Mr. Salamander is an old friend of mine, I met early on in my tech career. At one point we started an unsuccessful start-up together. Since that time, he's achieved success in other ventures. In this episode we talk a lot about his family, including his father (a very successful and complicated entrepreneur in China); his immigrant experience of being 1st gen in Canada; his career in tech as well as his successful education ventures in the space; as well as a bit about my experience as an antique dealer in China

He joins me today at the outset of his next path in life. He quit his job and plans to travel the world on a spiritual quest. We hope he finds the answers he seeks.

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My guest today is going by the name Aurora Borealis. I first met her at an Ayahuasca ceremony I attended the year prior, and sensed then that she must be an interesting person with a story to tell. In this episode, we explore how doing some volunteer work in South Asia inadvertently led her to enrolling in university under the discipline of leisure studies; where she received grants to attend and profile some of the various festivals in western North America.

She is a prolific patient of plant medicine – some people might use the term ‘psychonaut’ - and recounts how her travels led her to the Sacred Valley in Peru attend a ceremony.

I really enjoyed the energy she brought to the podcast and hope you will might find something valuable in listening to her experiences.

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In this episode of episode of the Eclectic Folk podcast we welcome an individual - going by the name Mr. Octopus - who has spent much his recent life doing activism for setting up eco-villages.

At the start of the Covid pandemic he retrofitted a van and started exploring the Americas. He worked towards contributing to the set up of eco-villages in Costa Rica and British Columbia.

He has also spent a lot of time studying ‘Systems Theory’, which if you’re as clueless as I am about that means, this might be a good podcast to listen to.

He has also started a YouTube channel, ‘Being Untamed’. Check it out here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe1EkSkZb3q3_U0IYTsfP1w

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