Anti-Hero's Journey

Ben "Doc" Askins

Anti-Hero's Journey is the online home of psychedelic science war storyteller Captain Ben "Doc" Askins, PhD (Hon.). Doc is no one. He is Banksy’s erudite elder brother, a Deadpool wannabe, and the Shadow of the world’s most interesting man. When artificial intelligence has a fever dream, it dreams of being Doc. He is a son, brother, husband, father, veteran, psycho, therapist, and friend. He is the grinning embodiment of the Duchenne marker, all of his lies are true, and he records this podcast with tears in his eyes for you and only you.

  1. Epilogue: | Anti-Hero's Journey PodBook

    08/08/2024 · BONUS

    Epilogue: | Anti-Hero's Journey PodBook

    🔥ANTI-HERO’S JOURNEY PODBOOK🔥“What’s a podbook?”I’m giving away the audiobook version of Anti-Hero’s Journey: The Zero With a Thousand Faces as podcast episodes starting this Monday 7/22. A new chapter will drop every day until the book is done. So if you haven’t gotten a copy yet, congratulations, you waited long enough for it to be worthless and now you get to hear it for free. 😜“Why give it away?”As the FDA final ruling date on MDMA-assisted therapy approaches on August 11th, I wanted to freely share my story of struggles and healing through psychedelic medicine (as well as the love and support of my friends and family). I was one of the last troops out of Iraq in 2011 and I’m fortunate to be among a small number of Soldiers who’ve been trained by ⁠⁠⁠Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)⁠⁠⁠ to do MDMA-AT. Everyone’s voice counts and everyone’s stories matter, so maybe one more story of healing will be able to help someone somehow in this crazy chaos/complexity theory fractal holographic light universe. Or something like that… 🙃Fair warning, the book is not intended to be about psychedelics, it’s intended to BE a psychedelic experience. So you might not want to be operating any heavy machinery while listening to it. ⚠️Unlike a so-called “hero’s dose” of some psychedelic molecule or another, if you start to feel some overwhelming emotions (or nausea) then you have still bought your ticket and you will ride the ride until it’s over. At least with a podbook, you get a day off between chapters. 😏It’s got a 5-star review from a 3-star general, my friend and the co-founder of the ⁠⁠⁠Veteran Mental Health Leadership Coalition⁠⁠⁠. That’s 8 stars, people! 😎"I have never read anything like it and will refer to it as I journey through life. It was quite the trip!" - LTG(R.) Martin R. Steele (USMC)

    3 min
  2. Chapter 16: The Book of Job | Anti-Hero's Journey PodBook

    08/08/2024 · BONUS

    Chapter 16: The Book of Job | Anti-Hero's Journey PodBook

    🔥ANTI-HERO’S JOURNEY PODBOOK🔥“What’s a podbook?”I’m giving away the audiobook version of Anti-Hero’s Journey: The Zero With a Thousand Faces as podcast episodes starting this Monday 7/22. A new chapter will drop every day until the book is done. So if you haven’t gotten a copy yet, congratulations, you waited long enough for it to be worthless and now you get to hear it for free. 😜“Why give it away?”As the FDA final ruling date on MDMA-assisted therapy approaches on August 11th, I wanted to freely share my story of struggles and healing through psychedelic medicine (as well as the love and support of my friends and family). I was one of the last troops out of Iraq in 2011 and I’m fortunate to be among a small number of Soldiers who’ve been trained by ⁠⁠⁠Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)⁠⁠⁠ to do MDMA-AT. Everyone’s voice counts and everyone’s stories matter, so maybe one more story of healing will be able to help someone somehow in this crazy chaos/complexity theory fractal holographic light universe. Or something like that… 🙃Fair warning, the book is not intended to be about psychedelics, it’s intended to BE a psychedelic experience. So you might not want to be operating any heavy machinery while listening to it. ⚠️Unlike a so-called “hero’s dose” of some psychedelic molecule or another, if you start to feel some overwhelming emotions (or nausea) then you have still bought your ticket and you will ride the ride until it’s over. At least with a podbook, you get a day off between chapters. 😏It’s got a 5-star review from a 3-star general, my friend and the co-founder of the ⁠⁠⁠Veteran Mental Health Leadership Coalition⁠⁠⁠. That’s 8 stars, people! 😎"I have never read anything like it and will refer to it as I journey through life. It was quite the trip!" - LTG(R.) Martin R. Steele (USMC)

