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Hey everyone. It’s June in Crestone, which means weirdly tropical weather patterns (this year, anyway). The days start off blue sky bright, but by 2pm, dark clouds are rolling in. It rains (or hails) for an hour or two before the sky opens up again in time for the setting sun to light it all up, wet and golden. I’m loving it. Sometimes, like in the video below, the sun comes out while it’s raining. Hard to beat it.
If you’re going to be free from August 20-25 this year, and are looking to spend a few days with some open-minded, open-hearted weirdos, consider joining us at the Sex at Dawn retreat outside Whitefish, MT. We’ll be covering all the bases: mind, body, spirit — and all with irreverence and humor. We had a great group last year, and I’m sure it’ll be a lot of fun again this year.
I hope things are good in your world and the sun’s shining on your rain.
CPR
562 - Alex Pappademas (Author: Quantum Criminals)
Listen now (91 min) | Alex wrote a book called Quantum Criminals: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan (beautifully illustrated by Joan LeMay). It’s a fantastic book about one of the most interesting bands of all time. They were a rock/pop/jazz band that wasn’t really a band, decided not to tour cause it was too much hassle, settled …
563 - "Nathan" (Mentorship Series, 1 of 3)
Listen now (130 min) | Trying something a little different here. A guy we’re agreeing to call “Nathan” wrote to me asking for some life advice, but suggested it could be interesting to record our conversation, in that much of what he wanted to talk about could be useful to many people, not just him. Seemed like an interesting idea, so we went for it.
565 - John Colapinto (Author/Journalist/Sophisticated Gentleman)
John Colapinto has written two novels, About the Author (2001) and Undone (2015), which was initially rejected by over 40 publishers who were freaked out by it’s forbidden subject-matter, as well as Just as the non-fiction best-sellers, As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl and This is the Voice. He's a staff writer for "The New Yorker" and an amazing guy.
561 - ROMA 63
Should we be excited or concerned about AI? Is technology learning to mimic us or are we learning to mimic technology? Who’s colonizing whom? I also talk about some upcoming interviews I’ve got cooking.
564 - ROMA 64
“The bad news is you’re falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is, there’s no ground.” ― Chögyam Trungpa
Wow, didn’t think there were trees in Crestone.
Glad you have a little sunshine with your rain. We could use a little more rain with the sunshine up here in Alberta. It’s been an unprecedented year so far with the biggest start of a fire season and more land burned than in whole Fire seasons past. Continued good luck with your new home and ‘lifeboat’ projects.