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Scott Carney Investigates

Investigative journalist Scott Carney explores true crime, cult psychology, biohacking, fitness revolutions, climate change calamities, organ trafficking and a whole lot more. Get exclusive access and bonus material at Patreon https://patreon.com/sgcarney ©PokeyBear LLC 2023-

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00:50:02

22. How to Start a Cult

Scott Carney Investigates ·

2023/08/12

In 2004 I was invited to join in sexual union with a room full of beautiful people in robes at the Osho compound in Pune. When I arrived there a few days earlier I saw hundreds of people speak in tongues together as they accessed their own spiritual truths. This was my first, by hardly my last, experience from the inside of cultic thinking and practices. This month a new TV show appeared Netflix staring Peter Dinklage called "How to Become a Cult Leader." It was a great show, but I thought

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00:39:13

21. Awe and Self-Transformation

Scott Carney Investigates ·

2023/08/04

Do psychedelics actually make you a better person, or do they just make you feel like you're a better person. In this show I begin with the notion that spaceflight fundamentally transforms the consciousness of astronauts who blast off the surface of earth, the tendency for space tourists to snap selfies with the planet, and the marginal utility of getting 1% better every time you take a cup of ayahuasca. David Yaden, The Overview Effect: Awe and Transcendence in Space Flight (2016) Support

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01:00:57

20. Exorcism, EXvangelicalism and Private Jets: How...

Scott Carney Investigates ·

2023/07/29

Josiah Hesse memorized his bible, let the Holy Ghost into his heart, and tithed 10% of everything to his evangelical church. It was only later when he realized how wrong it all had been. Now a pioneer of the EXvangelical movement, Denver-Journalist Josiah Hesse explains how it all went down, and what it means for the rest of christian America. More about Josiah Here: Josiah Hesse's Website Runner's High Josiah's Instagram. Support this show on Patreon and get exclusive EARLY ACCESS and

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00:57:27

19. Darkness and Deep Time: An interview with Clark...

Scott Carney Investigates ·

2023/07/21

Electric illumination changed humanity's relationship with darkness. Clark Strand, author of Waking Up to The Dark wants us to reclaim lost human states of consciousness by turning off the lights. Find out more about Clark Strand. Support this show on Patreon and get exclusive EARLY ACCESS and access to a private discord server: Subscribe to my newsletter Scott Carney Investigates Podcast Books: ⁠The Wedge⁠ ⁠What Doesn't Kill Us⁠ ⁠The Enlightenment Trap⁠ The Vortex The Red Market Social

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00:44:00

18. Fame is a Mental Illness

Scott Carney Investigates ·

2023/07/15

What is it about being famous that turns people into shadows of their former-selves? And what does that mean for the rest of us who seek micro-levels of fame on social media platforms? Support this show on Patreon and get exclusive EARLY ACCESS and access to a private discord server: Subscribe to my newsletter Scott Carney Investigates Podcast Books: ⁠The Wedge⁠ ⁠What Doesn't Kill Us⁠ ⁠The Enlightenment Trap⁠ The Vortex The Red Market Social Media: YouTube Instagram Facebook

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01:00:55

17. The Future of Legal Psychedelics

Scott Carney Investigates ·

2023/07/10

Joshua Kappel helped lead the effort to legalize psychadelic drugs in Colorado, and what happened here might be a model for what happens in the rest of the country. Are we ready for mail order MDMA? Support this show on Patreon and get exclusive EARLY ACCESS and access to a private discord server: Subscribe to my newsletter Scott Carney Investigates Podcast Books: ⁠The Wedge⁠ ⁠What Doesn't Kill Us⁠ ⁠The Enlightenment Trap⁠ The Vortex The Red Market Social Media: YouTube Instagram Facebook

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01:09:24

16. How Not to Die From Breathwork: A conversation...

Scott Carney Investigates ·

2023/07/01

This week I talk with Patrick Mckeown, the best selling author of The Oxygen Advantage and The Breathing Cure about looming problems in the broader breathwork community as the global movement gains in popularity. Mckeown has studied the Buteyko method for 21 years and worries that some of the more dramatic breathing practices that have gained popularity around the world can lead to serious consequences. Support this show on Patreon and get exclusive EARLY ACCESS and access to a private discord

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01:05:52

15. The Rise and Fall of the Wim Hof Empire

Scott Carney Investigates ·

2023/06/26

Thirteen deaths; a $67 million lawsuit; lies, cover-ups and a near-fatal enema. After being Wim Hof's most public proponent and doing his method for ten years, investigative journalist Scott Carney reveals the story he never wanted to tell about what he thinks might be the impending demise of the Wim Hof method. Get Exclusive Updates, Behind the Scenes Peeks and Advanced Content on Patreon Subscribe to my newsletter Listen to the Scott Carney Investigates Podcast on: YouTube | Apple |

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00:35:07

14. Our Simulated Universe

Scott Carney Investigates ·

2023/06/17

What does it mean to live in a simulation? Is it a simulated universe that lives on the silicone chips of an alien computer (or a future computer invented by humanity itself)? Is it a simulated universe that runs on the karmic seeds described in ancient Hindu and Buddhist texts? Or are we a Blotzman Brain floating through the ether long after the heat-death of the universe? I think those are all far-fetched ideas in their own ways, but one undeniable truth is that the neurology of our brains

