Best Biotensegrity Podcasts (2025)

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Dante Liberato - Psychedelics, Ultra Running, MMA 1:12:42

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Dante is an accomplished athlete and seasoned psychedelic explorer, committed to pushing the boundaries of both body and mind. Today we talk about his background as an MMA fighter, the pivotal role psychedelics played in reshaping his path, ultra-running, injuries, his upcoming 500-mile challenge, men's work, guiding others through inner transforma…

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Dr. Matt Wall - Psychedelics, fMRI, Neurological Research 1:39:47

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Dr. Matt Wall is a psychologist, neuroscientist, and fMRI specialist at Perceptive and Imperial College London, where he researches the neurological dimensions of cannabis, psychedelics, sex hormones, addiction, and more. Today we talk about various aspects of his work, including the current state of brain research on psychedelics, the promises and…

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Chris Lovett - Minimalism, Simplicity, Less 1:17:49

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Chris is an author, speaker, and storyteller who has spent years exploring the art of living with less. His approach is humble, insightful, direct, and necessarily simple. Today we talk about his personal journey into minimalism—starting with material possessions and expanding into the day-to-day realities of professional life, including the inner …

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Tim Matz - Movement, Connection, Nature 1:05:00

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Tim is a father, husband, traditional bow hunter, and multidisciplinary movement coach who you might know as Move Like Human. Today we talk about moving in nature, creating community, navigating the chaos of the internet and social media, fatherhood, adventures in the Kalahari, and more. You can find Tim here: www.timmatz.com Insta: @movelikehuman …

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Boyan Milouchev - Nonduality & the Physical Path to Awakening 1:08:13

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Boyan explores life from a non-dual (non-)perspective, moving along his path toward unity while guiding others to move along their paths as well. We met through the online primal training course, where we have delved into many of the themes we discuss today: movement and stillness, body and mind; suffering, resilience, mindfulness, and more. You ca…

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Barak Ben Dov, pt. II - Dimensions of Time 1:35:48

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This is our second published conversation. Barak remains a kind of phenomenon, a creative force who channels curiosity, compassion, and insight in often surprising ways. Unique, gentle, and sincere. Today our conversation delves into the dimensions of time and consciousness, compassion and service to others, the development of models and language t…

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Barak Ben Dov - Experiments with Reality 1:54:36

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Maybe the best way to describe Barak is as a kind of phenomenon, a creative force who channels curiousity, compassion, and insight in often surprising ways. He is a keen observer and playful participant. Unique. Gentle. Sincere. Today our conversation dances around the limits of thought and emotion, feeling and intelligibility; trauma, awareness, a…

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Richard Whall - Physical Intelligence, Biotensegrity, Bodymind 1:36:21

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Richard Whall is Senior Lecturer in Human Movement, thoughtfully exploring ways to develop our physical intelligence and define what it might actually mean to be physically educated. Today we talk about the biotensegrity model and how it helps us to conceptualize the bodymind as a unified whole; we talk about the difficulties faced when trying to c…

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Jason Myles Morrisen - Nomadic Life, Gentleness, Grit 1:41:46

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Jason leads a nomadic life, traveling through Europe with his homemade bike and guitar; with uncommon grace he manages to balance gentle thoughtfulness and raw grit, with many other qualities besides. I picked him up on the side of the road when he was in a tough situation, and we ended up sharing a few days together on the farm. Today we talk abou…

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Soten Lynch - Meditation, Altered States, Kalahari Persistence Race 1:50:35

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Soten is a dedicated practitioner and teacher of meditation, as well as avid long-distance runner. He was the first person to sign up for the first ever Persistence Race, in which we will be running 150km through the Kalahari with the world’s last remaining persistence hunters. Today we talk about his meditative path and how it intersects with long…

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S3 E5: Forgiveness as a Breathing & Somatic Self-Pleasure with Lady J 1:40:41

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Join T. Aisha Edwards and Kaila June Keliikuli in this special release and the closing episode of Season 3. Season 3 is a year long exploration with the experience and force of forgiveness. In this conversation, we talk about rhythm changes, fractals of the Mother Wound, what it means to be a good ancestor, forgiveness over lifetimes and how ELC sl…

