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The Vancrux Podcast - Host Jeevan Matharu

The Vancrux Podcast explores the ideas, experiences, and turning points that shape who we become. From psychology and philosophy to success stories, history, spirituality, and even conspiracies, this podcast is for thinkers, seekers, and those questioning the world around them.We feature a mix of in-person guest conversations, virtual interviews, and solo episodes that break down powerful ideas around mindset, identity, meaning, and personal transformation. Our Guests come from all walks of

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95:34

Photographic evidence of UFO's (From NASA and the...

The Vancrux Podcast - Host Jeevan Matharu ·

2025/12/17

In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, I’m joined by Ed Wilson — historian and researcher specializing in suppressed and overlooked NASA-era photographic evidence — to examine one of the most important archival discoveries in modern UAP research.At the center of this investigation is the Simpkinson NASA Archive UFO: a collection of over 150 NASA photographs, many once classified, rediscovered in March 2023 after sitting untouched in a family basement for nearly 30 years.The archive belonged to

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8:48

Roko’s Basilisk — The Thought That Dooms You

The Vancrux Podcast - Host Jeevan Matharu ·

2025/12/17

What if the future could punish you… for what you didn’t do today?In this episode, we explore Roko’s Basilisk—one of the most disturbing thought experiments ever created. Not because it’s science fiction, but because it exposes how easily the human mind can be controlled by fear, logic, and hypothetical futures.This isn’t really a story about artificial intelligence. It’s a story about belief, moral coercion, and ideas that enslave you the moment you become aware of them.Through immersive

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97:14

The Fungus Theory - From a fungus to interstellar...

The Vancrux Podcast - Host Jeevan Matharu ·

2025/12/17

What if consciousness isn’t static… but something that must grow?In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, I sit down with Mark L. Christensen, author of The Fungus Theory of Conscious Growth, renaissance thinker, science writer, filmmaker, and futurist, to explore one of the most radical and expansive ideas you’ll hear this year.We dive deep into the idea that everything is science — and all science ultimately serves the growth of consciousness.Mark unpacks his theory that fungi, as the first

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8:37

The Ring of Gyges — Who Are You When No One Is Watching?

The Vancrux Podcast - Host Jeevan Matharu ·

2025/12/16

What would you do if you could act without consequences?In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we descend into one of the most unsettling thought experiments ever conceived — Plato’s Ring of Gyges.A shepherd discovers a ring that grants invisibility. With no witnesses, no punishment, and no accountability, he seduces the queen, murders the king, and takes the throne. Plato’s challenge is not about the ring — it’s about human nature.Would a just person remain just if no one could see them?This

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8:43

The Chinese Room: Are we just machines?

The Vancrux Podcast - Host Jeevan Matharu ·

2025/12/15

What does it really mean to understand something?In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we dive deep into one of the most unsettling philosophical thought experiments ever proposed — John Searle’s Chinese Room — and use it to interrogate AI, modern intelligence, education, social media, and even our own thinking.You’re taken step by step into the room itself: a place where perfect answers are produced without any understanding at all. From there, the episode expands outward — first to artificial

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10:57

The Heinz Dilemma: When Morality Has No Clean Answers

The Vancrux Podcast - Host Jeevan Matharu ·

2025/12/12

In this gripping episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we step into one of the most uncomfortable yet revealing questions in all of moral psychology: The Heinz Dilemma.You’ll be dropped into an immersive, cinematic scenario — a freezing night, a locked pharmacy, a loved one slipping away — and forced to confront the tension between law and life, rules and responsibility, ethics and emotion.But this episode goes far deeper than the classic classroom version.You’ll explore:🔥 The real psychological

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10:08

The Gambler’s Fallacy

The Vancrux Podcast - Host Jeevan Matharu ·

2025/12/12

In this episode, we dive deep into one of the most seductive illusions in human psychology: The Gambler’s Fallacy — the belief that after a streak of bad outcomes, a win is “due.”But this isn’t about roulette wheels or casinos. This is about your life.You’ll step into a second-person immersive story where eight blacks hit in a row, and you feel the pull — the emotional lie — that the wheel owes you red. And by the end of this episode, you’ll understand how that same false logic controls

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10:51

The Blitzkrieg Strategy

The Vancrux Podcast - Host Jeevan Matharu ·

2025/12/10

In this episode, we break down one of the most misunderstood yet powerful principles of strategy: Blitzkrieg — often translated as “lightning war.” But beyond the battlefield, it’s a philosophy for life, business, and personal transformation.You’ll discover how a small, forest-choked corridor in Europe — the Ardennes — became the stage for one of the most shocking strategic breakthroughs in history. Most commanders believed the region was too dense, too hilly, too slow to move through. And that

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11:36

The Overton Window: How Society Decides What You Think

The Vancrux Podcast - Host Jeevan Matharu ·

2025/12/09

In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we dive into one of the most powerful—and most invisible—forces shaping your worldview: The Overton Window.You’ll discover how society defines what you’re “allowed” to think, how ideas move from unthinkable to normal, and why your beliefs might not be as self-created as you assume. We explore the slow shift of cultural values, the psychology behind “normal,” the role of media in shaping discourse, and the modern ideas that were once unimaginable but are now

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10:12

Vocabulary: The Architecture of Thought

The Vancrux Podcast - Host Jeevan Matharu ·

2025/12/08

In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we dive deep into one of the most overlooked performance enhancers in human development: vocabulary.Your vocabulary is not about sounding intelligent — it’s about thinking intelligently. Words are the tools your brain uses to build thoughts, regulate emotions, make distinctions, and shape identity.We break down how language determines perception, emotional depth, decision-making quality, identity formation, and even your ability to design your future. From the

