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Life is a Festival Podcast

Unlock the wisdom of cultural pioneers to integrate transformational experiences and create more joy and adventure in your daily life.

Iboga Part 1: Ibogaine Clinical Treatment
Iboga Part 1: Ibogaine Clinical Treatment

Life is a Festival #139 - Dr. Felipe Malacara, & Vianey Ariadna Perez (Beond Ibogaine)

Healing addiction and trauma using ibogaine HLC in a Western medical model at Beond Clinic in Cancun.

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Leadership, Psychedelics, Gender, Harm Reduction, LGBTQ, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Race, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongDecember 10, 2022MAPSComment
The Art of Interviewing
The Art of Interviewing

Life is a Festival #138 - Eamon Armstrong & Ian MacKenzie

To celebrate four years of Life is a Festival, today I’m sharing a conversation I had with my friend Ian MacKenzie about how to conduct a good interview.

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Leadership, Psychedelics, Gender, Harm Reduction, LGBTQ, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Race, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongDecember 1, 2022MAPSComment
The Queer Muslim Hero of Psychedelic Legalization
The Queer Muslim Hero of Psychedelic Legalization

Life is a Festival #137 - Ismail Lourido Ali (MAPS)

From medicalization to religious exception, how should powerful psychedelic molecules enter mainstream consciousness?

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Leadership, Psychedelics, Gender, Harm Reduction, LGBTQ, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Race, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongNovember 7, 2022MAPSComment
The Gift of the Mayan Warrior
The Gift of the Mayan Warrior

Life is a Festival #136: Pablo González Vargas (Mayan Warrior)

Mayan Warrior founder Pablo González Vargas talks about gifting, Mayan culture, and the challenges of bringing an art car 8,000 kilometers to That Thing in the Desert.

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Community, Leadership, Burning Man, Art, Business, Festivals, Music, PsychedelicsEamon ArmstrongOctober 25, 2022mayan warrior, burning manComment
The Primal Movement of the Smuggler Yogi
The Primal Movement of the Smuggler Yogi

Life is a Festival #135: Nick Brewer (Primal Moves)

The incredible life story of how a South American smuggler became a yogi and the daily practice which became his refuge and his dharma.

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Personal Growth, Mental Wellness, Community, Leadership, Yoga, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongOctober 12, 2022primal movesComment
Pleasure is Medicine
Pleasure is Medicine

Life is a Festival #134: Chloe Macintosh (Kama: Sex & Pleasure Education)

The importance of embodiment from erectile disfunction to the magical art of squirting.

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Personal Growth, Mental Wellness, Harm Reduction, Gender, SexualityEamon ArmstrongOctober 1, 2022Healing, sexualityComment
The Neverending Healing Journey
The Neverending Healing Journey

Life is a Festival #133: Adam Andros Aronovich (Healing From Healing)

The creator of “Healing From Healing” offers us levity and a much needed reprieve from our hyper-individualistic personal development.

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Personal Growth, Mental Wellness, Psychedelics, Spirituality, Burning Man, Harm Reduction, Critical ThinkingEamon ArmstrongSeptember 23, 2022Healing Comment
Every Daddy Needs a Daddy
Every Daddy Needs a Daddy

Life is a Festival #132: Eamon Armstrong with Chloe Macintosh (Live from Burning Man)

Kink, like psychedelics and Burning Man itself, can be a powerful transformational technology, if used wisely.

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Personal Growth, Mental Wellness, Psychedelics, Spirituality, Burning Man, Gender, Harm Reduction, SexualityEamon ArmstrongSeptember 17, 2022kinkComment
The Best of Black Rock City
The Best of Black Rock City

Life is a Festival #131: Burning Man Compilation

From Burners without Borders to the Nordic Borderland, these are some of my favorite BRC moments from Life is a Festival.

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Personal Growth, Mental Wellness, Psychedelics, Leadership, Burning Man, Festivals, Community, Harm Reduction, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongAugust 26, 2022Burning Man, Best ofComment
Flow States and Festival Consciousness
Flow States and Festival Consciousness

Life is a Festival #130: Jason Silva

The Wizard of Awe talks festival consciousness and how we, the refugees from the mundane, can unleash the brave and reckless Gods we really are at Burning Man and beyond.

