Best Bioelectricity Podcasts (2025)

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Endogenous Bioelectrical Networks: An Interface to Somatic Intelligence 51:00

23d ago51:00

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This is a ~55 min talk by Michael Levin "Endogenous Bioelectrical Networks: an interface to somatic intelligence for regenerative medicine", going over the state of the art in developmental bioelectricity in the context of collaborating with the cellular collective intelligence for applications in birth defects, regeneration, and cancer. It has som…

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Engineering Agential Materials 27:20

6d ago27:20

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This is a ~18 min talk plus ~10 min Q&A on a top-down approach to bioengineering and robotics that I gave at the Biohybrid Robotics Symposium in Switzerland in July 2025 (https://biohybrid-robotics.com/). CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter Blog The Levin LabBy Michael Levin

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Discussion with Michael Johnson 55:20

8d ago55:20

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This is a ~55 minute conversation with Michael Johnson (https://t.co/YxAOZif0V2) covering topics of spectrum of consciousness down to the cell (and below) level, implicit memory and cellular pixels of experience, Platonic space, symmetry breaking, and intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation in systems. CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podc…

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Unconventional Selves - a Diverse Intelligence Perspective on Consciousness by Michael Levin 1:11:51

10d ago1:11:51

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"Unconventional selves in novel spaces, scales, and embodiments - a diverse intelligence perspective on a continuum of cognition and consciousness" is a ~1 hour 12 min talk I gave at a conference on consciousness (https://www.hardproblem.it/), as it relates to our work on diverse intelligence and unconventional cognition. CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast W…

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Nothing in Biology Makes Sense without Teleology 1:18:54

12d ago1:18:54

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This is a deliberately provocative talk (~1 hour 20 minutes) I gave on teleology (a pretty taboo subject in a lot of the life sciences) delivered at Caltech. I try to go step by step and show the philosophical background of how I think about goal-directedness in physically embodied agents (cells and tissues etc.) and then the data - classic example…

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Discussion with Murray Shanahan 25:24

19d ago25:24

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This is a ~25 minute discussion with Murray Shanahan (https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~mpsha/) on topics following up on his talk in our Center (https://youtu.be/ZlKc3ebLgEI?si=Tmq5gOwVDi4t-pip). CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter Blog The Levin LabBy Michael Levin

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Discussion between Adam Safron, Max Shen, and Michael Levin 59:14

21d ago59:14

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This is a ~1 hour discussion with Adam Safron (https://www.adamsafron.com/) and Max Shen (https://www.maxkshen.com/home), and Michael Levinabout diverse intelligence and its relevance for pain. CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter Blog The Levin LabBy Michael Levin

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Discussion with David Spivak 57:14

22d ago57:14

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This is a ~1 hour discussion with mathematician David Spivak (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Spivak) about issues related to goal-directedness and some puzzles around mathematical vs. physical constants (see https://thoughtforms.life/why-the-tight-clustering-of-mathematical-constants/ for more details on that question). CONNECT WITH ME: Podcas…

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Against Mind-Blindness 56:35

1M ago56:35

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This is a new ~1 hour talk by me on the concept of diverse intelligence, and morphogenesis as a model system with which to practice identifying and communicating with unconventional minds. This is a bit different than previous ones because I explicitly go over examples of how some of our various data on bioelectrics addresses each of several key pr…

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Chemical AI: An Unconventional Strategy for Mimicking Biological Intelligence - Pier Luigi Gentili 58:25

1M ago58:25

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This is a ~1 hour total presentation by Pier Luigi Gentili (https://www.pierluigigentili.com/) and brainstorming session about chemical intelligence and its relationship to the broader field of diverse intelligence. CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter Blog The Levin Lab…

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Bioelectric Networks as the Interface to Somatic Intelligence: Toward a New Regenerative Medicine 50:53

1M ago50:53

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This is a ~50 minute talk by me (given at IIT Mandi yesterday) on bioelectricity from the perspective of both, a path to regenerative medicine of birth defects, injury repair, and cancer, and a model system for learning to communicate with unconventional collective intelligences. CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitt…

