Best Science And Nonduality Podcasts (2025)

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#54 Nordic Animism: Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen (Encore) 51:18

14h ago51:18

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Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen is a Historian of Religion, Ph.d from Uppsala University in Sweden. His research into Afro-diasporic strategies for maintaining animist reality in the modern world has lead him towards reading North European cultural history from the perspective of rejected animist knowledge and practice. The objective is to recover Euro-tradi…

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Surviving and Thriving in the AI Renaissance — Zack Kass 56:48

9h ago56:48

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Zack Kass is an AI strategist, futurist, and former Head of Go-to-Market at OpenAI — the company behind ChatGPT. As a leading voice in the responsible integration of artificial intelligence, Zack has advised Fortune 500 companies, governments, and nonprofits on how to navigate technological change with both foresight and humanity.In this wide-rangi…

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Episode 343: Feminine Intelligence with Elina Teboul 1:30:42

3d ago1:30:42

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Author Elina Teboul is my guest this week, discussing her new book, Feminine Intelligence: How Visionary Leadership Can Shape Business for Good. As a business leader, Elina found her own perspective deeply transformed by therapeutic work with psychedelics, and she doesn't shy away from sharing about her experiences and perspective in her book. Whil…

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Sean Esbjörn-Hargens: Super-Experiencers, The Fae & The Path To The Multidimensional Self (Ep. 7, Pt. 1) 53:54

6d ago53:54

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✨ Become a Patron & turn on alerts for the release of Part 2 of this episode! Guest Sean Esbjörn-Hargens Sean has been a global leader in developing “metaintegral” approaches to various disciplines and has been developing the new field of Exo Studies – exploring the implications of anomalous realities and experiences for our understanding the natur…

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James Cooke live at Totnes Consciousness Cafe: Nondual Naturalism & the Unity of Life & Consciousness 1:30:15

7d ago1:30:15

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This talk was filmed live at the Totnes Consciousness Cafe in April 2025.

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#129 Embodying Anti-Zionism: Wendy Elisheva Somerson 41:21

8d ago41:21

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Wendy Elisheva Somerson (wes) is a non-binary Jewish somatic healer, writer, visual artist, and activist who helped found the Seattle chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace. They facilitate Ruach, body-based Jewish healing groups held in an anti-Zionist, anti-racist, and feminist framework. As part of a movement of anti-Zionist Jews, they support Jewish…

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Nonduality & The Science of Consciousness - Peter Russell 1:00:41

8d ago1:00:41

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The spiritual teaching of nonduality, which stems from the Indian philosophy of advaita, teaches that consciousness is the primary reality, the fundamental essence of the cosmos. On the other hand, the current scientific worldview holds that the physical world is primary, and that consciousness somehow, in ways that we do not yet understand, emerge…

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Awakening to Original Love with Henry Shukman (Part 2) 41:45

8d ago41:45

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In part two of this deep conversation, two “happy” masters of meditation, Loch Kelly and Henry Shukman, explore a range of topics and questions through the lens of awakening as a natural human potential. What can we learn about how to shift into awake mind and heart to live with and recover from injury and long Covid? What is effortless focus and f…

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Episode 342: The Fate of Miraanni, Chapter 20 53:11

10d ago53:11

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With this week's installment of the audiobook of The Fate of Miraanni, sisters, Nuya and Ohada, decide to attempt a psychic experiment that goes sideways, producing unexpected results that will impact them in ways that can't even begin to imagine ...

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#67 The Dreaming Path Podcast: Uncle Paul Callaghan & Uncle Paul Gordon (Encore) 59:51

15d ago59:51

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Join SAND co-founders Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo in conversation with Aboriginal elders and authors Uncle Paul Callaghan and Uncle Paul Gordon for a powerful SAND Community Gathering (2023), “The Dreaming Path,” where they explored some of the profound Aboriginal teachings. Connect with Uncle Paul Gordon and dozens of other Indigenous speakers at th…

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The Hidden Life of an Abuse Survivor — Tomás Hardiman 1:02:43

15d ago1:02:43

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Tomás Hardiman is a film producer and a survivor of childhood abuse. His recent documentary “The Days of Trees” tells the story of his own experience of childhood sexual abuse, and his long road to recovery.In this conversation, Tomás reflects on the years he spent in the dark, his gradual process of healing, and how he was able to convert his deep…

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Episode 341: Trauma-Informed 5-MeO-DMT Facilitation - The Book! with Stephan Kerby 1:22:10

