The archive
Every conversation
12 long-form conversations with readers, healers, dreamers and the occasional heretic.
EP 1245 minhow fear disguises as logic
Ian Coll · Jan 5, 2026
Tamir, a self-described analytical thinker who distrusts his gut, talks with men's work facilitator Ian Coll about how much of what men call logic is really fear trying to control reality. Ian frames…
EP 1120 minhow to upgrade your brain's OS
Solo · Jan 1, 2026
A solo New Year special in which Tamir argues that the brain is an operating system, an interpretation machine and prediction model that filters reality on a half-second delay, and that it needs…
EP 101 hr 40 minthe forbidden wonderland of murakami
Salih Yayar · Sep 25, 2025
Tamir talks with Salih Yayar, the German creator behind the Haruki Murakami Art channel and the Convo on the Shore podcast, about why Murakami's strange, lonely, dreamlike novels grip some readers so…
EP 091 hr 1 minportal to the unknown
Nevena · Sep 7, 2025
Tamir and shadow worker Nevena (Nev), speaking from Belgrade at the end of an 11-month stay in the Balkans, use the Magic Theater in Hesse's Steppenwolf as a way into shadow work. Nev argues that we…
EP 081 hr 29 minlove has no dark side
Ma Anand Sheela · Jun 18, 2025
Tamir interviews Ma Anand Sheela, Osho's former secretary and the de facto leader of Rajneeshpuram, not about the commune's scandals but about the 'operating system' behind her devotion. Sheela, now…
EP 071 hr 39 minthe elixir of authenticity
Colin Gerrard · May 18, 2025
Tamir talks with his friend of nearly ten years, Colin Gerrard: entrepreneur, sales leader, director of the short film 'Eli' and musician, about authenticity and why it is so scarce now. They…
EP 061 hr 35 minmerchant of masks
Logan Macnair · Jan 19, 2025
Tamir talks with criminologist and novelist Logan Macnair about his novel Troll, in which an aspiring actor, Peter Riley, becomes the online provocateur and cult leader 'Petrol'. Starting from Erving…
EP 051 hr 25 minghosts of grief
Mia Cosco · Dec 24, 2024
Tamir sits down with old high-school friend Mia Cosco, a Harvard research assistant studying how psychedelics can help with grief and a host of grief dinner parties and death salons. Opening with a…
EP 041 hr 32 minthe realm of dreams
Samantha Chung · Dec 2, 2024
A special episode on dreams: Tamir Barzilai and mindset coach Samantha Chung treat sleep and the subconscious as a second life we mostly ignore. Samantha describes how a Murakami short story Tamir…
EP 031 hr 30 minhow to win at pinball & life
Ian Coll · Nov 24, 2024
Tamir talks with Ian Coll, a Squamish-based men's wellness facilitator, about reconciling the desire for greatness with detachment from outcomes, starting from the 'Makers of Empire' text that has…
EP 021 hr 45 minthe antidote to madness
Grant Shipway · Nov 12, 2024
Tamir talks with Grant Shipway, writer and host of the YouTube channel Grant Loves Books, about why demanding fiction is worth the effort: reading is active imaginative work, a form of meditation…
EP 011 hr 26 mindon't pretend you aren't confused
Tyler Dorchester · Aug 8, 2024
In the inaugural episode of Nectar of Time, Tamir sits down with Tyler Dorchester, his barber of seven years, a writer, comic artist and voracious reader, to talk about life's enigmas: the events…