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Daniel Pinchbeck’s Newsletter
by Daniel Pinchbeck
Exploring the edge realms of culture, politics, science, and consciousness. danielpinchbeck.substack.com
Episodes
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My State of the Union!
(I gave a talk last weekend at Caravan of Dreams in NYC. The recording of that talk is attached, but I also rewrote it and expanded on my thoughts to create what I hope is a much better version, below). I was asked what I wanted to talk about today. Of course, my thoughts jumped to the political,...
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The Siege of Minneapolis
Today I spoke with Adam Levy, a musician, historian, and activist. Adam lives in Minneapolis where he is actively involved in the organized peaceful resistance to ICE. I am sure you will appreciate his report on the current conditions there. We also discussed the larger context of what’s…
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"The Battleground Is Our Imagination"
Next month, Liminal News will launch a six-week workshop, Mastering the Alchemy of AI Storytelling, that I will cohost with director Ari Kuschnir and embodiment coach and novelist Schuyler Brown. The founder of a creative agency, Ari produces thought-provoking AI-generated videos that reveal...
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Beyond Ayahuasca: Conversation with Roman Hanis
Please check out my interview with Roman Hanis. Roman is the author of Beyond Ayahuasca and co-founder of the Paititi Institute for the Preservation of Ecology and Indigenous Culture. For more than two decades he has lived and apprenticed in the Amazon and Andes, integrating traditional...
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Ahriman, Lucifer, and You!
Yesterday, Walter Alexander, Ralph White and I had a wonderful introductory discussion preparing for our Rudolf Steiner seminar, “Awakening the Western Soul”, which starts tomorow, Saturday Sept 27, at 4 pm EST, and runs for a month. You can learn more about the seminar here, and here is a “late...
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Joe Dolce's Psychedelic Journey
Hope you enjoy today’s chat with Joe Dolce! Dolce is a journalist and the former editor-in-chief of Details magazine. He is also the author of Brave New Weed: Adventures into the Uncharted World of Cannabis and CEO of Joe Dolce Communications, one of the premier presentation and media training...
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LARPS, Psychomagic, Action!
Taking a break from fretting over the collapse of America, I interviewed my friends Alice Maynwaring and Morgane Ciot about their upcoming immersive “part theater show, part LAARP, part ritual” based on Alejando Jodorowsky’s Holy Mountain. You can learn more about the show here — first…
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Civic Tech in the Trump Era
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielpinchbeck.substack.com I hope you enjoy my discussion with Micah L. Sifry, a writer, editor, and organizer with nearly four decades of experience covering the intersections of politics, technology, and civic life. He co-founded...
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"There Isn't Anything Else Going on beneath the Surface."
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielpinchbeck.substack.com I had a great talk with Carne Ross, who describes himself on his Substack: “I’m a former British diplomat who resigned over the Iraq War after giving secret evidence to the first official inquiry into the...
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Right Wing Psychedelia and America's Descent
Wonderful talk today with Jamie Wheal and Douglas Rushkoff, who both have fantastic Substack newsletters. We had a glitch halfway through and had to restart, hence the recording is split into two parts. Please let us know what you think in the comments. This is a public episode. If you'd like to...
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AI and Humanity's Future
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielpinchbeck.substack.com Thank you to Matthew Green for interviewing me about my thoughts on AI as well as our upcoming seminar, Breaking the Artificial Intelligence Barrier. Below is a transcript of our conversation. Info about…
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The Hermetic Versus the Mimetic
I really enjoyed our chat, which picked up on themes Jamie Wheal and I explored last month in our previous chat: We explored esoteric and mainstream perspectives on “Christ consciousness,” as well as both the hermetic and mimetic aspects of contemporary spirituality and the new religious revival....
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On Epistemological Nihilism
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielpinchbeck.substack.com This is from yesterday’s live video with Drew Dellinger. I hope you will join me for my next live video! I’ve been enjoying Dellinger’s writing on his Substack, including his recent “Yes, RFK Jr. and…
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Sarah Wilson | The Rise Of Sovereign Individuals
Sarah invited me to join a livestream on her Substack back on 3.7.25 to chat about my article "The Rise of Sovereign Individuals". Sarah Wilson is a multi-New York Times and Amazon bestselling author, social philosopher, international keynote speaker, minimalist and philanthropist. She edited...
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Live With Starhawk | (Substack Live 4/21/25)
I had a chance to talk with Starhawk about a wide range of topics on a Substack Livestream on 4/21/25. Hope you enjoy! Starhawk is an author, activist, permaculture designer and teacher, and a prominent voice in modern earth-based spirituality and ecofeminism. She is the author or co-author of...
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Jamie Wheal | Bad Faith Techno-Jesus & The War For America
A recording of a Substack LIvestream on 4/1/25 I hope you enjoy this conversation with Jamie Wheal, founder of The Flow Genome Project and author of "Recapture the Rapture", among other books. We started with a discussion about Silicon Valley’s sudden embrace of Christianity, which Wheal...
