Synchronicity with Noah Lampert

Steven Kampmann  is my guest today. Steven is an all around cool guy and father of previous guest Mikey Kampmann . In this episode Steven and I discuss the importance of dreams. Steven also recommended some excellent books as an addendum to the episode: Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung C.G. Jung and Hermann Hesse: A Record of Two Friendships by Miguel Serrano The Wisdom of Your Dreams by Jeremy Ta...

Jay Weingarten is my most excellent guest this week. Jay is a comedian. Jay is funny. Jay is cool. Jay is nice. Find out more about Jay here . Listen to Jay's comedy "album" "Big Laughs" here . Check out Jay's episode of Weird Adults with Little Esther here. This week's book giveaway is "Mind Beyond Death" by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. Want a chance to get a book every week forever? Join the Synchr...

Toni Bernhard is my guest today. Toni has an incredible story that centers around how to bring awareness, mindfulness and compassion to issues surrounding chronic illness. Easily one of the most inspiring and wisdom filled episodes of Synchronicity to date. Toni's story Overcoming suffering The importance of Self Compassion Idiot Self-Compassion How to approach chronic illness/pain/suffering The t...

Allen St. Pierre is the Executive Director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), an American non-profit organization that wishes to remove the criminal penalties for and legalize cannabis. St. Pierre was hired by NORML's Board of Directors in 1991 when he worked as a Communications Director for the organization. St. Pierre has been the Executive Director of NORML s...

My guest today is friend and creative professional, Miles Seiden . Miles is about as authentic of a person you'll come across. Not only is he a talented professional, Miles is also one of the most honest and dedicated people I've met. In short, he's my soul bruva from the same cosmic motha and yes I'm sorry and I will never say that again. This week I've partnered with Wisdom Publications and they...

My guest today is the adventurous, talented, hilarious and all around fun guy, Mikey Kampmann. Mikey has done a lot of cool things in his life like traveling to the South Pole and working as one third of the excellent comedy group, 2 Wet Crew . But hey, those are just things he's done, not who he is, right? Topics Discussed This Episode Mikey's worldly travels The concept of "home" Experiencing di...

My guest today is Kirtan singer and lovely person, Nina Rao. Nina learned traditional chants (bhajans) from her grandfather in a village in south India when she nine years old. The chants quietly stayed with her until she rediscovered chanting with Krishna Das in New York in 1996. Her childhood was spent living in and moving between many countries around the world and when she settled in New York...

My guest today is artist, photographer, awesome person and host of the Artist Decoded podcast,  Yoshino . I got tuned into Yoshino and his podcast by Michael Donovan (who is an inter-dimensional networker and knows pretty much the coolest people you can know) and I'm very happy I did. Yoshino and I only spoke a couple of times before the podcast but you'll hear we hit it off immediately. Not only...

My guest today is holistic nutritionist and extremely advanced soul, Sah D'Simone. You'll be hard pressed to find a more genuine and authentic spiritual seeker than Sah. Also, if you're interested in nutrition and health for the mind/body/soul Sah is available for consults and sessions. Sah is incredibly awesome and I encourage you to learn more about him on his website http://sahdsimone.com . Thi...

My guest today is Lama Tsomo who happens to be one of the most direct, down to earth, yet extremely wise and fun people I've had the pleasure of speaking with. She's also a bonafide Lama (ordained by Tulku Sangak Rinpoche ) in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. She's also an author and co-founder of the Namchak Foundation and Namchak Retreat Ranch in Missoula, Montana. Her new book, "Why Is The Dalai...

My guest today is the one and only Duncan Trussell . I sat down with Duncan on his tres fancy bus after the Washington, D.C. stop of his "You Are God" tour. Some podcasts need explanations. This one does not. Also, rest in peace, Prince. Godspeed on your sweet and magical journey. Subscribe to Synchronicity if you haven't already and rate and review on iTunes if you're into that kind of thing. Sho...

My guest today is holistic center pioneer and all around Dharma good guy, Ralph White. Ralph was the first program director for the Omega Center up in Rhinebeck NY as well as one of the founding members of The Open Center in NYC. We discuss a whole bunch of topics in this episode so here are some bullet points to make it easy for you: Topics Discussed in This Episode The rise of holistic centers i...

