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Dr. Bruce Damer's Levity Zone

by Dr. Bruce Damer

Visionary scientist Dr. Bruce Damer is pursuing two great questions: how did life on Earth begin, and how can we give life (and ourselves) a sustainable path forward into the cosmos? Follow him on this personal podcast diary through decades of adventures to the edges of the Earth, deep into space and inward, beyond the bounds of consciousness.

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  1. S7E1 - Boundary Dissolution and Novelty

    Dr. Bruce returns for 2021 to mark Terence (McKenna) Day, take up his call for 'boundary dissolution' and update Terence's notion of 'novelty' to new science to understand how the universe complexifies and how life itself might have arisen.

  2. S6E8 - Pattern Break

    Dr. Bruce returns from fire evacuation with a tale of traumatic pattern breaks, resting into the Field and introduces key themes taken up by the discussants in Levity Salon #9.

  3. S6E7 - LevityZone Salon 4: Pandemics and the Human Future

    Dr. Bruce's take on the COVID-19 pandemic with a lively conversation with participants in Levity Salon #4.

  4. S6E6 - A Heartfelt New Years 2020!

    Dr. Bruce gives a heartfelt report on the passing of Ram Dass and the passing of humanity into the decade of the 2020s. He offers some warnings but also Climate Moonshot solutions for a world increasingly destabilized.

  5. S6E5 - Dr. Bruce TRU Alum - The Boy Comes Home!

    Dr. Bruce gives his loving thanks and appreciation to his family and home town of Kamloops, BC, Canada as the Distinguished Alum at Thompson Rivers University on March 29, 2019.

  6. S6E4 - Dr. Bruce springs forward!

    Dr. Bruce returns after a 4 month hiaitaus to report on remarkable events in his life which he hopes will have an impact on the future of humanity.

  7. S6E3 - Fred McPherson Saving the San Lorenzo!

    Dr. Bruce celebrates the life of environmentalist Fred McPhereson and his role in saving the San Lorenzo River (and Valley) creating the paradise in which we live.

  8. S6E2 - Becoming Human

    Dr. Bruce from leading edge science to Deepak Chopra to the Merry Pranksters on the Science and Nonduality (SAND) Emergence Series webinar in preparation for the SAND 2018 conference in San Jose, California.

  9. S6E1 - TubCast #4 - Bagging the Future

    Dr. Bruce and Allan Lundell in their next HotTubCast explore a CubeSat test of the SHEPHERD asteroid resource spacecraft and implications for expanding civilization into the Solar System, life in the universe and (not small) matters of the heart.

  10. S5E10 - The Emerald and Azure Civilization at Earth Frequency 2015

    Dr. Bruce brings his Emerald and Azure Civilization talk from the 2015 Earth Frequency festival in Queensland, Australia following by a report from his recent science and Middle Earth adventures in New Zealand.

  11. S5E9 - Deepak Chopra and Dr. Bruce's Emergent Connection

    An emergent connection between Dr. Deepak Chopra and Dr. Bruce Damer discussing the science of life's origins live on Facebook from the Tuscon Consciousness Conference on April 6th, 2018.

  12. S5E8 - Shahnaz Minallah on Lock-In, Jedis and Crafts

    Dr. Bruce and Shahnaz Minallah at a lakeshort retreat in Islamabad engage in a spirited "gup shup" conversation about lock-in, Jedi healers and ways to save the ancient and beautiful Pakistani crafts.

  13. S5E7 - Tubcast #3 - Healing Humanity

    Allan Lundell and Dr. Bruce engage in hot tub dialogue on healing humanity from its core traumas. Hear Dr. Bruce's newest practice and interest going way beyond ideas and flowing deep from his own heart.

  14. S5E6 - Dr. Kaushik on The Wiles of the Mind

    Dr. R.P. Kaushik provides a vital teaching for our times around the wiles of the mind... thoughts which create our suffering "little self" and then shows us how to become the observer of these thoughts, coming into the peace of an elightened awakening

  15. S5E5 - Deeper Communion in the Pyramid at Burning Man 2017

    Journey into a deeper communion in the Playalchemist pyramid with Dr. Bruce and Wizards Light at Burning Man 2017 and grok why we may now rethink our origins and remake our future around a powerful new insight.

