The Telepathy Tapes
The Telepathy Tapes is a podcast that explores the origins of consciousness and unexplained abilities like ESP through science, personal experiences, and formal testing. In Season One, non-speaking individuals with autism demonstrate striking telepathic abilities that challenge conventional understanding of the mind. Season Two broadens the focus to include near-death experiences, telepathic communication with animals, energy healing, plant intelligence, and sudden savant abilities, offering a glimpse into the vast terrain of consciousness beyond the brain.
Episodes
S3E2: When Reincarnation Leaves a Paper Trail | The Reincarnation Records
Carol Bowman, a mother turned researcher of children’s past-life memories, begins with a question she can’t shake: if children are carrying memories from another life, could talking about them help them heal? When a frightened mother calls about her three-year-old son Blake, Carol gets a chance to find out. After months of unexplained pain, withdrawal, and memories of being killed by a tr
S3E1: The Boy Who Remembered Dying | The Reincarnation Records
When five-year-old Chase Bowman developed an inexplicable terror of loud booming sounds, his mother, Carol, had no idea what was causing it. Then, sitting on her lap at their kitchen table, Chase began describing another life: a soldier on a battlefield, a gun with a bayonet, a wound to his wrist, and ultimately, his own death. What happened afterward was just as startling. The chronic ec
S2E54: When Caelum Came Back Part II | Talk Tracks
In Part Two of Caelum's story, we go deeper into the writings and experiences he has shared with his family since learning to communicate through facilitated communication.Joining Caelum's mother, Anne-Marie, is his brother Jacob, who has spent years communicating with Caelum and documenting his thoughts in journals. Together, they share Caelum's reflections on God, consciousness, death,
S2E53: When Caelum Came Back Part I | Talk Tracks
At 17 months old, Caelum Miller suffered a near-fatal drowning that left him with a severe traumatic brain injury. Doctors told his family he would likely remain in a vegetative state for the rest of his life. But his parents refused to close the door on what might be possible.Years later, Caelum learned to communicate through facilitated communication and began sharing thoughts, memories
S2E52: BONUS: The Wisdom of Connection with Dr. Zach Bush
In this bonus episode from our partner series The Telepathy Tapes: Now What?, Betsy and Libby sit down with Dr. Zach Bush for a conversation about one of the ideas at the heart of their experiences as parents: what if our children are perceiving the world in ways we have forgotten how to perceive ourselves?The conversation begins with nature. Betsy reflects on how her son Joe is drawn to
S2E51: Willow Smith on Creativity, Consciousness, and Music | Talk Tracks
Grammy-nominated artist Willow Smith joins Ky Dickens for a deeply personal conversation about music as medicine, dreams as creative portals, spirituality, and the mystery of human connection.Willow shares how a lifetime of curiosity - from sacred traditions and nature to science and consciousness - has shaped her creative life. She reflects on music as a devotional and communal practice,
TRAILER: The Reincarnation Records (Telepathy Tapes Season 3)
The Telepathy Tapes returns October 7 with Season 3: The Reincarnation Records.If The Telepathy Tapes deconstructed what you believe about consciousness, The Reincarnation Records may shatter it.On October 7th, Ky Dickens takes on one of humanity’s oldest questions in a new podcast, The Reincarnation Records: What if memory doesn’t begin at birth? If The Telepathy Tapes challenged the way
S2E50: When Frontier Science Enters Mainstream Journals: Energy Healing Cancer Study Update | Talk Tracks
In Season 2 of The Consciousness Cassettes, Ky explored a groundbreaking study at MD Anderson Cancer Center examining energy healing, also known as biofield therapy, in pancreatic cancer cells and mice. Now, that research has officially been published.Ky returns to the study with integrative oncologist Dr. Santosh Rao and Meredith Sprengel, Research and Program Director of the Subtle Ener
S2E49: Dr. Jeffrey Mishlove: The World's only Parapsychology PhD | Talk Tracks
Can dreams and synchronicities be the Universe's way of leading you to become your best self? In this Talk Tracks episode, Ky sits down with researcher, author, and talk show host Dr. Jeffrey Mishlove, the world's first and only PhD in Parapsychology.For fifty years Dr. Mishlove has hosted radio, television, and podcast shows where he interviewed the top minds in frontier science, sp
