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Bringing you curious minds and profound ideas. Your weekly dose of real conversations. We chat openly with industry and thought leaders from all walks of life, exploring the "what ifs" and "why nots".

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September 18, 2026Episode 2401 hr 3 min

240. Dr. Aníbal Bueno Amorós – Documentarian / Biologist / Photographer / Author / Lecturer – Adopting a Cosmovision

To give to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org . As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donors Thanks for joining us again in Behind Greatness. We are with Aníbal Bueno today, who joins us from his home in Spain. Aníbal has travelled to more countries than most people could imagine visiting. He is an educated engineer, a Biologist, a business owner, photographer and documentarian. He is fascinated with disappearing cultures and has dedicated his life in learning about them, documenting them and creating a bridge of understanding with the developed world. We learn about many of his adventures – 70 countries in 39 consecutive months, getting shot at, jailed with no food, walking in on a Taliban girl-school and the accidental murder of one of his fellow tour guide colleagues. And that is only the surface. He brings us through his first-hand learning of ancient cultures: their rituals and medicinal practices, their social fabric and the acceleration of their ultimate disappearance. We discuss beliefs, the link with biology and culture, the meaning of things, the importance of our "libraries – and his stress on the need of a true cosmovision. A thank you to our friend Joan Riera, ep 228. Other visitors to Antarctica: Massimiliano Catricala' – ep 6 Natalie Sudman – ep 97 Br. Guy Consolmagno – ep 133 Aníbal , Personal Website - https://anibalbueno.com/ Travel Company - https://lastplaces.com/en/ IG: @anibal_bueno X: @Anibal_Bueno_ YT: https://www.youtube.com/c/ AnibalBueno TikTok: @anibal_bueno_ Books: https://anibalbueno.com/ libros/

August 28, 2026Episode 23950 min

239. Dr. Jude Currivan – Cosmologist / Futurist / Author – Seeing Death as a Door

Welcome back to Behind Greatness. We sit with June Currivan today as she joins us from her home, coincidentally near Stonehenge . Jude was a proud daughter of coal miners in England who decided to study science to find a language for what she was experiencing as a child. She eventually had a successful 25 year corporate career that she shed – being aware of something bigger on the move . We discuss intuition as a superpower, being non locally entangled, breaking rules to break through, separation vs wholeness, re-enchanting the universe and her discarnate teachers and the importance of always asking yourself: what if and what then? Others mentioned from the podcast: Dr. Iya Whiteley – ep 185 Cat Criger – ep 95 Super Tramp: The Logical Song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kln_bIndDJg Jude , Bio - https://www.clubofrome.org/member/currivan-jude/ Discussion Paper – The Unitive Science of a Living Universe : https://www.clubofrome.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2603_The-Fifth-Element_Discussion-Paper-2-digital-low-res.pdf Whole World View website - https://www.wholeworld-view.org/ To give to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org . As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donor.

August 12, 2026Episode 2381 hr 16 min

238. Italo Castro – Artist / Amazonian - Diving Into Yourself

To give to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org . As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donors Welcome back to Behind Greatness. We come back from our summer break with a conversation with an Amazonian living in the UK. Italo is a multi-disciplinary artist: painter, writer, musician, singer, actor. We go deep into the darkness with Italo … exploring how his best artistic endeavours come when he's at his lowest. We explore how art bridges to the other-worldly and how it teaches how to master the self. We talk Prince, dreaming, The Crossing, when art "fails", unplugging with creativity, the alluring symbolism of the jellyfish and living an analogue life. Others mentioned from the podcast: Dr. Marjorie Wollacott – ep 44 Dr. Vera Tiesler, MD – ep 81 Italo , IG: https://www.instagram.com/italo.castro.art/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/italo.works/

June 30, 2026Episode 2371 hr 7 min

237. Thomas Campbell – Physicist / Author of My Big T.O.E. / Speaker - Living Gracefully with Uncertainty

Thanks again for joining us at Behind Greatness. This episode was recorded Spring of 2026 and is part 1 of a developing series with Thomas Campbell. Thomas is a physicist, lecturer, and author of the My Big T.O.E. (Theory of Everything), a trilogy of books that claims to unify general relativity, quantum mechanics, and metaphysics, as well as the origins of consciousness. He worked as a systems analyst with U.S. Army technical intelligence for a decade before moving into the research and development of technology supporting defensive missile systems. Subsequently, he spent the better part of 30 years working within the U.S. missile defense community as a contractor to the Department of Defense. He most recently worked for NASA on the Ares I program (a follow-on to the Shuttle), assessing and solving problems related to risk and vulnerability to ensure mission and crew survivability and success. Thomas speaks and writes often about the importance of shifting from our current materialistic-focused ethic based on control-power-force to caring-sharing-compassion. A deep-end dive from the get-go. Thomas has a lot to share on consciousness and physics, making decisions on love vs fear, and low vs high entropy choices. We talk about how to avoid making decisions on "mouthing the scripts", on being stuck as a "mimic of yourself" and on living a sterile life. We hear about the partnership between the intellect and intuition, living a life of elegance, the forgotten value of living in a tribe, grace vs anger and developing the ability to seeing the bigger picture. Thomas also gives his view on his own awareness. Another episode mentioned in this episode: Olympian 100m sprinter, Anson Henry (ep 74) Tom , Website: https://www.my-big-toe.com/about/tom-campbell/ YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYwlraEwuFB4ZqASowjoM0g To give to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org . As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donor.

