No Simple Road
More than just a Grateful Dead Podcast, more than a music and culture show, something other than a family of cosmic wanderers.... Join the hosts of No Simple Road as they dive deep into the world of psychedelic exploration, music, art, and spirituality. Each week, they bring you captivating interviews with musicians, artists, authors, and visionaries from all walks of life. Join them on their long strange trip!
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Chris Dyer Visionary Artist - The Power Of Love
We’re honored this week to have Visionary Artist Chris Dyer as our guest. Chris is a Peruvian-Canadian artist based in Montreal, Quebec. Chris parts straight from the vision of his heart with artistic themes that include oneness, consciousness, persona...
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Heads Talking - Freezing Our Brains For Science
This week on Heads Talking we take on a hard hitting story from Reuters.com entitled 'Brain Freeze: Russian Firm Offers Path To Immortality For A Fee'. We get into some deep conversation around the nature of consciousness, immortality, The Si...
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Big Steve Parish - Story Time
We're extremely honored to have the one and only Big Steve Parish on No Simple Road as part of our lead up to Skull & Roses Festival. Steve Parish has been a primary member of the Grateful Dead family for 50 years. Steve first joined the band ...
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Heads Talking - The Goat Mayor and Hacking Your...
This week we tackle a hard hitting news story from CNN.com entitled 'The Candidates For Mayor In This Vermont Town: Two Dogs And a Goat' and follow it up with a story from marketwatch.com 'Hackers Are Ramping Up Attacks On Retirement Acc...
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Heads Talking - Big Brother In The Jungle and T...
This week on Heads Talking we tackle the hard hitting news! First is a discussion coming from onezero.medium.com entitled 'Wildlife Cameras Are Accidentally Capturing Humans Behaving Badly' where we head down the rabbit hole on digital snoopi...
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Nick MacDaniels of Big Something - Figuring Out...
Nick from Big Something joins the No Simple Road crew for a conversation about creating a set list with intention, the upcoming tour "The Royal Rumble' with Andy Frasco, how having a diverse age range in band members creates a unique synergy,...
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Daniel Donato - Returning To The Cosmic Country
This week we have the return of Guitarist Daniel Donato! From age 14, Donato has developed his brand of crisp, soulful, on-the-edge telecaster picking under bar lights, honing his skills and proving his mettle within the city’s prominent live ...
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Heads Talking - The Podcast for Fido and Fraken...
On Heads Talking we tackle the hard hitting news! This week we start with an article from reuters.com entitled, 'Spotify Launches Playlists For Dogs Left Home Alone' and then we get into an article form delish.com with the snappy title, ...
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Steve Kimock - Living A Beautiful Life
We're honored this week to have the one and only Steve Kimock as our guest! While one can say that his genre is rock, no one niche has ever confined him. Instead, through the years, he’s explored various sounds and styles based on what’s moved him...
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Heads Talking - Cannabis Edibles and the Horny ...
On Heads Talking we tackle the hard hitting stories! This week we talk about an article from www.abcnews.com entitled, 'Marijuana Edibles Might Not Be As Safe As Originally Thought, Health Experts Warn' and then get into a little something mo...
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Jon 'The Barber' Gutwillig Of The Disco Biscuit...
Jon ‘The Barber’ Gutwillig, guitarist of the Disco Biscuits, is our illustrious guest this week on No Simple Road! We talk to Jon about his feeling of an “all new” Biscuits, creating the ‘Tractor Beam’ segments of their shows, throwing a huge festival...
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Heads Talking - Bed Bugs and Plant Based Ice Cream
This week's 'Heads Talking' takes on the hard hitting news. CNN.com gave us this gem: "Bedbugs Were Released in a Pennsylvania Walmart and now police are investigating" written by Alaa Elassar on 1/5/2020. We talk about the psy...
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In Memory of Jerry Schafer (my Dad) - A Grand A...
This morning we woke to news that my Dad had graduated from Earth. We had another episode ready for you all but No Simple Road has always been honest, open, real conversations. We're jumping in head first into the grief process with the NSR Family...
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Heads Talking - Is The Air Making You Sad?
The first mini episode of a little new something extra from the No Simple Road Crew. Each week we will take a new non-political topic and discuss our opinions, musings, pontifications, and extrapolations on a news article or noteworthy happening.This...
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Scott Amendola of Amendola VS. Blades - Finding...
If told about a band that consisted of only keyboards and drums, one wouldn’t be faulted for thinking, “Where’s the rest of the group?” But one listen to Amendola Vs. Blades—the funky California-based duo of Wil Blades on Hammond organ and clavinet and...
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Noah Lampert of The Synchronicty Podcast - Sync...
This week's guest is Noah Lampert! Noah hosts The Synchronicity Podcast which is a show dedicated to examining the subtle realities that connect us all. He speaks with new guests to find out their unique perspectives on life, reality and beyond an...
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Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear - Taking To The ...
With a penchant for wildly original songs drawing from timeless American genres such as roots, folk, Americana, and blues, the duo of Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear has risen from the coffeehouse circuit of their Midwest hometown of Independence...
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The Ballroom Thieves - Stealing A Dance
This week's guests is Martin from The Ballroom Thieves! Incorporating musical styles that range from Motown to classic rock and metal, Unlovely (their new album coming in February 2020) maintains the recognizable, nostalgia-tinged sound of The...
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Jam In The Van - On The Road
This week's guests are the guys from Jam In The Van! They are the solar powered mobile recording studio and YouTube Channel that’s changing the way the world discovers new music.Launched in 2011 as a backyard project inspired by a love for music...
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Colin Frangicetto of Circa Survive - Becoming T...
Colin Frangicetto is an artist and guitarist for the experimental rock outfit Circa Survive. Colin came to hang out on The Porch with us this week to talk about his art, his recent journey to The Amazon and encounter with Ayahuasca, how that journey...
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Amoramora - Feeling More
This week's we sit down on The Porch with the guys from Amoramora. Amoramora is a working, traveling, multi-purpose quartet playing an eclectic mix of improvisational gumbo - blending and stirring together integral aspects of Psychedelic Rock, Fun...
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Jesse Farar of Old Salt Union - Making Somethin...
This week's guest is Jesse Farar from Old Salt Union! Jesse Farrar (for the indie rock heads - yes, he’s related – Son Volt front man Jay Farrar is Jesse’s uncle) brings an alternative rock spirit as well as his unique formative experiences as a h...
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Jason Hann of The String Cheese incident - Wrap...
It’s the 25th Anniversary year of The String Cheese Incident and we had the pleasure of sitting down with percussionist and wizard Jason Hann before the show at the Cuthbert Amphitheater in Eugene. We talked about how doing interviews with strangers...
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The Lost Monarchs - Seeing The Forest Through T...
We got a chance to hang out with The Lost Monarchs and talk about synchronicity creating their band, having multiple layers of meaning to the name of a band, transcending friendship into brotherhood, creating a'concept' album, and a whole bun...
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Author Jason Gershuny - Reading The Book
Jason Gershuny, co-author of ‘100 Things every Phish Fan Should Know And Do Before They Die’ hangs out on The Porch with us this week! We dig deep into his musical roots with the Grateful Dead and his moment of understanding, getting duped by Phish on...
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