AIs, with reference to Google’s Gemini debacle, a problem of serious bias and hallucination on the part of the company’s flagship AI product. Perhaps we need a psychedelic for the AI’s, or are they already tripping too hard and need to be grounded in reality?

Greg Panos, being honored as a pioneer in the entertainment industry

Future News & Views - Race to Space, Gamma Ray Bursters, Telescopic Updates, Ingenuity's Mission, Alexa Kids, Delta Variants, Billy Psychedelic Sunshine on Clubhouse, plus Marianne Williamson on Assange case.

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Billionaires in space, new powerful telescopes and gamma ray bursters are all in the news this week. Plus we had a surprise visit for the second hour, with Billy Sunshine and Rudy, his new St.Bernard/poodle canine, in the studio.  Billy shares his talk radio experiences regarding the app Clubhouse, including his explorations of psychedelic conversations.  We also delve into the Delta variant, vaccine shaming, spike protein shedding and the Thalidomide disaster, AI accountability, and Marianne Williamson exerpt on the recent revelations in the Julian Assange Wikileaks case. Lots of fun and serious conversations this week..enjoy.

Interview - Journalist Don Lattin on his New Book, "Changing Our Minds - Psychedelic Sacraments and the New Psychotherapy

Listen Now to Don Lattin

It was great to talk to journalist Don Lattin so openly about a topic normally below the radar of public discourse.  In his new book Don explores the theurapeutic effects of some mild altering substances, in terms of research currently underway and his own journey with depression. 

Changing Our Minds is the latest installment in a trio of books about the recent history and future prospects for finding beneficial uses for drugs and plant medicines like LSD, psilocybin, MDMA and ayahuasca. Don comes out of the psychedelic closet in his latest book, sharing personal stories of transformational experiences.  Enjoy!

Interview - Dr. Ralph Abraham speaks of The Hip Santa Cruz Project

Listen Now to Ralph Abraham

Why would a young mathematics professor with a post at prestigious Princeton University leave it to live in Santa Cruz, CA in the late 1960’s?  Why would the experiences of that time in his life be important enough for him to collect and to share with future generations now, half a century up the timeline? We explore these questions and more with the father of Chaos Theory, Dr. Ralph Abraham, and the Hip Santa Cruz Project, just as the first book of these efforts is being released this week.

Now up is the Hip Santa Cruz book event August 6, 2016

Enjoy!

Dr. Ralph Abraham speaking to us about the Hip Santa Cruz Project

Interview - A group discussion on a new documentary film, "From Shock to Awe," about veterans with PTSD and their healing journeys with ayahuasca, MDMA and cannabis.

Listen Now to discussion with a filmmaker, veteran, and researcher involved with “From Shock to Awe.”

After interviewing the folks involved with this topic, we feel this is an important film that needs to be made.  Initial results of MDMA research with PTSD, for example, suggest an improvement from an average of 23% to 84% successful treatment of processing serious war trauma over the current use of prescription drugs to vets.  

In this show, we speak with Janine Sagert, Ph.D., content producer for the documentary, Ryan LeCompte, a United States Marine Corps Infantry Veteran and founder of Veterans for Entheogenic Therapies (VETS), an organization whose mission is to spread awareness about alternative medicines for the treatment of PTSD. And also MDMA researher Saj Razvi, MA, LPC,  founder of the Love and Trauma Center in Denver, CO which educates clinicians nationally in the skills of trauma resolution. 

One of our best shows yet, we think you’ll appreciate the work these folks are doing and will continue to do as they evolve these dramatically succesful strategies for healing serious emotional trauma and related stressors via psychedelic therapies.   Click here for the Indie Go Go Campaign.

From Shock to Awe - How psychedelics bring relief to veterans suffering from PTSD.