Episode #141

Duncan Trussell

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Joe Rogan and Duncan Trussell explore how isolation, spiritual practice, and psychedelic experiences relate to consciousness and the limits of scientific explanation. They also discuss mushrooms, DMT, drug policy, particle physics, panspermia, Occupy Wall Street, inequality, education, and the distribution of resources.

What they talked about

  • Living off-grid in Alaska
  • Monastic life vs. worldly pleasures
  • Yoga and altered states of consciousness
  • Hare Krishna philosophy and chanting
  • Psychedelic experiences and ego death
  • Mushrooms as a life form and panspermia
  • Occupy Wall Street protests and wealth inequality
  • Large Hadron Collider and scientific experiments

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