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Dr. Tucker Peck is a meditation teacher, clinical psychologist, and bestselling author. He studied meditation with Sharon Salzberg [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Salzberg] and Upasaka Culadasa (John Yates) [https://culadasa.com/]. Tucker’s first book, Sanity and Sainthood [https://www.amazon.com/Sanity-Sainthood-Integrating-Meditation-Psychotherapy/dp/B0DXJ12JV7], debuted as a #1 bestseller in 2025. A former professor, he is the founding director of the scholarship fund Open Dharma Foundation, and co-host of the podcast Teaching Meditation. He lives in Alameda, California, an island in the San Francisco Bay. You can read more about Tucker here [https://meditatewithtucker.com/about/]. Resources: * Sanity and Sainthood: Integrating Meditation and Psychotherapy [https://www.amazon.com/Sanity-Sainthood-Integrating-Meditation-Psychotherapy/dp/B0DXJ12JV7] * Tucker’s Twitter [https://x.com/tucker_peck] YouTube: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themetagame.substack.com [https://themetagame.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Daniel Thorson [https://www.dthorson.com/] spent 5 years in residential training at The Monastic Academy [https://www.monasticacademy.com/] with 2 years in cumulative silent retreat. He has decades of deep engagement with contemplative practice, systems theory, and transformative work. He’s also the beloved host of The Emerge Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/emerge-making-sense-of-whats-next/id1057220344] and writes at The Intimate Mirror [https://intimatemirror.substack.com/], where he’s exploring how people can develop a secure attachment with reality. Resources: * Spirituality is Secure Attachment with Reality [https://intimatemirror.substack.com/p/spirituality-is-secure-attachment] * AI for Emotional Unfolding [https://intimatemirror.substack.com/p/ai-for-emotional-unfolding?utm_source=publication-search] * Steve March on Self-Improvement vs Self-unfoldment [https://steve-march.squarespace.com/what-is-the-unfoldment-paradigm] * https://x.com/dthorson [https://x.com/dthorson] YouTube: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themetagame.substack.com [https://themetagame.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Rich Bartlett [https://x.com/RichDecibels] helps people grow high-trust communities & decentralized organizations. He’s the co-founder the community building network Microsolidarity [http://microsolidarity.cc/], and non-hierarchical management consultancy The Hum [http://thehum.org/]. He also co-runs Fight Wise [https://www.thehum.org/courses-and-events/fight-wise%3A-find-your-backbone] an online course about developing courage in your relationships, standing up for yourself, skillfully navigating conflicts, and asking for what you want. Resources: * Improvise for Real [https://improviseforreal.com/] * Keith Jarret [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi0EjOEVavs&ab_channel=jazzokok] * Fight Wise: Find Your Backbone [https://www.thehum.org/courses-and-events/fight-wise%3A-find-your-backbone] * People mentioned: Guy (RivalVoices) [https://x.com/nosilverv], Visakan [https://x.com/visakanv], Romeo Stevens [https://x.com/RomeoStevens76?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor], Vivid Void [https://x.com/vividvoid_?lang=en] YouTube: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themetagame.substack.com [https://themetagame.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Brooke Bowman is the founder of Vibecamp [https://vibe.camp/]. She also runs events to help foster connection and social cohesion such as Ms. Bowman's School for the Socially Inept [https://school.vibe.camp/], and The Network Society Camp [https://tns.camp/]. For nearly a decade before that, she was in an affair with heroin. Her mental and physical health declined slowly at first, then plummeted, leaving her sleeping on the streets of Los Angeles for two and a half years. Then came a series of insights that led her to essentially rewire her own brain. Resources: * Brooke’s Twitter [https://x.com/gptbrooke] * vibe.camp [https://vibe.camp/] * Brooke’s talk at The Network State Conference [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQss8t_EjIU&ab_channel=TheNetworkStatePodcast] * Bowman’s School for the Socially Inept [https://x.com/gptbrooke/status/1824634344314704074] YouTube Version 👇 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themetagame.substack.com [https://themetagame.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Romeo Stevens is one of co-founders of the Qualia Research Institute and the founder of Mealsquares [https://mealsquares.com/]. He writes extensively about buddhism, pedagogy, skill development and psychotherapeutic modalities. You can find his work on his blog [https://neuroticgradientdescent.blogspot.com/], Lesswrong [https://www.lesswrong.com/users/romeostevensit] and Twitter [https://twitter.com/RomeoStevens76]. Resources: * Romeo’s Twitter [https://x.com/RomeoStevens76] * Neurotic Gradient Descent (Romeo’s blog) [http://neuroticgradientdescent.blogspot.com/] * Math Academy [https://www.mathacademy.com/] * Practiceopedia [https://www.amazon.com/Practiceopedia-Big-Book-Practice-Help/dp/0958190534] (out of print music practice book) YouTube link 👇 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themetagame.substack.com [https://themetagame.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]