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Rak Razam is best described as a mythic story teller. An author, a film maker, a journalist, a public speaker and psychonaut. Rak's interests of exploration lie in psychedelics and shamanic use of plant medicines, and the great mystery of consciousness and our spiritual purpose. His film "Aya: Awakenings" documents Rak's journey into the world of Shamanism and Ayahuasca in the Amazon Jungle. www.rakrazam.com Instagram: @rakrazam

Long time listeners of the show will be very familiar with todays guest, Andy Ross. Andy is an artist, a hunter and outdoorsman, always delivering with an epic story. The last 6-9 months however have been immensely challenging for Andy, to say the very least. Back in August, 2024, he underwent a lower leg amputation, removing a quarter of his right leg between the ankle and the knee. This conversation, Andy gives us the full breakdown of what happened, what its like to go through a life changing operation like this and what life looks like now on the long road to recovery. @livingspiritdesign

Ky Dickens is the host and creator of the hugely successful podcast "The Telepathy Tapes". "The Telepathy Tapes" is an investigation into the profound and unique abilities demonstrated by many non-verbal autistic children. The podcast follows the research of Dr Diane Hennacy Powell which indicates that many of these individuals demostrate telepathic abilities with family members, friends and each other, as well as a wide range of other extraordinary spiritual gifts. Many of these gifts and abilities fly in the face of conventional scientific understanding of consciousness, the mind and reality itself. "The Telepathy Tapes" is available on all podcast platforms. https://open.spotify.com/show/1zigaPaUWO4G9SiFV0Kf1c?si=f7f76c2bcfd543f4 https://thetelepathytapes.com/

Today we are joined by the legendary James Jones from "Love On The Spectrum". James featured in both seasons of the American version of the show and is without a doubt my favourite part of the show. He's eccentric, funny, sweet, courteous, thoughtful, intelligent and just a great personality. Instagram: @jamesbjones87

Justine McAllister is a Melbourne based visual artist and muralist. She has just concluded her second solo exhibition titled “Romantic Rebellion” which was on show at 45 downstairs. The works are a vibrant exploration of colour, chaos and liberation, with nude figures calmly lying amongst flames, animals in motion and an engulfing noise. Justine is an incredibly active muralist with no wall too large for her colourful animals and figures. Beautiful work all round. Instagram: @justinemcallister

Elise Marcianti is an artist and host of the podcast Explore your core, but she is also full time adventurer. She is an endurance runner, slackliner, rock climber, cyclist, pretty much any physical activity spent in nature is how she lives her life. She recent had a short documentary film made about her called The Curious Path which can be found on YouTube and well worth a watch. The Curious Path Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMguwP4CG6E Instagram: @elisemarcianti @exploreyourcore_ Explore Your Core Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6x9lZNea7CvHTG9YZmqB2H?si=36916de23ed645b0

Jason is a Melbourne based artist known best for his paintings and murals. In more recent years Jason's art practice has expanded into fully immersive experiences with elaborate exhibitions encompassing sculpture, installation, performance, film and music. Jason has his most ambitious exhibition to date opening this week at the Meat Market in North Melbourne. The show is titled “Rise, Ruin, Renew, Repeat”, it is on for only one week from 21st - 28th November. It is a ticketed event and is one not to be missed. Jump on to jasonparkerart . com to secure a spot, tickets are only $12, don't miss out. www.jasonparkerart.com Instagram: @jasonparkerart

Kalya Scintilla and Eve de Voke aka Yaegon and Eve, are a world infused bass music and performative duo. Ranging between glitchy bass, trance, techno and ambient electronic music, with stunning theatrical live performances, Yaegon and Eve bring intention and depth into their shamanic journey music inspired by ancient technologies and wisdom. Without a doubt, an all time festival favourite. https://merkabamusic.com/ https://merkabamusic.com/eve-de-voke/ https://merkabamusic.com/kalyascintilla/ Instagram: @kalyascintilla.merkaba @evokationart

Maloney is the host of the "3000 Podcast", a Melbourne centric podcast with some of Melboure's culture makers. We chat about Maloney's journey into the podcasting world, hip hop and street culture and his love for Melbourne and its countless subcultures. @3000podcast https://www.youtube.com/@3000podcast

