New Thinking Allowed Audio Podcast

Bashar &  First Contact: Darryl Anka How close are we to First Contact? In this conversation Darryl Anka, the channel for Bashar, shares his journey from witnessing UFO sightings to becoming a prominent figure in the field of channeling. He discusses the nature of Bashar as an extraterrestrial consciousness and the connection between spirituality and the UFO phenomena. Darryl emphasizes the im...

Principles of Remote Viewing with Paul H. Smith Paul H. Smith, PhD, served as president of the International Remote Viewing Association an organization of which he is a founder. A former Army intelligence officer, he served for seven years as part of the military’s top-secret remote viewing program. He is author of Reading the Enemy’s Mind and The Essential Guide to Remote Viewing. He currently se...

Evidential Near-Death Experiences with Janice Miner Holden Janice Miner Holden, EdD, is president of the International Association for Near-Death Studies, a near-death experience & transpersonal researcher, and is the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies. She has a doctorate in education and is professor emerita of Counseling at the University of North Texas. Her primary research focus...

The Unobstructed Way with Ronnie Pontiac Ronnie Pontiac was the personal research assistant for Manly P. Hall at the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles. He is author of American Metaphysical Religion: Esoteric and Mystical Traditions of the New World. He is coauthor with Tamra Lucid of The Magic of the Orphic Hymns: A New Translation for the Modern Mystic. Early in the twentieth century...

A Photojournalist Explores Protests with Amy Beth Katz Photojournalist Amy Katz, MA, (twin sister of NTA guest host, Debra Lynne Katz) discusses her experiences documenting protests, starting with Occupy Wall Street in 2011. She has published photos and videos in various renowned publications and has attended protests such as the Women’s March, environmental demonstrations, and the George Floyd pr...

Investigating Altered States of Consciousness with Rick Strassman Rick Strassman, MD, is an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of New Mexico. He is author of DMT: The Spirit Molecule — A Doctor’s Revolutionary Research Into the Biology of Near-Death and Mystical Experiences, Inner Paths to Outer Space: Journeys to Alien Worlds Through Psychedelics and Other Spiritual T...

Introducing Our New Studio Sculptures with Joe Cajero Joe Cajero, a member of the Native American, Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico, is a fine artist and award-winning sculptor. His website is https://cajerofineart.com/ Here he explains aspects of the Pueblo Indian heritage, referring to the historical antecedents in Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon. He describes his own creative process and explains the sym...

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...

How Matter Became Conscious and Alive with James Cooke James Cooke PhD trained as a neuroscientist after an awakening as a teenager that showed him the reality of spiritual states of consciousness. He holds three degrees from Oxford University (a PhD and Masters in Neuroscience & a BA in Experimental Psychology). He has conducted scientific research for over a decade at institutions such as Ox...

Astrology, History, and the U.S. Election Professional astrologer Nick Dagan Best, author of Uranus USA: Astrology Looks at the First Nation and Planet of the New World, incisively predicted Donald Trump’s re-election in 2024. In this conversation, Best and guest host Christopher Naughton explore the astrological implications of the 2024 election, the significance of Uranus in American history, an...

What is Time? with Steve Taylor Steve Taylor, PhD, is the author of Time Expansion Experiences: The Psychology of Time Perception and the Illusion of Linear Time. He is the author of 15 other books including The Adventure, The Leap and Spiritual Science, He is a senior lecturer in psychology at Leeds Beckett University and a past chair of the Transpersonal Psychology Section of the British Psychol...

Gaining Power Over Thoughts and Feelings with Jill Bolte Taylor Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD, is a Harvard-trained and published neuroanatomist whose research specialized in understanding how our brain creates our perception of reality. At the age of 37, she experienced a severe hemorrhage in the left hemisphere of her brain. From this rare form of stroke (AVM), she could not walk, talk, read, write, or...

The Superhumanities with Jeffrey Kripal Jeffrey J. Kripal is the J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Philosophy and Religious Thought and former chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Rice University in Houston, Texas. His books include Kali’s Child, Esalen, Authors of the Impossible, The Serpent’s Gift, Mutants and Mystics, The Supernatural (with Whitley Strieber), Secret Body, The...

