Other Worlds on Earth

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A radio show of unapologetic romanticism and utopian yearning for people with unlimited vision. Expect deep dives into counter-culture, counter-history, altered states, ethnobotany, radical anthropology, esoteric explorations, and other worlds on Earth.

Airs the first Thursday of the month from 8-9pm Eastern.

To contact the host: otherworldsonearth@pm.me

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Archives from 2024

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    September 5, 2024: A discussion of the ideas of the french anarchist anthropologist Pierre Clastres and the essay The Shamanic Trace, which expands on those ideas in new directions. How can we track the anti-authoritarian impulse throughout history? | Playlist | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    August 1, 2024: A discussion about tensions between different forms of knowledge, the capitalist influence on food, and examples of foods that escape control, as we might hope to do. | Playlist | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    July 4, 2024: We discuss the important case of Peppy and Krystal, who are facing severe repression over their alleged association with a protest in defense of the trans community. Later on, we explore a famous experiment investigating psychokinesis. | Playlist | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    June 6, 2024: A walk on Mont Royal while discussing the placebo effect, summoning spirits, the temporary autonomous zone of the Tam-Tams, different uses and expressions of authority, and some live updates from a McGill building occupation in solidarity with Palestine. | Playlist | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    May 2, 2024: The mystery of the placebo effect, explored through the lenses of western medicine, cynicism, psychedelics, revolution, shamanism, faith healing, and spirituality more broadly. | Playlist | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    April 4, 2024: Cannabis as understood through the lenses of Carl Sagan, cartoons, gift economies, graffiti, escapism, and more. | Playlist | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    February 1, 2024: The first episode! A deep dive into the UFO question, with particular attention to events in 2023/2024. What does the UFO phenomenon mean for us politically, culturally, spiritually? | Playlist | Pop-up listenListen | Download