June 16, 2026Episode 2361 hr 26 min

236. Joe McMoneagle - Ret. US Army / Remote Viewer #001 / Author – Being in the Moment

This episode is part 8 in our series with Joe McMoneagle. Joe McMoneagle was a US Army intelligence veteran already before he was chosen to be a part of the psychic intelligence unit at Fort Meade, Maryland, in 1978. He became known as "Remote Viewer No. 1″ within Project Stargate . Project Stargate was the United States' first organized research into psychic phenomena via the Defense Intelligence Agency and contractor SRI International. He is an author and also founder of Intuitive Intelligence Applications Inc. Today, he also teaches Remote Viewing at The Monroe Institute, a leading center in exploring human consciousness. Joe never disappoints. He starts us off with the Bahamas and his 1st tour in the 60s at age 19 in intelligence … caught in a category 5 storm and left for dead, a man-eating grouper, a strange UAP experience with splitting time, a cone of light, radiation burns and a navy medic throwing out his report. We talk the kidnapping and subsequent remote viewing rescue of General Dozier, the strange case of a Tokyo mayor, finding missing people in Japan, lobster-tail currency and a mysterious underwater creature. See here other previous guests mentioned: Dean Radin (ep 122) Previous episodes/discussions on Behind Greatness with Remote Viewers: · Russell Targ ( ep 80 ) – Co-Founder, SRI Institute · Courtney Brown ( ep 131 ) · Stephan A. Schwartz ( ep 155 , 156 ) · Lyn Buchanan ( ep 163 ) · Nancy DuTertre ( ep 167 ) · Paul H. Smith ( ep 180 ) Joe, · Books: ( via Amazon ) · Parapsychological Association: https://www.parapsych.org/users/jmcmoneagle/profile.aspx · Monroe Institute: https://www.monroeinstitute.org/pages/trainer-joe-mcmoneagle · IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2140996/ The Kidnapping of General Dozier : https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/ASPJ/journals/Chronicles/phillips.pdf To give to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org . As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donor.

June 2, 2026Episode 2351 hr 29 min

235. Alex Andersen – Animal Whisperer / Owner, Pet Talk – Seeing the Magic in the Middle

Today we are chatting with Alex Andersen, owner of Pet Talk Communications. Alex has been honing her intuition to communicate with animals and is spending her life helping others to train themselves to do the same. We are charmed by her openness to discuss her life's work. She shows us how working with animals has (re)shaped her worldview, her philosophical stance and her ideas on the metaphysical. We head straight into mystical techniques, the limiting factor of the "should dos", animals as teachers and the staff meeting often going on in her head. We learn about the closing off of empathy, "multiple clairs", negative vs immature entities, fears, finding the magic in the middle and animals holding the line on oneness. Listen in on Alex's explicit breakdown on the difference between wolf-dog and cat communication and her understanding of their cosmic partnership with human beings. Past episodes referenced: Ep 31 - Tyson Yunkaporta Ep 97 – Natalie Sudman Ep 212 - Paco Calvo Ep 213 - Dave Salmoni Ep 222 - Cameron Scott Alex, - Website: https://pettalkwithalex.com/ & https://pettalkcommunications.com/home - IG & TikTok: @pettalkwithalex To give to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org . As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donors

May 19, 2026Episode 2341 hr 23 min

Dr. Carlos Eire – Yale Professor / Author / Podcast Host, Christian Mysticism – Flying into the Weird

Carlos Eire is a Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale University. At 11, during the height of the Cold War, he became one of the 14,000 unaccompanied children airlifted from the Soviet colony of Cuba to the US. He is now a historian of late medieval and early modern Europe who focuses on the Protestant and Catholic Reformations; the history of popular piety; the supernatural, and death. His book, They Flew , was awarded the prize for Best Book in the History of Religion by the American Academy of Religion and has been nominated for the Book Prize in Science and Religion awarded by the International Society for Science and Religion. All of his writings are banned in Cuba, where he has been proclaimed an enemy of the state. Carlos is also the Co-Host of the Christian Mysticism podcast. Lots of scintillating topics in this discussion: his Cuban parents, Santeria and the problem solving religion, "curses and cures", the malocchio ( el mal de ojo ), bringing your beliefs into the afterlife, exploring "the weird vs the Weird" and his personal Near Death Experience while on an operating table. Carlos , Profile: https://history.yale.edu/people/carlos-eire Book: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001HPHJRE The Christian Mysticism Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@christianmysticismpodcast Dio : The birth of the warding off of the evil eye at rock concerts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PXmSkLYMTI Sebastian Maniscalco : the pepper hanging from rear view mirror: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcSEeDoh-hA Episodes mentioned: Luis Zuniga ep 115 – Cuban political prisoner Rune Rasmussen ep 90 – Nordic Animism Father John Szada ep 174 - Exorcist Bayo Akomolafe ep 102 - Philosopher Dr. Iya Whitley ep 185 – Space Psychologist Dr. Kim Penberthy ep 209 – Clinical Psychologist To give to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org . As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donors