17d ago1:22:10

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Stephan Kerby, director of the Mindscape Institute, comes back on the podcast to share all about his new book, Trauma-Informed 5-MeO-DMT Facilitation: An Educational Manual, which we produced together expanding on materials used for the class of the same name with the institute. In this conversation we discuss not only the content, but also the pro…

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Transformative Power of Experiences: From Altered States To Encounters With Goddesses (Ep. 6, Pt. 2) 1:46:43

21d ago1:46:43

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✨ Make sure to check out Part 1 of this interview first! It can be viewed here! Guest Mitch Mitch is a lifelong experiencer whose journey into the unknown began at the age of two. From early encounters with poltergeist activity to witnessing a non-human entity walking among us, he has spent a lifetime navigating the strange and unexplained. As a te…

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#128 Portals of Connection: Abigail Rose Clarke 53:47

22d ago53:47

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Abigail Rose Clarke is a somatic educator, writer, and creator of The Embodied Life Method. Her new book, Returning Home to Our Bodies: Reimagining the Relationship Between Our Bodies and the World, challenges the dominant narratives that treat our bodies as machines. Instead, she invites readers into a deeper relationship with the body as part of …

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Morality or Biology? Rethinking the Dark Side of Human Nature — Dr Guy Leschziner 56:48

22d ago56:48

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In this episode, I speak with Professor Guy Leschziner, a consultant neurologist and author of three bestselling books, including: “The Man Who Tasted Words”, “The Secret World of Sleep”, and “The Seven Deadly Sins”, which this interview focuses on. Drawing on insights from evolutionary biology, genetics, and clinical neurology, Guy makes a compell…

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Sarah Gamm: Government Analyst Talks Angelic Healing, Alien Encounters & A Greater Reality (Ep. 5, Pt. 2) 57:29

22d ago57:29

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✨ Make sure to check out Part 1 of this interview first! It can be viewed here. Guest Sarah Gamm Sarah holds a B.S is in Astrophysics and M.S. in Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction. Most of her career has been in the Intelligence Community focused on satellite imagery analysis and as an image scientist. She has worked at ODNI-National Counterpr…

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Ecodharma with David Loy | Living Mirrors #146 59:00

24d ago59:00

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David Loy is a Zen teacher, author, and scholar whose work bridges Buddhism, social justice, and ecology. He is a founding member of the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center, near Boulder, Colorado, and sits on the advisory boards of Buddhist Global Relief, the Clear View Project, Zen Peacemakers, and the Ernest Becker Foundation. He's the autho…

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Dark Nights of the Soul: The Meandering Formational Journey of a Lifelong Experiencer (Ep. 6, Pt. 1) 1:16:48

28d ago1:16:48

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✨ Subscribe & turn on alerts for the release of Part 2 of this episode! Guest Mitch Mitch is a lifelong experiencer whose journey into the unknown began at the age of two. From early encounters with poltergeist activity to witnessing a non-human entity walking among us, he has spent a lifetime navigating the strange and unexplained. As a teenager, …

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Are You More Than Just Your Brain? — Dr Sharon Dirckx 1:00:13

29d ago1:00:13

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Dr. Sharon Dirckx is a speaker and author trained in neuroscience, who speaks internationally on topics such as science and theology, human consciousness, and the problem of evil. She has appeared on BBC Radio 2, Radio 4 and has also written for The Times. Her books include: Broken Planet, Why, and Am I Just my Brain - which this interview focuses …

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Episode 339: Quieting the Storm Within - Ashley Booth on Internal Family Systems and Psychedelic Therapy 1:14:34

1M ago1:14:34

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Author and psychedelic therapist, Ashley Booth, returns to the podcast after many years to share about her new book, Quieting the Storm Within: An Illustrated Introduction to Your Parts Through Internal Family Systems and Beyond. Going beyond the scope of the book itself, much of our conversations focuses on how and why IFS is being used in conjunc…

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#127 Buddhism Beyond the Cushion: Duncan Ryuken Williams & Funie Hsu/Chhî 1:02:12

1M ago1:02:12

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This episode is a live recording from a recent SAND Community Gathering (April 2025) facilitated by Jungwon Kim. Join Buddhist scholars and activists Rev. Duncan Ryūken Williams, Ph.D. and Funie Hsu/Chhî, Ph.D. for an illuminating dialogue exploring the intersection of Buddhist practice and social transformation. This conversation weaves together B…