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Vulture Capitalism and Its Discontents
Grace Blakeley is a staff writer at Tribune Magazine and author of several books, including 'Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom' - as well as 'The Corona Crash: How the pandemic will change capitalism' and 'Stolen: How to save the world from...
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Live with Starhawk
Thank you Joel Dietz, Tantra Maat, Michael Scarmack, Valerie Smith, Sadie Chanlett-Avery, and many others for tuning into my live video with Starhawk! Join me for my next live video in the app. Liminal News is a reader-supported publication. To receive full posts and other offers, please join us…
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Marching
I am hearing 50,000 people attending this rally and March. Good vibes! Thank you Indy Johar, Free Radio Rulo, Chris Tomasso, Stephanie Gibbs Dunlap, Alessandra Cesarato, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd…
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Bad Faith Techno-Jesus and the War for America
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielpinchbeck.substack.com I hope you enjoy this conversation with Jamie Wheal, author of Recapture the Rapture, among other books. We started with a discussion about Silicon Valley’s sudden embrace of Christianity, which Wheal...
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Brett Scott | Cryptocracy And Its Discontents (Substack Live 3/5/25)
A recording of a Substack LIvestream on 3/5/25 Brett Scott is a campaigner, monetary anthropologist and former broker. He is the author of The Heretic's Guide to Global Finance: Hacking the Future of Money and Cloudmoney: Why the War on Cash Endangers Our Freedom. Brett has appeared in a wide…
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Nafeez Ahmed | Crisis As Opportunity (Substack Livestream 3/1/25)
A recording of a joint Substack LIvestream on 3/1/25 I have been in intermittent contact with Nafeez Ahmed over the years. We are both systems theorists with many areas of overlap. What became clear during our dialogue is that we share a very similar — almost identical — analysis of the current...
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Crisis as Opportunity
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielpinchbeck.substack.com I enjoyed this conversation! I hope you will too. I have been in intermittent contact with Nafeez Ahmed over the years. We are both systems theorists with many areas of overlap. What became clear during our...
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Marianne Williamson | Responding To Our Current Moment (Substack Livestream 2/21/25)
A recording of a joint Substack LIvestream on 2/21/25 “America's decline is not solely Trump's doing. Rather, this is the inevitable consequences of decades of Western economic and military dominance built on short-term exploitation, corruption, and global predation. Trump's role is to mask this...
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Marianne Williamson and Daniel Pinchbeck Discuss Our Critical Moment
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielpinchbeck.substack.com “America's decline is not solely Trump's doing. Rather, this is the inevitable consequences of decades of Western economic and military dominance built on short-term exploitation, corruption, and global...
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Ashanti Kunene | Life As Initiation
Daniel and Ashanti will be hosting an upcoming seminar presented by The Elevator, a global consciousness incubator and think tank, where Ashanti is the Executive Director. You can sign up to receive more information (including access to reduced price or early bird tickets) at www.liminal.news...
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Life as Initiation: Free version
Hi folks, I invite you to listen to my conversation with Ashanti Kunene. We are working together at The Elevator ( www.theelevator.earth ), a global consciousness incubator and think tank, where she is the Executive Director. If you enjoy this conversation, please join our upcoming seminar, Life…
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Life as Initiation
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielpinchbeck.substack.com Hi folks, I invite you to listen to my conversation with Ashanti Kunene. We are working together at The Elevator ( www.theelevator.earth ), a global consciousness incubator and think tank, where she is the...
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Live stream with Andrea Chalupa
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielpinchbeck.substack.com Thank you to all who turned out for yesterday’s conversation with Andrea Chalupa of Gaslit Nation. Apologies for some glitches and echoes in the first 4:30! Below is a quote from our chat: The reality is…
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Jay Michaelson | A Jewish Psychedelic Buddhist Tells All!
Would the full deregulation of psychedelics be a good thing? In today’s podcast, author Jay Michaelson and I discuss the rapidly evolving legal and cultural landscape of psychedelics, including their potential fast-tracking under the new Trump/Musk/RFK regime. Will deregulation — long a goal of...
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Jewish Psychedelic Buddhist Tells All
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielpinchbeck.substack.com In today’s podcast, author Jay Michaelson and I discuss the rapidly evolving legal and cultural landscape of psychedelics, including their potential fast-tracking under the new Trump/Musk/RFK regime. Will...
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Laura Loomer | Should Elon Musk Be King Of America?