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Conversation with Benjamin Lyons, Mark Blumberg, and Karen Adolph: Motor Development and Cognition 36:00

1M ago36:00

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This is a ~30 minute conversation with Benjamin Lyons (https://benjaminflyons.com/), Mark Blumberg (https://blumberg.lab.uiowa.edu), and Karen Adolph (https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/karen-adolph.html) on the field of motor development and behavior in humans and other animals, and the ties between that field and the morphogenetic intelligence of embryog…

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Nirosha Murugan: The Energetic Landscape of Life 1:23:51

2M ago1:23:51

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Nirosha Murugan, PhD, is a biophysicist with a particular interest in quantum biology and electrobiology. She is an assistant professor at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, where her lab investigates the biophysical language of cellular communication. Her work has investigated topics including the electrical properties of cells, biop…

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Against Mind-Blindness: Recognizing and Communicating With Diverse Intelligences 35:49

2M ago35:49

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This is a ~35 minute talk about diverse intelligence and our efforts to establish formalisms and methods for communicating with unconventional biological intelligences. CHAPTERS: (00:00) Expanding Mind Blindness (02:50) Recognizing Diverse Minds (05:00) Embodied Agent Origins (08:40) Anatomical Intelligence Spaces (12:40) Bioelectricity: Body's Glu…

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Roeland Van Wijk: Light in Shaping Life 1:41:40

2M ago1:41:40

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Roeland Van Wijk, PhD, is a world leader in the field of biophotons. He has a background in biology and is specialised in physical science (biophysical chemistry). He was affiliated as Associate Professor in Molecular Cell Biology at the Utrecht University until his retirement. Roeland worked closely with many pioneers including Fritz Popp and Mae-…

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Scaling Intelligence in Biology, Artificial Life, and Beyond 24:04

2M ago24:04

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This is a ~20 minute very rapid talk reviewing ideas around the scaling of intelligence in unconventional substrates. CHAPTERS: (00:00) Intro & Unconventional Concepts (00:40) Challenging Traditional Worldviews (01:40) Life as Continua (03:00) Electromagnetic Spectrum Analogy (04:30) Spectrum of Mind Applications (05:50) Single Cell to Mind (07:10)…

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Culture as an Additional Scale of Biological Organisation with Ivan Kroupin and Tian Chen Zeng 56:54

2M ago56:54

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This is a short summary talk by Ivan Kroupin (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XjxueRYAAAAJ&hl=en) and Tian Chen Zeng (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tian-Chen-Zeng) and then a discussion of issues around biological and cultural multi-scale intelligence. Their longer talk is here: https://youtu.be/dYuNJSilRMo?si=gVvMV_N4pjloe0iX CONN…

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All the Feels: The Emerging Neuroscience of Gut Touch 15:39

3M ago15:39

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Deep within the gut’s epithelial layer are specialized sensory cells that convert mechanical stimuli to electrical signals and convey this information to nerve cells. As researchers home in on the basic mechanisms of gut touch, the concept of gut feeling is taking on new significance and providing hope for the millions of people living with gastroi…

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Bob Fosbury & Scott Zimmerman: How & Why Life is Solar Powered 2:19:01

3M ago2:19:01

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Scott is an optics engineer with over 35 years of experience in the industry and over 80 US patents. In the last decade, Scott has turned his attention to how light interacts with the body. This has led him to becoming an expert on the physiology of melatonin and how NIR/IR light propagates through living tissue. Bob is an astronomer and honorary p…

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Ethics and the New Biology 32:33

3M ago32:33

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This is a ~30 minute talk to an Ethics class (undergraduates) about aspects of our work that have implications for ethics. CHAPTERS: (00:00) Intelligence All The Way Down (06:30) Scaling Up Cognition (13:40) Communicating With Cellular Intelligence (20:00) Freedom of Embodiment (27:40) Ethics of Future Beings CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTub…

