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Crafting Chills: Andrew Van Wey on Mastering Suspense and Navigating the Horror Genre
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How did you like the show? Text us and let us know. Episode Description: In this episode of "The Nightmare Engine" podcast, host David Viergutz is joined by special guest Andrew Van Wey. Together, they explore the chilling depths of horror writing, discuss Andrew's journey as an author, and dive into the challenges and rewards of self-publishing. T…
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Horror, Humor, and Martial Arts: A Dive into Alan Baxter's Dark Worlds
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How did you like the show? Text us and let us know. Episode Description: In this episode of "The Nightmare Engine" podcast, host David Viergutz has an engaging conversation with special guest Alan Baxter. They discuss Alan's prolific career in horror writing, his experiences in martial arts, and the complexities of the horror genre. Alan shares his…
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From Stephen King to Indie Horror: A Conversation with Dan Franklin
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How did you like the show? Text us and let us know. Episode Description: In this episode of "The Nightmare Engine" podcast, host David Viergutz returns with a update and a captivating conversation with special guest Dan Franklin. They delve into the intricacies of the horror genre, discussing the tight-knit horror community, the rise of indie horro…
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Between Reality and Fiction: The Horrific Worlds of John Lynch
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How did you like the show? Text us and let us know. What if you had a front-seat ride into the mind of a horror author? Get ready for a terrifying journey with prison worker and writer, John Lynch, as we uncover his unique writing process and delve into the eerie world of his upcoming horror novella. John gets candid about his day job, his writing …
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Jay Bower's Exploration: Heinous Creatures, Haunted Houses and Historical Horrors
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How did you like the show? Text us and let us know. ⭐️Enjoy the podcast? Do your good deed for the day and leave a 5-star review here ;) 🎙️About the Episode Strap yourself in as co-host Jay Bower and I take a wild ride through our latest projects and writing processes in a thrill-packed episode that's sure to send shivers down your spine. How did J…
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Jonathan Mayberry: A Masterclass in Horror Writing and Folklore
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How did you like the show? Text us and let us know. ⭐️Enjoy the podcast? Do your good deed for the day and leave a 5-star review here ;) 🎙️About the Episode Get ready for an exhilarating journey as we sit down with New York Times bestselling author, Jonathan Mayberry. Known for his expertise in a variety of genres, ranging from horror to action thr…
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The Nightmare Engine Podcast | EP 15 with Tim Waggoner
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How did you like the show? Text us and let us know. Host: David Viergutz is a disabled Army Veteran, Law Enforcement Veteran, husband and proud father. He is an author of stories from every flavor of horror. Take the plunge into David’s imagination as he delivers chill-bringing adventures where the good guy doesn’t always win. He can be reached at:…
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The Nightmare Engine Podcast | EP 14 with Nick Roberts
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How did you like the show? Text us and let us know. Host: David Viergutz is a disabled Army Veteran, Law Enforcement Veteran, husband and proud father. He is an author of stories from every flavor of horror. Take the plunge into David’s imagination as he delivers chill-bringing adventures where the good guy doesn’t always win. He can be reached at:…
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The Nightmare Engine Podcast | EP 13 with Michaelbrent Collings
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How did you like the show? Text us and let us know. Host: David Viergutz is a disabled Army Veteran, Law Enforcement Veteran, husband and proud father. He is an author of stories from every flavor of horror. Take the plunge into David’s imagination as he delivers chill-bringing adventures where the good guy doesn’t always win. He can be reached at:…
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The Nightmare Engine Podcast | EP 12 with Merrill David
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How did you like the show? Text us and let us know. Host: David Viergutz is a disabled Army Veteran, Law Enforcement Veteran, husband and proud father. He is an author of stories from every flavor of horror. Take the plunge into David’s imagination as he delivers chill-bringing adventures where the good guy doesn’t always win. He can be reached at:…
