Cory Loykasek is a comedian and one of the creators of my current favorite show: "The Dress Up Gang" . "The Dress Up Gang" is set in a surreal version of Los Angeles. Donny and Cory are roommates who look out for each other. Donny, a responsible adult with the temperament and outlook of a child, relies on guidance and life advice from Cory, the dad-like 30-something who has been crashing on his couch for quite some time. Cory rules! We talk about showcasing people in the way they’re naturally fu...
Sep 19, 2020•3 hr 11 min
Raghu Markus is a spiritual teacher and host of Mindrolling Podcast and Ram Dass Here and Now . Raghu has been involved in music and transformational media since the early 1970s when he was program director of CKGM-FM in Montreal. He is currently the Executive Director of the Love Serve Remember Foundation and has been an associate producer for on-line and television events for Ram Dass and Oprah Winfrey as well as Eckhart Tolle. On this episode we talk Ram Dass, Neem Karoli Baba, John Coltrane,...
Sep 03, 2020•1 hr 19 min
Myq Kaplan is a comedian based in New York City. He was the 2nd person to ever be a guest on the Rainbow Brainskull podcast and now he has returned for an amazing 2nd appearance. I don’t need to write an intro for Myq. You already know him and love him. Instead, here are some of his most recent projects you can check out: THE FAUCET (Myq’s solo podcast) "Comedian Myq Kaplan is The Faucet . Except instead of water like from a literal faucet, what comes out are words, thoughts, ideas, jokes, rhyme...
Aug 01, 2020•2 hr 26 min
Jennifer Sodini is an author, public speaker, and founder of the conscious media platform Evolve and Ascend . A lifelong student of the occult, she now shares her knowledge through a wide variety of endeavors, including her beloved, internationally published oracle card deck, Amenti Oracle and her podcast Radio Amenti . Radio Amenti is podcast about life, death, sex, consciousness, psychedelic states, dreams, spirituality, the imagination, and more. Go check it out! It’s good. All woo-woo aside,...
Jul 07, 2020•2 hr 11 min
Sara June is a comedian/writer/director based in Los Angeles. We first met in Austin through comedy and she’s been a good friend of mine for nearly a decade. We’ve even toured together in a single car! Sara is currently a writer/director at MEANS TV, a media cooperative based in Detroit, and a host/producer of HIGH PRIESTESS, a tarot-themed stand-up comedy show in Los Angeles currently on pandemic hiatus. She has told jokes on the CW, PBS, Roast Battle, SF Sketchfest and also occasionally contri...
May 14, 2020•2 hr 54 min
Dr. Cole Marta, MD is a psychiatrist who helps patients manage their psychological well-being, diagnosing and treating disorders like depression and PTSD. I got to sit down with Dr. Marta at the California Center for Psychedelic Therapy , a clinic which specializes in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and other complementary clinical services. Clinician owned and run! Their vision is to provide the gold standard in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies, innovative psychiatry, and complementary p...
May 01, 2020•1 hr 41 min
Latif Tayour is a Los Angeles based comedian and writer. He founded and produced The Comedy Bunker, one of LA’s premiere standup shows hidden in a secret mansion in Sherman Oaks, CA. He also produced Culture Lab at The Hollywood Improv and Tight 5 at The Westside Comedy Theater before all live shows came to a halt. Latif has a podcast about money, business, and investing called "It's Show Business". It features interviews with comedians, musicians, and artists talking about how they manage to ma...
Apr 30, 2020•1 hr 43 min
Ambrosia Matthews is a psychic medium and a channel who has been able to see, hear and communicate with spirits since the age of 5. Death is just an illusion. You’ll see! She has been working as a professional intuitive since 2018, offering psychic medium readings to help people heal, gain clarity, and connect with their loved ones in spirit. Additionally Ambrosia is a channel for a collection of Arcturian energy, referred to as The Arc9. This Arcturian energy came through several years ago in o...
Apr 25, 2020•1 hr 32 min
Archan Nair is an artist based out of Berlin, Germany. Archan's visual expressions are influenced by the mysteries of our existence and how every action, emotion, and our interconnectedness in a universal scale sets off a chain of reactions which we experience from the micro to the macro scale. In addition to having an instantly recognizable style, Archan has a gift for talking about the wonder of creation in a way that is inspiring and contagious. We talk about the purpose of creation, achievin...
Mar 11, 2020•1 hr 51 min
Mark Normand is a comedian based in New York City. I first met Mark back in 2010. Since then he’s appeared on The Tonight Show, Conan (6 times), had a special on Comedy Central, opened for Seinfeld, and started one of my favorite podcasts: Tuesdays with Stories (with Mark Normand and Joe List). Too Small to Cancel! Mark is fearless without being ”edgy”. To me, being overly-transgressive or competitively-woke are equally boring. In a time when many are busy being trolls or the morality police, Ma...
