Love Is The Author

EULOGY (originally released: 7/14/24): a unique collection of home recordings of Jaymee's from the past decade (prayers, notes, ceremonies, dreams) held together by a sound collage of interviews with inspirational artistic deities. LOVE IS THE AUTHOR PODCAST:  produced, edited, engineered and hosted by Jaymee Carpenter.  TO BOOK SPIRITUAL MENTORSHIP SESSIONS w/ JAYMEE - email: lacee@loveisthea...

For the first time, Jaymee welcomes his 16-year-old daughter, Siabelle Darling Carpenter, to Love Is The Author for an extraordinary conversation on self-love, spirituality, emotional intelligence, friendship, and the gift of truly listening. We invite you to spend some time tripping in the unified field of their father/daughter bond, and to ask yourself the deeper questions along with them. LITA...

Bob Roth —legendary teacher, author, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation , and one of the most influential figures in the Transcendental Meditation movement—takes the host’s chair to explore the life and journey of Jaymee Carpenter . Over the past five decades, Bob has introduced meditation to everyone from Martin Scorsese, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks, and Jonah Hill to hundreds of thousands of student...

Damien Echols is a bestselling American author who spent nearly half his life wrongfully imprisoned on death row as one of the West Memphis Three , documented in the three-part HBO series Paradise Lost , as well as director Amy Berg's documentary West Of Memphis . This is not a conversation about true crime... it's a conversation about how meditation, spiritual study and ritual turned his...

Jess Damuck was one of Martha Stewart’s right hands in creating magazines and television shows for over a decade. She is now a creative director, food stylist, and the author of the bestselling cookbooks Salad Freak , Health Nut , and Open Wide with Benny Blanco . "Martha Stewart is my guru!" Musician John Moods is a German-Polish songwriter and recording artist who's intention is to...

Ruthanna Halprin Hopper is an American artist known for blending visual arts, dance, and somatic psychology. She is the daughter of actor Dennis Hopper and dancer Daria Halprin, and the granddaughter of renowned environmental designer Lawrence Halprin and dance pioneer Anna Halprin, creators of the world renown Halprin Method . Jaymee and Ruthanna discuss shadow work, synchronicities, collective s...

Robert Ryan is known for being one of the best tattoo artists on the planet, also a member of the band Soma (kirtan) , whose new album Songs Of The Lotus Born is out June 11 on Centripetal Force Records . Devendra Banhart is a Venezuelan-American singer songwriter and visual artist, whose new book of poems Four Nose Jobs A Day is out now on Unnamed Press. The three friends jam on Lord Padmasambhav...

Dory Bavarsky is a composer and music producer known for his music for television and film and his record label Full Color Sound Records. Recently, musician Devendra Banhart introduced Jaymee to Dory at a Buddhist gathering, and in the weeks that followed the two new friends entered into a mutual admiration society of each others work. On a recent trip to the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, Dory wrot...

Jaymee welcomes Tibetan Buddhist meditation master Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche of Pristine Mind Foundation for an in depth discussion on the merits of being a good natured rebel on the path, how one's inner motivation speaks louder than words or actions, and the principles behind his new book The Tibetan Book of Success out now on Shambhala Publications .  LITA PODCAST:  hosted, produced, and recorded...

Jaymee welcomes back RamDev Dale Borglum of the Living/Dying Project for a highly contemplative, hilarious and deeply meaningful  conversation surrounding his upcoming book How To Live So You Can Die Without Fear . Drawing from decades of work accompanying people through death, grief, and spiritual transformation, RamDev shares the hard-earned wisdom that comes from sitting intimately beside imper...

In this fascinating episode of Love Is The Author , Jaymee sits down with Rani Singh of the Harry Smith Archives for a deep dive into the mythic life and enduring legacy of visionary artist, anthropologist, filmmaker, occult explorer, and collector Harry Smith . Best known to many for compiling the legendary Anthology of American Folk Music , Harry Smith’s influence quietly shaped generations of a...

Street Monk 2 is the second in a series of spontaneous dharma talks of Jaymee's, this episode recorded outdoors at the park, as he shares teachings and contemplations with the support of nature and a choir of wind, birds and insects. LITA PODCAST:  hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter .  SOUND MIXED: Chris Faller OPENING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi CLOSI...

In this special Street Monk episode, Jaymee opens the floor to questions from his mentees about spiritual practice, honesty, purpose, and the discipline of living what you say you believe—especially when life gets messy. There’s no script here, just presence: part guidance, part storytelling, part “learned this the hard way.” Jaymee shares what it means to bring spiritual awareness off the cushion...

