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Mystic of the Month Preview - Milarepa May 15, 2024
A preview of the first Mystic of the Month installment, a Patreon series profiling history's mystics, opening with Milarepa, the 11th-century Tibetan yogi revered as a Buddha in the Vajrayana tradition.
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back May 8, 2024
The turbulent "two steps forward, one step back" energy of 2024 gets reframed as real progress in disguise, with Neville Goddard-style revision presented as literal time travel that loosens energy anchored in the past.
Kerry MacLean Dec 30, 2021
Children's book author Kerry MacLean — mother of comedian Kelly MacLean and a student of Chogyam Trungpa since age 15 — shares her illustrated book "A Peaceful Piggy's Guide to Sickness and Death, Sadness and Love," written in…
Shadow Realms Dec 8, 2020
A raw firsthand account of a terrifying DMT trip that dropped Noah into what he identifies as the Buddhist hungry ghost realm — vampiric, parasitic energy he dubs "the astral crack house" — and the three days of integration that…
Out Of The Void, Into The Dream Jul 23, 2020
A solo transmission from the Turkish coast mid-pandemic, opening with a precognition story — hearing the exact sound of lapping seaside water three months before arriving — as proof that imagination creates reality.
Imagination Q&A #4 Oct 21, 2019
Fifteen listener questions on imaginal practice get worked through one by one: how often to replay a scene before sleep, how to change beliefs that keep manifesting suffering, and using revision to forgive yourself when the alarm…
Exploring The Mystic Arts with Sean Coan Oct 17, 2019
Tarot reader and Kabbalist Sean Coan traces the path that took him from a geology career and a family in crisis — his son's autism diagnosis, his sister's fatal opioid overdose — through HeartMath biofeedback, Zen practice in the…
Becoming Gods + Music Of The Spheres Oct 14, 2019
A hands-on practice for "jumping into" the energies of specific gods and goddesses — Athena for fearlessness, Hermes for communication, Zeus for boon-giving, the Tibetan yogi Milarepa for demon-taming compassion — treated as real…
The Apocalypse Is Coming! Sep 20, 2019
A solo reframe of the apocalypse as ego death: not meteors, water wars, or billionaire bunkers in New Zealand, but the inner obliteration of your self-conception — often glimpsed through psychedelics — after which the savior who…
Stars, Dreams And Astrology with Juliana McCarthy Jul 11, 2019
Astrologer Juliana McCarthy, author of The Stars Within You and founder of Ethereal Culture, traces her path from discovering astrology at 18 on a fashion shoot to training as a Shambhala Buddhist and reckoning with the…
Love, LSD and Music with Colin Frangicetto Dec 27, 2018
Circa Survive musician and visual artist Colin Frangicetto joins Noah Lampert to trace an art life built on betting on yourself, from quitting the safety net of a day job to reframing health-insurance premiums as just another…
Gradual Awakening with Dr. Miles Neale Sep 28, 2018
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Standing At The Edge with Roshi Joan Halifax Jul 11, 2018
Zen teacher Roshi Joan Halifax, founder of the Upaya Zen Center, unpacks her book Standing at the Edge and its five "edge states" — altruism, empathy, integrity, respect, and engagement — along with their shadow sides:…
The Eight Karmic Winds of Cryptocurrency Feb 21, 2018
Noah maps Buddhism's eight karmic winds — the paired pulls of pleasure and pain, gain and loss of wealth, praise and blame, fame and irrelevance — onto the cryptocurrency boom, arguing that whenever one of these winds blows, the…
The Dharma of Ethan Nichtern Dec 14, 2017
Shambhala Buddhist teacher Ethan Nichtern, author of The Dharma of the Princess Bride and son of David Nichtern, joins Noah to weigh cryptocurrency's obsessive pull against the Buddhist tension between greed and generosity.
Life is Psychedelic with Michael Phillip | 106 Oct 11, 2017
Third Eye Drops host Michael Phillip joins Noah for a wide-ranging talk recorded right after their 'Well-Being in the Modern Age' event in New York City, comparing the subtle, questionable drift of microdosed LSD against the…
Ep. 100 - Real Love with Sharon Salzberg Aug 30, 2017
Meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg returns for the 100th episode to unpack her book "Real Love," reframing love not as a fleeting emotion but as a trainable ability and a profound sense of connection available within us.
Ep. 98 - The Kingdom of Heaven with Johnny Pemberton Aug 16, 2017
Comedian and musician Johnny Pemberton traces his path from music into improv and stand-up in Los Angeles, then opens up about the psychedelic experiences that reshaped his sense of reality, from teenage mushroom trips to an…
Ep. 83 - The Game of Life with Michael Collins May 9, 2017
Former esports pro and childhood soccer star Michael Collins traces a lifelong thread of hyper-awareness from his earliest crib memories through chess, competition, and the flow-state "psychic connection" he reaches when…
Ep. 78 - Cory Allen Also Loves The Great British Bake Off Apr 12, 2017
Meditation teacher Cory Allen (host of The Astral Hustle) returns for a loose, therapy-flavored conversation that catches Noah at a financially and professionally rough stretch.
