New Thinking Allowed Audio Podcast

Understanding Alfred North Whitehead with Matthew David Segall Matt Segall, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Department at California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, and the Chair of the Science Advisory Committee for the Cobb Institute. He is author of Crossing the Threshold: Etheric Imagination in the Post-Kantian Process Philosophy of S...

Meditation with Psychedelics with Sean McNamara Sean McNamara, MA, 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 ES...

Deconstructing Cults and Undue Influence with Steven Hassan Steven Hassan, PhD, is a licensed mental health professional, a recognized expert on cults and undue influence, and possesses professional experience both in the US and abroad. Over the course of his 47-year career, Dr. Hassan has assisted numerous individuals and families in their recovery from undue influence. He is highly sought after...

Are We the Aliens? with Bruce Olav Solheim Bruce Olav Solheim, PhD, is professor of history at Citrus College in Glendora, California. He also served as a Fulbright professor in 2003 at the University of Tromsø in northern Norway. He teaches a paranormal personal history course. He is author of five books on history and political science, one novel, three plays, and three books about his personal...

The Seat of Attention with Glenn Hartelius Glenn Hartelius, PhD, is Co-Director of Psychology Programs and Director of Integral, Transpersonal, and Positive Psychology PhD Concentration at the California Institute for Human Science (CIHS). He is coauthor of The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Transpersonal Psychology. Most recently he is coauthor, with Michaela Aizer of The Anatomy of Presence: Turn Y...

Psychology of the Chakras with Richard Jelusich Richard Jelusich, PhD, is chairman of the board of trustees of the California Institute for Human Science, and also a lead faculty member. He is an ordained minister and has an active practice in subtle energy medicine/energy psychology and spiritual counseling. He is the author of Eye of the Lotus: Psychology of the Chakras and I Can Relate: How We...

Heartfulness Meditation with Emmy Vadnais The Heartfulness Meditation is similar to what is known as mindfulness meditation. In this meditation, CoHost Emmy Vadnais guides you to connect with your heart and loving awareness to balance your mind, body, and spirit.  Being present with non-judging awareness, from your heart, allows thoughts, feelings, and emotions to come and go without getting caugh...

Zen and Koans with Henry Shukman Henry Shukman, MA, is the Spiritual Director Emeritus of Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is a teacher in the Sanbo Zen lineage and has trained in various other meditation schools and practices. He has been authorized to teach Mindfulness by Shinzen Young and is a certified dreamwork therapist. Henry is author of several books, including Origin...

Consciousness and Science with Christof Koch Christof Koch was a professor at the California Institute of Technology and the president and chief scientist of the Allen Institute for Brain Science. He is now a meritorious investigator at the Allen Institute and the chief scientist for the Tiny Blue Dot Foundation. He is author of Biophysics of Computation: Information Processing in Single Neurons,...

The Journey from Computers to Consciousness with Federico Faggin Federico Faggin created the self-aligned MOS silicon-gate technology, which made possible memory chips, CCD image sensors, and the microprocessor. He designed the Intel 4004, 8008, and 8080 microprocessors, as well as the Zilog Z80 and Z8 processors. In 2010, he received the 2009 National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highe...

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

Crop Circles and Earth Frequencies with Rick Leskowitz Eric “Rick” Leskowitz, MD, served as a consultant psychiatrist for over 25 years with the Pain Management Program at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, where he also founded the Integrative Medicine Task Force. He holds an appointment as a research affiliate with the Osher Institute for Integrative Medicine research at Harvard Medica...

Help Wanted. World Savior. Apply Within. with Alan Cohen The end of the world is near. That’s the good news. Because It’s pushing a new world to emerge. Those sentiments have been expressed by Alan Cohen, MA, an inspirational teacher, speaker, and the founder/director of the Foundation for Holistic Life Coaching. He’s the author of 32 popular books, among them bestsellers The Dragon Doesn’t...

