New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove Sep 5, 2026 New Thinking Allowed Audio Podcast Ruth Kastner, PhD, is a member of the Foundations of Physics group at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is author of The Transactional Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: The Reality of Possibility, Understanding Our Unseen Reality: Solving Quantum Riddles, and Adventures in Quantumland: Exploring Our Unseen Reality. In this video, rebooted from 2021, she contrasts the “eternalist” view of physics, as expressed in the idea of a “block universe” based on Einstein’s theory of relativity, with a “dynamical” view as expressed in the transactional interpretation of quantum mechanics. These interpretations of the physical universe both allow some form of human postmortem survival – although they appear to be quite different from each other. New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. He is Co-Director of Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science. (Recorded on March 11, 2021)
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Music and Mysticism with Matthew Ingram
New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove Sep 1, 2026 New Thinking Allowed Audio Podcast Matthew Ingram is author of Retreat: How the Counterculture Invented Wellness. He hosts the Woebot blog. This stimulating conversation, recorded in 2021, explores the very nature of music and covers different music genres including blues, rock, gospel, jazz, new age, and even punk. Some of the many musicians discussed include John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Carlos Santana, Paul Horn, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Robert Johnson, Enya, Brian Wilson, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. The discussion also includes traditional religious music as well as the many gurus who have influenced different musicians. New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. He is Co-Director of Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science. (Recorded on February 6, 2021)
Body, Mind, and Death with David Lorimer
New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove Aug 31, 2026 New Thinking Allowed Audio Podcast David Lorimer is the Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network. He has edited several books, including The Spirit of Science: From Experiment to Experience, Thinking Beyond the Brain: A Wider Science of Consciousness, and The Circle of Sacred Dance: Peter Deunov’s Paneurythmy. He has also authored a number of books including Survival: Death As a Transition, Resonant Mind: Life Review in the Near-Death Experience, and A Quest for Wisdom: Inspiring Purpose on the Path of Life. In this wide-ranging conversation, rebooted from 2021, he describes the history and work of the Scientific and Medical Network, emphasizing the need for scientists to see beyond the limits of a pure materialist metaphysics. He describes the work of the eighteenth century scientist/mystic, Emmanuel Swedenborg – with a particular focus on Swedenborg’s vivid descriptions of the afterlife. He explains the ethical implications of research on near-death experiences. New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. He is Co-Director of Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science. (Recorded on April 16, 2021)
Varieties of Consciousness Theories with Robert Lawrence Kuhn
New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove and Closer To Truth Aug 30, 2026 New Thinking Allowed Audio Podcast Robert Lawrence Kuhn received his academic training in brain research. He is best known for creating and hosting the PBS television series Closer to Truth. His books include, Closer to Truth: Challenging Current Belief, How China’s Leaders Think, The Mystery of Existence: Why Is There Anything At All? (with John Leslie), and Closer to Truth: Science, Meaning, and the Future. Kuhn is also the creator of the Landscape of Consciousness framework, an ambitious effort to organize and classify over 400 competing theories of consciousness. His website is https://closertotruth.com/about-close… Robert discusses his lifelong quest to understand why anything exists at all and the nature of consciousness, culminating in his ambitious Landscape of Consciousness framework that organizes and classifies over 400 competing theories. He traces his path from early interest in parapsychology and brain research to creating a taxonomy spanning materialism, quantum approaches, panpsychism, dualism, idealism, and more, while examining implications for free will, life after death, AI consciousness, and virtual immortality. Kuhn emphasizes that no theory is final and that anomalous experiences, phenomenology, and challenges to human understanding further constrain any coherent account of mind. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:08:30 Early interest in parapsychology and brain research 00:16:45 Why is there anything at all 00:24:00 Creating the landscape of consciousness 00:32:15 Expanding the collection of theories 00:40:30 Organizing categories from materialism to idealism 00:49:00 Anomalous events, challenges, and phenomenology 00:58:15 Implications for free will and life after death 01:08:00 Personal view of consciousness 01:16:00 Conclusion New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. He is Co-Director of Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science. (Recorded on Saturday, July 18, 2026)
The Case for (and against) the Afterlife with Chris Carter
New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove Aug 27, 2026 New Thinking Allowed Audio Podcast Chris Carter is a physics teacher who was educated at Oxford, England. He is author of four books that make him one of the most significant authors today exploring the question of life after death. They include Science and the Near-Death Experience, Science and Psychic Phenomena, and Science and the Afterlife Experience. His most recent book is The Case for the Afterlife: Evidence of Life After Death. Chris argues that science does not speak with a single voice on the afterlife and examines why many prominent scientists have remained open to questions of consciousness beyond death. He explores five major lines of evidence including near-death experiences, deathbed visions, children’s memories of previous lives, apparitions, and mediumship while discussing how standards of scientific evidence should be applied to extraordinary claims. Carter contends that a rigorous examination of the evidence invites a broader philosophical understanding of reality and survival beyond bodily death. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:03:02 Scientists and belief 00:08:03 Creator and afterlife 00:12:02 Five lines of evidence 00:17:32 Skepticism and proof 00:22:12 Quantum perspectives 00:27:06 Reincarnation research 00:32:06 Strongest mediumship cases 00:38:16 Deathbed vision evidence 00:47:18 Conclusion New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. He is Co-Director of Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science. (Recorded on Friday, July 17, 2026)
The Total Self, Part II, with Hal Stone
New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove Aug 28, 2026 Psychology and Psychotherapy This video is a special release from the original Thinking Allowed series that ran on public television from 1986 until 2002. It was recorded in about 1990. It will remain public for only one week. The late Hal Stone, PhD, is author of Embracing Heaven and Earth and co-author, with his wife Dr. Sidra Winkelman, of Embracing Our Selves and Embracing Each Other. He and Dr. Winkelman are developers of the “Voice Dialogue” psychotherapeutic process. Here he describes how he discovered the “Voice Dialogue” method of contacting his own sub-personalities. The process, as it has evolved, includes elements of gestalt therapy, psychosynthesis, psychodrama, transactional analysis and Jungian analysis. Dr. Stone describes various sub-personalities such as the “protector-controller,” the “pusher” and the “critic.” The Voice Dialogue technique is demonstrated with Jeffrey Mishlove and Dr. Stone each taking a turn as therapeutic subject.
