In this episode we chat with renowned artist Mary MacGregor-Reid.

We talk about art(!), productivity, the creative process, graphic design, belly dancing, martial arts, taiko drumming, her obsession with the Rock, Lego, surrealism and the occult, music, goth stuff, and any number of other things.

Check out Mary's art and keep up to date with her doings on her website and social media:

http://www.marymacgregor-reid.com/
https://www.facebook.com/AlkahestSublima
https://www.instagram.com/alkahestsublima/

Some links related to our conversation:
"The Proximity of Death / Blue-eyed Boy" 
Surrealism and the Occult: Shamanism, Magic, Alchemy, and the Birth of an Artistic Movement
Emma Kunz
Steal like an Artist

In this episode we chat with renowned musician/writer Jordan Reyne.

We talk about music, technology, painting, prose, poetry, Jungian psychology, languages, technology, Jordan's health challenges and about a million other things (it's a long one!)

You can check out what Jordan's up to at the moment through her website and facebook page:

http://www.jordanreyne.com/
https://www.facebook.com/jordanreynemusic

Some links related to our conversation:
https://thisjungianlife.com/
https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/OEPS/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Book_(Jung)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirah%C3%A3_language

In this episode we have a chat with Duncan Nairn of Keller Kinder (and about a million other things) fame/infamy.

We discuss music, filmmaking, organising events, working for Weta Digital, linguistics, language/s, getting beaten up(!),  and probably a bunch of other things I'm forgetting about.

You can check out some of Duncan's other musical projects at these locations:
https://www.hiboux.co.nz/
https://after-the-flesh.bandcamp.com/

If you enjoyed the podcast and would like to support future ones, feel free to help me out on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/hootfiend

In our this episode we have a chat with Stephen / PBU from the twitch pinball streaming channel https://www.twitch.tv/pb_undesirables 

We discuss pinball (EXTENSIVELY), beer(!!), and what it's like being a gothy weirdo who plays a lot of pinball in Alabama.

Stephen recommends the following for people interested in learning more about pinball (and beer!):
https://www.twitch.tv/buffalopinball
https://www.twitch.tv/deadflip
https://pintips.net/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp-cSoq5qVVyts7H8rQjV-w
https://untappd.com/
https://replayfoundation.org/papa/

If you enjoyed the podcast and would like to support future ones, feel free to help me out on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/hootfiend

In our first episode we interview Harvard university Philosophy PhD student Matt Macdonald.  In a wide-ranging discussion, we touch on Free Will, Free Speech, Misinformation, my annoying band practices and much more.

Matt recommends the following philosophy resources:
https://plato.stanford.edu/
https://iep.utm.edu/

Catch podcasts live at https://www.twitch.tv/hootfiend

See the live stream recording of the podcast at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb3s_ZwQE78