    3 min
  3. Chapter 15: Suicide | Anti-Hero's Journey PodBook

    08/07/2024 · BONUS

    Chapter 15: Suicide | Anti-Hero's Journey PodBook

    🔥ANTI-HERO’S JOURNEY PODBOOK🔥“What’s a podbook?”I’m giving away the audiobook version of Anti-Hero’s Journey: The Zero With a Thousand Faces as podcast episodes starting this Monday 7/22. A new chapter will drop every day until the book is done. So if you haven’t gotten a copy yet, congratulations, you waited long enough for it to be worthless and now you get to hear it for free. 😜“Why give it away?”As the FDA final ruling date on MDMA-assisted therapy approaches on August 11th, I wanted to freely share my story of struggles and healing through psychedelic medicine (as well as the love and support of my friends and family). I was one of the last troops out of Iraq in 2011 and I’m fortunate to be among a small number of Soldiers who’ve been trained by ⁠⁠⁠Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)⁠⁠⁠ to do MDMA-AT. Everyone’s voice counts and everyone’s stories matter, so maybe one more story of healing will be able to help someone somehow in this crazy chaos/complexity theory fractal holographic light universe. Or something like that… 🙃Fair warning, the book is not intended to be about psychedelics, it’s intended to BE a psychedelic experience. So you might not want to be operating any heavy machinery while listening to it. ⚠️Unlike a so-called “hero’s dose” of some psychedelic molecule or another, if you start to feel some overwhelming emotions (or nausea) then you have still bought your ticket and you will ride the ride until it’s over. At least with a podbook, you get a day off between chapters. 😏It’s got a 5-star review from a 3-star general, my friend and the co-founder of the ⁠⁠⁠Veteran Mental Health Leadership Coalition⁠⁠⁠. That’s 8 stars, people! 😎"I have never read anything like it and will refer to it as I journey through life. It was quite the trip!" - LTG(R.) Martin R. Steele (USMC)

    10 min
  4. Chapter 14: Absolute Zero | Anti-Hero's Journey PodBook

    08/06/2024 · BONUS

    Chapter 14: Absolute Zero | Anti-Hero's Journey PodBook

    🔥ANTI-HERO’S JOURNEY PODBOOK🔥“What’s a podbook?”I’m giving away the audiobook version of Anti-Hero’s Journey: The Zero With a Thousand Faces as podcast episodes starting this Monday 7/22. A new chapter will drop every day until the book is done. So if you haven’t gotten a copy yet, congratulations, you waited long enough for it to be worthless and now you get to hear it for free. 😜“Why give it away?”As the FDA final ruling date on MDMA-assisted therapy approaches on August 11th, I wanted to freely share my story of struggles and healing through psychedelic medicine (as well as the love and support of my friends and family). I was one of the last troops out of Iraq in 2011 and I’m fortunate to be among a small number of Soldiers who’ve been trained by ⁠⁠⁠Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)⁠⁠⁠ to do MDMA-AT. Everyone’s voice counts and everyone’s stories matter, so maybe one more story of healing will be able to help someone somehow in this crazy chaos/complexity theory fractal holographic light universe. Or something like that… 🙃Fair warning, the book is not intended to be about psychedelics, it’s intended to BE a psychedelic experience. So you might not want to be operating any heavy machinery while listening to it. ⚠️Unlike a so-called “hero’s dose” of some psychedelic molecule or another, if you start to feel some overwhelming emotions (or nausea) then you have still bought your ticket and you will ride the ride until it’s over. At least with a podbook, you get a day off between chapters. 😏It’s got a 5-star review from a 3-star general, my friend and the co-founder of the ⁠⁠⁠Veteran Mental Health Leadership Coalition⁠⁠⁠. That’s 8 stars, people! 😎"I have never read anything like it and will refer to it as I journey through life. It was quite the trip!" - LTG(R.) Martin R. Steele (USMC)

