Each April 19th is Bicycle Day. The day we remember Albert Hofmann’s infamous bicycle trip as the first person ever to trip on LSD. Recently, I wrote about the second psychedelic renaissance, and how psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy has renewed interest in treating mental ailments such as addiction and the fear of dying.

Just before the COVID-19-associated lockdowns in spring 2020, I sat down with Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside, Eric Schwitzgebel. His research areas of interest are: philosophy of psychology, philosophy of mind, moral psychology, classical Chinese philosophy, epistemology, meta-philosophy, metaphysics, and science fiction.

In January of 2020, I sat down with Mike Elias of Idea Markets. The subject matter we discussed hits close to home with my journalism background and should be deeply important for anyone who values democratic values and access to information. Sadly, this is not a new story, but a very old one.

After traveling to Europe in October and recording a few podcasts(Ronni Abergel, Vinay Gupta, & George Por), I received a long awaited email from the international press secretary of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival(TIFF) regarding press credentials. I had applied weeks prior due to the theme of the 2019 festival being of particular interest. TIFF celebrated its 60th anniversary last November, and the theme was “The Overview Effect.” So of course Eclectic Spacewalk had to go check it out.

Back in October, after traveling to Copenhagen and then to London, we headed to Brighton, on the southern coast of the UK, to speak with George Por. (Our euro filming trip all started from a tweet when I started following George on Twitter.)

Last month, after traveling to Copenhagen, Denmark to speak to Ronni Abergel, Founder & CEO of the Human Library Organization (HLO), we headed to jolly ole’ London town (please excuse the cliche lol) to have a conversation with Vinay Gupta, the CEO of Mattereum.

This month I traveled to Copenhagen, Denmark to speak to Ronni Abergel, Founder & CEO of the Human Library Organization (HLO), and also to document one of their events during Copenhagen’s Culture Night on October 11th, 2019.

Last month, I sat down with coach, entrepreneur, and writer Tiago Forte. He is the creator of BuildingASecondBrain.com, which is: “on a mission to radically improve the effectiveness of human beings while making work a vehicle for personal growth.”

This past week, I sat down with Cal Poly Pomona, Professor of Philosophy - Michael Cholbi. His research is primarily in ethics, with particular emphases on suicide, grief, punishment, Kantian ethics, paternalism, work & labor, and moral psychology.

In my first “Conversations” episode recording, I sat down with author & poet Millicent Ally. She self-published a collection of poems called Tales of the Human Condition in 2012. I found Millicent’s poems in a roundabout way, but they will be on my bookshelf for a long, long time. The first half is getting to know Millicent and her journey until now. The second half is Millicent reading her poetry and then us discussing it.