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11:47

The Placebo Effect

The Vancrux Podcast - Host Jeevan Matharu ·

2025/12/05

In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we dive deep into one of the most misunderstood — yet most powerful — forces in human psychology: the placebo effect.You’ll learn how belief alters biology, why your expectations can boost performance, reduce pain, and even change measurable physiological markers. We break down real studies from IBS trials, asthma research, sham surgeries, athletic performance experiments, creativity boosts, and cognitive enhancements — all proving that the mind is not just a

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12:37

The Drowning Child: What Your Choices Reveal About You

The Vancrux Podcast - Host Jeevan Matharu ·

2025/12/04

In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, you step into Peter Singer’s famous Drowning Child thought experiment — a scenario that seems simple on the surface but cuts deep into your psychology, your morality, and your identity.You’re walking past a shallow pond. A child is drowning. You could save them… …but your expensive new shoes would be ruined, you’d be late, and the day would fall apart.So what do you do?This episode explores the uncomfortable truth hidden in that moment of hesitation. Why do we

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34:08

Stop Day Trading — How Selling Put options Can Be the...

The Vancrux Podcast - Host Jeevan Matharu ·

2025/12/03

In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, I speak with Fadi Habib, founder of Legacy Wealth Builder Academy, about why day trading often leads to frustration and lost time, and how selling put options can be a smarter, more strategic approach to building wealth.Fadi shares insights from years of experience helping busy professionals create disciplined income strategies. We explore how day trading may feel exciting but often ends up more like gambling than investing, draining both time and energy.The

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10:30

Karl Popper’s Paradox of Tolerance

The Vancrux Podcast - Host Jeevan Matharu ·

2025/12/03

In this episode, we dive into one of the most misunderstood philosophical principles of the modern world: Karl Popper’s Paradox of Tolerance — the idea that if a society becomes unlimitedly tolerant, the intolerant will eventually destroy it. But today, we flip it inward.This episode explores how this paradox plays out inside your personal life, your relationships, and your internal boundaries. Using immersive stories, metaphors, and thought experiments, you’ll see how over-tolerance becomes

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10:28

The Worry Paradox

The Vancrux Podcast - Host Jeevan Matharu ·

2025/12/03

n this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we dive deep into The Worry Paradox — the psychological loop where we panic about the future, finally get there, realise everything turned out fine… and then immediately find a brand-new future to worry about. It’s a cycle most people spend their whole lives trapped inside.We explore why the human brain exaggerates danger, why you’ve survived 100% of your worst days, and how evolution hardwired you to overpredict threats. You’ll discover why almost all the

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11:44

Husserl & Phenomenology: Seeing Reality As It Appears

The Vancrux Podcast - Host Jeevan Matharu ·

2025/12/03

In today’s episode of The Vancrux Podcast, you step into the mind of Edmund Husserl — the father of Phenomenology — and explore how his radical ideas can transform your experience of everyday life.By the end of this episode, you’ll understand how Husserl believed that your consciousness is the starting point of all reality. Not the world “out there,” not science, not assumptions — your lived experience, as it appears, before interpretation.You’ll walk through immersive, second-person thought

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10:26

Epistemic Distance: Why Truth Is Hidden Until You’re...

The Vancrux Podcast - Host Jeevan Matharu ·

2025/12/01

In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we explore one of the most intriguing concepts in philosophy, psychology, and spiritual development: epistemic distance — the gap between you and the truth you cannot yet see.Through immersive stories, metaphors, and neuroscience-backed explanations, we break down why certain insights remain invisible until your mindset and identity evolve. You’ll discover how your brain filters information, why some lessons repeat themselves, and why transformative truths

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8:57

Bayes’ Theory vs Cognitive Bias: How Your Mind Lies…...

The Vancrux Podcast - Host Jeevan Matharu ·

2025/11/27

In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we explore one of the most important psychological battles you face every day — the war between your cognitive biases and your ability to think clearly using Bayes’ Theory.We begin with the hidden mechanics of cognitive bias: How your brain filters reality, distorts truth, protects your ego, and creates shortcuts that feel correct… but often aren’t. Then we shift into Bayesian thinking — the disciplined, liberating habit of updating your beliefs as new

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74:04

Self-Love, Purpose & The Personality Code with David...

The Vancrux Podcast - Host Jeevan Matharu ·

2025/11/26

In this deeply transformative episode of The Vancrux Podcast, I sit down with David Bederman — spiritual teacher, speaker, and behavioural strategist — whose work bridges the 3,000-year-old wisdom of Kabbalah with modern psychology, human behaviour, and personal evolution.David is the creator of The Personality Code, a system that reveals the unique energetic blueprint each person carries — shaping how we love, attract, create, succeed, and evolve. Understanding this blueprint isn’t just

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8:18

A King’s Decision: Right or Left?

The Vancrux Podcast - Host Jeevan Matharu ·

2025/11/26

In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we explore a timeless leadership parable: a king standing at a crossroads, torn between left and right, surrounded by advisers who insist on waiting for more information, more analysis, more certainty.While they argue, the king simply chooses. He moves.Because he understands a truth most people never learn:You will never have all the information. And indecision is still a decision — the worst one.This episode dives deep into:Why analysis paralysis is a silent

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