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00:38:44

13. Divine Mathematics

Scott Carney Investigates ·

2023/06/10

Probabilistic math makes the same assumption that shamans, Catholics, Mormons, Hindus and every other faith all make--that there's a fundamental force in the world that makes the world what it is. In this podcast I examine the assumption that physicists make that randomness correctly describes the most basic structure of the universe. Some people won't like this. Support this show on Patreon and get exclusive access to some amazing perks. Subscribe to my newsletter Scott Carney

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01:22:13

12. The Real Hero of the Alamo: Antonio Lopez de...

Scott Carney Investigates ·

2023/06/03

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna is the most important person in the history of North America that you probably know nothing about. If you have any impression at all about the "Napoleon of the West" it's that he executed all of the defenders of the Alamo and Goliad. You might think of him as a murderer and a traitor. Mexicans think of him as one of the most corrupt dictators in their country's history. But the true story of Santa Anna is much more complex--and much more

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00:56:05

11. The Monk who F*cked Everything: a Brief History...

Scott Carney Investigates ·

2023/05/26

This is the story of the convoluted path that Buddhism took form India Tibet, and Tibet into your yoga studio at home. Get exclusive EARLY ACCESS on Patreon The Enlightenment Trap Theos Bernard, The White Lama of Tibet Drukpa Kunley #buddhism #history #spirituality #tibet

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01:09:44

10. Forget Brown Fat. Forget Wim Hof. Neuroscientist...

Scott Carney Investigates ·

2023/05/19

Otto Muzik is best known to me for his research papers on Wim Hof's abilities that connected the iceman's abilities to the mysterious power of the placebo effect. The Wim Hof method website frequently cites the study and there is another paper in the works. But Muzik has a lot to say about the science of brown fat and the organization around him called "InnerFire" that might make you think twice about what Muzik's endorsement really means about the Wim Hof Method. The

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00:19:50

9. DNA is not a Blueprint

Scott Carney Investigates ·

2023/05/12

The language that we use to discuss the role that DNA has in creating the proteins that make up our body is incredibly deterministic and not at all what actually happens at the cellular level. When you build a house a single centralized set of instructions makes a lot of sense. But when you consider that DNA exists in every single cell--we have to reassess what it means to build an organism where the parts are calling the shots. Related reading: DNA is not a Blueprint by Sergio

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00:34:19

8. The Power of Lightly-Held Beliefs

Scott Carney Investigates ·

2023/05/01

What makes a good skeptic? Is it dismissing things that don't conform to your own beliefs about how the world should work from a scientific perspective? Or is there a more nuanced approach that allows you to -- occasionally-- change your mind? This episode is about how I think we should all take a step backward and realize that much of what we think we know about the world is probably wrong, anyway. Book Reference: Carl Sagan (1996) "The Demon-Haunted World" #beliefs #science

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00:30:50

7. The True Origins of the Wim Hof Method

Scott Carney Investigates ·

2023/04/24

Depending who you ask, the Wim Hof method either originated out of Hof's mind after he first jumped into ice water, or it's part of an ancient tradition of breathwork and ice bathing that goes back to human pre-history. I've decided to dig into the question to compare Wim's practices to existing Yogic practices as well as listening to Wim's own accounts of where this all started for him. The truth is not quite what you might expect. References: Videos: How Wim Hof Lost his

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00:22:57

6. The Law of Speedy Gains

Scott Carney Investigates ·

2023/04/17

You've probably heard of the Law of Diminishing Returns where acquiring new skills ultimately tapers off until further gains are harder and harder to achieve. But what if you flipped that logic on its head? The flip side of the same phenomenon is what I call "The Law of Speedy Gains" where you can opt to harvest the easy-upside of taking on new things and then move on to other skills that you might what to develop once you hit the first stages of the plateau. Get Exclusive Updates on

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00:35:16

5. All Medicine is Mindful Medicine

Scott Carney Investigates ·

2023/04/03

Western medicine and alternative approaches are a lot more similar than you might think. In fact, every disease state that a person subjectively feels initiates a process of seeking out care, presenting symptoms, identifying signs and leading to diagnosis that is more or less identical whether or not you're going to a start of the art medical facility in Boston or visiting a shaman in a tent in the northern most reaches of Siberia. Patients, no matter where they are, want relief from their

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00:40:27

4. Curse Psychobiology

Scott Carney Investigates ·

2023/03/27

This is the story of the three times I've been cursed and the strange events that happened in their wake. Anthropologists have known that curses have real-world effects for more than a hundred years. E.E. Evans-Pritchard wrote about how curses form the world view of the Azande while Wade Davis demonstrated how the curse of the Zombi in Haiti produced real-world zombis. In 2014 I was cursed by a rogue Tibetan Buddhist group and a series of unfortunate events his me personally and professionally

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00:40:51

3. Inside the Underground Trade in Human Remains

Scott Carney Investigates ·

2023/03/22

Have you ever wondered about the skeletons that are hiding in your doctor's closet? I spent six years investigating the illegal world of organ trafficking and in this video I want to tell you about the anatomy riots that rocked European and American medical schools in the 1700 and 1800's and how the trade in human skeletons eventually migrated to India where the bone business eventually started exporting 60,000 human skeletons every single year. Listen to the Red Market Audiobook Subscribe

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