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Agnieszka & Prash - VR, Psychedelics, Integration 1:18:04

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Agnieszka & Prash are the co-founders of Enosis Therapeutics, a company that has created a VR tool which allows us to create and interact with our own inner worlds in a uniquely tangible way. Today we talk about applications for psychedelic therapy, integration, sharing access to our mental space, technology as a tool for improving the human experi…

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Life, Work, Being 51:22

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Today I am interviewed by James Lambert, the guest on the previous episode. We talk about life, work, and some of the glories as well as the challenges of being. If you'd prefer to watch us you can find the interview on James' YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw3Z0TDdzNM Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic the…

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James Lambert - Bareknuckle Boxing, Inner Peace, Love 47:20

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James Lambert is a personal trainer, life coach, doorman (US: bouncer), and recently retired bareknuckle boxing champion. His presence is a unique combination of calm, humility, and thoughtfulness paired with the focus, dedication, and strength necessary for success in a world of oftentimes brutal combat. Today we talk about his life, his work, and…

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Ocean - Spirit, Living Wild, Rites of Passage 1:25:03

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Ocean is an itinerant explorer of realms both physical and spiritual, combining a critical mind with a unique openness to the power of the natural world. She works with a mixture of modalities learned from indigenous traditions and many years of direct experience in nature. Today we talk about living in the wild, going barefoot, plant medicine, com…

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Matt Rossano - Ritual, Religion, Human Evolution 1:58:19

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Matt Rossano is a prolific evolutionary psychologist with a unique and compelling view on what makes us human. Today we talk about the role of ritual in religion and community both secular and nonsecular, the evolution of our species and our societies, experiencing the supernatural vs. explaining it, our various efforts at living a good life, and m…

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Maci Daye - Sex, Relationships, Awakened Intimacy 1:45:42

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Maci is a skilled and insightful therapist focused on helping couples harness the growth potential of Awakened Intimacy. As she says, “We become more intimate and self-aware on this path because of challenges, not despite them. And we embrace the difficulties of erotic coupling with a curious and open heart.” Today we talk about sex and intimate re…

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Tarzan / Victor - Climbing Trees, Transforming Fear, Simian Movement 1:20:16

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Victor Manuel Fleites is an insightful explorer of movement and refreshingly unfettered lover of nature, known mainly as Tarzan. He has been climbing trees since he was a child in Cuba, and over the years has gradually built up a practice he calls Tarzan Movement, inspired by his observation of our simian relatives. Today we talk about finding peac…

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Rafe Kelley - Movement, Mind, Meaning 1:58:38

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Rafe is a deep thinker, mover, and practitioner of parkour in nature. He is the founder of Evolve Move Play, a practice of “movement training for humans” based out of the Pacific Northwest US. Today we cover movement, body, mind, parkour, advice for developing an ecology of practice, the hero’s journey toward a meaningful life, and quite a bit more…

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Sam Friedman - Psychedelics, Machine Learning, Dimensions of Meaning 1:30:05

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Sam Friedman is a pioneering researcher at the Broad Institute dedicated to using machine learning to map the salient features of human health. Today we talk about his recent studies of psychedelics and the human mind; we cover his insights into the various axes along which psychedelic experience can be understood; the ontological status of our alt…

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Bjorn Olson - Going Carnivore, Adventure, Activism, & the Meaning of Life 2:03:59

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Bjorn Olson is a red-blooded Alaskan explorer, film-maker, carnivore, activist, and deep thinker. Today we talk about life as he lives it, adventuring far beyond the limits of what many might think possible. You can find him here: Website: mjolnirofbjorn.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGFhGkMCDAikQYJA0fWj8_Q Insta: https://www.instag…

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Barbara Savage - Cultural Preservation, Shamanism, & Supernatural Truths 1:21:05

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Barbara Savage is the founder of the Tribal Trust Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting indigenous cultures from around the world through a wide variety of projects and initiatives. Barbara shares some of the unique experiences she's amassed over 26 years working in remote locations with some of the world's last surviving hunter-gathe…

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S3 E4: Expanding Autism 52:42

