The Eternities

Nick Buchanan is an accomplished designer and illustrator, literature aficionado, and modern renaissance man. In 2013 he published his first book, What Happens in Shakespeare's King Lear, in which he combined his graphical skills with his love of the play to produce an ingeniously presented "walk-through" commentary to his favourite of all Shakespeare's plays. In the podcast we discuss the enduring appeal of Shakespeare, the question of authorship, and Nick's own guidebook to King Lear.

Johnny F D is an online entrepreneur… a a location independent "digital nomad". After a three week vacation to Thailand in 2008 he left his home and corporate job in Los Angeles and bought a one way ticket back to Thailand. He talks in the podcast about the strategy for creating online businesses - known as "drop shipping" - which has enabled for him a dream lifestyle of leisure and travel. He is the host of the Travel Like a Boss podcast and was the organiser of the recent Nomad Summit in Chiang Mai, a free day of talks given by highly successful nomads. He is also the author of two books, Twelve Weeks in Thailand: The Good Life on the Cheap and Life Changes Quick: 7 Steps to Getting Everything You've Ever Wanted in Less Than a Year. Music: "Johnny Chrome and Silver" by Nancy Boy.

Johnny F D is an online entrepreneur… a a location independent "digital nomad". After a three week vacation to Thailand in 2008 he left his home and corporate job in Los Angeles and bought a one way ticket back to Thailand. He talks in the podcast about the strategy for creating online businesses - known as "drop shipping" - which has enabled for him a dream lifestyle of leisure and travel. He is the host of the Travel Like a Boss podcast and was the organiser of the recent Nomad Summit in Chiang Mai, a free day of talks given by highly successful nomads. He is also the author of two books, Twelve Weeks in Thailand: The Good Life on the Cheap and Life Changes Quick: 7 Steps to Getting Everything You've Ever Wanted in Less Than a Year. Music: "Johnny Chrome and Silver" by Nancy Boy.

(Warning: poor sound quality. A transcript of first interview exists at www.theeternities.com). Conor McMillen is a therapist and lifestyle coach with a popular YouTube channel, Handyman Bananas. Just three years ago he was addicted to drugs and alcohol. He believes that eating a fruit diet was the key factor in his rapid recovery. Brittany Taylor is a lifestyle coach who also has a popular YouTube channel called Simple living and travel. Three years ago she downsized her life, leaving her job and home to become a digital nomad as a "location independent" IT consultant, in order to follow her dream of a lifestyle of optimal nutrition, physical movement and play. These interviews were conducted at the recent Fruit Winter festival which Conor organises each January in Chiang Mai ,Thailand. Music: "Bit of that Thing" by Aaran D Circles

(Warning: poor sound quality. A transcript of first interview exists at www.theeternities.com). Conor McMillen is a therapist and lifestyle coach with a popular YouTube channel, Handyman Bananas. Just three years ago he was addicted to drugs and alcohol. He believes that eating a fruit diet was the key factor in his rapid recovery. Brittany Taylor is a lifestyle coach who also has a popular YouTube channel called Simple living and travel. Three years ago she downsized her life, leaving her job and home to become a digital nomad as a "location independent" IT consultant, in order to follow her dream of a lifestyle of optimal nutrition, physical movement and play. These interviews were conducted at the recent Fruit Winter festival which Conor organises each January in Chiang Mai ,Thailand. Music: "Bit of that Thing" by Aaran D Circles

Sarah Rose Bright is a somatic sex coach and sex educator. Her extensive training includes sexological bodywork, NLP, Tantra, shamanism, and Taoism. Sarah says "your sexual energy is your life force energy" and when its blocks are released, it can transform everything.

Sarah Rose Bright is a somatic sex coach and sex educator. Her extensive training includes sexological bodywork, NLP, Tantra, shamanism, and Taoism. Sarah says "your sexual energy is your life force energy" and when its blocks are released, it can transform everything.

Jerry Mintz is the founder and director of the Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO) and a prominent figure in the alternative school movement in the US. Additionally to his seventeen years as a school principal and teacher, he has helped found more than fifty public and private alternative schools and organizations. He is the author of No Homework and Recess All Day: How to Have Freedom and Democracy in Education, and editor of several other alternative education titles. Daniel Sage is an aspiring singer/songwriter and musician who was mentored by Mintz after leaving the public school system at age thirteen, and educated according to the philosophy and methods known as unschooling. www.educationrevolution.org danielsagemusic.com

Jerry Mintz is the founder and director of the Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO) and a prominent figure in the alternative school movement in the US. Additionally to his seventeen years as a school principal and teacher, he has helped found more than fifty public and private alternative schools and organizations. He is the author of No Homework and Recess All Day: How to Have Freedom and Democracy in Education, and editor of several other alternative education titles. Daniel Sage is an aspiring singer/songwriter and musician who was mentored by Mintz after leaving the public school system at age thirteen, and educated according to the philosophy and methods known as unschooling. www.educationrevolution.org danielsagemusic.com

Jerry Mintz is the founder and director of the Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO) and a prominent figure in the alternative school movement in the US. Additionally to his seventeen years as a school principal and teacher, he has helped found more than fifty public and private alternative schools and organizations. He is the author of No Homework and Recess All Day: How to Have Freedom and Democracy in Education, and editor of several other alternative education titles. Daniel Sage is an aspiring singer/songwriter and musician who was mentored by Mintz after leaving the public school system at age thirteen, and educated according to the philosophy and methods known as unschooling. www.educationrevolution.org danielsagemusic.com

Tom Shroder is an award winning journalist, writer and book editor. His latest book, Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy and the Power to Heal, examines the therapeutic powers of psychedelics and the history of their use in therapy. Shroder was formerly the editor of The Washington Post Magazine, and he is also the author of Old Souls: Scientific Search for Proof of Past Lives.

Tom Shroder is an award winning journalist, writer and book editor. His latest book, Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy and the Power to Heal, examines the therapeutic powers of psychedelics and the history of their use in therapy. Shroder was formerly the editor of The Washington Post Magazine, and he is also the author of Old Souls: Scientific Search for Proof of Past Lives.

Andrew Clover is a writer, newspaper columnist and film and TV actor. His latest novel, The Things I’d Miss, is inspired by an accident he experienced during which he says he found himself outside of his body, travelling instantly between his children in two locations, and reviewing moments from his life.

Andrew Clover is a writer, newspaper columnist and film and TV actor. His latest novel, The Things I’d Miss, is inspired by an accident he experienced during which he says he found himself outside of his body, travelling instantly between his children in two locations, and reviewing moments from his life.

Simon G. Powell is a musician, film-maker and author of two books, The Psilocybin Solution and Darwin’s Unfinished Business. He was recently a speaker on the subject of the Natural Intelligence paradigm at the Annual International Bioethics Forum in Wisconsin, USA. Powell is an advocate for the transformative potential of psychedelics such as psilocybin mushrooms and in this podcast speaks of how they initiated and propelled his own work. Music for this episode is by Simon himself, with tracks Good Trip and Back to Consciousness, both available on Simon’s YouTube channel.