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24 – Psychedelic Drugs as Medicine, with Andrew Weil, Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner and “Don”
Andy's Treasure Trove
03/10/20 • 46 min
In the last episode, number 23, we heard from visionary ethnobotanist, mystic and writer Terence McKenna, and from Rick Doblin, president of the Multidisciplinary Association For Psychedelic Science.
This episode, number 24, is a continuation on the same topic, the increasing use of consciousness-expanding substances, also called psychedelics or hallucinogens, for health and personal growth. People around the world are using LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, and a whole range of other psychedelic substances to treat conditions ranging from allergies and anxiety to substance abuse and alcoholism, post-traumatic stress disorder, and many other problems. Some people use these substances in tiny doses to enhance their everyday life, work, and play. Some use them in higher doses for more profound experiences. This topic has been getting more attention these days due in part to Michael Pollan’s recent book entitled How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence.
Today we’ll hear from Ralph Metzner, Timothy Leary, Andrew Weil and an anonymous friend "Don" under the influence of a “micro-dose” of LSD.
Ralph Metzner, the German-born American psychologist and pioneering LSD researcher at Harvard University, and the author of The Well of Remembrance, The Unfolding Self, and Green Psychology, was speaking at the New Living Expo in San Francisco in 2012, and my friend Margie Lewis gave me a ticket to see him there in a panel discussing “the re-birth of psychedelic culture.” Right before the panel started, I asked Ralph for a brief chat as he was waiting to go onstage, to talk about psychedelic drugs as medicine to strengthen the body-mind connection.
Then we’ll hear a few minutes from Timothy Leary’s talk at the University of California, San Diego, in 1976, recorded using the little cassette recorder that I recorded lectures with at the time.
Then, Dr. Andrew Weil speaks at a MAPS conference in 2012 in San Jose, CA, about how he used LSD to help cure himself of allergies vis-a-vis the mind-body connection. After that comes my interview with Andy in 2012.
[caption id="attachment_2886" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Andy Moore and Andy Weil in San Francisco, 198? (Photo by Jack Walsh)[/caption]
Next, hear my interview with a friend who asked to remain anonymous when discussing taking LSD to enhance his life and work. An hour or so before this interview occurred, he had taken what is called a “micro-dose” of LSD.
[caption id="attachment_2902" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Let's call him "Don."[/caption]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This episode is dedicated to Dr. Norman Zinberg and Dorothy Zinberg.
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19 – SPARKS – An Homage to Ron & Russell Mael
Andy's Treasure Trove
09/11/17 • 107 min
This is my homage to my favorite band, Sparks, and the core of Sparks, brothers Ron & Russell Mael. I speak to Tosh Berman of Tam Tam Books, who wrote a book about a history-making Sparks 21-album concert series in London and who published a book of Sparks song lyrics. I also chat with Eric Theise, an artist, musician and avid and articulate Sparks fan. Laurie Cohen, Director of the Mill Valley Philharmonic, shares her first impressions of Sparks music, and I mention something about each of Sparks' 25 albums from 1972 to the present, and play excerpts from some of my favorite tracks. The episode closes with "Part One" of my conversation with Ron and Russell Mael!
There's a great podcast totally dedicated to the music of Sparks called "All You Ever Think About Is Sparks" that can be found at https://sparkspodcast.podbean.com if you'd like an even deeper dive into the music of Sparks. Check it out!

18 – Voices of the Green Rush – Cannabis Job Fair in San Francisco
Andy's Treasure Trove
05/13/16 • 43 min
Interviews from the April 30, 2016 "Join the Green Rush" cannabis job fair in San Francisco, plus an interview with Mario Furloni about his and Kate McLean's documentary Pot Country and the feature film, Freeland, that it inspired.

14 – Orson Welles’ Trials and Tribulations
Andy's Treasure Trove
12/24/11 • 8 min
Episode 14 is a very short episode. We’re going to hear from Orson Welles as he struggles to record some TV commercials. But first I will announce the winner of the contest for the Apple iPod that was based on the name of Manny Roth’s home-made bread from Episode 12. Remember fartbread?
The Orson Welles recording was sent to me by a listener who got it from a friend. You may laugh, you may cry, but you’ll never forget Orson’s sonorous intonations about peas, beef and cod.
And now, imagine that you are a fly on the wall of a recording studio where filmmaking genius Orson Welles is recording narration for TV commercials, and not having a very easy time of it...

