INbodied Life with Lauren Taus
53 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 118 ratingsWelcome to Inbodied Life, the podcast. This show is a space for you to move past the traffic of the mind and into the stillness of your heart. The journey is inward, and a courageous traveler welcomes the wide range of their human experience. Season 2 of INbodied Life focuses on mental health, psychedelics and general good living. Take a listen and journey back home to you.
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Full Healing with Internal Family Systems: A Conversation with Dr. Frank Anderson
November 23, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 107 MBDr. Frank Anderson is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He completed his residency and was a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He specializes in the treatment of trauma and dissociation and is passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy and integrating current neuroscience knowledge with the IFS model of therapy. Dr. Anderson is the vice chair and research director of the Foundation for Self Leadership. He is a lead trainer at the Center for S...
The Mushroom Community: Conversations with Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg
November 16, 2020 08:00 - 41 minutes - 74.2 MBThis series of conversations came out of the K-Dome, a virtual camp within this year’s Multiverse, Burning Man’s digital landscape. I collaborated with my mentor Dr. Phil Wolfson and the Ketamine Research Foundation with its Indra’s Net Coalition to put together over 90 hours of content on psychedelic medicine. I will be sharing some of my favorite hours with you here, and I hope you enjoy them all. In this conversation, I sit down with my friend, visual artist Louie Schwartzberg. Lou...
Transformative Justice, Anti Racism & Psychedelics
November 09, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 128 MBThis series of conversations came out of the K-Dome, a virtual camp within this year’s Multiverse, Burning Man’s digital landscape. I collaborated with my mentor Dr. Phil Wolfson and the Ketamine Research Foundation with its Indra’s Net Coalition to put together over 90 hours of content on psychedelic medicine. I will be sharing some of my favorite hours with you here, and I hope you enjoy them all. In this conversation, I sit down with Dr. Joseph McCowan, Charlotte James and Undrea W...
The Art of Integration
November 02, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 135 MBThis series of conversations came out of the K-Dome, a virtual camp within this year’s Multiverse, Burning Man’s digital landscape. I collaborated with my mentor Dr. Phil Wolfson and the Ketamine Research Foundation with its Indra’s Net Coalition to put together over 90 hours of content on psychedelic medicine. I will be sharing some of my favorite hours with you here, and I hope you enjoy them all. In this conversation, I sit down with Dr. Adele Lafrance, Deanna Rogers, Dr. Ido Cohen...
The Women of Ketamine
October 26, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 146 MBThis series of conversations came out of the K-Dome, a virtual camp within this year’s Multiverse, Burning Man’s digital landscape. I collaborated with my mentor Dr. Phil Wolfson and the Ketamine Research Foundation with its Indra’s Net Coalition to put together over 90 hours of content on psychedelic medicine. I will be sharing some of my favorite hours with you here, and I hope you enjoy them all. In this conversation, you will hear from some of the leading female clinicians working...
Psychedelics in Recovery from Addiction: Conversations with Kevin Franciotti
October 05, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 160 MBKevin Franciotti is a Masters addictions counselor, writer, and recovery advocate based in Denver. He is an advisory board member for the Project New Day foundation’s inaugural community-engaged public health project, Psychedelics in Recovery: Outreach and Service, focusing on support for mutual aid groups that advocate the integrative use of psychedelics for ongoing addiction recovery. In 2011, Kevin underwent treatment for opioid use disorder with ibogaine, a drug derived from the iboga sh...
Treating Eating Disorders with Psychedelic Medicine and LOVE: Conversations with Dr. Adele Lafrance
September 28, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBDr. Adele Lafrance is a clinical psychologist, research scientist, and certified eating disorder specialist and supervisor. She is a leader in the research and practice of psychedelic medicine in the context of eating disorders, with a focus on ayahuasca, MDMA, and psilocybin. Currently, Dr. Lafrance is the clinical investigator and strategy lead for the MAPS-sponsored MDMA-assisted psychotherapy study for eating disorders, and a collaborator on the Imperial College study for psilocybin and ...
