Mind Under Matter

Today we have 2 of the co-founders of Meow Wolf on the show!

Meow Wolf is a unique art collective that started as a small group of artists in Santa Fe, New Mexico, dumpster diving for materials and creating immersive art installations in temporary spaces. Over the years, the group grew and evolved into a permanent business, creating an immersive art empire that has captivated audiences around the world.

We explore the origins of Meow Wolf and how they grew from a small group of artists to a massive art collective that spans multiple locations and has hundreds of employees.

We also learn about the unique culture of Santa Fe and how it attracts artists and creatives from around the world. We delve into the psyche of the city and explore why it has become a hub for fringe thinkers, psychonauts, and transients.

https://meowwolf.com/about

Thanks so much for listening, watching, and supporting the show!

Creator of Comedy Central's 'Tales From The Trip' Grant Lindahl is back on the show.  In this second installement, Shane and Grant try to write a new Tales From The Trip together.

Hear about Grant's first psychedelic experience and how psychedelics made him less trippy.  Then enjoy Shane hashes out some new stories with Grant and they talk about what it might look like.

Follow this psychedelic gremlin on instagram at @artschoolacid and check out http://grantdraws.com/ 

Stay up to date with my tour: https://www.shanemauss.com/

Pete Holmes is the host of the fantastic podcast 'You Made It Weird'.  Shane owes many of his fans to his appearances on his show.

Pete has combined spirituality and comedy like no one else.  If you have not seen Pete's show 'Crashing' on HBO, it is absolutely amazing!

Always fun to talk about comedy, philosophy, wild stories, and pee-holes with ole Petey Boy.

If you ever get a chance to see Pete live, he is one of the very best in the business https://peteholmes.com/ 

Listen anywhere you pod.  Watch on YT or Spotify

Subscribe to my mailing list for tour updates!
https://www.shanemauss.com/

Happy International MUM Day!!

Today I'm hanging out with the incredibly talented and funny animator behind Tales from the Trip! Grant shares his story of how he got started with art, growing up in an isolated environment, and how Tales from the Trip was born.

Check out the latest Tales from the Trip featuring Shane and Ramin!
https://youtu.be/6VBMXKSSQUs

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Myq Kaplan joins Minds Under Matter as the first guest Ramin to talk all about love!

Myq is Shane’s oldest friend in comedy joins the show to talk about love of career, friends, and significant others.

Myq is one of the most clever, thoughtful, prolific comedians in the business.  You check out all of his stand up on https://myqkaplan.com

Listen in to hear two old friends have fun philosophical conversations about life.

Tune into this announcement episode to hear Shane discuss all that is new with the show.

This short episode will give some context for the MUM expansion.

Then enjoy the new Valentine’s Day Episode!

The Offsprung Boys of Comedy reflect on some of the generational and regional anomalies between humans and most other life on the planet.

We're one of the few species that care for our children's children, even after we are unable to reproduce. We discuss some of our own relationships with our grandmothers and share some fun memories.

Watch The OBC™ on YT or Spotify or listen wherever you podcast to get the answers to life’s most important questions.

The Catnip Boys of Comedy™ explore the evolution of (lack of) domestic of our toxoplasmic friends.

Most domesticated animals have been drastically shaped by humans.  Livestock has been bred to our tastes.  We selected the best horses and donkeys to lug us around.  Humans domesticated wolves into hundreds of unrecognizable dogs with looks, traits, and personalities to suit our specific preferences.  Yet, in the thousands of years that cats have lived with humans, they have stubbornly remained unchanged.

Cats are independent creatures who seem to be able to take or leave us.  It seems we may need them more than they need us.  That is certainly the cast with the one cat that The CBC™ cannot live without.  MUM mascot Yoshi recently used up his first of 9 lives and there is a vet bill to prove it.  To raise funds, we are running a merch sale for Ramin’s cat.

Enter code YOSH to get 17% off the best merch in podcasting https://mindunderpod.com/pages/store

Check out this week’s episode to learn more!

