Infant Cancer Survivor Turned Published Counterculture Novelist with Brendan Heneghan

Sam + Rick are joined by World Traveler, Counter-Culture Figure and Novelist, Brendan Heneghan. Rick met Brendan this year on a trip to Portland, and they connected instantly after taking acid together and exploring within. Brendan opens up about being born with cancer and being close to death as an infant, how he recovered, and how it continues to impact the way he lives his life. He gives us some insight into his forthcoming novel, The Hard Road, and connects with your hosts about all things primitive living, going against the grain, and psychedelia.

In this episode:

• Rick and Brendan’s spur-of-the-moment acid trip in Portland
• Traveling through 23 states in one summer
• Brendan’s birth story and being born with Stage 4 cancer
• Coping with the inability to conceive
• The creation of Brendan’s novel, The Hard Road
• The power of psychedelia

Show References:

• The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
• Black Power: The Politics of Liberation by Kwame Ture, Charles V. Hamilton
• Keep an eye out for Brendan’s Novel: The Hard Road

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