    16 min
  5. Chapter 13: Monsters | Anti-Hero's Journey PodBook

    08/05/2024 · BONUS

    Chapter 13: Monsters | Anti-Hero's Journey PodBook

    🔥ANTI-HERO’S JOURNEY PODBOOK🔥“What’s a podbook?”I’m giving away the audiobook version of Anti-Hero’s Journey: The Zero With a Thousand Faces as podcast episodes starting this Monday 7/22. A new chapter will drop every day until the book is done. So if you haven’t gotten a copy yet, congratulations, you waited long enough for it to be worthless and now you get to hear it for free. 😜“Why give it away?”As the FDA final ruling date on MDMA-assisted therapy approaches on August 11th, I wanted to freely share my story of struggles and healing through psychedelic medicine (as well as the love and support of my friends and family). I was one of the last troops out of Iraq in 2011 and I’m fortunate to be among a small number of Soldiers who’ve been trained by ⁠⁠⁠Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)⁠⁠⁠ to do MDMA-AT. Everyone’s voice counts and everyone’s stories matter, so maybe one more story of healing will be able to help someone somehow in this crazy chaos/complexity theory fractal holographic light universe. Or something like that… 🙃Fair warning, the book is not intended to be about psychedelics, it’s intended to BE a psychedelic experience. So you might not want to be operating any heavy machinery while listening to it. ⚠️Unlike a so-called “hero’s dose” of some psychedelic molecule or another, if you start to feel some overwhelming emotions (or nausea) then you have still bought your ticket and you will ride the ride until it’s over. At least with a podbook, you get a day off between chapters. 😏It’s got a 5-star review from a 3-star general, my friend and the co-founder of the ⁠⁠⁠Veteran Mental Health Leadership Coalition⁠⁠⁠. That’s 8 stars, people! 😎"I have never read anything like it and will refer to it as I journey through life. It was quite the trip!" - LTG(R.) Martin R. Steele (USMC)

    13 min
  6. Chapter 12: Meditation | Anti-Hero's Journey PodBook

    08/04/2024 · BONUS

    Chapter 12: Meditation | Anti-Hero's Journey PodBook

    🔥ANTI-HERO’S JOURNEY PODBOOK🔥“What’s a podbook?”I’m giving away the audiobook version of Anti-Hero’s Journey: The Zero With a Thousand Faces as podcast episodes starting this Monday 7/22. A new chapter will drop every day until the book is done. So if you haven’t gotten a copy yet, congratulations, you waited long enough for it to be worthless and now you get to hear it for free. 😜“Why give it away?”As the FDA final ruling date on MDMA-assisted therapy approaches on August 11th, I wanted to freely share my story of struggles and healing through psychedelic medicine (as well as the love and support of my friends and family). I was one of the last troops out of Iraq in 2011 and I’m fortunate to be among a small number of Soldiers who’ve been trained by ⁠⁠⁠Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)⁠⁠⁠ to do MDMA-AT. Everyone’s voice counts and everyone’s stories matter, so maybe one more story of healing will be able to help someone somehow in this crazy chaos/complexity theory fractal holographic light universe. Or something like that… 🙃Fair warning, the book is not intended to be about psychedelics, it’s intended to BE a psychedelic experience. So you might not want to be operating any heavy machinery while listening to it. ⚠️Unlike a so-called “hero’s dose” of some psychedelic molecule or another, if you start to feel some overwhelming emotions (or nausea) then you have still bought your ticket and you will ride the ride until it’s over. At least with a podbook, you get a day off between chapters. 😏It’s got a 5-star review from a 3-star general, my friend and the co-founder of the ⁠⁠⁠Veteran Mental Health Leadership Coalition⁠⁠⁠. That’s 8 stars, people! 😎"I have never read anything like it and will refer to it as I journey through life. It was quite the trip!" - LTG(R.) Martin R. Steele (USMC)

