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Exploring the ideas of Robert Anton Wilson and the influences that shaped his reality.
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Monday Mar 23, 2026
Monday Mar 23, 2026
Hilaritas host Mike Gathers talks with researcher, author, teacher, and consultant, Dr. James Fadiman.
Richard Alpert first turned Jim onto psilocybin in 1961. Jim soon moved to Perry Lane, the Stanford Bohemian Quadrant which was ground zero for Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. There in Menlo Park, Jim guided Stuart Brand on his first LSD experience. He went on to help found the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology and continues to teach to this day. Jim wrote the Psychedelic Explorers Guide Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys in 2011, and has co-written with his friend Jordan Gruber, Microdosing for Health, Healing and Advanced Performance, and Your Symphony of Selves: Discover and Understand More of who we are.
James Fadiman's website:
https://www.jamesfadiman.com/
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_University_(California)
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Host Mike Gathers:
https://linktr.ee/mgathers23
Producer/Engineer
Richard Rasa:
http://www.pelorian.com/rasa.html
Monday Feb 23, 2026
Monday Feb 23, 2026
Hilaritas host Mike Gathers does all the talking this episode as he describes his illuminating experiences with iboga psychedelic therapy.
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Host Mike Gathers:
https://linktr.ee/mgathers23
Producer/Engineer Richard Rasa:
http://www.pelorian.com/rasa.html
Friday Jan 23, 2026
Friday Jan 23, 2026
Hilaritas host Mike Gathers chats with John Zerzan about anarchist Max Stirner, and John’s interest in Anarcho-primitivism, in episode 53 of the Hilaritas Podcast.
Links…
John Zerzan’s website:
https://johnzerzan.net
John’s Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Zerzan
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Host Mike Gathers:
https://linktr.ee/mgathers23
Producer/Engineer Richard Rasa:
http://www.pelorian.com/rasa.html
Tuesday Dec 23, 2025
Tuesday Dec 23, 2025
Hilaritas host Mike Gathers chats with Nick Tharcher, publisher at The Original Falcon Press, about his many years in the publishing of occult books, in episode 52 of the Hilaritas Podcast.
Links…
The Original Falcon Press:
https://www.originalfalcon.com/
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Host Mike Gathers:
https://linktr.ee/mgathers23
Producer/Engineer Richard Rasa:
http://www.pelorian.com/rasa.html
Sunday Nov 23, 2025
Sunday Nov 23, 2025
Hilaritas host Mike Gathers chats with Mike Shea and Tom Jackson about the life of Robert Shea, and the new Robert Shea book, Every Day Is A GOOD Day, from Hilaritas Press in Episode 51 of the Hilaritas Press Podcast.
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Links:
Every Day Is A GOOD Day:
https://www.hilaritaspress.com/portfolio-item/every-day-is-a-good-day/
Robert Shea's website:
https://bobshea.net/
MikeShea.net:
https://mikeshea.net/
Mike Shea's D&D website:
https://slyflourish.com
Article from the Record North Shore:
https://www.therecordnorthshore.org/2025/10/08/posthumous-book-revives-legacy-of-glencoe-author-with-cult-following/
Tom Jackson’s RAWIllumination:
http://www.rawillumination.net
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Host Mike Gathers:
https://linktr.ee/mgathers23
Producer/Engineer Richard Rasa:
http://www.pelorian.com/rasa.html
Thursday Oct 23, 2025
Thursday Oct 23, 2025
In this episode, Hilaritas host Mike Gathers chats with Jesse Walker, Books Editor of Reason Magazine about A Non Euclidian Perspective, Robert Anton Wilson’s Political Commentaries 1960-2005 and more in episode Episode 50 of the Hilaritas Press Podcast.
Links...
A Non Euclidian Perspective, Robert Anton Wilson’s Political Commentaries 1960-2005:
https://www.hilaritaspress.com/portfolio-item/a-non-euclidean-perspective/
Jesse Walker at Reason:
https://reason.com/people/jesse-walker/
Jesse's Amazon Author's page:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001KHVNZS
Jesse on Bluesky:
https://bsky.app/profile/notjessewalker.bsky.social
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Host Mike Gathers:
https://linktr.ee/mgathers23
Producer/Engineer Richard Rasa:
http://www.pelorian.com/rasa.html
Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
Hilaritas host Mike Gathers chats with AI Context Creator, Vincent Murphy, about Robert Anton Wilson’s The Book of Forbidden Words, Cognology, AI and more.
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Links...
Brainstorm:
https://www.vincentmurphy.co.uk/
Vincent on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/@Cognologist
The Book of Forbidden Words
https://www.hilaritaspress.com/portfolio-item/the-book-of-forbidden-words/
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Host Mike Gathers:
https://linktr.ee/mgathers23
Producer/Engineer Richard Rasa:
http://www.pelorian.com/rasa.html
Saturday Aug 23, 2025
Saturday Aug 23, 2025
Hilaritas guest host Zach West, chats with chaos magickian, author, and educator David Lee on his essay in the recently released anthology assembled by Peter Carroll, This is Chaos.
Links...
David Lee Links:
https://linktr.ee/david23lee
Body, Breath, and Gnosis:
https://www.visible-college.org/events-oxwick/body-breath-and-gnosis-with-dave-lee-and-coral-carte
This Is Chaos: Embracing the Future of Magic:
https://www.amazon.com/This-Chaos-Embracing-Future-Magic/dp/1578638739
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Zack West's Substack:
https://i2c2musicart.substack.com/
Zack's I²C²:
https://zachwesti2c2.com/
Host Mike Gathers:
https://linktr.ee/mgathers23
Producer/Engineer Richard Rasa:
http://www.pelorian.com/rasa.html
Wednesday Jul 23, 2025
Wednesday Jul 23, 2025
Hilaritas guest host Zach West chats with Mavericks of the Mind co-interviewers, David Jay Brown and Rebecca McClen Novick about consciousness, deja vu, lucid dreaming and more.
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Mavericks of the Mind:
https://www.hilaritaspress.com/portfolio-item/mavericks-of-the-mind/
Rebecca McClen Novick:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Rebecca-McClen-Novick/author/B001IZR6RQ
David Jay Brown:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/David-Jay-Brown/author/B001K8SEM2
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Zack West's Substack:
https://i2c2musicart.substack.com/
Zack's I²C²::
https://zachwesti2c2.com/
All the Hilaritas Press Podcasts:
https://www.hilaritaspress.com/podcasts/
Host Mike Gathers:
https://linktr.ee/mgathers23
Producer/Engineer Richard Rasa:
http://www.pelorian.com/rasa.html
Monday Jun 23, 2025
Monday Jun 23, 2025
Hilaritas guest host Zach West chats with Mariana Pinzón about Octomantic Neuro-Hacking and more in Episode 46 of the Hilaritas Press Podcast.
Links...
Chaos Surfing:
https://chaosurfing.rocks
Chaos Compass substack:
https://chaoscompass.substack.com
This Is Chaos: Embracing the Future of Magic:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1578638739/
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Zack West's Substack:
https://i2c2musicart.substack.com/
Zack's I²C²::
https://zachwesti2c2.com/
All the Hilaritas Press Podcasts:
https://www.hilaritaspress.com/podcasts/
Host Mike Gathers:
https://linktr.ee/mgathers23
Producer/Engineer Richard Rasa:
http://www.pelorian.com/rasa.html