Tayla Broekman is a Melbourne based visual artist who is best known for her beautifully drawn illustrative characters, mostly female figures and animals, done with styyyle. She is a highly accomplished muralist, painting all over the country and the globe and a digital artist. Instagram: @tayla.art

Kent Wilson is an artist, curator, writer, teacher and musician. He has worked all angles of the art world aiding, assisting and creating opportunities for artists. He has been instrumental in building and nurturing a thriving contemporary art scene in central Victoria, being one of the founders of the Kyneton Contemporary Art Triennial and being the Senior curator at La Trobe Arts Institute, Bendigo. Kent has also just recently released his first album under the name Fletching which is currently available on Spotify and Bandcamp. https://fletchingmusic.bandcamp.com/ Instagram: @_kentwilson_

Benjamin Knock is an Australian multi-disciplinary artist who's work is predominantly focused around geological structures, the mechanics of our planet and passage of time. Since our last chat, Benji has been hanging out, for extended periods of time, on the edge of active, erupting volcanoes. I've been completely glued to his instagram stories as he's been documenting bursts of exploding lava, deep earthly rumbles, huge black smoke clouds and barron alien landscapes. https://www.benjaminknock.com/ Instagram: @k_n_o_c_k @terra_therma

Nina Rao is a Kirtan singer and performer with two incredible solo albums out now. She tours with Krishna Das singing and performing in his band as well as being his business manager. She is a podcast host on the Be Here Now Network, a spiritual teacher and has worked as a conservationist. https://www.ninaraochant.com/ https://ninarao.bandcamp.com/music

Phaeleh aka Matt Preston, is an English electronic music producer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist known for his evocative melodic beats. His music ranges across many genres and tempos, sometimes upbeat and energised and often calm, ambient and cinematic. Combining live instruments with his supurb electronic production, Phaeleh's music has guided me through many a deep inner journey. https://phaeleh.bandcamp.com/

Joe DiMeo is the recipient of the first successful face transplant and double hand transplant. Currently 25 years old, Joe lived a pretty normal life, until one morning in July, 2018, he was in a car accident and sustained third degree burns to 80% of his body. After two years of healing, challenging rehab, 20 reconstructive plastic surgeries and skin grafts, Joe underwent the 23 hour experimental transplant surgery in hope for a new trajectory toward function and normality. Four years later, Joe is living an active life, not without its challenges, but with optimism and independence. And today Joe joins me to share his difficult yet inspiring story. Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joestransplantjourney Instagram: @joeroydimeo

Michael Vale is a Melbourne based contemporary artist best known for his eerie absurdist figurative paintings. Sublime landscapes occupied by a cast of strange cryptids: Masked ghostly entities, figures wrapped in bandages, skeletons smoking pipes all participating in an obscured ever unfolding narrative of humour, horror and mystery. With a professional art career spanning over four decades, Michael has held 22 solo exhibitions, has been a finalist in the Archibald Prize three times, and won a number of prestigious art prizes including the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. Instagram: @michaelcharlesvale

Chamberlain is a Melbourne based music producer who is best known for his punchy bass-heavy glitch-hop beats. He has played gigs and festivals all over Australia and world wide and has done countless releases of singles, reworks, EPs and albums. Get onto his soundcloud or spotify discography, guaranteed to put you in the mood to party and improve your vibe. https://chamberlaintunes.com/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/chamberlainyeah Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1EN0OGXAhh1z5k6Iq4E5H4?si=Wg1MNKhWTd2znoNPB3fRPQ Bandcamp: https://chamberlainyeah.bandcamp.com/ Instagram: @chamberlainyeah

In 2011, a team of Swedish ocean explorers searching for shipwrecks in the Baltic sea came across a very strange and unexplainable object. Their scanners picked up a large circular structure, seemingly non-natural, 60 meters in diameter and 90 meters deep with a long drag mark following it etched into the ocean floor. This discovery changed the course of their lives, sparking a relentless effort to examine and learn what this object might be, how it got there and how long its been there. The coverage of this discovery went world wide with the media dubbing it “The Baltic Sea Anonmaly” and even “The Baltic Sea UFO”. It is a really strange and exciting discovery which seems to puzzle all the scientific professionals who examine it. Is it a natural phenomena caused by volcanic activity? Or a meteor? Could it be man made? The foundations of some kind of building? Or could it actually be as strange as UFO crash site? One thing they do know is the more learn, the more questions that arise. The team who discovered it is called OceanX, lead by Peter Lindberg and Dennis Asberg. Today I am joining by Dennis, one of the original discoverers of this bizarre mysterious object lying at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Ocean X https://www.oceanexplorer.se/ Dennis World Podcats https://open.spotify.com/show/2Hl3eOJF4nTd4EW1uRdXiA?si=8cf03c7f85054dc9

