Pirate Utopias

This episode we talk to Schivona Johnson about the power of imagination and living out our true identity. Schivona is the founder of Third Eye Snacks. @thirdeyesnacks Aaron Benavides is a music producer and artist @Shadowsweat Chris Caballero is an Audio engineer and Tea connoisseur who runs Import and Tea

This week we're talking to Grayson Creely. Grayson's a fantastic musician, audio engineer and entrepreneur. In our conversation we talk about the music industry and about creating alternative business models that are more based around community and curation. We also touch on some key ways that crypto and blockchain can help artists to take the power back in the Music Industry. He works at the illustrious Sugar Hills Studios and at his studio. He also runs a music licensing company called SyncWorthy. You can follow him here: gpcmusic.com IG: @gpcmusic Also Check us out on Odysee @PirateUtopias You can follow Aaron on IG and twitter @Shadowsweat You can get tea from Chris at Import and Tea

Brooklyn Moore is a fascinating person we were introduced recently. She has some interesting perspectives from whole bunch of unique experiences from her upbringing in the bay being born of "Jamaican Gypsies" to her work as a Dancer and Professional Poker player. She's very into Painting, Movement meditation, Crypto, and herbal medicine and Tea. This was a really interesting conversation that ranges from lessons that we can learn from playing poker and letting go of our attachments to results to some of the ways that cryptocurrencies can connect the abstract world of computers to the physical world and help democratize the money system. 00:00-2:00 Intro 2:00-5:09 Tea and Tea Culture 5:09-9:35 How She got into Poker 9:35-23:15 Playing professional Poker 23:15-50:40 How Crypto can bring us more in touch with the physical world 50:40-55:00 Other things Brooklyn is doing now. And Events in the future 55:00-1:03:18 Gong Fu Cha and Yaupon Culture growing in the US 1:03:18-1:06:00 Brooklyn's Art Practice 1:06:00- Finding our lost sense of intuition

This week we talk to Jerome Morrison. Jerome is a technologist, installation artist, and general problem solver who works at Meow Wolf. He just finished opening Meow Wolf: Omega Mart in Las Vegas. In this episode we discuss his work opening up Omega Mart, his thoughts on Game design when creating immersive art spaces and using Gamification to redesign everything from our institutions to our personal lives. We also go through his journey as an artist and how he got to where he is.

Human Shaped Animal boards captains the ship in this inside look into the mind, studio, and work of HSA and her artistic career. HSA is a fearless individual of many talents and, offers insight, and explains her work process for the emerging artist. It was so great to catch up with one of my favorite working painters, see where she's at now and connect here to Aaron, this episode hints at potential collaborations and how to change our audience's experience of art in a post-covid world. Support Links Below. HUMAN SHAPED ANIMAL: https://www.humanshapedanimal.com/​INSTA: @humanshapedanimal

In this episode Juju boards the ship and steers us back home to our place of spiritual centered-ness. Juju shares insights from her own affirmation cards, gives a beautiful explanation of the 'One-ness' and why to have an attitude of gratitude. Chris Cab slides in for a last minute check-in and reminds us to apply our spiritual and mindfulness practices to our work and personal relationships. Check out more of Juju's work below, and as always.. WE LOVE YOU!!!

The hair says it all in this episode. Julian Woo, the legend, joins boards the ship for part 15 of Pirate.Utopia. He tells about buying a car with bitcoin, what its like to be a renegade activist chef in North Carolina, and shares stories from the road. Listening to Julian describe cooking food is like watching a dolphin swim, it just works. This episode is hilarious, don't miss out on this epic human. Support links below. WE LOVE YOU!!!

Chris Caballero boards the ship for pt. 14. Chris is a man of many talents and experiences, and nor a stranger to entrepreneurship. In this episode we answer some bitcoin basics, hear about Chris's experiences in China, and how that ultimately brought him into the Tea and import business. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did and look forward to collaborating with Chris in the near future. As always support links below, and now more than ever, WE LOVE YOU!

Join us for pt.13 of PU as we go back and forth about Bitcoin, and the different projects we're excited about for 2021. The intention of the crypto episodes is to educate and spread knowledge about blockchain and how it can be used to improve our not only our finances but how we operate as a whole. As always WE LOVE YOU! See how you can support Pirate Utopia below, & Don't Forget to claim your free BITCOIN through the Voyager app! AARON: INSTA-@shadowsweat VENMO-@aaron-benavides-1 ETH ADDRESS- 0x69f58849e6B02bE752C86161eAe99Cb08ed1Ef81 J. BERGER: INSTA- @j_brgr_ VENMO-@brgrwrld ETH ADDRESS- 0x7Bd51EDe3be66C129C60cedFBAfA7a7c071a0013 CLAIM FREE BITCOIN Download: Voyager App Enter Code: 7BA839 Trade: $100 worth of crypto on the Voyager App

Paul Lyons boards the ship in style and opens up about his work as a professional musician, redefines writer's block, and quotes Jesus. This episode stretches us spiritually as we count our many threads in common, including an infinity for the band Phish. Paul explains the donut, Aaron and Jesse invite Paul to play a live show. Thank you for your support and feel free contact us directly to be featured or collaborate. WE LOVE YOU!!!

