I've Always Been Good With Words

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Garry lagman has been writing since he was eight years old. He says his first literary effort was a thanksgiving day play in the third grade. His teachers inspired him to become a poet, but they also helped him with math and algebra. Garry's latest work is called "Nowsis," about an African-American woman who loses her husband at sea.

Gary Lachman is a writer and philosopher, whose work focuses on human imagination and the history of occult ideas. In this episode we discuss:

- Moving between the rational and the imaginative modes of consciousness - The rise of meme magic in politics and how Trump, Putin others have used it - How to make sense of a world dominated by philosophies of nihilism

We also discuss Gary’s experience in the rock band Blondie in the mid 70s, how the internet shapes reality and the history of some of the most important ideas about consciousness.