S2E39: Ibogaine Inquiries Part I: Remember the Name

S2E39: Ibogaine Inquiries Part I: Remember the Name

Why is everyone suddenly talking about ibogaine? After President Trump signed an executive order fast-tracking psychedelic research, a little-known plant medicine from Central Africa found itself at the center of a national conversation. Advocates call it a breakthrough for addiction, PTSD, and traumatic brain injury. Critics urge caution. But how did we get here? In the first episode of The Ibogaine Inquiries, Ky Dickens and Katherine Ellis trace ibogaine's unlikely path from sacred ceremonies in Gabon to veterans seeking healing in Mexico, and ultimately to the halls of American politics. Along the way, former Texas Governor Rick Perry, Admiral Jim Hancock, and physician Dr. Martín Polanco share the personal experiences that transformed them from skeptics into advocates. A note to listeners: This series is intended to inform, not encourage the use of ibogaine. Ibogaine is a powerful psychoactive substance with serious medical risks and should never be used without thorough medical evaluation and appropriate supervision. As you'll hear throughout this series, increasing global demand has also had profound consequences for the Indigenous communities in Gabon who have safeguarded Iboga and its traditions for generations. We encourage you to listen to the full series before drawing conclusions or seeking out treatment. _______ To support the indigenous peoples of Gabon, Africa and help protect the sacred Iboga plant, please visit https://blessingsoftheforest.org/ [https://blessingsoftheforest.org/] where you can learn about those who use this medicine ceremoniously, have for thousands of years, and whose access is in grave danger. _______ Join The Telepathy Tapes Backstage Pass to get ad-free episodes, never-before-heard interviews, behind-the-scenes documentary footage, and access to our private Discord community.This is your invitation to come closer. To help shape what’s next. To be more than a listener… to be a co-creator of this paradigm shift. So if you’ve felt moved, if you’ve felt seen, if you’ve felt the call, subscribe today and join us: thetelepathytapes.com. [https://thetelepathytapes.com/] _______ Thank you to our sponsors! * Ka'Chava [https://kachava.com/] - Go to kachava.com [https://kachava.com/] and use code TAPES for 15% off your first order. * BiOptimizers [https://bioptimizers.com/tapes] - Make this the year you finally get your sleep, your energy, and yourself back. Get 15% off at bioptimizers.com/tapes [https://bioptimizers.com/tapes] when you use my code, TAPES. * Shopify [http://shopify.com/tapes] - Start your business today with the industry’s best business partner, Shopify. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at Shopify.com/tapes [http://shopify.com/tapes]. * Zenni [http://zenni.com/podcast] - If your glasses are overdue for a refresh, go to Zenni.com/podcast [http://zenni.com/podcast] and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off your first order. * Alloy [http://myalloy.com/] - Try the original estrogen-powered M4 skincare from Alloy. Visit myalloy.com [http://myalloy.com/] and use code TAPES for $20 off your first order!  * Luminara [https://www.luminara.care/] - If you’re curious about energy healing and ready to experience it for yourself, Luminara is offering 20% off your first session for listeners of The Telepathy Tapes. Just go to luminara.care [https://www.luminara.care/] and use code TAPES20. * Quince [https://www.quince.com/tapes] - Elevate your summer wardrobe. Go to Quince.com/tapes [https://www.quince.com/tapes] for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. * Dose [https://dosedaily.co/] - Ready to give your liver the support it deserves? Head to dosedaily.co/TAPES [http://dosedaily.co/TAPES] or enter TAPES to get 35% off your first subscription. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

