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Luke Iseman joins to talk about his project Make Sunsets, an ambitious solar geoengineering startup that aims to cool the planet by launching reflective clouds into the stratosphere. 

In this episode, we chat about creating clouds, sci-fi author Neal Stephenson, living off-grid in Mexico, kiteboarding, spearfishing, Y Combinator, the Great Carbon Credit Tree Scam, volcano ash reflecting sunlight, wtf is solar geoengine...

I first met @chloenorgaard in 2009 while we were models in Tokyo (lol). That was pretty much where my modeling career started and ended. But Chloe went on to become a shooting star. She’s not only been the face of some of the biggest brands in the world, but has also been on a mission to add more life and color to it ever since.

In this episode we remember what it was like playing mannequins in Japan (in the era before the iPhon...

Former chief architect of Scientology's global propaganda machine, Mitch Brisker joins to talk about his new book Scientology The Big Lie: How I Made an Evil Cult Look Good.

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I first met Jeremy Kroeker in 2011 when we drove across Libya to report on Gaddafi's death. In this episode we remember that wild trip and talk about Jeremy's motorcycle adventures around the world, from Tehran to Ushuaia.

Jeremy Kroeker is a journalist, editor, and author who has been riding motorcycles in far flung places for decades. In 2003 he left his conservative Mennonite community in Canada to hit the open road. He’s been wr...

Drug and party expert @michellelhooq joins to talk about the nightlife underground in Singapore and Taipei, along with her Substack Rave New World. 

We go deep on DMT, Mcat (aka meow meow), cemetery skyscrapers, abandoned mall raves, weed aesthetics, Pikachus smoking blunts, khat, the Horn of Africa, Cali sober, acid dreams, spiders, festivals, Bossa Nova in Brooklyn, Enter the Void, the geopolitics of the party, the par...

Artist and curator Benjamin Anderson (@_bensang) joins to talk about his project @finalhotdesert and growing up in Utah.

We discuss the power of land, off-site galleries, the Mormon Church, internal/external landscapes, the high desert, archeology, the function of nature, Robert Smithson's Earthworks, Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels, Hosni Mubarak, the revolution in Egypt, blood antiques, destroyed Babylonian sculptures, imbued mp4s, digit...

Writer and game designer Merritt K joins to talk about her new book LAN Party: Inside the Multiplayer Revolution.

We discuss escaping into digital worlds, retro-techno nostalgia, multi-user dungeons, energy drinks, control vs convenience, closed-circuits, getting away with gaming at school, THE COMPUTER LAB, Cyberpunk becoming reality, idolizing Y2K, egregores, forum heroes, creating the torment nexus, Depression Quest, Gamergate, T...

Author Raymond Craib joins to talk about his book Adventure Capitalism: A History of Libertarian Exit, from the Era of Decolonization to the Digital Age.

We discuss leaving society, designing utopias, dodging taxes, island conmen, JG Ballard, Mitchell WerBell III, Buckminster Fuller, Ayn Rand, getting the bag, keeping the bag, shadow games, The State, The CHOP, The Market, and The Dream.