Consciousness Cassettes

In Part 1 of this two part exploration, we turn from the mind to the body and begin with a mystery that modern science has struggled to explain. Energy healing is one of the oldest medical traditions on Earth, yet it has long existed at the margins o... more

For millennia, humans have turned to psychedelic plants to expand perception and access realms beyond ordinary consciousness. This episode follows that lineage, from Indigenous ayahuasca ceremonies in the Amazon to the secret rituals of ancient Greec... more

Part 2 of our episodes on energy healing looks at a larger question at the center of this season: if healing involves more than biology alone, what type of communication is actually taking place between people. Scientists are beginning to measure shi... more

Last episode we wondered if ideas can be downloaded. This episode, we ask if talent can be, too. We meet congenital, acquired, and sudden savants whose gifts in music, math, art, and memory appear without training. A psychiatrist’s lifelong work refr... more

In this bonus episode, we turn the lens toward Laura Lynne Jackson’s home life through conversations with her husband and three children. What began as a section in Episode Two became its own story: a rare, intimate glimpse into what it's like to gro... more

In this season premiere, we chase one of humanity’s oldest and most urgent questions: does consciousness survive death? From ancient Sumerian tablets to cutting-edge neuroscience, Near-Death Experiences appear again and again — shaping our visions of... more

Mediumship has long been dismissed as fraud or fantasy but what happens when it’s put under the microscope? Often called the most profound form of telepathy, mediumship may find unexpected validation in the voice of a young nonspeaker. In this episod... more

What if plants aren’t silent at all but communicating in ways we’ve simply forgotten how to hear? In this episode, we meet Nina, a non-speaking teen who says she’s been telepathically connected to plants since birth. She offers herbal remedies no one... more