My guest today is meditation teacher, musician and all around creatrix,  Biet Simkin  who's based out of NYC. Biet is a wonderful example of someone who's let her inner life guide her external life (is there really a difference?) which is working out pretty pretty great for her. As you'll hear in the episode Biet is also an incredibly genuine and love-filled person. Coincidentally, my favorite typ...

My guest today is creative professional extraordinaire, Paul Jarvis . Paul is founder and launcher of a plethora of online products for creative professionals including Creative Class , Chimp Essentials , Project Prescription , 4 Wordpress Themes and his weekly emails  The Sunday Dispatches . Paul also has his own podcast called, The Freelancer , which you 100% should check out because he drops wi...

My guest today is business owner and marijuana lifestyle advocate slash activist, Davis Clayton Kiyo. Davis and I went to the same high school but didn't really know each other too well back then. Since ye olden days he's embarked on a new career centered around one of my favorite things in life: marijuana. You may remember my last guest, Ben Kovacs , is a co-founder of a company called Myster . W...

Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with Ben Kovacs who I'm gonna call an actualizer-extraordinaire. Ben is a good old-fashioned renaissance man. In addition to working his day job at Twitter, Ben just founded Guardian Gym which aims to help urban populations and at-risk youth via martial arts. Ben also is co-founder of a marijuana accessory and lifestyle company called Myster . How's that fo...

Music Biz legend and all-around smart dude, Danny Goldberg returns to Synchronicity. For those who caught the first episode with Danny you know the episode cut off at the end because the battery on my recorder died. For those of you who didn't listen to that episode, well, now you know too. Danny is one of my favorite people to talk to not only because he's objectively cool and insightful but he's...

My guest today is the uber-intelligent and incredibly cool, Jeremy Johnson. Jeremy is an editor for Reality Sandwich and a polyphonic enthusiast of all things religion, science fiction, and philosophy (I wish I could take credit for the description but I shamelessly pulled it from his bio.) Let's just say Jeremy is interested in a lot of stuff. One of the things Jeremy and I share a love for is li...

I'm joined today by one of the loveliest and sweetest people I've ever met, Mirabai Starr. Mirabai writes, speaks and leads retreats on the inter-spiritual teachings of the mystics. Known for her revolutionary translations of John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila , and Julian of Norwich , Mirabai renders mystical masterpieces accessible, beautiful, and relevant to a contemporary circle of seekers. He...

Recently I had the pleasure of sitting down with slash ingesting cannabis pixie sticks with filmmaker and highly tuned-in person, Sean Dunne at his apartment in Brooklyn. Sean has made some truly incredible documentaries ( Trump Rally , Oxyana , Florida Man , Cam Girlz , American Juggalo ) which you can (and should) check out over on his website (FOR FREE):  http://www.veryape.tv/ Sean and I met o...

On a recent trip back to NYC (my home from '08-'15) I sat down with the wise, insightful and all around cool guy, Danny Goldberg . Currently, Danny Goldberg is President of GoldVE Entertainment . Danny has also worked in the music business as a personal manager, record company president, public relations man and journalist since the late sixties. Goldberg is also a consultant to the newly released...

My guest today is the delightful, funny and incredibly engaging, Kelly Carlin. Kelly is the daughter of George Carlin (legendary comedian and counter-culture figure) and she's also pretty freaking rad. In addition to having just finished her autobiography, "A Carlin Home Companion," Kelly has a degree in Jungian Depth Psychology . But those are just roles right? On top of all that (or maybe undern...

My guest today is the wonderful and wise and extremely lovely Sharon Salzberg. We discuss a variety of Buddhist concepts including The Five Hindrances, The Paramitas and The Three Buddhist Personality Types. We also discuss anger, the mindfulness movement,her teacher Dipa Ma (who encouraged her to teach meditation in the West) and– actually, you know what? Give it a listen if you want to hear what...

Back from the mini-hiatus with a bang. My guest today is musician, author and Dharma teacher, David Nichtern . David was a student of one of my favorite Buddhist teachers, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche  and continues to teach in the Shambhala tradition. David's also an accomplished composer, producer and guitarist – a four-time Emmy winner and a two-time Grammy nominee. He's the founder of Dharma Moon...

Since I'm headed on a little hiatus (aka 10 days in Jamaica) I thought it would be a nice idea to share some things I've been digging the past few days/weeks. So, that's what I did. Below you'll find links to everything in this episode. Also, I'd love to hear some things you've been loving too. Shoot me an email (email address inside the podcast).  Subscribe to Synchronicity here.   Podcasts That...