
Behind Greatness by Inspire North
Bringing you curious minds and profound ideas. Your weekly dose of real conversations. We chat openly with industry and thought leaders from all walks of life, exploring the “what ifs” and “why nots”.
Latest episodes

Nov 29, 2024 • 1h 2min
202. Matt Rizzetta (part 2) - Founder, North Sixth Group & Club Underdog / Author – Embracing the Unpredictability
To give to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org. As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donors. Welcome back to Behind Greatness. We reconnect with Matt, who last was on the podcast in February 2021 (episode 43). Matt brings us up to speed on his developing creation – building an ecosystem of football (soccer) clubs from Europe and the USA, under his new subsidiary Club Underdog. Matt is now an owner of European football clubs Campobasso FC and Dagenham & Redbridge and last year acquired Brooklyn FC, the first professional expansion soccer franchise in the history of Brooklyn. We explore his pivot from the business he founded and grew many years ago. We talk the drive of passion, the allure of the unpredictable, the magic of under-dogging, treating “no” as a driver, self-belief and the most valuable currency you can collect. A painter of canvases … Matt, LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-rizzetta-b878803/ North 6 Group: https://northsixthgroup.com/ https://frontofficesports.com/new-ownership-group-soccer-lowest-tiers-club-underdog/

Nov 12, 2024 • 1h 8min
201. Lars Krutak – Tattoo Anthropologist / Photographer / Author – Breaking Bread
Today, we talk to the world’s only well-known “tattoo hunter”. Lars is an Anthropologist and has been always uniquely curious about the stories of and behind the ancient ways of tattooing around the world in indigenous tradition. Lars brings us through his fascination with tattoo culture he’s researched over the last 20 years with his extensive travels to remote communities in South East Asia, India, Africa and South America. We talk about the world famous centenarian tattoo artist Whang Od in the Philippines, meeting head hunting warriors, his “cabinet of curiosities” and the power of uncovering ancient truth through face to face human contact. Chapters: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:45 Lars Krutak - The Tattoo Hunter 00:04:58 What is a Tattoo Hunter? 00:07:46 Why Tribes Are Losing the Ability to Tattoo 00:11:55 The Brutality of Tribal Tattoos and VIsiting Ultra Remote Locations 00:24:10 How Lars Became the Tattoo Hunter 00:30:12 How Tribal Tattoos Became a Tourist Destination 00:38:41 Being Alone in Remote Places 00:44:43 Why Tribal Tattooists Are Majority Female 00:51:43 How Lars Finances this "Hobby" 00:59:11 Where the Mind Goes Being Solo In Remote Locations 01:02:45 Where Lars Wants to Go But Can't To give to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org. As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donors. Lars, Website: https://www.larskrutak.com/ - for Books, Video, Other Media New book, October 2024 - Tattoo Traditions of Asia: Ancient and Contemporary Expressions of Identity - https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/tattoo-traditions-of-asia-ancient-and-contemporary-expressions-of-identity/ New Book, coming May 2025: Indigenous Tattoo Traditions: Humanity through Skin and Ink : https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691255392/indigenous-tattoo-traditions?srsltid=AfmBOorMRek_H5l6zqHLOCp_rjWFm_okfYcXJd8Sx-opEfiFvfPGPXRi YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeUYLhlV7WpVdK4_Rg92tfQ IG: @larskrutak/ FB: @larskrutak Daniele Agostino Derossi Foundation: https://dadfound.org/

Nov 5, 2024 • 1h 52min
200. Joe McMoneagle (part 3) – Ret. US Army / Remote Viewer # 001 / Author – Grey Ghosting
To give to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org. As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donors Thanks again for joining us at Behind Greatness. This episode is part 3 of a developing series with Joe. Joe was a US Army intelligence veteran already before he was chosen to be a part of the psychic intelligence unit at Fort Meade, Maryland, in 1978. He became known as “Remote Viewer No. 1" within Project Stargate. Project Stargate was the United States' first organized research into psychic phenomena via the Defense Intelligence Agency and contractor SRI International. He is an author and also founder of Intuitive Intelligence Applications Inc. Today, he also teaches Remote Viewing at The Monroe Institute, a leading center in exploring human consciousness. We picked up where we left off from our part 2 chat. We hear about intelligence “collections” in the psychic program, a peculiar collaboration with a high profile Russian remote viewer, remote viewing Mars at the request of the DoD, coffee with a former director of the KGB, a wonderful story about the grey ghost, dinners at the Mermaid Inn, the importance of burping and farting in intelligence work, travelling the cosmos - and dying. … to be continued?… Ingo Swann talk: Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SGZ2BAlWTg Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_KWV40aZLc Previous episodes/discussions with Remote Viewers: Russell Targ (ep 80) - Co-Founder, SRI Institute Courtney Brown (ep 131) Stephan A. Schwartz (ep 155, 156) Lyn Buchanan (ep 163) Nancy DuTertre (ep 167) Paul H. Smtih (ep 180) Joe, Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Joseph-McMoneagle/author/B00MD24CZW?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_5&qid=1728261714&sr=1-5&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true Parapsychological Association: https://www.parapsych.org/users/jmcmoneagle/profile.aspx Monroe Institute: https://www.monroeinstitute.org/pages/trainer-joe-mcmoneagle IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2140996/

