Recorded live after the end of the world, this special mid-month "break-in" episode explores the themes of transformation, mental wealth, and joy in adversity through personal anecdotes and philosophical reflections.

Avant-garde motivational speaker Emerson Dameron shares his journey from personal turmoil to rediscovering his unique philosophical genius—and encourages you, the most "I" of all possible VIPs, to embrace life’s challenges for growth and resilience.

• Discussing the impact of life's transitions on personal growth
• The Pacific Wheel as a gigantic ham-handed metaphor
• Redefining wealth beyond financial terms
• The importance of mental wealth, resilience, and enlightened denial
• Ego death: It's something to brag about!

And! Introducing Helena the Brit in "Summer of the Sex Idiots"
...and That Guy in "I Am the Drug."

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What sets your soul on fire? What do you really, really want? Let's find it... together.

"The Return of Rimbaud" continues the opening story from S4E4: First Blood, Best Blood.

Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes is LA's number-one avant-garde personal development program. New episodes premiere on KCHUNG Los Angeles on the first Wednesday of the month.

The writer, producer, host, and witty and wounded romantic hero is Emerson Dameron, who is wholly responsible for its content.

Levity saves lives.

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Selected selections from Season 5 of Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes, LA's number-one avant-garde personal development program and the only good podcast. Levity saves lives.

0:00 Intro

0:22 Commit to the Bit

0:49 Sultry Secrets of Pulse-Pounding Passion

1:50 The Experiment Requires That You Continue

2:50 The Love Bomber: A Bite-Sized Erotic Thriller

3:19 The Ambivalent Liminal Rebellion (feat. Ask a Sadist)

4:19 Carnal Candyland: A Bite-Sized Erotic Thriller

4:49 War All the Time

5:19 The Art of Changing the Subject

6:19 Serendipity's Squeeze: A Bite-Sized Erotic Thriller

7:03 The Best of All Possible Eyes Without a Face

8:01 Something New and Familiar All at Once

9:01 Heaving Hearts, Clandestine Clubs, and Deadly Desires

9:31 Embrace Chaos: Self-Love, Sadism, and the Power of Creativity

10:31 Whispers of the Infinite: Uncover Your Core Motivation

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Step inside a space where romance dissolves, reassembles, and defies linear time. Here, each glance, every touch, and whispered secret transforms into vibrant, disjointed symbols—each moment hanging like a half-forgotten dream in the fevered pulse of a Cubist landscape.

As Jill—demure, strawberry-blonde, and shyly sensual—ventures deeper into the maze of this playful, dangerous world, she encounters shadows of herself and layers of him that emerge, vanish, and reappear as distorted reflections. Her journey is a whirlwind of open loops and callbacks, riddles within riddles, where every encounter is doubled, refracted, and turned inside-out.

Embrace the labyrinthine unknown where boundaries blur, roles reverse, and eroticism merges with danger to ignite hidden desires in a twisted lover’s waltz. Lose yourself in a hallucinatory landscape where the heart's maze twists with vibrant colors and sharp contrasts, each scene laced with seductive undertones and reflected revelations.

Fragments of Desire will leave you reeling and breathless, caught between what is, what isn’t, and what you wish could be.

PS: You know who you are.

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Getting over grief can take time... but it doesn't have to. Discover proven strategies and trauma-tested techniques to heal your broken heart and get your sweet ass back in the mix by today's close of business.

Recorded in mid-2023.

Music by Visions of the Universe.

Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes is LA's number-one avant-garde personal development program. New episodes premiere on KCHUNG Los Angeles on the first Wednesday of the month.

The writer, producer, host, and witty and wounded romantic hero is Emerson Dameron, who is wholly responsible for its content.

Levity saves lives.

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The brilliant and generous Michael Garfield took the time to chat on the phone about many subjects relatively quickly.

Slices of this conversation can be heard in S5E11: Whispers of the Infinite: Uncover Your Core Motivation.

This bonus mini-episode includes just those slices... because it's Thanksgiving.

Paleontologist-Futurist Michael Garfield helps "Rewild the Singularity" – restoring soul to the philosophy of technology, midwifing new myths for transition, and helping cultivate the curiosity and play we'll need to thrive in our accelerating age.

Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes is LA's #1 avant-garde personal development program and the only good podcast.

Levity saves lives.

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Self-help shock jock Emerson Dameron takes you on a rockling odyssey through truth, fiction, flotsam, esoterica, and the foothills of High Weirdness designed to awaken your most profound natural, beastly drives. Savor surreal storytelling with gems, jewels, and insights scattered evenly throughout, a potent that will make you rethink reality itself, at least until you realize you're just thinking.

Dive into transformative tales and unconventional wisdom. Challenge everything you thought you knew. Whether you’re seeking inspiration, a snappy new perspective, or that elusive spark to propel your life diagonally upward into the golden realms of Paradise City, this podcast dares you to look beyond the ordinary and unlock your core motivation in ways you’ve never had the guts to imagine.

Are you afraid to get what you want? You’d better be.

Tonight's episode also contains two all-new Bite-Sized Erotic Thrillers!

Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes is a production of KCHUNG Radio. Donate to KCHUNG.

Many thanks to special guest Michael Garfield.

Everything else about the show is by Emerson Dameron, who is solely responsible for its content. I love you, personally. Levity saves lives.

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What if the very things you think you can't control are exactly where your power lies? On this episode of Medicated Minutes, we challenge you to rethink the inevitability of life's events and the importance of personal responsibility, all wrapped in Emerson Dameron's signature humor and wit. We kick off with a passionate monologue that tackles these existential themes head-on, urging you to embrace life's chaos rather than resist it. From the ironies of trying to stop the unstoppable to finding freedom in the mundane, we present a philosophy that turns conventional wisdom on its head.

Can you love yourself without succumbing to the trap of fame? We then pivot to a deep-dive into the paradoxical dance between self-love and sadism, exploring how public attention can wreak havoc on mental health. By drawing parallels with historical figures and examining consensual sadistic practices, we illustrate the necessity of rigorous self-discipline and mutual respect for personal growth. This segment is a hard-hitting look at how embracing one's flaws and leveraging past pain can pave the way for true healing and transformation.

Finally, we explore the transformative power of shedding one's ego and embracing observational awareness. Through the poignant story of Scarlet Obscura, a Nova Scotian artist seeking meaning in Los Angeles, we emphasize the importance of creativity and curiosity in understanding both ourselves and others. This narrative serves as a testament to the power of art and self-expression amidst life's unpredictability. Tune in to discover how you can harness creativity, humor, and empathy to navigate the chaos of existence and find deeper meaning in everyday life.

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