Recently, investigative journalist and MAGA mainstay Laura Loomer was "deplatformed" on Twitter/X by Elon Musk, for comments about the H1B visas. Loomer describes herself as a "free speech absolutist" whose book, Loomered, chronicles how she was previously censored and banned by tech platforms…
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Should Elon Musk Be King of America?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielpinchbeck.substack.com Last week, investigative journalist and MAGA mainstay Laura Loomer was "deplatformed" on Twitter/X by Elon Musk, for comments about the H1B visas. Loomer describes herself as a "free speech absolutist"…
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Psychedelics and the Underground
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielpinchbeck.substack.com The event "Psychedelics and the Underground," organized by The Psychedelic Assembly, took place on December 17, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM at 222 E 46th St, New York. Moderated by Daniel Pinchbeck, the...
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Brett Scott | The Seductive Emptiness Of Bitcoin
BRETT SCOTT. Like everyone else, I notice the skyrocketing value of Bitcoin compared to anything else. On the one hand, feel uneasy about it, yet, on the other, I wonder if I should invest my paltry life savings into the stuff. Bitcoin seems to defy any economic law of gravity to keep going up…
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The Seductive Emptiness of Bitcoin
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielpinchbeck.substack.com Like everyone else, I notice the skyrocketing value of Bitcoin compared to anything else. On the one hand, feel uneasy about it, yet, on the other, I wonder if I should invest my paltry life savings into…
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Jonathan Taplin | The End Of Reality?
JONATHAN TAPLIN is a writer, film producer and scholar. He is the Director Emeritus of the Annenberg Innovation Lab at the University of Southern California and was a Professor at the USC Annenberg School from 2003-2016 in the field of international communication management and digital media...
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The Coming Cryptocracy
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielpinchbeck.substack.com Today we are experimenting with a slightly different podcast format. I am introducing a guest host, Mark Patterson (see below for his bio), who has great insight into the crypto world, Elon Musk, Vitalik...
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Thom Hartmann | The State Of Disunion
THOM HARTMANN: I always enjoy my conversations with the political analyst and ecologist Thom Hartmann. A progressive national and internationally syndicated talk show host, Hartmann also writes a great Substack newsletter, The Hartmann Report. He's a New York Times bestselling author of 24 books.…
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The State of Disunion
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielpinchbeck.substack.com “The thing that might save us is if [Trump] overreaches over the next year or two, crashes the economy, screws things up badly, and Democrats take power again in the 2026 elections and can bring America…
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Curtis Yarvin | Should The USA Become A Technocratic Monarchy?
CURTIS YARVIN: Software designer, intellectual and political theorist, Yarvin has become famous in some ways and perhaps infamous in other ways, depending on where you sit, as a philosopher of the neo-reactionary or "dark enlightenment" movement who's been credited by The New Republic and Vox and...
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Should the US Become a Technocratic Monarchy?
A few weeks ago, I attended Hereticon in Miami, an annual conference dedicated to “thoughtcrime,” hosted by Founders Fund, the legendary investment vehicle steered by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, who helped Donald Trump win in 2016 and funded JD Vance’s Senate campaign. I am not sure why I was...
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Melik Kaylan | A Global Shift To Authoritarian Populism?
MELIK KAYLAN has written about international politics and culture for the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and Forbes for more than two decades. He has regularly reported from conflict zones throughout the world, from the North Korean border to the Caucasus, the Middle East, and the former Iron...
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A Global Shift to Authoritarian Populism
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielpinchbeck.substack.com Quick note: I am trying out bluesky and invite you to follow me there. I am grateful for my friendship with Melik Kaylan, a Conservative journalist and New York bon vivant with a long, fascinating career.…
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What Now?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielpinchbeck.substack.com We held a community call last Friday for paid subscribers. I intend to start holding these every two weeks, with the next one on Friday, November 22. I will let you know the exact time and date in a few…
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Simon Ostrovsky - Why We Should Care About The War In Ukraine
Simon Ostrovsky is a PBS NewsHour Special Correspondent and an award-winning freelance news and documentary producer. In 2023 Simon was honored with a DuPont-Columbia Award and a citation from the Overseas Press Club of America for his coverage of Ukraine following Russia’s full scale invasion.…
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Should the US Support Ukraine?
Many people support Trump over Harris in the upcoming election because they believe he will resolve the Ukraine War by ending US military support to Ukraine. This will allow Putin’s army to conquer a sovereign, Democratic country, “Russify” its population and take its resources. There is fear,...
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Podcast: Radical Love
I am going to record audio versions of some of my recent essays, which will go out as podcast episodes on Spotify, etc. I hope you enjoy them in this form! Radical LoveAs a counterpoint to technological elitism, this essay introduces the philosophy of radical love, inspired by thinkers like…
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Our Predicament
Hi Folks, Above is the video of yesterday’s community call on the election. We are moving into action mode! From what I understand, the two best groups which need your donations right now are Move the Vote and Seed the Vote. If you want to help prevent a Fascist dictatorship in the USA, I would...
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Humility or Humiliation?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielpinchbeck.substack.com Hi People! I wanted to get back into the habit of offering more informal videos in which I encapsulate my thoughts… You can listen to my ramblings as you do your morning exercises, or whatever is best.…
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