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Nerve Ascending PodcastBishop Randall: Songs of the Shadow2023-04-191h 52
Nerve Ascending PodcastMike Seeba: A Cat with Many HatsOur 8th episode features Mike Seeba who is a bit of a legend (esp. in our town Nevada City, California). He is a wonderful sitar player who studied at the Ali Akbar College of Music in California. In addition to the sitar, he also plays ukulele and sings. He's a writer who has published a novel called Cat in the Rye and is currently working on another one. He performs stand-up comedy, is an outstanding tie dye artist, and meme lord.
We have a long talk with him about his studies and travels in India, sitar and ragas, his book Cat...2022-08-132h 38
Nerve Ascending PodcastTosh BermanTosh Berman is the author of the wonderful memoir TOSH : Growing Up in Wallace Berman's World. Tosh is the son of Shirley and Wallace Berman, central figures of the underground Beat-era art scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s thru 1970s. Wallace was a well-respected experimental artist whose friends included many famous artists, musicians, actors and poets of that time including Allen Ginsberg, the Rolling Stones, Dennis Hopper, Ramblin'Jack Elliot, Dean Stockwell and the list goes on. So young Tosh grew up around all these famous characters of the LA arts scene and his book shows that world thru the...2022-07-132h 49
Nerve Ascending PodcastClarity: King of the MuseClarity is a spoken word poet and host of The Muse Exchange open mic series. He began The Muse Exchange nearly a decade ago in a small backyard on Long Island, NY. The event has grown into a bi-coastal extravaganza hosted in three locations.
He got into poetry and spoken word thru hip hop and was in the hip hop group Conceptual Elements. As a performer, Clarity has honed his voice behind the microphone at countless venues around the world, sharing the stage with notable poets such as Saul Williams and Buddy Wakefield. His style continues to evolve, testing conventional...2022-04-302h 37
Nerve Ascending PodcastEugene AlliendeOur 5th episode features Eugene Alliende, MFT, marriage and family counselor, meditation teacher, environmentalist, Yogi well-versed in Tantra, psychonaut, and an avid explorer of consciousness. Prior to our conversation with him we read his wonderful book Dimensions of Being : An Explorer's Guide to Consciousness, which takes the reader on a journey thru the levels of consciousness in space-time from before the Big Bang to the present day. We talk about consciousness, evolution, quantum-physics, meditation, entheogens, Tantra, technology, the environmental crisis, bodhisattvas and love.
Learn more about Eugene and his work at the global healing arts clinic
Get his book, Dimensions...2022-04-251h 36
Nerve Ascending PodcastHelen Stickney: Lessons From DeathThis episode features Helen Stickney, PhD, a former linguistics professor, who now is a death doula, grief counselor and meditation instructor. She talks with us about her journey from academia to becoming a death doula. She has many interesting experiences and insights to share. She mentions that death has been a kind of “advisor” to her with deep lessons to teach.
Learn more about Helen and her work with Pittsburgh Death Collective
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Nerve Ascending PodcastChad WilkinsWe talk with Chad Wilkins, Australian/American folk singer-songwriter whose music comes from his heart. He tells us about how his songwriting process is a kind of spiritual practice, and thru his soulful music he hopes to bring messages of love & light. 2022-02-161h 09
Nerve Ascending PodcastWill StapleThis episode of the podcast features internationally award-winning, post-beat poet Will Staple. Will is also our neighbor and friend who lives out in the woods in a cabin he built himself with help from his beat poet friends such as Allen Ginsberg. Will tells us about his background & history, from the writing of his first poem as a child, to his friendship with fellow poets Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, and Lew Welch, to his experiences teaching poetry in schools.
It was a great talk with this magnificent character. We took a break in between to have dinner--our homemade vegetarian lasagna an...2022-01-261h 26
Nerve Ascending Podcastthis is our podcast… But Is It Art?In our first episode we’re trying to figure out this whole podcast thing. You get a glimpse of our quirky characters as we meanderingly discuss art, early musical influences including the Go-Go girls, Sesame Street, and Kenny Rogers. We finish with a live performance of a song from our upcoming album. To learn more about […]2020-01-1838 min