Spirit arrives early for the holidays this year and blesses us with a 4 hour special with Marcy Currier. Marcy captains the ship, & there is really nothing more to say about this epic being other than give this episode a listen. It rings true with that ‘Be Here Now' type of feel… it's meant to be an episode you can swim in, jump around, flip through.. listen to the whole thing… you decide how to unwrap and experience this beautiful gift of insight. WE LOVE YOU!!! Support Marcy w/ VENMO @metamarcy INSTAGRAMZ: @metamarcy @the_tarot_within @mystical._.frog._.tarot @lilypad.rehook Adrian's Music: @winslo.beats, https://amplink/q3Bmr CHECK OUT THESE LINKS: Comedy:@funhousecomedy mediation: https://www.facebook.com/theheartawak… Yoga: https://www.facebook.com/groups/prisc… da boys: @rhythmicity_media, @j_brgr_

Meghan Price takes the helm for part 7 of Pirate Utopia and guides us on a vision-quest through her experience of psychedelics, the tarot, catching Covid-19 in India, alternative healing modalities, as well as lucid dreaming. Aaron taps in, and shares his experience of the Tarot as we try to piece together what it means to dream, & co-exist as our best selves through the pandemic... Don't Panic! Take a deep breath, and do not miss out on this epic human. WE LOVE YOU!!! INSTAGRAMZ: @cloudninewellnessco, @rythmicity_media, @j_brgr_ Aaron's tunes: https://soundcloud.com/shadowsweatsounds P.S. Jesse references an author and get the name wrong, its Neil Kramer not Brett ;) https://neilkramer.com/

Dylan Herin-Soule boards the ship and takes us on a trip through what comedy is, when and where to punch, and how he finds meaning. Dylan has also released his first book, contributes to the popular Curious Cactus channel, and plans to be bigger than Netflix. Aaron confesses that Jesse is rich, and the plumber fixed the sink... Links below! Dylan's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Repetitio... INSTAGRAMz: @wisemanofthesea, @rythymicity_media, @j_brgr_ Curious Cactus: www.curiouscactusnetwork.com YOUTUBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR8F... TWITTER: @DylanHerinSoule WE LOVE YOU!

Andy Hatch & Wally bear board the ship to take us on a cross-country journey via bicycles. Wally Bear's powerful aura presents some technical challenges, but reminds us all to keep the volume at 10, Andy shares some epic photography from the trip, and still hates instagram. So proud of these boys. Links below, WE LOVE YOU!!! INSTAGRAMz: @plandypedals, @fancy_tickler, @rythmicity_media, @j_brgr_ Aaron's Music: https://li.sten.to/vEtYlANSHOW LESS

Neal boards the ship to drop The Official Method Makers Podcast, introduce Method Made Design Lab, and Aaron takes us a spiritual ride through pendulum theories and abstract buddhism. Find more of Neal's work in the links below. WE LOVE YOU! INSTAGRAMz: @methodmakers, @methodmade, @methodmakerspodcast, @youngmethodmakers, @rhythmicity_media, @j_brgr_

Jon Knox boards the ship for pt.3 of pirate utopia. Jon lives in Brooklyn, runs his own backpack / bag company, and goes in depth on his psychedelic stock picks. Aaron drops a new track, and Jon's affinity for the HBO series How To with Jon Wilson comes to the surface... INSTAGRAMz: @jonknoxzar, @rhythicity_media, @j_brgr_, @bermuda_sf, @bogusluck, @alexrapine Aarons new track: https://li.sten.to/vEtYlAN

Ian Leonard boards the ship on part 2 of Pirate Utopia. Ian is a glass artist based out of Colorado, has been to all 50 states, and keeps it spiritually real. He shares what it's like to be a working artist, his initial attraction to glass & the pipe scene, as we try to discover the mysterious marble man Chris of ATX. Aaron gets the nudge to go pro while Jesse gets philosophical on the definition of art. INSTAGRAMz: @l3nrd_ / @rythmicity_media / @j_brgr_ Aaron's Benavides Music: https://soundcloud.com/shadowsweatsounds We Love You!