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CTO is a Melbourne based artists who's work spans across a number of mediums, from paintings, screen printing, projections, animations and digital NFTs. He is also a prolific muralist who’s large ambitious walls can be found all over the streets of Melbourne. CTO’s work explores themes such as deep psychedelic visions, spiritual interconnectivity, esoteric ideas and Political statements which push...

Mike Rothschild is a journalist, researcher and conspiracy theory sceptic. He is the author of the book “The worlds worst conspiracies”, an overview of all the heavy hitter conspiracy theories that we’ve all grown to know and love. His second book “The storm is upon us”, is a thorough investigation of the QAnon conspiracy movement, which I highly recommend. And he is currently working on his upcom...

Karma tells us everything we need to know about the new Qanon adjacent cult called "Negative 48" which formed 6 months ago in Dallas, Texas. The cult/groups leader, Michael Protzman aka -48, uses and teaches a version of Gematria, a system of assigning numbers to letters and words to reveal hidden meaning. The group believe JFK and JFK jr will soon reveal himself to be alive and restore order in A...

Tiamat is both transgender and trans-species. Born Richard Hernandez and formerly a hot shot banker, Tiamat has undergone a number of drastic physical changes, body modifications, tattoos and surgeries to become a genderless reptile. Instagram: @legion4wrmny https://www.youtube.com/c/EvaMedusa

Jewels Stevens is a Melbourne based visual artist. Her abstract paintings are beautiful, psychedelic expressions of vivid colour and form. Both calming and chaotic, inspiring curiosity and awe. https://www.jewelsstevens.com/ @jewelsstevensart

Dahn Rozario is a Melbourne based stand up comedian and online content creator. His Tiktok's and Instagram videos where he takes the piss out of Australian bush doof and party culture have become an online sensation. Check him out at his monthly comedy show "Duck Fat" at One Six One in Prahran. Instagram: @dahngelo https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=860749& https://www.youtube.com/chann...

Shantaram/Tauren is a Melbourne based DJ/producer. His mixes range from chilled indian and middle eastern, to heavy bass music and techno and everything in between. He is known to bring the vibe at music festivals both Australia wide and internationally. He is also the host of the "Surreal Melbourne" Podcast. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuivwWRdmjfq_DeBiNYv80g https://soundcloud.com/shantaraa...

Jim Watkins is a businessman and the owner of the website 8kun, formerly known as 8chan. He is one of the main characters featured in the HBO documentary series "Q: Into The Storm"

Andy Thomas is a digital artist who's work explores the cross section of nature and technology. Thomas digitally creates psychedelic and seemingly alien natural worlds that are teaming with life and intricate microcosms. Thomas also creates animations which responds to sounds and experiences within the natural world by fusing together images of flora and fauna into evolved abstract form. https://a...

DEAMS aka Taj Alexander is a Melbourne based visual artist. His works spans across painting, sculpture and large scale murals ranging from abstract expressionism, minimalism and hard edged geometric abstraction. DEAMS' current exhibition, titled "Passage: Inner Space, Outer Mind" is in its final days at Backwoods Gallery, Melbourne. Instagram: @taj_deams_alexander https://swoopandmelodie.com/ http...

Andy is a digital artist and a bow hunter. This episode we get into the weeds about Covid, government mandates and the growing "Freedom Movement" protesting weekly in Melbourne. @livingspiritdesign

Ash is a Visionary Artist / Dark Surrealist who’s work is often beautifully eerie, evocative and explores the dark corners of her subconscious. Ash’s painting style is a mix of intuitive and often chaotic mess making, juxtaposed with refined figurative surrealism, exploring themes of beauty, tension, decay, her emotional states and life and death. https://www.ashdarq.com/ Instagram: @ashdarqart

Dr Liknaitzky is Head of Clinical Psychedelic Research at Monash University, and Chief Principal Investigator on a program of psychedelic trials also at Monash. His work revolves around researching Psilocybin assisted therapy for generalised anxiety disorder, and MDMA assisted therapy for post traumatic stress disorder.

Simon holds a PhD in classical archeology and is the founder of a Virtual Reality company called Lithodomos VR where they bring the ancient world to life with meticulous accuracy. https://www.lithodomosvr.com/

Tom Tanuki is a writer, a satirist, a YouTuber, an anti-fascist activist and a professional pest to racists and far right drongos. https://tomtanuki.net/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmSOaQZiNAY&t=5s Instagram: @tomtanuki Twitter: @tom_tanuki

SKYND is a true crime concept band lead by front woman Skynd and produced by multi-instrumentalist Father. Their music and video clips tell the stories of the darkest serial killers, cult leaders and events , each track being creatively tailored to the crime. Their musical style is a mix of dark electronic with elements of industrial metal accompanied by menacing digitally manipulated vocals. http...

John is a writer, a journalist, a radio host, a satirist, and a documentary filmmaker, creating such shows as John Safran Vs God, and John Safran's Race Relations. He explores a wide variety of subjects including religion, race and racism, cultural fringes, true crime and politics, always approached with keen curiosity and delivered with humour. He has just released his most recent book titled "Pu...

Fredrick Brennan is a computer programmer and the creator of 8chan, the infamous image board website that became known as a platform for unregulated free speech. He is the star of the HBO documentary series "Q: Into The Storm" and is also a font designer. This episode I am also joined by Owen Hughes, who is a keen observer of Qanon and fringe movements. Twitter: @fr_brennan @owen_hues https://ctrl...

Scobie is a reporter and content creator for Whats Doin Media - an online chanel exploring Australia's cultural and political fringe. We discuss the recent anti-lockdown "freedom" rally in Melbourne this past weekend (Sep 18) which Scobie attended and documented for WDM. Instagram: @whatsdoinmedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vXFrcjt8xU

Henry Hudson is a visual artist from London, England. His work spans across a broad range of mediums and subject matter but is best known for his highly detailed works using colourful plasticine. His incredibly beautiful psychedelic jungle scenes are somewhere between painting and sculpture and redefine whats possible with the common medium. https://henry-hudson.com/ Instagram: @henryhudson_bk

Lauren YS aka Squidlicker is a visual artist and mural powerhouse. Laurens illustrative creatures and characters are a vibrant psychedelic treat for the eyes. Her works explore themes such as scifi and aliens, creatures of the deep sea, mythology, cultural identity, social justice, queer culture and erotica. http://laurenys.com/ Instagram: @squid.licker

Julia deVille is an artist, jeweller and taxidermist. Her use of taxidermied animals, often partially encrusted with precious stones and presented on expensive silverware, are both beautiful and eerie. They challenge our disregard for and consumption of wild and domesticated animals, as well as honouring their life by immortalising their beauty. http://www.juliadeville.com/ https://www.youtube.com...

Ramin Nazer is an LA based comedian, host of the Rainbow brainskull podcast, co-host of the Mind Under Matter podcast, and an incredible prolific psychedelic artist. He rules! https://raminnazer.com/ Instagram: @raminnazer @mindunderpod

Adrian Cox is an LA based artist who's figurative oil paintings transport the viewer into his strange post-human, mythological world called "The Borderlands". This world is inhabited with a variety of humanoid creatures, some made of light, others made of organic fleshy organs with flowers and crystals growing in between. Adrian talks me through his created mythology and how the narrative has evol...

Todd Nickerson is a non-offendinding pedophile. As the label suggests, Todd is sexually attracted to children, but never has and never plans to act upon his urges. Todd is a moderator for the website virped.org (short for virtuous pedophiles). Virped is a site that offers community support and resources to help people who are sexually attracted to children remain law abiding and lead happy, produc...