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I'm Marc Salmon, a comedian and practising Buddhist (who needs a lot more practice).
The Bardo Podcast is where I talk with comedians, philosophers, artists, mystics and other curious people about philosophy, spirituality, creativity, psychology, Buddhism, politics, culture and the messy business of being human.
Inspired by the Buddhist idea of the Bardo, a space of transition and uncertainty, the conversations explore different ways of seeing the world, making sense of change, and what it means to be human.
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Ep 16 - Gabriel Kennedy
Robert Anton Wilson and Non-Zero Sum Politics
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Marc Salmon is joined once again by writer Gabriel Kennedy, author of Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson, for a conversation about the ideas of Robert Anton Wilson and what they might have to offer us now.
Together they explore non-zero-sum politics, anarchism, power and hierarchy, violence and nonviolence, reality tunnels, the eight-circuit model of consciousness, psychedelics, intelligence, AI and the question of who gets to programme the programmers.
Gabriel first appeared on Episode 5 of The Bardo Podcast for a wider introduction to the life and work of Robert Anton Wilson. This time, we get deeper into the ideas themselves, where they still feel useful, and where they might need questioning or updating.
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Topics include:
Robert Anton Wilson, non-zero-sum politics, anarchism, power and hierarchy, the SNAFU principle, violence and nonviolence, reality tunnels, the eight-circuit model of consciousness, psychedelics, intelligence, AI, Buckminster Fuller, Buddhism and colonialism.
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Gabriel Kennedy is a writer and the author of Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson.
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