Mar 05, 2020•2 hr 7 min
Lacey Free is a shadow witch. She’s also a magician of the sacred feminine, healer of the divine masculine, certified birth doula, certified death doula, performance poet, herbal connoisseur and energy reader. In addition to all of that, she manages one of the only women-owned strip clubs in the country! I first heard Lacey on an epic two-part episode of Soberish and knew she had to be a Brainskull guest. I reached out before the episode was even finished and less than a few weeks later we got t...
Feb 22, 2020•2 hr 55 min
Robin Eisenberg is one of my favorite artists. She has an iconic style that's instantly recognizable. Most people have seen her work before even knowing who she is. Robin has created her own universe you wish you could step into. It's cozy, futuristic, alien, mysterious, and sexy. I love that it looks good at the large scale AND at the small scale. She'll paint giant murals and then makes the same magic happen on a tiny enamel pin. Or a banana. Robin teaches workshops for Adobe, creates designs ...
Dec 17, 2019•3 hr 47 min
The Teafaerie is a writer, flow arts teacher, space nerd, zero-g enthusiast, superhero, and a billion other things. She is most well-known for her amazing column on Erowid.org and many refer to her as their favorite psychedelic speaker. I first heard The Teafaerie on Future Fossils podcast and ended up listening to her episode over and over again like it was my favorite record. I HAD to have her on my show. So I emailed Michael Garfield and asked for an intro. After much scheduling and reschedul...
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Sean Dunne and Cass Greener are two of my favorite humans/space cadets. They are the creators behind the Very Ape podcast and the Church of Chill. They are also amazing documentary filmmakers with a talent for getting out of the way. Their films are raw yet uniquely engaging and memorable. I first met these magical psychonauts a couple of years ago and I’ve been a Very Ape listener ever since. It’s hard to describe the Very Ape podcast. Nevertheless, I enjoy the official iTunes description: Welc...
Oct 28, 2019•2 hr 3 min
Johnny Pemberton is a comedian, actor, writer based in Los Angeles. He’s one of my favorite performers to watch live. Johnny is the voice of ”Peanut” on the Disney XD show Pickle and Peanut. He plays ”Bo” on NBC’s Superstore, ”Max” on You’re The Worst, and ”Alangulon” on Son of Zorn. He has also appeared in many films including 21 Jump Street, Ant Man, In the Loop, Band of Robbers, and Action Point. Johnny is one of the most inventive comics out there. He’s always creating some new character or ...
Oct 22, 2019•1 hr 39 min
Cory Allen is an author, podcast host, meditation teacher, and audio engineer from Austin, Texas. His podcast, The Astral Hustle, is one of my favorite shows in the whole world. The show features leading experts in mindfulness, neuroscience, and philosophy and is consistently effective at helping me unlock doors within my psyche. Also, Cory has the most deep, soothing podcast voice in the biz. We talk about his new book NOW IS THE WAY: An Unconventional Approach to Modern Mindfulness. I’ve read ...
Sep 24, 2019•2 hr 9 min
David Ward is a filmmaker based in Austin, Texas. He has worked as director, writer, and producer on countless films, sketches, commercials. His stuff has been featured on Rolling Stone, NFL.com, Sports Illustrated, LA Times, and more. David is also one of the quickest, most efficient editors I’ve ever witnessed in my life. Watching him at normal speed in an edit-bay he does things in seconds where it would have taken me minutes. He is a teacher of many hotkeys and shortcuts. David helped produc...
Sep 04, 2019•2 hr 8 min
Jessa Reed is a comedian + podcaster. Her story is wild. A teen mom turned meth addict turned comedian, Jessa tells raw and candid stories about about her past and her new life as a homeschooling housewife trying to blend in with the normal people. Her honesty is shocking, inspirational and not for the faint of heart. Jessa has appeared on Comedy Central's "This is not Happening" and is Co-Host of the popular podcasts "Mormon and the Meth-Head" and "Soberish". After a near-death experience, Jess...
Aug 21, 2019•1 hr 33 min
Drennon Davis is a comedian/musician/genius/weirdo and one of my favorite people in the entire universe. His performances are a combination of songs, mash-ups, sketches, puppets, robots, and strange sounds. He has a style that is uniquely his own. He often collaborates with people from all walks and is always pushing people to go out of their comfort zones. He brings out the best in all weirdos. Drennon has performed on CONAN, Comedy Central, and pretty much ever festival in the world. He has a ...
Aug 15, 2019•2 hr 13 min
Noah Lampert is the host of the Synchronicity Podcast , a show dedicated to examining the subtle realities that connect us all. Each episode Noah asks guests the BIG questions to explore their unique perspectives on reality. He also always asks guests their favorite number, favorite animal, and favorite color. The lightest, heaviest podcast in town! Noah is also the founder of the Mind Pod Network . He’s always looking for more ways to give and grow in a way that makes a better world for everyon...
