{"podcast":{"title":"Dream Chasers and Eccentrics","slug":"dream-chasers-and-eccentrics-6589317","podcast_index_feed_id":6589317,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/482418/destinations/4106877.xml","website_url":"http://dreamchasersandeccentrics.libsyn.com/site","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/4/0/8/2/4082ac840c739659d959afa2a1bf1c87/NewDCElogo-20260618-k2a3v9c107.jpeg","author":"Paul Trammell","episode_count":151,"summary":"Dreams can't be caught unless they are chased, and eccentricity is but a symptom of brilliance. I interview extraordinary people who forge their own path, make their own rules, and live outside the norms of society. Together, we can learn from each other. Remember, foolish people keep making the same mistakes, smart people learn from their mistakes and successes, and extraordinary people learn from the mistakes and successes of both themselves and of others. That is what Dream Chasers and Eccentrics is all about!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T14:17:29.178864+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dream-chasers-and-eccentrics-6589317"},"episode":{"title":"Phil Borges, Shamans, Schizophrenia, and CRAZYWISE","slug":"phil-borges-shamans-schizophrenia-and-crazywise","published_at":"2026-04-30T20:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dream-chasers-and-eccentrics-6589317/phil-borges-shamans-schizophrenia-and-crazywise","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dream-chasers-and-eccentrics-6589317","url":"https://87739191-2c50-43ed-b5c1-cd8e9de230ed.libsyn.com/phil-borges-shamans-schizophrenia-and-crazywise","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/87739191-2c50-43ed-b5c1-cd8e9de230ed/Phil_Borges_-_43026_3.06_PM.mp3?dest-id=4106877","summary":"Phil Borges is a photographer and flimmaker dedicated to documenting the lives of indigenous cultures, and their shamans in particular. His work is exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide and his award winning books, which have been published in four languages, include Tibetan Portrait , Enduring Spirit , Women Empowered and Tibet: Culture on the Edge. He has hosted television documentaries on indigenous cultures for Discovery and National Geographic channels. Phil also lectures and teaches internationally. During his work, he noticed similarities between shamans and the people we label as mentally ill - specifically schizophrenic or bipolar. His documentary Crazywise dives into this subject and focuses on two individuals in America who suffer from psychotic episodes and how they tried to deal with their mental difficulties. CRAZYWISE explores the relevance of Shamanic traditional practices and beliefs to those of us living in the modern world. CRAZYWISE centers around a young man struggling with his sanity, world renowned mental health professionals, and a gutsy survivor-led movement...all challenging a mental health system in crisis. In this interview, we talk about growing up in the Haight-Ashbury, becoming an orthodontist, interviewing hippies on the street, becoming a photographer/interviewer, becoming a professional photographer, documenting tribal cultures, Tibet, watching the Dahlai Lama's kuten go into trance and channel an oracle, an interview with the kuten discussing how he got the job, things shamans have in common, schizophrenia, ego disolution, psychadelic experiences and the neuroscience behind them, what happens when our identity anchors are taken away, near-death experiences, our view of reality, making the film CRAZYWISE, Vipassana, pharmaceutic…","meta_description":"Phil Borges is a photographer and flimmaker dedicated to documenting the lives of indigenous cultures, and their shamans in particular. His work is exhibi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3841,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dream-chasers-and-eccentrics-6589317/episodes/phil-borges-shamans-schizophrenia-and-crazywise/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dream-chasers-and-eccentrics-6589317/phil-borges-shamans-schizophrenia-and-crazywise.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}