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Terrain Theory

Terrain Theory is hosted by childhood friends Ben Hardy and Mike Merenda, two seekers on a mission to dismantle the fear-based germ-theory paradigm and illuminate how the body’s terrain—its environment, balance, and intelligence—shapes true wellness. Through insightful conversations with pioneering guests, we reveal how nature’s intelligence, ancient wisdom, and modern science converge in the art of true health and healing. Every episode invites you to reclaim your agency, recognize that you are

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114:01

Elizabeth Vernon on Biologic Inserts, Human...

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2025/10/31

Elizabeth Vernon is a beekeeper-activist, herbalist, and founder of Queen Bees Farmacy, dedicated to bringing together the world of wild-crafted remedies, advocacy, and deep terrain insight.In this episode, we dive into the hidden dimensions of health and resistance — from how screen time is reshaping our bodies and nervous systems to the untested and unknown dangers of biologics. Elizabeth pulls no punches as we unpack how certain systems of “controlled opposition” (yes, we talk about RKF Jr.,

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Dr. Anna Sitkoff on Terrain-Supporting Mushrooms,...

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2025/10/24

Dr. Anna Sitkoff is a naturopathic physician and herbalist whose clinical and personal journey has been guided by a deep relationship with medicinal mushrooms. In this episode, she shares how her early exposure to natural medicine—and a life-changing experience with her father’s cancer treatment—sparked a decade-long exploration into the world of fungi.Dr. Sitkoff unpacks the science and spirit of mushrooms: their role in restoring the body’s terrain through mitochondrial repair, gut balance, and

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Dr. Shivani Gupta on Ayurveda, Mind-Body Types, and...

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2025/10/17

Dr. Shivani Gupta is an Ayurvedic practitioner, author, and founder of Fusionary Formulas. In this episode, she helps us rediscover Ayurveda as the original terrain-based health system — one that recognizes the body’s innate intelligence and its connection to mind, spirit, and environment (Nature). We discuss how to identify your mind-body type (dosha), personalize your health rituals, and use ancient wisdom to navigate modern stressors, toxins, and chronic imbalance.Dr. Gupta also shares her

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91:40

Scott Berman on darkness as healer, shedding masks,...

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2025/10/10

Can the darkness heal you? Are you willing to find out?Scott Berman is the founder of Sky Cave Retreats, a dark retreat sanctuary in Southern Oregon that puts guests in complete and total darkness for a set period of time. In this safe space, with somatic support and all needs met, a guest may relax into the rhythms of the dark, soften, and simply exist.In this conversation with Scott we discuss:How his early experiences with wilderness solitude primed him for dark retreatsHis first dark retreat –

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95:49

Leah Wilson on parental rights, privacy, and standing...

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2025/10/03

This is the hill we die on.Leah Wilson is Executive Director and Co-Founder of Stand for Health Freedom, a nonprofit organization dedicated to informing and activating grassroots movements to protect our health and our families. Since their inception in 2019 they have helped empower the masses to take over 6 million actions to preserve and promote informed consent, parental rights, religious freedom, freedom of speech, and privacy.In this conversation with Leah we discuss:What prompted her to take

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Salima Adelstein on Sufism, spiritual healing, and...

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2025/09/26

Salima Adelstein is a Master Healer, a Sufi Spiritual Guide, and the co-founder of The University of Sufism, a non-profit, religious organization whose vision is to open the heart of humanity to the Reality of Divine Love, Gnostic understanding and complete healing.In this conversation we discuss:Understanding SufismThe central practices of the SufiThe power of remembrancePurification of the heartHow asking "what do I love?" is a step towards the SourceCo-founding the University of

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Ryan Connor and Briana Connor Garcia on PFAS...

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2025/09/19

Ryan Connor and Briana Connor Garcia are siblings who grew up in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, right around the corner from a landfill that later became designated an EPA Superfund site. Unbeknownst to them, they spent their childhood exposed to toxic "forever chemicals" that leached into the soil and water, poisoning countless community members in the process. Following separate cancer diagnoses and years of debilitating health issues, they are on a crusade to raise awareness of the dangers of P...

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Dr. Shamini Jain on biofield science, energy...

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2025/09/12

Dr. Shamini Jain is founder and CEO of the Consciousness and Healing Initiative, an international collaborative of scientists, healing practitioners, educators and artists who lead humanity to heal ourselves. She’s a clinical psychologist, an award-winning researcher, and an author on topics ranging from psychoneuroimmunology to biofield science.In this conversation with Dr. Jain we discuss:Her spiritual upbringing within the Jain traditionThe academic path that led her to energy healingThe energy

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Dr. Marizelle Arce and Jacob Diaz on "parasites",...

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2025/09/05

Dr. Marizelle Arce is a Naturopathic medical doctor who practices as a Naturopath, marrying her knowledge and understanding of ancient cultures and traditions with current biology, physiology and modern medicine. Jacob Diaz, aka the Undercover Virologist, is a student of the BioTerrain Model, a certified Naturopath, and a passionate researcher into the many contagion myths blamed on nonexistent pathogens.In this conversation with Dr. Mari and Jacob we discuss:Why we can't eat poop (hint:

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89:08

Glenn and Eric Meder on the surveillance state,...

