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Garrett McNamara is a world-record-breaking big-wave surf legend, and Nicole McNamara is an environmental educator, strategist, and his core safety and support partner. They are the stars of the Emmy Award-Winning HBO Documentary Series 100 Foot Wave. Nicole and Garrett catch up with Jaymee discussing their homegrown spiritual life, secrets for conflict resolution in partnership, stories that didn't make it onto 100 Foot Wave (they wish had), managing their influence with humility, plant medicine journeys and their dedication to raising the bar of conscious parenting. This episode is a unique glimpse behind the scenes of one of the greatest partnerships in surfing, and one of the greatest love stories of all time.

Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com to set up a free consultation, or visit: http://www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship

LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, edited and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter.

MIXED BY: Chris Faller

OPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music and Sheela Bringi.

OPENING SONG 2: Poli Harmony by Benjamin Carpenter

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music and Sheela Bringi.

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Former death row inmate and best selling author Damien Echols returns for his third conversation with Jaymee on the podcast in 3 months. Together they contemplate passages from the Shambhala Publications classic Crazy Wisdom by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, God vs. Buddhism, intelligence vs. wisdom, and the healing power of relationship for the prison of our mind. Damien's new book The Alchemy Of The Broken Blade is available wherever fine books are sold.

Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com to set up a free consultation, or visit: http://www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship

LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, edited and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter.

MIX BY: Chris Faller

OPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music and Sheela Bringi.

OPENING SONG 2: Poli Harmony by Benjamin Carpenter

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music and Sheela Bringi.

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FAN CONTACT: lacee@loveistheauthor.com

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As Jaymee's 50th birthday approaches, the Street Monk himself reflects in a solo episode on his incredible life journey: from homelessness and addiction to recovery, fatherhood, spiritual mentorship, and key life lessons learned: how to love, how to believe, how to see the things behind things behind things until we only see ourselves. Encounters along the way with The Deftones, MC Ren, Jaleel White, playing music and acting on That 70's Show, owning a rehab, and finding Tibetan Buddhism and unlocking a life path of service.

Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com to set up a free consultation, or visit: http://www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship

LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter.

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OPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music and Sheela Bringi.

OPENING SONG 2: Poli Harmony by Benjamin Carpenter

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music and Sheela Bringi.

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David Nichtern is a longtime Buddhist teacher, founder of Dharma Moon, author, musician and Emmy-winning composer whose life has unfolded at the peculiar intersection of meditation, creativity, culture, livelihood and the everyday predicament of being a person. Davidreturns to the podcast for his fouth appearance, wandering through territory the LITA audience is most interested in: how to live the dharma when you’re not sitting on a cushion. Plus discussions on making a living without attachment, how to have sustainable relationships, and what happens when ancient wisdom is forced to survive contact with modern life.

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LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter.

MIXED BY: Chris Faller

OPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music and Sheela Bringi.

OPENING SONG 2: Poli Harmony by Benjamin Carpenter.

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music and Sheela Bringi.

Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com to set up a free consultation, or visit: http://www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship

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Shamelle Gonzalez is a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner, translator, editor, retreatant, and the human being behind Jaymee’s favorite Instagram account, @PemaLotus, an extraordinary resource for authentic Tibetan Buddhist teachings. A conversation about what happens when the Dharma stops being something you’re interested in and becomes the architecture of your life.

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OPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music and Sheela Bringi.

OPENING SONG 2: Poli Harmony by Benjamin Carpenter.

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music and Sheela Bringi.

Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com to set up a free consultation, or visit: http://www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship

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Mystical/Cynical is a podcast formerly hosted by artist Daren Thomas Magee aka Real Fun, Wow! and Jaymee that boasts three seasons and 100 episodes. It's been a year and change since they ended the show, so Love Is The Author is hosting a two hour reunion show for end times sake.

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LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, music, mixed and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter.

OPENING/CLOSING SONG: Sexual Chocolate by Jaymee Carpenter

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KOANHEADS is a Buddhist-based conversation between former death row inmate and best selling author Damien Echols, certified mindfulness teacher Chris Carmena, and Jaymee focusing specifically on the Zen tradition, practices and homegrown realizations. Damien's new book The Alchemy Of The Broken Blade was released this week and is available wherever fine books are sold.

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Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com to set up a free consultation, or visit: http://www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship

LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter.