S2E38: From Skeptic to Advocate: Becca Cramer Returns | Talk Tracks

In this episode of The Talk Tracks, Becca Cramer, a nuclear engineer, writer, and skeptic turned believer, returns to the studio to share what she has learned since her first investigation into The Telepathy Tapes.  What began as an attempt to debunk the claims surrounding spelling and telepathy has since evolved into a commitment to advocating for nonspeakers and challenging the assumptions that continue to limit their access to communication. After meeting spellers, families, and communication partners, and engaging directly with researchers on both sides of the debate, Becca has gained a deeper understanding of apraxia, motor planning, authorship, and the difference between support and control. Becca and Ky explore why the validity of spelling must be considered separately from the question of telepathy, and why the possibility of influence does not mean a nonspeaker’s words are not their own. Together, they examine the emerging research, the institutional resistance that remains, and what must change for nonspeakers’ communication, autonomy, and lived experiences to be taken seriously. _______ Join The Telepathy Tapes Backstage Pass to get ad-free episodes, never-before-heard interviews, behind-the-scenes documentary footage, and access to our private Discord community.This is your invitation to come closer. To help shape what’s next. To be more than a listener… to be a co-creator of this paradigm shift. So if you’ve felt moved, if you’ve felt seen, if you’ve felt the call, subscribe today and join us: thetelepathytapes.com. [https://thetelepathytapes.com/] _______ Thank you to our sponsors! * Alloy [http://myalloy.com/] - Try the original estrogen-powered M4 skincare from Alloy. Visit myalloy.com [http://myalloy.com/] and use code TAPES for $20 off your first order!  * Fabletics [http://Fabletics.com/tapes] - Shop now at Fabletics.com/tapes [http://Fabletics.com/tapes] to get 70- 80% off everything when you sign up as a new VIP. * Batch [http://hellobatch.com/TAPES] - Go to hellobatch.com/TAPES [http://hellobatch.com/TAPES] and use code TAPES at checkout for 30% off sitewide! * Luminara [https://www.luminara.care/] - If you’re curious about energy healing and ready to experience it for yourself, Luminara is offering 20% off your first session for listeners of The Telepathy Tapes. Just go to luminara.care [https://www.luminara.care/] and use code TAPES20. * Quince [https://www.quince.com/tapes] - Elevate your summer wardrobe. Go to Quince.com/tapes [https://www.quince.com/tapes] for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. * Ka'Chava [https://kachava.com/] - Go to kachava.com [https://kachava.com/] and use code TAPES for 15% off your first order. * BiOptimizers [https://bioptimizers.com/tapes] - Make this the year you finally get your sleep, your energy, and yourself back. Get 15% off at bioptimizers.com/tapes [https://bioptimizers.com/tapes] when you use my code, TAPES. * Shopify [http://shopify.com/tapes] - Start your business today with the industry’s best business partner, Shopify. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at Shopify.com/tapes [http://shopify.com/tapes]. * Ruggable [http://ruggable.com/] - Refresh your home. Get 10% off your first order, sitewide, with promo code TAPES at RUGGABLE.com [http://ruggable.com/]. * Zenni [http://zenni.com/podcast] - If your glasses are overdue for a refresh, go to Zenni.com/podcast [http://zenni.com/podcast] and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off your first order. * Lola Blankets [https://lolablankets.com/] - For a limited time, our listeners can get 40% OFF select Lola Blankets products with code TAPES at checkout, go to lolablankets.com [https://lolablankets.com/]. * One Skin [https://www.oneskin.co/TAPES] - Get 15% off OneSkin with the code TAPES at https://www.oneskin.co/TAPES [https://www.oneskin.co/TAPES] #oneskinpod. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

S2E38: PREVIEW: Ask Me Anything with Dr. Christopher Kerr

In this special preview of a subscriber-exclusive Ask Me Anything, hospice physician and end-of-life researcher Dr. Christopher Kerr returns to answer listeners’ most burning questions about what happens as we die. Dr. Kerr shares what he has witnessed after decades at the bedside: why dying may be less frightening than we imagine, how end-of-life dreams and visions can bring comfort and healing, whether loved ones can still hear us in their final moments, and why some experiences at the end of life continue to challenge what we think we know about consciousness. To hear the full conversation — and access upcoming AMA episodes with Ky and our Season Two guests — subscribe to The Telepathy Tapes Backstage Pass. You’ll also get ad-free episodes, bonus content, and access to our private community. Visit www.thetelepathytapes.com/backstagepass [http://www.thetelepathytapes.com/backstagepass] to sign up today. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

S2E37: Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor: What a Stroke Revealed About Consciousness | Talk Tracks