S2E48: Shared Death Experiences | Talk Tracks
What happens when someone seems to experience another person’s death from the inside?In this episode of The Talk Tracks, Ky explores the little-known phenomenon of shared death experiences - reports in which a loved one, caregiver, or even someone far away from the dying person describes seeing, feeling, or briefly accompanying part of their transition.We hear extraordinary firsthand acco
S2E47: Chani Nicholas: Astrology Beyond the Horoscope | Talk Tracks
Astrology is often reduced to sun signs and daily horoscopes, but its history and practice go far deeper.In this episode, Ky sits down with New York Times bestselling author and astrologer Chani Nicholas for a wide-ranging exploration of what astrology actually is, where it comes from, and how it has been used across centuries. Chani breaks down the basics of a birth chart, rising signs,
S2E46: PREVIEW: Awakening Your Intuition: How to Access Your Clairs
How do we learn to recognize and strengthen our intuition, and what might change if we were given language for it as children?In this preview of a Backstage Pass bonus episode, our Producer, Solina Kennedy, sits down with Jen Lansink and Kate Trotter, authors of Clair and Her Magical Friends, a children’s book introducing four intuitive senses: clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience,
S2E46: The Languages of Intuition | Talk Tracks
What if intuition isn’t a rare gift, but a capacity we all possess in different ways?This week, Ky sits down with intuitive teacher Anna Naturalista, who says her own psychic experiences began in early childhood and were encouraged rather than dismissed by the family and spiritual traditions around her.Anna introduces what she calls the six languages of intuition. From clairvoyance and cl
S2E45: Casey Carter: The Teacher Who Started Hearing Her Student’s Thoughts | Talk Tracks
When neurodevelopmental teacher Casey Carter began working with a 12-year-old nonspeaking autistic student named Jed, she quickly realized there was far more happening beneath the surface than others could see. After helping him communicate through typing, Casey says she discovered that Jed could read her thoughts. Soon, she began hearing his thoughts back.In this episode, Casey shares th
S2E44: Is Spelling Really “Debunked”? An Advocate Responds | Talk Tracks
After The New York Times published an opinion piece arguing that spelling-based communication has been “debunked,” writer and communication-rights advocate David Kaufer joins Ky Dickens to examine the claims, and the evidence they leave out.David shares how spelling transformed the life of his nonspeaking autistic son, Stone, revealing his intelligence, love of learning, and dreams for th
S2E43: Ibogaine Inquiries Part V: Before the Forest Is Gone
As global interest in ibogaine accelerates, the consequences are already being felt in Gabon.Wild Iboga is disappearing, prices are rising, and traditional practitioners are losing access to a plant that has shaped spiritual and communal life for generations. And beyond the forest, inexperienced providers are beginning to offer powerful ceremonies without the training, accountability, or
S2E42: Ibogaine Inquiries Part IV: Who Owns a Sacred Medicine?
For centuries, the people of Gabon protected iboga as a sacred medicine. Then a gift intended to help others changed everything.In this episode, we trace Iboga's remarkable journey from colonial France to New York City, where a young man named Howard Lotsof discovered its potential to interrupt addiction and dedicated his life to bringing ibogaine into modern medicine. But as scientific i
S2E41: Ibogaine Inquiries Part III: The Sacred Roots of Iboga
Long before ibogaine entered Western clinics and laboratories, the plant it comes from held a sacred place in Gabonese life. In Part III of Ibogaine Inquiries, we travel to Gabon to explore Bwiti, the spiritual tradition in which iboga is understood as a teacher, guide, and living presence.Gabonese practitioners and Bwiti initiates describe the preparation, community, music, mentorship, a
S2E40: Ibogaine Inquiries Part II: The Intelligence of the Medicine
People around the world describe remarkably similar experiences with ibogaine: encounters with ancestors, shared dreams, telepathic abilities, and moments that seem to transcend ordinary consciousness.Are these a coincidence, a hallucination, or something science has yet to explain?In this episode, psychologists, neuroscientists, chemists, physicians, and former patients explore why iboga
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 Th
