
Hilaritas Press Podcasts
Exploring the ideas of Robert Anton Wilson and the influences that shaped his reality.
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Mar 23, 2023 • 1h
Episode 19: Eric Wagner on Ezra Pound
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with Eric Wagner about poet and critic Ezra Pound.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/06/09/the-pound-error
https://rawilsonfans.org/the-ideogrammatic-method-weekly-assignments/
https://rawilsonfans.org/commentary-on-the-cantos-of-ezra-pound/
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Host/Producer Mike Gathers: https://linktr.ee/mgathers23
Engineer/Producer Ryan Reeves: https://ryan4reeves.wixsite.com/ryanreeves

Feb 23, 2023 • 1h 13min
Episode 18: Sascha Engel on “Breaking the Alphabet”
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with Sascha Engel about the themes of his book, Breaking the Alphabet and the tyranny of the written word.
Breaking the Alphabet
Keep an eye out for a forthcoming release from Little Black Cart
Sascha’s website
To contact Sascha directly: uncivletters@gmail.com
Sign up for Sascha’s newsletter
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Hilaritas Press Podcast
Host/Producer Mike Gathers
Producer/Engineer Richard Rasa
Engineer/Producer Ryan Reeves

Feb 11, 2023 • 1h 5min
Bonus Episode: RAW Politics with Bobby Campbell
In this bonus episode, host Mike Gathers chats with RAW-o-phile Bobby Cambell on TSOG, The Thing That Ate the Constitution and RAW Politics.
Hilaritas release of TSOG: https://www.hilaritaspress.com/portfolio-item/tsog-the-thing-that-ate-the-constitution-and-other-everyday-monsters/
The TSOG Interviews with Lance Baushcer: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5D4C1005DFFCE7DA
A discussion on the title TSOG and links to “the Twitter thread”: http://www.rawillumination.net/2021/05/is-tsog-bad-title.html?m=1
“Left and Right: A Non-Euclidean Perspective” https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/robert-anton-wilson-left-and-right-a-non-euclidean-perspective
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Host/Producer Mike Gathers: https://linktr.ee/mgathers23
Engineer/Producer for this episode: Richard Rasa

Jan 23, 2023 • 60min
Episode 17: Wayne Price on Petr Kropotkin
In this episode, we chat with prolific anarchist writer Wayne Price on Peter Kropotkin.
Kropotkin’s “Anarchist” essay from Britannica: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-anarchism-from-the-encyclopaedia-britannica
Wayne Price at the Anarchist Library: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/author/wayne-price
Wayne at Anarkismo: https://www.anarkismo.net/newswire?author_name=Wayne%20Price“Kropotkin and War - Today”: https://www.anarkismo.net/article/32683
“Illuminating Discord: An interview with Robert Anton Wilson” http://clevelandokie.blogspot.com/2011/04/editors-note-this-interview-with-robert.html
Hilaritas Press Podcast: http://www.hilaritaspress.com/podcasts/
Host/Producer Mike Gathers: https://linktr.ee/mgathers23
Engineer/Producer Ryan Reeves: https://ryan4reeves.wixsite.com/ryanreeves

Dec 23, 2022 • 1h 24min
Episode 16: Oz Fritz on the intersection of Crowley and Joyce in RAW’s fiction
In this episode, host Mike Gathers chat's with underground sound engineer Oz Fritz on the deeper influences of Aleister Crowley and James Joyce on Robert Anton Wilson’s fictional prose.
RAWIllumination.net’s Tom Jackson interviews Oz and includes a detailed bio of Oz’s sound career.
Oz’s blog and his essay Robert Anton Wilson: Transmission of Baraka -
Oz’s album of recordings from around the world. Liner notes.
Oz’s plays himself in a brief cameo in Les Claypool’s Jam Band mockumentary Electric Apricot. (movie trailer)
Hilaritas Press Podcast
Host/Producer Mike Gathers
Engineer/Producer Ryan Reeves

Nov 23, 2022 • 59min
Episode 15: Jimmy and Rob on Claude Shannon
In this episode, I chat with biographers Rob Goodman and Jimmy Soni about Claude Shannon.
A Mind at Play: the book
"11 Life Lessons From History’s Most Underrated Genius"
"Claude Shannon, the Las Vegas Shark"
"One of the fathers of modern computing used this 6-step process to solve any problem"
biographer Jimmy Soni's website
The Bit Player (movie)
Hilaritas Press Podcast
Host/Producer Mike Gathers
Engineer/Producer Ryan Reeves

Oct 23, 2022 • 1h 33min
Episode 14: Andrew McLuhan on Marshall McLuhan
In this episode, I chat with Andrew McLuhan, director of the McLuhan Institute, about his grandfather, Marshall McLuhan.
Andrew at Gray Area
Self paced course on Understanding Media, Part 1
The McLuhan Institute Youtube Channel
McLuhan, Auden, and Fuller
The Playboy Interview with Marshall McLuhan, 1969
“Notes on Burroughs” by Marshall McLuhan
Hilaritas Press Podcast
Host/Producer Mike Gathers
Engineer/Producer Ryan Reeves

Sep 23, 2022 • 1h 22min
Episode 13: Lionell Snell on Magical Thinking
In this episode, we chat with magician, author, and youtuber Lionell Snell, aka Ramsey Dukes, about magical thinking.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-NwOu0WV5Qd_U4zOP33sw
https://www.amazon.com/Ramsey-Dukes/e/B001JP7UKI
http://ramseydukes.co.uk/
Hilaritas Press Podcast: http://www.hilaritaspress.com/podcasts/
Host/Producer Mike Gathers: https://linktr.ee/mgathers23
Engineer/Producer Ryan Reeves: https://ryan4reeves.wixsite.com/ryanreeves

Aug 23, 2022 • 1h 26min
Episode 12: Eric Wagner on Beethoven and RAW
In this episode, we chat with teacher, author, and RAW scholar Eric Wagner on Beetoven and Robert Anton Wilson.
Eric's book, Insider's Guide to Robert Anton Wilson
Eric's blogs
Hilaritas Podcast
Host/Producer Mike Gathers
Engineer Ryan Reeves

Jul 23, 2022 • 1h 7min
Episode 11: Phil Farber on Magick, NLP, Crowley & RAW
In this episode, we chat with Meta-Magician Philip Farber on Magick, NLP, Crowley & Robert Anton Wilson. Phil is the author of several books, including "High Magick, a guide to Cannabis in Ritual and Mysticism. He’s also a regular speaker at the Starwood Festival and other events.
Phil's website Meta Magick
Phil's books on Amazon
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Hilaritas Press Podcast:
Host/Producer Mike Gathers
Producer/Engineer Richard Rasa
Engineer/Producer Ryan Reeves