The Psychedelic-Assisted Boys of Comedy™ go to The California Center for Psychedelic Therapy to talk with Dr. Cole Marta about ketamine.

This week we are serving scoops of the history, neurochemistry, and uses of ketamine as well as its modern accessibility.  How does it help depression and how is it different from a psilocybin experience?  How does one become a psychedelic-assisted therapist and what is it like to grow up on Terence McKenna?

This is only the second time we have had a guest on the show and this one was a real treat!

Watch on YouTube or Spotify or listen on whatever app you prefer.  If you enjoy the show, consider checking out our Patreon where we have endless scoops of bonus content.

The Moody Boys of Comedy™ introduce a new episode format to share different highlights about their week.

Void – Something bad that happened to you
Visionaire – Something you are looking forward to
Honey – Something good that happened to you
Buffon – The fanciest thing you have done lately
Lunatic – The craziest thing that has happened to you recently

 If you had the chance for a major do-over, what would you want to remind yourself as you build a whole new life?

What time period from the past would you be most interested in experiencing for one week?

Watch The ADBC™ on YT or Spotify or listen wherever you podcast to get the answers to life’s most important questions.

Like, share, subscribe and watch out for flamingos!!!

Salivating for more? Check out Patreon where you can get the weekly series Mind Under ART, a monthly bonus MuM, a comedy special from each of us, a custom straight jacket, group Zoom hangs and more!  https://www.patreon.com/MindUnderPod

The Metabolically Efficient Boys of Comedy™ celebrate International Sloth Day!

A couple of years ago Shane spent a couple of months in a slothfully time obsessing over sloths instead of doing actual work.  This week the boys sit around and discuss sloth mysteries to prepare you for all of your International Sloth Day (Oct 20) gatherings and festivities.

How have sloths been able to survive for millions of years in a seemingly cutthroat world?  Not only have they been able to hang in there, but they have thrived many times in Earth's history.  Sloths have even evolved multiple times independent of one another!  Sloths' unique evolutionary niches only get more weird and interesting the more we dig into them.  There is even a big sloth mystery that continues to elude scientists today.

Listen in to try to solve it yourself.  Be warned, The MEBC™ may find yourself contemplating sloths for many International Sloth Days to come.

Salivating for more? Check out Patreon where you can get the weekly series Mind Under ART, a monthly bonus MuM, a comedy special from each of us, a custom straight jacket, group Zoom hangs and more!  https://www.patreon.com/MindUnderPod

Salivating for more?

Check out Patreon where you can get the weekly series Mind Under ART, a monthly bonus MuM, a comedy special from each of us, a custom straight jacket, group Zoom hangs and more!  https://www.patreon.com/MindUnderPod

The Growing and Showing Boys of Comedy™ take The Personal Growth Initiative Scale.

This week Shane and Ramin attempt to assess their inclination toward self-improvement in four categories.

Readiness for Change: Aspects of preparedness for making specific changes in one’s self

Planfulness: Intentions and actions related to planning for personal change

Using Resources: Obtaining assistance from resources outside one’s self

Intentional Behavior: Intentional action aimed at producing personal growth

The GSBC™ also use the opportunity to talk about future goals for Mind Under Matter and what changes they are implementing to grow the show.  You can help by spreading the word about the show!

Special thanks to editor Matt McCool and Den Mother Rhianna Andrews!

Follow along here: https://pgilab.wordpress.com/intentional-growth-training-igt/

Graveyard Getdown: https://jambienceproductions.com/

The Officiating Boys of Comedy™ marry a couple!

At the Campout Festival Shane and Ramin were asked to marry soft rockin’ Honey Bears Brittney Conklin and Andrew Havok and we wanted to share the ceremony with you. 

This week we look through the history of marriage to find out how these traditions came to be.  Come to find out, marriage traditions have many horrifying origins.  How can The Church of MUM turn the dark oddities of past into fun absurdity for the future?

Skip the overpriced diamonds and subscribe to this gem of a podcast for free!

