Jaymee's Dharma brother Devendra Banhart returns as guest host of this episode to interview Jaymee on the subject of spiritual practice and unconditional love. LOVE IS THE AUTHOR PODCAST: produced, edited and hosted by Jaymee Carpenter.  BOOK SPIRITUAL MENTORSHIP SESSIONS w/ JAYMEE: [email protected]  INSTAGRAM: @loveistheauthor / @unconventionalgardener CONTACT: [email protected]

David Nichtern, founder of Dharma Moon and Krishna Das's tasteful guitarist for over 30 years, returns to the podcast to deep dive Tibetan Buddhism with Jaymee, and chuckle heartily at some of the absurd scenarios produced within the modern day spiritual unfoldment of a householder. On Tuesday, May 7th, 2024, Duncan Trussell will join David for a FREE live online event exploring the profound practices of mindfulness and the journey of becoming a meditation teacher. Click here for more info...

Tulku Orgyen P'huntsok Rinpoche is a Vajrayana Buddhist teacher originally from a place called Pemaköd in Tibet, known as the secret land of rainbows. His now lives and teaches in Santa Barbara, CA, and is one of Jaymee's root guru's within the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. This is an expansive discussion on the nature of emptiness, the fundamentals of Buddhism, how to generate selfless service and the secret recipe to having a healthy debate without aggression. TULKU...

Bob Roth is the CEO of The David Lynch Foundation who has been a teacher of Transcendental Meditation for over 50 years. He's taught some of the worlds greatest entertainers and artists including Martin Scorcese, Katy Perry, Hugh Jackman and Oprah Winfrey, and he genuinely wants to teach and you next. BOB ROTH WEB: ⁠www.meditationbob.com DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION: www.davidlynchfoundation.org LOVE IS THE AUTHOR PODCAST: produced, edited and hosted by Jaymee Carpenter.  SOUND MIXED: Chris...

This is a conversation between Jaymee and his spiritual teacher, Vajrayana Buddhist master Lama Lhanang Rinpoche. Recorded in person in Jaymee and Lacee's bedroom in front of an audience of spiritual friends gathered for a blessing ceremony in their home on April 4, 2024. LAMA LHANANG ONLINE: www.buddhistsandiego.com LOVE IS THE AUTHOR PODCAST: produced, edited and hosted by Jaymee Carpenter. INSTAGRAM: @loveistheauthor / @unconventionalgardener BOOK SPIRITUAL MENTORSHIP SESSIONS...

Daren Thomas Magee is a multidisciplinary artist and the creative force behind the lifestyle brand Real Fun, Wow! Jaymee and Daren are former co-hosts of a weekly podcast titled Mystical/Cynical based on their friendship, which produced 60 episodes over two seasons and created a loyal fanbase around the world. This is Daren and Jaymee's first recorded conversation together since the show ended in 2022. SHOP REAL FUN WOW!: www.realfunwow.com DAREN'S PODCAST:...

Jaymee and his partner/manager Lacee Dilmore share the intimate details of their truly unique relationship, and the spiritual practices they rely on to sustain their love and sanity. Recorded on the afternoon of Lacee's 39th birthday (March 18 2024). LOVE IS THE AUTHOR PODCAST: hosted, produced, and edited by Jaymee Carpenter. INSTAGRAM: @loveistheauthor + @unconventionalgardener BOOK SPIRITUAL MENTORSHIP SESSIONS w/ JAYMEE or LACEE!  email: [email protected] CONTACT:...

Jaymee and Krishna Das have an uncommon conversation about music, devotion, surrender, cynicism, and silence. KRISHNA DAS WEB: www.krishnadas.com LARRY BRILLIANT BOOK: www.larrybrilliant.com LOVE IS THE AUTHOR PODCAST: produced, edited and hosted by Jaymee Carpenter.  SOUND MIXED: Chris Faller INSTAGRAM: @krishnadasmusic / @loveistheauthor / @unconventionalgardener MANAGEMENT/INFO/BOOK SPIRITUAL MENTORSHIP SESSIONS w/...

Kim Krans (creator of THE WILD UNKNOWN TAROT series) makes her second appearance on the podcast. Sarah Hyland is a comedic actress and former cast member of MTV’s Punk'd and Fox's Mad TV. Kim and Sarah did not know each other prior to the recording of this episode, a social experiment Jaymee curated which led to one of the most unique and hilarious discussions this podcast has ever hosted. KIM KRANS WEB: https://kimkrans.com/ SARAH HYLAND WEB: https://sarahhylandisfunny.com/bio LOVE IS...

Legendary tattoo artist Robert Ryan returns for his third and most potent conversation with Jaymee, discussing the release of his first tarot deck TAROT TANTRA ESOTERICA and third book, a hearty companion guide to the tarot deck under the same name. The conversation was recorded in Devendra Banhart's living room on a beautiful afternoon in Los Angeles, and covers a range of subjects dripping with mystical and artistic wonder. TAROT TANTRA ESOTERICA:...

Nanea Reeves is the CEO & C0-Founder of TRIPP, a mind bending VR meditation app named one of Time Magazines "Best Inventions of 2022". Nanea is also the widow of Jaymee's legendary mentor Vic Anderson, the man who taught Jaymee how to meditate 20 years ago and introduced him to Tibetan Buddhism. This is the first long form conversation Nanea and Jaymee have had since Vic's passing in 2015, and she shares in detail how she helped Vic achieve beautiful death in his last two months on Earth,...

