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”To the Best of Our Knowledge” is a Peabody award-winning national public radio show that explores big ideas and beautiful questions. Deep interviews with philosophers, writers, artists, scientists, historians, and others help listeners find new sources of meaning, purpose, and wonder in daily life. Whether it’s about bees, poetry, skin, or psychedelics, every episode is an intimate, sound-rich journey into open-minded, open-hearted conversations. Warm and engaging, TTBOOK helps listeners feel less alone and more connected - to our common humanity and to the world we share.
TTBOOK is produced in Madison, Wisconsin, at Wisconsin Public Radio, and is part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
TTBOOK is produced in Madison, Wisconsin, at Wisconsin Public Radio, and is part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Luminous: Erik Davis on LSD, the psychedelic underground and visionary experience
Erik Davis’ “Blotter” is really three books in one: It’s about the way LSD tabs were embedded in blotter paper so they wouldn’t be detected by the authorities; it’s also a deep dive into the psychedelic underground; and finally, it’s an art book - gorgeously illustrated, with lots of very trippy blotter art. Steve talks with Erik about the wildness of psychedelic experiences and whether they reveal a deeper dimension of consciousness.
Original Air Date: July 20, 2024
Guests:
Erik Davis
www.ttbook.org/show/erik-davis-lsd-psychedelic-underground-and-visionary-experience
More from this series: www.ttbook.org/series/luminous
Original Air Date: July 20, 2024
Guests:
Erik Davis
www.ttbook.org/show/erik-davis-lsd-psychedelic-underground-and-visionary-experience
More from this series: www.ttbook.org/series/luminous
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What is tribal sovereignty?
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Most Americans take their sovereignty for granted - the nation’s right to make its own laws and govern its own people. The same rights we recognize in other sovereign nations, with one glaring exception - the Native nations and tribes who were here first. For Native Americans, sovereignty is not some abstract idea. It’s an ongoing, daily struggle. Original Air Date: July 13, 2024 Guests: Mary M...
In Journalism We Trust
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Americans used to believe that news anchors were basically reporting the truth. But in recent years, trust in journalism has largely evaporated. And that’s not an accident as the news media have been weaponized. So what can journalists do to regain the public trust? Original Air Date: June 15, 2024 Guests: Ezra Klein, Deborah Blum, Rob Gurwitt www.ttbook.org/show/journalism-we-trust
The Hidden Geometry of Everything
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The human brain is naturally mathematical. But there’s one particular kind of math people have surprisingly strong feelings about - geometry. It's the secret sauce of mathematics - different from everything else, and applicable to everything from gerrymandering to human evolution to romance novels. Original Air Date: May 28, 2022 Guests: 0:00 Jordan Ellenberg 34:38 Stanislas Dehaene www.ttbook....
Tasting the Past
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Maybe it’s your grandmother’s molasses cookies, the garlicky tomato sauce your spouse cooked when you were first dating, or the chicken noodle soup you made every week when your kids were little. The sights, smells and tastes of certain foods can instantly remind us of a person or transport us back to a particular time in our lives. In this episode, we’ll meet kitchen ghosts from Kentucky, hear...
Luminous: Did the ancient Greeks use drugs to find God?
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Brian Muraresku makes the controversial argument that the famous Eleusinian Mysteries were fueled by a psychedelic wine. And he speculates that this secret ceremony, with its mind-altering drugs, became the Eucharist - the foundational event of early Christianity. Original Air Date: May 04, 2024 Guests: Brian Muraresku www.ttbook.org/show/did-ancient-greeks-use-drugs-find-god
Giving Up
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We get the message before we’re out of training pants - when the going gets tough, look on the bright side, make lemonade out of lemons and just do it. We’re going to consider the exact opposite - the wisdom of giving up and letting go. Because sometimes, the strongest and most courageous thing you can do is walk away. Original Air Date: April 27, 2024 Guests: John Oakes, Adam Phillips, Maggie ...
Beth Allison Barr shares a prayer: 'God, be with us and have mercy'
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Beth Allison Barr shares a prayer: 'God, be with us and have mercy'
Annabel Abbs-Streets on embracing your night self
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Annabel Abbs-Streets on embracing your night self
Luminous: A brief history of getting high
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Luminous: A brief history of getting high
Kaia Sand reads "This is how I drew you"
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Kaia Sand reads "This is how I drew you"
Philip Metres and Suncere Ali Shakur read from "The Gospel of Suncere Ali Shakur"
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Philip Metres and Suncere Ali Shakur read from "The Gospel of Suncere Ali Shakur"
Camille Dungy reads "let grow more winter fat / wine-cup / western wild rose"
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Camille Dungy reads "let grow more winter fat / wine-cup / western wild rose"
Luminous: Is it the drug or is it the trip?
