Love Is The Author

In this episode of Love Is The Author , Jaymee interviews Gregory Rogove - musician, composer, and longtime drummer for Devendra Banhart . Greg is also known for playing with Brandon Boyd, Unknown Mortal Orchestra , Seal , Rodrigo Amarante , and his favorite music project of all time: Megapuss (with Devendra and Fabrizio Moretti from The Strokes ). He also won a Latin Grammy for producing Natalia...

Jaymee and his partner/manager Lacee Dilmore are back with another YAWN & LOKO themed episode, a two hour window into their unique relationship as romantic partners, mental health professionals, business partners, and devout spiritual practitioners.  LITA PODCAST:  hosted, produced, edited by Jaymee Carpenter.  OPENING MUSIC: Ben Carpenter CLOSING MUSIC: Jaymee Carpenter OPENING NARRATION: Max Kro...

Elena Brower is a bestselling author, international yoga and meditation teacher and the host of the acclaimed Practice You podcast. Her new book,  Hold Nothing published by Shambhala Publications in late 2025 has been incredibly successful, celebrated generously by the spiritual elite, iconic authors and lay practitioners alike. Jaymee and Elena meet for the first time and sparks fly discussing th...

Wayne Carpenter is Jaymee's father, a New York born singer/songwriter who lived and breathed music from his earliest life. Wayne developed himself as a performer and writer while attending prestigious music colleges before chasing his dreams on the West Coast in the early 1970's pursuing a record deal with his band (which included Jaymee's mother). But a twist of fate and a mouth to fe...

Chance Feimster aka "Da Snake Mon" is a naturalist guide and wildlife expert from North Carolina who’s been a devout fan of Jaymee's podcasts for the past 5 years. Earlier this year the two began working together in weekly Spritual Mentorship sessions online and a close bond formed between them. Chance decided to travel across the country to meet Jaymee and Lacee in person for the first time to sp...

Tulku Orgyen P'huntsok Rinpoche is a Vajrayana Buddhist Master at the Odiyana Institute in Santa Barbara, CA, and one of Jaymee’s root guru’s in Tibetan Buddhism. At 18 months of age he was recognized as the reincarnation of an important teacher by His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche , and was raised since childhood to fulfill his incarnation. He is a beautifully tender and peaceful man, who speaks with...

Chuck Testa is owner/operator of Ojai Valley Taxidermy and easily the most recognizable taxidermist in the world, due largely to his viral internet commercial created by YouTubers Rhett and Link for their docu-series Commercial Kings. Besides a healthy exploration of the origins and ethics of taxidermy, Jaymee and Chuck engage in a meaningful conversation about the importance of engaging in open-m...

Jamie Kilstein has been a working comedian for decades, exploring the vast spectrum of highest highs and the lowest of lows both personally and professionally. After hearing his story you may feel that’s putting it lightly. But remarkably, Jamie has survived the gauntlet of his own mistakes and the rollercoaster of showbiz with the genuine heart of enthusiasm for what he’s learned along the way, g...

Daren Thomas Magee is the prolific visionary artist behind the wildly popular design-meets-humor lifestyle brand known as Real Fun, Wow! For nearly 5 years he co-hosted a podcast with Jaymee titled Mystical/Cynical , a hilarious show about radical empathy which generated three seasons worth of episodes and a loyal fanbase around the world. Mystical/Cynical came to a close this past September, and...

Jaymee and his partner Lacee are back with another YAWN & LOKO themed episode, offering one of a kind advice on how to maintain healthy romantic relationships while sustaining emotional health. The couple breaks down the noncommittal aspects of men, the poverty mentality within the feminine, a creative practice to help find God in the day to day, how to be in touch with your fundamental unbrok...

Adrian "Bonezeye" Cavazo s is the multidisciplinary artist and former taxidermist behind the legendary Kill Tony Show podcast joke book, which he conceived during a massive psychedelic trip at the lowest point of his life. In this in depth conversation centered around overcoming mental health issues and generational trauma, Adrian shares unconventional methods of how he found his artisti...

Jaymee and multidisciplinary artist Coulter Jacobs got together at CJLA Studios to record their third long form conversation about honoring the muse, devotion to the craft, sustainable mental health, irrational love, God, Buddhism, Beat Poets and guardian angels. LITA PODCAST:  hosted, produced and edited by Jaymee Carpenter.  MUSIC BY: Jaymee Carpenter Interested in Trauma Counseling/Mentorship w...

