Episodes

  • 25.10: Saving Krotona (Interview Special)

    25.10: Saving Krotona (Interview Special)
    Jan 24 2025
    Hollywood makeup artist, Pati Dubroff, became a preservationist after moving into the original dome of the Theosophists' Krotona Institute. In this interview, Pati shares her experiences (positive and negative) with paranormal entities, local government, and landlords in her noble quest to save Krotona. To donate to the Los Angeles Fire Department please use this link: https://supportlafd.org/donate/ways-to-give.html.
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • 25.9: Jim Morrison and the Occult (Interview Special)

    25.9: Jim Morrison and the Occult (Interview Special)
    Jan 10 2025
    Paul Wyld visits to talk about his book "Jim Morrison: Secret Teacher of the Occult." Wyld discusses Morrison's reading of esoteric texts and how they influenced his lifestyle and art as a "secret teacher" of magical things.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • 25.8: Aldous Huxley on Drugs

    25.8: Aldous Huxley on Drugs
    Dec 27 2024
    Aldous Huxley's Doors of Perception was a book ahead of its time and related the famous British novelist and intellectual's experimental engagement with mescaline. Huxley became a proponent of mescaline and sometime user of LSD ever afterward and a major influence on the Human Potential Movement of the 1960s.
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • 25.9: The Star Wars Holiday Special (Strange Ride Crossover)

    25.9: The Star Wars Holiday Special (Strange Ride Crossover)
    Dec 24 2024
    There is so much Star Wars content out in the wide world. Some of it is loved, some of it hated, but there is one piece of Star Wars media that is so hated by its creator that it was almost lost media. If it wasn’t for fans making bootleg VCR copies during its one and only broadcast it would be lost to time. I’m talking about of course the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special. A variety show set in the Star Wars universe that was also meant to sort of celebrate Thanksgiving/Christmas. George Lucas was so mortified by how this special turned out that he has tried to remove any trace of its existence from the earth, and because of that resistance it has since become a cult classic amongst Star Wars fans. But how did the Star Wars Holiday special end up so bad? Today, Savannah will be going over how the special was made and its content, so you can be spared from having to watch it yourself.
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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • 25.7: Esoterica (Interview Special)

    25.7: Esoterica (Interview Special)
    Dec 13 2024
    We sit down with Dr. Justin Sledge of the Esoterica Youtube channel to talk about his work with medieval and ancient esoteric texts and alchemical practices.
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • 25.6: Krishnamurti's Teaching

    25.6: Krishnamurti's Teaching
    Nov 29 2024
    Krishnamurti's philosophy was about getting free from thought and time, releasing memory and belief, and becoming fully present. He taught that there was no method or ritual or plan that could achieve this state of perfect presence and no guru who could guide you. Each person had to be their own guru and discover the truth of what is.
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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • 25.5: The Child Messiah (Part Three)

    25.5: The Child Messiah (Part Three)
    Nov 15 2024
    In this final installment of our biography of Jiddu Krishnamurti, the teacher disbands the Order of the Star and is banished from Theosophical Society Headquarters. He becomes an advisor to Indira Ghandi and questions whether his strange path to knowledge can ever be replicated.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • 25.4: The Child Messiah (Part Two)

    25.4: The Child Messiah (Part Two)
    Nov 1 2024
    The second part of our series on the teacher and philosopher Krishnamurti begins with his spiritual awakening beneath a pepper tree in Ojai, California. Krishnamurti was plagued by terrible episodes of physical suffering accompanied by great spiritual insight. We continue through to George Arundale's bizarre plot to insert himself into the highest ranks of Krishnamurti's organization and theosophy writ large.
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    59 mins