Cartoonist and author, Mark Siermaczeski, hopped on the podcast to talk about his new book, Field Guide of the Mind at the End of the World Volume 1.

Note: This conversation was recorded BEFORE the US presidential election, so there was some talk as to how that was all going to shake out. Thank goddess time isn’t linear ‘n all…

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https://www.crueltyfreecartoons.com/

https://www.instagram.com/crueltyfreecartoons/

https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Mind-End-World-ebook/dp/B0D98X5LQR

Show notes:

• Political climate in Vegas per-election
• New book- ‘Field Guide of the Mind At the End of the World’
• Mark’s Kundalini awakening & dark night of the soul
• Revelations while in relationship
• David Icke and bitter red pills
• Tantric teachers, training, and tests
• Equanimity and remaining unhooked
• Freeing himself from the Black Magic Woman
• Mark’s ayahuasca experiences
• Origins of his new book
• All is mind and perception
• Drop all stories and embrace the unknown
• Mark’s transformation from writing the book
• What is ‘mind tunneling’?- a personal recounting
• Mainstream music and programming
• Being vs Narrating voice of mind
• Feminine enhancement after kundalini
• Mark describes his Field Guide
• Transcending the instinct to fight
• Guide as antidote to mind control
• Observing the effects of his work
• Dopamine dip after project completion
• Choosing how and where we focus
• ‘May all beings be free”- activating agency

Word Up podcast favorite and psychedelic scholar, Robert Forte, returned to the podcast to talk about the Kennedy family legacy, JFK’s history with psychedelics and the impending possibly, maybe confirmation of one RFK into the Department of Health and Human Services.

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danikatz.locals.com

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Find Robert:

www.alteredstatesofamerica.net

alteredstatesofmaerica.substack.com

twitter.com/divinecomedy56

Show notes:

• Forte’s new book pending
• Is Trump a ‘new administration’?
• JFK, Zapruder, and official narrative
• 2024 Election & propaganda
• Assassination attempt- real or fake?
• Plato’s cave allegory
• Confronting cognitive dissonance with dialogue
• Buddhism- 4 noble truths & last meal
• What is our role in other’s lives and suffering?
• Psychedelic community movements & psy-ops
• Nature of non-conformists
• Assassination of JFK
• Forte and The Kennedy’s- hope & RFK
• RFK- good or bad faith actor
• Antonio Gracias & Rick Doblin- follow the money
• The need for and naïveté of ‘hope’
• Political climate in Greece
• To write or not to write and make olive oil
• The JFK files and suppression
• The alien & UFO psyop
• Trump, FDA, and psychedelics
• Trump as CEO of America Corp

In this solo podcast, we touch in on the violation of the social construct by way of whimsical masking, the erasing of history by way of socialist protests, the problem that is AirBnB, and the propaganda-fest that is Irresistible (at least, the 4 minutes I could stomach).

Part 2:

danikatz.locals.com

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All things Dani, including books, courses, webinars and coaching:

www.danikatz.com

Register for Confluence (with Promo code KATZ10):

https://brushfire.com/confluence/Confluence2025/590269

Show notes:

• The attempted takeover of New Mexico by Californians

• Cultural respect when visiting/moving to a new locale

• Inconsistent masking breaks the social contract

• Deferring to native culture is respectful and compassionate

• Cell phones ARE recording devices. Let’s honor other humans accordingly

• Dani attends her local city council meeting

• On banning AirBnB and Vrbo from Santa Fe and everywhere

• AirBnB is destroying all the rental markets and community safety

• DEI advocates are the ones profiting off of rental hikes

• We CAN roll back our mistakes

• Culture plays victim to AI and unchecked technological innovation and it’s a lie

• The Feminine is sorely missing from the technological conversation/push

• The Santa Fe obelisk drama

• Yay for Leftist mobs taking it upon themselves to erase history

• The way you do one thing is the way you do everything

• Censoring the obelisk situation

• Propaganda deconstruction of Irresistible

• The mockery of single-use plastic product placement