For the finale of Season 5, Matt is joined by GLO. Singer, Songwriter and Producer GLO is known for her creative melodies, angelic harmonies and powerful vocal mantras. Introduced to poetry in her high school English class and activated to sing through her time in church, she brings a dynamic range of experience and influence into every song. Born & raised in the Bay Area and growing up in SoCal has influenced her diverse musical expression. Her music fuses and draws inspiration from the man...
Jul 14, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Season 5Ep. 16
On this episode Matt sits down for Part 2 of his conversation with Michael Garfield. Transmedia artist and performance philosopher Michael Garfield helps people navigate our age of accelerating weirdness — and cultivate the curiosity and play we'll need to thrive in it. As a musician, Michael’s songs and avant-guitar have opened hearts and minds across four continents. His music has been featured everywhere from PBS to Burning Man to the FDA’s clinical trials for MDMA. As an illustrator and pain...
Jun 22, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Season 5Ep. 15
On this episode Matt sits down with Liya Garber. After struggling in an unfulfilled life as a business executive in New York City, Liya embarked on her yoga journey to pursue self-healing and the astonishing results kept her from ever looking back, even restoring her thyroid autoimmunity through a combination of Kundalini Yoga and the aid of experienced naturopaths. Since then, she’s been dedicated to creating a sacred space for humankind to expand their consciousness, and connect the dots betwe...
Jun 18, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Season 5Ep. 14
On this episode Matt sits down with Savej. Born and raised in the Honey Island Swamp of Louisiana, Savej [pron. savage] (@ savejofficial ) is known around the globe for his unique and captivating “Ancient Future” sound. His integration of ancestral medicine music, organic soundscapes, and exotic world instruments with groovy tribal rhythms and Louisiana flavor effectively bridges the gap between cultures and the Ages of time. Savej’s live experience is designed to be sacred and celebratory sonic...
Jun 04, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Season 5Ep. 13
On this episode Matt sits down with Sky Cowans. Sky shares stories about wellness, spirituality, and alternative lifestyle with the intention to inspire personal wellbeing, curiosity, adventure, and unity through her channel Sky Life. Sky Life is a content-driven wellness brand on a mission to educate, inspire, and empower others to live their healthiest, happiest, most vibrant lives. It explores topics about health, wellness, and spirituality and provides high-quality content in the form of doc...
Jun 01, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 12
On this episode Matt is joined once again by Michael Phillip, who is a writer, video creator and host of the podcast Third Eye Drops. Michael has released and appeared on hundreds of podcast episodes, melding minds with a wide range of multidisciplinary experts including scientists, artists, philosophers, spiritual teachers, bestselling authors, and viral personalities. He also hosts a YouTube channel where he ‘wonderdips’ into mind melting topics like Jungian Psychology, Psychedelics and Consci...
May 22, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Season 5Ep. 11
On this episode Matt sits down with Comedian and New Paradigm Storyteller, Carlen Altman. Carlen is a soul in a human costume that has helped create award winning films, comedy, inventions and is mainly interested in solutions for Planet Earth. As an empathic neurodivergent weirdo who gets bored doing “just one thing”, Carlen works with individuals and companies on a variety of projects + goals in the realm of comedy, film, media, activism, technology, holistic + spiritual healing, sustainabilit...
May 15, 2023•1 hr 35 min•Season 5Ep. 10
On this episode Matt sits down with Michael Garfield. Transmedia artist and performance philosopher Michael Garfield helps people navigate our age of accelerating weirdness — and cultivate the curiosity and play we'll need to thrive in it. As a musician, Michael’s songs and avant-guitar have opened hearts and minds across four continents. His music has been featured everywhere from PBS to Burning Man to the FDA’s clinical trials for MDMA. As an illustrator and painter, Michael draws inspiration ...
May 08, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Season 5Ep. 9
On this episode Matt sits down with Martin Ball. Martin W. Ball, Ph.D., is a writer, independent publisher, nondual guide and consultant, visionary artist, and musician currently living in Ashland Oregon. In the spring of 2009 Martin underwent a profound energetic opening and transformation - the product of intensive work with entheogenic medicines and a year of profound self-exploration. The result is Martin's articulation of what he calls the "Entheological Paradigm," a Grand Unified Theory of...
May 01, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Season 5Ep. 8
On this very special live episode recorded at Art of Consciousness, an Earth Day Celebration of Visionary Art, Music and Culture in San Antonio, Matt sits down with his good friend Sam the Fungi. Sam is committed to ending Myco-phobia, changing myco-stigma, and connecting humans through the power of mycelium. As a friend to the fungi kingdom, Sam shares the story of how mushrooms (and not just psychedelic ones) can help us all, and that we, as humans, are in fact, mushrooms. During the podcast M...
