Hilaritas Press Podcasts
Episodes
Episode 56 – Jordan Gruber – Your Symphony of Selves, and Microdosing
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hilaritas host Mike Gathers chats with Renaissance Wordsmith—writer, editor, and coach Jordan Gruber. Founder of the Enlightenment.Com website, Jo...
Episode 55 - James Fadiman - Transpersonal Psychology / Microdosing
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hilaritas host Mike Gathers talks with researcher, author, teacher, and consultant, Dr. James Fadiman. Richard Alpert first turned Jim onto psilocy...
Episode 54 – Iboga Psychedelic Therapy – Mike Gathers
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hilaritas host Mike Gathers does all the talking this episode as he describes his illuminating experiences with iboga psychedelic therapy. • • •...
Episode 53 - John Zerzan - Max Stirner – Anarcho-primitivism
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hilaritas host Mike Gathers chats with John Zerzan about anarchist Max Stirner, and John’s interest Anarcho-primitivism, in episode 53 of the Hila...
Episode 52: Nick Tharcher Occult Publishing
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hilaritas host Mike Gathers chats with Nick Tharcher, publisher at The Original Falcon Press, about his many years in the publishing of occult books, ...
Episode 51: Mike Shea and Tom Jackson
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hilaritas host Mike Gathers chats with Mike Shea and Tom Jackson about the life of Robert Shea, and the new Robert Shea book, Every Day Is A GOOD Day,...
Episode 50: Jesse Walker
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Hilaritas host Mike Gathers chats with Jesse Walker, Books Editor of Reason Magazine about A Non Euclidian Perspective, Robert Anton ...
Episode 49: Vincent Murphy
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hilaritas host Mike Gathers chats with AI Context Creator, Vincent Murphy, about Robert Anton Wilson’s The Book of Forbidden Words, Cognology, AI an...
Episode 48: David Lee
23 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hilaritas guest host Zach West, chats with chaos magickian, author, and educator David Lee on his essay in the recently released anthology assembled b...
Episode 47: David Jay Brown & Rebecca McClen Novick
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hilaritas guest host Zach West chats with Mavericks of the Mind co-interviewers, David Jay Brown and Rebecca McClen Novick about consciousness, deja v...
Episode 46: Mariana Pinzón – Octomantic Neuro-Hacking
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hilaritas guest host Zach West chats with Mariana Pinzón about Octomantic Neuro-Hacking and more in Episode 46 of the Hilaritas Press Podcast. Links....
Episode 45: Eric Wagner about Friedrich Nietzsche and more
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with Eric Wagner about Friedrich Nietzsche and more in Episode 45 of the Hilaritas Press Podcast. • • • Link...
Episode 44: Eric Wagner on Straight Outta Dublin
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with Eric Wagner about his new book, Straight Outta Dublin on Robert Anton Wilson and James Joyce and much more •...
Episode 43: Gabriel Kennedy - Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hilaritas guest host Zach West chats with multi-media artist Gabriel Kennedy, about his recently released biography of Robert Anton Wilson, Chapel Per...
Episode 42: Eight Circuit Ascension
23 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hilaritas guest host Zach West chats with Rachel Turetzky, Doug Wingate and David Jay Brown about their new book with Original Falcon Press, Eight Cir...
Episode 41: Bobby Campbell and Tales of Illuminatus
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with sci fi cartoonist Bobby Campbell about his comic Tales of Illuminatus and more in Episode 41 of the Hilaritas...
Episode 40: David Jay Brown – Mavericks of the Mind
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hilaritas host Mike Gathers, @mgathers23, chats with interviewer and writer David Jay Brown about Mavericks of the Mind and more in Episode 40 of the ...
Episode 39: Wayne Benner on RICH economy, Timothy Leary, Terra II, and more
23 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with Terra II co-transmitter Wayne Benner about the RICH economy, Timothy Leary, Terra II, and more in Episode 39 ...
Episode 38: Oz Fritz on Timothy Leary's Terra II.
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with sound engineer and international man of mystery, Oz Fritz, about Timothy Leary, Terra II, and more in Episode...
Episode 37: Gregory Peters on the Divine Feminine
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Host Mike Gathers discusses the Divine Feminine with Gregory Peters. Gregory Peters is a researcher and explorer of nondual tantra, consciousness and ...
Episode 36: Robert Anton Wilson's The Sex Magicians
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with the two contributors to the Hilaritas Press edition of The Sex Magicians: writer, editor, theater and events ...
Episode 35: Zach West interviews Mike Gathers on the 8 Circuit Model
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Zach West chats with Hilaritas Press Podcast host Mike Gathers about the 8 Circuit Model of Consciousness as described by Timothy Lea...
Episode 34: Denny Sargent – Tantra, Animism and more
23 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with Seattle writer, artist and university instructor Denny Sargent about Tantra, Animism and much more. • • •...
Episode 33: Devaraj Sandberg on Wilhelm Reich, character structures, accelerationism, and more
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with body based therapist and author Devaraj Sandberg about Wilhelm Reich, Reichian therapy, accelerationism, and ...
Episode 32: R.U. Sirius on Psychedelic Transhumanism and a Singularity
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with writer, editor, & vocalist/lyricist Ken Goffman (aka R. U. Sirius) about Psychedelic Transhumanism, Singu...
Episode 31: Joseph Matheny – Reality is What You Can Get Away With, magick, ritual, method acting and more...
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with Joseph Matheny, multidisciplinary artist and explorer of both the wilderness and the esoteric. Joe was an ol...
Episode 30: Vincent Murphy on Artificial Intelligence
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with RAW Lucubrator and Guerill-AI Ontologist, Vincent Murphy. Links: Vincent's Brainstorm The Upcoming AI Future ...
