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Reconnecting With Ryan Singer Nov 15, 2023
Comedian and Me and Paranormal You host Ryan Singer returns after a dark night of the soul — a crypto fortune made and lost, two years of depression after his third kid, and the climb back through daily exercise and creative work.
Paranormal Synchronicity with Ryan Singer Mar 20, 2020
Comedian Ryan Singer (Me and Paranormal You) joins for part two of a late-night cross-podcast conversation recorded in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdown, riffing from Tombstone pizza rituals and fear-activated addiction…
Mystic Overtones with Ryan Singer Dec 19, 2019
Comedian and paranormal investigator Ryan Singer (Me and Paranormal You) traces his arc from a devout Catholic kid prophesying end times at recess to a standup whose Reiki healer named his soul contract: building a bridge between…
Death, Comedy and Realizing Your Dreams with Chris Calogero Aug 1, 2019
Comedian Chris Calogero, who created the podcast Mourning Coffee after finding his roommate dead in 2015, talks with Noah about grief, mortality, and dealing with loss as a comic.
Comedy, Context and Nuance with Jack Carroll Jan 3, 2019
UK comedian Jack Carroll and Noah use Louis C.K.'s leaked, unpolished club sets to examine how outrage cycles and social media strip context and empathy out of comedy, and why the funniest voices may be the new philosophers of a…
Music, Polarization and Perseverance with Nick Lutsko Nov 16, 2018
Musician Nick Lutsko traces his path from a commercial-songwriting degree to viral Super Deluxe hits like emo Trump and the Alex Jones "Bonnie Bear" song, breaking down the convoluted, detail-obsessed process behind his musical…
The Beginner's Guide to Losing Your Mind with Shane Mauss Oct 18, 2018
Comedian and psychonaut Shane Mauss returns for his third appearance to unpack his second psychotic break, an early-January manic spiral triggered by mushrooms and DMT, and the eerie synchronicities that fed it: a child naming a…
Jack Carroll Returns! Jan 18, 2018
British comedian and actor Jack Carroll returns for a wide-ranging talk on why stand-up is so hard when Trump-and-Brexit reality is already self-parody, and how online discourse keeps stripping the nuance out of every argument.
Comedy, Creativity + Spirituality | Well-Being in the Modern Age | 104 Sep 27, 2017
Recorded live at MindPod Network's Well-Being in the Modern Age event at Neuehouse in New York City, this panel gathers comedian Kelly McLean, fashion photographer Michael Donovan, Evolve + Ascend founder Jennifer Soudini, and…
Ep. 101 - LSD, Ayahuasca + Going Viral with Aristotle Georgeson Sep 6, 2017
Comedian Aristotle Georgeson, creator of the viral vape-bro character Blake Vapes, traces how two ayahuasca ceremonies, a long history with mushrooms, and LSD microdosing reshaped his creativity, dissolved his ego, and helped him…
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. 93 - Comedy, Marijuana, Psychedelics and Aliens with Adrienne Airhart Jul 12, 2017
Comedian and self-described cannabis pro Adrienne Airhart joins Noah Lampert to reframe weed as a mindful psychedelic and a magnifier of inner states, warning that the anxiety it surfaces is either real material to face or…
Ep. 75 - Live from Los Angeles with Kelly MacLean and Michael Donovan Mar 22, 2017
Recorded live at the Mindwave event in downtown Los Angeles, Noah Lampert, comedian Kelly MacLean, and photographer Michael Donovan turn a freewheeling panel into a meditation on spiritual materialism, spiritual elitism, and…
Ep. 73 - Tim Heidecker Mar 8, 2017
Comedian Tim Heidecker (Tim and Eric, On Cinema, Decker) traces how his best work bubbles up through instinct and collaboration rather than conscious planning, from prank videos in film school to a movie-review podcast that grew…
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. 62 - Staying Positive with Vic Berger Dec 21, 2016
Recorded weeks after the 2016 election, video editor Vic Berger (of Super Deluxe, returning after his Episode 7 debut) and Noah wrestle with how to stay funny and hopeful when the bully wins and an alt-right figure has unleashed…
Ep. 59 - Jay Weingarten Redux Nov 30, 2016
Absurdist comedian Jay Weingarten returns to unpack the heartfelt, out-of-character Facebook post he wrote in the days after the 2016 election, a plea to keep hearts wide open and relieve the suffering of marginalized people.
Ep. 48 - Kelly MacLean [Tao of Comedy] Sep 22, 2016
Comedian and podcaster Kelly MacLean, raised by students of Chogyam Trungpa, traces how her brother's sudden death in a car accident turned her interview show The Tao of Comedy into a grief project, and why comedians make the…
Ep. 36 - Jay Weingarten Jun 30, 2016
Comedian Jay Weingarten, one-third of the surreal video collective Two Wet Crew, breaks down his absurdist stand-up built from PowerPoint slides and a pseudo-shaman new-age character, and why laughter is a spiritual tool for…
Ep. 32 - Mikey Kampmann Jun 2, 2016
Comedian, photographer and relentless world traveler Mikey Kampmann of the absurdist collective Two Wet Crew joins Noah to trace how leaving home reshapes the self, from a month-long rule for stepping out of his own skin to…
Ep. 7 - Vic Berger Dec 9, 2015
Video editor and songwriter Vic Berger walks through how he turns unsettling public figures into viral satire, from his darkly funny Chubby Checker vines to condensed 'highlight reels' of Republican announcement speeches and his…
Ep. 3 - Jack Carroll Nov 11, 2015
UK comedian Jack Carroll and Noah Lampert trace why the strongest comedy comes from authentic self-examination rather than facade, contrasting Louis CK, Tig Notaro, and Bob Monkhouse's cancer jokes with Bill Cosby, Dennis Leary,…