We invited our friend Bobby Lyte to join us for an awesome conversation about flow states, focus, deep work, and fun. Bobby is a DJ, producer, software engineer, and the host of Flow State – a podcast to help you focus.

We discuss topics including the states of flow: Struggle, Release, Flow, Recovery; Engineering; Managing, and of course, Management.

"Should we be communicating all the time? Most workplaces today are essentially turning humans into message senders and receivers – which is terrible for productivity. We're trying to solve complex problems. We need to focus and stay in a problem space to solve those problems, and the work environments are not helping us get there." – Bobby Lyte @ 32:13

"Revisiting a previous thesis of mine that's been established in the show: Management…" – Brad @ 34:04

"Your lack of planning is not my emergency." – Joe Zap @ 38:06

"The temptation to multitask – I could get ahead a little bit if I just send this email while I drive and eat and read the newspaper at the same time." – Kevin @ 40:30

Bobby Lyte online:
https://twitter.com/_bobbylyte
https://instagram.com/our_flow_state/

Flow State – Bobby Lyte's Podcast to help you focus:
https://anchor.fm/flow-state
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flow-state/id1573961748
https://open.spotify.com/show/4IssY4XjHXdpTNOzpaeyxh

Other episodes of Entheogen referenced in this episode:

Matteson Perry:
https://entheogenshow.com/podcast/2016/5/14/028-intro-to-entheogenic-comedy-with-matteson-perry

Stealing Fire:
https://entheogenshow.com/podcast/2018/2/18/045-stealing-fire-part-1https://entheogenshow.com/podcast/2018/7/31/046-stealing-fire-part-2https://entheogenshow.com/podcast/2018/10/19/047-stealing-fire-part-3

Julie Holland:
https://entheogen.squarespace.com/podcast/2016/7/12/031-dr-julie-holland

We were so honored to be joined by Mitchell Gomez, Executive Director of DanceSafe, a public health organization promoting health and safety within the nightlife and electronic music community.

Mitchell is on the advisory council of both Psymposia and PsychSems, a Harm Reduction Consultant at the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), and have sat on the CU Denver MURPAA (Master of Urban and Regional Planning Alumni Association) board, the Jefferson County Community Development Advisory Board, and the Denver Drug Strategy Commission Data Subcommittee.

Note: We recorded this interview in the summer of 2020. Like many things in 2020 the airing of the show was postponed as we regrouped and refocused, and now we're psyched to be posting this long-awaited show. Hope you enjoy!

Launching the new season of Entheogen and just in time for the new year, we have a very special treat for listeners – and viewers! It was such honor to be joined by a huge supporter of the psychedelic renaissance, David Bronner, CEO – that's Cosmic Engagement Officer – of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps.

Thanks so much to our friend David for the great conversation!

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Your friends from Entheogen were honored to be quoted in a Playboy article about Toxic Masculinity.

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A very special Entheogen in which we discuss the habitual use of cannabis and why and how to curb it.

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Hi everyone, we’re still here, we’re still producing Entheogen, and we’re looking forward to producing more! How are you doing? Let us know how you are managing in the “new normal” and what you want to hear about in future episodes of Entheogen.

In this episode, we discuss the current state of affairs with much of the world in quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and we try to stay positive.

Note that we recorded this back at the end of March 2020, and while things felt like they were moving quickly then, and the situation continues to evolve, the sentiment is fairly similar now as we finally post this episode. We’re staying positive and strong and hope you all are too.

Thanks for listening!

How much pot do you have to smoke to become a Senior Subject Matter Expert?

Controlled dosing and increased access to various methods of consuming cannabis has been a benefit of legalization, which has allowed entirely new populations of people to be introduced or re-introduced to it, including Kevin

Great resources available at leafly.com - start by checking out the Recent News section

Check out podcast ‘What Are You Smoking?’ Hosted by Will

Another benefit of legalization and increased access: the quality of cannabis products are higher than ever

More accessible formats of cannabis, like edibles, have in a sense pulled us out of the “dark ages of cannabis”, from the xenophobic associations of weed / drugs / drug paraphernalia / etc.

What new forms / formats of cannabis that have emerged over the past 5-10 are the most exciting?

Purported potential populace pleasing pro-pot politics

Will hangs with the Broken Lizard crew and Cheech Marin! Cannabis has been Will’s “number one networking tool”

Weed can bring people together, or bring people closer together - get high with your folks

This is an industry ripe with puns, a blessing and a curse; this brand humor doesn’t resonate with everyone

Cannabis: it’s fun, it can heal you, it’s a social justice issue

“If Trump gets re-elected, I’m moving to Cannabis.”

