The Jung and the Restless

Special guest Melissa Johnson joins The Jung and the Restless as a guest interpreter to help get to the bottom of a series of dreams that have left Olivia puzzled. She approaches dream analysis from a different angle that helps Olivia get to the root of her recent dreams, and leaves The Dream Team with some new insights and tools in their belts for future episodes! About Melissa: Melissa Johnson i...

The Dream Team has a weather chat, longs for a fun conspiracy theory, and gets derailed by the sordid history of fashion. Dream Themes have been emerging, with Victor stuck in hospitals, Zach returning to babies, and Olivia being visited by frustrating-ass cats. They get into a dream of hers in which two cats are injured, one her real life cat with minor wounds and the other a strange cat in criti...

Zach shares some big life updates, including that his new apartment is seemingly haunted by a ghost who is laughing it's spectral ass off. Olivia has been dreaming about a neglected pet bird, and shares multiple Harry Potter themed dreams. Listen closely for EVP's in this episode cause this one is fucking haunted. 0:00 Intro 0:52 Where's the dog 7:16: Zach Life updates and haunting 27:02 Teal Hous...

The Dream Team talks to paranormal enthusiast Tommy Cullum, host of the Let's Get Freaky! podcast, about fake awakenings, the scary side of astral projection, sleep paralysis demons a la the Night Hag, and other eerie phenomena. Tommy shares a Kubrick-esque dream and is surprised at the depth behind the classic nightmare format. Get spooked by checking out Tommy's show at https://linktr.ee/letsget...

Olivia receives a message regarding "Azrael the Archer." Zach has to "run to the bathroom" after a discussion about fairy smut. Victor has a dream about a forbidden room in a hospital, which the Dream Team explores all the way up to the wall in his mind, indicating he might need to "go to therapy."    0:00 Intro/Dad Jokes   2:15 Azrael the Archer   4:46 Fairy Smut   12:09 Bathroom Break 1   17:37...

The Dream Team talks broken toes, parenting tactics, useless college degrees, and the art of schmoozing; the last of which is a mystery to the three of them.  Zach has a sequence of dreams about alcohol, prompting him to incubate an interesting dream about a dock that twists and turns him further away from the ferry boat he is attempting to board.   0:00 intro 0:52 Broken toes 4:53 The baby is the...

The Dream Team celebrates 4/20 by discussing salvia, kratom, and kava. Olivia channels her inner Gordon Ramsay and tries to incubate a dream recipe as a follow up to her Coconut Brie Sugar Cookies. Instead, she's delivered a simple meal of comfort food. What is her subconscious getting at? Zach gets back into armpit farts. Victor isn't a sociopath. 0:00 Intro 2:07 Salvia, Kratom, and Kava 16:12 In...

Peen dreams, what do they means? Victor's metaphorical dick is not as big as he thought it was, Olivia's dick is Victor's dick, and Zach's dick has been falling off over and over again for decades. Olivia's friend has a dream about being stuck with an unwanted appendage. Zach has a semi-lucid dream where the Dream Team records the podcast from a bus while driving through a burning city.  The AI ap...

Zach has carpal tunnel, hypochondria, and he's pretty sure polio. Victor has a case of the dizzies, but he's not a dizzy guy. Olivia has a slew of dreams to run through and the Dream Team gets close to the bottom of some of them. Others, just the top! Relationship bullets are dodged, dorm room dreams are had in tandem, and an eerie disembodied voice beckons Olivia deeper into her subconscious. Lit...

Olivia and Victor pitch an idea for a new dating app. Zach quiet quits the post office and has a dream about flying through Los Angeles like Spiderman, slingin' webs, with a mohawk and a bitchin' guitar. Olivia has one dream about Victor's success as a slam poet, and another involving a real crappy attempt at an assassination. Olivia's dreams are talking to her again- who is that voice on the inte...

The Dream Team commissions a painting of breastfeeding in a brewery, invents meat pants, and answers the age-old question, "which sports drink bottle is the best for pissin' in?" Olivia has a dream about a hawk, a rabbit, and an ex-friend who may or may not be a mastermind. Zach repressed the memory of the pandemic. Victor looks pretty hot as a racoon. 0:00 Intro/Pump n' Dump 1:26 Surrealist Grand...

What happens when we die? The Dream Team is coming in hot with musings on ghosts, reincarnation, and how maybe God is just all of us… Olivia has a profound experience speaking with a toddler-sized newborn baby in a lucid dream. Zach shares a lucid dream where driving a minivan from one dream to another paints a vivid picture of the big life transition that he is currently navigating. About Dream B...

The Dream Team is back together! And the verdict is in… parenthood: not that hard! Victor and Olivia return from their hiatus with their brand new baby Violet who, other than requiring the occasional top-off, is super chill. Olivia has a throw-back dream about murder hornets. Zach has been seeing his new surroundings as a seafood restaurant in his dreams. Victor hasn't been dreaming, but he has be...

