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 Mar 10, 2021
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
On this episode, Kris and I discuss how to listen to the world, making out with jaguars, and how to separate chaos from complexity.
Cannibal Metaphysics by Eduardo Viveiros de Castro
Tristes Tropique by Claude Lévi-Strauss
The Discovery of Guiana by Sir Walter Raleigh
Earth Beings by Marisol de la Cadena
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Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
On this episode, Kris and I continue our discussion of the Solomon Islands, including cargo as a verb, the meaning of cults, and the ongoing destruction of the Melanesian ecosystem.
The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Tsing
Staying with the Trouble by Donna Harawy
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Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
John Frum cults, cargo prophets, and the Yupno construction of time. On this episode, Kris and I begin our discussion of alternative ways of thought by taking a close look at the diverse and complex cultures of Melanesia.
Show Notes:
The Independence of Papua New Guinea
The Trumpet Shall Sound by Peter Worsley
Road Belong Cargo by Peter Lawrence
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Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Sigil magic, cigarette ad campaigns, and ontological wonder sickness. In this episode, Kris and I discuss the dangerous trap of individualism, and the hole it has left in the heart of the world.
A Pluralistic Universe by William James
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Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Pre-linguistic dream states, self-induced schizophrenia, and the spirit world. On this episode, Kris and I wrap up our preliminary discussion on mysterious doubles by investigating the voices in our heads.
How Forests Think by Eduardo Kohn
“The people who do not hear voices in their head”
“Shooting the terrible master”
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Feeding Your Demons by Tsultrim Allione
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Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Time loops, tulpas, and incredible hulks. On this episode, Kris and I continue our exploration into mysterious doubles, this time focusing on literary figures and the human mind.
John Donne’s doppelgänger sighting
“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“William Wilson” by Edgar Allan Poe
“The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson
Arnold Schwarzenegger & Lou Ferrigno’s breakfast
The Culture of Narcissism by Christopher Lasch
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Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Hermetic mysteries, Egyptian shadows, and the underground tunnels of the mind. In the first part of our series on strange doubles, Kris and I discuss the mythological, folkloric, and religious origins of the doppelgänger.
The Vardøger
Janus
The Case of Emily Sagée
The Uncanny
Syzygy
Castor and Pollux
Tonopah
The Field of Flowers
Simonides of Ceos
As Above, So Below
Anima vs. Animus
Manichaeism
Enantiodromia
Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson
Ka
Khaibit
Harry Houdini
The Greek Magical Papyri
Anthroposophy
"The Secret Sharer" by Joseph Conrad
Taschen's The Book of Symbols
Winnie the Pooh and the Woozle
Jordan Peele’s Us
Tulpa
The Pleroma
"The Bacchae" by Euripides
The Yoruba people
Ibeji
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Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Labyrinths, hybrid creatures, and psychic ghost ships. On this episode, Kris and I wrap up our conversation around artistic genius through a discussion of two writers who are very important to us. We finish up with the question: why are so many artistic geniuses not recognized during their lifetimes?
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Venom viper time
Bioluminescent water
Hieronymus Bosch
Bruegel's The Fall of the Rebel Angels
The 500-Year-Old Butt Song from Hell
Albrecht Dürer's The Monstrous Sow of Landser
Wunderkammer
The Ashmolean Museum
Hermanubis
Statues by Michel Serres
Franz Kafka
Henry Miller
Jackson Pollock
Willem de Kooning
Mark Rothko
Jorge Luis Borges
William S. Burroughs
Meander, Spiral, Explode by Jane Alison
The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker
Innerspace
Magic Hours by Tom Bissell
Herman Melville
The Berkshires
Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Deliverance by James Dickey
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Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Mystery men, guild navigators, and private worlds. On this episode, Kris and I continue our discussion on genius, this time using the example of three surrealists to probe the ways in which this elusive quality might arise through art.
Adolph Gottlieb
Mark Rothko
Rothko's "Statement About Art"
Mysticism
The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Ávila
David Lynch
Transcendental Meditation
Catching the Big Fish
David Lynch's Masterclass
"The Dinner Scene" from Eraserhead
"The Mystery Man" from Lost Highway
"The Cowboy" from Mulholland Drive
"10 Clues to Unlock Mulholland Drive"
"The Guild Navigator" from Dune
"The Dumpster Scene" from Mulholland Drive
The screenplay for Mulholland Drive
Inland Empire (full film)
"The Atomic Bomb" from Twin Peaks: The Return
Patricia Piccinini
The Young Family
Graham
Maria Sibylla Merian
Alone with the Gods
Harry Partch
Chromolodeon
"Barstow"
Hobo Hieroglyphics
Blue-tongued skinks
Thornton Wilder
Harold Pinter
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Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Singularities, mushroom clouds, and Brooklyn graffiti artists. On this episode, Kris and I discuss the human limits of technological progression, imagination overload, and art as an emergent property of exploration.
CP Snow - "Two Cultures"
Ray Kurzweil
Moore’s Law
The Singularity
Kurzweil's TED Talk
The Age of Spiritual Machines
Monoclonal antibody drugs for cancer treatment
K. Eric Drexler
Everything (video game)
Kant’s hypothetical vs. categorical imperative
Robert Anton Wilson
Philip K Dick
John von Neumann
Solarpunk
Jay Springett
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Taschen's Basquiat book
John Lautner
Private Midnight
Stephen Wolfram
Jane Goodall
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