Oct 24, 2024 • 1h 11min
199. Joe McMoneagle (part 2) – Ret. US Army / Remote Viewer #001 / Author – Waiting in the Essence
To give to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org. As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donors Thanks again for joining us at Behind Greatness. This episode is part 2 of a developing series with Joe. Joe was a US Army intelligence veteran already before he was chosen to be a part of the psychic intelligence unit at Fort Meade, Maryland, in 1978. He became known as “Remote Viewer No. 1" within Project Stargate. Project Stargate was the United States' first organized research into psychic phenomena via the Defense Intelligence Agency and contractor SRI International. He is an author and also founder of Intuitive Intelligence Applications Inc. Today, he also teaches Remote Viewing at The Monroe Institute, a leading center in exploring human consciousness. We plunge into the deep end again - and immediately into Joe’s experience and partnership with the Monroe Institute, out of body experiences, lucid dreaming training, travelling the cosmos, the magic of being human, bubbles, artists and their contribution to humanity, how to live a good life – and waiting in the essence. … to be continued… Previous episodes/discussions with Remote Viewers: Russell Targ (ep 80) - Co-Founder, SRI Institute Courtney Brown (ep 131) Stephan A. Schwartz (ep 155, 156) Lyn Buchanan (ep 163) Nancy DuTertre (ep 167) Paul H. Smtih (ep 180) Joe, Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Joseph-McMoneagle/author/B00MD24CZW?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_5&qid=1728261714&sr=1-5&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true Parapsychological Association: https://www.parapsych.org/users/jmcmoneagle/profile.aspx Monroe Institute: https://www.monroeinstitute.org/pages/trainer-joe-mcmoneagle IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2140996/

Oct 8, 2024 • 1h 16min
198. Joe McMoneagle (part 1) – Ret. US Army / “Remote Viewer #001” / Author - Letting Go of Your Assumptions
To give to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org. As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donors Thanks again for joining us at Behind Greatness. This episode was recorded with Joe in June 2024 and is part 1 of a developing series with Joe. Joe was a US Army intelligence veteran already before he was chosen to be a part of the psychic intelligence unit at Fort Meade, Maryland, in 1978. He became known as “Remote Viewer #001" within Project Stargate. Project Stargate was the United States' first organized research into psychic phenomena via the Defense Intelligence Agency and contractor SRI International. He is an author and also founder of Intuitive Intelligence Applications Inc. Today, he also teaches Remote Viewing at The Monroe Institute, a leading center in exploring human consciousness. During this introductory episode, we get exposed to some of Joe’s military adventures from the Vietnam war – falling out of a helicopter, breaking his nose multiple times while under enemy fire and taping himself to the top of a tree for 14 hours. We learn about his recruitment into the then classified remote viewing intelligence program and the ensuing 40+ years as one of the worlds most accomplished remote viewers. Joe helps us understand what remote viewing is and what it isn’t, the operationalization of the practice, using the skills to help police department and detectives across the US in missing children cases, the need to “unlearn your habits” and the uphill battle he’s been fighting for a long time. And, so much, much more. … to be continued… Previous episodes/discussions with Remote Viewers: Russell Targ (ep 80) - Co-Founder, SRI Institute Courtney Brown (ep 131) Stephan A. Schwartz (ep 155, 156) Lyn Buchanan (ep 163) Nancy DuTertre (ep 167) Paul H. Smtih (ep 180) Joe, Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Joseph-McMoneagle/author/B00MD24CZW?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_5&qid=1728261714&sr=1-5&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true Parapsychological Association: https://www.parapsych.org/users/jmcmoneagle/profile.aspx Monroe Institute: https://www.monroeinstitute.org/pages/trainer-joe-mcmoneagle IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2140996/