Spencer King is an American Filmmaker, who is the son of director Amy Berg and musician David King of the band Mary's Danish. His new film 'The Wilderness' starring Hunter Doohan ( in theaters October 17th) tackles the complicated subject of teen behavioral modification wilderness programs in America. THE WILDERNESS official trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_IEFPnFGAc LITA POD...

Amy Berg is an Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker known for her groundbreaking storytelling in films like 'Deliver Us From Evil', 'West Of Memphis', and the new Jeff Buckley documentary 'It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley'. In her most revealing interview to date, Amy and Jaymee discuss loss and forgiveness, limitless empathy for the underdogs, what it was like be...

Rob Bell is an American author, speaker, and former pastor known for his books challenging traditional Christian views. He’s a New York Times Bestselling author of fourteen books, including the bestseller 'Love Wins'. Rob and Jaymee meet for the first time and sparks fly, which set the stage for a highly engaging (and hilarious) conversation on the nature of God, the mechanism of belief, the subve...

What do Dazed And Confused, Saving Private Ryan, A Beautiful Mind, Zodiac and the sitcom Friends have in common? Adam Goldberg , who’s been a working actor in Hollywood now for over three decades contributing memorable roles (and catch phrases) to some of the most iconic films in cinema history. In this 2 1/2 hour conversation with Jaymee, Adam shares his gratitude as well as some of the pitfalls...

Christopher Mansfield is the charismatic frontman of the group Fences . On September 14th he will be featured on the Season 8 opener of AMC’s series RIDE with Norman Reedus . Jaymee and Christopher met for the first time the day before this podcast was recorded to write a song together about God that they share with you in this episode. They met the next day to discuss the influence of Elliott Smi...

Jaymee sits down with his spiritual teacher and guru, Lama Lhanang Rinpoche , for a deep conversation on how every word and thought functions as prayer, the difference between ordinary love and unconditional love in Buddhism, and how to approach impermanence, karma, and even daily interruptions with mindfulness. Rinpoche also explains the paradox of being both disciplined and relaxed in practice,...

Atlanta based music artist TuesdayNightSwim is a content creator and the host of The Highly Emotional Podcast , a show focused on cultivating emotional intelligence and healing through spiritual awakening. This episode is a powerful conversation about God, overcoming generational trauma and transcending racism and violence through self-knowledge and compassion.  TuesdayNightSwim on IG:   www.insta...

Multidisciplinary artist and NYTimes bestselling author Kim Krans returns for her fourth conversation on LITA with Jaymee, this time to contemplate 7 cards from her wildly popular ARCHETYPES tarot deck from The Wild Unknown series: The Comic, The Bardo, The Creator, The Orphan, The Seed, The Poet, and Anima Mundi. Plus meditations on Bob Dylan, how Jung might be critical of Jungian Psychology, wha...

David Nichtern of Dharma Moon has been a meditation teacher for over 40 years, is the guitarist in Krishna Das' s band and an author of many books. He was also a close student and attendee of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche . This is David’s third appearance on the podcast, and he and Jaymee discuss where creativity comes from, how to prepare for the unpredictability of death, the denial of extremes on t...

Founder/Executive Director of Living/Dying Project RamDev Dale Borglum returns for a conversation with Jaymee on utilizing the imagination in spiritual practice, working somatically with mantra, taking refuge in the full picture when agitation occurs, the power of pure motivation, conscious drinking with Chogyam Trungpa in the 1970’s and the fallout and  forgiveness he experienced with Ram Dass ....

Susan Piver is a Buddhist teacher and a New York Times bestselling author of many books, including the award-winning How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life and the newly released Inexplicable Joy: On The Heart Sutra. She is the founder of the Open Heart Project, an online Dharma center with over 20,000 members, and host of the new Buddhism Beyond Belief podcast.  SUSAN / OPEN HEART PROJECT: https:/...

Raghu Markus , beloved host of the Ram Dass Here & Now podcast, co-founder of Love Serve Remember Foundation and the Be Here Now Network returns to the podcast for his most vulnerable conversation with Jaymee, sharing super rare stories of Ram Dass , Krishna Das , and Neem Karoli Baba , and also to discuss the new documentary Bridge Of Grace: The Gift Of KK Sah being released through ramdass.org o...

Who are we beyond the story we tell ourselves? How can we feel safe embracing the unknown? How do I feel I'm on the right track without accomplishing something externally? Jaymee covers these topics and more on this 35 minute solo episode. www.loveistheauthor.com LITA PODCAST:  hosted, produced, edited and music by Jaymee Carpenter.  Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee email: lacee@love...