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Do you find yourself wondering "what's behind that weird new age trend?" Hippiecritical dives into the world of hippie lifestyles and alternative practices with balanced-but-critical eye. Sign up to get weekly coverage of new age trends here: Hippiecritical.org/newsletter Learn about what once was counterculture and is now becoming common culture, including... Yoga, meditation, sound baths, cults, reiki, healing crystals, float tanks, tarot, chakras, breathwork, tantra, Burning Man, and yes ...
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In this week's edition, I cover the weird origins of Kombucha and tie-dye clothing, "ethnic blankets" (like serapes), a new type of yoga called RAGE yoga and magical salamanders called axolotls. You can also read this blog article at: hippiecritical.org/edition-8 To get your weekly dose of weird, sign up for my newsletter at: Hippiecritical.org/new…
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In this week's edition, I dive deep into the world of mushrooms. Did you know mushrooms are a superfood that now command a $50 billion industry? And that's not even including the psychedelic kind. Oz gets edumacated on the basics of shrooms, and highlights some ridiculous facts about fungi. Read the visual essay here: hippiecritical.org/edition-7 T…
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In this week's edition, I cover: Weird points, Birthdays, Sage, Wellness and Church of Satan. You can also read this blog article at: hippiecritical.org/edition-6 To get your weekly dose of weird, sign up for my newsletter at: Hippiecritical.org/newsletter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hippiecritical/message…
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In this week's edition, I cover: DMT, the Third Eye, Facebook Crackdown, Weird EMF Products and my favorite meditation. You can also read this blog article at: hippiecritical.org/edition-5 To get your weekly dose of weird, sign up for my newsletter at: Hippiecritical.org/newsletter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho…
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In this week's edition, I cover: Sungazing, Sunning your butthole, Breatharians, Earthing and Orbit toys. You can also read this blog article at: hippiecritical.org/edition-4 To get your weekly dose of weird, sign up for my newsletter at: Hippiecritical.org/newsletter Episode editing and art by Kayla Gignac, IG @creative.kale --- Send in a voice me…
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In this week's edition, I cover: Raw Water, Erowid, New Age Statistics, Legal Psychedelics and Stardust. You can also read this blog article at: hippiecritical.org/edition-3 To get your weekly dose of weird, sign up for my newsletter at: Hippiecritical.org/newsletter Episode editing and art by Kayla Gignac, IG @creative.kale --- Send in a voice mes…
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Welcome to The Hippiecritical, your weekly dose of weird. This is a roundup of interesting gems from the world of the weird, new age and esoteric. Sign up for my newsletters at: Hippiecritical.org/newsletter - - - - - This week, I cover: LSD, Snake Oil, Flu Shot Skeptics, Peace Sign Origins, and place called Heligan. You can also read this blog art…
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Welcome to The Hippiecritical, your weekly dose of weird. This is a roundup of interesting gems from the world of the weird, new age and esoteric. Sign up for my newsletters at: Hippiecritical.org/newsletter - - - - - This week, I cover: a new guide to Ecstatic Dance, the Bikram yoga scandal and why one woman quit astrology. You can also read this …
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Before talking to Elize Todd, I've never met anyone who's attended a 10 day silent meditation retreat. So many surprises and delights in Elize's colorful storytelling of her first silent Vipassana meditation retreat in Burma. We dive into what is silent meditation, the specific benefits of vipassana meditation, and recommendations for those looking…
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This episode is packed with interesting nuggets about the benefits and misconceptions about barefoot movement and barefoot shoes. I chat with Mountain Chang, a CPA turned founder of the barefoot shoe company, Carets. Carets makes classy high end dress shoes - think Allen Edmonds - but with barefoot features like a zero drop design and wider toe box…
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What is tantra, anyway? Is it just a fancy way of saying slow, meditative sex, or is it something much deeper? We answer these questions and more with Liv Pavlov, a sex, intimacy and tantra coach. In this episode, learn... The origins of tantra What a tantra session looks like with a tantra sex coach Beginner recommendations for trying out tantra p…
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Cassie Jaravata is a registered nurse, blossoming sound healer, and the force behind The Naturalistic Nurse. In this episode we discuss... What is sound healing? The experience of a sound bath Does sound or vibrations actually "heal?" Cassie's experience healing from eczema, with the help of sound How much does it cost to attend a sound bath? Resou…
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Oz asks Julia Albain, Reiki Master, all sorts of newbie questions about reiki, including... What is reiki and what exactly goes on in a reiki session? How much does reiki cost? What is energy healing and what does energy "work" entail? What, exactly is an aura? Energy field? Reiki's therapeutic effects (placebo or otherwise) This conversation was s…
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Oz monologues about the inspiration for Hippiecritical, which includes... Two reasons for the podcast name How looking into "hippie" topics made him think of hippies in a different way The possibility of this podcast to spread curiosity, open-mindedness and community Music credits: Intro music: "Good Tone" by Nordgroove from Fugue Outro music: "Sin…
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Disclaimer: There is talk about various areas of anatomy and the functions of that anatomy that may be NSFW (or not safe for younger ears). Also, we aren't medical professionals, this is just anecdotal conversation about what has been going on We talk about Erik's recent discovery he has Bladder Cancer. For the quick version Erik wrote the followin…
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In this episode, we allow Erik to unleash his obsession with Netflix's documentary Abducted In Plain Sight. It is the story of the abduction of Jan Broberg, who was abducted, conditioned & sexually assaulted by a close family friend...not once but twice. The documentary though about her abductions quickly changes to a story of her family's secret l…
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Logan our friend and guest host is leaving the amazing state of Indiana for boring old Florida, but for the greatest of reasons. We had him on for a show before he moves, and we talk about Florida, theme parks, mythical cultural appropriation, word games Erik plays to amuse himself. We are joined by Em, our friend from our previous poetry episode…
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I think it is a very important lesson to focus on futility. People like to say that confidence is important. Which it is, but it is implied (or out right said) that being a pessimist is character flaw. It isn’t…it is just pragmatic to assume failure is in the cards. I approach an interview for a new job like someone putting their hand in a rat trap…
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The members of THINGS joins us again to talk about their own ghost stories from doing paranormal investigations. Have you ever experienced any sightings yourself? If you would like to contact THINGS click here or visit www.thingsghostsociety.com If you would like to visit our website or contact us go to www.drunkndeviant.com…
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We talk about Ghost-Hunting & Paranormal investigation with THINGS, and they give us a run down on what they do & how you can as well. www.thingsghostsociety.com The Hoosiers Investigating New Ghosts Society (THINGS) was founded in 2009 by Jeremy York with the purpose of helping those who feel they may be having a paranormal experience by investiga…
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THIS IS A LITTLE SOMETHING NEW>>>CHECK OUT THE NEW PODCAST FORMAT OF SAVAGE SOLILOQUY & LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK IN THE COMMENTS... THANKS, ERIK Verbose: using or expressed in more words than are needed. Elitist: A person who believes that they are superior to others (and thus deserve favored status) because of their intellect, social status, wea…
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Are you in love with Pumpkin spice? Do you love a certain corporate coffee chain? Do you wear fasionable scarves? Does Erik hate you? The answer to all these questions is... YES! This episode we rant about people being basic and Erik becomes irate about Muffin Tops (the food not the body type) While Angela tries to not be offended that Erik judges …
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I want to become a female bodybuilder! A good friend of mine competed in the NPC Bodybuilding competition in my town this past weekend. I went to support her because she went from obese to skinny to bodybuilder. I admire her so much for her journey. The competition showed me that I want to be just like these people. I was just in awe of the amazing…
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