Tripping Mamas: Conversations with Psychedelic Therapist Melissa Whippo
September 08, 2020 11:27 - 57 minutes - 93.5 MBPsychotherapist and Yoga Teacher Melissa Whippo is a pioneer in the maternal wellness space with 20 years of experience. Her work is deeply influenced by attachment theory, object relations, mindfulness meditation and herbalism. Currently, she offers Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy at the Center for Transformational Psychotherapy in San Anselmo. She also has a private practice. Melissa is the ultimate champion for women. In this conversation, we talk about tripping mama’s, the challen...
In The Arms of Family: Conversations with Dr. Dad
September 01, 2020 15:03 - 37 minutes - 61.6 MBIn this episode of Inbodied Life, Lauren sits down with her father who is the primary prescribing medical doctor in her Los Angeles based private practice. Dr. Dad supports Lauren’s work with ketamine assisted pscyhotherapy. In this conversation, we talk about Stephen’s journey into psychedelic experience, shifting from an attitude of "all drugs are bad" to understanding the healing powers that psychedelics carry. Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Stephen Taus MD ...
The Presence You Bring: MDMA Therapy with Annie Mithoefer
August 24, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBAnnie Mithoefer, B.S.N., is a Registered Nurse living in Asheville, NC. She was co-investigator on two of the MAPS-sponsored Phase 2 clinical trials for individuals with PTSD and a pilot study treating couples combining MDMA-assisted psychotherapy with Cognitive Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD. She is currently co-investigator in MT1, a protocol allowing MAPS-trained therapists to receive their own MDMA-assisted session, she conducts MAPS Therapist Trainings with her husband, Mich...
Life is a Festival: Conversations about psychedelics, podcasting and life with Eamon Armstrong
August 17, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 100 MBEamon is a podcast host, festival enthusiast, and passionate proponent of psychedelic medicine. He hosts the popular podcast Life is a Festival, about life lessons from festival culture and beyond. He also hosts the Psychedelic Therapy Podcast for Maya Health where he serves as the Vice President of Community. Maya Health is building software to support psychedelic healers and the wise stewardship of data between patients and researchers. What You Will Learn: The importance of d...
The Sabina Project: A Conversation with Founders Undrea Wright and Charlotte James
August 10, 2020 15:10 - 1 hour - 110 MBFounded by Charlotte James and Undrea Wright, The Sabina Project is an educational, healing and inclusive space for all modern journeyers. The Sabina Project offers online and in-person Sacred Earth Medicine integration sessions and workshops to inspire radical self transformation and community liberation, focusing on the BIPOC (Black, Indigenou and People of Color) community. Charlotte James has been a harm reductionist and psychedelic explorer for over ten years, but her path through...
Be Like Water, My Friend: A Conversation about Life with Shannon Lee
August 03, 2020 16:42 - 1 hour - 76.6 MBSHANNON LEE is the CEO and Owner of the Bruce Lee Family Companies. Shannon’s mission is to provide access for people to Bruce Lee’s philosophy through education and entertainment. In addition to being the daughter of Bruce Lee, Shannon is the Executive Producer of Cinemax’s WARRIOR based on her father’s writings as well as a singer, actor, producer, speaker, writer, and mother. Her first book, Be Water, My Friend, will be released October 2020 on her father’s philosophy and how to use...
Be Water, My Friend: A Conversation about Life with Shannon Lee
August 03, 2020 16:42 - 1 hour - 76.6 MBSHANNON LEE is the CEO and Owner of the Bruce Lee Family Companies. Shannon’s mission is to provide access for people to Bruce Lee’s philosophy through education and entertainment. In addition to being the daughter of Bruce Lee, Shannon is the Executive Producer of Cinemax’s WARRIOR based on her father’s writings as well as a singer, actor, producer, speaker, writer, and mother. Her first book, Be Water, My Friend, will be released October 2020 on her father’s philosophy and how to use...
