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Antarctica is enormous. Five million square miles of ice and silence. No wonder it's the subject of so much wonder, and so many stories and rumors. In this episode of The Liminal, we explore the mysteries of Antarctica -- from its earliest exploration, to strange maps showing a world unfamiliar to the one we know, to secret military outposts and hidden openings in the ice. I hope you've dressed warmly...   *  *  * Show Notes Secretary of State John Kerry speaking at McMurdo Station https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlC7Q9xS78k&t=100s Secretary of State John Kerry's press secretary announces his Antarctica trip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNOn1MmPmZY&t=5s Patriarch Kiril and Pope Francis meet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QdP3USs49w Patriarch Kiril in Antarctica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmXPbK2HgxE Buzz Aldrin interviewed about Antarctica rescue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUIxHVzmKvU Vladimir Putin Press Conference Announcing Antarctica expedition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sche5wNSYek World's largest marine sanctuary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l1VPn3aKmE Text of Antarctica treaty: https://www.nsf.gov/geo/opp/antarct/anttrty.jsp Navy Antarctic documentary, "The Secret Land" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbwszXc5G5s Admiral Byrd's "Secret" Diary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfgt4aW8mY0&t=266s Original text of Hawaiian Gazette article on Antarctic map: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1907-01-11/ed-1/seq-2 Graham Hancock on the Piri Reis map https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK19mpdkbBU Interview with Army officer "Brian S." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlOPsidcBfo   *  *  *   Music 1. Oxygen Garden, Chris Zabriskie 2. It's Glowing Red Hot, Chris Zabriskie 3. Oneiri, Kai Engel 4. Out of the Skies Under the Earth, Chris Zabriskie 5. The Oceans Continue to Rise, Chris Zabriskie 6. Delirium, Kai Engel 7. Somnolence, Kai Engel 8. That Hopeful Future is all I've Ever Known, Chris Zabriskie 9. Divider, Chris Zabriskie 10. Amnesthesia, Kid Cholera   *  *  *   The Liminal http://www.theliminal.co https://twitter.com/liminalco https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-liminal/id1260370041?mt=2  

Have you ever had the feeling that you've experienced something before, but knew that you hadn't? In this episode of The Liminal, we'll experience déjà vu, and explore three different explanations for it. Is déjà vu the result of a brain malfunction? Is it the effect of profound pattern recognition felt at the subconscious level? Or is it a memory of a past life bleeding through into the present one?

In this episode of The Liminal, we're going to look at the future in a new way: through stories. Not stories that describe the future, but futures that look strangely like stories that were told long beforehand...

What happens to consciousness when we create the illusion of disembodiment? For over half a century, people have used isolation tanks to see what happens to perception when sight, sound, and touch are taken out of the equation. If you've never explored this subject, you're in for a fascinating journey. Because you can't talk about isolation tanks without talking about the counter culture from which they came, the people who created and used them, psychedelics, out of body experiences, extrasensory perception, non-human intelligent entities, and, as it turns out, spectral dolphins. In this episode, The Liminal welcomes its first guest, Lee Shulman, to discuss the fascinating world of floating…   Show Notes: Our guest was Lee Shulman. You can follow him on Twitter here. Altered States Dr. John Lilly The Deep Self: Consciousness Exploration in the Isolation Tank, by John C. Lilly Tanks for the Memories: Floatation Tank Talks, by John C. Lilly Center of the Cyclone: Looking into Inner Space, by John C. Lilly Warren Ellis's newsletter is called Orbital Operations. You can hear more of Kid Cholera's music here.    

Mysterious sounds from space suggest that the reality we know (and hear) is much smaller than we thought. 

How would you explain a dream to someone who had never had one before? In this episode, Christopher Butler explores a variety of ideas about what dreaming actually is, including theories of mind-maintenance, oneiromancy, and astral travel.

In this first episode, host Christopher Butler introduces The Liminal with a story about Charles Fort and his vision of "a procession of the damned."