Ali Johnes  is an American film producer ( Holy Hell ,  Frida ,  The Witch ) and the former co-head of  Time Magazine's  documentary division. Quinn Johnes is her incredible 9 year old son whose father, the legendary  Gerry Gilhool  passed away in a surfing accident on the 5th year anniversary of Quinn's conception, while Ali had in the middle of her battle with breast cancer. This is the incredib...

Julio The Carpenter is a beloved handyman and craftsman of the Turtle Conservancy , The Hotel El Roblar and Twin Peaks Ranch in Ojai. Originally from the state of Jalisco, Mexico, Julio journeyed to America in search of greater opportunities, and eventually had a chance meeting with Eric Goode and Jeremy McBride, the filmmaking team behind Goode Films (creators of The Tiger King and Chimp Crazy do...

Born I ( Ofosu Jones-Quartey ) is a DC-based rapper, Buddhist practitioner, meditation teacher, and householder. He brings his signature blend of insight, humor, and lived experience in conversation with Jaymee as the two explore the realm beyond individuality, how OCD helped him hone his craft as a lyricist, how Wu-Tang Clan was an aspirational sangha, the mix tape that changed his life, sufferin...

Jaymee sits down with Christopher Mansfield ( Fences ) and Jonah Marc Levine , his producer, for a chat about their new album "Now She's Long Gone Sun Squint." They discuss the process of making a record, ordinary everyday magic, the high probability of being pranked by creative geniuses, formulas for artistic manifestation, and Fences performs a new song from their record with Jaymee sitting in s...

Jaymee hosts Brandon Boyd —frontman of the iconic band Incubus , painter, surfer, lifelong spiritual explorer and new father —for a playful and thoughtful conversation about creative morality and the toll of success after decades in the spotlight. Brandon reflects on the strange miracle of a band of friends from California growing into one of the most beloved rock groups of their generation, while...

Jaymee is thrilled to share this two-hour conversation with YouTuber Dakota Wint . With his channel Dakota of Earth nearing the one-million subscriber mark, Dakota reflects on his unlikely entry into the spiritual path—from once being an argumentative atheist encouraged by the writings of Christopher Hitchens, to becoming a devout man of God enthusiastically exploring the sacredness of a multitude...

In this expansive double-issue episode, Jaymee welcomes back the wandering mystic known as Jesus Christ, or "Jesus Eveningstar Aurum Aquarian" from his time in the spiritual cult The Source Family . What unfolds is a hilarious, reality-bending exploration of mysticism, spiritual experimentation, communal living in the heart of 1970s spiritual counterculture, and the long arc of awakening...

Mary Wright is an American painter and founder of the Wright Way Organic Resource Center in the Santa Monica Mountains, sacred land where her and her late husband, organic architect Eric Lloyd Wright lived, stewarded and offered to the public for ceremonial and teaching purposes for over 4 decades. Jaymee co-facilitated weekly sweat lodge ceremonies with shaman Miguel Rivera at Wright Way from 201...

Multidisciplinary artist and creator of The Wild Unknown Tarot series Kim Krans makes her fifth appearance on the podcast, engaging in a non-ordinary conversation with Jaymee on creativity, high-risk joy, artistic discipline, the multiverse of symbolism, art as a spiritual practice, the rhythm of the self, and the secret loving architecture of boxing. Plus a fun round of marry/fuck/kill’s, mantras...

Jaymee is joined by Doug Bihlmaier —fashion icon and mythical creative force at Ralph Lauren for over 5 decades, for a luminary conversation with one of the forefathers of vintage on the Icons of his youth, the ingredients of cool, and the arc of his longtime friendship and creative collaboration w Ralph Lauren. Plus the one fashion trend he can't pull off no matter how hard he tries, and why you...

Samuel Bercholz —legendary founder and editor-in-chief of Shambhala Publications— returns for his 10th appearance on the podcast, dropping pearls of wisdom like he has holes in his pockets, bridging past conversations with a breathtaking round of new secrets and truths. This is a conversation on sex, lies, and power on the road to enlightenment, within one of the most accomplished Buddhist communi...

In this episode of Love Is The Author , Jaymee welcomes Ganesh Das —host and producer of Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield on the Be Here Now Network— as well as a kirtan walla, artist and gnarly goofy footed skateboarder. Ganesh Das is also a big fan of Love Is The Author , and this past year, entered into weekly Spiritual Mentorship sessions with Jaymee to process core wounds and develop new spir...