A Small Medium at Large

Matthew J. (Mateo) Pallamary has been visiting the mountains, deserts, and jungles of North, Central, and South America, pursuing his studies of shamanism and plant medicines, for over twenty five years. He has eighteen books in print in multiple genres, and has taught Phantastic Fiction workshops at the Southern California Writers Conference and the Santa Barbara Writers Conference for over thirt...

Shaman Ayangat Udgun visited our studio from Mongolia for an interview. She is the leader of Mongol Tenger Unen, which preserves and promotes Mongolian shamanic traditions and Tengerism, collaborating with supporters and followers around the world. Ayangat discusses Mongolian Shamanism and the most recent books their organization has published. She shares the history of Chinggis Khaan and explains...

Janet Piedilato talks about her journey to Egypt and her experience accessing portals there. Janet's writing offers a glimpse of the inner world accessed through dream consciousness. She talks about her Newly released book The Dream Gate and its novel approaches to understanding the language of dreams and life itself. She explains how she was guided to draw and create her Mystical Dream Tarot...

Sidian M.S. Jones speaks about his upcoming book Mythic Color, sharing beautiful images and descriptions. He explains what Personal Mythology is, and the stories and archetypes that drive everything we think, feel, and do. He shares some of his personal journey that led him down this path. Sidian is the grandson of the famous Indian medicine Man Rolling Thunder. Gail tells him about her meeting hi...

Gwynn O'Gara is a Sonoma County Poet Laureate, and reads us her captivating poetry from her newest book We Who Dream, and her first book Snake Woman Poems. She talks about what it was like teaching in the public school system, celebrating the joys and mysteries of written and recited poetry. Gwynn shares her poetry and reflects on the healing quality and how poems as medicine can help us. Cont...

Russell Targ discusses his new book Third Eye Spies - Learn Remote Viewing from The Masters, showing just how Ingo Swann, Pat Price and Hella Hammid demonstrated and developed remote viewing talents and used them to uncover classified material and secret sites, for intelligence projects that are no longer classified. Topics range from precognitive dreams and outbound remote viewing, to the proven...

Dr. Kirk Schneider speaks about and explains what existential-humanistic integrative psychology is. He shares how the loss of his brother as a child and the therapy he received then led him to a career of helping others as a psychologist. Dr. Kirk Schneider talks about his new book LIFE ENHANCING ANXIETY.  He talks of the importance of life enhancing anxiety and the applications from birth, childh...

Henny Kupferstein is a psychologist who specializes in autism research.  She is a parent of autistic children and a piano pedagogy scientist.  She shares her intimate stories of her life, and how she learned to work with and understand her autism and find music as a way to help herself as well as others.  She talks about being one of ten musical savants in the world and of Kim Peek,...

Candice Sanderson, author of several bestselling books including The Reluctant Messenger, never imagined she'd be hearing and channeling spirits.  A clinical psychologist raised in Southern Baptist Kentucky, she was a skeptic.  But one day when she heard a voice in her head while driving to work -- and it provided information she could confirm -- her life changed forever. Candice recount...

Annie Bourke comes to us from Australia to talk about her work as a medium and communicator with animals. She shares stories of how she has helped people connect to their animals, in life and after they have passed.  She talks about her two books - The Bridge to Animal Consciousness and Evolving Hearts, and Souls: The Guide to Spiritual Awakening.  Animals are her passion, and her missio...

Georgena Eggleston Grace is discovering a New Paradigm of Grief: Georgena says you needn't be broken by your loss. You can be broken open, like a seed, to grow in self-awareness and new connections. In less than 4 years, five people in Georgena’s life died -- two by suicide. No good-byes.  Through her own journey, and training to become a Somatic Synergist, she discovered how grief lives in o...

Mark Ireland is the son of renowned mid-twentieth century psychic Richard Ireland, and has participated in mediumship research studies conducted by the University of Arizona and the University of Virginia. Mark discusses growing up with a father who was a prominent 20th century psychic-medium for Mae West, Mamie Eisenhower and many others.  He shares how the passing of his son drew him back i...

Whitney McNeill is a medium, Intuitive Development Teacher, Creator of the Messenger of Spirit Oracle Cards, and host of the Spiritual and Ambitious podcast. She has helped over 20,000 people connect to Spirit. Whitney and Gail discuss types of spirit guides, how to conduct a spirit guide meeting, and how to communicate with them. She discusses her Oracle Cards, and leads us in a 5 minute spirit e...