Aug 06, 2019•2 hr 25 min
Episode Supported by Ned ! www.helloned.com/BRAINSKULL Use Code “BRAINSKULL” for 15% off your first order w/ FREE SHIPPING Dweezil Zappa is one of the greatest guitarists alive today. The level of detail he and his band puts into their performances is proof alone that live music is far from dead. Dweezil’s upcoming tour celebrates the 50th anniversary of the release of his father Frank Zappa’s album “Hot Rats”. Anyone who listens to this podcast regularly knows that I bring up Frank Zappa pretty...
Jul 30, 2019•46 min
Episode Supported by Ned ! www.helloned.com/BRAINSKULL Use Code “BRAINSKULL” for 15% off your first order w/ FREE SHIPPING Tricia Eastman joins me today on the Rainbow Brainskull podcast. Tricia is a pioneer in the psychedelic renaissance with a mission to inspire others to become their own ”inner alchemists’’. Her holistic approach incorporates eastern philosophy, tantra, bio-hacking, herbal medicine, mind body integration, archetypal mapping, meditation, somatic therapy, and shamanism. As a me...
Jul 24, 2019•1 hr 51 min
Alexa Houser is a writer, podcast host and EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) practitioner. After experiencing her own spiritual awakening, which was catalyzed by back-to-back ER visits for an unexplained swelling of the body, Alexa discovered and fell in love with EFT, also known as ”tapping.” She has benefited from this quantum healing technique, utilizing EFT to process anxiety, childhood trauma, relationship and money issues, sexual shame, and more. It is Alexa’s life mission to aid others in...
Jun 14, 2019•2 hr 9 min
Tom Campbell is a physicist, lecturer, and author. His book, My Big T.O.E. (Theory of Everything) presents a model of reality that unifies general relativity (the BIG stuff), quantum mechanics (the tiny stuff), and metaphysics (the woo-woo stuff) along with the origins of consciousness (YOU). The punchline is: we live in a VIRTUAL REALITY. We’ve all heard it before: It’s the MATRIX, a SCHOOL, a GAME, but how do you arrive at that from a physics standpoint? What’s the POINT of all this? Where doe...
Jun 01, 2019•2 hr 51 min
Kasey Holt is an artist, musician, and teacher based in Venice, CA. Kasey's art frequently orbits themes of becoming and returning through awareness and discipline, discovering meaning through exploration of the self, and tapping into potential from the seeds of being. We talk about playing violin, music theory, psychedelics and what makes a good teacher. This is the first episode to feature a new segment: The Outro Jam . This experimental jam session was recorded using a couple of violins and a...
May 18, 2019•2 hr 32 min
King Raam is an Iranian-born musician now living in Vancouver, Canada. He is the lead singer of the punk rock band Hypernova and is currently touring as a solo artist with his show ”Departure: The Story of My Life.” Raam talks about his experience with psychedelics and how they opened new doors of healing after his family was dealt a year of tragedy which continues to unfold. We go into the backstory briefly, but you can hear the detailed version on the Tangentially Speaking podcast. Raam's fath...
May 02, 2019•1 hr 24 min
The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo is a creator of cosmic, comedic, and contemplative content. A multimedia artist who finds expression through visual media, music, writing, acting / performance, filmmaking, and oratory storytelling. Michaelangelo is a combination of Robin Williams, Michael Winslow, and Terence Mckenna all in one. He's a fascinating character I heard on Future Fossils who I knew would make a great guest. We talk about it ALL on this one, so you might want to put on a seat belt or so...
Apr 04, 2019•2 hr 39 min
Devin Person is a wizard. A faithful practitioner of magic for more than 10 years, he has immersed himself in the study of occultism, eastern philosophy, Jungian psychology, neurolinguistic programming, personal growth, business management, and ritual magic. Through this research he found psychological processes underlying what shamans and sorcerers call MAGIC. Devin uses meditation, hypnosis, and mystic approaches to problem solving in a way that feels smart and authentic, rather than "woo woo"...
Mar 25, 2019•1 hr 55 min
Michael Phillip is a writer and the host of one of my favorite podcasts in the world: THIRD EYE DROPS. He is exceptionally good with words and is always finding new interesting ways of describing the true nature of reality. Yes, It’s impossible to define the undefinable, but I’ll be damned if he doesn’t come dangerously close sometimes! This episode we talk the merging of spirituality and technology, two things that have seemingly nothing to do with each other. What is it that we are evolving in...
Mar 12, 2019•2 hr 12 min
Chip Pope is an Emmy-winning TV writer, comic, and podcaster based in Los Angeles. His podcast, It Happened In Hollywood , takes listeners behind the scenes of the indelible pop culture moments that shaped Hollywood history. I first met Chip many years ago back in Austin at Cap City Comedy Club. Chip has always been quick-witted, high-energy, and possesses a vast knowledge of music history. We talk about Bowie, Prince, the strange tour of Paisley Park, and old-school Hollywood. Learn more about ...
Mar 04, 2019•1 hr 59 min