Heroic Hearts Project: Connecting Veterans with Psychedelic Medicine with Founder Jesse Gould
July 27, 2020 07:00 - 55 minutes - 71.5 MBAs Founder and President of the Heroic Hearts Project, Jesse Gould spearheaded the research and acceptance of ayahuasca therapy programs for military veterans. Jesse has raised over $200,000 in scholarships from donors including Dr. Bronner’s, partnered with the world’s leading ayahuasca treatment centers and is researching psychiatric applications with the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Georgia. His mission is to help military veterans struggling with mental tra...
Consciousness Medicine: Conversations with Françoise Bourzat about Bridging an Ancient Lineage with Traditional Psychotherapy
July 20, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBFrançoise Bourzat is a consciousness guide with sanctioned training in the Mazatec tradition and other indigenous traditions. She has a master’s degree in Somatic Psychology from New College of California and is a Certified Hakomi Practitioner. Drawing from more than 30 years of experience, Bourzat’s skillful and heartfelt approach presents the therapeutic application of expanded states without divorcing them from their indigineous, ritual contexts. Bourzat trains therapists and facil...
The Snake Skin Shedding: Conversations about Music, Medicine and Nature with East Forest
July 13, 2020 13:15 - 1 hour - 95.5 MBEast Forest is a unique bird in the Wild West aviary of electronic-chamber music, bridging the digital and natural realms. The fundamental mission of his project is to create sonic architecture for listeners to explore their inner space. As a leader in the field of wellness, he offers a spiritual yet secular pathway aimed squarely at the challenges of our contemporary lives. As a spiritual teacher and facilitator, East Forest has trail-blazed a path in the wellness movement building c...
Decolonizing the Body: Conversations about Race, Social Justice and Psychedelics with Camille Barton
July 06, 2020 17:04 - 1 hour - 102 MBCamille Barton (they/them) is a non binary artist, writer and somatic educator, working on the intersections of wellness, drug policy and transformative justice. Camille is the director of the Collective Liberation Project, and the creator of a trauma informed approach to diversity and decolonization work that centres on the body and lived experience. Camille offers Embodied Social Change - movement sessions that fuse somatics and partner work to explore how oppression, such as racism...
Learning to be Gods: Conversations about LSD and the Mind of the Universe with Chris Bache
June 29, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 76.2 MBChristopher M. Bache is professor emeritus in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Youngston State University where he taught for 33 years. He is also adjunct faculty at the California Institute for Integral Studies, Emeritus Fellow at the Institute for Noetic Sciences and on teh Advisory Council of Grof Legacy Training. An award winning teacher and international speaker, Chris’ work explores the philosophical implications of non-ordinary states of consciousness, especially ...
EXPANDING CONNECTIVITY: A Conversation with Amanda Feilding from the Beckley Foundation
June 22, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 92.1 MBAmanda Feilding is the founder and executive director of the Beckley Foundation, and is widely recognised as one of the driving forces behind the current psychedelic research renaissance. By establishing key research collaborations with some of the world’s most prestigious universities, she has propelled the field forward over the last 20 years, conducting several landmark studies, such as the world’s first LSD brain imaging study. Since its inception, the Beckley Foundation has been a...
Nourishing The Disruption and Turning Big Experiences into Big Change: Conversations with Psychologist Ido Cohen
June 15, 2020 13:21 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBDr. Ido Cohen is a clinical psychologist trained at CIIS and the Jung Institute in San Francisco. Ido works with individuals, couples and groups in the Bay Area, specializing in early childhood trauma treatment, recovery from addiction, relationship issues, and psycho spiritual exploration. Ido’s doctoral dissertation focused on the psychospiritual integration process of Ayahuasca ceremonies using a Jungian psychology lens. Ido offers preparation and integration services to individuals and g...