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Dr Lisa Feldman Barrett - How the Brain Creates Emotions 56:30

1M ago56:30

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Dr Lisa Feldman Barrett, who is in the top one percent of most cited scientists in the world for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience. She is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University, and also holds appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, where she is Chief Science Of…

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Awakening to Original Love with Henry Shukman (Part 1) 54:53

1M ago54:53

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In this deep conversation, two “happy" masters of meditation, Loch Kelly and author of Original Love, Henry Shukman, explore their similar and unique approaches to awakening. With delight and curiosity, they share some of their own initial awakening experience. They also discuss their process of discovering and unfolding and how they share it with …

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Daniel Ingram & James Cooke discuss No Self and the Role of Interpretations in the Mind | Living Mirrors #145 54:32

1M ago54:32

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This week on the podcast I’m speaking again with Daniel Ingram. Daniel is a physician and meditator and is the author of the influential book Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha. He is the co-founder of the Dharma Overground and of The Emergent Phenomenology Research Consortium. Today we discuss awakening and the role of interpretations in t…

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#126 Decolonial Wellness: Elizabeth Philipose 42:10

1M ago42:10

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Elizabeth Philipose, PhD has a lifelong passion for transformational arts and the expansion of consciousness. She has pursued this as an academic studying the causes and consequences of violence. Her focus is on healing relations between masculine and feminine, humans and nature, races, and nations. As a spiritual guide, she offers programs in deco…

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Neuroscience: Addiction as Learning - The Missing Link? — Prof. Marc Lewis 1:02:33

1M ago1:02:33

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Professor Marc Lewis is a former Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Toronto and a world leading expert in the neuroscience of addiction. It was particularly interesting to speak with Marc because not only does he have a deep understanding of the neural mechanisms underneath addictive processes, he also has battled with quite…

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Episode 337: Ayahuasca Inside Out 1:00:12

2M ago1:00:12

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This week the play and musical, "Ayahuasca Inside Out," debuts at the NY Fringe Festival, opening on Monday, April 14th, and running through the 20th. To help hype up the event, I had a great conversation with Loren Crea Abbade and Anthony Hidalgo to tell us all about it last week to get this out in time to mark their opening day and celebrate how …

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#6 New Gods at the End of the World: Bayo Akomolafe & Sophie Strand (Encore) 57:04

2M ago57:04

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Today, we present a wild and flowering conversation between two poets, writers, philosophers, and theobiologians Bayo Akomalofe and Sophie Strand. This conversation is from a 2022 SAND Community Gathering. To hear the full conversation with Q&A from the live webinar you can view it here (with SAND Membership). In Greek Mythology, the Titan Kronos e…

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Attachment and Compassion in Psychotherapy — Paul Gilbert and Jeremy Holmes 1:06:59

2M ago1:06:59

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In this episode, I’m joined by Professor Paul Gilbert and Professor Jeremy Holmes. Paul is the developer of Compassion Focused Therapy and one of the world’s leading clinical psychologists studying the scientific application of compassion in therapeutic practice. Jeremy is an award winning attachment expert, clinician, and author, whose books inclu…

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Episode 336: Bufo Camp with Mario Garnier 1:33:28

2M ago1:33:28

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I'm welcoming Mario Garnier back onto the podcast this week. Mario is one of the founders of the World Bufo Alvarius Congress, held for several years in Mexico City. He's now running a mens' retreat program in Mexico called "Bufo Camp," so I thought it would be a good time to bring him back on the podcast to share all about it. Mario also recently …

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#125 Building Bridges: john a. powell 54:12

2M ago54:12

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From a recent SAND Community Gathering (March 2025) At a time when our world can feel increasingly divided, and many are retreating into isolation, civil rights scholar john a. powell offers a transformative approach to building connections across differences. Drawing from his groundbreaking work with the Othering & Belonging Institute and his own …

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Is Addiction an Attachment Disorder? — Dr Oliver Morgan 57:05

2M ago57:05

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Dr Morgan is a Professor of Counseling & Human Services at the University of Scranton, who has spent thirty years researching, teaching, and writing about mental health and addiction. He is the author of Addiction, Attachment, Trauma and Recovery, which provides a holistic, multidisciplinary framework for understanding and treating addictive proces…

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AMA: Abiding vs. Non-Abiding Awakening 6:39