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2025/08/21

Glenn and Eric Meder are the father-son duo behind Privacy Academy, which provides online learning and membership services centered around exiting the surveillance state, maintaining online privacy, and ensuring Big Brother and Big Tech do not succeed in weaponizing our digital existence against us.In this conversation with Glenn and Eric we discuss:The State of the (Surveillance) StateHow AI is accelerating the problemThe Big Three ThreatsHow COVID was a wake-up callCBDC, facial recognition

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114:09

Jon Burras on fascia, Chi, and the New Anatomy

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2025/08/07

Jon Burras is a massage therapist, yoga instructor, bodyworker and bodymind therapist with over 30 years of experience blending Western medical knowledge with Eastern philosophy and a deep love and appreciation for the world of natural healing. In this conversation with Jon we discuss:The makeup and function of fasciaThe connection between fascia and detoxificationThe only two ways to change your fasciaFascia and the New AnatomyHow healthy fascia is critical to energy (Chi) flowHow to choose the

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63:36

Wellness Check #9: On sauna cures, seizure mysteries,...

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2025/07/25

Co-hosts Ben & Mike check in with their respective primary healthcare providers with updates on their physical, emotional, spiritual wellness, latest terrain integrations, nuance, and more. In this Wellness Check Episode they discuss:Using heat therapy to great effectNon-negotiables on the roadTurning slip-ups into positivesSanctifying sleepThe mystery of the 8 sudden seizuers...and more!Support Terrain Theory on Patreon! Our recently-launched member platform gives you access to a ton of free

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Dr. Dickson Thom on inherited temperaments, energetic...

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2025/07/11

Dr. Dickson Thom is a Doctor of Dental Surgery and a Naturopathic Doctor with over 50 years of clinical experience and 20+ years as a medical professor. He is one of the co-founders of the American Center of Biological Medicine and author of numerous books, including Bioregulatory Medicine: An Innovative Holistic Approach to Self-Healing, Begin Again: Trauma, Disease, and Healing with The Brain Protocol and Biological Medicine, and others.In this conversation with Dr. Thom we discuss:Running afoul

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88:03

PorcFest Recap w/ Red Pill Friends

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2025/07/04

Brothers Ben & Mike are fresh off a long weekend at Porcupine Freedom Festival (aka PorcFest), the annual gathering of Libertarians and freedom-minded folk held on Roger's Campground in Lancaster, NH. Co-host Mike Merenda's side band Red Pill Friends performed at the Festival three nights in a row, so we invited bandmates and longtime friends of the podcast Jude Roberts and Brendan Daniel on to unpack the PorcFest experience and feature a few of the songs performed over the weekend

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PorcFest Preview w/ Josh Noone, Erika Fey & James...

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2025/06/13

To prepare for the upcoming Porcupine Freedom Festival (PorcFest) we feature interviews with new friends we met at last year's PorcFest. Josh Noone is a seasoned festival goer and a musician whose upbringing shaped his freedom-oriented life; Erika Fey the self-styled "Mayor of Hooperville" who found her people at PorcFest; James Cordiner is the founder of The Voluntaryist Academy and host of a podcast by the same name. They share stories and highlights from past festivals as we look

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94:45

Dr. Marizelle Arce on pleomorphism, reframing Lyme...

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2025/05/23

Dr. Marizelle Arce is a Naturopathic medical doctor who practices as a naturopath, marrying her knowledge and understanding of ancient cultures and traditions with current biology, physiology and modern medicine.In this conversation with Dr. Mari we discuss:Her newest book Germs Are Not Our EnemyHow everything we think about microbes causing disease is wrongThe microzyma, pleomorphism, and the evidence supporting them Bechamp, Pasteur, Bernard, Florence Nightingale, and othersThe distinct danger of

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102:30

Beatty Carmichael on spiritual root cause, God's...

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2025/05/13

Beatty Carmichael is a spiritual healer and the author of The Prayer of Freedom, a book dedicated to helping people break free from chronic pain, mental health struggles, addictions, and more. He teaches at the largest addiction recovery center in America, home to over 500 women.While working with these women, he developed a unique 3-step approach to prayer—one with an astounding 87% success rate in setting them free from their struggles. In this conversation with Beatty we discuss:How his

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Peggi Honig on Feldenkrais, somatic healing, and...

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2025/05/04

Peggi Honig (GCFP, GCAT) is a certified Feldenkrais practitioner and founder of The Peggi Experience, which focuses on teaching the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education to clients from around the world. In this conversation with Peggi we discuss:How her background in music and culinary pursuits led to and informed her journey into the healing artsUsing the Feldenkrais Method to improve your terrainThe importance of stance and foot placementAddressing the global contractionWhen in pain, go to

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Michelle Davies on frequency medicine, the glymphatic...

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2025/04/27

Michelle Davies is an internationally acclaimed healer, health consultant, mentor and author. Michelle has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Osteopathy awarded by Anne, Princess Royal, following 4 years full time training in London at the British School of Osteopathy. In this conversation with Michelle we discuss:Her forays into frequency medicineThe groundbreaking frequency technology that healed one boy's cerebral palsyHow Michelle used this technology to win in the courts standing as a

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Gretch Elizabeth on BOTOX dangers, hidden data, and...

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2025/04/20

Gretch Elizabeth is a patient advocate, education development admin, and Awareness Lead at ToxSafety.com, an umbrella coalition dedicated to promoting patient safety and informed decision making regarding botulinum toxin injections, more commonly known as BOTOX. In this conversation with Gretch we discussed:The personal experience that pulled her into this worldA close look at botulinum toxin and how it entered the world of cosmetic treatmentThe myriad side effects of botulinum toxin injections,

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