Snowboarding into Nirvana: Conversations with Psychedelics Today Co-Founder Kyle Buller
June 08, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 89.7 MBKyle Buller is the co-founder of Psychedelics Today, an education/media platform and weekly podcast that explores the science and culture of the emerging psychedelic field. Kyle earned his B.A. in Transpersonal Psychology from Burlington College, where he focused on studying the healing potential of non-ordinary states of consciousness by exploring shamanism, Reiki, local medicinal plants and plant medicine plus Holotropic Breathwork. Kyle has been studying breathwork since October 2010 with...
Heart Medicine: A Conversation about MDMA Assisted Psychotherapy with MAPS Principal Investigator Marcela Ot'alora
June 01, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBMarcela Ot'alora, M.F.A, M.A., L.P.C is a principal investigator for MDMA Assisted Psychotherapy Research at the Multi Disciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies, MAPS. She is dedicated to the treatment and research of trauma, through art and through the use of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy. She worked as a co-therapist in the first government approved MDMA-assisted psychotherapy study in Madrid, Spain and is the Principal Investigator of the Phase 2 and 3 MDMA-assisted psychotherapy tria...
Transformational Space and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy with Dr. Phil Wolfson
May 25, 2020 07:00 - 50 minutes - 65.6 MBDr. Phil Wolfson is a sixties activist, psychiatrist/psychotherapist, writer, practicing Buddhist and psychonaut who has lived in the Bay Area for 38 years. Phil is Principal Investigator for the MAPS sponsored Phase 2, FDA approved 18-person study of MDMA Assisted Psychotherapy for individuals with significant anxiety due to life threatening illnesses. His clinical practice with ketamine has informed his leadership role in the development of Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy. Phil’s book Th...
The War on Drugs is a War on People: Conversations with Natalie Ginsberg
May 18, 2020 12:45 - 1 hour - 99.5 MBNatalie Lyla Ginsberg is the Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). Before joining MAPS in 2014, Natalie worked as a Policy Fellow at the Drug Policy Alliance, where she helped legalize medical cannabis in her home state of New York, and worked to end New York’s race-based marijuana arrests. Natalie received her B.A. in history from Yale, and her master’s of social work (M.S.W.) from Columbia. In this conversation, we dive into he...
Fantastic Fungi: Conversations with Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg
May 11, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 80.7 MBVisual artist Louie Schwartzberg is an award-winning producer, director and cinematographer whose notable career spans more than four decades. His prolific and breathtaking imagery from over 54 countries is featured in films, television shows, documentaries and commercials. Louie most recently released Fantastic Fungi, a descriptive time-lapse journey about the magical, mysterious and medicinal world of fungi and their power to heal, sustain and contribute to the regeneration of life on Eart...
Not Your “New Cage Spirituality:” Conversations with Modern Medicine Woman, Reverend Briana Cavion
May 04, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 90.5 MBReverend Briana Cavion from the Earth Temple is a modern day, medicine woman. She has years of experience living with tribes serving ayahuasca in South America, and she carries a Masters degree in Peace Education from The United Nations University for Peace. Briana is also an NLP practitioner and a coach. In this podcast, Briana preaches and teaches about the power of nature, our bodies as part of the wild divine and how making peace with ourselves is the only way to make peace on the planet...
[UNCUT] Maximizing Human Potential and Mainstreaming Spirituality: A Conversation about Psychedelics with MAPS Founder and Executive Director Rick Doblin PhD
April 27, 2020 07:30 - 2 hours - 160 MBRick Doblin, Ph.D., is the founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). His commitment to psychedelic medicine, psychedelic assisted therapy, research and decriminalization spans several decades, making him one of the pioneering leaders in the psychedelic renaissance. In this conversation, Rick speaks about his experience, his perspective, his family and his why. What you will learn: Learn about MAPS Founder and Executive Di...
Maximizing Human Potential and Mainstreaming Spirituality: A Conversation about Psychedelics with MAPS Founder and Executive Director Rick Doblin PhD
April 27, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 131 MBRick Doblin, Ph.D., is the founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). His commitment to psychedelic medicine, psychedelic assisted therapy, research and decriminalization spans several decades, making him one of the pioneering leaders in the psychedelic renaissance. In this conversation, Rick speaks about his experience, his perspective, his family and his why. What you will learn: Learn about MAPS Founder and Executive Di...
