Through the exploration of various cultures and archaeological mysteries throughout the world, authors J David Osborne and Kris Saknussemm attempt to get to the heart of our lost moment, and provide some potential paths out. LOST XPLORERS is a psychogeographical exploration of culture, art, language, and strange history.
Episodes
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
On this episode, Kris and I talk about performative enjoyment, drag shows, Heraclitus' concept of 'Panta Rhei,' the sacred as a game of hot potato, games of mental elasticity, and the language of Gene Wolfe. Kris also tasks David with coming up with a jargon-filled mission statement, and recounts a very "Book of the New Sun" style dream.
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Kris and I discuss the Joseph Campbell quote "history can best be understood as misunderstood myth." What does it mean to take the plants, animals, and spirits out of our stories? Does this signal a shift from the internal to the external, agency to control? Can dreams be too on the nose?
Please excuse the audio quality on this one. Busy week, and I had to record with Gus. He did well for an almost one-year-old for an hour plus! Enjoy the ambient noise...
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
On this episode, Kris and I continue our discussion on coherence. What is the shape of conversations? How important are tangents to understanding? Can you come at ideas head on? We discuss Thor Heyerdahl, Yukio Mishima, Haruki Murakami, cybernetics, and Ethiopian HVAC repairmen.
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
On this show, Kris and I discuss how to navigate the world of dissonance. If we're all like cats in a library, how do we actually go about exploring that library without being overwhelmed? We also discuss a learning activity to teach the concept of the anti-zero-sum game, and Kris gets a new mattress.
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
On this episode, Kris and I talk about the rising price of gas, the ability to discern things with your own eyes, and the difference between society and community.
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
On this episode, Kris and I talk about cool stuff I saw in the Dallas Museum of Art, the ever changing media focus, Japanese headlines, thinking locally, being out of place, balance and equation as a process, photosynthesis equations, an ad campaign for NYC, and paying compliments.
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
On this episode, Kris and I discuss clearing out clutter during a move, broken remote controls, creating your own Babel, the need for objects as centers for ritual, whether or not objects become more meaningful the less functionality they contain, the difference between zero and nothing, the institutionalization of equality, a theme park of death, and how to give advice.
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
On this episode, Kris and I talk about the uncomfortable frankness of television advertising, and how to inoculate yourself against the disease of television (or internet) brain. I do a memory exercise where I recount a strange alcove of esoteric ephemera at a swap meet in North Hollywood, Kris gives a tip on listening, and as always...we end with a dream.
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Kris and I discuss the ongoing real estate crisis in this country, with some fresh (and perhaps unworkable) ideas about how to approach lawmaking. What if laws were introduced with a shelf life? We also talk Euclidean geometry, breaking down thought into axioms, personality tests, and the Black Knights Posse for Universal Vengeance.
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
This one is a Week in Doom/Dissonance episode. We really get to a point that I find valuable, however. After all the lamentations of the confusing and insidious times that we live in, what is the way forward? Kris posits an interesting idea: clarity of strictures.
We also begin to develop a new part of speech.