Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes

The Hedonist’s Guide to Self-Mastery: Love, Power, and How to Laugh Off a Crisis

Please note: In the interest of artistic verisimilitude, the section "The Horrors of Weaponized Eros" (from 28:12 to 32:21) contains some rough material. If you skip it, I won't mind a bit, I promise. If you listen to it, don't say I didn't warn you.I DON'T WANT YOUR SELF-HELP — I WANT YOUR SURRENDERListen up, you beautiful disaster. You're not lost - you're exactly where the universe wants you to be: face-down in the cosmic mud puddle of your own making. And I'm here to tell you that's perfectly fucking fine.You want to know about modern life? It's a three-ring circus where everyone's a clown but nobody's laughing. You're juggling your daddy issues with one hand and swiping Tinder with the other, while some tech bro guru tells you to manifest abundance through crystal-activated blockchain meditation.But here's the thing: I don't care about your journey to enlightenment. I care about your descent into glorious chaos.You see, Los Angeles isn't a city - it's a shared hallucination where every sunset is an Instagram filter for your existential crisis. We're all out here playing spiritual Halloween, dressed up in personalities we borrowed from TED talks and therapy podcasts.Want real power? Stop pretending you don't want it. My clients come to me thinking they need "boundaries" and "healing." What they really need is permission to be the magnificent monster they already are. Think less "mindful meditation" and more "mindful manipulation." But with style. With grace. With the kind of raw charisma that makes people want to burn their life down just to warm their hands in your flames.You're not afraid of intimacy - you're afraid of how good you are at avoiding it. Those trust issues? They're your survival instincts doing jazz hands. That imposter syndrome? It's just your ego having performance anxiety.Let's talk about sex, because that's what you really want to know about. Not the vanilla self-help "love yourself" bs. I'm talking about the kind of connection that feels like psychological parkour. The art of being emotionally unavailable while remaining physically irresistible. It's a special kind of power, making people crave your absence as much as your presence.And relationships? They're just temporary autonomous zones where we play-act at permanence. Your polyamory isn't progressive - it's prehistoric. We're all just cavemen with credit cards, trying to finger-paint our way through intimate connections with fingerless gloves on.But here's the secret they don't want you to know: none of this matters, and that's what makes it magnificent. Your neuroses are your superpowers. Your damage is your brand. Your chaos is your calling card.I don't want to fix you. I want to watch you set yourself on fire and sell tickets to the show.So stop gripping that rearview mirror like it's a life raft. The past is just badly written fan fiction of your life. The future? It's a Nigerian prince email scam. The present is all we've got, and it's a hell of a lot more interesting when you stop trying to make sense of it.Welcome to the shit show. Admission is free. Your soul is the collateral.And trust me - I don't care if you trust me. That's what makes me trustworthy.All that plus a postcard from friend of the show Helena the Brit!Join us. It's time to stop surviving and start seducing life itself.Got something to say to me? Slide into the DMs.Support the show

Power Moves in Life and Love: Let's Do the Liminal Limbo

In today’s episode, we focus on personal empowerment and the art of dominance in various aspects of life, including relationships, emotional control, and navigating rejection. We explore how self-awareness and understanding create a foundation for success and satisfaction.• Personal dominance as an essential life skill • The role of self-awareness in empowerment • Navigating rejection with resilience • Ethical considerations of dominance in relationships • The importance of empathy and clarity in interactions Learn how to embrace your power and find fulfillment in your journey. Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes is LA's number-one avant-garde personal development program. New episodes premiere on KCHUNG Los Angeles on the first Wednesday of the month.The writer, producer, host, and witty and wounded romantic hero is Emerson Dameron, who is wholly responsible for its content.I love you, personally. Levity saves lives.Got something to say to me? Slide into the DMs.Support the show

