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The Explorer Poet Podcast

When we listen intently, we become guests in the sitting rooms of other people’s minds, and in a small way experience each other’s version of consciousness. Through conversation we can check our abstract reality against the abstract realities of others, ensuring we move forward as a whole. All we need to do is make sure we keep talking.

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01:13:21

E94: Mike Berger - Personal Causation and Psychedelics

The Explorer Poet Podcast ·

2025/08/20

My guest today is Mike Berger, the founder of Psychedelic STL. Mike stands at the intersection of consciousness exploration, community building, and advocacy. Having dedicated his life to the study of the mind, Mike has established himself as a key figure in the psychedelic community of St. Louis. He began his career with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Washington University then delved deeply into the study of Personal Causation, the intricacies of motivation and human agency, psychedelic

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01:03:32

E93: JLM Morton - Compulsion to Creativity and the...

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2025/08/13

My guest today is J.L.M. Morton, writer, poet, editor, celebrant and teacher based near Stroud in Gloucestershire, England. Her work explores contemporary rural experience and belonging, ancestry, place and practices of care, repair and solidarity across human and more-than-human worlds. Her first full poetry collection, Red Handed, explores England’s rural textile heritage with a decolonising lens, picking apart the global threads and entanglements that were created and enforced by British colonial

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01:04:22

E92: Dr. Paul Turke - Evolutionary Pediatrics and the...

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2025/08/06

My guest today is Dr. Paul Turke, the world’s first Darwinian pediatrician. He is board-certified and has been practicing pediatrics for 25 years. In addition to his formal medical education, Dr. Turke has done fieldwork in anthropology and demography on the Micronesian islands of Ifaluk and Yap, with a focus on childcare kinship networks. He’s published articles on topics ranging from the evolution of sex, to childhood food allergies, to why Covid-19 is less severe in the young than it is in the

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01:03:51

E91: Jacob Nordby - Blessed are the Weird and Our...

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2025/07/30

My guest today is Jacob Nordby, co-founder of A Writing Room Collective, Heal + Create, The Institute for Creative Living Foundation 501(c)3, and the author of several books, including Blessed Are the Weird – A Manifesto for Creatives and The Creative Cure. He previously worked as the marketing director for a traditional publishing house and oversaw the launch of many bestselling books. A working author and creative guide, he has a passion for helping writers solve their challenges and enjoy the

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00:58:31

E90: John Bucher - Following Your Bliss and the...

The Explorer Poet Podcast ·

2025/07/23

My guest today is John Bucher, a renowned mythologist and story expert who has been featured on the BBC, the History Channel, the LA Times, The Hollywood Reporter and on numerous other international outlets . He serves as Executive Director for the Joseph Campbell Foundation and is a writer, podcaster, storyteller, and speaker. He has worked with government and cultural leaders around the world as well as organizations such as HBO, DC Comics, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, A24 Films, Atlas

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01:06:10

E89: Teddy Hamstra - Mysticism, Enchantment, and Myth

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2025/07/16

My guest today is Teddy Hamstra, a writer and seeker in Los Angeles. He is the recipient of a PhD from the University of Southern California, where he completed and successfully defended a dissertation entitled 'Enchantment as a Form of Care: Joseph Campbell and the Power of Mysticism.' Recently, Teddy has been working for the Joseph Campbell Foundation, spearheading their Research & Development efforts. As an educator and research consultant for creatives, Teddy is driven to communicate

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01:03:04

E88: Monica Martinez - Narratives, Archetypes, and...

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2025/07/09

My guest today is Dr. Monica Martinez, an author, professor, podcaster, and Jungian psychotherapist who works in São Paulo and Granja Viana, Brazil. The aim of Monica’s practice is to encourage self-knowledge through tools and processes that encourage a fuller and healthier physical, emotional and intellectual life.We discussed archetypes, polarities, age, wisdom, flexibility, openness, psychology, Joseph Campbell, mythology, narratives, medication, dreams, dream work, active imagination, suffering,

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01:00:46

E87: Aaron Balick - Human Psychology, Technology, and...

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2025/07/02

My guest today is Aaron Balick, a psychotherapist, academic, and a leading voice in the psychology of technology. As the author of the groundbreaking book The Psychodynamics of Social Networking, he pioneered the exploration of the psychological dimensions of technology, with a particular focus on the impact of social media, online behaviour, and hyperconnectivity on individuals and their relationships. Aaron is also the author of two popular self-help books The Little Book of Calm and Keep Your

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01:07:20

E86: John Bonaduce - Mythobiogenesis and the Origins...

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2025/06/25

My guest today is John Bonaduce, a writer, lecturer, and theorist in “Mythobiogenesis”. John earned a doctorate in mythological studies with an emphasis in depth psychology. His specific expertise lies in his work on Mythobiogenesis, a term and theory he coined during his doctoral studies. John is currently a regular contributor to the Joseph Campbell Foundation through his writing as well as a lecturer, presenting at both academic and religious conferences.We discussed Mythobiogenesis, stories and

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01:01:30

E85: Randolph Nesse - Evolutionary Explanations for...

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2025/06/11

My guest today is Randolph Nesse, a founder of evolutionary medicine whose work with George Williams inspired many to expand explanations of disease from descriptions of why and how mechanisms fail in some individuals, to evolutionary explanations for traits that leave all individuals in a species vulnerable to a disease. Their six categories of possible explanations have become canonical: the limits of natural selection, mismatchwith environments, arms races with pathogens, trade-offs, gene

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01:04:26

E84: Drew Norton - The Everyday Leader and Helping...