Editor: Matt McCool

MUM Mother: Rhianna Andrews

The Sober Boys of Comedy™ discuss their definition of sobriety as they gear up for Sober October.

Shane has always had plenty of vices.  Ramin has never had any.  This October Shane is going to attempt to live completely vice-free as Ramin tries to find his vice.

Do you think Shane can go a month without alcohol, cigarettes, TV, or other hedonic addictions?  What vices should Ramin try out?  Leave a comment below.

Subscribe to The SBC™ on YT or wherever you podcast to keep updated on their new habit-free and habit-forming lives.

You guys Soft Rock!

What is the difference between existentialism and nihilism?

The Existential Boys of Comedy™ answer your questions for another advice episode.

In this episode, we discuss stage fright and pursuing dreams, what to do when you wake up from nightmares and working through cosmic nihilism and existential dread.  George Carlin even makes an appearance!!!

The Mind Under Matter Campout is just around the corner!  Looking forward to seeing everyone at Lakeside Retreats in Raleigh Sep 9-11!
https://mindunderpod.com/pages/campout

The Clipping and Shipping Boys of Comedy™ put together a highlight episode.

Listen back to some of our favorite moments of the show.  Share with friends who are new to Mind Under Matter.

You may have seen many of our highlights on social media, but there are a bunch of great moments that we never posted.  Social media rewards shorter clips so we have also extended some of our favorite moments with more context.

Watch a nice mix of B-sides and highlights this week on YouTube or Spotify or listen wherever you podcast.

This is the perfect way to get primed for The Mind Under Matter Campout Festival in Raleigh, NC Sep 9-11.
https://mindunderpod.com/pages/campout

This week The In Boys of Comedy™ discuss out-group bias.

Implicit association tests try to determine our gut reactions to others.  How much can they tell us about our biases?  Are we determined by our instincts to discriminate against others?  Or are they a biased way of detecting bias?

Our minds categorize and make snap judgments to navigate life, but these efficiencies in the brain are sometimes a source of human suffering.  Cooperation, forming groups, and relating with others close to us is one of the joys of life, but it can have a cost of excluding or discrimination.

How many of our biases are the product of evolution?  How much of a role does upbringing and culture influence what we think about outsiders?

Join the club and subscribe to Mind Under Matter.  All other podcasts are pure evil.

Less than a month until the Mind Under Matter Campout Festival in Raleigh!
https://mindunderpod.com/pages/campout

The Well-Positioned Boys of Comedy™ talk about sex.

We had no choice.  It’s episode 69.

What did a couple of scientists learn from watching a billion adult videos?  Why are people turned on by such a variety of things?  What other animals have homosexuals?  Is the most famous position even any good?

Listen to The WPBC™ on your favorite app or watch on YouTube or Spotify.

Less than a month until the Mind Under Matter Campout Festival in Raleigh!
https://mindunderpod.com/pages/campout

The Mood Stabilizing Boys of Comedy™ take the Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale.

This week we chat about mania, hypomania, depression, and mental health.  Does your mood and energy fluctuate wildly at times?  Do you cycle between periods of hyperactivity and extreme depression?  Do you ever go long periods without sleeping?

Listen to the episode and take the questionnaire along with The MSBC™ to see if you can out bipolar Shane and win the worst/best prize (depending on the day): http://www.thecarlatcmeinstitute.com/complete/html/assess/BSDS.pdf

You can always listen to the show wherever you podcast or go to Spotify or YouTube for video options.

The Mind Under Matter Campout Festival in Raleigh is right around the corner!  Get tickets for Friday Sep 9 thru Sunday Sep 11 and join us for music, science talks, art, comedy, wellness and surprises!

https://mindunderpod.com/pages/campout

Click it and ship it!!!  The Influencing Boys of Comedy™ breakdown the history of social media.

Shane and Ramin were very early in their comedy careers when Myspace started to change the way artists could connect with fans.  From humble beginnings, social media has quickly changed the way the world communicates, connects, and entertains.  How many apps have come and gone along the way?  What will be the next hot platform?  How does one decide where to put their energy?  What is the future of social media?