April 14, 2026Episode 2331 hr 27 min

233. Enrico Colantoni, part 2 - Veteran Hollywood, Broadway, TV Actor/ King Napper – Nothing … and Everything

Enrico is back! Our "Fairy Godfather", Enrico has been one of the earliest supporters of this podcast and our original format of our not-for-profit (since 2011). He was also our guest on our maiden voyage, in episode 2 - back in May 2020. We get started where we left off in Episode 2, exploring a ton of what-ifs and why-nots. Enrico is a veteran actor – starring in Hollywood films, in Broadway theatre productions and in internationally syndicated, culture-making TV series. And in this chat we sit with Enrico as we know him: a guy from the neighbourhood, always in movement and always in search of bigger answers. We discuss the important hold of belief systems on our actions and the untraining . We learn about an out of body experience on stage, realignment with the what is, embracing the original moment and the danger of tribalism without the actual purity of the tribe. We hear ultimately about his thoughts on his last words on earth --- and about a series of recent books that vaulted him into a different kind of question-making, including the questioning of his own beliefs and has had him crave more about the idea of mission and home. Untraining . Fault (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), Enrico's upcoming theatre production Fault – April & May 2026, directed by Jason Alexander: https://www.chicagoshakes.com/productions/fault/ https://www.broadwayworld.com/chicago/article/Enrico-Colantoni-and-Teri-Hatcher-to-Star-in-FAULT-at-Chicago-Shakespeare-Theater-20260225 Enrico , IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0170186/ IG: @enricocolantoni_really The English teacher: https://tv.apple.com/ca/show/english-teacher/umc.cmc.459knzftbzgdjj4s5gyoxfsmj Working Class roots: https://www.cbc.ca/arts/q/enrico-colantoni-credits-his-working-class-mentality-for-his-success-on-the-screen-1.7467852 To give to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org . As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donors

March 26, 2026Episode 2321 hr 26 min

232. Joe McMoneagle - Ret. US Army / Remote Viewer #001 / Author – Being Inordinately Curious

THANK YOU TO THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY [JPL] & NASA FOR PROVIDING THE NEGATIVES. Thanks again for joining us at Behind Greatness. This episode is part 7 in our series with Joe. Joe was a US Army intelligence veteran already before he was chosen to be a part of the psychic intelligence unit at Fort Meade, Maryland, in 1978. He became known as "Remote Viewer No. 1″ within Project Stargate . Project Stargate was the United States' first organized research into psychic phenomena via the Defense Intelligence Agency and contractor SRI International. He is an author and also founder of Intuitive Intelligence Applications Inc. Today, he also teaches Remote Viewing at The Monroe Institute, a leading center in exploring human consciousness. In this conversation: remote viewing Mars and its civilizations, sharks saving whales, the impossible archived, wearing masks, bombarded by prejudices, doing things because we can, foretelling in shark bites, being watched, weaponizing new inventions, gold prospecting amongst the trees – and lessons learned through donkeys. Honourable mention: Dr. Chris Lowe, ep 190 & Dr. Jeffrey Krypal, ep 118 & 189 Archives of the Impossible: https://impossiblearchives.rice.edu/ Previous episodes/discussions on Behind Greatness with Remote Viewers: · Russell Targ ( ep 80 ) – Co-Founder, SRI Institute · Courtney Brown ( ep 131 ) · Stephan A. Schwartz ( ep 155 , 156 ) · Lyn Buchanan ( ep 163 ) · Nancy DuTertre ( ep 167 ) · Paul H. Smith ( ep 180 ) Joe, · Books: ( via Amazon ) · Parapsychological Association: https://www.parapsych.org/users/jmcmoneagle/profile.aspx · Monroe Institute: https://www.monroeinstitute.org/pages/trainer-joe-mcmoneagle · IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2140996/

March 17, 2026Episode 2311 hr 1 min

231. Dr. Susan Plunket – Clinical Psychologist / Author – Uncrushing

Welcome back to Behind Greatness. Today we have a Jungian chat with Susan Plunket. She has her own practise in the city that never sleeps --- fitting for a psychologist who works on dream interpretation . We talk about her dad's profound life changing experience in the Pacific during WWII and his fortifying parenting style, flying with her sister and basketball courts in space. We dive into the discussion of being crushed into 3D reality, death dreams of AIDS patients in NYC in the 80s and 90s, the ego-self and the greater-self, seeing beyond the illusion of separation and the lessons of her discarnate teacher. The psyche prepares you for death via dreaming. Let's go!! Episodes to check out: Dr. Jill Bolte-Taylor (ep 101), Dr. Thomas Verny (ep 121), Dr. Tony Cicora (ep 55) Susan, Website: https://www.susanplunket.com/