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Aisha and Kaila expand on the discussion about neurodivergence begun in episode 3. We discuss neurodivergent diagnosis, affirmation, trauma healing, disability justice and cultural inclusion. Aisha also intimately explores the impact of autism in xer own family. Topics Kaila and Aisha give a life update Aisha gives more information about the DSM di…

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Ultra Running as a Psychedelic Experience 43:31

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This is basically a trip report from my first ultra marathon. 5 months ago the longest distance I had ever run was 21km; last week I did 93km, and next month I'm going for 180km. My physical training has been minimal, like maybe 25km per week of running on average. I've been focused instead on the psychological and the physiological, pushing to tra…

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S3 E3: A Spectrum of Rupture and Repair 55:16

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In this special episode, ELC partners with the SquarePeg Podcast, hosted by Amy Richards. Square Peg gives autistic adults the opportunity to hear the lives and stories of other autistic adults. In her conversations, she explores life, love, work, health and relationships with later in life diagnosed folks identifying as femme, trans or nonbinary. …

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Amal Graafstra - Biohacking, Tech Implants, Dangerous Things 1:50:34

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Amal Graafstra is a biohacker, engineer, entrepreneur, and deep thinker about our species' increasingly integrated relationship with technology. He is CEO of Dangerous Things and Vivokey, two pioneering companies dedicated to developing tech implants for general use. Today we talk about some of the specifics of the technology currently developed an…

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S3 E2: Somatic Unwinding for Rupture and Repair 18:18

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This brief episode is a follow up for episode one. In it, Aisha shares a poem inspire by an encounter with a hummingbird and offers a somatic practice for working with the activation of rupture. LINKS: ELC Patreon Page https://www.patreon.com/emergentliberationcollective Aisha Edwards https://campsite.bio/full_flight_wellness Kaila June https://www…

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Neil Harbisson - Life as a Cyborg, Perception, Connection 1:11:57

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Neil Harbisson is the world’s first cyborg, neither human nor machine but a hybrid mix. Since 2004 when he got an antenna implanted in his skull he can perceive color as sound, receive phone calls directly to his head, listen in on the ultraviolet radiation of outer space, and more. He is part of a small community of experimental artists pushing th…

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Eric Harbour - Breath, Performance, Enjoyment of Exercise 1:55:07

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Eric Harbour is a researcher at Salzburg University dedicated to exploring the role of breath in exercise, in all of its facets. Here we discuss his recent paper Breath Tools, in which he outlines the key parameters of breath and their effects on training, performance, and the enjoyment of exercise through physiological and psychological pathways. …

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Dr. Michael Levin - Taking the Reins of Evolution, Bioengineering a Revolutionary Future 1:17:52

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Part 3. The near future is unlikely to look remotely similar to anything this planet has ever experienced before. Bioengineering extends beyond regenerating limbs or custom-order brains; eventually it means that humans take the reins in directing the course of evolution. Dr. Michael Levin builds on our previous conversations and talks about the pra…

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Dr. Michael Levin - AI, Human Consciousness, and Crossing the Rubicon of Evolution 1:04:52

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Part 2. Dr. Michael Levin builds on our previous conversation, centering more specifically on the moral and ethical implications of our rapidly approaching enmeshment with robotic and AI systems, crossing the Rubicon into an unknown future. We explore the relevant issues through the lens of biological continuity, explain in greater depth in part 1.…

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S3 E1: Introducing Forgiveness 44:00

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Kaila and Aisha return for another season of ELC, sharing ELC’s changes over the hiatus. introduce the seasonal theme for 2022 Forgiveness. Together the two somatic educators explore the anatomy of forgiveness, foreshadowing the topics addressed throughout Season three. Return after a long hiatus and continuing slow podcast Goodbye to Chris Introdu…

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Dr. Michael Levin - AI, Bioelectricity, Programming Living Cells, Evolution of the Conscious Self 1:31:25

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Dr. Michael Levin is a researcher, entrepreneur, and brilliantly heterodox thinker; officially, he’s a developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts University. More than that, he is an intrepid explorer of some of the most profound questions in both science and philosophy; widely read and deeply thoughtful, a prolific writer and eloquent speaker.…