Sep 20, 2024 • 1h 10min
197. Michael Cremo - The Forbidden Archeologist - Questioning Your Assumptions
To give to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org. As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donors Thank you for listening to Behind Greatness . We talk today with Michael Cremo from his home in LA. Michael is best known for his research and work in authoring a global best-seller in the 1990s: Forbidden Archeology. He brings us through his journey of an exploratory life starting with his youth spent as the son of an air-force intelligence officer. We talk about his seminal research work. Here, he first discovered that something was amiss as he researched what narrative the world’s prominent academic archeologists were fashioning in the late 1800s. Do we talk about a shoe print dating back millions of years? Do we talk about confronting an agenda of opinions forced through the educational system? Do we talk about paradigm-shifting discoveries made in near the Sierra Nevada? Do we talk remote viewing with Stephan Schwartz? Do we talk about physical reality vs consciousness? Do we talk hidden knowledge? Do we talk challenging Darwinism? Yes, ma’am. We do. See episodes with Stephane Schwartz (ep 155, 156). Michael, Website: https://www.mcremo.com/ The Hidden Origins of the Human Race – Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-TKhEYe03M Forbidden Archeology & Evidence of Extreme Human Antiquity @ Google: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6UdLVXiYyI Book: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Michael-A.-Cremo/author/B000APJC1I?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1726534685&sr=8-1&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

Sep 9, 2024 • 1h 11min
196. Dr. Rudolf Schild, continued (part 5) – Offering a Different View
For Rudy, part 1 to part 4 please visit episodes #179, #186, #192 and 195. To give to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org. As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donors Welcome back to Behind Greatness. We are back again with Rudy. Rudy is a pre-eminent expert on black holes and a world-renowned Astrophysicist from Harvard, practising in the field since the mid-1960s. He is also the co-Founder of FREE / CCRI (see co-Founder past guests Rey Hernandez & Mary Rodwell) and also the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Cosmology. Rudy immediately brings us to his thoughts on the big bang theory, the mother-daughter relationship of spawning universes and the blunder of the current dark matter theory. He lauds the work of his colleague Carl Gibson, an expert in fluid mechanics, on helping to unlock secrets of the universe. We hear about orbs, the spirality of consciousness and being forever marked by expanded possibilities after being in touch with a ufo (“miracles”?) and Rey Hernandez’s contact modalities. Previous episodes/discussions referenced in this episode with Rudy: Dr. Tony Cicoria (ep 55) Rey Hernandez (ep 153, 154) Dr. Garry Nolan (ep 187) Rudy, Center for Astrophysics – https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/ Journal of Cosmology - https://thejournalofcosmology.com/About.html Personal website - http://www.rudyschild.com/ List of Published papers - https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/p_=0&q=author%3A(%22schild%2Cr%22)&sort=date%20desc%2C%20bibcode%20desc CCRI (Consciousness & Contact Research Institute) - https://agreaterreality.com/ Book (co-Author with Suzy Hansen) – Dual Soul Connection: The Alien Agenda for Human Advancement: https://www.amazon.com/Dual-Soul-Connection-Agenda-Advancement/dp/0473295644/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3J7YBLDXEL5H8&keywords=Dual+Soul+Connection%3A+The+Alien+Agenda+for+Human+Advancement&qid=1706573177&sprefix=dual+soul+connection+the+alien+agenda+for+human+advancement%2Caps%2C214&sr=8-1 Book: Beyond UFOs: The Science of Consciousness & Contact with Non Human Intelligence - https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-UFOs-Science-Consciousness-Intelligence/dp/1721088652/ctoc Edgar Mitchell Book: The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut’s Journey Through the Material and Mystical Worlds - https://www.amazon.com/Way-Explorer-Astronauts-Material-Mystical/dp/0399141618 NASA – Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy “SOFIA” - https://science.nasa.gov/mission/sofia/

