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Ongoing podcast and music experiment. Warning: podcasts are nearly always profane and potentially interesting.

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  • Dec 4, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • every other week NEW EPISODES
  • 36m AVG DURATION
  • 35 EPISODES


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Criminal Magic, Chapter Twenty-Eight, Part Two

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 40:20


The final confrontation between the forces of Cayman and Jaguar. For now, at least... We hope you've enjoyed the story! If so, please leave us a rating and review and help other folks find the podcast as well.

Criminal Magic, Chapter Twenty-Eight, Part One

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2020 27:18


The jaguar and cayman clans meet once again, albeit in a very different environment than the ancient surroundings of Chavin de Huantar. Still rushes to escape with his new core followers, while Answer, Collie, Luz and Coordinator join forces to try and stop him...

Criminal Magic, Chapter Twenty-Seven

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2020 23:59


All parties rush towards the final confrontation at the Longbones' new mountain compound. But surprises await the Newtown and Kollectiv warriors...

Criminal Magic, Chapter Twenty-Six

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 27:25


A surprising decoy plot is revealed to the Newtown crew from a shocking source. Meanwhile, Answer departs in his own usual stealthy way, heading directly for the point of conflict.

Criminal Magic, Chapter Twenty-Five

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2020 24:59


The Newtown crew prepares to confront the threat of a restored Cayman clan, while Answer slips away on his own, keen to understand the meaning of the pouch Luz gave him from the shaman Ramon...

Criminal Magic, Chapter Twenty-four

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2020 32:28


Arimichi Mikio makes his way into Newtown, albeit by an unexpected route. What he wants with Collie and the crew is unclear, but as events swirl towards a reckoning with Still and the Cayman, strange allies may prove to be a welcome surprise...

Criminal Magic, Chapter Twenty-three

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2020 26:47


Answer intervenes in the probe of the Longbones warrior, to shocking effect. A new Indu manager appears on the scene, complicating matters for Collie just as he needs to focus on finding Still/Kohler...

Criminal Magic, Chapter Twenty-two

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020 40:00


Answer finally rejoins the group in Portland Newtown, and Still gets even closer to recreating ahmati. Jaguar has an immediate impact on a tense setting as Answer arrives...

Criminal Magic, Chapter Twenty-one

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2020 25:33


Everything converges on the Portland Newtown, as the crew prepares to use the Pusher EPROM tech on the captured Longbones warrior. And not far from there, Kohler gets closer to his goal...

Criminal Magic, Chapter Twenty

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2020 39:40


All parties move towards the Portland Newtown, with one glaring exception: Answer. His path is diverted, at least temporarily...

Criminal Magic, Chapter Nineteen

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2020 28:30


Still-as-Kohler explores his new domain, while Collie, Pillhead John and Hedda Bjornlee ponder the minefield of how to use their new devices on less-than-willing participants. Everything, it seems, is moving towards Newtown...

Rusty, Seneca, and life in the wilds of Peru in the early 1990s

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2020 68:24


More of the Criminal Magic story will be coming soon, we promise! We're switching back to some other, non-fiction storytelling for this release. Hope you enjoy the conversation!

Criminal Magic, Chapter Eighteen

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2020 39:17


Coordinator, Answer and Luz clean up after the tragic conflict, while Collie keeps searching through Dana's memories, connecting some very surprising dots...

Criminal Magic, Chapter Seventeen

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2020 41:31


The Longbones come down, seeking to catch their enemies gathered all in one place. But there are still mysteries even their leader does not understand, and surprises all around for both sides...

Criminal Magic, Chapter Sixteen

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2020 48:30


Coordinator finds ways to dip further into the mysteries surrounding Raif Kohler, as Collie starts to put the pieces together between his old friend Answer and the memories they saw from their journey into Dana's memories...

Criminal Magic, Chapter Fifteen

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2020 31:00


The Newtown crew begins seeing inside the unconscious mind of the amnesiac Dana, while Answer, Coordinator and Rene fall deeper into the dark passage being crafted by Raif Kohler. They don't see the whole of it yet, but all of them in their own ways feel that a conflict is coming...

Criminal Magic, Chapter Fourteen

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2020 29:00


Luz and Ramon connect in a shaman space outside of time, and the Newtown geniuses work on a way to see all the things that their new resident has forgotten...

Criminal Magic, Chapter Thirteen

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2020 35:00


Answer, Coordinator, Luz and Rene fly north towards an uncertain meeting with the forces swirling around the traditional land of the U'wa.

Criminal Magic, Chapter Twelve

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2020 33:01


Raif prowls his lab in the middle of the night, musing on the double life he leads. Back in Colombia, the trio of Answer, Coordinator and Luz decide on a trip north, and Answer calls in Rene Taul for a bit more pilot duty to get them there...

Criminal Magic, Chapter Eleven

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2020 28:00


Luz joins Answer and Coordinator in Colombia, much to Coordinator's annoyance. And her cryptic but seemingly psychic pronouncements definitely aren't helping. Meanwhile, we get a bird's-eye view of an ecotage effort just over the border in Venezuela...

Criminal Magic, Chapter Ten

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2020 30:00


Answer finds a rude reception after working so hard to make his way home, and we are introduced to Raif, who worked as a young adventurous scientist trying to discover western medical value in the deep knowledge of the U'wa shaman Ramon...

Criminal Magic, Chapter Nine

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2020 36:00


Answer slowly makes his way back to Colombia, while Coordinator heads back to Portland in an effort to see if Collie can help her find Answer before the dark forces pursuing them do. The INDU mob finds out the hard way that the people of Newtown are a little harder to displace than they might have suspected...