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The Nightmare Engine Podcast | EP 11 with Jay Bower
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How did you like the show? Text us and let us know. Host: David Viergutz is a disabled Army Veteran, Law Enforcement Veteran, husband and proud father. He is an author of stories from every flavor of horror. Take the plunge into David’s imagination as he delivers chill-bringing adventures where the good guy doesn’t always win. He can be reached at:…
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Art, Craft and Emotion: The World of Horror Writing with Brian Asman
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How did you like the show? Text us and let us know. ⭐️Enjoy the podcast? Do your good deed for the day and leave a 5-star review here ;) 🎙️About the Episode Step into the lurid world of Brian Asman, an extraordinary horror author who's not afraid to get personal. This week on the Nightmare Engine Podcast, Brian takes you on a whirlwind journey that…
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Creating Fear Together: The Intricacies of Co-Writing Horror
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How did you like the show? Text us and let us know. ⭐️Enjoy the podcast? Do your good deed for the day and leave a 5-star review here ;) 🎙️About the Episode Ever wondered what goes into co-writing a unique story? As horror authors, we (David Viergutz and Jay Bower) shed light on our experience of sharing a vision, and the importance of having a hea…
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Unmasking the Horror: A Deep Dive into the Mind of Award-Nominated Author Carver Pike
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How did you like the show? Text us and let us know. ⭐️Enjoy the podcast? Do your good deed for the day and leave a 5-star review here ;) 🎙️About the Episode Have you ever pondered what lurks beneath a horror writer's psyche? Enter the spine-chilling world of award-nominated horror author, Carver Pike. In an engaging conversation, we peel back the l…
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Navigating the Labyrinth of Spooks and Sounds with Ronald Malfi
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How did you like the show? Text us and let us know. ⭐️Enjoy the podcast? Do your good deed for the day and leave a 5-star review here ;) 🎙️About the Episode Welcome to another unforgettable episode of the Nightmare Engine Podcast! Our latest dialogue spiraled around the intriguing personality of Ronald Malfi - a horror author and musician who has b…
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The Haunting Quill: Lee Mountford's Frightful World Building
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How did you like the show? Text us and let us know. ⭐️Enjoy the podcast? Do your good deed for the day and leave a 5-star review here ;) 🎙️About the Episode Ready to shiver under the covers? Master of horror, Lee Mountford, is our guide into the creepy abyss of haunted houses and portals to hell in this episode. No shadowy corner is left unexplored…
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From Reddit to Radio Tower: The Unique Journey of Boris Basic
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How did you like the show? Text us and let us know. ⭐️Enjoy the podcast? Do your good deed for the day and leave a 5-star review here ;) 🎙️About the Episode Get ready for a chilling journey as we bring you a heady blend of horror, hope, faith, and creativity, alongside acclaimed Serbian horror author, Boris Basic. Boris, the mind behind the bone-ch…
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The Supernatural and Sacred: Unveiling the Intersection of Horror and Religion
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How did you like the show? Text us and let us know. ⭐️Enjoy the podcast? Do your good deed for the day and leave a 5-star review here ;) 🎙️About the Episode Is there a secret to crafting a chilling tale of horror that has readers sleeping with the lights on? Join us, bravely venturing into the macabre world of horror writing, sharing the dark corne…
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Delving Deep into the Minds of Horror Authors: Writing Wisdom, Career Shifts, and Success Stories
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How did you like the show? Text us and let us know. ⭐️Enjoy the podcast? Do your good deed for the day and leave a 5-star review here ;) 🎙️About the Episode Imagine immersing yourself in the minds of acclaimed horror authors, navigating their unique journeys and mining for writing wisdom. That's exactly what's in store for you today, as we follow t…
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How did you like the show? Text us and let us know. ⭐️Enjoy the podcast? Do your good deed for the day and leave a 5-star review here ;) 🎙️About the Episode Ever wonder how the eerie world of horror writing takes shape in an author's mind? Prepare to journey into the dark abyss of creativity with our distinguished guests, renowned horror authors, D…
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Mastering the Craft of Horror - Conversations with Jay Bower
