New Thinking Allowed Audio Podcast

Courtney Brown is a political scientist and parapsychologist who is an associate professor in the political science department at Emory University. His academic specialty is nonlinear mathmatical modeling. He is author of Cosmic Voyage: A Scientific Discovery of Extraterrestrials Visiting Earth, Cosmic Explorers: Scientific Remote Viewing, Extraterrestrials, and a Message for Mankind, and Remote V...

Jacob W. Glazier, PhD, has a doctorate degree in Psychology: Consciousness and Society from the University of West Georgia, which he now serves as an assistant professor. He is an online Adjunct Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at New York University – Steinhardt. He is author of Arts of Subjectivity: A New Animism for the Post-Media Era. He is editor of the anthology, Paranormal...

In light of the recent U.S. Congressional hearings on UFOs/UAPs, the phenomenon that once dared not speak its name is now an open– though still controversial– topic. Joining guest host Christopher Naughton is Matthew Roberts, the former Naval Cryptologist aboard the USS Roosevelt who first reviewed the famed “Gimbal” UAP footage and had subsequent experiences. He is the author of &#822...

Daniel Sheehan is author of The People’s Advocate: The Life and Legal History of America’s Most Fearless Public Interest Lawyer. For the last half century he has been involved in some of the most famous public legal cases (such as the New York Times publication of the Pentagon Papers). During the period, he has also been active in the community seeking public disclosure of government s...

Ronnie Pontiac was the personal research assistance for Manly P. Hall at the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles. He is coauthor with Tamra Lucid of The Magic of the Orphic Hymns: A New Translation for the Modern Mystic. He is author of American Metaphysical Religion: Esoteric and Mystical Traditions of the New World. Here he highlights some of the most significant and fascinating charac...

Courtney Brown is a political scientist and parapsychologist who is an associate professor in the political science department at Emory University. His academic specialty is nonlinear mathmatical modeling. He is author of Cosmic Voyage: A Scientific Discovery of Extraterrestrials Visiting Earth, Cosmic Explorers: Scientific Remote Viewing, Extraterrestrials, and a Message for Mankind, and Remote V...

Robert Thurman, PhD, is professor emeritus at Columbia University where was a teaching professor for 50 years on Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies. He was the first Westerner Tibetan Buddhist monk ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He is author of many books, including Why the Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the Whole World and Infinite Life: Awakening...

Stephen Aizenstat, PhD, is the founder of Pacifica Graduate Institute, Dream Tending, and the Academy of Imagination. He is coeditor (with Robert Bosnak) of Imagination and Medicine: The Future of Healing in an Age of Neuroscience. He is author of Dream Tending: Awakening to the Healing Power of Dreams and The Imagination Matrix: How to Access the Greatest Power You Have for Creativity, Connection...

Julie Anderson, a former Playboy centerfold model, was an intimate companion of Adi Da Samraj from 1976 until 1992. During that time she was known as Kanya Samarpana Remembrance (also Swami Dama Kalottara Devi, and a number of other names). Her article, “The Real Practice of Guru-Devotion,” was published in the Free Daist Magazine in 1992. Here she shares many details of the sixteen ye...

Rod Chelberg, MD, practiced General Internal Medicine and Emergency Room Medicine for over 25 years. He was the medical director at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Beacon Hospice, and nursing homes in the Bangor, Maine area. He lectures on topics of mysticism and A Course in Miracles and provides spiritual counseling. He is author of When God Calls, Say “Yes!”: A Physician’s Experience of Mystical Guidance...

Courtney Brown is a political scientist and parapsychologist who is an associate professor in the political science department at Emory University. His academic specialty is nonlinear mathematical modeling. He is author of Cosmic Voyage: A Scientific Discovery of Extraterrestrials Visiting Earth, Cosmic Explorers: Scientific Remote Viewing, Extraterrestrials, and a Message for Mankind, and Remote...

Charles Upton’s first books of poetry were published in 1968 and 1969 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti of City Light Books in San Francisco. He was then considered the youngest member of the “beat generation” as he was still in high school. He has subsequently written many books associated with the traditionalist school of spirituality including The Science of the Greater Jihad, Folk Met...

In the Gratitude Meditation, CoHost Emmy Vadnais guides you to create a sense of gratitude for yourself and others. The more you feel gratitude, the more you will likely develop a stronger sense of compassion for yourself and others. It may help you achieve a positive state to reach your goals. Regularly practicing gratitude has many health benefits. (Recorded on November 11, 2023) For a short vid...

