Writing on Ancestral Trauma, Healing, and Psychedelics

Seth Lorinczi: Press and Podcast Interviews

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Recent interviews with Seth Lorinczi; scroll to the bottom of the page for photos, media kit, and other needful items:

Let’s Talk Memoir: A 45-minute conversation about going from a state of deep hiding to deep sharing, untangling the scars of the Holocaust through psychedelics, how ancestral trauma can warp relationships with the people we love, and putting vulnerability into action. November 2024

Traeger Method Podcast: A 90-minute conversation on “Death Trip” and the impact and identification of generational trauma, as well as the recent release of Seth’s high-school band demos from 1987. June 2024

48 Hills: An in-depth print interview with 48 Hills editor-in-chief Marke Bieschke on the topics and themes of “Death Trip.” June, 2024

Centered in the City: A half-hour interview with Seth Lorinczi, a writer and expert in ancestral trauma. We discuss Seth's book, "Death Trip: A Post-Holocaust Psychedelic Memoir" that explores his marriage and his search for meaning in the wake of releasing the weight of ancestral trauma. May, 2024

The Psychedelic Mom: A one-hour conversation on the deeply transformative nature of psychedelics on parenthood, personal growth, and the understanding of generational trauma. April, 2024

Joy Punk: A fifty-minute conversation with local luminary Jenelle Isaacson on the D.C. punk scene of the ‘80s, the lack of initiation in the present culture, my forthcoming memoir, and more. A pleasure to be featured on this probing and well-produced pod! July, 2023

P.U.N.K. Therapy: a podcast devoted to the intersection of relational therapy and psychedelic medicine work. The conversation centered on “Fatherland” but veered between the topics of psychedelics, the punk scene of the eighties and nineties, and Jewish intergenerational trauma while—somehow—remaining fun! March 2023

The Unanimous Hour: A Lungfish Exegesis (Part Two): Conclusion of a two-part conversation with post Brian Gathy on the cult Dischord band Lungfish, including stories from an ill-fated European tour and thoughts on this most probing of ‘90s post-punk bands. September 2022

The Unanimous Hour: A Lungfish Exegesis (Part One): Beginning of a two-part conversation with post Brian Gathy on the cult Dischord band Lungfish, including weird tales of punk shows gone wrong. September 2022

Traeger Method #62: Wide-ranging conversation covering the vital D.C. punk scene of the ‘80s and ‘90s, ayahuasca and other plant medicines, and their profound impact, May 2022.

Interview: NAOFB Newsletter: It was a thrill to be interviewed for this leading light of the D.C. free outdoor bookstore newsletter scene (a crowded and competitive field). My bit starts on Page 8. February 2021

End on End: Podcast on my high school band The Vile Cherubs. Following a lengthy analysis of our single Dischord album; the more engaging conversation begins at the 1 hour 51 minute mark. January 2021

Grief, Gratitude and Greatness”: A 40-minute podcasted conversation with Sarah Shaoul, creator and host of the Portland podcast. The topics range, but center upon the manuscript that would become “Death Trip.” August 2019


Interested in covering “Death Trip”? You can download the current media kit here.

Need a hi-res photo of the author? Here you go.

Need a standard-resolution photo? We’ve got that, too.

Here’s a hi-res headshot.

Here’s a standard-resolution headshot.

Here’s an alternate hi-res B&W version.

Here’s that alternate headshot in standard resolution B&W.

Here’s the cover in hi-res, and a mockup of the book in context.

If you’d like a copy of the promotional one sheet, you can download that here.