Treating Trauma with Dr. Rachel Yehuda: A Conversation on Intergenerational Trauma, Epigenetics, Psychedelic Therapy, Post-Traumatic Growth and NOW
April 20, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 88 MBRachel Yehuda PhD is a pioneer in the field of intergenerational trauma, epigenetics and PTSD treatment. We speak together about her career working with Vietnam War veterans, Holocaust survivors and their offspring, as well as pregnant mothers who survived the attacks of 9/11 and their children. Rachel continues to pave powerful pathways for progress with psychedelic treatments in the VA. In this conversation, we also speak about the impact of the Corona Virus as a form of trauma, cre...
Freedom in Exile: Conversations with Rami Aman, a peace activist in Gaza
January 27, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 91.7 MBJournalist turned peace activist, Rami Aman started the Gaza Youth Committee in 2010. The organization consists of over 200 men and women between the ages of 16 and 40. The intention is to empower a new generation of leadership with the courage, willingness, skills and the vision to create a peaceful world in partnership with Israel, the United States, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and more. Rami is a real life hero, living and breathing his vision into the world no matter the cost. ...
Coffee, Cigarettes and Peace: Conversations with Activist Khaled Abu Awad
October 08, 2019 11:39 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBKhaled is among the foremost figures in the Palestinian community working toward peace and reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis. He co-founded three groundbreaking organizations and he’s received a number of international prizes for his work, including the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize for the promotion of nonviolence and tolerance. Khaled’s understanding of the conflict is based in deep personal knowledge of what it means to experience loss. He, his mother and many of his b...
Ancient Ink: A conversation about one family's 1000 year history of tattoos in the Holy Land
September 30, 2019 07:00 - 33 minutes - 32.6 MBMeet Wassim Razzouk. His family came from Egypt and introduced the art of tattoos to Palestine almost 1000 years ago. They've since marked countless individuals. We met in his shop in the Old City of Jerusalem where we spoke about his ancestry, what it's like living in Israel as a Coptic Christian and why riding a motorcycle in the Holy Land is so badass. What you will Learn: 1. Discover the meaning of a Jerusalem cross 2. Learn about the significance of tattoos for Christia...
The Settler Movement: Conversations with Yishai Fleisher about Hebron
September 23, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBHebron, which means friend, is a 4500 year old, hotbed in the Southern West Bank. In this conversation, we meet Yishai Fleisher, the international spokesperson for the Jewish community there. Yishai is also an Israeli broadcaster and a frequent columnist for major news websites. We speak about who is living in Hebron and why while we dive into the complexity of the city that he represents. What You Will Learn: 1. Why peace isn't the right conversation to have about the Middle E...
Coexistence My Ass: Standup Comedian Noam Shuster offers a powerful message for the world while making people laugh
September 16, 2019 07:00 - 59 minutes - 56.3 MBNoam Shuster was raised in Wahat al Salam/Neve Shalom, the only intentional community in Israel where Palestinians and Jews live together as equals. There, she was educated in a bi-national, bi-lingual and bi-cultural school where she learned to speak fluent Arabic as a little girl. Noam was recruited to use this skill for Intelligence gathering in the army, but she declined the invitation because Noam always knew she would use it to communicate - not to spy on her neighbors. Noam wor...
Not an Easy Job: Beyond National Identity with Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Sulaiman Khatib
September 09, 2019 07:00 - 54 minutes - 51.9 MBSulaiman Khatib spent 10 brutal years as a young man in an Israeli prison for stabbing a soldier as an act of resistance. He was 14 years old when he started his sentence. While most might develop more rage in the conditions that he survived, this man became a committed peace maker. He cofounded Combatants for Peace, a bi-national, grassroots nonviolence movement in Israel and Palestine, and he has been compared in the press to a modern-day Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr or Nelson Mandela. ...