Apr 24, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 7
On this episode Matt sits down with his good friend Jeff, also known as Seeka. Seeka is an entrepreneur and business coach who is obsessed with personal development. Seeka has worked deeply with plant medicines, meditation and shamanic practice and has a passion for what he calls "sacred commerce", which is holding business engagements to a high caliber of integrity and frequency of exchange. During the podcast Matt and Seeka dive into topics such as Seeka's earliest psychedelic experiences incl...
Apr 18, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Equanimous is a music producer, DJ, and multi-instrumentalist. He gathers elements from the world around him to create a sound that defies genres, pushes boundaries, and can only accurately be described as a one of a kind heart-expansive experience. During the podcast Matt and Equanimous discuss musical origins, psychedelics, the bass music scene, a life-changing Iboga medicine journey, dharma (our highest life path), and the label/festival Equanimous founded, High Vibe Records & High Vibe F...
Apr 06, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 5
On this episode Matt sits down with Greg Lake, Co-Founder & Lead Oracle of The Church of Psilomethoxin, a new entheogenic church based in Austin, Texas. Greg is a trial and appellate attorney, author, and entrepreneur, having assisted over 40 entheogen-based religious groups enshrine their rights under the free exercise laws. Greg is a prolific writer, having written three books: “Psychedelic in Mental Health Series: Psilocybin,” “The Law of Entheogenic Churches in the United States” and “Th...
Mar 25, 2023•59 min•Season 5Ep. 4
On this episode Matt sits down with his real-life brother and business partner, Robert Patton. Robert is a clothing designer and Founder/CEO of the 8-figure company SHEATH, which is an athletic apparel brand specializing in innovative designs in men's and women's underwear. Robert is passionate about self-improvement, fitness, meditation, breathwork and plant medicine among other wellness practices. Additionally, Robert is host of the Robert Patton Global Podcast where he shares advice on gainin...
Mar 17, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Buckley Rue is an author, activist and public speaker surrounding the subjects of Revolutionary Theory, Psychedelics, Hermeticism and more. He has a degree in Religious Studies from UT Austin, and is the founder of the UT chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy and the Austin chapter of Extinction Rebellion. He has interviewed artists from Clozee, to Desert Dwellers, to Android Jones. His debut novel 'Afterlife' was published in 2019 and 2023 will see his forthcoming novel titled 'The Titan...
Mar 07, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Season 5 of Xian Archive has arrived. On the first episode Matt is joined by Writer and Multidisciplinary Artist, The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo. Michaelangelo creates stunning works of visionary art in several mediums. His work finds expression through visual art, written and spoken word, music, film and performance. He is also the host and creator of the podcast Self Portraits As Other People. During the podcast the two catch up briefly before diving into several psychedelic and spiritual topi...
Feb 27, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Season 5Ep. 1
On the final episode of Season 4 Matt is joined by James McCrae. James is an author, poet, meme artist, and creative strategist based in Austin, Texas. In his writing and art, he applies the principles of mindfulness and Eastern philosophy to modern life with humor and candor. He is the author of two books: Sh#t Your Ego Says , an autobiographical guidebook for quieting negative self-talk and reconnecting with intuition, and How to Laugh in Ironic Amusement During Your Existential Crisis , a boo...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Season 4Ep. 15
On this episode Matt is joined by Visionary Artist, Charlie Potesky. Charlie is currently based in Denver, though he recently moved from Austin, where he and Matt met at several events. Charlie creates immersive, colorful, and psychedelic paintings inspired by his experiences with plant medicines like cannabis, mushrooms and DMT (The Spirit Molecule). Additionally he paints stunningly accurate portraits of comedians and icons from psychedelic culture, both past and current, like Terence McKenna,...
Jan 02, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 4Ep. 14
On this episode Matt is joined once again by Michael Phillip, writer and host of the podcast Third Eye Drops. Michael has released and appeared on hundreds of podcast episodes, melding minds with a wide range of multidisciplinary experts including scientists, artists, philosophers, spiritual teachers, bestselling authors, and viral personalities. During the podcast the two share their respective experiences with high doses of psychedelics, particularly mushrooms. Detailing the visuals, the profu...
Dec 17, 2022•1 hr 36 min•Season 4Ep. 13
On this episode Matt is joined by Xachary, the man behind the artist known as Akriza. Akriza is a musician and electronic music producer hailing from the city of Portland, Oregon. He explores a range of genres in his productions, most often characterized by epic cinematic movements and soaring vocal melodies. His work ranges from heavy bangers to deeper emotional tracks, inspired by his travels around the world--capturing and reflecting the feelings of awe that arise from witnessing some of the ...
