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We have a very special guest for this episode of Lost Xplorers. The great Kent Axell, Vegas stage magician and all-around cool guy, joined us to chop it up.On this episode, we talk about the different types of magic, paranormal phenomena, the
Kris and JDO talk about the strangness of passing time. JDO talks about the biggest viral scam he ever fell for. “Americans love nothing better than to be fooled.” JDO continues his path to becoming a cult leader by channeling Alan Watts. The s
Red-headed robins, challenged by the weather, and Oklahoma mythology, including serial killers, mass murders, and werewolves. Imaginative subversion of the terrain. Students are not co-teaching. Two-headed chickens. A homeless freestyle rapper
From the notes of Kris Saknussemm...Travel becomes Tourism. This Sacred - > Profane style degeneration is hardly an isolated phenomenon—in fact it might seem to be a Deep Algorithm. But I think the progenitors of the Tourism Age can to some ex
From the notes of Kris Saknussemm...We said last time that we were going to investigate further how the distinction b/w Travel and Tourism might help us understand what’s happened to the project of national public Education in America. An odd
From the notes of Kris Saknussemm...Temporary tattoos and the latest Oscar’s night—two more examples of why we’ve entered the Post-Civilization Age. People who say the Oscar’s have been in “decline” for quite a while are the kind of folks who
FROM THE NOTES OF KRIS SAKNUSSEMM...If people haven’t read Jung’s work on Flying Saucers (as modern myth), I recommend it. I hadn’t looked at it in some time, but I think it reads even better in this age of social media. He completely skirts t
Today on the show we have a special guest: author/teacher Matthew O'Brien! We chat about the expat lifestyle, finding love through a language barrier, and the lives of people who live in the flood channels beneath Las Vegas.It's a great conver
From Kris's notes:I take the view that visual Art begins at the crossroads of eyes and hands. A stick or a bone is good…dust mixed with water. Blood. It’s a start. (With Sculpture, the question seems to me to be how does one escape? The whole
JDO gives his AWP trip. Lots of books sold! Many of JDO’s ideas about how culture is were troubled by how cool everybody was. Is the negativity we hear online…just an online thing?Is there value in starting a collective rather than pursuing pu
SHOW NOTES...We’ve been talking a lot about Education of late, and the insurmountable problem of getting kids interested in reading if they aren’t already. Two clear thoughts have emerged.One, I think the tired but all-too-accurate metap
SHOW NOTES...Relaxed, deep sleep is perhaps the single best natural healing agent there is. If we wake slowly, there’s still a profound vibration of nurture, if not immediate refreshment. But pattern is the key. The reliability of satisfying
FROM KRIS SAKNUSSEMM'S NOTES 1/23/24Hidden Terrain…What appears to be mythic exhaustion—the Jungian Collective Unconsciousness turned to Dustbowl—may be a socially engineered fiction.Our psychological / mental health apparatus is dysfuncti
First day back teaching. Education of today no longer lines up with the needs of young people. What if education was project-based? Outdoors?Kris recounts his history with his Black Mountain Nemesis. Is there something wrong with the architect
Snow on the mountains. Starting to teach Jurassic Park. The tallest novelist of all time. Crichton’s most controversial novel. Was Crichton a good novelist?Trapped in the bathroom. Is the science ever settled?Harmful Content. Militant non-mus
Kris and I get in the holiday spirit!Well, we start off cheery, at least.Learning how to reuse the internet. Crossing the Drake Passage. The Truth About Dinosaurs. Shout out Jay for putting me on to new ways to surf the web.Are you using you
We've got a slightly darker episode this time around. But there's lots of valuable insight to be had.Kris meets a magician named Kent Axell.Area 15 in Vegas. JDO vents about frustrations with adminstrators. Being a high school teacher is kind
Look out for another new episode dropping on Saturday!Words of the year. The etymology of authentic. JDO talks about getting a bunch of birthday cards. Visual novels.Mother Killed by Shark. Do You Know Where Your Parents Are? The inverse of
Over the next few days, there will be a new episode of Lost Xplorers dropping daily! A Christmas miracle! JDO got a bit behind on the uploading during finals season at school, and it is time to catch up so our official Christmas episode drops a
Kris and JDO record a Tascam episode! Walking and thinking. The Accelerants. Atomic age cartoon characters. Milestones vs. mileblurbs.What has happened to the holiday season reindeer? Undercover teacher.The Long Kiss Goodnight. JDO recounts h
On this episode, we begin with a bullet-pointed takedown of Neil Degrasse Tyson. Then we talk scientism as an unstable foundation to build knowledge. Philosophy of science. All sciences are not created equal. The price tag of academic credentia
On this episode of the podcast, we invite our second guest (the first being Ellen) onto the show to discuss education. Lisa Sezate is a lifelong educator working in elementary schools, and she brings a unique look into that side of education.K
"Courage borne out of Curiosity"New segments and lowered sumo standards. Unexamined cultural phrases. Engaging with the unknown throughout the day. Giving credence to memory. Dedicated reading rooms and responsible education. Growing up on a
A little grumpy luminosity at the dermatologist. Some Lake Mead diving magic. Nominal Strangers and the Agents of Synchronicity. The Doppelzüngig. The sanctity of Good Shelter. Making sense with mondegreens and celebrating ghost stories. A bill
On today's episode we're getting attention while gaining traction and forming a humble rapport between audiences in a dead age. Having 3500 years of material to sift through. Absorbing news tangentially. Nostalgic lyric-memory messages. Maintai
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