13 – Richard Conrad, Classical Singer, on Joan Sutherland, Noel Coward, Marilyn Horne and Adlai Stevenson…
Andy's Treasure Trove
08/10/11 • 25 min
Singer Richard Conrad is interviewed, and he reflects back on a career that got a big boost early on from opera superstar Joan Sutherland and her husband Richard Bonynge when they asked him to record The Age of Bel Canto with them and Marilyn Horne in 1963. During our discussion he’ll talk about those days, and about Gilbert & Sullivan, Noel Coward and many other notables in the music world. Richard also tells us a joke he told to Noel Coward that made Coward fall down laughing, and he tells about a hilarious men’s room encounter with none other than...Adlai Stevenson! I ask you, where else can you get this kind of programming? At the close of the episode, Andy reminds listeners to enter the drawing for a free iPod by calling 415-508-4084 and saying the secret word (found at 18 min., 20 sec. into Episode 12). Happy listening!
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Keywords and links:
Richard Conrad, Home, Sweet Home, Sir Henry Bishop, William Merrill, Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge, Marilyn Horne, The Age of Bel Canto, Hughes Cuenod, Angiol di Pace, Beatrice di Tenda, Daniel Pinkham, Noel Coward, Tom Lehrer, W.S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, Gilbert and Sullivan, Eleanor Steber, Adlai Stevenson, Vencenzo Bellni, Angiol di Pace (from Beatrice di Tenda), The Major General’s Song, The Pirates of Penzance.
Selected Discography of Richard Conrad:
London Records: Baroque and Bel Canto Opera
Westminster-Music Guild: Baroque Sacred Cantatas
Composers Recordings: 20th-century vocal music
Telefunken: Handel Opera
Northeastern Records: 20th-century vocal music
MMO: Porgy and Bess, Can Can, Showboat
Pearl Records: Songs and Ballads by Arthur Sullivan
Newport Classic: Songs of Noel Coward
Naxos: Vanessa
Arsis: The Cask of Amontillado by Daniel Pinkham

12 – Manny Roth of Cafe Wha?, Music by Candace Roberts
Andy's Treasure Trove
06/11/11 • 51 min
Episode 12 starts with music from the new album Honeymoon for One by Candace Roberts. Then Andy interviews Manny Roth, who ran the famous Cafe Wha? in New York City, presenting up-and-coming entertainers like Bob Dylan, Bill Cosby, Peter, Paul & Mary, Richard Pryor, Jimi Hendrix and many others. Manny tells us about his childhood in Indiana, his stint as a flyer and as a USO show coordinator in WWII, and then about his arrival in Greenwich Village and the start of his cafe and night club empire.
This episode has a contest/drawing, and the prize is a brand new Apple iPod Shuffle (I know I say “Nano” in the show but it’s only a Shuffle).
Andy’s listener call-in phone line — for comments, questions, contest entries and your audio contributions to the show:
Call 415-508-4084
Cafe Wha?
Photos by Michael Zucker
Keywords and Links:
Candace Roberts, Honeymoon for One, Manny Roth, Bob Dylan, Peter Paul & Mary, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Jimi Hendrix, Kiev, Russia, Vilna, Poland, Newcastle, Indiana, Chrysler, Indiana University, University of Miami, Army Air Corps, World War Two, WWII, Snoopy, B-17 bomber, USO shows, Wiesbaden Opera House, Kate Smith, Muncie, John Wayne, army/navy goods, American Theater Wing, GI Bill, Lee Strasberg, Will Lee, Thelma Schnee, Bill Kirkland, Jason Robards, Marlon Brando, Greenwich Village, Bleecker Street, Tribeca, The Bowery, Vatican City Religious Bookshop, Cafe Theater Cock and Bull, Tom Zeigler, Le Figaro Cafe, Cafe Wha?, Macdougal Street, Lou Gossett, Godfrey Cambridge, hootenanny, Bobby Zimmerman, Woody Allen, Tiny Tim, Dino Valenti, The Quicksilver Messenger Service, Lenny Bruce, Maxwell Bodenheim, Shane O’Neill, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Valerie Solanas, Andy Warhol, Johnny Brent, Lou Reed, the Tonight Show, the Rudy Vallee Show, Johnny Carson, Jerry Seinfeld, Ray Romano, Denis Leary, Bill Hicks, David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Van Halen, Michael Zucker, Brandon Roth.

10 – SF Silent Film Festival, Leonard Maltin, Guy Maddin, Theater Pipe Organ Wizard Clark Wilson, and lots more…
Andy's Treasure Trove
11/20/08 • 45 min
Episode 10 is dedicated to Andy's favorite film festival in San Francisco, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. You’ll hear his conversations with noted film critic and TV personality Leonard Maltin of Entertainment Tonight fame. There's a conversation with Suzanne Lloyd, the Granddaughter of cinematic genius Harold Lloyd. Andy chats and chews with Canadian director Guy Maddin, and talks to pipe organ wizards Edward Stout and Clark Wilson. You'll hear live performances of the musical scores from some of the films at the Festival, just as they were intended to be performed back in the late 1920’s when the silent film era was at its zenith. You'll also hear lots of laughter from the 2,000 people at the festival. Add in a couple of impromptu lobby discussions with other festival-goers, and you've got a great podcast episode! Enjoy!
Keywords and links for this episode:
San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Castro Theatre, silent films, live music, Wurlitzer theater pipe organs, Leonard Maltin, Suzanne Lloyd, Harold Lloyd, Guy Maddin, Todd Browning, "The Unknown" , Edward Stout, Clark Wilson, musical scores, "The Kid Brother" , the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, prosthetic hand, 3-D photography, camera movement, movies on television, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Turner Classic Movies (TCM), David Packard, Counterculture Era, "Casablanca," , "The Unknown" , Lon Chaney Sr., Winnipeg, San Francisco NoirFest, melodrama, Joan Crawford, Lon Chaney Jr. , "La Roue" , "The Last Laugh" , Abel Gance, "Days of Heaven", ice cream, "Two Timid Souls" , Odile Lavaux, The Baguette Quartette, Patrick Hoctel, Natalja Vekic, Cary Grant, Samuel Beckett, Vera Ellen, Edward Stout, Clark Wilson, "The Patsy" , George Wright, San Francisco Fox Theater, Oakland Paramount Theater, Golden Gate Theater, Grace Cathedral, Dick Taylor, Taylor Family, Mel Novikoff, Stanford Theater, California Theater, San Jose, Grand Lake Theater, cue sheet, lead lines, music cue, ranks of organ pipes, "The Man Who Laughs"