***Trigger warning: descriptions of sexual assault in the context of a dream*** In part three, Victor, Zach, and Steve Ernenwein of The Dreams That Shape Us discuss the gravity of lucid dreamwork and exploring one's own psyche.  ABOUT STEVE Steven Ernenwein is a dream-inspired hip hop/singer songwriter and has been a dreamworker and avid lucid dreamer for the past 17 years. Steven also cohost's th...

In part three, Victor, Zach, and Steve Ernenwein of The Dreams That Shape Us talk dream photography, the uncanny valley, and alien puberty dreams.  ABOUT STEVE Steven Ernenwein is a dream-inspired hip hop/singer songwriter and has been a dreamworker and avid lucid dreamer for the past 17 years. Steven also cohost's the storytelling podcast, The Dreams that Shape Us, with J.M. DeBord where they are...

In part two of their conversation, Victor, Zach, and Steve Ernenwein of The Dreams That Shape Us discuss how much of the unconscious mind is actually the dreamer themselves, killing the people-pleaser inside you, and the significance of violent dreams.  ABOUT STEVE Steven Ernenwein is a dream-inspired hip hop/singer songwriter and has been a dreamworker and avid lucid dreamer for the past 17 years...

While Olivia rests up in anticipation of giving birth, Victor and Zach welcome back Steve Ernenwein of The Dreams That Shape Us to talk edgelord atheism, dream incubation, and heated kiddie pools in part one of their conversation.  ABOUT STEVE Steven Ernenwein is a dream-inspired hip hop/singer songwriter and has been a dreamworker and avid lucid dreamer for the past 17 years. Steven also cohost's...

After trading life updates, The Dream Team digs into a listener's dream submission! H, host of the It's Just a Dream podcast had a creepy dream involving bare-footed running, a grey-skinned monster, and an eerily slowed-down song. The DT attempts to unpack the themes of this nightmare and tie them to the stressors in H's life.  Check out It's Just a Dream : https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/...

Victor's key to success is total reluctance to do anything. Zach is staying at an Airbnb n' Beyond . Olivia is practicing bathroom-door-related "exposure" therapy. The Dream Team breaks down a vivid Olivia dream about a ritualistic stage play, a semi-nudist beach, and a giant(ish) snail. Warning: beyond this point, you can never go back to pick up Indian food ever again. 0:00 Intro 0:30 Total Relu...

UPDATE: The Jung and the Restless will be moving to a schedule of releasing new episodes every other Tuesday. For a while, at least. In this loosey-goosey 'sode, the Dream Team discusses the historical impact of dreams, misattributed quotes, and an existential "would-you-rather." Zach has updates on his life, as well as theories on why he hasn't dreamed about masturbating in a while. Victor and Ol...

The Dream Team chats with Amina from The Dream World Podcast about Lucid Dreaming. Victor, Olivia, and Zach take a crack at interpreting Amina's dream, and learn some tips and tricks for learning how to start their own lucid dreaming practices. Check out The Dream World Podcast: https://thedreamworldpodcast.com/ About Dream Bible: Dream Bible is a free online A to Z dream dictionary dedicated to h...

Zach wrote Victor and Olivia a note about a dream he had for them to open on their wedding anniversary. The Dream Team discusses the relevance of love languages and the irrelevance of "thank you" notes. Simulation theory comes up, as well as gangstalking, and how Zach may genuinely be losing his mind. Olivia has a dream to share about yet another animal being neglected by yet another incompetent c...

Victor's been dreaming about dating Olivia as the expectant parents enter the final stretch of Olivia's pregnancy. Zach lures Victor into revealing the details of his ongoing passion project, and Victor is unnecessarily embarrassed about it. The Dream Team discusses the nature of failure.   0:00 Intro 4:54 Intrusive Thoughts 8:12 Victor's Dream 59:41 Failure     About Dream Bible: Dream Bible is a...

Zach has a mortifying relapse with sleepwalking, followed by a dream of being an intern to an eccentric aristocrat. Victor and Olivia attempt to shepard him through both experiences. 0:00 Intro 0:32 Sleepwalking Story 12:06 Aerosmith and KISS 13:40 Zach's Dream   About Dream Bible: Dream Bible is a free online A to Z dream dictionary dedicated to helping people understand the meaning of their drea...

Zach gives Olivia validation of her Adderall conspiracy theory. Olivia crashes the car, but at least no one got hurt. It's been all downstairs since Victor fell down the stairs. Zach gets into his backstory with Berklee College of Music, then the Dream Team gets into Victor's dream about a pasta-obsessed Billy Joel. Sing us a song, you're the Piano Dan. Intro 0:00 Olivia crashed the car 3:57 Banjo...