Shamanism: Pathways to Transformation with C. Michael Smith Michael Smith, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and medical anthropologist who studied at the University of Chicago, the Chicago Theological Seminary, and the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago. Dr. Smith has lectured on Jungian Psychology and Shamanism for the Jungian Society of South Italy, taught in the third-year analyst training program o...

Who is America’s Greatest Spiritual teacher? Arguably at the core of the American spiritual experience lies this man: Ralph Waldo Emerson. Unitarian minister, Transcendentalist (the uniquely American philosophy promising direct connection to the divine), venerated author of Self Reliance, Nature and The Oversoul and one of the earliest synthesizers of East-West spiritual thinking, Emerson laid the...

Gary Gach is an adjunct faculty member at the University of San Francisco. He is author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Buddhism as well as Pause, Breathe, Smile – Awakening Mindfulness When Meditation is Not Enough. He is cotranslator of three Korean books of poetry by Ko Un. He is editor of What Book!? Buddha Poems From Beat to Hiphop. He recently served as cotranslator for Hafiz’s...

Stephen Braude, PhD, is an emeritus professor and former chairman of the philosophy department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He has also served as president of the Parapsychological Association. He is author of The Limits of Influence: Psychokinesis and the Philosophy of Science, First Person Plural: Multiple Personality and the Philosophy of Mind, Crimes of Reason, The Gold Lea...

Lynne McTaggart is an award-winning journalist, investigator of intention experiments, and the author of seven books, including The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World, The Bond: How to Fix Your Falling Down World, The Power of Eight: Harnessing the Miraculous Energies of a Small Group to Heal Others...

Sean McNamara is author of Defy Your Limits: The Telekinesis Training Method, Meditation X Telekinesis: The Mindfulness Method of Moving Matter With Subtle Energy and Intention, Renegade Mystic: The Pursuit of Spiritual Freedom Through Consciousness Exploration, Signal and Noise: Advanced Psychic Training for Remote Viewing, Clairvoyance, and ESP, Mind Sight: Training to See Without Eyes, DewDrops...

Sean McNamara is author of Defy Your Limits: The Telekinesis Training Method, Meditation X Telekinesis: The Mindfulness Method of Moving Matter With Subtle Energy and Intention, Renegade Mystic: The Pursuit of Spiritual Freedom Through Consciousness Exploration, Signal and Noise: Advanced Psychic Training for Remote Viewing, Clairvoyance, and ESP, Mind Sight: Training to See Without Eyes, DewDrops...

Rizwan “Riz” Virk, MS, is an entrepreneur, video game pioneer, film producer, venture capitalist, and computer scientist. He was the founder of Play Labs @ MIT and is currently doing a PhD and teaching classes at both the College of Global Futures and the Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. He is also an advisor to the Galileo Project. He is author of The Simulation Hypothes...

Marcia Emery, PhD, is a psychologist and pioneer in the field of applied intuition. As a college professor she expanded into parapsychology blending the study of intuition and dreams. She has served as a board member of the International Association for the Study of Dreams. She is author of Dr. Marcia Emery’s Intuition Workbook: An Expert’s Guide to Unlocking the Wisdom of Your Subconscious Mind,...

Dr. Manuel Matas, MD, was a clinical psychiatrist with forty years of experience in university teaching hospitals and private practice. He was a portrait artist, photographer, and public speaker. He has worked in a variety of settings, including the Scarborough Board of Education, the University of Toronto, and the University of Manitoba teaching hospitals, including St. Boniface Hospital in Winni...

Sean McNamara is author of Defy Your Limits: The Telekinesis Training Method, Meditation X Telekinesis: The Mindfulness Method of Moving Matter With Subtle Energy and Intention, Renegade Mystic: The Pursuit of Spiritual Freedom Through Consciousness Exploration, Signal and Noise: Advanced Psychic Training for Remote Viewing, Clairvoyance, and ESP, Mind Sight: Training to See Without Eyes, Coping w...

In this monologue/dialogue, Jeffrey Mishlove reviews the project from the previous winter in which he ostensibly engaged with the deceased Ted Owens to affect the weather in Ukraine. He offers different possible interpretations of that project; and speculates about the possibility of a new project that would be both socially and scientifically meaningful. He then addresses the question of gun viol...