  16. S5E4 - Communion in the Pyramid at Burning Man 2017

    Dr. Bruce and Wizards Light perform Communion in the Pyramid at Burning Man 2017: take a journey on the illuminated cosmic disk of the Playa!

  17. S5E3 - Origin Science comes to Pakistan

    Dr. Bruce presents at Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad, Pakistan on the origins of life and search for life in space.

  18. S5E2 - Oregon Eclipse Live!

    Two friends join Dr. Bruce to witness the totality of the Great Eclipse of August 21, 2017 and muse as to what all of this cosmic perfection truly means.

  19. S5E1 - The Origin of Life and Consciousness - Part 1

    Dr. Bruce is interviewed by Nick Day at the Science of Consciousness Conference in La Jolla, California in June 2017.

  20. S4E14 - Bob Taylor - Innovating our World

    Dr. Bruce and Adam Fisher interview Bob Taylor, the innovator and leader of teams creating the ARPANET, personal computing and much of the digital world we use every day.

  21. S4E13 - Dr. Kaushik from Body to Realization

    Dr. R.P. Kaushik returns to the Levity Zone to describe how listening to the body and becoming the observer separate from mind can open us to healing and transformative intelligent energy, unifying us with the source of life itself.

  22. S4E12 - The Origins and Evolution of Power

    Dr. Bruce and Allan Lundell explore the origin and evolution of power and an explanation of why there are those who distort and abuse it, Dr. Bruce concludes with a possible healing pathway forward to a brighter future for Humanity.

  23. S4E11 - The Non-Election of 2016

    Dr. Bruce speaks from his heart about the "non-election" of 2016, the broken national political system, and implications for the future.

  24. S4E10 - Dr. Bruce on VR

    Dr. Bruce is interviewed for the documentary "VR The Movie" and maps out the origins, evolution and possible future of Virtual Reality.

  25. S4E9 - Tubcast #2 - Ancestry, Destiny and Bubbly

    In another Tubcast, Dr. Bruce and Dr. Future (Al Lundell) take on the destiny of life beyond Earth, the search for our ancestor and how to escape from story to be here now to *what is*.

  26. S4E8 - Fire in the Sky

    Dr. Bruce brings you "Fire in the Sky" for the Levity Zone's 50th podcast. Set to music this four part poem takes you from cosmogenesis to biogenesis and the opening of human conscious awareness.

  27. S4E7 - Prime Driver

    In another Studio Session Dhiren Dasu and Dr. Bruce take on the question: "what is your prime driver?" and how does humanity seek equalibrium, Be Here Now, and free from the cause and effect of inequality.

  28. S4E6 - Primal Theory

    In a 2012 Studio Session, Dr. Bruce waxes poetically about primordial thinking behind his later theory of the origin of life, and musings on cosmogenesis, life and God in the universe.

  29. S4E5 - The DigiBarn does Apple @ 30!

    Dr. Bruce hosts a lively 2006 event for Apple's 30th birthday featuring Steve Wozniak, Randy Wigginton, Chris Espinosa, and Daniel Kottke talking about how Apple started in a garage and went on to change the world.

  30. S4E4 - Steve Wozniak visits the DigiBarn

    Steve Wozniak visits the DigiBarn Computer Museum with Dr. Bruce Damer, and Allan Lundell and shares deep stories in the history of Apple and the personal computer.

  31. S4E3 - Merry Pranksters - Lee Quarnstrom and the Acid Test at 50

    Part 2 of The Merry Pranksters on the Levity Zone as Lee Quarnstrom recounts the bust at Ken Kesey's La Honda pad, the Acid Tests 50th is celebrated in Jerry Garcias voice and the bus rolls on!

  32. S4E2 - Merry Pranksters - The Acid Test Turns 50!

    The Merry Pranksters come to Santa Cruz to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Acid Test. George Walker, Mountain Girl and Ken Babbs join John Leopold on stage at Don Quixote's in Felton for this once-in-a-lifetime counter-cultural event!

  33. S4E1 - TubCast #1 with Dr. Bruce, Future Al and Mythic Peter

    The inaugural TubCast with Dr. Bruce, Future Al and Mythic Peter soaking on Future Peak with spiritual drag racers, novel science, schmooze cruising billionaires, conferring with Gaia, owning our avatar selves and the inaugural flight of a drone.

