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A series of three short radio plays curated by Dr. Bonnie Pang of the School of Sport – Leeds Beckett University.
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Hippiecritical: New Age Trends, Alternative Health and Hippie Lifestyles
Oz, host @ hippiecritical.org
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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Online gaming brings two British Chinese boys together as they share friendship, Chinese homework responsibilities and everyday home life.由Tony Macaluso
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Two British Chinese girls making origami paper cranes as their aspirations unfold.由Tony Macaluso
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Will a virus bring us together or tear us apart? A story about British Chinese supplementary schools and communities, cultural differences and racism.由Tony Macaluso
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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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