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2025/06/04

My guest today is Drew Norton, a dynamic coach and co-host of The Everyday Leader Podcast and The Climb. With a background spanning sales, hiring, recruiting, leadership, and training across diverse industries, he's a seasoned expert in cultivating individual and organizational success. His career journey encompasses a proven track record in sales, and he's passionate about translating his wealth of knowledge into actionable insights, empowering others to achieve their career aspirations in sales

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01:08:51

E83: Cynthia Poorbaugh - Astrology and Mapping the...

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2025/05/28

My guest today is Cynthia Poorbaugh, a certified Jungian Analyst, faculty member and supervisor for the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association, and member of the Board of Directors for the C.G. Jung Foundation of NY. As an artist, Cynthia exhibited in institutions and galleries in New York from 1987–2003. Cynthia also has an interest in the symbology and psychology of alchemy and astrology and, like Jung, recognizes their impact and effects on our individual and collective psyches. We discussed Jungian

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01:05:33

E82: Dean Abbott - Reimagining Our Frameworks and...

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2025/05/21

My guest today is Dean Abbott, a writer, podcaster, coach and spiritual director, who helps people live more soulfully in their relationships with self and others.We discussed X/Twitter, social media, publishing as a personal notebook, being helpful to others, personal development, asking ‘so what?’, asking yourself ‘what would you do in this situation if you believed x’, self-narratives, reimagining our frameworks, our inner guidance system, atrophied imagination, goals and objectives, organic

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01:03:10

E81: Diana McKendree - The Psyche has Everything we Need

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2025/05/14

My guest today is Diana McKendree, a Jungian psychotherapist, educator, international keynote speaker, leader of women’s pilgrimages, and Iconographer. She is a senior faculty member with the Haden Institute, teaching Spiritual Direction and Dreamwork. Ordained an Interfaith Minister, Diana continues to search for the common threads that weave humanity and soul together.We discussed reading dreams, the symbolic life, reworking the symbols, intuition, when suddenly everything makes sense, the psyche

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00:49:27

E80: Scott Neumeister - Mythic Pathfinding and...

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2025/05/07

My guest today is Scott Neumeister, Ph.D., a literary scholar, TEDx speaker, and mythic pathfinder from Tampa, Florida, where he earned his doctorate in English from the University of South Florida in 2018. His specialization in multiethnic American literature and mythology comes after careers as an information technology systems engineer and a teacher of English at the middle school and college levels. Scott co-authored Let Love Lead: On a Course to Freedom with Gary L. Lemons and Susie Hoeller

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01:35:38

E79: Polly Young-Eisendrath - Real Dialogue and a...

The Explorer Poet Podcast ·

2025/04/30

My guest today is Polly Young-Eisendrath, Ph.D. a psychologist, writer, speaker, and Jungian analyst who is the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Real Dialogue in Vermont. She has published 19 books including, The Self-Esteem Trap: Raising Confident and Compassionate Kids in an Age of Self-Importance and Love Between Equals: Relationship as a Spiritual Path. She is the co-author, with Jean Pieniadz, Ph.D., of Dialogue Therapy for Couples and Real Dialogue for Opposing Sides: Methods

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01:06:39

E78: Roy Wang - Mens Work and the Sacred Wild Man

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2025/04/23

My guest today is Roy Wang, a men's coach and believer in the renewing powers of the sacred wild man archetype.We discussed coaching, myth, beliefs, Robert Bly’s Iron John, the sacred wildman archetype, divorce, nice guys, people pleasing, mother wounds, father wounds, the Oedipus Complex, core beliefs, Robert Glover, the mindset of not being good enough, emotional caretaking, Carl Jung, projection, shadow work, healthy aggression, boundaries, anima possession, and integration.Episode

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01:07:18

E77: Bradley Olson - The Prosaic Pronouncement of...

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2025/04/16

My guest today is Bradley Olson, a writer, mythic explorer, and mythic life coach. Brad also works with the Joseph Campbell Foundation as the Publications Director, the MythBlast Series Editor, and the host of the foundation’s flagship podcast, Pathways With Joseph Campbell.We discussed mythic life coaching, reading myth as literal versus metaphorical, literature, behavioral reinforcement, The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell, narrative and story, the Masks of God, poetic ideas framed as prosaic

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01:12:57

E76: Cherron Sue - Radical Unschooling and Student...

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2025/04/09

My guest today is Cherron Sue, an unschool mom of two, a peaceful parent, a thinker, and a writer.We discussed unschooling, play, standard homeschool myths, socialization, home environments, judgement, church culture, boundaries, public school, public education, children’s emotions, public school parents, lowest common denominators, mental health, zoning, grade levels, common core, screen time, radical unschooling, Dana Martin, self-directed education, authority figures, information versus

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01:06:08

E75: Bernhard Guenther - Inner and Outer Work

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2025/04/04

My guest today is Bernhard Guenther, a truth seeker, writer, lecturer, podcaster, and drummer.We discussed truth seeking, awakening, inner work, outer work, spiritual bypassing, detached objectivity, the evolution of consciousness, the psycho-spiritual, detachment without dissociation, evil, Carl Jung, shadow work, idiot compassion, healthy egos, owning your own power, individuation, anima/animus integration, divine intervention, following your bliss, and finding the kingdom within.Episode

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