Nick Mulvey is a UK artist who's music is deeply emotional, pushing the boundaries of songwriting and sound, traditional and experimental, acoustic and electronic. In the past he's collaborated with Ram Dass and East Forest, and his newest single "Freedom Now" (released today 2.13.24) is his most ambitious piece of music to date, a collaboration with Grammy Award winning Pakistani singer Arooj Aftab and legendary Iranian actress/musician Golshifteh Farahani. Nick has been one of Jaymee's...

This episode features an epic conversation with Kim Krans, visionary multidisciplinary artist, author, and the creator of The New York Times Bestseller THE WILD UNKNOWN TAROT series. Her first solo album in 10 years MIRRORMIRROR (released 2/2/24) is a stunning devotional album, featuring a duet with recent guest of the podcast Jim James of My Morning Jacket. Jaymee is a longtime fan of Kim's work, and the creative sparks fly between the two new friends for 90 minutes, discussing everything...

Juliette Lewis is an iconic artist who needs no introduction. She's been avoiding interview requests for a while from the mainstream, but recently became a fan of Love Is The Author and sought Jaymee out to have a deeper conversation on the process of cultivating intuition, navigating suffering, and liberating the artistic spirit. She also shares the secret inspirations behind some of her most legendary roles, including Mallory Knox from Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers. "Was it fate or...

Shannon Lay is one of Jaymee's favorite independent recording artists, who's last three Sub Pop releases "August", "Geist", and "Covers, Vol. 1" were celebrated roundly by both critics and die hard music fans, cementing her as one of the most exciting artists in freak folk scene. Shannon: "I got to have the most lovely chat with Jaymee on the Love Is The Author podcast. We spanned a lot of territory and touched on the complexity of everything and nothing. We laughed and we cried and we invite...

Jim James is the frontman of the legendary rock group My Morning Jacket. He is one of Jaymee's favorite songwriters and human beings of all time, a modern day mystic in the tradition of artists like George Harrison, Alice Coltrane and Andre 3000. This is a deeply therapeutic conversation between two new friends exchanging notes of personal healing, spiritual growth and devotion, and the art of surrender. Jim shares how the song "Wonderful (The Way I Feel)" arrived from a depressive spell, and...

This episode features an interview with musician/artist ZAAD AZMI, a 27 year old mentee of Jaymee's who was diagnosed with schizophrenia in his late teens. Jaymee was the Spiritual Director of a mental health treatment center ZAAD entered into in 2015, and the two began working together as clinician and patient, immediately developing creative ways of navigating his crippling diagnosis through the study of mysticism, the application of mindfulness techniques, and dedicated focus of art...

Samuel Bercholz is the legendary founder and editor in chief of Shambhala Publications. He is a close friend and mentor of Jaymee's who is making his sixth appearance on the podcast. Ivan Bercholz is the current Vice President of Shambhala Publications (Sam's son) who has run the family business for over a decade with his sister Sarah. This interview was conducted at the Fairmont Mirarmar Hotel in Santa Monica in Sam's suite on the 10th floor. Sam and Ivan were spending some last moments...

Tiger Lennon Carpenter returns to the podcast a 16 year old to hang with his old man and share some of the hard earned wisdom of his first two years in high school. Jaymee and Tiger begin the talk discussing music and it's role in maintaining Tiger's mental health, but the talk meanders into Tiger offering solid advice for adults desiring greater communication with children, what it's like growing up middle class surrounded by affluence, how Tiger felt being karmically recognized by Jaymee's...

Kyle Thomas is recording artist "KING TUFF", also known for being a member of the band "WITCH" and for his original freak folk project "FEATHERS". Jaymee feels Kyle's most recent album "SMALLTOWN STARDUST" (Sub Pop) is a masterpiece, a deeply spiritual album that isn't sneaking in religious messages or mantras; it's a call to return to the magic and simplicity of art creation, nature and friendship. Jaymee and Kyle become fast friends in this episode, which is rank with laughter, amazing...

Jaymee and his partner/manager Lacee are back with a two part "YAWN + LOKO" themed episode, sharing the series of highly auspicious circumstances that led to their being guests of the 3rd Annual Ram Dass Legacy Retreat in Maui. Fun stories of their private moments with legendary teachers David Nichtern, Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman, Annie Lamott and Neal Allen, and Krishna Das's extraordinary blessing of Jaymee's new mala beads. So much magic we had to split the episode into two...

Jaymee and Lacee are back with another YAWN + LOKO! themed episode, answering an exceptional batch of questions (posed by some of their mentees) ranging from relationship health to how to be a spiritual practitioner in a material world without aggression. Also discussed in this episode:  the important role imperfection plays within relationship how to creatively engage without attaching to results human beings emotional/intuitive relationship with pets the secret power of the...

Jaymee spends a solo episode questioning the solidity of self, and how to be a solid citizen and a householder in modern day society without compromising your spiritual beliefs. LOVE IS THE AUTHOR PODCAST: produced, edited, and hosted by Jaymee Carpenter. INSTAGRAM: @loveistheauthor + @unconventionalgardener + @zweifelstudios BOOK MENTORSHIP SESSIONS w/ JAYMEE or LACEE!  email: [email protected]

20 years ago Jaymee met an unbelievably talented songwriter named Benny who had been touring in a popular Beatles Cover band as the "Paul McCartney" of the group, who could mimic Paul's voice, movements and play multiple instruments like Paul to perfection. At one point Jaymee heard a collection of home recordings Benny had been compiling on a new digital home recording software using dial up internet (2003). The songs and recordings were heavily influenced musically by The Beatles, The Beach...