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Conversation with Frank Putnam and Alexey Tolchinsky 56:30

3M ago56:30

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This is a ~1 hour conversation with Frank Putnam (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KLGgJg4AAAAJ&hl=en) and Alexey Tolchinsky (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tiBKmrsAAAAJ&hl=en) about dissociative disorders, clinical psychology, and their applications to the cell biology of regenerative medicine and cancer. CONNECT WITH ME: Podca…

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Detect the First Cancer Cell | Michael Levin & Azra Raza 59:37

3M ago59:37

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Can we detect cancer so early such that we find the very first cell of cancer? Not just stage 1 cancer, but the first cell of cancer. In this episode, Dr. Michael Levin and I speak with Dr. Azra Raza. She is an oncologist pioneering early detection of cancer using electric signals. So far, our best solution to curing cancer has been to detect it ea…

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Discussion with Michael Johnson 50:34

3M ago50:34

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This is a ~50 minute conversation with Michael Johnson (https://t.co/YxAOZif0V2) on vasocomputation, stress as cognitive glue, and more generally computation and cognition in unconventional substrates. CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter Blog The Levin LabBy Michael Levin

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How Does It Know? Bioelectricity as Memory Medium, Cognitive Glue, & Path to Regenerative Medicine 1:00:28

3M ago1:00:28

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This is a ~1 hour talk on the field of developmental bioelectricity from a perspective of cognitive science and the homology between mechanisms of self-assembly of somatic and brain-based intelligence. CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter Blog The Levin LabBy Michael Levin

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Hidden Viruses Cause Cancer & Alzheimer's | Dr. Paul Ewald 1:31:16

3M ago1:31:16

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What if chronic diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s are caused by infections we’ve overlooked? We assume chronic disease is caused by genetics and / or lifestyle. However, evolutionary biologist Dr. Paul Ewald says latent viruses and pathogens play a critical hidden role in many diseases. For example, we already know that Human Papillomavirus (HPV…

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Uncovering Electrodynamic Design Principles of Living Cells 55:56

3M ago55:56

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This is a ~1 hour talk by Jack Tuszynski (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Tuszy%C5%84ski, https://apps.ualberta.ca/directory/person/jackt) on electrical and electromagnetic properties of microtubules. CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter Blog The Levin LabBy Michael Levin

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Paul Héroux: Electromagnetic Energy as a Threat to Life 1:09:14

3M ago1:09:14

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Paul Héroux, PhD, is a physicist and toxicologist with particular interest in the biological effects of electromagnetic energy. He is an Associate Professor at McGill University's Faculty of Medicine and also Medical Scientist in the Department of Surgery of the McGill University Health Center. Paul has spoken eloquently on the fallacies perpetuate…

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How Water Powers Cellular Energy & Human Health | Dr. Gerald Pollack 2:00:48

3M ago2:00:48

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In this episode, my guest is Dr. Gerald Pollack, a renowned professor of bioengineering at the University of Washington and founding editor-in-chief of the journal Water. Dr. Pollack is widely recognized for his groundbreaking discoveries in cell biology and water science, particularly his identification of the “fourth phase” of water—also known as…

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Gábor Somlyai: Deuterium Depletion in Reducing Cancer Metastasis & Mortality 57:36

4M ago57:36

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Gábor Somlyai, PhD is a Hungarian molecular biologist and world expert in the role of deuterium in cancer. He has published seminal work looking at the effects of various concentrations of this heavy isotope of hydrogen on growth and metastasis. Gábor’s company, HYD LLC. for Cancer Research and Drug Development, has been at the forefront of develop…

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Discussion with Alexey Tolchinsky and Thomas Pollak 57:15

4M ago57:15

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This is a ~1 hour conversation with Alexey Tolchinsky (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alexey-Tolchinsky), a clinical psychologist and Adjunct Professor at The George Washington University, Center for Professional Psychology, and Thomas Pollak (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6171-0810), a neuropsychiatrist and researcher working at the Institute …