Tim Molloy is a visual artist, illustrator and author of a number of comics/ graphic novels. Tim is also a world builder. Across the many mediums he works with spanning over a few decades, Tim has built an imaginary world in which all his characters and creatures inhabit. Strung together with an ever unfolding narrative, Tim's universe is a frantic, psychedelic, multi-dimensional, alien sci fi melting pot. Bright colours, bizarre creatures, dark unsettling themes and magical adventures all delivered with aesthetical maximism. www.timmolloy.com https://www.patreon.com/timmolloy Instagram: @timmolloyart

As promised, the follow up interview with Jake Angeli-Chansley. Also know by his shamanic name YellowStone Wolf, but known the world over by his nickname Q-Shaman. Jake came into the public eye after being the poster boy for the January 6 riots and the United States Capitol. This is a follow up conversation from episode 174.

Having explored the subject of conspiracy theories extensively over the years, it hasn't been uncommon to come across people claiming to be “Targeted Individuals”. Targeted Individuals are a group of people who believe they are being monitored, manipulated and targeted by powerful people or groups for the purpose of control, experimentation and psychological torture. There are said to be thousands worldwide and they claim to be targeted with a wide variety of methods such as radiowaves, microwaves, microchip implants, gangstalking and advanced surveillance.

Brent Lee and Neil Sanders are the hosts of the "Some Dare Call It Conspiracy" Podcast. A podcast that explores, investigates and debunks various conspiracy theories. We chat about the podcast, conspiracy theories that might actually be true, and explore the subject of Aliens, UFOs and the crop circle phenomenon. Twitter: @somedarepodcast

Hari Hari is an Adelaide based visual artist and muralist. Hari's work is often site specific, black and white, trippy optical shapes and forms with a warped movement that keeps the viewers eyes very busy. We sat down on the tail end of the Darwin Street Art Festival for a chat about Hari's work. Instagram: @hari_hari0

Darren Wardle is a Melbourne based visual artist. He is best known for his bright, techni-colour paintings of modern architectural interiors and exteriors. His subjects are often dilapidated and abstracted, a critical examination of modernity and walking the fine line between Utopia and Dystopia. www.darrenwardle.com Instagram: @darren.wardle

Jake Angeli-Chansley became known the world over after becoming the poster boy for the January 6 riots at the Capitol in Washington DC, 2021. Dressed in his iconic outfit of red, white and blue face paint, bison horns and fur head-dress, Jake entered the Capitol building along with a large number or protesters and rioters, and paraded around the Senate floor while chanting, praying, and standing in front of Vice President Mike Pence's chair. He was sentenced to 41 months in prison and was released early after 27 months for good behaviour. Jake practices Shamanism, his Shamanic name being YellowStone Wolf, and has long been participating in public demonstrations associated with the QAnon movement. We explore some of Jakes views and beliefs surrounding spirituality, politics, Jan 6 and what made the man that we all come to know as "The Q Shaman". https://www.forbiddentruthacademy.com/ Twitter/X: @AmericaShaman

Jasmine Mansbridge is a Victoria based contemporary visual artist. Her geometric paintings and sculptures are described as the intersection between poetry and geometry. A geometric visual language to express deeper concepts and experiences. Her practice spans across painting, large outdoor sculptures, public murals and film. Her current exhibition titled “Poetry buried in Geometry” is on at Michael Reid Northern Beaches, 1-24th May. https://michaelreidnorthernbeaches.com.au/exhibition/jasmine-mansbridge-poetry-buried-in-geometry-2/ https://www.jasminemansbridge.com/ Instagram: @jasmine_mansbridge

