Diamond Mind #14: Science, Faith, And The Fight For Truth
Send us a text When headlines turn science into a battlefield, who decides what counts as truth—and at what cost? We sit down with veteran science reporter and editor, Dan Vergano, now back on the DC science beat to unpack how politics, platforms, and power steer public understanding of vaccines, climate, and gender care. He explains why culture war flashpoints rarely start at the kitchen table, but are manufactured by media ecosystems and political fundraising that thrive on outrage, l...
1 Aug 2025
Diamond Mind #13: What the Hiippies Got Wrong: A Conversation with Understanding Ruth Israel About the Love Family
Send us a text What happens when the dream of utopia meets the messy reality of human nature? Understanding Ruth Israel's remarkable journey takes us deep inside one of America's most prominent counterculture experiments—the Love Family commune of Seattle. In this raw and revelatory conversation, Ruth shares her transformation from Claudette Baker Rockefeller—married into political prominence—to a barefoot hippie renamed "Understanding" by the commune's charismatic leader. For 26 years, she ...
7 Jun 2025
Diamond Mind #12: Boiling Frogs, AI and Nuclear Bombs, Why Worry?
AI Security Expert Kyle Killian discusses the crucial differences between AI alignment, security, and safety, highlighting their importance for our future in this interview.
28 May 2025
Diamond Mind #11 The Coming Collision of Consciousness and Technology
Philosophers Susan Schneider and Mark Bailey explore superpsychism, a theory connecting consciousness to quantum entanglement, revealing a universe where space-time emerges from a fundamental reality in this interview.
23 May 2025
Diamond Mind #10: Can computers ever be conscious?
Dr. Colin Hales explores electromagnetic field theories of consciousness, questioning traditional neuroscience's focus on neural firing and offering new perspectives on how brains generate minds in this interview.
30 Apr 2025
Diamond Mind #9: Stuart Hameroff on Pleasure, Evolution, Microtubules and Consciousness
Stuart Hameroff takes us on a mind-expanding journey through his revolutionary theory of consciousness, drawing from his 49 years as an anesthesiologist and decades of groundbreaking research into the quantum foundations of awareness. Challenging the dominant view that the brain is merely a classical computer and neurons are simple switches, Hameroff reveals how microtubules—protein structures inside neurons—perform quantum computations that may be the actual basis of conscious experie...
30 Apr 2025
Diamond Mind #8: Driving on Sunshine: A Discussion of President Trump's Impact on the rEVolution
What if you could drive a vehicle that costs less to operate, requires minimal maintenance, and dramatically reduces your environmental impact? The electric vehicle revolution isn't just coming—it's already here, outpacing even the most optimistic predictions. Our experts, Noel Morin and Michael Chiacos, dives deep into the remarkable efficiency of electric vehicles—revealing how they operate at 3-4 times the efficiency of conventional gas cars while eliminating routine maintenance headaches...
3 Dec 2024
Diamond Mind #7: Rainbow Hair and Consciousness: Exploring Illusionism and the Mysteries of the Mind with Sue Blackmore
Philosopher Sue Blackmore shares her bold exploration into consciousness and illusionism, offering a unique perspective on the evolution of consciousness studies and the mysteries of the mind.
12 Nov 2024
Diamond Mind #6: Matt Segall explores the nature of reality...
Curious about how philosopher and mathematician Alfred North Whitehead's revolutionary ideas have shaped our understanding of the universe? Whitehead was an incredible thinker whose work touched on almost every aspect of modern physics, philosophy and spirituality. Our guest from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) offers a deep dive into process philosophy, where science, spirituality, and philosophy intersect. From redefining religious studies to influencing modern cons...
9 Nov 2024
Diamond Mind #5: Resilience and Recovery: One Man's Journey from Trauma to Sobriety
After surviving a severe e-bike accident and enduring over two dozen surgeries, my brother-in-law, Jason, shares his story about resilience in the face of overwhelming physical and emotional pain. What if the very treatments meant to heal you instead threaten your life? Jason shares his harrowing experience with misdiagnosed infections, sepsis, and the battle against a flesh-eating bacteria that led to the removal of metal implants. We discuss the precarious balance between managing pain...
3 Nov 2024
Diamond Mind #4: Electromagnetic Fields, Consciousness, and Free Will with Prof. Bruce McIver
Can electromagnetic fields illuminate the mysteries of consciousness and free will? Join us on The Diamond Mind Podcast as we explore this cutting edge question with Stanford Prof. Bruce McIver, a leading expert in neurophysiology. I sat down with Bruce at the Tucson Science of Consciousness conference this year, meeting for the first time in "real life" at that time. He and I have exchanged emails and Zoom calls for a few years now and he contributed a great paper to the Frontiers in Hu...
8 Oct 2024
Diamond Mind #3: Laura Deutsch on the nature of time and consciousness
Laura Deutsch and I met at the free-wheeling and thought-provoking Tucson Science of Consciousness conference this past April. It's held at the gorgeous Loews Ventana Resort, in the heart of saguaro country, with canyons, puffy clouds, prickly cactus, and road runners all around. There are also really great talks and discussions and after Laura and I realized we had a shared love of noodling the nature of time (and reality more generally, of course), we decided to try a podcast interview. We ...
23 Sept 2024
Diamond Mind #2: Christof Koch on his new book about consciousness and psychedelics
Christof Koch is one of the world's top neuroscientists and electrophysiologists. In recent years he's let his hair grow out a little (metaphorically) and begun an extended conversation about the nature of consciousness, meaning, the mind/body problem, psychedelic adventures, how to measure consciousness, how to cure comas, and many more very interesting topics. Join us as we talk about his new book, Then I Am Myself the World: What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It, and his personal...
9 Aug 2024
Diamond Mind #1: Christine Marie Mason on women's health, spiritual liberation and following your dharma
We spoke to entrepreneur and author, Christine Mason, at the Science of Consciousness conference in Tucson, Arizona, in April of 2024. We touched on her very interesting and unusual background, growing up as an American in Germany (multilingual), the murder of her mother, connecting to her personal dharma, her sustainability projects in Hawaii, her writing (many many books), her habit of starting successful companies -- and why she does all of it, on top of being a mother to four. Christ...
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