Jewish Justice is NOT for Just US: A Rabbi in Jerusalem speaks to human rights and democracy
August 27, 2019 08:55 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBMeet Dr. Shaiya Rothberg. Living in Jerusalem, he is a conservative rabbi and teacher of theology, Kabbalah, and written and oral torah from the Midrash to the Middle Ages. In this conversation, we discuss democracy and human rights from a Jewish perspective. Here, he explains the difference between Judaism and Torah, which he defines as Truth. Unlike many observant Jews, however, he understands multiple pathways to access the capital T Truth, and he explores what it would mean for Israelis ...
Burning Man as Activism for the Middle East: Conversations with Sharon Avraham
August 19, 2019 07:00 - 36 minutes - 35.4 MBThe Ten Principles of Burning Man create a healing field for individuals to be who they are without concern for what they do in the world. For one week in the desert, life is whimsical and designed for authentic, imaginative expression. Sharon Avraham co-founded the Israeli Burning Man, and led many of its events for years. In one week, he with a tribe of Middle Eastern activists return to Black Rock City with a unique mission: The Kosmic Kamels. Located at 8:45 and A, this ca...
Proactive Prevention for Gun Violence: Conversations with Scarlett Lewis from Choose Love
August 12, 2019 09:37 - 58 minutes - 55.4 MBScarlett Lewis, the founder of the Choose Love Foundation lost her 6 year old son, Jesse, in the massacre at Sandy Hook. Jesse was granted a Commander in Chief Funeral, the type reserved for heads of state and returning war heroes, because he courageously saved the lives of 9 of his classmates before losing his own. Jesse was considered a war hero because his first grade classroom in the United States was considered a literal war zone. We have a huge problem in our country, and Scarlett has ...
Imagining a Different House: Conversations about Music as Martial Arts, Activism and Education
August 05, 2019 13:40 - 54 minutes - 51.8 MBAny language that has to silence others is a weak language, just like any story that has to silence other stories is weak.” Meet Neta Weiner from the musical band System Ali. Neta was born in a secular kibbutz, educated in a boarding school in India, and he currently lives in a diverse community in Jaffa. In this conversation, we explore the meaning of his music - a combination of hip hop and klezmer - the incredible diversity of his bandmates, and the imagination that exists in their...
Pornography of All Kinds: Conversations with an Israeli Winemaker
July 29, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBShuki Yashuv is the founder and winemaker at Agur Winery in the Judean Hills. While he is a proud atheist, he is an anti-wine snob who keeps his winery kosher in order to include everyone around him, even the ducks or the Haredim (as he calls them)! Shuki participated as a paratrooper in a number of wars, and he suffers from prolonged traumatic exposure during these times. In this conversation, we discuss why war is totally avoidable, why blessings should be intended, and why learning ...
A We World for an Imaginist: Conversations with Apo Sahagian
July 22, 2019 07:00 - 54 minutes - 51.5 MBMeet Jerusalemite-Armenian musician and writer, Apo Sahagian of Apo and the Apostles. Apo lives in the Armenian quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem and he's an most unassuming hipster making waves in the music scene. In this conversation, we explore the complex and textured realities of identity, nationalism, religion, trauma versus healing informed policy, and groups of people exiled from their homeland. Apo considers himself an "imaginist," and boasts to have his own version of "Zi...
In the Wake of Terrorism: Conversations with Rami Elhanan of the Parents Circle
July 15, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBWhat would you do if one of your family members was killed in a terrorist attack? How would you manage your rage and your grief? What would you do? Meet graphic designer Rami Elhanan. Born in Israel to a 7th generation Jerusalemite and a Holocaust survivor from Hungary, Rami’s personal life changed forever when his 14 year old daughter was blown up with 5 others in a Palestinian suicide attack on Ben Yehuda Street. Rami and his family have since become activists, researchers, and impor...