Megan Hales is a Sydney based contemporary artist. Megan's art practice has varied from public sculpture, wearable art and performance art, public murals and oil painting. Her recent paintings are hyper realist, highly technical depictions of everyday, overlooked items and scenes of nature encroaching on the urban environment. Bright, often chaotic and absurd and incredibly painted. Instagram: @_megan_hales

Andy Ross is a Melbourne based digital artist, a hunter and a unique thinker with a million stories. Instagram: @livingspiritdesign

Caratoes is a Belgium born multidisciplinary artist who has lived nomadically for over a decade now, constantly traveling wherever her creativity takes her. She paints large scale murals, elaborate installations, wearable art and costumes and is currently building a large outdoor metal sculpture. Instagram: @caratoes

Mary Tonkin is a contemporary Australian landscape painter based in the Dandenong Ranges, Victoria. Her large textured oil paintings exquisitely capture the immense beauty of this lush forest landscape surrounding her studio. Her current exhibition "Both Sides Now" is currently showing at Australian Galleries, Collingwood. Instagram: @mary.tonkin https://australiangalleries.com.au/exhibitions/mary-tonkin-sr24-both-sides-now/

Isabella Segalovich is a writer, producer and social media content creator for the online art publication "Hyperallergic". She is also working on her upcoming book about ornament in architecture. Instagram: @interstellar_isabellar @hyperallergic

Eamon Waddington is a hunter and photographer who spends much of his life outdoors. Over the years Eamon has had a number of pretty extraordinary UFO sightings, often viewed with other witnesses. We discuss these sightings and the UFO phenomenon more broadly. Instagram: @eamon.waddington

BX is a private investigator as well as streamer and content creator who frequently shines the light on some of the more disturbing and dark corners of the internet. She has investigated and exposed numerous online predators, cultists and online manipulators. Twitter: @bx_on_x

Jon Beinart is the owner and director of Beinart Gallery in Melbourne. With a huge international following Beinart Gallery has built its reputation for exhibiting highly skilled figurative artists with a shared fascination for surreal and imaginative themes. Jon is also an artist in his own right, producing surreal technically advanced paintings as well as his toddler-pillar sculptures which he is best known for. https://beinart.org/ Instagram: @beinartgallery @jonbeinart

Micah Ofstedahl is a contemporary artist best known for his masterful paintings. His work can be described as altered realism: celebrating the natural world while exploring some of life's great mysteries. Incredibly rendered natural landscapes with translucent forms, patterns and networks moving through and interlacing with the physical realms we perceive. The forms appear to present themselves as bending light, possible apparitions, alternative dimensions or even scientific illustrations of energies, waves or sounds. https://www.micahofstedahl.com/ Instagram: @micahofstedahl

M.K. Komins is a Philadelphia based artist whos practice spans across painting, sculpture, illustration, digital and character design. Their paintings are bright, playful, dream-like depictions of portraits, characters and creatures. Glamorous and alluring, surreal and strange. Exhibited widely across the States and abroad as well as being highlighted by such publications as hi-fructose, juxtapose, Beautiful Bizarre magazine just to name a few. mkkomins.com Instagram: @m.k.komins

Desmond Sweeney is a Freemantle based artist who's beautiful desaturated seascapes evoke both an idyllic picturesque utopia and a faded lonely nostalgia. He is also an acomplished muralist going under the name 8FootWalls, transforming interiors of some of melbournes major venues and collaborations with highly regarded architects and design firms. https://desmondsweeney.com.au/ https://www.8footwalls.com/ Instagram: @8footwalls

Juan Ford is a Melbourne based multidisciplinary artist best known for his hyper realist oil paintings. His beautiful paintings are an amalgamation of figurative, botanical and landscape, creating mythological characters and subject matters reflecting on man's relationship and impact on nature. https://juanford.com/ Instagram: @juan_ford_art

Pricasso is a performance artist and painter who is best known for painting live portraits with his penis. He is incredibly prolific and a speedy painter, delivering an accurate likeness of his subjects while performing in front of large audiences. He performs all over the world and Sexpo conventions, caberet shows and has a long waiting list for private commissions. www.pricasso.com