Join our space wherever you podcast or for the video versions subscribe on YouTube or Spotify.

The Mind Under Matter Campout Festival in Raleigh is right around the corner.  Become one of the early ticket holders and be a part of VIP activities.  The IBC™ will see you September 9th.
https://mindunderpod.com/pages/campout

The Juvenile Apes Of Comedy™ swing through the branches of our evolutionary tree to learn about primatology.

What can other primates teach us about cooperation, fighting, status, stress, gender, and human life?

This week we will climb through the history of primatology to discover some of the egocentric anthropomorphizing that has led to a lot of past misunderstandings. Instead of butchering out-of-context research to justify the worst of human behavior, we can look to our hairy friends for clues about cooperation, acceptance, and fairness.

Come monkey around with The JAC™ wherever you podcast.

To get more info about The Mind Under Festival/Campout in Raleigh, NC
https://mindunderpod.com/pages/campout

The Counterintuitive Boys of Comedy™ question our assumptions about seemingly ordinary decisions.

What happens when you nearly get burned to death?  Do you think you would have some questions about life?

That is exactly what happened to Dan Ariely at a young age… And from it spawned some interesting, nuanced questions about human perception.

Why do we spend money in ways that don’t meet our long-term goals?  What primes us to cheat and steal?  What motivates us beyond financial transactions?  And most importantly, how do you make a prostate exam more comfortable?  

You don’t have to wait until the Mind Under Matter Campout to get the jazz version.  You can listen to The CBC™ riff on some of the predictably irrational ways our minds work on Spotify, YouTube or anywhere you podcast for 200% off the low, low price of free.  Get in on this once-in-a-lifetime deal while it lasts!

To get more info about The Mind Under Festival/Campout in Raleigh, NC Sep 9-12
https://mindunderpod.com/pages/campout

This week The Music Discovering Boys Of Comedy™ discuss musical philosophy and introduce you to the sweet sounds of Desert Honey.

With help from the book ‘The Music Lesson' by Victor Wooten, Ramin breaks down groove, notes, articulation/duration, technique, emotion/feel, dynamics, rhythm/tempo, tone, phrasing, space/rest, and listening.

We close out the show by introducing you to Desert Honey with an interview with singers Sarah Slade and Jade Arrow!  Shane found this band when we first started putting together the idea for the Mind Under Matter Campout Festival.  They have the perfect style and vibe for a campout festival and with their serendipitous name, it was meant to be.  They just released their debut album ‘The Bard’s Vardo’ and we were blown away!  We are excited for our listeners to check them out and help spread the word for them!

Watch this episode on Spotify or YouTube or listen anywhere you podcast.

Come see and meet Desert Honey along with a bunch of other bands, scientists, comedians, podcasters, entertainers and more at The Mind Under Matter Campout Festival at Lakeside Retreats in SE Raleigh Sep 9 thru 11.

What are some bands that you were excited to discover early in their career or hidden gems you want to spread the word about?  Add them to the comments below.

PS- The Instagram pages Shane was struggling to remember are @mathieux_davis and @eggs.tyrone 

Here is a list of the other music acts booked so far:
Rebekah Todd
Unaka Prong
The Wright Ave
Slick Mahoney’s
Julia
Duck
Grace C. Elliot
Xylëm Phløem

Do you ever wonder what alien consciousness could be like?

The Oceanic Exploring Boys of Comedy™ take a deep dive under the surface and through evolutionary time to contemplate the minds of octopus.

You don’t need sci-fi to see an alien world, marine biologists research it every day.  Octopus and humans’ closest common ancestor was a worm-like creature that existed about 600 million years ago.  Our tentacles of evolution went off to become a wide range of vertebrates and all sorts of large-brained mammals.  Invertebrates took a very different path and tended to opt-out of those costly big brains.  But octopus prove that you don’t need a spine to have an incredibly impressive mind.

