Phantom Astronaut

In this episode I talk to Savas Abadsidis of gaynrd.com about his appearance in White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch on Netflix as well as the current state of gay rights in the US.

On this episode I talk to my friend and collaborator Andrew Saulf, The Seawolf about his path to becoming a Norse-Pagan musical artist, fighting back against fascists co-opting Norse iconography, and more.

On this episode I talk to video / musical artist Johnny Woods about art vs content, synths, off-grid living, UFOs, and more. Johnny is formerly of Buzzfeed and recently created episode 3 of Ambient Swim on Adult Swim, so check that out on HBOMax or cable. Also check out this great interview about his last album Pavilions. https://complexdistractions.blog/2020/08/18/johnny-woods-pavilions/  Note: Our connection from Johnny's Earth Ship wasn't stable so we've done extensive clean-up to make the audio as good as possible.

On this episode of Phantom Astronaut: Erik Davis PhD, author of "Techgnosis: Myth, Magic and Mysticism in the Age" of "Information and High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experience in the Seventies" (Strange / MIT Press). Erik has taught at UC Berkeley, Rice, and UC Davis.  He discusses technology, mysticism in the 21st century, and the psychology of QAnon. 

In this episode we get parasocial with Sam Chen. Lead Product Manager at MediaLab where he also serves as the general manager for Amino, Sam was crucial in implementing "gifted subs" at Twitch. We talk about the complicated dynamic of streamers and their audiences, today, on Phantom Astronaut.