Aug 5, 2024 • 1h 9min
195. Dr. Rudolf Schild, continued (part 4) – Recognizing the Vast Sea of Potential
To give to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org. As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donors For Rudy, part 1, part 2 and part 3 please visit episodes #179, #186 and #192. Welcome back to Behind Greatness. We are back again with Rudy. Rudy is a pre-eminent expert on black holes and a world-renowned Astrophysicist from Harvard, practising in the field since the mid-1960s. He is also the co-Founder of FREE / CCRI (see co-Founder past guests Rey Hernandez & Mary Rodwell) and also the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Cosmology. We dive into the burning of libraries and conservatories, the magic of operatic music, composition, intent and emotions - and accessing history and the potential future from the black hole. We talk about the ultimate cosmic intelligence, the purpose of the universe, the “sponsoring” of the “big G” of our universe of universes, the limiting of the size of the black holes by the quantum field, and the limitations of math. And, there’s more (as always) … Rudy goes on to describe the agreement he had with Dr. Edgar Mitchell before he died in 2016, the rewiring of the brain after the exposure of light from UFOs and a device that was developed by colleagues which he helped test “to the limits” to detect consciousness beyond the grave. … to be continued… Movie - A Tear In the Sky (Caroline Cory) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15120486/ Previous episodes/discussions referenced in this podcast episode with Rudy: Dr. Diane Hennacy (ep 113) – Psychiatrist / Author Dr. Dean Radin (122) – Chief Scientist, Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) Kevin Day (ep171) – Ret US Navy Rudy, Center for Astrophysics – https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/ Journal of Cosmology - https://thejournalofcosmology.com/About.html Personal website - http://www.rudyschild.com/ List of Published papers - https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/p_=0&q=author%3A(%22schild%2Cr%22)&sort=date%20desc%2C%20bibcode%20desc CCRI (Consciousness & Contact Research Institute) - https://agreaterreality.com/ Book (co-Author with Suzy Hansen) – Dual Soul Connection: The Alien Agenda for Human Advancement: https://www.amazon.com/Dual-Soul-Connection-Agenda-Advancement/dp/0473295644/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3J7YBLDXEL5H8&keywords=Dual+Soul+Connection%3A+The+Alien+Agenda+for+Human+Advancement&qid=1706573177&sprefix=dual+soul+connection+the+alien+agenda+for+human+advancement%2Caps%2C214&sr=8-1 Book: Beyond UFOs: The Science of Consciousness & Contact with Non Human Intelligence - https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-UFOs-Science-Consciousness-Intelligence/dp/1721088652/ctoc Edgar Mitchell Book: The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut’s Journey Through the Material and Mystical Worlds - https://www.amazon.com/Way-Explorer-Astronauts-Material-Mystical/dp/0399141618 NASA – Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy “SOFIA” - https://science.nasa.gov/mission/sofia/

Jul 29, 2024 • 1h 7min
194. Dimitry Toukhcher – Founder, LGFG Fashion House – Existing at the Edge of Chaos
To give to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org. As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donors Welcome back to Behind Greatness. Today we are speaking with Dimitry from his office in Estonia. In this conversation we are treated to a battle-ridden, caterpillar to butterfly story. Dimitry brings us through his ideas formed through his experience living under a Communist regime to a zealous video gaming obsession to selling books door-to-door to building a truly international bespoke fashion house. Along the way, we learn about the power of “being delusional”, the skills learned to diffuse a bomb and how to make yourself allergic to shrimp. We discuss growing up in a system where lying is the tool of ruling , the predictability of seduction, being more interesting, the right dose of desperation, creativity of the entrepreneurial mind and the power of being at chaos’ edge. Warning: hard lessons to be learned here. Have a listen to a bad-ass who lived under incarceration in a communist regime: Luis Zuniga (ep 115). See here other entrepreneurial luminaries: Alex Rechichi (ep20), Matt Rizzetta (ep43), Anthony DiIorio (45), Ryan Albright (ep50), Mike Fata (ep77), Edoardo Ghignone (ep91), Doug Putnam (ep119), Anthony Scilipoti (128 ), Werner Barkhuizen (ep162) Dimitry, Website: https://lgfgfashionhouse.com/en/our-founder/ IG: @lgfg_ceo_dimitry X: @lgfg_dimitry

Jul 25, 2024 • 1h 9min
193. Sergio Di Zio – Award-Winning TV, Film, Stage Actor / Downsview Boy – Creating Story by Letting Go of All Story
Welcome back to Behind Greatness! We’re back with another fun episode with a fun guy – actor, Sergio Di Zio. What don’t we talk about here? Sergio brings us through the moment where the “pope” declared that he become an actor at age 18. We hear about a once painfully shy kid who uses audacity, the monster at the end of the book and letting go of story to carve through the universe and to be delightfully entangled within it. We talk destroying and building lives. We talk piercing words of a loving father raking leaves. We talk Brando and his cat and we talk Jeff Daniels and his empathic laugh. We talk Elisa. And we talk love as home. Let’s go!! See episodes with trauma expert Dr Gabor Mate (ep 143) … Exorcist John Szada (ep 174) … Actors: Enrico Colantoni (ep2), Giacomo Gianniotti (ep 29), Ken Choi (ep 66) and Amy Jo Johnson (ep 92) To give to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org. As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donors.
Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts
Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.