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Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor - Neuroanatomy, Enlightenment, Psychedelics 1:57:06

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Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained neuroanatomist with unique expertise, both scientific and experiential. Her career is dedicated to understanding how our brains create our perception of reality, and her work was radically deepened and transformed by a stroke that took out the entire left hemisphere of her brain for 8 years. This experienc…

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Ana Forrest & Jose Calarco - Searching for Truth through Yoga, Ritual, Ceremony 1:32:45

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Ana Forrest is an internationally-recognized pioneer in yoga and emotional healing, and the creatrix of Forrest Yoga. Jose Calarco comes from a long history of shamanism, the arts, music and healing, and co-directs Forrest Yoga. Together Ana and Jose create an experience that extends far beyond what people typically mean when they say "yoga" -- it …

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Saajida Jogi - First Experience with Ayahuasca 1:04:46

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Saajida is a nurse based in northern England. We talk about her first experience with Ayahuasca, including the process of preparation and integration, and she explains the profound transformations that it has helped her to make. She gives us a detailed first-hand account of the power of psychedelic therapy. -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center …

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Laurence Abrams - Balance in Business, Relationships, and Finding Purpose 1:42:00

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Laurence Abrams is an entrepreneur committed to cultivating balance in his life; today we talk about his experiences running and later founding various companies, all while seeking meaning and sustaining nourishing relationships as a husband and father, but also with himself. We cover the equilibrium between flow and focus, purpose and passion, bus…

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Kayse Gehret - Microdosing for Healing, Community, Nature as Medicine 1:21:01

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Kayse Gehret is the founder of Microdosing for Healing, a course and community dedicated to exploring the power of earth medicines taken in sub-perceptual doses. Today we talk about psychedelics and microdosing, community, presence, nature as medicine, the wounded healer, intersections between business, passion, and purpose…and more. From Kayse: Th…

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Neil Gehani - Psychedelics, Crypto, CO-OP's, DAO's, Meaning in Business & Life 1:48:11

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Neil Gehani is an entrepreneur and software engineer; he is also a visionary in the midst of existential transformation. He is the driving force behind MindLumen, a nascent non-profit project that aspires to provide the psychedelic renaissance with the tools it needs to develop a rigorously ethical and financially viable alternative to the current …

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Om Rupani - Dominant Males, Submissive Females, BDSM, Self-Knowledge, and Sexuality 1:22:02

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Om Rupani is an author, teacher of BDSM (or D/S); he leads workshops and courses internationally with a strong focus on helping men find or develop their dominance, and women their submissiveness. He’s intelligent and eloquent and his work tends to elicit deeply mixed feelings. He dives headfirst into many sensitive issues, and in this interview we…

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Kiina Kilgren - Tantra, Trauma, Resilience, Love, and WHM 2:02:40

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Kiina Kilgren is a fighter and a lover, a woman connected to her pain and her pleasure, her masculine and feminine. Today we talk about her life and journey, about tantra and sexuality, orgasms at will, suffering and resilience, fighting and surrender, love and ice, the Wim Hof Method, conscious touch and breathwork, and much more. Her words sum it…

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S2 Ep6: Healing Traditions - Part Two 39:34

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In part two of Healing Traditions Devan Williams, a proud indigenous woman of the Squamish Nation, shares cultural and traditional history and the impact of residential school for the indigenous people of Canada. She asks us to learn the true history of Canada as a first step to creating positive change for the next generations. You are doing just …

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Matt Bowden - Psychedelics, Paranormal experience, Changing national drug policy 1:35:08

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Matt Bowden - Starboy - is a brilliant and controversial figure whose life has spanned many realities, from childhood experiences with the paranormal to the head of a multi-million dollar synthetic drug company and the leader of NZ drug policy reform, to shunned exile, rock performer, and now with many new projects currently underway...a perennial …

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S2 Ep5: Healing Traditions 35:04

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In part one of this two part episode Devan Williams, a proud indigenous woman of the Squamish Nation, talks with Chris about her family’s resistence & resilience in post confederaion Canada. She tells of the healing and hope that they bring in keeping cultural traditions of the Squamish nation alive. Next full doula and body based trauma treatment …