SOUND MIX: Chris Faller

OPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

OPENING SONG 2: Poli Harmony by Benjamin Carpenter

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com to set up a free consultation, or visit: http://www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship

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In one of the most intimate conversations ever shared on Love Is The Author, Jaymee sits down his mother Victoria Roberts for a conversation about how she survived a decade of horrific sexual abuse by her father, the silence and self-blame she carried, and the spiritual life raft that preserved something in her no one could touch. She recounts confronting her abuser, reclaiming her innocence, and discovering a forgiveness that neither excuses the unforgivable nor requires reconciliation. Mother and son read the letters that helped reroute the pain of their family history: hers to the father who violated her trust, and the prophetic letter she later sent Jaymee when addiction had brought him to his knees—a letter that did not shame him into changing, but loved him into remembering who he was. This is not a story about remaining a victim. It is a story about firm-footed honesty, sacred boundaries, and the rebel spirit that can emerge from the wreckage still capable of making peace.

Content note: This episode contains candid discussion of childhood sexual abuse and addiction.

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Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com to set up a free consultation, or visit: http://www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship

LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter.

SOUND MIX: Chris Faller

OPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

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John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s close friend, assistant and artistic collaborator Dan Richter takes us even deeper behind the doors of rock-and-roll history in part two of their conversation, recalling the making of Imagine with Phil Spector, what The Beatles’ breakup looked like from inside John and Yoko’s world, and John’s enduring artistic rivalry with Paul McCartney. He shares how Yoko’s relentless devotion to peace helped shape John’s creative evolution—and introduces us to a rarely seen side of Lennon, including his secret passion for doing hair. Dan reveals what he believes was the secret ingredient behind John Lennon’s musical genius, and at one point during the conversation the ghost of John Lennon interrupts the interview. Get ready for another intimate dose of two of the worlds most revolutionary artists told by someone who wasn’t merely there— he was part of the story.

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Interested in Trauma Counseling/Mentorship with Jaymee? email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com to set up a free consultation, or visit: ⁠www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship⁠

LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter.

SOUND MIX: Chris Faller

OPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

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This episode features Jaymee’s conversation with artist Dan Richter—immortalized as Moonwatcher in Stanley Kubrick’s cinematic masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey, a role he not only performed but choreographed while in the grip of heroin addiction. Dan takes us behind the eyes of one of cinema’s most iconic figures and into the astonishing life that followed. From 1969 to 1973, he served as John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s assistant and artistic collaborator—and is credited with taking the iconic cover photograph for Lennon’s first solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. Through Dan’s intimate recollections, we encounter John, Yoko, and Kubrick not as legends, but as people. His extraordinary journey placed him among some of the most influential artists and visionaries of the 20th century, including The Beatles, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Harry Smith, and Ram Dass—all while Dan emerged as a potent artist in his own right. He also shares the remarkable story of his 42 years of sobriety, which began when John and Yoko created an improvised rehabilitation sanctuary for him inside their home at Tittenhurst Park. For Beatles, Kubrick, and counterculture devotees who think they already know the story: sit back and prepare for your software update.

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Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com to set up a free consultation, or visit: http://www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship

LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter.

SOUND MIX: Chris Faller

OPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

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Jaymee's spiritual teacher Lama Lhanang Rinpoche returns to the podcast for his 6th recorded conversation on LITA. Lama Lhanang is a Vajrayana Buddhist teacher from Tibet, now the director of the Jigme Lingpa Center in San Diego, who is hosting the upcoming Celebration Of Awakening: World Peace Through Inner Peace event at St. David's Episcopal Church in San Diego on September 19th. He is an author of many books including The Tibetan Book Of The Dead For Beginners, as well as an accomplished painter, feng shui master and former physician in Tibet.

SPONSORED BY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yerbamadre.com⁠

LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter.

SOUND MIX: Chris Faller

OPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee or Lacee? email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com to set up a free consultation, or visit: http://www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship

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Jaymee and Lacee share how they turned their recent miscarriage into a method for spiritual awakening, how they've tended to their grief while practicing non-attachment, and why they feel love is limitlessness that transcends death.

SPONSORED BY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yerbamadre.com⁠

Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee or Lacee? email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com to set up a free consultation, or visit: http://www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship

LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter.

SOUND MIX: Chris Faller

OPENING SONG: Tripura Subdari by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

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Keith Slettedahl is an American songwriter/musician and lead singer of the pop rock band The 88 who perform the opening theme to the Emmy Award winning sitcom Community. He's played with legendary artists like Ray Davies, Elliott Smith, Elvis Costello, The Zombies and The Flaming Lips, but what most people don't know about the charismatic frontman is that he's a spiritual giant posing as a householder, who's lived the past 24 years sober on a steady diet of "not knowing". Keith is mentor of Jaymee's, a close friend and music collaborator. The two gentlemen discuss the creative power of humility, the mechanism of mentorship, the miracle of 12 Step Recovery, playing Kinks songs with Ray Davies, and the unlikely book that not only cured his debilitating back pain, but ushered in a revolution of the mind.