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Personal Growth, Mental Wellness, Psychedelics, Leadership, Spirituality, Burning Man, Critical Thinking, Festivals, FilmEamon ArmstrongAugust 20, 2022Jason Silva, Awe, ConsciousnessComment
Dunking on the New Age is Boring Now
Dunking on the New Age is Boring Now

Life is a Festival #129: Alex Ebert

There is much that is still valuable and relevant from the New Age.

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Personal Growth, Community, Mental Wellness, Psychedelics, Critical Thinking, Gender, Leadership, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongAugust 10, 2022Alex EbertComment
Festivals Create Lasting Transformation
Festivals Create Lasting Transformation

Life is a Festival #128: Dr. Molly Crockett (Crockett Lab)

A new study from Yale University confirms what all always knew was true about the power of festivals.

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Personal Growth, Community, Mental Wellness, Psychedelics, Burning Man, FestivalsEamon ArmstrongJuly 29, 2022Burning Man, TransformationComment
Building an Ethical & Sustainable Healing Practice
Building an Ethical & Sustainable Healing Practice

Life is a Festival #127: Laura Mae Northrup (Radical Healership)

From psychedelic medicine to therapy to bodywork, how do we create a practice that is both ethical and sustainable?

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Personal Growth, Community, Critical Thinking, Harm Reduction, Mental Wellness, PsychedelicsEamon ArmstrongJuly 1, 2022HealingComment
The Poetry of Gender
The Poetry of Gender

Life is a Festival #126: Janne Robinson

Feminist beat poet and author Janne Robinson discusses authenticity, gender, and her no bullshit approach to creating the life you want.

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Art, Gender, Leadership, Personal GrowthEamon ArmstrongJune 3, 2022PoetryComment
Worldbuilding for a Better World
Worldbuilding for a Better World

Life is a Festival #125: Lak Mitchell (Boomtown Fair)

Few gatherings build worlds with the theatrical flair of BoomTown Fair, a choose-your-own-adventure playground in the English countryside.

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Festivals, Art, Community, DeathEamon ArmstrongMay 26, 2022Bombay Beach BiennaleComment
Art and Irresolvable Contradictions (Live from Bombay Beach Biennale)
Art and Irresolvable Contradictions (Live from Bombay Beach Biennale)

Life is a Festival #124: Tao Ruspoli (Bombay Beach Biennale)

Founded in 2015, Bombay Beach Biennale is a renegade celebration of art, music, and philosophy.

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Festivals, Art, Community, DeathEamon ArmstrongApril 22, 2022Bombay Beach BiennaleComment
Welcome Refugees with a Festival
Welcome Refugees with a Festival

Life is a Festival #123: Mike Zuckerman (Borders Without Borders)

Can we take Burning Man principles and apply them to refugee situations?

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Burning Man, Festivals, Art, Leadership, Mental WellnessEamon ArmstrongApril 2, 2022Refugees, UkraineComment
California Lucid Dreaming
California Lucid Dreaming

Life is a Festival #122: Jonah Gabriel Haas (Lucidity Festival)

Lucidity Festival is a dreamy annual adventure amidst the coastal California Oaks of Santa Barbara.

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Community, Personal Growth, Burning Man, FestivalsEamon ArmstrongMarch 25, 2022Lucidity, DreamsComment
...Because You're Going to Die
...Because You're Going to Die

Life is a Festival #121: Ned Buskirk

Embracing impermanence is one of the paradoxical keys to a life like a festival, to live in the moment we have to learn to let go.

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Community, Death, Personal GrowthEamon ArmstrongMarch 17, 2022You're Going to Die, DeathComment
In the Age of Fentanyl, Test Your Drugs!
In the Age of Fentanyl, Test Your Drugs!

Life is a Festival #120: Mitchell Gomez

If you love altering your consciousness, test your drugs and let’s end prohibition together.

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Community, Death, Harm Reduction, PsychedelicsEamon ArmstrongMarch 3, 2022Harm Reduction, FentanylComment
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