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Surfers have often been portrayed in the media and pop culture as vapid burnouts with seawater dripping from our nose and ears. My day job as a studio artist doesn’t allow me to speak to many people , and when I do, I find it difficult to command anyone’s attention. This podcast is my attempt to examine and highlight extraordinary characters and places that shape the lives of surfers.. surfing, travel, religion and conspiracy theories are the subjects that dominate my thinking .
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“Durian Point” : Ghosts, Virgins, Blood Feuds,Secret Waves, Accidental Death And Blues Music.
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It’s almost Halloween 2020; what better way to celebrate than with a spooky ghost story! Sit back and enjoy while I tell you a tale about love, tragedy , fire , feuds and dangerous secret waves. This is a story based on actual events. I blended them together with a dream that I had and rumors that were explained to me from first hand accounts. This…
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The Martial Art Of Surfing (And Mythological Revenge Fantasies)
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An eight hundred year old odyssey, that echos into our present day, resonating themes of destiny, tragedy, lust, murder, ritual, rebellion and revenge. Explore the ancient martial art of pencak silat which harnesses inner power and perpetuates the dreams of millions of Indonesians.Allow yourself to consider surfing as a martial art and imagine a sc…
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Origins|Surfing,rock music, teenage missionaries, and Israeli secret agents
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We are all the protagonists of our own stories. Although I am no one’s hero, most people enjoy an origin tale. Listen as I walk you down a path littered with surfing obsession, heavy metal music, satanic panic, Christian conversions, missionary boot camp, Egypt, Israel , Mossad Israeli secret agents, MK Ultra mind control, Fundamentalist Indonesian…
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Kary Mullis| Surfer, Nobel Prize winning chemist, LSD enthusiast, lothario, climate change skeptic
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Dr. Kary Banks Mullis was a fascinating and complicated man. After winning a Nobel Prize in 1993 the first thing he did was go surfing. His discovery has been called the most important in the last century and it has been used to exonerate falsely accused men on death row; and most recently we have all been faced with being tested by a product of hi…
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This is a tribute to Jean Da Silva. He was an extraordinary surfer and a beautiful human being. On November 24, 2017 Jean passed away. I’m not an authority on mental health but this is my attempt to come to terms with what happened. *warning* this episode talks about suicide. Show notes. : https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/1(800)273-8255Brazilh…
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Nias | Discovering a wave of a lifetime and a murderous plot.Shamans Surfers headhunters&Christians
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In this episode I'll tell you the origin story of surfing at Nias Island's Lagundri Bay. 3 Australian surfers made the discovery of a wave that has become as sacred to surfers, as Mecca is to Muslims. Even though Christianity had spread throughout the island since the early 1900's, There was still an undercurrent of evil flowing just beneath the su…
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Nias Island | A dark and dangerous history of headhunting, slavery, black magic,blood lines and war
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In this premier episode I’ll tell you about the early history of Nias island, Indonesia. Rockstar anthropologist Elio Modigliani takes the risk of a lifetime in 1886 Colonial Dutch territory and goes where no other foreigner had dared to venture. It’s Science and technology versus Spiritual beliefs and a story that resonates in the chaos of 2020. S…
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A journey down a path created from art and surfing
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