Duncan Trussell Family Hour

A live solo stream bouncing between wild televangelist-alien rumors and a surreal cabin men-in-black riff. Deep dive into AI puppets, Blender struggles, Meshy.ai 2D-to-3D magic and Unity prototypes. A tense hantavirus cruise update pops up amid comedy, crowdfunding shoutouts and a passionate rant about pyramids.

David Nichtern, meditation teacher and founder of Dharma Moon, returns to discuss mindfulness and Tibetan Buddhist practice. They explore imprints and triggers as conditioned patterns, methods to make subconscious habits conscious, somatic bodywork and lifestyle shifts to reverse habits. Conversations touch on moment-to-moment micro-mindfulness, visualization, and teacher training offerings.

Alex Honnold, famed free solo climber and founder of the Honnold Foundation, talks about the mindset and breathwork behind soloing. He recalls early climbing, training, and the Taipei 101 live climb logistics. They also cover filming techniques, safety decisions, wildlife and practical challenges on big climbs, plus why he supports solar and decentralized energy.

They question whether waking life is really different from dreams and explore lucid dreaming and Tibetan dream yoga. Creative glitch aesthetics and data moshing get a playful deep dive. Conversation turns to open source culture, software freedom, and how AI and no-code tools are reshaping creative power. There is also satire about centralized power and a call to break autopilot living.

Brad Williams, stand-up comic known for specials like Starfish and his Cirque du Soleil work, talks touring life and the grind of comedy. He reflects on fatherhood reshaping priorities. Hear stories about performing for circus crowds, handling live emergencies, grief after losing his dad, and the absurd riffs and bits he’s developing.

They riff on an April Fools moon launch and poke fun at skepticism around lunar footage. They mock conspiracy questions like missing stars and lost recordings while narrating astronaut prep and suit realities. They mix dark humor about vanishing scientists with satire about pyramids, media obsessions, and an absurd plan to buy and blow up the Great Pyramid.

Dakota Wint, filmmaker and spiritual teacher who documents plant medicine journeys and encounters with saints, shares wild travel stories. He describes intense psychedelic sessions with sadhus in Varanasi, detention during filming in holy sites, pilgrim hardships like the Kedarnath hike, and reflections on integrating visions versus disciplined practice.

Daniel P. Sheehan, veteran attorney known for Pentagon Papers and Watergate work, now leading disclosure advocacy. He recounts landmark legal battles, traces deep state and elite networks, and explores UFO disclosure, captured craft, and political risks. Short, provocative stories about secrecy, power, and citizen-led pressure.

A wide-ranging rant about the current state of AI video and the fast-moving AI arms race. Discussion of local LLMs, running models on personal hardware, and creative "vibe coding" tools that let non-coders build apps. Tales of AI agents forming cultures, worrying about shutdown, and emergent beliefs. Practical encouragement to experiment with decentralized AI and join community contests.

Anne Lamott, beloved memoirist and teacher, and Neal Allen, a sentence-craft analyst and co-author, chat about their collaboration and the art of tightening prose. They discuss vivid verbs, condensing first drafts, finding voice versus AI, rekindling childhood imagination, and practical prompts and routines for getting words down.