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Pushing Boundaries with Dr. Thomas R Verny

Science EN ↓ 53 episodes

Dynamic interviews with established and emerging scientists, scholars and artists who work at the cutting edge of their disciplines and whose accomplishments I value. To me the world is a laboratory of ideas and I try to find the best, most intriguing of these, then illuminate them with a bright and generous light. I talk with my guests about the things they care about, how they got there, where they are now and where they are headed. I am interested in the science and the scientist, the contributions the person has made and the person making these contributions. Always looking for how to bett...

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The Transgenerational Transmission of Stress 29.06.2022 1:04:13

Prof. Gerlinde Metz, Lethbridge University, Canada discusses her research that advances intriguing evidence that stressful experiences during pregnancy exert long-term consequences on the future mental well being of both the mother and her child. Recent human epidemiological and animal studies indicate that stressful experiences in utero or during early life may increase the risk of neurological...

The Triune Brain and the Triune Mind 23.06.2022 1:00:37

Ven. Mihita Suwanda Sugunasiri, Ph. D.,Canadian Buddhist scholar, discusses the Triune Brain of Western science as it relates to the Triune Mind of Buddhism. The topics discussed range over psychology and philosophy, ancient wisdom and reincarnation. If you liked this podcast please tell your friends about it, subscribe to this podcast wherever you listen to podcasts and/or write a brief note...

Dr. Howard Eisenberg, Dream it to do it: Encoding Reality 2:0 15.06.2022 46:49

These are very dark times with multiple existential threats. Dr. Eisenberg, a practicing psychotherapist beside being a writer, brings a new and quite radical "therapy" to us in his new book in which he questions established concepts of consciousness and reality. Listening to Dr. Eisenberg may propel you on a journey in which you will begin to tap into your own resources to create a h...