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 assu
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 h
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 b
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
S2E35: Soraya's Story Part One | Talk Tracks
When Soraya was born, her parents knew something wasn’t right. What followed was years of medical uncertainty, countless specialists, and a diagnosis that never came. But alongside Soraya's physical challenges emerged something equally extraordinary: vivid experiences with the non-physical world, messages from loved ones who had passed on, and moments her family still cannot explain.In Pa
S2E34: We Are Here to Learn From | Talk Tracks
In this episode of The Talk Tracks, Ky sits down with Gavin Schultz and his mother, Cindy, to explore Gavin’s journey as a differently verbal autistic man who began spelling to communicate at age nine through RPM.Before spelling, Cindy knew Gavin was bright, but she had no idea just how rich his inner world truly was. Through spelling, Gavin began sharing profound reflections on faith, in
S2E33: Trapped Inside a Brilliant Mind | Talk Tracks
For decades, Dr. Robert Melillo has studied autism, brain development, and human cognition. In this conversation he shares his theories on why some non-speaking individuals may understand far more than they can physically express.Drawing on neuroscience, developmental psychology, and years of clinical experience, Dr. Melillo explores the relationship between body awareness, motor control,
S2E32: "Nice Mind Reading!" | Talk Tracks
For years, Betsy Flores searched for ways to better understand her daughter, Cianna. Along the way, she encountered moments that seemed impossible to explain - thoughts shared without words, uncanny knowing, and experiences that hinted at a deeper connection.Joined by autism advocate Manisha Lad, Betsy reflects on the beginning of her daughter’s spelling journey and the hope it has brough
S2E31: Peter and Laura Kane: A nonspeaker answers your questions | Talk Tracks
In this episode of Talk Tracks, Ky Dickens sits down with Peter, a nonspeaker who communicates through spelling, and his mother, Laura, to ask Peter questions submitted by our Backstage Pass listeners and hear the story of how spelling transformed their family.As Peter became an open speller, he began describing telepathy, “mind merging,” reading through his mother’s eyes, communication w
S2E30: The Story That Chose Her | Talk Tracks
Animation producer and first-time director Pilar Flynn shares the extraordinary story of a creative download that arrived during a meditation retreat beneath ancient redwoods. The experience was so specific, that it told her to adapt a beloved story by literary icon Isabel Allende, assemble a Latino creative team, and pursue an Oscar campaign.Pilar had never directed before, had no fundin
S2E29: Unraveling Time Travel | Talk Tracks
Is time really linear or is consciousness capable of accessing information beyond the present moment?In this episode of The Talk Tracks, Ky Dickens explores the growing scientific and experiential evidence surrounding precognition, remote viewing, and altered states of consciousness.After hearing remarkable accounts from non-speakers who claim to “remote view through time,” Ky speaks with
S2E28: Dr. Mayim Bialik: Science, Skepticism and the Boundaries of Proof | Talk Tracks
In this episode of Talk Tracks, Ky Dickens sits down with neuroscientist, actor, and podcast host Dr. Mayim Bialik to explore the tension between science and skepticism.With a PhD in neuroscience and a career shaped by both scientific rigor and cultural storytelling, Mayim has explored the questions on the edge of scientific understanding and that which can’t be quantified. From near-deat
S2E27: Unlearning Our Fear of Death
In this episode of Talk Tracks, Ky Dickens sits down with Emmy Award–winning filmmaker Lynette Wallworth, whose near-death experience at age nine reshaped her understanding of reality, belonging, and what it means to die.That experience set her on a lifelong journey that led her to Indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon, Mexico, and Australia, where death is not feared, but unders
S2E26: Rewired through Neuroplasticity: The Brain's Ability to Heal | Talk Tracks
In this episode of Talk Tracks, Ky Dickens sits down with Mo Pritzker, whose life was upended by chronic illness, leaving her bedridden for years without answers from conventional medicine.After being told there were no more options, Mo turned to neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to rewire itself. What followed was a profound shift: not just in her health, but in how she understood the
