546 - Stanley Krippner at 90
546 - Stanley Krippner at 90
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I’ve known Stanley Krippner since the mid-1990s, when he invited me to join him on a three week trip to Brazil. He’s a world-famous researcher and author who has has hung out with everyone from Timothy Leary to Alan Watts to the Grateful Dead. He and I have traveled together to all over the planet, from a shamanism conference in Bavaria to a Psychoneuroimmunology conference in Buenos Aires to an adventure in search of the desert spirits in Morocco. We entered the “Sistine Chapel of Prehistoric Art” together at Lascaux, France and visited religious scholars in Kerala, India. I’m leaving out A LOT. He’s been a close friend for 25 years, and was one of the first (and most frequent) guests on the podcast. Here are links to previous episodes: 5, 24, 82, 169, 211 (with Wim Hof), and 263. He celebrated his 90th birthday yesterday. This conversation was recorded (with Anya Kaats) recently. As you’ll hear, he’s sharp as ever and full of wisdom and humor.
Intro music “Brightside of the Sun,” by Basin and Range. “A Memory from a Past Life Keeps Calling Me Back,” by The KLF; Outro: “Homens,” by Manu Chao.
And now for something extra, just for Substack subscribers, Stan discussing gender and sexuality from an anthropological perspective:
546 - Stanley Krippner at 90
The part in the beginning where you explain what women find attractive was pretty cringe. I like you but sometimes you act like you are the arbiter of all female desire. Having a dope body cannot hurt you or your dating outlooks.
Thank you so much for this, Chris. I love Stanley's scientific yet completely open minded approach to reality and your conversations with him are some of my favourite episodes of the podcast. I am thoroughly enjoying listening to this one.
Your podcast has kept me company over the years, and especially recently it makes me feel less alone. I find it hard to find like-minded people and have the kind of conversations you have with your guests, so Tangentially Speaking definitely fills that void in my life right now. Hopefully that'll change one day as I find more people on my wavelength, but even when I do, I'll still be tuning in to the podcast.
Thanks for everything and keep up the good work, Chris.
Jon