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How did you like the show? Text us and let us know. ⭐️Enjoy the podcast? Do your good deed for the day and leave a 5-star review here ;) 🎙️About the Episode Join us as we venture into the spine-chilling world of horror literature with acclaimed author Jay Bower. In what promises to be an intriguing conversation, we dissect the various writing style…
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Episode 174 – Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Timing/Flow w/ Sevan Bomar
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Sevan Bomar, Expert Metaphysic, Symbologist, and Linguist is the creator of the popular website, "Astral Quest", featuring interactive enlightenment. He is the Author of "The Code to the Matrix" and specializes in advance solutions for mental deprogramming, spiritual development, and physical motivation.…
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Episode 173 – Lucid Dreaming, Gateways to the inner self w/ Robert Waggoner
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Robert Waggoner is one of the foremost lucid dreamers on the planet. He is former President of the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD). For the past 13 years, he has been the co-editor of the online magazine, The Lucid Dreaming Experience, the only ongoing publication devoted specifically to lucid dreaming. A lucid dreamer sinc…
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Episode 172 – Consciousness, Science and Metaphysics – w/ Dr. Rupert Sheldrake
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Dr. Rupert Sheldrake is one of the highest regarded scientists of our time. He is a biologist and author of more than 85 scientific papers and 9 books, many of his books have gone bestseller worldwide. He was voted among the top 100 Global Thought Leaders in the world for 2013.By Xavier Katana
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Episode 171 – Surfing Monster Waves, Mastering Fear & Flow State w/ Laird Hamilton
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Best known as a big-wave surfing pioneer and iconic waterman, Laird has spent his whole life pushing boundaries, in a natural expression of what makes him feel alive. In this free-flowing and insightful podcast you’ll discover a number new ideas. The key topics discussed, are as follows: How humans have become domesticated, and how we can re-wild o…
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Episode 170 – Unlock your Superhuman Memory & Learning w/ Mattias Ribbing
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Mattias Ribbing is a world famous super learning and memory grand master. He has spent the better part of his adult life training his memory to do remarkable things. In this episode we cover how you can also be a memory grandmaster.By Xavier Katana
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Episode 169 – Near Death Experiences, Is there an afterlife? What happens when we die? w/ Lynn Russell
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Lynn K. Russell is a world expert on Near-Death Experiences. She assisted Dr Jeffery Long by researching thousands of NDE accounts at his Near-Death Experience Research Foundation. She has also studied developments in consciousness research, quantum theory and cosmology.By Xavier Katana
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Episode 168 – Ancient Architects, Civilizations and Monolithic structures w/ Hugh Newman
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Hugh Newman is the author of a number of books that explore the ancient history of mankind. His work focuses on the giant monolithic structures placed all around the world. His work has been featured on The History Channel, BBC, Sky TV and many others.By Xavier Katana
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Episode 167 – The Science of Astrology, Our Destiny in Data w/ Dr. Alexander Boxer
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Alexander Boxer is a data scientist and author who revels in the ways that ancient and modern science can both be used to provide insights into our lives. Alexander has a PhD in Physics from MIT, a master’s degree in the History of Science from Oxford, and a bachelors in Classical Language from Yale. His work has appeared in the Nature Physics jour…
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Episode 166 – Becoming the Architect of your Life, Building Atomic Habits w/ James Clear
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James is the author of international best selling book “Atomic Habits” Where he looks for the answer to the question: “How can we live better?” His book in which he educates the reader how to, among other things, boost their motivation, break their bad habits and find ways to get better by 1% every day. James has been writing about these topics on …
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Episode 165 – Coronavirus, Policy Failures, Is our Democracy in Danger? w/ Marianne Williamson
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Richard C. Hoagland. Richard is an author, scientist, researcher and a former NASA consultant and museum space science Curator who has spent his career analysing and investigating the data generated by space missions. Richard served as the science advisor to Walter Cronkite and CBS news. Richard also hosts The other side of midnight, which is ranke…
