Below is pre-released audio of me chatting with Alex Tsakiris over at the podcast Skeptiko regarding Shamans of the Global Village - https://skeptiko.com/
This was recorded in early December of 2020 for the podcast over there and who know’s when he’ll publicly release it.
Alex was a successful entrepreneur turned podcaster. His podcast has been around since 2007, much of the discussions of which focus on the science of human consciousness. The podcast name Skeptiko comes from the ancient Greek philosophy of Skeptikos, and refers to the teachings and the traits of a school of philosophers who sought “inquiry to perpetuate doubt.” He also wrote a book called “Why Science is Wrong… About Almost Everything” the thesis of which states that since mainstream science doesn’t get consciousness right, everything from that point on is also off. Which I agree upon since everything is consciousness based.
He’s definitely not an easy going host. As he can be very argumentative to the point of having full on fights and blowouts with guests. He’s almost an ambush interviewer and his show to be honest can be a bit of a mind field to be a guest on. So much to the point that I would caveat a few of these details to anyone else who consulted with me regarding potentially talking to Alex. He had me fill out a pre-podcast conversation form, which got me thinking about the difference between big scale science and small scale science. A theme that I’ve talked about in terms of big religion vs small religion, big government vs small government, and big corporations vs small businesses so I dove into that in the conversation. Some thing I said in that monologue triggered him in this chat and he definitely was confrontational as a result and I didn’t really get to through line the point. Which is ironic because the previous episode he posted before our chat was titled “Trigger Proof Warrior.” But it’s all good and I wish him nothing but the best. Alex supported the show (Shamans of the Global Village) by purchasing both episodes, and it’s nice of him to give it a bit of a spotlight with the guest interview. Which I will post whenever he releases it publicly but here’s the private early pre-flight.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/mzfewkza56095d1/NilesHeckman_AlexTsakiris_December2020.mp3