Today's guest is what I call a gentle genius. His name is Randy Polumbo, and I think he might be one of the coolest people I've ever met. He's an artist, a builder, a thinker, a father, a propagator of mycelium, a fan of eating bugs, and a kindhearted creative of the highest order. I met with him at his shop in Brooklyn to talk about childhood toys, owl pellets, the Gowanus Canal, art, sound, and more. Share and Enjoy!

Links

Polumbo.com

Instagram

Tunes in This Episode

Oscar Aleman - Delicado

Tenzin Choegyal - Heart Sutra Song Gone Beyond

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Ohh man...how fortunate are we to live in the same world as today's guest, Erik Lomen. First of all, I only got to meet Erik because of serendipitous timing, bad weather in Cheyenne, WY, a not-to-be-missed Boston Celtics game, my propensity to arrive early for meals, my preference for eating at the bar, and a chance encounter with Erik's delightful and interesting mom, Marcy. Based solely on her hardly disinterested say-so, I drove to Gardiner Maine to spend the day with one of our new favorite people. Erik is the host of "The Myco Wizards Podcast", and founder and brainchild behind the wildly innovative Maine Cap 'N Stem - a supplier of spore-ready substrate for cultivators of mushrooms from Lion's Mane to Penis Envy. This is NOT a stoner, freaky mushroom weirdo episode...well, it is, but it's also much more. Erik is a deeply thoughtful, battle-tested polymath with a heart of red oak; perfect for taking mycelium to all its favorite places. Tune in for a particularly interesting ride. Share and Enjoy!

Links

Maine Cap N' Stem

Myco Wizards Instagram - MycoWizards

Shrooms of Doom Instagram

Maine Cap N Stem Instagram

Dog Chapel in Vermont

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What can I say about Heiko Greb? He’s a scientist, a sculptor, a skilled wood carver, a seamstress, an ice cream maker, a friend, and much, much more. We had a late-night chat in Bombay Beach, CA, to discuss the Hawaiian alphabet, art, Heiko’s personal history, and more. Share and Enjoy!

Links

Instagram

Tunes in This Episode

Oscar Aleman - Delicado

Air - Universal Traveler

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A tale of surrender and redemption, Jack Parker has plenty to say about living a life of service. I caught up with him after a fashion show in Bombay Beach, CA, to chat about his life and his faith. Share and Enjoy!

Links

Instagram

Youtube

Tunes in this Episode

Oscar Aleman - Delicado

Elmore James - Dust My Broom

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Howdy, Friends! My guest today is the lovely and talented filmmaker, writer, actor, producer, and systems architect at the Bombay Beach Biennale Dulcinée DeGuere. We had a chat on the computer; thanks to modern editing techniques and no small amount of patience and skill on the part of yours truly, it sounds like we had a totally natural and uninterrupted conversation. Even over the internet I found Dulcinée to be a charming, intelligent, and lovely person. Share and Enjoy!

Photo Credit: Tao Ruspoli

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Instagram

Dulcinee.fyi

IMBD

Tunes in the Episode -

Oscar Aleman - Delicado

Fatigue Fades My Bones - Dulcinée DeGuere and Tao Ruspoli

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The Bombay Beach series returns with artists, journalists, and educators Uwe H. Martin and Frauke Huber. I was fortunate to catch the two of them for a pre-breakfast chat about German honesty, Journalism, activism, water usage, art, and much more. Be sure to check out their website, get a book, and get involved - Share and Enjoy! -

Photo Credit - Scott Pasfield

Links

Uwe's First MTP Episode

LandRushProject.com

Transition Journalism

Tunes in This Episode

Oscar Aleman - Delicado

Vera Sola - Hands

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Jon Rolston is either a poet who deals in junk or a junkman who deals in poetry. In any case, he's a super hip collector and steward of wayward objects. I caught up with him at his shop in San Francisco to talk trash. We cover a variety of topics, including death, consumerism, hope, flea markets, a five-year plan that took fifteen to materialize, and more. Join me for a chat with the Junkman himself. Share and Enjoy!

Links

HaulerFame.com

Ebay Store

Tunes in This Episode

Delicado - Oscar Aleman

The Junkman - Spirits of Rhythm

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Links

Wanda's Instagram

Tunes in This Episode

Oscar Aleman - Delicado

Bjørk - Oceania

Akasha (Wanda's Piece in Bombay Beach, CA)

Constructed in fibreglass, installed temporarily for Earth Day 2020 at shore of the Salton Sea, now permanently in the town of Bombay Beach.

Calling to the waters that connect all life, Akasha is a symbol of hope and continuity – things slip through the cracks, life finds a way and through this unusual genesis new ideas are born. Where there is water there is life. This is about hope in a ‘hopeless’ place. At the shore of a dying sea, what can be done?

Hope is something that we extend before us, it is a brave anticipation. Balanced between an awareness of the present and an idea of a possible future, it is a kind of double vision. Akasha is gentle yet defiant, reaching and delving – an unfolding potential, a vision of the possible.

A lure cast to the beyond – to the unfolding depths of sky and earth.

Situated in an area where water once was, its form echoes the flows that have shaped landscapes which to us now appear dry. Akasha calls out to our innate belonging and participation in the processes which animate the world, reawakening our awareness of the continuity between all things — reminding us that it is to the expanse that our souls belong.

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