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240. Dr. Aníbal Bueno Amorós – Documentarian / Biologist / Photographer / Author / Lecturer – Adopting a Cosmovision
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Thanks for joining us again in Behind Greatness. We are with Aníbal Bueno today, who joins us from his home in Spain. Aníbal has travelled to more countries than most people could imagine visiting. He is an educated engineer, a Biologist, a business owner, photographer and documentarian. He is fascinated with disappearing cultures and has dedicated his life in learning about them, documenting them and creating a bridge of understanding with the developed world. We learn about many of his adventures – 70 countries in 39 consecutive months, getting shot at, jailed with no food, walking in on a Taliban girl-school and the accidental murder of one of his fellow tour guide colleagues. And that is only the surface. He brings us through his first-hand learning of ancient cultures: their rituals and medicinal practices, their social fabric and the acceleration of their ultimate disappearance. We discuss beliefs, the link with biology and culture, the meaning of things, the importance of our "libraries – and his stress on the need of a true cosmovision.
A thank you to our friend Joan Riera, ep 228.
Other visitors to Antarctica:
Massimiliano Catricala' – ep 6
Natalie Sudman – ep 97
Br. Guy Consolmagno – ep 133
Aníbal,
Personal Website - https://anibalbueno.com/ (https://anibalbueno.com/)
Travel Company - https://lastplaces.com/en/ (https://lastplaces.com/en/)
IG: @anibal_bueno
X: @Anibal_Bueno_
YT: https://www.youtube.com/c/AnibalBueno
TikTok: @anibal_bueno_
Books: https://anibalbueno.com/libros/ (https://anibalbueno.com/libros/)
28 Aug 2026
239. Dr. Jude Currivan – Cosmologist / Futurist / Author – Seeing Death as a Door
Welcome back to Behind Greatness. We sit with June Currivan today as she joins us from her home, coincidentally near Stonehenge . Jude was a proud daughter of coal miners in England who decided to study science to find a language for what she was experiencing as a child. She eventually had a successful 25 year corporate career that she shed – being aware of something bigger on the move. We discuss intuition as a superpower, being non locally entangled, breaking rules to break through, separation vs wholeness, re-enchanting the universe and her discarnate teachers and the importance of always asking yourself: what if and what then?
Others mentioned from the podcast:
Dr. Iya Whiteley – ep 185
Cat Criger – ep 95
Super Tramp: The Logical Song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kln_bIndDJg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kln_bIndDJg)
Jude,
Bio - https://www.clubofrome.org/member/currivan-jude/ (https://www.clubofrome.org/member/currivan-jude/)
Discussion Paper – The Unitive Science of a Living Universe: https://www.clubofrome.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2603_The-Fifth-Element_Discussion-Paper-2-digital-low-res.pdf
Whole World View website - https://www.wholeworld-view.org/ (https://www.wholeworld-view.org/)
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12 Aug 2026
238. Italo Castro – Artist / Amazonian - Diving Into Yourself
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Welcome back to Behind Greatness. We come back from our summer break with a conversation with an Amazonian living in the UK. Italo is a multi-disciplinary artist: painter, writer, musician, singer, actor. We go deep into the darkness with Italo … exploring how his best artistic endeavours come when he's at his lowest. We explore how art bridges to the other-worldly and how it teaches how to master the self. We talk Prince, dreaming, The Crossing, when art "fails", unplugging with creativity, the alluring symbolism of the jellyfish and living an analogue life.
Others mentioned from the podcast:
Dr. Marjorie Wollacott – ep 44
Dr. Vera Tiesler, MD – ep 81
Italo,
IG: https://www.instagram.com/italo.castro.art/ (https://www.instagram.com/italo.castro.art/)
FB: https://www.facebook.com/italo.works/ (https://www.facebook.com/italo.works/)
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