Episode #1119
Howard Bloom
Books mentioned
The Lucifer Principle
Mentioned by Howard Bloom · at 00:10:02
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The Varieties of Religious Experience
Mentioned by Howard Bloom · at 00:33:10
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The Muhammad Code
Mentioned by Howard Bloom · at 00:30:17
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The God Problem
Mentioned by Howard Bloom · at 01:05:38
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On the Origin of Species
Mentioned by Howard Bloom · at 01:12:46
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Mentioned by Howard Bloom · at 01:08:33
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On the Road
Mentioned by Howard Bloom · at 01:43:56
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The Genius of the Beast
Mentioned by Howard Bloom · at 02:18:30
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Howard Bloom is an author and former publicist for musicians including Prince, Billy Joel, and Styx. He discusses his experience with ME/CFS, his path into the 1960s counterculture, and his books before exploring mass psychology, collective emotional states, quantum physics, space exploration, climate change, human evolution, and the search for meaning through religion and extraterrestrial beliefs.
What they talked about
- Chronic fatigue syndrome and 15 years bedridden
- Rebuilding personality through online interaction
- Writing books while severely ill
- Bee colony behavior and unemployed bees
- Space economy and reusable rockets
- Michael Jackson's extraordinary nature
- Climate change as an end-times belief system
- Supernormal stimuli and UFO myths
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