Dream Schemers

5. Gast Your Flabbers with Jo Mattingly!

What does the title mean? You gotta listen to find out.  This week Josh and Emma speak with Jo Mattingly about her vivid dream world including rollercoasters, sleep paralysis, lucid dreaming and what it all means to her. Jo has a degree in psychology and a long-standing interest in dream self-interpretation. She offers us many amazing insights and was a delight to have her on the show!  Our Dream Museum exhibit introduces us to  Dr. Erik Hoel [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Hoel]'s Overfitted Brain Hypothesis  based on artificial deep learning networks proposes that dreams help our brains stay flexible and able to adapt to new situations. Very cool! If you want to read more here is a link to the entire article [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666389921000647#:~:text=The%20overfitted%20brain%20hypothesis%20is,causing%20overfitting%20and%20poor%20generalization.] and Dr. Hoel's blog The Intrinsic Perspective [https://erikhoel.substack.com/]. We really loved this one! Check out our new INSTAGRAM! [https://www.instagram.com/dream_schemers/] for updates about our new episodes and extra content. As always please rate and review us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Anchor.fm. If you love us, why don't you tell a friend about us?  Music for our episodes by Josh himself.

4. The Bandito's Curse, Stress Necropolis, & Interview with Dylan Rudd

Trigger Warnings: Discussions of PTSD, mentions of suicide, and more explicit language than usual.  Welcome back to another episode of Dream Schemers! In this episode we elaborate on how stress has effected our dreams when we interview Dylan Rudd about his time in the Marines with Josh.  Spoiler alert: Being in the military is stressful! Here's a video of Josh's arrival to MCRD https://youtu.be/YnKPpNArrdg [https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FYnKPpNArrdg&data=05%7C01%7Cecohn0001%40kctcs.edu%7Cc6abe8ad72044d13802f08da86d4543d%7Cf2e339511ec44c72b2bfa4f4671d64af%7C0%7C0%7C637970544137482755%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=gUQo5lSlaJjjlwJXwuSfSYqv9DY5X5teiqEPc47fIdM%3D&reserved=0] Despite the stress, we keep it pretty fun. Hanging with Dylan was a hoot! And here's how Dylan feels about the desert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uYs0gJD-LE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uYs0gJD-LE] Our visit to the Dream Museum teaches us about Charles Dickens, his sleep disorders, and his fascination with dreams in his famous works. [1] [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8353174/#:~:text=Dickens%20described%20sleep%20problems%20in,and%20drowsiness%20(Cosnett%2C%201992)] [2] [https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.700882/full#:~:text=Dickens%20recognized%20the%20importance%20of,Dickens%20suffered%20from%20insomnia.] Check out our new INSTAGRAM! [https://www.instagram.com/dream_schemers/] for updates about our new episodes and extra content.  *Bonus* Emma's cat Percy makes a guest appearance around minute 29.

3. Goop Sharkman & Cathartic Plane Crash of the Dead. Interview with Paula Sharpe

Today we talk to our friend Paula about their dreams, coping with anxiety & trauma through dreams and just thoughts on life, man! Josh and Emma recount more of their dream adventures. We learn how to lucid dream from a wizard giving out pamphlets (don't ask us why).  We mentioned Stephen LaBerge briefly in this episode. For more information about him and his research on lucid dreaming check out his Wikipedia Page.  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_LaBerge]

2. Interview with Intuitive Suzanne Smith, Dimensional House & Mom's a Spaghyeti

This week we had an amazing interview with Suzanne Smith, a professional intuitive reader. She tells us about dream interpretation, the spiritual realm of dreams, and how her dreams influenced her recovery from addiction. Read more about her or schedule a meditation class with her on her website: https://www.intuitivesuzanne.com/home [https://www.intuitivesuzanne.com/home] Emma didn't cover all the exciting nuances in the Defensive Activation Theory, to read the paper for yourself follow this link:  The Defensive Activation Theory: REM Sleep as a Mechanism to Prevent Takeover of the Visual Cortex [https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2021.632853/full] If you want to contact us you can reach us at: dreamschemerspodcast@gmail.com Thanks for listening!

1. Arachnapocalypse, Grandpa's Bug Basement, & Interview with Christian Alexander

Welcome to Dream Schemers, a podcast about dreams. With your hosts Emma and Josh. Thanks for stopping by! Christian's Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Vf097qQEoFKtXD6nfKaXk?si=KDYBqqLQT0OgHx7x3EaZFA Sources for Dream Museum: httpss://www.world-of-lucid-dreaming.com/10-dreams-that-changed-the-course-of-human-history.html