Liz Carlisle is an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Studies Program at UC Santa Barbara, where she teaches courses on food and farming. She’s the author of three books, Lentil Underground, Grain by Grain, and Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming, all of which explore regenerative agriculture and agroecology.

Richard Doyle is Professor of English and of Information Sciences and Technology at Pennsylvania State University. His books include On Beyond Living: Rhetorical Transformations of the Life Sciences, Wetwares: Experiments In Postvital Living, Darwin's Pharmacy: Sex, Plants, and the Evolution of the Noosphere, The Genesis of Now: Self Experiments with the Bible & the End of Religion, Into the Stillness: Dialogues on Awakening Beyond Thought. His work integrates a wide range of subjects, incorporating non-ordinary states of consciousness, ecology, technology and rhetoric, all of which we discuss today.

Keith Frankish is a philosopher who specializes in the philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive science. He has affiliations with the University of Sheffield and The Open University in the UK as well as the University of Crete in Greece. He is known for arguing that consciousness is an illusion, which is what we talk about today.

In this AMA I discuss the the psychology of money at the personal and societal scales. Ask questions for the next AMA via patreon or the channel membership community (click the "join" button above): https://www.patreon.com/DrJamesCooke

Mark Vernon is a psychotherapist and writer whose work focuses on spirituality in the Christian tradition. He has a degrees in theology and physics from Oxford and Durham University and also has PhD in ancient Greek philosophy from the University of Warwick. Today we discuss mysticism and its relationship to Christianity.

On today's episode I share some thoughts on the war in Ukraine and how we can move towards a global culture of peace

Ask questions for the next AMA via patreon: or the YouTube channel membership community: Topics (in order addressed): Ukraine Pivotal mental states Credits: Animations by Janko Pješivac https://vimeo.com/user22957416

Richard Lang is the coordinator of the Shollond Trust, a charity that promotes an approach to self discovery known as the Headless Way.  This approach was developed by British Architect Douglas Harding and, after studying with Douglas since 1970, Richard committed himself to sharing this work as widely as possible.  He is the author of two books on the headless way, Seeing Who You Really Are, and Open to the Source - Selected Teachings of Douglas Harding.  You can also find teachings on this subject on Richard’s Youtube channel. Today we discuss this unique approach to gaining insight into the nondual nature of our experience.

Sam is an ecologist, researcher and science writer, working at the intersection of ecology and psychedelics.  He has conducted ecological field research around the world and also has extensive experience of working in the psychedelic field, at the Beckley Foundation, Synthesis Institute, and the psychedelic music company Wavepaths. He is currently a Project Manager with Norfolk Rivers Ecology and a collaborator with the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London, with a research interest in the capacity of psychedelics to influence our connection to nature.  Today we talk about the science of how psychedelics can help us discover that we are part of nature.

On today's episode I share some thoughts on psychological attractors and their significance for the future of human society. Credits: Animations by Janko Pješivac https://vimeo.com/user22957416