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Episode 164 – COVID19, End of the Kali Yuga? Space Origins, Dimensional Physics w/ Richard C. Hoagland
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Richard C. Hoagland. Richard is an author, scientist, researcher and a former NASA consultant and museum space science Curator who has spent his career analysing and investigating the data generated by space missions. Richard served as the science advisor to Walter Cronkite and CBS news. Richard also hosts The other side of midnight, which is ranke…
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Episode 163 – Medicinal Mycology, Neurogenesis, Psychedelics, Kundalini Awakening w/ Clint Ginn
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Clinton Ginn is a Founder, CEO and Psychologist who also specializes in the field of Medical Mycology. Which is, using Magic Mushrooms to heal Trauma. Clint achieved his degree in psychology from Arizona state university, he worked as a counselor with at-risk youth, which after 6 years convinced him of the futility of the current paradigm of mental…
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Ep#162 – Willpower, Focus, Attention, Optimizing Your Life & Becoming Indistractable w/ Nir Eyal
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Nir Eyal is an internationally recognized best-selling author, entrepreneur and expert in behavioural design. He received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Nir’s focus is the intersection of psychology technology and business his work has been featured in Forbes, time, Harvard business review psychology today. His first book we…
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Episode 161 – Dr. Dean Radin – The Science of Spirituality, Yoga and Meditation. Experiments in Quantum Reality
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Dr. Dean Radin is one of the most credentialed scientists in the world, studying the connection between spirituality and science. He is the chief scientist at IONS. He has toured worldwide, given over 350 interviews, he has appeared on countless radio and talk shows ranging from Oprah to Larry King. He worked directly with Darpa on the Philadelphia…
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Episode 160 – Plant Medicine, Ayahuasca, Healing Trauma/PTSD From Shock to Awe w/ Matt Kahl
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Matt is a US Military Combat veteran, PTSD survivor, and Founder Matt has been on the front lines of drug policy advocacy and reform in regards to plant medicine and using unorthodox treatment methods to treat PTSD and trauma since 2013. Matt served in the hundredandfirst Airborne Division in Afghanistan where an accident sent him home injured, tra…
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Episode 159 – Expanding Consciousness, Embracing Divinity, The way of the Yogi w/ Nandhiji
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Nandhiji is a mystic, yogi, visionary, humanitarian, artist, author and teacher. Nandhiji is also the founder of a number of important movements. The Declaration of Consciousness Movement, aimed at empowering humanity. World Yogi Day focusses on self-empowerment, and the Ariven Community, which focuses ways to create self-sustaining farming sanctua…
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Episode 158 – Synchronicity, Serendipity, Meaningful Coincidence w/ Dr. Bernard Beitman
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Dr. Beitman is a psychiatrist, author and researcher. He is widely regarded as the first psychiatrist since Carl Jung to systematize the study of coincidences and add scientific rigor to the term synchronicity. He developed the first valid scale to measure coincidence sensitivity. Dr. Bernard has written several books, one of which, received two na…
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Episode 157 – Conquering Fear, Addiction & Alcoholism, w/ Karla Juvonen
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Karla is an author and works as a Physician Assistant, Karla has written her first book, titled “From the Brink of the Drink”. Which we’re going to be covering this evening. In the book, Karla bares it all. From the toll that addiction can have on a person’s life and finally her victory. Karla’s mission is to HELP OTHERS especially those who find t…
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Episode 156 – Mantak Chia – How to Find Inner Balance, Connecting with your Purpose, Chi, Energy, Prana
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Master Mantak Chia is nothing short of Legendary Status. Master chia is a world famous author, teacher he is the creator of a number of different yoga systems and centers. He is the only person in the world to be named qigong teacher of the year twice. He is listed as one of the 100 most influential spiritual leaders in the world today. He has over…
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Episode 155 – Stuart Lichtman – Mastering Emotions, Achieving the Impossible, The Art of Success