S2E25: What We See Before We Die | Talk Tracks
In this episode of Talk Tracks, Ky Dickens sits down with hospice physician and researcher Dr. Christopher Kerr, whose groundbreaking work has documented the vivid, often life-affirming dreams and visions reported by patients in their final days.Drawing from studies involving over 1,500 patients, Dr. Kerr reveals a striking pattern: as death approaches, many individuals begin to experienc
S2E24: The Inventor of the Microprocessor Questions Reality | Talk Tracks
This week’s guest, Federico Faggin, helped invent the microprocessor - the technology that powers the modern world. By every measure, he had achieved success. And yet he felt something was missing.After a spontaneous and profound experience of consciousness, Federico began questioning everything he thought he knew about the nature of reality. What followed was a decades-long investigation
S2E23: It’s Never Too Late | Talk Tracks
What if communication can open at any age?In this episode of the Talk Tracks, Ky Dickens sits down with Betsy Hicks Russ and her son Joe, who began spelling in adulthood after decades of being underestimated. As communication opens, so does a new understanding of Joe’s inner life, his humor, his insight, his spirituality, and the depth of what he has long been aware of.Together, they expl
S2E22: Signs from the Other Side | Talk Tracks
In this deeply moving episode, Ky sits down with writer Carla Kaufman Sloan, whose life changed forever after the sudden loss of her seven-year-old son, Calder.With no prior belief in an afterlife, Carla found herself pulled into a world she never expected through an evidential medium, unmistakable signs, and moments of connection that challenged everything she thought she knew about deat
S2E21: Elizabeth Gilbert on Letters from Love: Is love conscious and what does it want us to know? | Talk Tracks
What if love is not just something we feel, but a force that is actively working with us?Previously, in Season 2 Episode 3 of The Telepathy Tapes, we explored the consciousness of creativity and asked whether ideas are alive and if they choose us. In this episode of the Talk Tracks, we explore the possibility that love may be more than an emotion, but an unseen intelligence, a living forc
S2E20: Unlocking Ryan | Talk Tracks
For most of his life, Ryan was treated as if he couldn’t understand the world around him. Unable to speak reliably due to apraxia, he spent years in special education classrooms where his intelligence was not honored.But his mother Mary always believed there was more inside.At age 23, Ryan began communicating through spelling and everything changed. Finally the thoughts and insights that
S2E19: A Non-Speaker and A Family Secret | Talk Tracks
In this episode of Talk Tracks, we travel to Rockville, Maryland, to meet the Statter family and their 24-year-old son, Ethan - a nonspeaker who began spelling his thoughts at age 18.What started as a breakthrough in communication quickly became something much bigger.Through letterboard spelling, Ethan revealed himself to be a poet and a deeply observant presence within his family. But he
S2E18: When a Near-Death Experience Unlocks Hidden Genius Part Two | Talk Tracks
In part two of this two-part episode series of the Talk Tracks, we continue the exploration of near-death experiences with Tony Cicoria, an orthopedic surgeon whose life changed after surviving a lightning strike in 1994. Tony describes leaving his physical body, witnessing his own resuscitation, and entering a realm of profound peace, unity, and unconditional love that felt more real tha
S2E17: When a Near-Death Experience Unlocks Hidden Genius Part One |Talk Tracks
In part one of this two part episode series of Talk Tracks, we hear the extraordinary near-death experience of David Ditchfield, who survived a devastating train accident that should have been fatal. David describes leaving his injured body behind and entering a realm of healing light, guiding beings, and overwhelming unconditional love that felt more real than physical life. When he retu
S2E16: Dr. Neil Theise on The Afterlife | Talk Tracks
In this extended interview, Dr. Neil Theise reflects on his mother’s experience with Parkinson’s and end-of-life visions, and how those experiences shaped his understanding of consciousness. He discusses her interactions with deceased loved ones, changes in perception as her memory declined, and moments of clarity and peace near the end of her life. Drawing on science, spirituality, and p
S2E15: Koray and The Hill | Talk Tracks