Karen Alexander is a crop circle researcher and the founder of Temporary Temples. TemporaryTemples.co.uk is a website run by Karen and her partner Steve where they provide information, run online conferences and archive photos of the crop circle phenomenon every year, which they have been doing since 1994. www.temporarytemples.co.uk Instagram: @temporarytemples

Shane Ryan is a Teacher, Writer and Lead Researcher of the Westall UFO incident which took place in April 1966. He is the central figure in the documentary "Westall '66: A Suburban UFO Mystery" that can be watched on YouTube. "Westall '66" Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjbTJIrMfsg&t=4s

Today we welcome back to the show Melbourne based visual artist KNOCK. Knock has just wrapped up his phenomenal exhibition Terra Thirma at No Vacancy Gallery in Melbourne, which responds to his recent time spent in Iceland. Instagram: @k_n_o_c_k @terra_therma Catalogue: https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/1_QDvhnbEiWBcOlJwR_aqLffkjMJhLKxC?usp=sharing&fbclid=PAAab04tWuWfMRG58SZoAzmbWXCwgOO_PVnJMKFP5h1ElEXMYD5Fzy7zFSL8I

Owen Hughes returns to the podcast to chat about the recent U.S. congressional hearings about UFO's/UAP's and discuss some theories as to what the hell is going on with the UFO phenomenon! Twitter: @owen_hues

Joy Clarke is a witness to "The Westall Indcident". In 1966, Westall, Melbourne, hundreds of witnesses, mostly students and teachers from two schools in the area, reported observing silver, saucer-shaped objects in the sky. At least one object was seen descending into a nearby field, landing briefly and then quickly ascending and flying off at speeds that defy our known capabilities. In this chat, Joy recollects her experience.

George Simpson is a UFO researcher and was the Director of the Victorian Branch of the Australian UFO Research Network. He has written the book “Nothing On Radar: The Valentich Mystery”. We chat about some of the more significant sightings and events that have taken place in Melbourne, Australia.

Karma returns to the podcast and fills us in on the many twists and turns that have unfolded within the "Negative 48" JFK obsessed MAGA cult. Including the groups newfound obsession with her, believing she is secretly JFK, and the recent abrupt passing of their leader, Michael Protzman aka Negative 48. 2022_Karma is researcher who observes the group closely through their live telegram chats. Twitter: @2022_karma

Roger Dean is a visual artists and one of the all time greats of psychedelic and sci-fi art. His mesmerizing landscapes transports the viewer to another world of floating rocks, vivid colours, surreal arching rock formations and futuristic architecture. With an incredibly successful career stretching back to the 60's, Roger's work rose to prominence through the music industry, adorning album covers for Asia, Osibisa and a long standing collaboration with the rock band Yes. His iconic style has been the source of inspiration for many and enjoyed by millions around the world. https://www.rogerdean.com/ Instagram: @rogerdeanofficial

Bruce Pascoe is a writer, poet and a farmer, who is best known for his groundbreaking book "Dark Emu: Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident?". The book challenges conventional narratives about the hunter-gatherer lifestyle of Indigenous Australians and presents evidence of complex agricultural practices, sophisticated land management, and advanced systems of farming and architecture that were practiced by Aboriginal people for thousands of years.

George Rose is a Melbourne based prolific mural artist who's work saturates the streets with bright, vibrant colours, gestural brush strokes, depictions of the natural world, and all round good vibes! She currently has her solo exhibition titled “Hyper Vista” showing at KSR gallery, located at 525 Collins Street, Melbourne. https://www.ksrgallery.com.au/exhibitions/george-rose Instagram: @george_rose

Jimmy Ponciano claims to be a "Targeted Individual". Targeted Individuals, or TI's, are a community of people who believe they are being "targeted" by powerful people or groups for the purpose of control, manipulation and experimentation.

Ben Aitken is a Melbourne based visual artist who's work spans across painting, sculpture, text and video. His work is raw, expressive and autobiographical. Playful and serious in equal measures. He is a five time archibald prize finalist, founder of Nicholas Projects, an itinerant gallery, and exhibits both nationally and internationally. In late 2021, Ben was arrested and incarcerated on drug trafficking charges. We discuss the events that unfolded, the last few turmultuos years, life and re-entering the art world. https://www.benjaminaitken.com/ Instagram: @benjamin_aitken_art