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 Dec 30, 2020
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Electrified frogs, scientific heretics, and dangerous ideas. On this episode, Kris and I discuss upsetting the chessboard, pluralism in human knowledge, and the limits of our current understanding.
Gary Kasparov
Sheldrake's appearance on Future Visions
Coco Chanel
Richard Dawkins interview on Impact Theory
Homeopathy
The 1001 Nights
Compendium of the Malay Archipelago
Thomas Merton
John AT Robinson
William James
Alfred Nobel
Galvani & Volta
Percival Lowell
Joseph Needham
Les Chants de Maldoror
Music and mixing by ous/li.
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Swarm intelligences, science delusions, and sense perception. On this episode, Kris and I discuss morphic resonance, the ten dogmas of modern science, and the alchemical art of memory.
Rupert Sheldrake
The Analogy of the Television Set
Sheldrake's Banned TED Talk
Stephen Jay Gould
Lewis Thomas
Henri Bergson
Gilbert Ryle
The Persistence of Memory
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
E.O. Wilson
Novalis
Giordano Bruno
The Memory Palace Technique
Dame Francis Yates
Music and mixing by ous/li
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Frauds and hoaxes, showmen and liars, myth makers and nondescripts. What drives the hearts of lifetime cryptozoologists and bridge-sellers? On this episode, Kris and I talk about tolerating your own absurdity, the renaissance men who dabbled in the occult and science, living a mythical life, and the quantum importance of fakery.
Further reading:
"The Man Who Destroyed Skepticism"
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Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
On this episode, Kris and I discuss the reintroduction of wonder into the world, the evolution of evolution, curiosity in science, rebelling against the priest caste, and the five essential elements of good communication.
This one is a lot of fun. What Kris and I are trying to do is apply Fort's radical, positive skepticism to a scientific framework that seems to be stagnating in the face of damned facts.
Music and mixing by ous/li.
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
On this episode, Kris and I discuss Charles Fort, the idea of becoming a joyful skeptic (that is, someone who questions with the intention of deepening their understanding of the world), Alfred Russel Wallace, giant squids, paranormal phenomena, urban legends, The Weekly World News, and the relation of the subject to the object.
This one goes into some territory that I personally love. There's even a fun "writing" exercise courtesy of Kris.
Music and mixing by ous/li.
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
On this special Thanksgiving episode, Kris and I discuss constructing your own tribe, the importance of the drunk uncle, calories, holiday depression, the Macy's Day Parade, the bizarre reason behind stuffing a turkey, and Paul Tillich's thoughts on grace.
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Welcome to the new feed!
On this episode, Kris and I discuss the agency of oceans, the Nazca lines, head jars, microchips as the dream of a city, Stonehenge, the Blythe Intaglios, projects across time, the arch as a concept, apprenticeship, art as an ascetic practice, how it's all one meditation, Charles Fort, self-expression, and mystery panthers.
Our producer: ous/li
Saturday Nov 14, 2020
Saturday Nov 14, 2020
On this episode, I share some exciting news with Kris and the audience, which leads us to a conversation about Darwin, what happens when we die, and where the "real" America is.
Then, Kris brings up an idea that really got my brain firing on all cylinders: the concept of "the frame." What are our artistic frames, the frames through which we see the world, the frames for our everyday life? Is there a way outside the frame?
Along the way we talk simplicity, drug dealers, clay, and Cape Horn. This conversation opens another path of thinking for the show. It's one that I'll be excited to come back to.
Saturday Nov 14, 2020
Saturday Nov 14, 2020
On this episode, I relate the story of losing power in my home due to an historic Oklahoma ice storm. After recounting the creeping slow horror of an ice storm, Kris and I discuss the concept of power and electricity. How dependent are we on this modern miracle? How sustainable is it?
We talk James Clerk Maxwell, the mystical power of electricity, the work of David Lynch, Kris's close encounter with high voltage, the Spark Ranger, Manly P. Hall, step-down transformers, grounding, and the Insane Clown Posse.
Saturday Nov 14, 2020
Saturday Nov 14, 2020
On this episode, Kris and I continue our discussion of empathy. We start off by talking about Spinoza's Ethics, then we cover the ideas of understanding our claws, violence and the sacred, personal sovereignty, response-ability, knowing what day it is, and Peter Singer's tithe.
Kris tells a great story about a group of Muslims and a Buddhist monk in Kuala Lumpur, which leads to a dive into the etymology of "alms."
How do we break the edicts handed down to us from the modern managerial caste? How do we learn to understand people as the complex, contradictory individuals they are?
There must be some kind of way out of here.