Delving In with Stuart Kelter

About Delving In with Stuart Kelter

Knowledge-seeker and psychologist Stuart Kelter shares his joy of learning and “delving in.” Ready? Let’s delve... Join Chris Churchill on the possible reasons why the search for intelligent life in the universe is coming up empty. Let’s hear from Israeli psychiatrist Pesach Lichtenberg about a promising approach to schizophrenia—going mainstream in Israel—that uses minimal drugs and maximal support through the crisis, rejecting the presumption of life-long disability. Find out what Pulitzer Prize winning historian, David Kertzer learned from recently opened Vatican records about Pius XII, the Pope During WWII. We explore the fascinating and intriguing... What did journalist Eve Fairbanks learn about race relations in post-Apartheid South Africa? Did you realize there were dozens and dozens of early women scientists? Let’s find out about them through a sampling of poems with poet Jessy Randall. How shall we grapple with the complexities of the placebo effect in drug development and medical practice? Harvard researcher Kathryn Hall confirms just how complicated it really is! But beware: increasing one’s knowledge leads to more and more questions. If that appeals to you, join us on “Delving In”! The interviews of the Delving In podcast were first broadcast on KTAL-LP, the community radio station of Las Cruces, New Mexico. The full archive of well over 100 interviews can be found at https://www.lccommunityradio.org/archives/category/delving-in. Please send questions and comments to stuartkelter@protonmail.com.

Publisher

Stuart Kelter

Category

health & fitness · history · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Nov 2022

Latest episode

5 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

203 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Oct 2026

   #202. New Religious Movements (a.k.a. "Cults")

   Joseph Laycock (https://faculty.txst.edu/profile/1922193) is an associate professor of religious studies at Texas State University, with a focus on the sociology of religion, among other topics, He has written several books on new religious movements and on American religious history, including the recently published second edition of New Religious Movements: The Basics (https://www.routledge.com/New-Religious-Movements-The-Basics/Laycock/p/book/9781041250746). He is also a co-editor for the journal Nova Religio. He currently serves on the Programming Committee for the American Academy of Religion. Recorded 9/22/26.

2. 

   24 Sept 2026

   #201. Conceptual Difficulties in Psychiatric Diagnosis and Practice

   Awais Aftab (https://www.awaisaftab.com/). is a psychiatrist in Cleveland, OH and a professor of psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University. He is a member of the executive council of Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry and has been actively involved in initiatives to educate psychiatrists and trainees on the intersection of philosophy and psychiatry. His is the author of Conversations in Critical Psychiatry, an edited volume of interviews published in 2024 and the Psychiatry at the Margins Substack newsletter, which explores critical, philosophical, and scientific debates in psychology and in psychiatric practice. Recorded 9/14/26.

3. 

   22 Sept 2026

   #200. Escaping the Life of a Taliban Fighter

   Maiwand Banayee grew up in the 1980s and 90s in war-torn Afghanistan during the war against the Soviets and the civil war that followed. He left for the UK at 22 years old in the opening years of the U.S. war on the Taliban. His recently published memoir, Delusions of Paradise: Escaping the Life of a Taliban Fighter (https://www.iconbooks.com/ib-title/delusions-of-paradise/) recalls these harrowing years, as well as the next couple of decades after his emigration to the UK and Ireland. In crystal clear, direct and forthright, English prose, not his native language, the book poignantly explores the complicated, interwoven themes of gender, religion, trauma, immigration, and more. Currently, Maiwand works as a physiotherapist and diabetes-remission coach in the UK. Recorded 9/7/26.

Who has been a guest on Delving In with Stuart Kelter

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• Shoumita Dasgupta
• Meg Kissinger
• David Pengelley
• Mariah Blake
• Jessy Randall

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 40 / 100

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56

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0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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