9 – Barack Obama Campaign Mega Phone Bank, JoAnne Brasil’s Astrology Report, and More Music from Janis Ian
Andy's Treasure Trove
11/03/08 • 27 min
Episode 9 begins with a visit to San Francisco’s Mega Phone Bank for the Barack Obama campaign. We speak to the organizers and the volunteers. Then JoAnne Brasil tells us what astrology says about the month of November, and we close with another beautiful song by Janis Ian called Through the Years.
Keywords and links for this episode:
Barack Obama, Diebold, JoAnne Brasil, astrology, John McCain, Joe Biden, Janis Ian.

6 – The Blue Angels over San Francisco, then Willie Brown Speaking at the Mechanics Institute About His New Book
Andy's Treasure Trove
10/12/08 • 30 min
Episode #6 starts with a noisy introduction featuring the navy’s Blue Angels screaming over San Francisco, then we go to the Mechanics Institute Library to hear Willie Brown, former mayor of San Francisco and long-time California state legislator, speak about his book: Basic Brown, My Life and Our Times. This episode is about 30 minutes long. Please view the related photos and videos under the keywords, below.
Keywords for this episode:
San Francisco, Fleet Week, aircraft China Clipper, Blue Angels, Willie Brown, Mechanics Institute Library, “Basic Brown, My Life and Times,” Richard Johns, Gladys Hanson, P.J. Corkery, Alice Mayhew, Simon and Schuster, Inc.,

8 – John Killacky Talks About His Documentary on Janis Ian, then Music by Janis Ian
Andy's Treasure Trove
10/27/08 • 43 min
Episode #8 begins with the announcement of our very first contest! Then we talk to John Killacky of the San Francisco Foundation about his new documentary concert film Janis Ian, Live From Grand Center, and a lot about Janis Ian herself. We’ll also learn about two other projects of John’s: a film about 541 Broadway in New York, a nexus of postmodern dance history, and John’s new passion for Shetland pony showing and pony cart driving. Then we’ll hear Janis Ian herself singing We’re Married in London, her wry take on marriage inequality, accompanied by her own great guitar playing and much laughter from the live audience. Please scroll down to view the photos of Janis Ian and John Killacky, and to find links to videos of John’s life as a pony handler.
Keywords and links for this episode:
John Killacky, San Francisco Foundation, Janis Ian, “Janis Ian, Live From Grand Center” , “At Seventeen” , “At 17” , “Society’s Child” , “Jesse” , Roberta Flack, Shadow Morton, Leonard Bernstein, “Inside Pop, the Rock Revolution” , “Stars” , Barbara Cook, Cher, “Between the Lines” , Billy Joel, Giorgio Moroder, “Fly Too High” , Stern Grove, Victor Fink, John Mellencamp, “Tattoo” , foundation funding, David Geffen, Laura Nero, St. Louis, Grand Center, The Sheldon Theater, Missouri Film Commission, Anheuser Busch, Nashville, National Educational Telecommunications Association, NETA, PBS, Kent Samuel, Sesame Street, “Ginny the Flying Girl” , “Married in London” , Adrian Ellis, “Jazz at Lincoln Center” , Wynton Marsalis, Tricia Brown Dance Company, 541 Broadway, David Gordon, Valda Setterfield, Lucinda Childs, Douglas Dunn, Joan Jonas, Yvonne Rainer, SoHo, Shetland ponies, YouTube, ponymansf, Fog Ranch, Watsonville, same-sex marriage, Proposition 8.
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How many episodes does Andy's Treasure Trove have?
Andy's Treasure Trove currently has 28 episodes available.
What topics does Andy's Treasure Trove cover?
The podcast is about Comedy, Podcasts, Arts, Comedy Interviews and Performing Arts.
What is the most popular episode on Andy's Treasure Trove?
The episode title '24 – Psychedelic Drugs as Medicine, with Andrew Weil, Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner and “Don”' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Andy's Treasure Trove?
The average episode length on Andy's Treasure Trove is 40 minutes.
How often are episodes of Andy's Treasure Trove released?
Episodes of Andy's Treasure Trove are typically released every 62 days, 3 hours.
When was the first episode of Andy's Treasure Trove?
The first episode of Andy's Treasure Trove was released on Jul 2, 2008.
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