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Stuart lichtman is an author, entrepreneur, scientist and researcher who teaches people how to harness the power of their unconscious mind. Stuart’s formal education includes undergraduate and graduate work at MIT in engineering, psychology, and artificial intelligence, masters work in applied psychology, and doctoral work in organization developme…
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Episode 154 – Waqās Ahmed – Unlocking Human Potential, Awakening Creativity, The Polymath
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Waqās Ahmed is a world-authority on multi-disciplinary thinking. He is an author, artist, scientist, and journalist. Waqās has degrees in the History of International Relations and Economics. He was appointed as Chair of the Commonwealth’s Global Citizenship Education Panel. Waqās is the founder of the DaVinci Network, a global movement that wan…
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Episode 153 – Carlos Tanner – Healing Trauma/PTSD – Plant Medicine, Ayahuasca
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Carlos Tanner is the Director of the Ayahuasca Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Iquitos, Peru In 2017, Carlos opened the Risobo Ayahuasca Research Center, a research and healing center which will study the effects of ayahuasca and plant medicine on such issues as childhood trauma and chronic pain, PTSD, abuse and many others. In this …
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Episode 152 – Vishen Lakhiani – Conquering Fear, Defying Limitations, Living your best life.
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Vishen Lakhiani has been called one of most influential personalities in personal growth today. He is internationally recognized as someone who has transformed the landscape of mindfulness. He is on the Innovation Board for XPRIZE Foundation. His book “Extraordinary Mind” has gone to become a worldwide best seller. In this interview we discuss livi…
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Episode 151 – Dr. Matthew Loop – Using Social Media to Brand and Build Your Business
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Dr. Mathew Loop is an best selling author, speaker, philanthropist, and the highest-paid social media revenue strategist in North America. He's helped brands, celebrities, startups, and small business owners MULTIPLY their influence, impact, and income by harnessing;the power of the Internet.By Xavier Katana
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Episode 150 – Dr. Bruce Lipton – The Biology of Belief – Empowering Your Life
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Dr. Bruce Lipton is a world famous author, researcher and scientist. His work has been internationally recognized and honored. In 2009 he was rewarded the Goi Peace Award, an award given to individuals felt to have made an outstanding contribution towards realizing a harmonious and peaceful world. In this episode we discuss the power of belief and …
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Episode 149 – Matt Wallaert – Succeeding as an entrepreneur, Building Products that change the world
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Matt Wallaert is a behavioral scientist and entrepreneur. For over ten years, Matt Wallaert has been applying behavioral science to practical problems, from startup exits to the Fortune 500 to an array of pro-social side projects. He’s given hundreds of talks on the science of behavior change in this conversation we get into what it takes to build …
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Episode 148 – Kate Rose – Relationships, Soul Connections and Twin Flames
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Kate Rose is an author, thinker and relationship expert. Kate received her bachelors in visual arts education and her masters in clinical art therapy from Springfield college. Kate has published widely on the topics of love and relationships but it was her article "We only fall in love with 3 people in our lifetime" which became a viral sensation. …
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Episode 147 – Dr. Christopher Bache – Navigating the Mind of The Universe
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Dr. Bache is a professor, researcher and author who has been teaching and writing about consciousness, philosophy and religion for more than thirty years. Christopher received his PhD in Philosophy and Religion from Brown University and went on to be a professor of Religious Studies at Youngstown State University. Christopher has written a number o…
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Episode 146 – Dr. Cliff Pickover – Artificial Intelligence, Futurism, Machine Consciousness
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Dr. Clifford A. Pickover is a researcher, scientist and author. He received his Ph.D from Yale University's Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. He has authored more than 50 books. He has also been granted more than 600 U.S patents. His work and his research have been featured on media outlets such as CNN, WIRED and the New York Tim…
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