The Passing Through Podcast

This week I'm unexpectedly passing through Wrocław, Poland. Be warned, this is a kind of current events episode where I raise awareness about the genocide in Palestine. References Humanitarian Situation Update #214 | Gaza Strip Abuses at Sde Teiman Lemkin Institute Statement on Gaza The Lancet - Palestinian Deathcount Environmental Impact of Conflict in Gaza ICJ Israel Responsible for Aparthei...

This week I'm passing through Austria. Join me and the wild sounds of a storm as I share a spooky story that makes me question the practicality of some of the spiritual beliefs I hold. How can you metabolize trauma and summon compassion and love for the shadow when sometimes the shadow seeks to engulf you; to extinguish, or obliterate you? How do we approach the murderous, deranged, irrational...

This week I'm passing through Gore, Slovenia! In this episode I share my experiences from the north of Slovenia, where my partner Asia and I are staying at a new farm. We’ve moved on from the permaculture farm in Topolovec, and I reminisce about the unforgettable aroma of the goats which now forever accompanies the taste of goat cheese. Our current focus is on helping to build a meditation ret...

This week Maja Flajsig is passing through! Maja is a dry stone wall builder, permaculturist, anthropologist, and lover of both mythology and ritual. She currently works as communications manager for GEN Europe and was an absolute delight to speak with. Bring your red thread with you into our conversational labyrinth and join us as she shares her journey from Croatia to village life on the island o...

This week, I'm still passing through Topolovec, Slovenia! The host shares his ongoing experiences in Slovenia while working on a farm, focusing on the challenges and insights gained from milking goats and shepherding them. He narrates a harrowing incident where his partner, Asia, is surrounded by excited goats while herding them, which nearly leads to serious injury. This experience prompts re...

This week I'm passing throgh Topolovec, Slovenia. The episode provides an update on the host's van life journey with Asia, emphasizing their adventures touring eco-villages and permaculture farms. The host highlights the importance of reconnecting with nature by discussing various aspects of life on a permaculture farm, such as composting toilets, goat milking, and communal living. Listene...

This week Lacey White is passing through! Join us for a chat where we discuss her journey toward holistic health and wellness and the importance of slowing down. I asked an AI to summarize the episode and I was pretty pleased with how it turned out: Lacey shares her early experiences with therapy, her fascination with mental health, and her aspirations to become a holistic health practitioner. She...

This week Annie Blackstone is passing through! Annie is a seasoned hypnotherapist, Reiki healer, and shamanic practitioner with a robust ecology of healing modalities at her disposal. She works with Biofield tuning, EFT, EMDR, Brainspotting and a host of other techniques under the umbrella of Integrated Healing. Join us as Annie shares her insights on energy & spirit work, ancestral healing, s...

This week I'm passing through Szczawnica, Poland! Join me for a quick ramble about van life, vision quests and a spooky story about a man in the forest.

This week the incredible Douglas Rushkoff is passing through! Douglas is a personal hero of mine, so it was an honor to spend a little time with him. He needs no introduction. He has had a seminal influence on media theory and critiques of technology and the internet, he's an author, educator, musician, activist, environmentalist and broadcaster. MIT even named him one of the most influential...

This week Eimear Burke is passing through! If you've ever been curious about druids, bards, or the ancient mystery traditions of Ireland, you're gonna want to tune in. Eimear has an impressive set of credentials. She's the chosen chief of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. She is also a psychologist, a harpist, a guide to Ireland and a seanchaí - a storyteller specializing in Irish...

This week Robert Falconer is passing through...for the second time! Bob is a leading IFS therapist, author, healer, and all-around wonderful human being. If you want to learn more about him, visit his website or check out our previous conversation. Join us in this episode as we discuss Bob's new book, If You're Going Through Hell, Keep Going . We talk about spirit, giving love and blessing...

This week I'm passing through with a brief one which kicks off with William Blake's poem, Mad Song . Join me for a short update on how I'm dancing with one foot to this mad song, with a little music at the start and the end. There's also some stuff about ants in Australia, and a reminder to protect your joints.

This week I'm passing through with an experimental episode. No edits, no cuts, no fake advertisements, no funny-business. Just straight, uninterrupted stream of consciousness...and some reading. Join me while I talk briefly about Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire, Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses , fiction in general, mythology, and a whole bunch of other stuff including Ice Age buri...

This week, I'm passing through beautiful Austria! I'm now officially unemployed, homeless and disabled! Join me for a special tale of woe where I discuss Iron John by Robert Bly, The Wild Man archetype, the role of The Trickster, broken bones & sacred wounds, Australian sweat lodge massage and acupuncture, bowel movements and other scatological subjects. This episode is brought to you...

This week Agata Nienajadło is passing through! Agata is a lovely human being that I met during a previous stay at Osada and since then she has become a core team member. I'm super excited for her to share a bit of her story in this episode! This is a special episode for me since it's the first ever episode recorded in person. Thanks Agata for making that possible! Join us for a talk about...

Third time's the charm! I'm passing through from Osada again this week. I'm under-slept and have had little time to recharge. Join me for a quick and dirty ramble about earth beings in this third installment of my stay here. Prosinko: Episode III - Revenge of the Myth .

I'm passing through again this week, from Osada in Prosinko, Poland! Join me this episode for a fresh glimpse into vanlife with some quick reflections on anger, a few musings on masculinity and femininity, and a brief appearance by Asia.

I'm passing through Prosinko, Poland! This week's episode is a sweaty one. I just wanted to check in and let you all know where my head's at. Jump in my vansauna and join me for a quick monologue. We're staying at Osada for the next month, tending to the needs of the farm, the land and the group while Asia and I kick off our journey. Listen for special instructions on how to avoid...

This episode Edward Groody is passing through! Edward is a personal mentor to me. He’s been a part of the men’s movement working with the poet Robert Bly, he’s been involved in the Community Building movement for over 30 years and even studied under Dr. M Scott Peck, the founder of the Community Building method. Edward works tirelessly to spread the message of Community Building, which is seeing a...

This week Brad Adams is passing through! Brad is not only the founder of LAMPS (Los Angeles Medicinal Psychedelics Society), he has a wealth of knowledge and experience working with mental health and psychedelics. Brad's helping to raise awareness, foster community, and help us find the others! It was an absolute pleasure speaking to him. Join us for a discussion on using psychedelics to treat...

Geoff Gallinger is passing through! Geoff is host of the Nodes in the Net podcast, creator of the Creekmasons substack, and lord-and-savior of the Creekmasons Discord server. Geoff is smart, compassionate, learned and always a delight to talk to - whether through video calls or text channels. Join us for a special multiverse crossover episode where we discuss creativity, podcasting, meditation, ma...

Jadwiga Klata is passing through! She's a young (post)activist who first felt moved to act in the wake of the migrant crisis in 2013. She's worked with Extinction Rebellion where she participated in non-violent direct action and civil disobedience aimed at raising awareness about the climate crisis, and now she works with Osada in Poland to more fully understand what it means to be human i...

In this episode, it's just me passing through. Life is hectic and busy as I uproot myself and transition into that vanlife. I'm in the liminal space between old and new and I have precious little time. There's a sort of escape velocity I need to reach in order to break free from the gravity of the world I've known. I can feel it clutching at my heels, refusing to release its grasp....

We have a special episode for you this week. It's about life and death : Mary Telliano is passing through! Mary is an end-of-life doula, a death educator, psychedelic facilitator, and founder of The Anam Cara Academy . Join Mary and I for a discussion on death and dying, the origins of the modern funeral industry in the United States, and her work at the intersection of plant medicine and huma...