2M ago6:39

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Sarah Gamm: Government Analyst, Near-Death Experiencer & Psychic on UFO Disclosure (Ep. 5, Pt. 1) 56:23

2M ago56:23

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✨ Follow & turn on alerts for the release of Part 2 of this episode! Guest Sarah Gamm Sarah holds a B.S is in Astrophysics and M.S. in Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction. Most of her career has been in the Intelligence Community focused on satellite imagery analysis and as an image scientist. She has worked at ODNI-National Counterproliferation…

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#124 War’s Long Shadow: Jungwon Kim & Linda Thai 54:30

2M ago54:30

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From a recent SAND Community Gathering (March 2025) Join mental health clinician Linda Thai and writer Jungwon Kim for an in-depth conversation on intergenerational trauma, historical grief, and healing in community. Together, they explored psychological, spiritual, and communal reverberations of historical violence, framed within the context of U.…

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Effortless Focus & Flow 43:25

2M ago43:25

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What if there were another way to focus that is not stressful or exhausting? And what if this other way of effortless focus and flow gave us more energy and tapped us into an inherent sense of clarity, compassion, and wholeness? Three Kinds of Effortless Flow In this episode of the Effortless Mindfulness podcast, Loch Kelly introduces us to differe…

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Dr. Andrea Lani: Non-Human Meditative Experiences, Animal Encounters & Time Anomalies (Ep. 4, Pt. 2) 1:11:12

2M ago1:11:12

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✨ To get the most out of this episode by seeing Dr. Lani’s visual presentation, we would recommend watching Part 2 on our YouTube channel, ⁠here⁠! ✨ Part 1 of this episode can be viewed ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Guest Dr. Andrea Lani Dr. Lani is a research and team manager in academia. As an aerospace engineer with a PhD in Engineering Sciences, he has worked with…

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Precognition, NDEs, and The Psychology of Expanding Time — Dr Steve Taylor 1:01:25

2M ago1:01:25

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In this interview, I speak with Dr Steve Taylor, a psychologist, writer, and lecturer at Leeds Beckett University. Dr Taylor is the author of several bestselling books on psychology and spirituality, including: The Leap, Spiritual Science, and most recently Time Expansion Experiences, which this conversation focuses on. Expect to learn:— Why linear…

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Episode 334: Entheos Holistics with Austin West 1:22:46

2M ago1:22:46

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I'm joined by Austin West this week sharing his journey into psychedelic medicines, healing through crisis, why "safety" isn't always the best priority, and more. Austin leads men's groups, offers mentoring, and also provides holistic approaches to wellbeing through Entheos Holistics. We had a great conversation the other month and here it is for y…

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Dr. Andrea Lani: Italian Aerospace Engineer's Synchronicity, "Alien" & UFO Encounters (Ep. 4, Pt. 1) 1:16:16

2M ago1:16:16

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✨ To get the most out of this episode by seeing Dr. Lani’s visual presentation, we would recommend watching Part 1 on our YouTube channel, ⁠here⁠! ✨ Part 2 of this episode can be viewed ⁠here⁠. Guest Dr. Andrea Lani Dr. Lani is a research and team manager in academia. As an aerospace engineer with a PhD in Engineering Sciences, he has worked with N…

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#123 Listening from Silence: John J. Prendergast 53:51

2M ago53:51

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John J. Prendergast, PhD, is a spiritual teacher, author, retired psychotherapist, and retired adjunct professor of psychology who has taught at Esalen and Kripalu and online. He studied for many years with the sage Dr. Jean Klein as well as with the spiritual teacher Adyashanti. He is the author of the books In Touch, The Deep Heart and Your Deepe…

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When the self comes to an end, with Viivi Jokela | Living Mirrors #144 57:24

2M ago57:24

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Viivi Jokela is an awakening facilitator. She had a spontaneous awakening in 2022 which she subsequently integrated to reach abiding no-self realization. I find her descriptions of what she calls “the natural state”, and the process by which it can be realized, to be incredibly accurate, and so it’s a real pleasure to bring you my conversation with…

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Episode 333: The Alchemist and the Eagle - The Stories Behind the Stories Behind the Music 1:20:09

2M ago1:20:09

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This week's episode is all about my personal creative process. I'm taking 5 tracks off my new album, "The Alchemist and the Eagle," and sharing with the listeners about the stories behind the stories behind the music. With each song, I share about what went into creating it, how it fits with the novel, and how events and experiences in my personal …

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