Criminal Magic, Chapter Eight

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2020 34:01


Answer returns home to an uncertain welcome, while Coordinator seeks out his old friend, Collie Grey back in Portland. She may not be exactly welcome, but Collie has his own reasons why she may be useful...

Criminal Magic, Chapter Seven

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2020 43:59


Answer recalls more of their first adventures with the shaman, Luz, while Coordinator is confronted with some unwelcome news back at House. Her mentor Kiranjit Singh has a mission that is tailor-made for her, however objectionable she may find it...

Criminal Magic, Chapter Six

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020 29:25


As Coordinator dives deeper into the mystery surrounding Harrison Lin, Answer drifts back to an earlier time when he and Collie first met Luz Kawabi and began their journey of discovery...

Criminal Magic, Chapter Five

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 35:00


As Answer does his best to simply disappear once again, Coordinator heads back to the relative safety of House, eager to put her tools to work finding out who or what is behind her recent difficulties. Answer finds assistance from an old ally...

Criminal Magic, Chapter Four

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2020 35:00


After the failed exchange, everyone is on the run. But that doesn't mean they're out of the woods...whoever or whatever is after them seems to have a very long reach indeed. But Coordinator and Answer both believe in that old adage: it isn't paranoid if they're really out to get you.

Criminal Magic, Chapter Three

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2020 25:54


The four participants in the initial kidnapping of Target all head their separate ways, each finding themselves hunted in one way or another. Although they don't yet know why everything went off the rails, they all try to seek safety as best as they know how, with whatever resources they can quickly and quietly find...

Criminal Magic, Chapter Two

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2020 35:00


Chapter Two of Criminal Magic: In the future, society is broken into two groups: government run for and by transnational business, and a citizenry left to foot the bill. To survive in this world, crime has grown its own political structure. The Kollectiv movement specializes in outsourcing crime. It's a cranked-up tribe of anarchists, activists and adrenaline junkies. In short, anybody with an eye toward adventure and an aversion to office work. The cash available for social programs all over the world now comes almost exclusively from the Kollectives, forming an intersection between compassion and crime. It's Robin Hood by any means necessary. Answer contracts for the Kollectiv, but he's not in it for the people. For him it's the adrenaline. He's a specialist who brings a certain magic to the job--the inspired magic of San Pedro, the ancient cult of the jaguar. But lately he's been feeling bored. A Kollectiv kidnap goes wrong, leaving Answer and Coordinator, a hardass, technology-drive Kollectiv organizer, running for their lives. This isn't right. Nobody gets killed over a little renewable resource job. There's an ethic, even in this work. Answer and Coordinator know that. But somebody's changed the rules. Who? There are forces--dark mystical energies and well-heeled transnational executives--hard at work reshaping the world twenty-four seven. It's a dangerous time to be ambivalent about your purpose or power, and Answer's growing uncertainty about what his magic means makes him vulnerable. Luz, the strong Peruvian shaman, knows all about Answer, and the ancient evil that's chasing him. She is his mentor, and has a vision of his future, even if he does not. The question is: will she be able to keep her student alive long enough for him to become the teacher in her dreams?

Criminal Magic, Chapter One

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2020 33:00


Chapter One of Criminal Magic: In the future, society is broken into two groups: government run for and by transnational business, and a citizenry left to foot the bill. To survive in this world, crime has grown its own political structure. The Kollectiv movement specializes in outsourcing crime. It's a cranked-up tribe of anarchists, activists and adrenaline junkies. In short, anybody with an eye toward adventure and an aversion to office work. The cash available for social programs all over the world now comes almost exclusively from the Kollectives, forming an intersection between compassion and crime. It's Robin Hood by any means necessary. Answer contracts for the Kollectiv, but he's not in it for the people. For him it's the adrenaline. He's a specialist who brings a certain magic to the job--the inspired magic of San Pedro, the ancient cult of the jaguar. But lately he's been feeling bored. A Kollectiv kidnap goes wrong, leaving Answer and Coordinator, a hardass, technology-drive Kollectiv organizer, running for their lives. This isn't right. Nobody gets killed over a little renewable resource job. There's an ethic, even in this work. Answer and Coordinator know that. But somebody's changed the rules. Who? There are forces--dark mystical energies and well-heeled transnational executives--hard at work reshaping the world twenty-four seven. It's a dangerous time to be ambivalent about your purpose or power, and Answer's growing uncertainty about what his magic means makes him vulnerable. Luz, the strong Peruvian shaman, knows all about Answer, and the ancient evil that's chasing him. She is his mentor, and has a vision of his future, even if he does not. The question is: will she be able to keep her student alive long enough for him to become the teacher in her dreams?

Conversations With Myself: Episode 5

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2017 61:00


Rusty and Seneca discuss the will of the mind versus the will of the heart. Can we have much more of one and a whole lot less of the other? and was Descartes the most regressive piece of emotional technology ever invented? Give a listen and see!

Conversations With Myself: Episode 4

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2017 56:54


Nothing is ever lost in the house of self. Explorations on how we can live in emotional abundance, rather than staying camped out with fear.

Conversations With Myself: Episode 3

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2017 84:00


Felsenfeld, and the Harvard Business School of Adrenalin

Conversations With Myself: Episode 2

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2017 45:56


Conversations with Myself: Episode 2 The one where we talk about art and culture and violence

Conversations With Myself, Episode 1

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2017 13:50


The one where we start talking

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