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EPISODE 199: Dr. David Nichols — Psychedelics, Consciousness & the Chemistry of the Mind
How can a tiny molecule change the way we experience reality—and sometimes change how we see our lives long after its immediate effects have passed? Dr. David Nichols joins Xavier Katana for an in-depth conversation about psychedelic chemistry, LSD, psilocybin, serotonin receptors, consciousness, and the questions…
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HXP SHORTS: #001 – Deconstructing Death: What Happens When We Die?
HXP Shorts #001 examines what research can—and cannot—say about consciousness near death. Drawing on cardiac-arrest studies, AWARE-II, survivor reports, and EEG activity during resuscitation, Xavier Katana separates evidence from speculation while asking what remains after the last heartbeat.
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Episode 194 Dr. James Fadiman – You Are Not One Self: Microdosing, Multiplicity and the Mind
What if the voice in your head is not one person? Psychedelic-research pioneer Dr. James Fadiman returns after 11 years to challenge the single-self assumption and connect our many selves with psychedelic experience, microdosing reports, depression, relationships, nature, and the limits of what science can yet claim.
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Kingsley L. Dennis, Ph.D. on AI, The Threshold, and Reclaiming the Human Soul
Ten years after his first HXP appearance, sociologist and author Dr. Kingsley L. Dennis returns to examine humanity’s technological threshold. He and Xavier explore AI dependence and companionship, the attention economy, transhumanism, technological immortality, and the struggle for the human soul.
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Mark Gober – Unveiling the Spiritual and Mystical Universe
Welcome to the Human Experience Podcast, where we ask the big questions: Are we just meat puppets with WiFi, or is consciousness beaming in from the cosmic cloud?
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Marjorie Woollacott – Infinite Awareness – Consciousness Beyond Biology
Join Xavier Katana as he delves into the mysteries of consciousness with Dr. Marjorie Woolcott, a neuroscientist, professor, and author of ‘Infinite Awareness.’ In this episode of the Human Experience Podcast, Dr.
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Expanding Consciousness, Embracing Divinity, Way of the Yogi w/ Nandhiji
Nandhiji is a mystic, yogi, visionary, humanitarian, artist, author and teacher. Nandhiji is also the founder of a number of important movements. The Declaration of Consciousness Movement, aimed at empowering humanity.
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Lucid Dreaming, Gateways to the inner self w/ Robert Waggoner
Robert Waggoner is one of the foremost lucid dreamers on the planet. He is former President of the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD). For the past ten years, he has been the co-editor of the online magazine, The Lucid Dreaming Experience, the only ongoing publication devoted specifically to…
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Consciousness, Science and Metaphysics – w/ Dr. Rupert Sheldrake
Dr. Rupert Sheldrake is one of the highest regarded scientists of our time. He is a biologist and author of more than 85 scientific papers and 9 books, many of his books have gone bestseller worldwide. He was voted among the top 100 Global Thought Leaders in the world for 2013.
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Surfing Monster Waves, Mastering Fear & Flow State w/ Laird Hamilton
Laird Hamilton has been declared one of the greatest surfers alive in the world today. He is best known as a big-wave surfing pioneer and iconic waterman, Laird has spent his whole life pushing boundaries, connecting with flow state and challenging the impossible.
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Plant Medicine, Ayahuasca, Healing Trauma/PTSD From Shock to Awe w/ Matt Kahl
Matt is a US Military Combat veteran, PTSD survivor, and Founder Matt has been on the front lines of drug policy advocacy and reform in regards to plant medicine and using unorthodox treatment methods to treat PTSD and trauma since 2013.
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Expanding Consciousness, Embracing Divinity, The way of the Yogi w/ Nandhiji
Nandhiji is a mystic, yogi, visionary, humanitarian, artist, author and teacher. Nandhiji is also the founder of a number of important movements. The Declaration of Consciousness Movement, aimed at empowering humanity.
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