Who says a brain needs to be a certain way at all? Octopus evolved brains completely independently from our boney lineage. They might be the best creature on earth to study for learning about what kinds of minds might be possible elsewhere in the universe.

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Leave a comment with some wildlife you would like to hear us do an episode about!

What does your car say about you?

The Inclusive Biological Fitness Flaunting Boys of Comedy™ make it rain conspicuous consumption knowledge and fancy science vernacular.

This week we discuss how organisms use costly and sometimes deceptive displays to advertise their quality to potential predators, prey, family, peers, and mates.  This top shelf episode builds on some of our favorite lessons from past episodes to describe one of the ways in which we are driven to spend in ways that may seem irrational from the view of a utilitarian.

The peacock’s tail might have spurred some of these early insights into evolution, but it has nothing on human spending.

Tune in to hear The IBFFBC™ which cars might be signaling intelligence, openness, conscientious, extraversion, agreeableness, and/or neuroticism.

We also share news of a paleontologist we just booked for the MUM Campout Festival.

Tune in wherever you podcast or watch on Spotify or YouTube.

The Angelic Boys of Comedy™ explore the light side of MUM Town.

Last month people really liked our Dark Triad episode exploring Narcissism, Psychopathy, and Machiavellianism.

So, we decided to make a two-part episode on The Light Triad of Compassion, Empathy, and Altruism.

We discuss why dark and negative things often bias our attention and how positive psychology is attempting to bring balance to the force.

Listen to The ABC™ wherever you podcast or check out the video version on Spotify or YouTube.

Salivating for more?

Get your own bonus episode of Mind Under ART for only $5, virtual board game nights, focus groups, comedy specials from Shane and Ramin, a custom straight jacket, be a part of the show and support the team at  

https://www.patreon.com/MindUnderPod 

To get more info about The Mind Under Festival/Campout in Raleigh, NC Sep 9-12

https://mindunderpod.com/pages/campout 

Shirts, posters, and MUMerch https://mindunderpod.com/pages/store 

The World Building Boys of Comedy™ are finalizing the plans for the physical manifestation of Mind Under Matter at their Campout Festival.

Shane went to a second and final event at Lake Side Retreats in Raleigh.  This one was produced by Life Is Art Productions (who is also doing our campout festival).  He was blown away.

All previous concerns have been replaced with excitement and dreams.  Shane has even decided to move to Raleigh to build a MUM world over the summer.

We had to do one final update episode to finalize the plan and now everything is ready to launch.

We reflect on how year one started with us building the podcast in real-time and now in season two, people will get to see us build this one-of-a-kind event.

Come and see the physical manifestation of Mind Under Matter and hang out with The WBBC™, the team, and all the other MUMies September 9 thru 11.  The 8th will be Patreon Day where the OG supporters of the show will get to have a more intimate experience.  The first 222 ticket buyers will be a part of the Too Easy 222 will have a token of their MUMbership in a special club.

Get tickets on our site: https://mindunderpod.com/pages/campout

This place is insanely awesome!

Shane traveled to Raleigh to see where The Campout Festival Boys of Comedy™ will be hosting the Mind Under Matter Campout Festival Sep 8 – 11th.

After checking out a different campout festival here… WOW!  There is no describing the excitement but we take a whack at it anyway. 

Lakeside Retreats is amazing and we can’t believe we are going to get to build our own Mind Under Matter World.

Any anxieties that we had before seeing the place went away and now it’s time to start spreading the word and telling your friends.

The first 222 tickets will all have a very special gift bag with a special token that will let people know you were one of the first 222 and several other items that cannot be purchased anywhere.

Listen to the episode and buy tickets before the price increases in June.  The CFBC™ will see you in September!!!

Salivating for more? Get your own bonus episode of Mind Under ART for only $5, virtual board game nights, focus groups, comedy specials from Shane and Ramin, a custom straight jacket, be a part of the show and support the team at   https://www.patreon.com/MindUnderPod

Shirts, posters, and MUMerch https://mindunderpod.com/pages/store