We tell all sorts of delightful stories about rolling thunder's sex life in our book The Voice of Rolling Thunder,

and unlike people from other traditions, shamans don't turn their back on sex.

They might abstain for a while when they're going through a period of purification,

but for the most part, they're very lusty, very healthy,

and the Native American shamans also refer often refer to sex as elk power.

It's like you knew me, you looked right through me, yeah.

Hello all girls, I said with a smile,

you don't have to let me in, let's get out of the wall,

but try to understand, try to understand, try, try, try to understand.

Hey podcast listeners,

you're about to hear a very special episode of a special road trip,

tangentially driving, we should call it,

episode of the podcast.

Here's what happened.

I did the Joe Rogan thing a couple of months ago,

and in the course of our three hour epic conversation,

I told Joe a few stories about my former professor in grad school,

now a very close friend, Stanley Krippner,

and after the podcast was over, Joe and I were hanging out,

and he said, man, that guy Stanley sounds fascinating.

Is there any way I can meet him?

And I said, well, yeah, you know what?

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