In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of G.W.F. Hegel, Slavoj Žižek speaks to Shahidha Bari about the philosophical giant that changed our way of thinking about posthumanism. Published by Intelligence Squared

Originally aired as Salon #567 of the Psychedelic Salon podcast. Recorded April 1995. "I take psychedelics to be the catalysis of language." "This great period of creativity that we're living through now in the sciences, in the arts, in the implementation of exotic technology…"

Originally aired as Salon #449 of the Psychedelic Salon podcast. Terence McKenna shares his speculations about what 2012 would bring — a synthesis of his timewave-zero theory and broader cultural projections from the late 1990s.

Follow Lorenzo on Patreon.com Guest speaker: Terence McKenna Date this lecture was recorded: April 1995 [NOTE: All quotations are by Terence McKenna.] “I take psychedelics to be the catalysis of language.” “This great period of creativity that we’re living through now in the sciences, in the arts, in the implementation of exotic technology,…

He then continues with some speculations about what he thought 2012 would bring. Step 1, he speculated, would be that everyone in the world would go outdoors…