LISTEN NOW Jeff and Michael sit down with Victoria Loorz , author of Church of the Wild , founder of the Center for Wild Spirituality ,...

LISTEN NOW Psychedelics are often framed today as medicines for trauma and therapy—but what if they are something more? In this episode,...

LISTEN NOW In this episode, Michael finally shares the wild story he’s been holding back for decades: the day in 2006 when he slipped...

LISTEN NOW In this episode, we speak with Nicholas Collura—a board-certified chaplain, spiritual director, and Enneagram teacher—about...

LISTEN NOW In this episode, we explore The City & the City  by China Miéville as a powerful metaphor for cognitive blind spots, social...

LISTEN NOW What is spiritual direction, really? In this episode, Jeff and Michael explore the practice not as a professional technique or...

LISTEN NOW Welcome to our very first live AMA episode—unscripted and full of spirit. Listeners showed up with real questions about...

LISTEN NOW In this powerful and personal episode, we sit down with Emma Mcilroy—queer feminist, immigrant, entrepreneur, and CEO of...

LISTEN NOW What if the path to salvation isn’t belief—but integration? Building off our last episode, Jeff and Michael unpack a...

Hey friends, We’re four months into The Gospel of Direct Experience  podcast, and we’re so grateful for your support—thank you for...

LISTEN NOW What if the spiritual texts we grew up with only told part of the story? In this episode, Jeff and Michael explore the...

LISTEN NOW What if a long-dead painter could reach across time to guide your spiritual awakening? In this episode, Jeff shares the...

LISTEN NOW What if waking up isn’t a single breakthrough moment—but a layered, looping journey through insight, fear, wonder, and mystery?...

LISTEN NOW What happens when the walls of traditional religion crumble, and all that’s left is raw, unfiltered awe? In this episode we...

LISTEN NOW What happens when you call on Jesus in an ancient Vedic fire ritual? Will he show up? How? In this episode, Michael shares...

In our most recent episode ( Awakening in the Dream with Paul Levy ), we speak extensively about the nature of evil—how it operates...

LISTEN NOW What if everything we’ve been taught to believe about reality is wrong? What if we’re not just living in the world, but...

Throughout the podcast, and most recently in our Spirit Train episode, we've been exploring the profound role that dreams play as an...

LISTEN NOW What if your anxieties weren’t obstacles but doorways? What if your dreams aren’t nonsense, but portals to deeper wisdom,...

We're not a science fiction podcast, we're a spirituality podcast. So why is our latest episode all about Star Wars ? There’s a moment...