Today we’re introduced to Suzanne Simon, the mother of telepathic nonspeaker, Koray, who Suzanne has come to find out plays an important role on The Hill. Suzanne describes the journey of diagnosing and understanding Koray’s autism, the lengths she’s gone to to seek care and resources for her family, and how much she learned about Koray’s amazing inner life when he started to spell. Suzan
S2E14: AMA with Ky Dickens | Talk Tracks
In this AMA episode, Ky responds to listener questions about non-speaking communication, telepathy, and the evolving understanding of consciousness. She reflects on what she’s learned from working closely with non-speakers and their families, addressing both practical challenges and deeper philosophical shifts that have emerged through the project. The conversation also touches on governm
S2E13: An NDE That Led To Precognition Part Two | Talk Tracks
In Part Two of the Season Two premiere of Talk Tracks, Anita Moorjani shares what happened after her near-death experience and the astonishing medical recovery that followed. Alongside her husband Danny and physician Dr. Brian Walker, Anita describes how her body rapidly healed from end-stage lymphoma, defying every clinical expectation. The conversation expands into what Anita experience
S2E12: An NDE That Led To Precognition Part One | Talk Tracks
In the Season Two premiere of Talk Tracks, we open with a powerful two-part conversation centered on near-death experiences and what they reveal about consciousness beyond the body. This episode introduces Anita Moorjani, who recounts the extraordinary experience she had while in a coma from end-stage lymphoma, where she remained aware of events around her and entered a profound state of
S2E12: PREVIEW: Ask Me Anything with Jill Blakeway
In this Backstage Pass preview, we share a new Ask Me Anything episode, with Jill Blakeway who returns after her appearances in our Energy Medicine episodes from Season Two. Jill answers all of the questions you wrote in about energy healing, acupuncture, trauma stored in the body, chronic illness, fertility, and mental health. She also addresses scientific skepticism, explains
TRAILER: Talk Tracks Season Two
Talk Tracks returns for Season 2 on Wednesday, January 14, with new episodes released weekly. Expanding on the themes of consciousness explored in Season 2 of The Telepathy Tapes, this season goes deeper into near-death experiences, extended conversations with scientists and experts, and powerful new stories from nonspeakers, including voices you haven’t heard before and meaningful update
S2E11: Mindsight: Seeing Without Eyes
In this finale to Season 2, we explore the phenomenon of “mind sight” - the ability some children and adults claim to develop that allows them to see while blindfolded, and in rare cases, even while blind. From a rural school in England to training programs in India and China, we meet teachers, skeptics, neuroscientists, and families who’ve witnessed the unexplainable ability that often l
S2E10: Cognitive Decline and Higher Consciousness
When memory fades and language falls silent, we assume connection is lost. But what if it isn’t?In this episode, we explore whether telepathy might offer a bridge to those living with Alzheimer’s and dementia. The journey begins with Rebecca, a close friend from Season 1, whose father’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis collides unexpectedly with the earliest telepathy experiments that launched The T
S2E9: REWIND: Talk Tracks Ep. 6: Alzheimer's and Telepathy
Before we head into the final two episodes of Season 2, we’re revisiting episode six of Talk Tracks to bring Dan Goerke’s story back into focus and prepare you for the role it plays in what comes next. His experience communicating with his wife after she lost speech became a crucial clue in our exploration of consciousness and sets up the pivotal return to Dan in our final two episodes, o
S2E9: REWIND: Talk Tracks Ep. 5: Consciousness Beyond The Body: When A Coma Projects A Ghost
Before we head into the final two episodes of Season 2, we’re revisiting episode five of Talk Tracks because it was one of the first to point toward a question that now sits at the center of where we’re going. It explores whether consciousness can remain active and aware even when communication breaks down, setting the stage for the final two episodes of the season, premiering on Monday,
S2E9: Energy Healing Part 2: Consciousness at Work in the Body
Part 2 of our episodes on energy healing looks at a larger question at the center of this season: if healing involves more than biology alone, what type of communication is actually taking place between people. Scientists are beginning to measure shifts in physiology, coherence, and brain activity that suggest the body may respond to intention and connection in ways we have not fully unde