Episode 29: Scott Apel – writer, movie critic, and long time friend of RAW
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with Scott Apel – writer, movie critic, and long time friend of RAW. Scott was the original editor and publisher...
Episode 28: John Higgs on the KLF, William Blake, and Robert Anton Wilson
23 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with writer John Higgs about the KLF, William Blake and Robert Anton Wilson • • • John Higgs' website @Joh...
Episode 27: Wayne Saalman - Aliens, UFOs, and The Journey Across Forever
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with novelist, poet, painter and song writer, Wayne Saalman, @waynensaalman, about aliens, UFOs, and more in his l...
Episode 26: Oberon Zell Ravenheart on Paganism, Polyamory, Wizardry, Unicorns and GaeaGenesis
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, about Paganism, Polyamory, Wizardry, Unicorns and GaeaGenesis. OberonZell.com GaeaGen...
Episode 25: Lon Milo DuQuette on RAW, Crowley, Magick, and Tarot
23 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with Lon Milo DuQuette. As Mike says, "it’s my great pleasure to chat with man who wrote the introduction to the...
Episode 24: Richard Kaczynski on Aleister Crowley
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with Crowley biographer Richard Kaczynski, author of the recently updated Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley ...
Episode 23: Rev. Ivan Stang, co-founder of the Church of the Subgenius
23 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 23: Rev. Ivan Stang In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with the Rev. Ivan Stang of the Church of the Subgenius. Links: Subgenius.com Subg...
Episode 22: Mariana Pinzon on ChaoSurfing the Eight Circuits
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with Mariana Pinzon on ChaoSurfing the eight circuits of consciousness with color magick. www.chaosurfing.rocks ...
Sebastián Marincolo on Cannabis as a Tool for Mind Enhancement – Bonus Episode
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode, Host Mike Gathers talks with philosopher and author Sebastián Marincolo about his new book from Hilaritas Press: Elevated: Can...
Episode 21: Nick Tharcher on Falcon Press
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with Nick Tharcher of Original Falcon Press about Reichian Therapy and tales from Falcon Press and other things. T...
Kevin Kelly – Senior Maverick at Wired offers Excellent Advice for Living – Bonus Episode
29 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with Senior Maverick at Wired, author of the bestseller book, The Inevitable, Cool Tool maven, Recomendo chief, As...
Episode 20: Zach West
23 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hilaritas host Mike Gathers (@mgathers23) chats with musician and Chaos magickian Zach West, @ZachWest23, about Probability Engineering and his Eight ...
Bonus Episode: Gregory Arnott on RAW’s ”The Walls Came Tumbling Down”
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode, Mike Gathers chats with Gregory Arnott about The Hilaritas Press release of Robert Anton Wilson’s screenplay, "The Walls Came...
Episode 19: Eric Wagner on Ezra Pound
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 h...
Episode 18: Sascha Engel on “Breaking the Alphabet”
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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. Breakin...
Bonus Episode: RAW Politics with Bobby Campbell
11 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 17: Wayne Price on Petr Kropotkin
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat with prolific anarchist writer Wayne Price on Peter Kropotkin. Kropotkin’s “Anarchist” essay from Britannica: https://t...
Episode 16: Oz Fritz on the intersection of Crowley and Joyce in RAW’s fiction
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 Rob...
Episode 15: Jimmy and Rob on Claude Shannon
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 14: Andrew McLuhan on Marshall McLuhan
23 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I chat with Andrew McLuhan, director of the McLuhan Institute, about his grandfather, Marshall McLuhan. Andrew at Gray Area Self pace...
Episode 13: Lionell Snell on Magical Thinking
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat with magician, author, and youtuber Lionell Snell, aka Ramsey Dukes, about magical thinking. https://www.youtube.com/channel/...
Episode 12: Eric Wagner on Beethoven and RAW
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 11: Phil Farber on Magick, NLP, Crowley & RAW
23 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat with Meta-Magician Philip Farber on Magick, NLP, Crowley & Robert Anton Wilson. Phil is the author of several books, in...
Episode 10: Jesse Walker on Chapel Perilous
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat with Jesse Walker, author of The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory and Rebels on the Air: An Alternative Histo...
Episode 9: Antero Alli and Chapel Perilous
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat with underground film maker, professional astrologer, paratheater ritualist, teacher, writer, forest walker, dreamer and no f...
Episode 8: James Joyce with Loic Wright
23 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat with Loic Wright on Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, and literary critic James Joyce, author of Ulysses and Finnegan...
Episode 7: R. Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller with Kurt Przybilla
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat with inventor, writer, producer, and educator Kurt Przybilla on American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inven...
Episode 6: John Lilly, MD with Graham Talley
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat with flotation enthusiast, consultant, and publisher Graham Talley on physician, neuroscientist, psychoanalyst, psychonaut, p...
Episode 5: Kerry Thornley with Adam Gorightly
23 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat with writer and historian Adam Gorightly on the life, work and ideas of Kerry Thornley, aka Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst or simply...
Episode 4: John Higgs on Timothy Leary
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A rising star in the field of clinical psychology in the 1950s, Dr. Timothy Leary published his book, The Interpersonal Diagnosis of Personality in 19...
Episode 3: Nicholas Murray on Aldous Huxley
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nicholas Murray is a freelance author and journalist based in Wales and London. Born in Liverpool, he is the author of several literary biographies in...
Episode 2: Dan Lowe on Wilhelm Reich
23 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat with Dan Lowe about the life, work and ideas of Wilhelm Reich. Dan works as a counsellor, therapist and educator in London. H...
Episode 1: Institute of General Semantics Trustee Dom Heffer on Alfred Korzybski
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For our first episode we talk with artist Dom Heffer of the Institute of General Semantics about the life and ideas of Alfred Korzybski and the implic...