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Luminous: Is it the drug or is it the trip?
I'm a 14 year old. My mom works in renewable energy and she went on a work trip where she was told a story about the founder of HYUNDAI. He was actually quite poor before he started his company, working on the fields. And when it was time to sleep, his bed was infested with bed bugs. So, he got up and decided to sleep on the table. And guess what? The bed bugs got the table too. He placed bowls of water under the table legs so the bugs couldn't crawl up- and guess what they did? They went over the walls and hopped down to the table from the roof. If bed bugs,( barely concious beings in my opinion) can do that, can find a way in conditions specifically set against them- I refuse to believe we humans are doomed.
I appreciate you as I just seen you share with @MelRobins about the U curve of love. I advocate for those #Neurogifted as I just found out that I was diagnosed being High Functioning, ADHD & Highly Sensitive to words and lighting
Just listened to his interview with Sam Harris. I can tell he has a very similar experience to mine. Unexplainable, terrifying , enlightening and unforgettable.
A nice relaxed conversation , love the history
What are humans NUMBERS!!or their derivatives
good music choice btw
The algorithm knows me.
Always an absolute joy! In every sense ;)
Yes people hare what they fear or don't understand
Psychedelics are a trojan horse to the western mind. That house of cards falls quickly. Keep your scientism politics religion and technologies AWAY.
So what? Having even one penny means nothing I because when you die you can’t take it with you
Fr it’s a problem when you don’t realize that Pennie’s are just pieces of earthly creation that will not exist when our spirit breaks free from flesh
So the moon blocks the light of the sun. Yep that's it. Stop making mumbo jumbo out of it.
He isn’t talking mumbo jumbo. He describes what many people felt when they saw it, including me.
Beautiful testimony ❤ I am an Ayahuasca advocate myself.
Well this has changed my life! THANK YOU. It reminds me that part of loving is responsibility and respect and curiosity beyond one's own ego. I am going to go out and talk to my garden today!
Just found y'all. If all your content is as good as this you got a new fan. Good job 🙏
People love McDonalds. It’s still fast food. It serves a purpose but is still dodgy My pushback against pop is the corporate machine behind it, not necessarily the performers or consumers. As far as K-pop is concerned, some heads of companies have stated that they’re selling the “idols”, so when I hear people talk about how real the “idols” are, I have to roll my eyes. Acting is part of their job. Most of it probably isn’t scripted but some is. But it’s like K-pop fans have never heard of improv. Sure these people can give glimpses of their true selves, just like any other actor, But 90% of it is an act. Funny how the broadcast mentions racism in K-pop but barely touches on racist acts done by the performers and how the fans make all types of excuses for them. Just further shows how our connection with reality is blurry. How fiction, in whatever form, has such an impact on our lives. If relating to a character makes you feel better, it’s all good, but losing sight of the fact that you’re interacting with a character is troubling.
Jim Thorpe Pennsylvania...final resting place & my home.
its in the Book read MATTHEW 24:24 look it up
Get rid of the pseudo Ruffa phony letters of Paul You’re making false assumptions based on Dishonest fiction. Women and men have not done a very good job of trying to understand each other for a very long time, why use the Bible to make it worse? That said, why does anybody use the Bible be fascist, or conservative, or fanatical, or bigoted, or murderous?
America is a Christian nation we were founded as a Christian nation. You can belive whatever you want but Christianity should be at the heart of everything we do as a nation. God bless America. And if you don't like it kick rocks and go to a non-Christian nation and try that out
Don't let it happen
Probably the book I’ve read more than any other. It has elements of Cormac Mcarthy, W H Hudson, Dante, Ezra Pound.
Where can I buy your stories? baasee'!
Omg, never thought I would hear her voice.😮
Chris Bache is a Marco Polo of the mind. I loved his book about teaching, too, called The Living Classroom.
Where can I listen to this ?
My name is Taryn and I am indigenous. I'm a Muscogee Creek and Taino Native American. I was born in New York City. I'm trying to learn about my people on both sides of the family. I guess I'll start with my Muscogee ancestors. Maybe I should visit the tribe and learn about my people.