Thank you, Will, for hanging out and chatting with us!

This is a very special episode recorded live at Burning Man on Thursday, August 30, 2018, in front of a live audience!

And we now have awesome handmade rainbow Entheogen T-shirts for sale!

All profits from Entheogen shirts go to MAPS and CoSM through January 31, 2019.

TOPICS:

- we discuss the origin of Entheogen

- we chat about what Burning Man is all about and what it means to us

- our live audience shares some vignettes of Burning Man

(Side note: please get in touch with us if you know @tferriss so we can send him a t-shirt, as referenced in the show.)

Part Three: The Road to Eleusis

Chapter 8 - Catch a Fire
Chapter 9 - Burning Down the House
Chapter 10 - Hedonic Engineering

Burning Man: it’s a unique thing, and hopefully Donald Trump doesn’t know it exists

How important is Burning Man after the event is over?

For the individual, it’s akin to the idea of an ayahuasca ceremony where people often say, “the real work is after the ceremony.” Integration of the inspiration is the “work”.

What about for the community or society at large? Burners without Borders, Black Rock Solar, and other indirect influences.

Mount Hugmore

Because Burning Man is so inaccessible and inhospitable, attendance requires effort, planning, and intention, which fosters a grateful and positive community.

Summit Series: ski trip for the ultra successful

Mindfulness: it’s big business!

Yoga is bigger than football

The internet is doomed to be a tool of hegemony

Consequentialism vs. Intentionalism

Social media’s ability to divide populations in half in order to increase the marketable population of consumers, even more effective than 24 hour cable news

The term “conspiracy theory” was invented by the CIA

Weapons designed to turn us all into masturbating monkeys

Hedonic Engineering: get high with intention, and on a schedule that works best for you

“After the ecstasy, the laundry.”

Wabi Sabi - Japanese concept that values transience and imperfection

“The world is full of magic things patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” - William Butler Yeats

“Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.”
- Leonard Cohen

Part Two: The Four Forces of Ecstasis

Chapter 4: Psychology
Chapter 5: Neurobiology
Chapter 6: Pharmacology
Chapter 7: Technology

Topics:

• Demystifying mystical experiences and the democratization of information, language, practices, and substances

• Alexander Shulgin, the “Johnny Appleseed of Psychedelics”

• Etymology of the phrase “hocus pocus” and its unexpectedly religious roots

• Regarding communion, specifically, consuming the body of christ, “That’s not a nice thing to do to Jesus.” - Kevin

• “I used to be a Catholic until I reached the age of reason.” - George Carlin

• Someday soon you will be able to use a 3D printer to print your drugs at home- weighing the possible benefits and risks

• What’s up with Landmark?

• “Capitalism is one amplifier for different movements.” - Joe

• Dangers of capitalism: proliferation of crap music and crap writing

• Are there aspects of psychedelic experiences that are anti-capitalistic?

• Sipping the soup of capitalism

• “When your only tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” - Abraham Maslow. How does this idea relate to capitalism? How does this idea relate to our neurobiology? “Every issue we encounter we try to solve by thinking.”

• The gut-brain axis - do you know where most of your neurotransmitters are?

• Farting in yoga class

• Sugar addiction is addiction

• How much sugar is in a two-liter bottle of Coca-cola? 216 grams of sugar = 54 dang teaspoons!

• The Flow Dojo- get high on gravity! ...shake your snowglobe!

• Inventory of animals’ psychedelic-seeking behaviors and their respective preferred substances

• Closing montage of goats braying. You’re welcome.

Listeners! We love you! We're sorry to have let the podcast feed go dormant for so long.

I, Joe, would like to personally apologize for the silence. This year I uprooted my life, and took to the road to travel the United States in a camper van with my wife. In addition to the sheer effort needed to make the transition successful, my "day job" also needed time and energy. Not to mention finding time to enjoy the trip!

Now, a couple of months into the adventure, we're finding some stability and balance, and I intend to spend more time on the show.

Entheogen brings all of us joy and we hope to continue it for many more seasons. Your support makes this possible. It's been so encouraging to see the comments and newsletter subscriptions coming in while the show was on hiatus. Check out our latest stats!

Thank you all so much for listening and helping to spread the word. We'll be back with more shows soon!