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Conversation with Lauren Ross 57:52

4M ago57:52

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This is a ~1 hour discussion with philosopher of science Lauren Ross (https://sites.socsci.uci.edu/~rossl/), on the topic of explanation and causation - what does it mean to look for explanations in science, what counts as a good explanation, and how do you know you've got one.Lauren's book: https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/explanation-in-bi…

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Michael Levin & Pamela Lyon | Rethinking Cognition for Longevity 1:11:57

4M ago1:11:57

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What if our cells have memory and cognition, which changes how medicine is done? In this conversation with Dr. Pamela Lyon and Dr. Michael Levin, we discuss: - Cognition and creativity is not merely associated with the brain and nervous system - Implications of this view of cognition for regenerative medicine and longevity - Is stress response the …

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Andrew Marino: The Truth About a Life in Science 1:15:09

4M ago1:15:09

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Andrew Marino, PhD, JD is a retired biophysicist and lawyer specialising in the biological effects of electromagnetic energy. Working closely with Dr. Robert Becker for much of his career, Marino has played a pivotal role in understating the impacts of non-native electromagnetic fields via stress response pathways in animals and humans. His work ha…

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Interview with Azra Raza on a New Theory and Practice of Cancer 59:12

4M ago59:12

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This is a ~1 hour conversation of Aastha Jain Simes (https://www.livelongerworld.com/, https://www.linkedin.com/in/aasthajs) and Azra Raza on her unique and passionate journey in oncology and her ideas for cancer therapy. Azra is an amazing person, clinician, and scientist; see more of her work at:Columbia web page: https://www.cancer.columbia.edu/…

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Life, Mind, and Computing: A Diverse Intelligence Perspective 33:08

4M ago33:08

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This is a very fast (~33min) flyover of some ideas relevant to the relationship between biology, computation, cognition, consciousness, and related subjects. This was given at the amazing Progress and Visions in Consciousness Science series (https://amcs-community.org/events/progress-visions-series/) as the prologue to a discussion. CHAPTERS: (00:0…

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Cellular Automata and Models of Health and Disease 35:40

4M ago35:40

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This is a ~35 minute discussion with Willem Nielsen (https://community.wolfram.com/web/wrn2001, https://medium.com/@wnielsen) from the Wolfram Institute about their cellular automata models of disease and our approach to this problem. Papers to which I referred:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00018-023-04790-zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1099-43…

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Boost Mitochondria with Sunlight & Infrared light | Glen Jeffery 1:37:53

4M ago1:37:53

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We’re only just waking up to the benefits of sunlight and red light for mitochondrial health, lowering blood glucose, and potentially treating Parkinson’s disease and cancer. Dr. Glen Jeffery is at the leading edge of this research. We discuss: - Health benefits of sunlight and red light - Harmful effects of blue light & LEDs - In the 2nd half of t…

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Conversation of Michael Levin with Iain McGilchrist 1:11:57

4M ago1:11:57

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This is an ~1 hour 10 minute conversation with Iain McGilchrist (https://channelmcgilchrist.com/home/), on the topic of my recent paper on the Platonic Space (https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/5g2xj_v3) - forms ingressing into the physical world in biology, causation, evolution, and mind. CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spot…

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Bioelectric Networks: An Interface to Engineering with the Agential Material of Life 1:02:32

5M ago1:02:32

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This is a ~1 hour talk (given at the Departmental Seminar series at the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences) on the use of a cognitive approach to bioengineering and regenerative medicine, in which morphogenesis is the behavior (in anatomical space) of a collective intelligence of cellular swarms. I describe our …

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From Development to Regeneration: The Power of Bioelectricity 12:48

5M ago12:48

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Bioelectrical gradients guide embryonic development by creating an electrical scaffold for tissue and organ growth. Researchers harness the power of bioelectricity to devise strategies for regenerating various tissues, including promoting brain recovery after stroke. In this episode, Iris Kulbatski from The Scientist spoke with Paul George, a physi…