Life in Afterlife with Stafford Betty
New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove Aug 26, 2026 New Thinking Allowed Audio Podcast Stafford Betty, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at California State University, Bakersfield. He is author of Heaven and Hell Unveiled, The Afterlife Unveiled, and When Did You Ever Become Less by Dying? He has also written two novels, based on his studies of spiritualism, whose protagonists are deceased figures in the afterlife, The Imprisoned Splendor and The Afterlife Therapist. Here he describes various aspects of his understanding of the afterlife, as portrayed in his novel, The Afterlife Therapist. Some of the recently deceased do not realize that they have died. Many conflicts exist on the astral planes. These are seen as opportunities for soul growth. Reincarnation is also an option. Guides and teachers encourage souls to progress to higher planes of existence. New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. He is Co-Director of Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science. (Recorded on April 20, 2021)
Embracing Death with Tony Ærcyus Christie
New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove Aug 23, 2026 New Thinking Allowed Audio Podcast Tony Ærcyus Christie is a mystic, spiritual teacher, and Messenger of Oneness. based in Cork, Ireland. He has been working with labyrinths for almost twenty years, and is the creator of Labyrinth Wisdom Cards. He is also author of Labyrinth: Your Path to Self-Discovery. His newest book is Death – You Gotta Love It: Choosing Love over Fear in Life’s Greatest Transition. He is based in Cork, Ireland. His website is https://www.tonymchristie.com/ Tony explores death not as an ending but as a transition of consciousness, drawing on near-death experiences, reincarnation, life reviews, and the practice of choosing love over fear. He discusses gratitude as a path beyond the fear of death, Irish traditions of honoring the departed, spiritual guides, and accounts of loved ones welcoming people at life’s final threshold. Christie reveals how the ancient labyrinth serves as a symbol of transformation, helping people navigate both life and death as interconnected journeys of awakening. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:03:25 Fear of death 00:09:42 Choosing experiences 00:16:24 Preparing for death 00:22:41 Mastery over fear 00:28:13 Welcoming loved ones 00:34:56 Labyrinth wisdom 00:41:01 Sacred symbol 00:48:32 Living consciously 00:56:16 Conclusion New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. He is Co-Director of Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science. (Recorded on Monday, July 13, 2026)
Holographic Universe & Synchronicity, Part II, with Michael Talbot (1953 – 1992)
New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove Aug 21, 2026 Michael Talbot is author of Mysticism and the New Physics, Beyond the Quantum, Your Past Lives and The Holographic Universe. He has also authored four novels. This program was taped approximately six months before his untimely death in May 1992. Here Talbot discusses his own unusual experiences with poltergeist phenomena and UFOs. He suggests that the holographic model provides a means for understanding these experiences without falling into the twin traps of skeptical debunking or occult romanticism.
Mental Rigidity and the Hidden Ego with David Hanscom
New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove Aug 18, 2026 New Thinking Allowed Audio Podcast David Hanscom, M.D. is an orthopedic complex spinal deformity surgeon who quit his surgical practice in 2019 to focus on teaching people how to break loose from the grip of chronic mental and physical pain – with and without surgery. His insights arose out of escaping from his own 15-year ordeal of suffering with severe chronic pain. As he began to share his approaches with his patients, a predictable sequence of learning evolved. It is reflected in the self-directed action plan that he created, The DOC (Direct your Own Care) Journey. He is author of Back in Control: A Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain; Do You Really Need Spine Surgery?: Take Control with a Spine Surgeon’s Advice; and Calm Your Body, Heal Your Mind: Transcend Pain, Anxiety, Anger, and Repetitive Unwanted Thoughts. His website is backincontrol.com. David explains how the ego is often a fragile story that is created in response to criticism, survival anxiety, and the need to feel safe. Many of these stories are cognitive distortions that can keep people trapped in repetitive unwanted thoughts, pain, and anxiety. He shares ways to soften the ego and move from surviving to thriving with flexibility, awareness, and compassion. 00:00 Introduction 02:48 Reasons for the ego 08:32 Defending the identity 14:03 Mental pain and cognitive distortions 25:40 Stress physiology 28:28 Thriving vs. survival 38:52 Awareness and attachments 47:05 Compassion focused therapy 53:33 Safety 56:19 Conclusion New Thinking Allowed CoHost, Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, is a licensed occupational therapist, intuitive healer and coach, and spiritual guide based in St. Paul, Minnesota. Emmy is the founder of the Intuitive Connections and Holistic OT communities. She is the author of Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance With Relationships, Health, and Spirituality. She offers intuitive coaching to help individuals access their inner guidance for clarity, healing, and meaningful decision-making. Her website is https://emmyvadnais.com (Recorded on June 1, 2026)