Same I live in Colorado but I went down to Oklahoma a lot to visit the tribe I was too young to really appreciate it but the creek nation was a large and successful tribe based in the south we fought against the yammasee tribe who allied with American settlers and we helped andrew Jackson in the war of 1812 and he rewarded us with forced resettlement like so msny other tribes and that's why were based on Oklahoma, Oklahoma and oregon were popular dumpling grounds for tribes forced onto the trail of tears
You should come visit us :) we'd love to have you in okmulgee! We have a festival every year, you should try to attend sometime. We also have a college that's free for all enrolled tribal citizens if you had two years to spare and wanted to learn the language haha. To learn about your Taino heritage you could always go to Puerto Rico! It seems like the majority of the remaining Taino population lives there. Sidenote, I hate the way indigenous history is taught. I was taught the Taino were extinct, to the point where I did a double take and had to go look into the modern-day Taino people on Google. Most tribes (at the very least our traditions) are also talked about like we're extinct, but we're still here!!
Twaddle
Really?
It’s very good - I reread it a lot. Herzog would describe something this way anyway- but this is truly a work that is quite precisely he describes it.
Hi! Do you have any recommendations on doing a soundwalk? I’ve been doing it recently, but I put my phone in my pocket and the sound isn’t that good.
That doesn't make sense. Why put your arr into the public sphere if you don't want it shared?
No because you can't "colonize" psychedelics, so you can't decolonize them either. Why is it that there's one race that gets singled out as not only being forbidden to adopt any practices of any other culture while at the same time everyone demand they allow everyone else into their culture, that is unless you're one of those people who says whitey doesn't even have a culture which is utter bullshit. Culture is meant to be shared. It's how people from two different areas and backgrounds can bond. I don't the "No they're my toys and you can't play with them because you're white" attitude. Why wouldn't you be glad to have people adopt your culture? That means you did something that has a universal appeal. You've created something valuable. Oh and back to the colonization thing everyone has kicked someone else off their land. Everyone has mistreated minorities in their populations. Nobody is saying we should look at it as a good thing or never talk about it, but this obsession with putting all of it on one group that stopped doing it long before everyone else did mostly voluntarily has become pathological at this point. China's doing it right now. It's happening right now but all anyone wants to talk about is shit that took place 200 years ago.
This discussion is discussed within the episode. Speaking strictly based on conversations we've had for the show, the idea seems to be about having a conversation that includes both the more recent scientific interest in psychedelics (studying what's happening in the brain, formulating new psychedelic compounds based on naturally-occurring ones) with the longstanding use of psychedelics by all sorts of people, dating back centuries. The interview with Sutton King (starting around 22:50) might be of particular interest, she discusses trying to get more Indigenous voices into science labs and spaces where discoveries about psychedelics are being made - she's seeking to expand the knowledge in the room, not gate keep access.
Are we still waiting for the low down of octopus ecstasy ?
fuck this video, fuck minlaering.dk, fuck this shit, boring ass fucking bullshit
Your either a man...or a woman.... GOD SAID SO
Pigeon holling, classifying. Making sexuality dirty. Life is beautifully complex. Love who you want. You are not alone. ❤❤❤
Amazing interview
Please algorithm. Realise the importance of this video and promote it.
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Brilliant program! All well and good BUT••• as long as psychedelic therapy is not legal, I always find these types of discussions exciting but teasing!! Too many people suffering-lots of academic discussion 😢
Why wait until it's legal. Which it is in some states.take your health into your own hands ,dont wait for big pharma to exploit the situation. Read and educate yourself ,buy test kits and be safe..
Ye SHALL KNOW The Truth and The Truth SHALL make you Free. We've been INTENTIONALLY LIED TO ABOUT EVERYTHING. The Great Awakening IS UPON US
Fun fact, years later, a Fisher Price turntable was used by Madlib and MF Doom to create the album Madvillany. So you wonder what would have happened if Sony built a "my first Sony" sampler? How old was he when he started using 2 cassette decks, modified with adjustable tape speed, to make beats? Around 10 or 12, AFAIK (heaving read Dilla Time). At 18, he got his hands on an MPC60....the rest is history. Man, if you sum up the great beats he contributed in the 90th and early zips, and how many of them were played up and down the airwaves across the world, it seriously relevates the value of a Grammy doesn't it? Indeed, recognizing talent and fostering it is a great way to raise children. A wise man once told me not to spend too much time on the things you're lacking in, but to better spend that time exploring and expanding the things you are good at. Mama Duke didn't need that man, did she?
Shape-shifting aliens are real
Thank you for posting. I haven't heard TTBOOK in a while! Cheers!!!
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Don't break through slip through the Vale. Small and slow build up combined with breathing techniques. Be under no illusion determination and bravery is required unfortunately you cannot be brave without first being afraid. Down time for reflection, comprehension and integration is key to balance is key ☯️🃏♾️ Im better then no one we are all special! We just need to drop the delusion of certainty. Be brave enough to except the fear that comes with the unknown. Be lucky 💛😉
Thank Jah for Dilla
That's crazy!
this has all been said a million times already. read Homo Deus.
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