John Carlos Frey is the author of the new book Sand and Blood: America’s Stealth War on the Mexico Border
Sheryl Kaller, director, and Pamela Gray, playwright of “A Walk on the Moon,” a world premiere musical which played at A.C.T. Geary Theatre, June 9-July 1, 2018, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. Podcast originallly posted on May 30, 2018.
Guest: Bess Williamson is Associate Professor of Art History, Theory and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the author of the new book Accessible America: A History of Disability and Design.
“Real education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better” ― Dr. Carter G. Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro CRD reflects on African American art and activism. While many African Americans are looking back to examine their history (SANKOFA), and reclaiming their lives … Continued
Albert Hofmann in America: Celebration 50 years of Consciousness Research Dr. Albert Hofmann was a Swiss chemist who first synthesized LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide. Part 1 of this event features talks by Terence McKenna, Stanley Krippner, Dr. Andrew Weil and John Lilly exploring the goals of the Albert Hofmann Foundation in raising human consciousness through … Continued
Part 2 of Albert Hofmann in America: Celebration 50 years of consciousness research features Dr. Albert Hofmann himself, Oscar Janiger and Terence McKenna. On the occasion of celebrating the 50th anniversary of Dr. Albert Hofmann’s famous bicycle ride when he inadvertently dosed himself with LSD: “You, my dear friends, and millions all over the world … Continued
A documentary on the hallucinogenic drug LSD, from its discovery at Sandoz Laboratories in 1943 through the halls of academe, to Golden Gate Park and beyond. Albert Hofmann, Timothy Leary, Baba Ram Dass, Ken Kesey, John Lilly, Frederick Meyers, Huston Smith and others describe the LSD experience and speculate on its use as a therapeutic … Continued
Guest: Timothy Brennan is the author of several books, including At Home in the World: Cosmopolitanism Now; Borrowed Light: Vico, Hegel, and the Colonies; and Salman Rushdie and the Third World: Myths of the Nation, and his latest, Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said. Professor Brennan teaches in the humanities at the University of Minnesota.
In 1967 members of the Merry Pranksters and the Grateful Dead joined with Ken Kesey for a super acid trip in San Francisco. A microphone was in the middle of it all and the resulting recording represents a condensed portion of the twelve hour acid trip. While the trip starts weird, with an uncharacteristically square … Continued
Timothy Leary sat down with KPFA’s legendary program director Elsa Knight Thompson in 1966 for what would become one of his best-known musings on LSD. They discuss Acid’s potential for both good and bad and the genesis of the cultural meme “Tune on, Tune in and Drop out.” PHOTO: By Dr. Dennis Bogdan – … Continued