It’s almost Halloween 2020; what better way to celebrate than with a spooky ghost story! Sit back and enjoy while I tell you a tale about love, tragedy , fire , feuds and dangerous secret waves. This is a story based on actual events. I blended them together with a dream that I had and rumors that were explained to me from first hand accounts. This episode is experimental, so hopefully you can appreciate my acting and singing! Please rate and review this podcast. ...

An eight hundred year old odyssey, that echos into our present day, resonating themes of destiny, tragedy, lust, murder, ritual, rebellion and revenge. Explore the ancient martial art of pencak silat which harnesses inner power and perpetuates the dreams of millions of Indonesians. Allow yourself to consider surfing as a martial art and imagine a scenario where common men transcend social hierarchy and permanently...

We are all the protagonists of our own stories. Although I am no one’s hero, most people enjoy an origin tale. Listen as I walk you down a path littered with surfing obsession, heavy metal music, satanic panic, Christian conversions, missionary boot camp, Egypt, Israel , Mossad Israeli secret agents, MK Ultra mind control, Kelly Slater’s virginity, Fundamentalist Indonesian Christian militants, Point Loma Nazarene University, beach brawls, Theosophy, the ghost of Edgar Cayce, Atlantis, the...

Hello, Today is March 31, 2021. This is Phil Goodrich with a special follow up to my previous episode about Kary Mullis, the Nobel prize winning surfer that invented PCR, Polemerase Chain reaction. . In episode 5, I mentioned that I had reached out to his widow to ask her some questions regarding the timing of his death. She was gracious enough to give me some new insights about his health so I feel its necessary to clear things up because I made a mistake. I was wrong to imply that there was...

Dr. Kary Banks Mullis was a fascinating and complicated man. After winning a Nobel Prize in 1993 the first thing he did was go surfing. His discovery has been called the most important in the last century and it has been used to exonerate falsely accused men on death row; and most recently we have all been faced with being tested by a product of his method. His mysterious death in 2019 has led some people to believe that there is more to the story. In this episode I’ll tell you the story of...

This is a tribute to Jean Da Silva. He was an extraordinary surfer and a beautiful human being. On November 24, 2017 Jean passed away. I’m not an authority on mental health but this is my attempt to come to terms with what happened. *warning* this episode talks about suicide. Show notes. : https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ 1(800)273-8255 Brazil https://ibpf.org/resource/suicide-hotline-brazil/ Australia...

In this episode I'll tell you the origin story of surfing at Nias Island's Lagundri Bay. 3 Australian surfers made the discovery of a wave that has become as sacred to surfers, as Mecca is to Muslims. Even though Christianity had spread throughout the island since the early 1900's, There was still an undercurrent of evil flowing just beneath the surface. Written, narrated, and produced by Phil Goodrich show notes and references: The Tell-Tale Heart: Conversion and Emotion in Nias...

In this premier episode I’ll tell you about the early history of Nias island, Indonesia. Rockstar anthropologist Elio Modigliani takes the risk of a lifetime in 1886 Colonial Dutch territory and goes where no other foreigner had dared to venture. It’s Science and technology versus Spiritual beliefs and a story that resonates in the chaos of 2020. Show notes : ...

A journey down a path created from art and surfing