God is Polyamorous: Conversations about Jerusalem with Sarah Tuttle-Singer
July 08, 2019 10:37 - 39 minutes - 38.1 MBWhat do you know about Jerusalem? Discover the wonder of this holy city through the eyes and words of author-journalist Sarah Tuttle-Singer. Born in Los Angeles, the blond and beautiful Sarah moved to Jerusalem ten years ago with her two young children. Here, she blogs for The Times of Israel, Kveller, Scary Mommy, Ladies Home Journal and Time.com. Her writing includes a range of personal topics ranging from parenting, divorce, death, living under rocket fire and her holy hometown. In...
Party for a Purpose: Spinning A Cultural Revolution with DJ Ramzy in Jerusalem
July 01, 2019 07:49 - 39 minutes - 37.7 MBDo you want to party for a purpose? DJ Ramzy, self identified as an Arab, Israeli Jew, crosses cultural boundaries by spinning Arabic music to mixed audiences in Jerusalem. Quoted in the New York Times for saying, “Dialogue isn’t fun.” He found a way to make peace in the Middle East through music and nightlife. In this conversation, Ramzy speaks to Jerusalem as the best city on earth, describes the impact of surviving terrorist attacks, and explains the power of human contact to disso...
Billion Dollar Dreams for a Model State in Palestine: Conversations with Bashar Masri
June 24, 2019 12:56 - 43 minutes - 42 MBMeet Nablus born, self-made billionaire Bashar Masri and his brainchild Rawabi, a public city that is uniquely initiated, designed, financed and constructed by the private sector. Rawabi, a strategic partnership between Massar International and the State of Qatar, is built on a series of breathtaking hilltops north of Jerusalem and Ramallah. The city overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the west and the landscape of Palestine to the north and east. An innovative approach to urban development, ...
Win Win: A Radical Vision for Peace in the Middle East
June 17, 2019 07:00 - 55 minutes - 52.4 MBCan you imagine a story that’s big enough to encompass seemingly rival narratives? Can you imagine a peace in the Holy Land that doesn’t require anyone to compromise? Meet Rabbi Yehuda HaKohen of the Brit Hazon movement and Vision Magazine . He is an alternative peace activist and outspoken opponent of the two-state solution. Yehuda lives in an “outpost” in the West Bank, but doesn’t identify as a "settler." He works with Jewish and Palestinian radicals on the front lines of the confli...
Breaking the Silence: What's really going on in the West Bank?
June 10, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 92.7 MBMeet Achiya Schatz. Achiya works in the Communications Department of the Israeli NGO, Breaking the Silence. Established in 2004 by veterans of the Israel Defense Forces, this organization gives serving and discharged Israeli personnel and reservists a means to confidentially recount their experiences in the Occupied Territories, the West Bank. Achiya was once a soldier in the elite counter terrorist unit, Duvdevan. The word Duvdevan means cherry in Hebrew, and ex-soldiers from this un...
2 Jews and 5 Arguments with Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Fleur Hassan-Nahoum
June 03, 2019 07:00 - 55 minutes - 53.2 MBDeputy Mayor of Jerusalem, Fleur Hassan-Nahoum speaks to the importance of diversity, exploring the influence of her family on her work and her specific goals for her time in office. She is working for an overall expansion of economic prosperity through job creation, an improvement in the educational system and an overall upgrade on the way that the rest of the world views the capital city of Israel. She also explores what it means to be an orthodox feminist and why we need to re...
Boundaries in Bed: Sexual Shamanism with Tantra Teacher Shachar Caspi
May 27, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 95.5 MBIf you haven’t yet found your no, you don’t yet have your YES. Do you want to unlock the power, magic and secrets that dwell in your sexuality? Lead Tantra teacher Shachar Caspi shares his own personal journey from Israeli sniper to sexual shaman and a few of the meaningful stops along his way. Shachar believes in the explosive power of sexual healing and supports each individual in his or her most authentic expression of love. In this podcast, we explore the importance of mindfu...