  34. S3E12 - Deep 90's - AvaBruce on NPR - TechNation 1998

    Bruce Damer is interviewed in January 1998 on the TechNation radio show by Dr. Moira Gunn about virtual worlds and his new book "Avatars".

  35. S3E11 - Deep 90's - DigiBruce - 1995-96

    Dr. Bruce is interviewed in 1995 and '96 by journalist Darek Milewski about the emergence of Internet virtual worlds, avatars and the first projects of the Contact Consortium.

  36. S3E10 - Deep 90's - Craig Newmark - March 1996

    Dr. Bruce is interviewed in March 1996 with Craigslist founder Craig Newmark by journalist Darek Milewski. They discuss the future of publishing and whether the book would survive the onslaught of the Internet.

  37. S3E9 - Dr. Bruce's TEDx Talks - Origin of Life

    Dr. Bruce presents a second TEDx talk about his most deeply held idea: a new model for the origin of life on Earth. Developed with Dr. David Deamer, this model may help us rethink where we humans came from and where we may be going.

  38. S3E8 - Dr. Bruce's TEDx Talks - Next Space SHEPHERD

    Dr. Bruce presents a TEDx talk about his most powerful idea in spaceflight: SHEPHERD. Developed with collaborators to open space to sustainable human life in the 21st Century.

  39. S3E7 - Dr. Kaushik - The Long Minding Road to Freedom

    Dr. R.P. Kaushik takes us on a journey through centuries of spiritual tradition to show how their ultimate devolution leaves us with but one choice: to choicelessly follow mind to its end, and our freedom.

  40. S3E6 - Sydney Serenade Part 2

    Dr. Bruce in part 2 of the Sydney serenade traces a moonlit ray of vision through crystal Endo out to dance with the Lukuma and dream of a runway to the stars.

  41. S3E5 - Sydney Serenade Part 1

    Dr. Bruce serenades a Sydney Aussie audience on a trip through our deepest history up to the potent present riding the liminal zone between reason and magick.

  42. S3E4 - Hugo's Ode to Ishtar

    Welcome Hugo Farrant to the Zone with his Ode to Ishtar restoring the magick of the Temple.

  43. S3E3 - The Jellicle Guild

    Join the Boston-based Jellicle Literary Guild in a spirited discusson around a question posed by Dr. Bruce.

  44. S3E2 - Radical Remake of America Part 2 - Callers

    In part 2 of Radical Remake, Dr. Bruce and Michael Zwerling take calls in their controversial radio program promoting the Radical Remake of America through a constitutional convention.

  45. S3E1 - Radical Remake of America

    Dr. Bruce in conversation with Michael Zwerling of KSCO AM 1080 putting forth the idea that America needs a second constitutional convention to radically remake itself.

  46. S2E13 - Eleusis on the Playa

    The return of the ancient Greek Eleusinian mysteries in our time may signal the initiation of a new civilization beyond the the destructive juvenility of the un-initiated we are trapped in today.

  47. S2E12 - The Shulgin Chip

    Dr. Sasha Shulgin's passing is celebrated in this talk by Dr. Bruce about a possible future global group overmind made possible in the 2040s by a 'Shulgin Chip'.

  48. S2E11 - Prague Gnosis

    Three 1994 interviews with Bruce while he was living and working in Prague, the beautiful capital of the Czech lands. He remarks on the magic of the city,the new alchemy of computer graphics, and gives a futuristic view of the tech-nomadic life coming in the 21st Century.

  49. S2E10 - Esalen Visions

    Join Lorenzo Hagerty and Dr. Bruce in the Big Yurt at Esalen in June of 2012 for a special program featuring Bruce's raps on new myths for humanity, an optimistic look back on our coming to consciousness and an appreciation of Terence McKenna.

  50. S2E9 - Studio Sessions #1 Part 2 - The Bubble Culture

    In this studio session Dhiren Dasu and Dr. Bruce again take on the 'bubble culture' of the festival scene and the 'entitlement generation' that flows through it.

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Visionary scientist Dr. Bruce Damer is pursuing two great questions: how did life on Earth begin, and how can we give life (and ourselves) a sustainable path forward into the cosmos? Follow him on this personal podcast diary through decades of adventures to the edges of the Earth, deep into space and inward, beyond the bounds of consciousness.

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