Ep. 77 - The Magic of Pain with Jonathan Foust Apr 5, 2017
Meditation teacher Jonathan Foust, a 24-year Kripalu resident and former president (and husband of Tara Brach), makes the case that pain, physical, emotional, and psychological, is a doorway rather than an enemy.
Ep. 72 - DMT, Science and Comedy with Shane Mauss Mar 1, 2017
Comedian Shane Mauss, touring his psychedelic show "A Good Trip" and hosting the science podcast "Here We Are," debates Noah Lampert over whether DMT visions reveal genuine other dimensions or elaborate simulations running inside…
Ep. 70 - High Times with Sean Dunne Feb 15, 2017
Documentary filmmaker Sean Dunne (VeryApe.tv) returns for a stoned, in-person conversation at his Greenpoint apartment ranging from music as sacred vibration (Hazrat Inayat Khan's mysticism of sound) to learning instruments in…
Ep. 68 - Fear as an Ally with Mel Stephens Feb 1, 2017
Comedian Mel Stephens, host of the podcast Fear-Based Life, traces her all-consuming fear of death to a honeymoon dream of dying alone in a black void where she couldn't find her husband, and Noah Lampert answers with Tibetan…
Ep. 64 - Skillful Means with Roshi Joan Halifax Jan 4, 2017
Zen teacher and pioneering end-of-life caregiver Roshi Joan Halifax joins Noah for a conversation on skillful means, the throughline of her Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe.
Ep. 55 - Genpo Roshi Nov 9, 2016
Zen master Genpo Roshi (Dennis Merzel) traces his 45-year path from a 1971 desert awakening, through decades stuck in the absolute, to finally letting go of his identity as a Buddha, master, and monk and becoming 'just an…
Ep. 51 - Lama Surya Das Oct 13, 2016
Lama Surya Das, one of the first Westerners trained as a Tibetan lama, traces his 1971 journey to India, meeting Neem Karoli Baba and Goenka, and the lifelong fusion of Bhakti devotion with Dzogchen and Vajrayana practice.
Ep. 50 - Lucid Dreaming + Buddhism w/ Robert Waggoner Oct 6, 2016
Lucid dreaming author Robert Waggoner returns to map the overlap between lucid dreams and Tibetan dream yoga, recounting how meditating and emptying his mind inside a lucid dream tore away the dream screen to reveal a brilliant…
Ep. 44 - Lulu Biazus Aug 25, 2016
Art director Lulu Biazus joins Noah for a beachside conversation about how sacred practices like ayahuasca and mindfulness lose their potency when stripped from lineage, and why anchoring wisdom is missing from an anxious,…
Ep. 43 - Habits with Hugh Byrne Aug 18, 2016
Meditation teacher Hugh Byrne, author of "The Here-and-Now Habit," explains why habits are so hard to break: once repeated often enough, a behavior gets reassigned to the fast, instinctive brain system (Daniel Kahneman's system…
Ep. 42 - David Silver Redux Aug 11, 2016
Filmmaker David Silver, the show's first repeat guest, returns for a sprawling conversation that pairs Tibetan Buddhist teaching on death with the 2016 US election.
Ep. 40 - Music, Life, and Fun with Lily Cushman Jul 28, 2016
Musician and yoga teacher Lily Cushman traces a winding path from Berklee music-production student to New York audio engineer to founder of the donation-based Brooklyn Yoga School and the Vanaras kirtan label.
Ep. 35 - Toni Bernhard Jun 23, 2016
Toni Bernhard, a former UC Davis law professor, describes how a viral infection caught during a 2001 trip to Paris left her housebound with chronic flu-like illness for 15 years and forced her to give up the career she loved.
Ep. 29 - Sah D'Simone May 12, 2016
Sah D'Simone traces his path from co-founding the fashion magazine Bullett and a viral startup he sold to Oracle, to giving it all up for years of meditation retreats across India and Nepal studying Tibetan Buddhism.
Ep. 23 - Marijuana and More with Davis Clayton Kiyo Mar 30, 2016
Davis Clayton Kiyo, co-founder of the cannabis lifestyle brand Meister, recounts a federal smuggling indictment and a Montgomery County police raid that seized his CBD shop's inventory and drained its bank accounts through civil…
Ep. 15 - Sharon Salzberg Feb 10, 2016
Meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg, a 45-year Vipassana and loving-kindness practitioner who trained in India, redefines happiness as a durable inner resource rather than pleasure-seeking, and unpacks the practice of "beginning…
Ep. 14 - Music, Life and Buddhism w/ David Nichtern Feb 3, 2016
David Nichtern, the musician behind the hit "Midnight at the Oasis" and a second-generation Western Dharma teacher, traces how he walked away from a rising music career to direct a meditation center as a student of Chogyam…
Ep. 8 - Buddhism and Psychedelics with Allan Badiner Dec 16, 2015
Allan Badiner, editor of the anthology "Zig Zag Zen," traces how a grueling Sri Lankan meditation retreat and a Terence McKenna-prompted ayahuasca journey convinced him that Buddhist practice and psychedelics share one aim:…