The phenomenon of virgin birth is much more widespread than you thought. Marguerite Rigoglioso, the leading researcher of this phenomenon, discusses her award winning book The Mystery Tradition of Miraculous Conception - Mary and the Lineages of Virgin Birth. Reports and legends of miraculous conception can be found across many cultures, from ancient Greek and Native American to Mary and her mothe...

Documentary filmmaker and avid yoga practitioner Kayoko Mitsumatsu founded Yoga Gives Back in 2007, inspired by the micro financing revolution of Nobel Peace Prize recipient Dr. Muhammad Yunus.  Kayoko realized, “for the cost of one yoga class, you can change a life”.  Today, YGB provides nearly 2400 underserved mothers and children with micro loans and educational funds in India.  ...

Chris Carr and Kristen Johnson share stories about their haunted childhood, and the synchronicities that brought them together.  They discuss their work investigating and researching the paranormal, including both positive and uncomfortable experiences that occurred when contacting discarnate spirits. Chris and Kristen explain Pansychism, haunted objects, spirits and consciousness. They share...

Today’s special episode is a conversation with two guests: special effects wizard David Biedny and virtual/augmented reality innovator David Levitt, who is also Gail’s husband and a witness to many of the experiences she describes. David Biedny is a leading digital effects, graphics and multimedia expert. He has been a groundbreaking digital artist, author, animator and effects wizard since the ea...

Former Federal Judge Karen V. Johnson shares her story of transforming the energy of grief and loss to build a new life. Her fast-paced career came to an abrupt halt when she lost her 27 year old son to a heroin overdose.  She quit her job, sold her house and belongings, and went on a 2-1/2 year journey around the world, finding a spiritual and healing practice along the way. She shares the i...

Clay Lomakayu has helped thousands of people sharing the Medicine of One, a direct approach to embracing the real space around us and seeing what's in our way. An articulate philosopher and natural shaman, Clay shares how to embrace our Space to escape patterns and barriers, get past trauma, receive praise without ego, and much more. His wide ranging conversation with Gail includes the role of gra...

Donna Rebadow drowned in a boating accident in 1998. She was physically dead but still conscious for a time that seemed unbounded.  She returned from her Near Death Experience with new perspective on choices, life and time. Donna now leads many lives: from teacher and sports medicine acupuncturist to writer, podcaster, and spoon bender.  A lifelong athlete, she was inducted into the Nais...

Lisa Rafel describes her spiritual journey from television actress, playwright and performance poet to sound healer, author and teacher. Lisa's path led her to life changing visits to Nepal, Egypt, Greece and beyond.  Her intimate conversation with Gail includes discoveries and connections with native people and shamans in their time together in Mongolia.  Lisa's beautiful vocal and crys...

53 years ago today, a rock festival in Woodstock helped define a generation. Today our guests are Dan Bukszpan and Karen M. Greenburg, who created the gorgeous book “Woodstock: 50 Years of Peace and Music”.   Their unique book captures the magic — from concert details, never-before-published photos and tales of the brown acid — to interviews with the attendees and the artists 50 years later.&...

Part 2 of our special episode featuring Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong, and David Blank’s Cannabis Assisted Psychedelic Therapy. These special episodes kick off a 2022 Summer of Love series on the podcast. Tommy, David and Gail discuss a wide range of topics in Parts 1 and 2, including: Tommy’s childhood and wild teen years in Canada Racism Woodstock Timothy Leary Abbie and Anita Hoffman Medical...

Today we have a special 2-part episode featuring Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong, and David Blank’s Cannabis Assisted Psychedelic Therapy. These special episodes kick off a 2022 Summer of Love series on the podcast. Tommy, David and Gail discuss a wide range of topics in Part I, including: Tommy’s childhood and wild teen years in Canada Racism Woodstock Timothy Leary Abbie and Anita Hoffman Medica...

Jill Lowy joins us today to talk about Karma and what it means. Jill talks about her new book Ten Ways to Create Good Karma: Challenges on The Spiritual Path.  Jill had a spiritual epiphany that changed her life reading BE HERE NOW by Ram Dass in her early twenties and, finding people would quite naturally talk to her about their problems, earned a Masters Degree in Counseling.  We discu...