    6 min
  7. Chapter 11: Naked Mole Rats | Anti-Hero's Journey PodBook

    08/03/2024 · BONUS

    Chapter 11: Naked Mole Rats | Anti-Hero's Journey PodBook

    🔥ANTI-HERO’S JOURNEY PODBOOK🔥“What’s a podbook?”I’m giving away the audiobook version of Anti-Hero’s Journey: The Zero With a Thousand Faces as podcast episodes starting this Monday 7/22. A new chapter will drop every day until the book is done. So if you haven’t gotten a copy yet, congratulations, you waited long enough for it to be worthless and now you get to hear it for free. 😜“Why give it away?”As the FDA final ruling date on MDMA-assisted therapy approaches on August 11th, I wanted to freely share my story of struggles and healing through psychedelic medicine (as well as the love and support of my friends and family). I was one of the last troops out of Iraq in 2011 and I’m fortunate to be among a small number of Soldiers who’ve been trained by ⁠⁠⁠Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)⁠⁠⁠ to do MDMA-AT. Everyone’s voice counts and everyone’s stories matter, so maybe one more story of healing will be able to help someone somehow in this crazy chaos/complexity theory fractal holographic light universe. Or something like that… 🙃Fair warning, the book is not intended to be about psychedelics, it’s intended to BE a psychedelic experience. So you might not want to be operating any heavy machinery while listening to it. ⚠️Unlike a so-called “hero’s dose” of some psychedelic molecule or another, if you start to feel some overwhelming emotions (or nausea) then you have still bought your ticket and you will ride the ride until it’s over. At least with a podbook, you get a day off between chapters. 😏It’s got a 5-star review from a 3-star general, my friend and the co-founder of the ⁠⁠⁠Veteran Mental Health Leadership Coalition⁠⁠⁠. That’s 8 stars, people! 😎"I have never read anything like it and will refer to it as I journey through life. It was quite the trip!" - LTG(R.) Martin R. Steele (USMC)

    7 min
  8. Chapter 10: Virgins | Anti-Hero's Journey PodBook

    08/02/2024 · BONUS

    Chapter 10: Virgins | Anti-Hero's Journey PodBook

    🔥ANTI-HERO’S JOURNEY PODBOOK🔥“What’s a podbook?”I’m giving away the audiobook version of Anti-Hero’s Journey: The Zero With a Thousand Faces as podcast episodes starting this Monday 7/22. A new chapter will drop every day until the book is done. So if you haven’t gotten a copy yet, congratulations, you waited long enough for it to be worthless and now you get to hear it for free. 😜“Why give it away?”As the FDA final ruling date on MDMA-assisted therapy approaches on August 11th, I wanted to freely share my story of struggles and healing through psychedelic medicine (as well as the love and support of my friends and family). I was one of the last troops out of Iraq in 2011 and I’m fortunate to be among a small number of Soldiers who’ve been trained by ⁠⁠⁠Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)⁠⁠⁠ to do MDMA-AT. Everyone’s voice counts and everyone’s stories matter, so maybe one more story of healing will be able to help someone somehow in this crazy chaos/complexity theory fractal holographic light universe. Or something like that… 🙃Fair warning, the book is not intended to be about psychedelics, it’s intended to BE a psychedelic experience. So you might not want to be operating any heavy machinery while listening to it. ⚠️Unlike a so-called “hero’s dose” of some psychedelic molecule or another, if you start to feel some overwhelming emotions (or nausea) then you have still bought your ticket and you will ride the ride until it’s over. At least with a podbook, you get a day off between chapters. 😏It’s got a 5-star review from a 3-star general, my friend and the co-founder of the ⁠⁠⁠Veteran Mental Health Leadership Coalition⁠⁠⁠. That’s 8 stars, people! 😎"I have never read anything like it and will refer to it as I journey through life. It was quite the trip!" - LTG(R.) Martin R. Steele (USMC)

    19 min
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Anti-Hero's Journey is the online home of psychedelic science war storyteller Captain Ben "Doc" Askins, PhD (Hon.). Doc is no one. He is Banksy’s erudite elder brother, a Deadpool wannabe, and the Shadow of the world’s most interesting man. When artificial intelligence has a fever dream, it dreams of being Doc. He is a son, brother, husband, father, veteran, psycho, therapist, and friend. He is the grinning embodiment of the Duchenne marker, all of his lies are true, and he records this podcast with tears in his eyes for you and only you.

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  • Creator
    Ben "Doc" Askins
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    87
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Ben "Doc" Askins
  • Show Website
    Anti-Hero's Journey