Dec 10, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 12
On this episode Matt is joined by Cal Callahan. Cal, a retired trader, hosts The Great Unlearn podcast and runs Unlearn Ventures — an investment fund and incubator for forward-thinking projects. He lives in Austin, TX with his wife, three kids, two dogs and pet pig named Petunia. Through The Great Unlearn Podcast, Cal shares conversations with some of the world’s leading experts & performers to help men and women unlearn their way into a new way of being. During the podcast the two share per...
Nov 29, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 4Ep. 11
On this episode Matt is joined by Zen Practitioner and Flow Artist, Forrest O'Leary. The two recently met at a festival just outside Austin called Astronox and had a mystical encounter. Mindblowing stories were shared as the two began riffing on deep topics that are rarely discussed outside of festival containers. During the podcast the two dive into the same conversations shared when they met, and as well we learn more of Forrest's background with Zen, psychedelics and spiritual experiences. Th...
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 4Ep. 10
On this episode Matt is joined by music producer and filmmaker Tanner Allen, better known as Skysia. Forgoing electronic music’s inherent heaviness for a spiritualized serenity and elegant songcraft, Skysia fuses elements of melodic bass, chill-step, and modern downtempo into a euphonious sound. The producer/composer often reveals a minimalist, deliciously danceable style; his translucent low-end theory is rich in musicality and steeped in dreamy psychedelia. During the conversation the two riff...
Nov 04, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Welcome to a special Halloween Edition of the podcast. On this episode Matt is joined by The Trip Keeper, also known as T. T is the voice of the popular psychedelic YouTube channel Tales From The Trip!, where he reads the most intense, mind-shattering, and many times, horrifying trip reports from people taking altered-state inducing compounds. The tales range from typical psychedelics like acid, mushrooms and DMT, to more obscure compounds like Bromo-dragonFLY, Datura, and the holiday spice, Nut...
Oct 26, 2022•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 8
On this episode Matt is joined by Visionary Artist, Sean Allum, better known as Eloh. Direct experience with the supernatural, high strangeness and vivid encounters with divine realms fill the ocean of inspiration behind his work. Eloh distills his experience into deep symbolism and a highly ordered aesthetic to evoke understanding in the careful viewer. Through the mindful use of bilateral symmetry and light he can map relationships between worlds unseen and the conscious mind. More than once i...
Oct 13, 2022•2 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 7
On this episode Matt is joined by Entrepreneur and Founder of FLOAT and Evolve Human Labs, Jeremy Jacob. Jeremy has dedicated the last decade to building businesses that he is passionate about. His first business was FLOAT, San Antonio's best location to access Sensory Deprivation Tanks. Recently, he opened San Antonio's only Biohacking Center, Evolve Human Labs. With a keen interest in modern wellness and its various facets, Jeremy is building something very special here in the Alamo City. Duri...
Sep 29, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 4Ep. 6
On this episode Matt is joined by Musician and Founder of Connect and Evolve, Ben Holt. Ben is primarily known for his work as a Breathwork and Plant Medicine facilitator, Sound Bath Maestro, Coach, Energy Healer, Filmmaker and more recently, a Medicine Music Composer. His unique approach to the facilitation of healing and expansion focuses on a multi-dimensional, integrated model by combining a plethora of healing modalities both ancient and modern designed uniquely for each client he and his t...
Sep 21, 2022•1 hr 36 min•Season 4Ep. 5
On this episode Matt is joined by Spiritual Practitioner and Psychonaut, Gerhard Fourie. Gerhard is behind the YouTube channel Open Hearts United, where he shares remarkable insights from his psychedelic experiences, spiritual practices and yogic lifestyle. From experimenting with lesser-known psychedelic compounds to using rarely taught yogic techniques, Gerhard's work is deep, profound and highly interesting to those on a similar path. During the conversation the two delve into Gerhard's story...
Sep 02, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 4
On this episode Matt is joined by musician Daniel Merrill, also known as A Path Untold. APU is the ever-expanding musical vision that electronic composer & producer Daniel has been steadily crafting for years, resulting in a unique style that fuses elements from organic slow-house, future garage, downtempo, breakbeat and a variety of otherworldly flavors. Daniel is an accomplished artist with a 20+ year track record of creating, releasing and performing his original work under a variety of m...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 46 min•Season 4Ep. 3
On this episode Matt is joined by Visionary Art Collective, Chambers Obscura. Chambers Obscura was formed when Brian Chambers, founder of The Chambers Project, joined forces with Travis Threlkel, founder of Obscura Digital, with a common mission to create the world's most immersive visionary art installations. Daniel Merrill, also known as A Path Untold, who is also part of the collective and a guest on this podcast, set this incredible interview up and is responsible for the music label arm of ...
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 2
