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The Observable Unknown

Juan Carlos Rey, Ph.D.

Where science meets spirituality and measurable phenomena dance with mystical wisdom. Join Dr. Juan Carlos Rey as he explores the hidden influences shaping our reality - from quantum mechanics to cosmic consciousness. This isn’t your typical metaphysical podcast. Through analytical discussions and practical applications, discover how the unexplainable impacts your daily life. For curious souls who question everything and spiritual seekers grounded in science. Venture beyond the veil of ordinary

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73:44

Sam Reynolds, Part 2

The Observable Unknown ·

2025/10/19

Astrologer Sam Reynolds returns to discuss not only numerous aspects of astrology that were not discussed previously, but also his forthcoming class on a Basic Introduction to Astrology.

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7:23

Mailbag Episode 3: Eros and the Sacred Body

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2025/10/19

In this profound installment of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey explores the ancient and often misunderstood intersection of erotic performance and spirituality. Responding to a listener’s question from San Antonio, Dr. Rey traces how the language of desire has always mirrored the language of the divine. From Plato’s Symposium to modern neuroscience, Eros emerges not as indulgence but as a way of knowing. Drawing on the work of Jaak Panksepp, Helen Fisher, and Andrew Newberg, Dr. Rey

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7:29

Mailbag Episode 2 – “The Comparator and the Calling”

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2025/10/17

What if faith were simply the nervous system daring to trust its own prediction? In this Mailbag installment, Dr. Rey responds to listener DeShawn Carter of Atlanta, Georgia, whose question probes the hidden alliance between free will, intuition, and the brain’s comparator model – that quiet circuit which measures intention against outcome, authorship against experience. From Chris Frith’s neuroscience of agency to the ancient mystic’s surrender, this episode explores how faith and intuition emerge

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6:52

Interlude XV – Inheritance in Motion: Phylogenetic...

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2025/10/17

What if evolution is not a finished act, but an ongoing collaboration between ancestry and awareness? In this interlude of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey explores the profound intersection between phylogenetic inertia - the evolutionary gravity that preserves our biological past - and epigenetic rewriting, the molecular poetry of adaptation that lets life edit its own script. Through studies by Dr. Samuel Almeida, Dr. Michael Kertes, Dr. Jessica Loke, Dr. Steve Horvath, and Dr. Helena

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66:11

Dr. Juan Carlos Rey, Part 2

The Observable Unknown ·

2025/10/12

In this episode, Dr. Rey takes a second opportunity to answer more listener-submitted questions regarding himself and his role as host of "The Observable Unknown" Podcast.

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5:38

Interlude XII - The Gut-Brain Axis: Microbiome as Mind

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2025/10/09

What if intuition… digestion… and belief were all part of the same conversation? In this interlude, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey explores the growing science of the gut-brain axis - where trillions of microbes whisper through the vagus nerve to shape emotion, cognition, and even moral intuition. Drawing on research from Emeran Mayer, Sarkis Mazmanian, John Cryan, and Ted Dinan, this journey reveals a hidden ecology of consciousness - where neurotransmitters, bacteria, and the human nervous system collaborate

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7:08

Interlude XI - The Neurochemical Chorus: Drive,...

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2025/10/09

What if every thought, memory, and feeling were a chemical symphony? In this interlude, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey guides listeners through the molecular foundations of consciousness—how neurotransmitters like acetylcholine, dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and cortisol shape our choices, memories, and moods. Drawing on Michael Hasselmo’s groundbreaking work on acetylcholine and memory, Hans Krebs’ discovery of the metabolic “Krebs cycle” powering every thought, and the research of scholars such as Wolfram

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6:23

Interlude X: Hormones, Hierarchy, and the...

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2025/10/08

What if your most “rational” decisions were already scripted by your bloodstream? In this interlude of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey traces the hidden hormonal currents shaping risk, loyalty, ambition, and status. Drawing on the fieldwork of Robert Sapolsky among Kenyan baboons, Anna Dreber’s research on traders’ testosterone surges, Carsten de Dreu’s discoveries about oxytocin’s double edge, Wolfram Schultz’s dopamine experiments, and anthropological studies from Kristen Hawkes to

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6:58

Interlude IX — The Unconscious Collective: Crowd...

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2025/10/02

What happens when individuality dissolves into the crowd? From Durkheim’s collective effervescence to Tarde’s contagion of imitation, from Canetti’s swarm psychology to Girard’s scapegoat mechanism, and from Zimbardo’s situational power to Arendt’s banality of evil, this interlude explores the hidden dynamics of group mind. The observable unknown here is the collective itself: a force that shapes choice, obedience, and even violence, while remaining invisible to those within it. Join the dialogue:

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8:17

Interlude VIII — Chronicles, Legends, and the...

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2025/10/01

"What is history but a fable agreed upon?” Napoleon once asked. From collective recollection to sacred ritual, from covert interpersonal dramas to the unconscious resonance of color, from emotional imprints to memetic replication - this interlude explores the hidden architectures shaping what we call freedom. Join Dr. Juan Carlos Rey as he traces Halbwachs, Eliade, Campbell, Berne, Damasio, Lüscher, and Blackmore, revealing how conviction is never solitary but always cultural, emotional, and

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Interlude VII — Suggestion, Signal, and the...

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2025/09/30

In this interlude, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey steps into the hidden architectures shaping what we call “free choice.” Drawing on Durkheim, Halbwachs, Berger, Bourdieu, Foucault, Elias, Geertz, Butler, Gramsci, and Meloni, he unpacks how collective memory, power, ritual, and even biology create the stage on which our decisions are performed. Listeners are invited to explore the observable unknown of their own choices - what is inherited, what is suggested, and what may still be truly free. Join the

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56:21

Davin Stronk

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2025/09/28

Davin Stronk is an erotic performance artist working within the adult entertainment industry and the intimacy trade, serving as a professional purveyor of desire in both its artistic and economic expressions. In this episode of The Observable Unknown, we explore with him how intimacy, performance, and cultural imagination converge - revealing how desire itself becomes art, commerce, and a mirror of our deepest longings.

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6:46

Interlude VI - Inherited Shadows: Memory, Time, and...

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2025/09/25

Can memory be inherited? Can trauma echo across generations? And do our most private choices carry the weight of ancestral shadows? In this interlude, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey explores the mysteries of phylogenetic inertia, epigenetic conditioning, and genetic memory - tracing how our biology remembers more than we realize. From Darwin to Jung, Holocaust studies to modern neuroscience, we uncover how memory may stretch not only backward into the lives of our ancestors, but forward into precognition and

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7:31

Interlude V — Suggestion, Signal, and the...

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2025/09/24

In this solo interlude, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey traces how culture, persuasion, ritual, and engineered messaging shape what we take to be “our” decisions. From classic lab findings on conformity and obedience to modern persuasion tactics and the neuroscience of suggestion, this episode maps how choice is constructed long before it reaches consciousness. If you’ve ever wondered why you clicked, said yes, or changed your mind without knowing why, this is the episode for you. Listen, reflect, and learn

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9:49

Interlude IV — The Observable Unknown in Agency and...

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2025/09/23

Tonight’s Interlude IV of The Observable Unknown traces the living tension between free will, agency, and the brain’s hidden predictive machinery. Drawing on Libet’s timing experiments, Wegner’s critique, Friston’s predictive-processing, the comparator model, and mirror-neuron research, this episode shows how agency is constructed across layered neural processes: pre-reflective feeling, reflective judgment, and social resonance. We explore the veto as a final sanctuary for conscious intervention,

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