The Dance Between Fantasy and Reality in Relationships

CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR IDENTITY IS DYING(AND THAT'S THE SEXIEST THING ABOUT YOU)Your carefully constructed self is having an existential striptease, and honey, it's time to stop pretending you're not turned on by the show.Meet James, found writhing in creative ecstasy at an underground party where the music industry's ghosts were having an orgy with tomorrow's sound. He'll teach you how to die to yourself nightly and wake up wearing whatever identity feels dangerous enough to be true.Get ready for:- The art of letting your old self commit suicide while your new self watches and takes notes- Why your relationship is actually three people: who you were, who you are, and who you're becoming (and they're all sleeping with different people)- How depression isn't your enemy – it's just existence giving you a cosmic lap dance- The raw truth about why your partner can't evolve with you (and why that's tragically beautiful)WARNING: Side effects may include:- Sudden urges to destroy your current identity- Uncomfortable levels of authentic self-expression- The ability to find beauty in your own destruction- Spontaneous outbreaks of philosophical arousal- The death of your social media personaThis isn't another episode about "finding yourself." This is about losing yourself so completely that existence has no choice but to give you something better.From performance art to profound isolation, we're teaching you to dance between reality and fantasy until you can't tell which one's leading.Stop trying to fix your life. Start treating it like the avant-garde theater piece it is.Available now wherever you get your permission to exist differently.Remember: Your identity isn't having a crisis – it's having an awakening. And like all good deaths, it's just foreplay for what comes next.Trust me. I've died to myself so many times, I've got frequent flyer miles in the afterlife.Welcome to the space between who you were and who you're becoming.P.S. If this episode doesn't make you question everything, you're not listening hard enough.Plus! Not one, but two pop-ins from Helena the Brit.And all the lessons in love, leadership, lechery, and letting go you've come to expect from The Only Good Podcast™!Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes is LA's number-one avant-garde personal development program. New episodes premiere on KCHUNG Los Angeles on the first Wednesday of the month.The writer, producer, host, and witty and wounded romantic hero is Emerson Dameron, who is wholly responsible for its content.I love you, personally. Levity saves lives.Got something to say to me? Slide into the DMs.Support the show

How to Kill Your Boring Podcast: The National Lampoon Radio Hour Never Happened

YOUR PODCAST SOUNDS LIKE MISSIONARY POSITION FEELS(AND THAT'S A CRIME AGAINST CREATIVITY)Listen up, you polished content criminals and pristine audio addicts. Your podcast sounds like it was recorded in a therapist's waiting room, and your audience is falling asleep between ads for mail-order mattresses.But stay tuned, because we're about to commit grand theft audio.This isn't another "how-to" episode for good little broadcasters. This is a jailbreak for your creative libido. We're teaching you to fuck with format like a Venus in Retrograde having a punk rock awakening.Get ready for:- How to make Brian Eno mate with a police scanner and birth pure audio gold- Why your expensive microphone is cock-blocking your authenticity- The Venice Beach guide to turning chaos into content that makes NPR clutch its pearls- Recording at the DMV: A masterclass in turning mundane hell into magnetic contentWARNING: This episode contains:- Dangerous levels of creative permission- Instructions for audio crimes against mediocrity- A ritual for forgetting everything you learned in broadcasting school- The savage truth about why your podcast partnerships fail (hint: it's not them, it's you)Your audience isn't bored – they're being held hostage by your good intentions and cowardly adherence to professionalized standards of decorum. We're here to stage a rescue mission.Think heist movie meets performance art meets spiritual awakening. Because your podcast shouldn't just fill silence – it should violate it with purpose.Stop trying to sound like everyone else. Start sounding like yourself on your most insolent day. Raw creativity doesn't need a pop filter or a content calendar. It needs you to stop being so fucking polite about your passion.Available now wherever you get your permission to create chaos.Remember: The best podcasts don't follow trends – they leave trends gasping for air in a Venice Beach alley.Trust me. I've committed every audio crime in the book, and that's exactly why you should listen.Welcome to the revolution between your ears.P.S. If this episode doesn't make your producer cry, you're not playing it loud enough.And all the lessons in love, leadership, lechery, and letting go you've come to expect from The Only Good Podcast™!Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes is LA's number-one avant-garde personal development program. New episodes premiere on KCHUNG Los Angeles on the first Wednesday of the month.The writer, producer, host, and witty and wounded romantic hero is Emerson Dameron, who is wholly responsible for its content.I love you, personally. Levity saves lives.Got something to say to me? Slide into the DMs.Support the show

[TRAILER] LA's #1 Avant-Garde Personal Development Program

Emerson Damon's Medicated Minutes is LA's number one avant-garde personal development program.  The producer and host is Emerson Dameron. But he's hardly the most interesting star in the EDMM firmament. That's because we're dedicated to exploring the most fascinating subject in the world. You. Come for the discussions of power, philosophy, psychology, sex, drugs, et cetera, and stay for the inspiration, motivation, and tools of self-inquiry that have transformed the lives of countless listeners. It's no coincidence that this show has spawned not one, not two, but three quasi-religious movements. Find out which one is right for you. Episodes premiere on KCHUNG Los Angeles on the first Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PM Pacific. The podcast is right here.  Follow Emerson on Instagram. Levity saves lives.Got something to say to me? Slide into the DMs.Support the show