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Lex Pelger: Warrior of the Weird

by Plutopia News Network January 24, 2022
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Lex Pelger is a writer, scientist & lecturer on cannabis, psychedelics & the endocannabinoid system. Erik Davis has called him “a warrior of the weird.” Lex Pelger: “It was only…

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On Creativity

by Plutopia News Network January 17, 2022
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In this week’s Plutopia podcast, poet Jane Hirshfield and writer Tiffany Lee Brown join Jon and Scoop to discuss creativity. Jane and Tiffany explain their individual creative processes and we…

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Milagro de Taos

by Plutopia News Network January 10, 2022
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Maggie Duval: “I’m writing a lot about sense of place – like everywhere I’ve lived, and I’ve been transient all my life, because of my Dad, his work, but also…

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Plutopian Week: Happy Holidaze, Ambient, Meditation, Utopia, Matrix

by Plutopia News Network December 20, 2021
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Happy Holidaze! Plutopians wish all our friends and fans the happiest of holidaze. Lately it feels like the world is in a rock tumbler, hopefully we’ll come out of this…

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Felix Stalder on “The Dawn of Everything”

by Plutopia News Network December 7, 2021
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Review by Felix Stalder Felix Stalder sent this review to the nettime email list. We’re publishing it here with Felix’ permission. So, I finished reading The Dawn of Everything, the…

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Kevin Russell: Welcome Mr. Shinyribs!

by Scoop Sweeney December 6, 2021
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Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Russell joins Jon and Scoop in this episode of the Plutopia Podcast. Kevin talks about his days with The Gourds and his current band: Shinyribs. …

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Jasmina Tešanović: Torino, Ibiza, the World

by Plutopia News Network November 29, 2021
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Jasmina Tešanović – “I thought it was a temporary state of mind, but the more that time goes by, especially now with the more the system is broken of information……

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Spike Gillespie: Freewheelin’

by Plutopia News Network November 16, 2021
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Spike takes us on a free-wheeling tour of her ranch, her businesses and Bastrop County, Texas. Spike talks about her new restaurant, small town Texas and fitting in, glamping, weddings, and creating happy communities.

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Day of the Dead

by Plutopia News Network November 1, 2021
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In this week’s Plutopia podcast, Jon and Scoop make a deep dive into death… also Halloween, sex, pagan celebrations, and Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). “Everyone is…

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Plutopian Week: Coltrane, Sterling, Frauenfelder, Garfield

by Plutopia News Network October 30, 2021
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Music of the Plutopian Spheres: John Coltrane: A Love Supreme in Seattle. A 1965 recording of Coltrane’s band performing his masterwork “A Love Supreme” at the Penthouse Club in Seattle,…

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