What do the musical compositions of Bach, Gershwin, and the Beatles all have in common? Besides being great pieces of music, according to Andrew Schulman, they promote healing in intensive care (ICU) settings. Schulman is a classical guitar player and performer and author of Waking the Spirit: A Musician’s Journey Healing Body, Mind, and Soul (Picador, 2016) ... Show More
Oct 6
The Perils of Tantra, with Susannah Deane
Today, host Prof. Pierce Salguero sits down with Susannah Deane, a scholar of Tibetan medicine, Buddhism, and psychiatry. Together, we delve into her work on Tibetan concepts of "wind disorders" and Tantric practice gone wrong. Along the way, we talk about losing control of spiri ... Show More
57m 11s
Sep 7
Christopher Willard et al., "College Mental Health 101: A Guide for Students, Parents, and Professionals" (Oxford UP, 2025)
With a growing number of students entering college with an existing mental health diagnosis, College Mental Health 101: A Guide for Students, Parents, and Professionals (Oxford UP, 2025) offers hope and clear direction to those struggling with mental illness. There is an undeniab ... Show More
43m 26s
Sep 7
Michel-Yves Bollore and Olivier Bonnassies, "God, the Science, the Evidence" (Palomar, 2025)
For more than four centuries, the scientific discoveries of Copernicus, Galileo, Darwin, and Freud created the impression that we could explain the workings of the Universe without the idea of a creator--God. By the beginning of the twentieth century, materialism had become the d ... Show More
43m 54s
Mar 2022
TruHealth - Music Therapy
Carol Wiedemann is a Music Therapist, musician and meditation practitioner and teacher in Vancouver, BC. Carol believes music is the great connector between people of all walks of life, and her clients have ranged in age from pre-birth to 110 yrs old. She is currently a Music The ... Show More
58m 54s
Nov 2023
#29 Josh Bauder: How to Recover a Reformed Theology of Beauty, Music in the Church as Symptomatic of Christian Culture, Church Architecture as a Conduit to Worship
Dr. Josh Bauder is a Minneapolis-based composer, arranger, typesetter, and professor. His choral music has been performed by church, university, and community choirs across the United States and abroad. Josh holds a B.A. in music and philosophy from the University of St. Thomas, ... Show More
1h 38m
Sep 2022
Spiritualism and the soul
Twenty-one-year-old journalism graduate, Saskia Masaun has been attending meditation, mediumship and healing classes at the Spiritualists National Union (SNU) Church in Wolverhampton, UK, since she was 16, alongside her spiritualist mother. Saskia explains how her faith, which in ... Show More
26m 29s
Apr 2024
A Journey of Love: Andrew LeCompte on A Course in Miracles
This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. For Andrew LeCompte, his study of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) started off like the proverbial ‘good thing’ of so many cult survivor stories. He eventually taught ACIM in Mexico, Spain, Hawaii, and Canada–working as something like a NXIVM- ... Show More
50 m
Jul 2023
BONUS EPISODE: GOOSEBUMPS! Teenager DIED in Horrific Crash; Came Back with Message for Humanity with Ishtar Howell
Ishtar Howell is a meditation teacher, monk, gardener, intuitive, and writer. His childhood was filled with weird and mystical experiences. Then, at age 13, he experienced an NDE, which, shortly thereafter, propelled him on a spiritual path. At 18, he learned a meditation practic ... Show More
1h 6m
Aug 2023
The Heart of Meditation with A Soul Called Joel
How’s your heart? Joel Cross, known by his students and fans as A Soul Called Joel, joins us today to discuss the extraordinary power of mindful awareness through music, poetry, and meditation. Joel shares his journey as a musician and meditation teacher and how his travels have ... Show More
49m 7s