On this episode, Kris and JDO talk:

Uneasiness at work, the notion of time passing, teachers moving on, how to create amazing life stories, working on fishing boats in the North Sea.

What is the psychology of someone who chooses to be homeless? How are some people built for adventure and others aren’t?

Japanese cholos, psychotronic imagery, syncretic religions, and abandoned asylums.

“Memory is what’s happening when you’re not forgetting.”

Looking to other world traditions for a way forward. The beauty in imperfections. The importance of aesthetics is not what you think. What’s blue and smells like red paint?

The Christian Reformation was the most significant thing to happen to the Western World. Modern myths are the fertile ground of modern morality. JDO explains Berserk to Kris.

Female- and male-centric energy in mythos. The connection between Maimonides and Spinoza.

JDO draws dead phones. Reverse the steps. Tang tonguelers. The oscillation between immersive storylines and passive experiences in dreams. The ghost disease of language. Emblematic strength.

On this episode, Kris and JDO break down a lot of the overly-complex cultural conversations to a brutally simple (but not easy) question: why can’t we just be courteous to each other?

We also talk about “rewilding” social situations, keeping things fresh, and not taking people for granted. Bringing back the sacred.

What does it mean to a child when their parents are too involved in their phones to talk to each other, let alone the child?

JDO is given an imaginative challenge as a gender swapped John Wick, and we discover the ultimate hack for writers’ block.

Revising opinions on art.

(This episode was recorded before the Kent Axell episode, but JDO wanted to get that one out ASAP. Same thing for the next episode.)

We have a very special guest for this episode of Lost Xplorers. The great Kent Axell, Vegas stage magician and all-around cool guy, joined us to chop it up.

On this episode, we talk about the different types of magic, paranormal phenomena, the writing process of a magic routine, James Randi's Million Dollar Challenge, the need for mystery in These Capitalized Times, choosing to believe, and the creative process.

One of the most interesting conversations I've had in a while. Kent's a fascinating dude. If you're in Vegas, check out his show Ghost Stories. You can find out all the information you need on him via his website.