What happens when three-fourths of a neuroscientist’s brain goes offline, and what remains is not emptiness, but peace, connection, and love? Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained neuroanatomist who spent her life studying the brain, until a massive stroke made her the subject of her own life’s work. As the parts of her brain tied to language, identity, linear time, and the sense of being separate began to shut down, she entered an expansive state that would shape the next chapter of her work. After eight years of rebuilding her brain, Dr. Bolte Taylor emerged with a new framework for understanding the brain and the self: four inner “characters” that influence how we think, feel, react, relate, and move through the world. In this episode of the Talk Tracks, Ky Dickens speaks with Dr. Bolte Taylor about what her stroke revealed, how Whole Brain Living can help us engage all four parts of ourselves, and how we can learn to choose who and how we want to be. Together, they also explore emotional reactivity, inner peace, intuition, telepathy, energy healing, and the possibility that some forms of awareness may reflect capacities of the brain and consciousness that science is still learning how to understand. _______ Join The Telepathy Tapes Backstage Pass to get ad-free episodes, never-before-heard interviews, behind-the-scenes documentary footage, and access to our private Discord community.This is your invitation to come closer. To help shape what’s next. To be more than a listener… to be a co-creator of this paradigm shift. So if you’ve felt moved, if you’ve felt seen, if you’ve felt the call, subscribe today and join us: thetelepathytapes.com. [https://thetelepathytapes.com/] _______ Thank you to our sponsors! * Alloy [http://myalloy.com/] - Try the original estrogen-powered M4 skincare from Alloy. Visit myalloy.com [http://myalloy.com/] and use code TAPES for $20 off your first order!  * Dose [https://dosedaily.co/pages/16oz-partnership?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=TAPES&selling_plan=5291213041] - Ready to give your liver the support it deserves? Head to dosedaily.co/TAPES [https://dosedaily.co/pages/16oz-partnership?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=TAPES&selling_plan=5291213041] to get 35% off your first subscription. * Redmond Re-Lyte [https://living.redmond.com/pages/tapes] - Ready to give Re-Lyte a try? Go to redmond.life/telepathy [https://living.redmond.com/pages/tapes] and use code TAPES for 15% off your first order. * Luminara [https://www.luminara.care/] - If you’re curious about energy healing and ready to experience it for yourself, Luminara is offering 20% off your first session for listeners of The Telepathy Tapes. Just go to luminara.care [https://www.luminara.care/] and use code TAPES20. * Quince [https://www.quince.com/tapes] - Elevate your summer wardrobe. Go to Quince.com/tapes [https://www.quince.com/tapes] for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. * Ka'Chava [https://kachava.com/] - Go to kachava.com [https://kachava.com/] and use code TAPES for 15% off your first order. * BiOptimizers [https://bioptimizers.com/tapes] - Make this the year you finally get your sleep, your energy, and yourself back. Get 15% off at bioptimizers.com/tapes [https://bioptimizers.com/tapes] when you use my code, TAPES. * Shopify [http://shopify.com/tapes] - Start your business today with the industry’s best business partner, Shopify. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at Shopify.com/tapes [http://shopify.com/tapes]. * Zenni [http://zenni.com/podcast] - If your glasses are overdue for a refresh, go to Zenni.com/podcast [http://zenni.com/podcast] and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off your first order. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

S2E36: Soraya's Story Part Two | Talk Tracks

In part two of our conversation with Soraya and her parents, Tasha and Safi, the family shares the extraordinary spiritual experiences that emerged as Soraya's health declined. After years of searching for answers about her rare and progressive condition, Soraya began speaking about angels, soul contracts, loved ones on the other side, and what she believes is her life’s mission: to teach her family about love. She describes late-night visits from spirits asking for healing and a profound family moment that changed their relationships forever. The conversation also explores the tension between science and spirituality, the surprising openness they’ve found within hospice care, and the emotional reality of raising a child who speaks candidly about mortality while offering wisdom far beyond her years. Finally, the family shares the recent discovery of Soraya's ultra-rare diagnosis of TAOK1 gene deletion and their hope that future research could not only change Soraya's life, but the lives of countless families affected by rare diseases. For more information and to donate towards research targeting Soraya's illness, click here: https://together.uw.edu/campaign/taok1 [https://together.uw.edu/campaign/taok1] ________________ Join The Telepathy Tapes Backstage Pass to get ad-free episodes, never-before-heard interviews, behind-the-scenes documentary footage, and access to our private Discord community. This is your invitation to come closer. To help shape what’s next. To be more than a listener… to be a co-creator of this paradigm shift. So if you’ve felt moved, if you’ve felt seen, if you’ve felt the call—subscribe today and join us: https://thetelepathytapes.com/ ________________ Thank you to our sponsors! * Luminara [https://www.luminara.care/] - If you’re curious about energy healing and ready to experience it for yourself, Luminara is offering 20% off your first session for listeners of The Telepathy Tapes. Just go to luminara.care [https://www.luminara.care/] and use code TAPES20. * Quince [https://www.quince.com/tapes] - Elevate your summer wardrobe. Go to Quince.com/tapes [https://www.quince.com/tapes] for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. * Ka'Chava [https://kachava.com/] - Go to https://kachava.com [https://kachava.com/] and use code TAPES for 15% off your first order. * BiOptimizers [https://bioptimizers.com/tapes] - Make this the year you finally get your sleep, your energy, and yourself back. Get 15% off at https://bioptimizers.com/tapes [https://bioptimizers.com/tapes] when you use my code, TAPES. * Ruggable [http://ruggable.com/] - Refresh your home. Get 10% off your first order, sitewide, with promo code TAPES at RUGGABLE.com [http://ruggable.com/]. * Shopify [http://shopify.com/tapes] - Start your business today with the industry’s best business partner, Shopify. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at Shopify.com/tapes [http://shopify.com/tapes]. * Zenni [http://zenni.com/podcast] - If your glasses are overdue for a refresh, go to Zenni.com/podcast [http://zenni.com/podcast] and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off your first order. * Alloy [http://myalloy.com] - Try the original estrogen-powered M4 skincare from Alloy. Visit myalloy.com [http://myalloy.com] and use code TAPES for $20 off your first order!  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].