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LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter.

SOUND MIX: Chris Faller

OPENING SONG: Gangstalean by JJ RAM (Jaymee Carpenter).

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

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Yawn & Loko return with the biggest little announcement of their lives. In a deep conversation about the depths of intimacy in partnership, ego death and beholding the great mystery, Jaymee and Lacee share the news they’ve been waiting to tell: they're expecting their first child together.

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LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter.

SOUND MIX: Chris Faller

OPENING SONG: Tripura Subdari by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

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Mitch Horowitz is a PEN Award-winning historian, writer, and lecturer who explores the intersections of metaphysics, ethics, and self-transformation. He is the author of over a dozen books including his newest release Esoterika: Formula's Against The False Self. Jaymee and Mitch have a two hour discussion on the inconvenient recipe for unconditional love, human rights for witches, Christian Science, honoring the debt of our ancestry, and how all good things grow from the dirt.

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LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter.

SOUND MIX: Chris Faller

OPENING SONG: Tripura Subdari by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

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Sam Bercholz is a senior teacher in the Nyingma and Kagyu lineages of Tibetan Buddhism and the founder of Shambhala Publications. He was a close disciple of Kyabje Thinley Norbu Rinpoche and Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and was empowered by them to teach and given the title Acharya (religious instructor). Samuel returns for his eleventh conversation with Jaymee on the podcast to promote his new book Rude Awakenings: An unconventional guide to the Buddhist path (out August 25). Recorded on the Buddhist holy day Chökor Duchen live at the home of Devendra Banhart, with sangha members, friends and family present.

LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter.

SOUND MIX: Chris Faller

OPENING SONG: Tripura Subdari by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

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For the first time, Jaymee welcomes his 16-year-old daughter, Siabelle Darling Carpenter, to Love Is The Author for an extraordinary conversation on self-love, spirituality, emotional intelligence, friendship, and the gift of truly listening. We invite you to spend some time tripping in the unified field of their father/daughter bond, and to ask yourself the deeper questions along with them.

LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter.

SOUND MIX: Chris Faller

OPENING SONG: Tripura Subdari by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

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Bob Roth—legendary teacher, author, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, and one of the most influential figures in the Transcendental Meditation movement—takes the host’s chair to explore the life and journey of Jaymee Carpenter. Over the past five decades, Bob has introduced meditation to everyone from Martin Scorsese, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks, and Jonah Hill to hundreds of thousands of students around the world. Through his longtime collaboration with filmmaker David Lynch, Bob has helped bring Transcendental Meditation to more than 500,000 underserved youth across 35 countries.

A longtime supporter of Jaymee’s work, Bob has expressed a desire for years to sit down and uncover the story behind the storyteller. In this special and deeply personal episode, Jaymee opens up about his life, spiritual path, struggles, inspirations, and the experiences that shaped Love Is The Author. A true role reversal—and a profound honor for your host.

Special thanks to Coulter Jacobs (CJLA) for the cover art.

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LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter.

SOUND MIX: Jonah Levine

OPENING SONG: Tripura Subdari by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

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Damien Echols is a bestselling American author who spent nearly half his life wrongfully imprisoned on death row as one of the West Memphis Three, documented in the three-part HBO series Paradise Lost, as well as director Amy Berg's documentary West Of Memphis. This is not a conversation about true crime... it's a conversation about how meditation, spiritual study and ritual turned his prison stay into a monastery for his spiritual awakening, leading ultimately to not only his release from prison, but one of the greatest love stories ever told, and the secret recipe for forgiveness.

LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter.

SOUND MIX: Jonah Levine

OPENING SONG: Tripura Subdari by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela Bringi

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Jess Damuck was one of Martha Stewart’s right hands in creating magazines and television shows for over a decade. She is now a creative director, food stylist, and the author of the bestselling cookbooks Salad Freak, Health Nut, and Open Wide with Benny Blanco. "Martha Stewart is my guru!" Musician John Moods is a German-Polish songwriter and recording artist who's intention is to listen to the heart and liberate it from the desires of wanting or trying to be cool. The two close friends took a road trip from LA to visit Jaymee in Ojai for the day at a highly transitional time in both their lives, which resulted in a deeply intimate conversation on topics ranging from the inspiration behind John's iconic mustache, Jess's ranking as the #4 listener of Arthur Russell on Spotify in 2025, the invitation to take the 'Leap of love' in life, the mystical white van that saved Jaymee's life, and that artists themselves are the true unfinished project. Plus the skinny on Jess's new cookbook (due this year), the mystery of John's unfinished album, and so much more.

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