UFO/UAP Disclosure and Your Right to Know with Daniel Sheehan Famed civil rights attorney Daniel Sheehan addresses UFO/UAP disclosure, technology, and biology, and American citizens’ constitutional rights to know. Attorney Sheehan’s deep litigation experience in American constitutional watersheds from Watergate to the Pentagon Papers, the Iran-Contra affair, Karen Silkwood, the Lakota Tribe at Sta...

Divine Feminine Power with Marguerite Mary Rigoglioso Marguerite Mary Rigoglioso, PhD, holds a doctorate in humanities and master’s degree in philosophy and religion. She has taught courses on the sacred feminine and women’s spiritual leadership at various universities in the San Francisco Bay Area and in the UK.  She is the founder of Seven Sisters Mystery School and a teacher of sacred knowledge...

Gods, Egregores, and Archetypes 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 reviews t...

The Biological Field with Beverly Rubik Beverly Rubik, PhD, a biophysicist, is president and founder of the Institute for Frontier Science in Emeryville, California. She has authored dozens of scientific papers regarding the human biofield, psychotronics, psychic healing and other aspects of cutting-edge science. She is author of Life At The Edge of Science. She is a lead faculty member of the Cal...

An Open-Ended Conversation with Jack Kornfield Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, India, and Burma. He holds a Ph. D. in clinical psychology and is a founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society in Massachusetts and Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California. He is one of the key teachers to introduce mindfulness practice to the West, has taught internationally since 197...

Impact: Uranus Return 2025-2033 with Nick Dagan Best What does this election season and next historical phase hold in store for us? Author (“Uranus USA”) and professional astrologer Nick Dagan Best discusses the cycles of the planet Uranus in the US and other nations’ astrological birth charts. He explores how the current time rhymes with events in American history, such as the A...

Poetry and the Occult with Julia Gordon-Bramer Julia Gordon-Bramer, MFA, is author of Fixed Stars Govern a Life: Decoding Sylvia Plath, Decoding Sylvia Plath’s “Daddy”: Discover the Layers of Meaning Beyond the Brute, Decoding Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus”: Freedom’s Feminine Fire, Tarot Life Lessons: Living Wisdom from the Major Arcana, and most recently...

The Wisdom of Classical Yoga with Christopher Key Chapple Christopher Key Chapple is Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology and Founding Director of the Master of Arts in Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. Chris serves on the advisory boards for the South Asian Studies Association, the Forum on Religion and Ecology (Yale), the Ahimsa Center (Pomona),...

Miraculous Healing and Science with Joseph Selbie Joseph Selbie has been a kriya yoga meditator for over fifty years. He is author of The Physics of God, Break Through the Limits of the Brain, The Yugas (with David Steinmetz), and most recently The Physics of Miraculous Healing. His website is http://www.physicsandgod.com/ Here he explains why miraculous healing can be understood through the lens...

Maurice Nicoll: The Psychology of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky’s Fourth Way with Gary Lachman Gary Lachman is the author of over twenty books about the history of esotericism and its influence on politics and society. He has written biographies of Carl Jung, Aleister Crowley, Rudolf Steiner, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Emanuel Swedenborg, P. D. Ouspensky, and Colin Wilson. His newest book is Mauri...

An Open-Ended Conversation with Edwin C. May Edwin C. May, PhD, was involved in the military intelligence psychic spying program, popularly referred to as Stargate, for over twenty years. During the last decade, he was the director of research for that program. In this context, he produced over a hundred scientific publications. His academic training was in experimental nuclear physics. He is coau...

Reiki Healing with CIHS President Jeffery Martin Jeffery Martin, PhD, is a social scientist who researches personal transformation. He is a Reiki master and is the author of The Complete Guide to Reiki. Jeffery is currently the president of the California Institute for Human Science. Portions of his research on power of thought and non-symbolic consciousness are also available in the popular ficti...