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LAMAS Qi Gong: Ancient Chinese Healing | Grandmaster Adrian Simon Lowe 1:39:18

5M ago1:39:18

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In this episode, my guest is Grandmaster Adrian Simon Lowe (LoLo), the living lineage holder of LAMAS QiGong and direct descendent of Su Wu. Now in his 80s, Master Lowe has been practicing Qi Gong for over 70 years. This has earned him the distinction of being the leading authority in this field of Qigong. He is the author of The Stress Elimination…

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Aastha Jain Simes and I Interview Pamela Lyon 1:19:45

5M ago1:19:45

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This a ~1 hour 20 minute conversation between Aastha Jain Simes (https://www.livelongerworld.com/), Pamela Lyon (https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=1oY1J5kAAAAJ&hl=en), and I. Pamela is a key figure in the development of a biogenic approach to mind, and we talked about her journey to understanding cognition. A few of her papers:https://ae…

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Discussion with Mayli Mertens on Molecular Placebos and Bioelectricity 29:54

5M ago29:54

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This is a ~30 minute conversation with Mayli Mertens (Marie Curie Postdoctoral fellow at University of Antwerp, https://philpeople.org/profiles/mayli-mertens) and I on the topic of molecular placebos, bioelectricity, and self-fulfilling prophecies in medicine (the latter being the title of her recent paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007…

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Biological and Technological Information Processing: Commonalities, Differences and Implications 1:00:54

5M ago1:00:54

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This is a ~1 hr talk on what is similar and what is different between biological and (current) technological information-processing systems, and the implications for biomedicine, AI, and ethics. A version of this talk with Q&A at the TPC consortium at Argonne National Lab is at https://tpc.dev/tpc-seminar-series/ CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website Yo…

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Living As A “Wifi Refugee” w/ Shannon Rowan 51:42

5M ago51:42

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Like millions of others around the world, photojournalist and author Shannon Rowan has become a “Wifi refugee”, suffering from a slew of symptoms related to human-made EMF exposures. In this conversation, she shares her journey and reveals how she turned her suffering into purpose. Full show notes available at: https://theemfguy.com/099…

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Conversation 2 Between Gunnar Babcock, Daniel McShea, Mark Solms, and Michael Levin 59:13

5M ago59:13

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This is a ~1 hour conversation on topics of consciousness, affect, evolution, and philosophy between Gunnar Babcock (https://cals.cornell.edu/gunnar-babcock), Daniel McShea (https://scholars.duke.edu/person/dmcshea), Mark Solms (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vD4p8rQAAAAJ&hl=en), and I. CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podc…

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Alistair Nunn: Bioelectricity, Biophotons & Quantum Biology 1:42:50

5M ago1:42:50

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Alistair Nunn, PhD, is a British theoretician with a background in biochemistry, drug development and quantum biology. He is currently the director of science at the Guy Foundation where he contributes to work on bioenergetics, the thermodynamics of life and quantum effects in biological systems. His research interests focus on understanding inflam…

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Conversation with Richard Watson and Leo Caves 1:29:36

5M ago1:29:36

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This is a ~1.5 hour conversation with Richard Watson (https://www.richardawatson.com/) and Leo Caves (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leo-Caves, https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=Oov_zsoAAAAJ&hl=en) about issues of resonance, unconventional cognition, observers, process philosophy, etc. CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple …

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A Conversation with Mark Solms on Life and Mind 1:54:56

5M ago1:54:56

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This is a ~2-hour Q&A with Mark Solms (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Solms) at the "Public conversation about their work and its implications for psychoanalysis" series of the Annual meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association. CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter Blog The Levin Lab…

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Discussion with Alexey Tolchinsky and Thomas Pollak 55:20

5M ago55:20

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This is a ~1 hour conversation between Alexey Tolchinsky (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/alexey-tolchinsky-psyd ), a clinical psychologist and Adjunct Professor at The George Washington University, Center for Professional Psychology, and Thomas Pollak (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6171-0810), a neuropsychiatrist and researcher worki…

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