S2E8: PREVIEW: Ask Me Anything with Paul Stamets
We're sharing a special preview of an exclusive Backstage Pass Ask Me Anything with mycologist and author, Paul Stamets. Paul answers your most fascinating questions: from why different mushroom species affect our mood and anxiety, to how mycelial networks shape ecosystems, to whether psilocybin could enhance perception, creativity, or even telepathy. He also opens up about his own life p
S2E8: Energy Healing Part 1: Consciousness at Work in the Body
In Part 1 of this two part exploration, we turn from the mind to the body and begin with a mystery that modern science has struggled to explain. Energy healing is one of the oldest medical traditions on Earth, yet it has long existed at the margins of Western understanding. The episode opens with a Cambridge-trained material scientist, Simon Duan, whose worldview shifts instantly when a Q
S2E7: Psychedelics and Accessing Consciousness
For millennia, humans have turned to psychedelic plants to expand perception and access realms beyond ordinary consciousness. This episode follows that lineage, from Indigenous ayahuasca ceremonies in the Amazon to the secret rituals of ancient Greece, revealing how these substances once served as powerful spiritual technologies. We begin with the extraordinary story of Don José Rubio, th
S2E6: PREVIEW: Ask Me Anything with Alex Andersen
We're sharing a special preview of an exclusive Backstage Pass Ask Me Anything episode featuring Alex Andersen, the animal communicator from episode 5. Alex answers listener questions about how to tap into a telepathic relationship with your pet, how do animals think about philosophical questions, which animal makes Alex "starstruck" and so much more.To hear the full episode, and access a
S2E6: Plant Intelligence and Ancestral Wisdom
What if plants aren’t silent at all but communicating in ways we’ve simply forgotten how to hear? In this episode, we meet Nina, a non-speaking teen who says she’s been telepathically connected to plants since birth. She offers herbal remedies no one taught her, identifies health issues her family hasn’t shared, and describes plant communication as naturally as breathing. Her accuracy for
S2E5: PREVIEW: Ask Me Anything with Dr. Jeremy Chapman
We’re sharing a special preview of an exclusive Backstage Pass AMA with Dr. Jeremy Chapman, child and adolescent psychiatrist and Medical Director of the SSM Health Treffert Center. In this conversation, he dives into your most thought-provoking questions — from how savants might collaborate with leading scientists, to what actually happens in the brain when “the veil” lifts and new forms
S2E5: Animal Telepathy & Consciousness
Animal communication moves from theory to lived experience. A non-speaking teen, Trevor, spells intimate details from his therapy horse, knowing about deaths, emotions, and conversations no one told him. Animal communicator Alex Anderson recounts the moment her own horse “spoke” to her for the first time, a shocking experience that launched her full-time work helping people understand the
S2E4: BONUS: Archipelago at the Treffert Center
In this bonus episode, we visit the Archipelago event held by the Treffert Center - the first and largest gathering of savants in the world. We meet two incredible born savants: Tony DuBlois, a completely blind musician who learned to play the piano at age two and now plays over 23 instruments. And Grant Marnier, an artist whose medium is also his muse - he crafts intricate paintings usin
S2E4: Savants: When Brilliance Drops In
Last week we wondered if ideas can be downloaded. This week, we ask if talent can be, too. We meet congenital, acquired, and sudden savants whose gifts in music, math, art, and memory appear without training. A psychiatrist’s lifelong work reframes savant syndrome as brilliance to understand, not a flaw to fix. A London artist renders city skylines from a single flyover. A man wakes from
S2E3: PREVIEW: Ask Me Anything with Laura Lynn Jackson
We’re sharing a sneak preview of a subscriber exclusive episode featuring renowned medium, Laura Lynn Jackson, answering listeners' questions about her life as a medium, tips on how to hone your own "sixth sense", and - for the first time - she describes her journey with a nonspeaker to The Hill.To hear the full conversation, and access all upcoming AMA episodes with Ky and our Season Two
S2E3: The Consciousness of Creativity: Are Ideas Alive And Do They Choose Us?