The Marian Apparitions at Zeitoun with Travis Dumsday Travis Dumsday is Chair of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Concordia University of Edmonton, Canada. He is author of several books, including Dispositionalism and the Metaphysics of Science, Alternative Conceptions of the Spiritual: Polytheism, Animism, and More in Contemporary Philosophy of Religion; and The Marian Apparitions at Zeitoun:...

Thinking Impossibly with Jeffrey Kripal Jeffrey J. Kripal is the J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Philosophy and Religious Thought and former chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Rice University in Houston, Texas. His books include Kali’s Child, Esalen, Authors of the Impossible, The Serpent’s Gift, Mutants and Mystics, The Supernatural (with Whitley Strieber), Secret Body, The...

Shame: The Hidden Struggle with Pat DeYoung Patricia A. DeYoung, PhD has a Masters of Social Work and a PhD in Philosophy of Education from the University of Toronto. She is a Registered Clinical Social Worker in Ontario, Canada and has been a practitioner of psychotherapy since 1996. She was a founding faculty member of the Toronto Institute for Relational Psychotherapy, where she taught for 25 y...

Lenses of Consciousness with Nancy du Tertre Nancy du Tertre, JD, is a corporate lawyer specializing in securities litigation. She is also a psychic detective, spiritual medium, medical intuitive, energy healer, ufologist, and remote viewer. In addition, she is certified in the Intuitive Gestalt Dialogue Method. She is author of the books, Psychic Intuition: Everything You Wanted to Ask But Were A...

Emotions and the Brain with Mark Solms Mark Solms is Director of Neuropsychology at the Neuroscience Institute of the University of Cape Town. He is also Honorary Lecturer in Neurosurgery at the St Bartholomew’s & Royal London Hospital School of Medicine and an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists. He is a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society and the American and...

Understanding Your Karma with Edi Bilimoria Edi Bilimoria, DPhil, FIMechE, CEng, is a Consultant Engineer and has been Project Manager and Head of Design for major projects such as the Channel Tunnel. He is a Trustee of the Scientific and Medical Network, Adviser to the Galileo Commission of the Network, a Trustee and a Council Member of the Francis Bacon Society, and was the Education Manager for...

InPresence 0258: Graduate Education in Parapsychology Jeffrey Mishlove shares his dream of establishing such a unique graduate level program in parapsychology. He dialogues with himself and provides details concerning the new offerings he helped to create at the California Institute for Human Science. Those offerings include a masters degree in psychology with a concentration in parapsychology, as...

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

Spirit Mediumship and Remote Viewing with Lori Williams Lori Williams is author of Monitoring: A Guide for Remote Viewing and Professional Intuitive Teams and also Boundless: Your How-To Guide To Practical Remote Viewing. She is founder and president of Intuitive Specialists. She is very active as a trainer of remote viewers. Her website is https://intuitivespecialists.com/ Here she describes her...

Platonic Surrealism with Kevin Cann Kevin Cann is a contributor to Jeffrey Kripal’s book, How to Think Impossibly. He is a high-functioning, autistic individual. His website is https://platonicsurrealism.com/kevin/ Here he describes how the painful circumstances of his life have led him to develop a unique philosophical outlook that he refers to as Platonic Surrealism. New Thinking Allowed h...

Remote Viewing, Transdimensional Mapping and the Grey Dude with Prudence Calabrese Prudence Calabrese (AKA Birdie Jaworski), is founder of Transdimensional Systems, which was the name of her successful and well-funded remote viewing business. In the early 1990’s she left remote viewing on a professional level., but continued to practice and think about how to improve it. Now, 20 years later she is...

Mystical Luminosity with Jonathan Dinsmore Jonathan Dinsmore, MS, is an instructor in psychology at the University of Arkansas. He is author of Mystical Luminosity: The Initiation of a Construct Grounded in Phenomenology. Here he shares how the science of psychology can cast illumination on a concept that can be found in virtually every religious and mystical tradition. He claims that this is a re...