The mystery of inspiration begs the question: is the universe conscious and using us to create a vision of it’s own? We turn to the mystery of inspiration. Bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love; Big Magic) offers a provocative idea: that creativity doesn’t come from us, but to us. Ideas, she argues, are conscious entities—knocking at the doors of our imagination, looking f
S2E2: BONUS: Inside The Home Life Of Laura Lynn Jackson
In this bonus episode, we turn the lens toward Laura Lynne Jackson’s home life through conversations with her husband and three children. What began as a section in Episode Two became its own story: a rare, intimate glimpse into what it's like to grow up with a mother who is a medium._______Join The Telepathy Tapes Backstage Pass to get ad-free episodes, never-before-heard interviews, beh
S2E2: PREVIEW: Ask Me Anything with Ky Dickens
We’re sharing a sneak preview of a subscriber exclusive episode featuring Ky Dickens answering listeners’ most burning questions from Season One of The Telepathy Tapes—and offers a glimpse into what’s ahead in Season Two.To hear the full conversation, and access all upcoming AMA episodes with Ky and our Season Two guests, subscribe to The Telepathy Tapes Backstage Pass. You’ll also get ad
S2E2: Mediumship Under The Microscope
Mediumship has long been dismissed as fraud or fantasy but what happens when it’s put under the microscope? Often called the most profound form of telepathy, mediumship may find unexpected validation in the voice of a young nonspeaker. In this episode of The Telepathy Tapes, we step inside blind trials, EEG brain scans, and one child who hears both the living and the dead. From the rigor
S2E1: Near Death Experiences and the Continuum of Consciousness
In this season premiere, we chase one of humanity’s oldest and most urgent questions: does consciousness survive death? From ancient Sumerian tablets to cutting-edge neuroscience, Near-Death Experiences appear again and again — shaping our visions of the afterlife and hinting at a mind that may not end with the body. Featuring neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander, bestselling author Martha Bec
TRAILER: The Telepathy Tapes Season Two: The Consciousness Cassettes
In season one, nonspeakers revealed that telepathy is real—challenging everything we thought we knew about the mind and reality itself.In the second season of The Telepathy Tapes, The Consciousness Cassettes, we're widening our lens to examine where exactly do these abilities come from and how far does consciousness expand? We’re turning to scientists, healers, artists, and survivors whos
S1E31: Guided Meditations for Telepathy | Talk Tracks
In the season finale of the Talk Tracks, we are bringing back two of our most requested guests from the series, Dan from the very first episode of the season, “Dan Goes To The Hill”, and Suzy Miller, from The Telepathy Tapes Season 1. Both Dan and Suzy share their personal practices to open the door to telepathic connection and guide listeners through these powerful meditations. Dan
S1E30: Transcendental Meditation and Consciousness | Talk Tracks
In this episode of Talk Tracks, neuroscientist and global leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement Dr. Tony Nader turns the question of consciousness upside down. Trained at Harvard and MIT, Dr. Nader once studied the brain as the source of awareness—until his research led him to a radical conclusion: it’s not the brain that creates consciousness, but consciousness that creates ev
S1E29: The Healing Power of Consciousness with Dr. Shamini Jain | Talk Tracks
In this episode of Talk Tracks, three extraordinary voices come together to explore the frontiers of healing and consciousness. Dr. Shamini Jain shares groundbreaking research from the Consciousness and Healing Initiative, revealing how energy and biofield science are transforming cancer care. Musician and healer Madhu Anziani recounts his astonishing recovery from quadriplegia through so
S1E28: The Story of Jes and Asher | Talk Tracks
In this episode of the Talk Tracks, we revisit Jes and Asher from episode 5 of the Telepathy Tapes season one, in which we only breached the surface of their amazing true story. Retired teacher Jes Kerzen recounts her decades-long friendship with her former student, Asher.Their connection began in a classroom of children with speech and language challenges, where Asher’s telepathic abilit
S1E27: The Physiology of Non-Speakers | Talk Tracks
In this foundational episode, we explore the physiology behind the nonspeaking autistic population—unpacking apraxia, sensory processing, and the often-misunderstood physical behaviors of nonspeakers. Featuring insights from a visionary optometrist, a functional neurologist, and deeply personal stories from parents and therapists, this episode challenges outdated assumptions and inv
S1E26: Testing Telepathy: Trevor’s Story and a New Scientific Tool | Talk Tracks
In this episode of the Talk Tracks, we revisit a mother and son from season one, Laura and Trevor, who have made an incredible discovery after listening to The Telepathy Tapes. Trevor, a 27 year old nonspeaker with autism from Reno, can read minds. Katherine Ellis, Telepathy Tapes producer, visits Laura and Trevor in Reno to see firsthand how they communicate through telepathy and spellin
S1E25: Telepathy and Eastern Wisdom with Anu Gupta | Talk Tracks
In this episode of The Talk Tracks, producer Katherine Ellis has an expansive conversation with Anu Gupta—author, civil rights leader, and mindfulness teacher—about how telepathy and intuitive knowing are deeply rooted and normalized within Eastern traditions. Drawing from Hindu and Buddhist philosophy, Anu explains how these capacities arise naturally through meditation, ethical living,
S1E24: What Lucid Dreaming Reveals About Reality | Talk Tracks
In this mind-expanding episode, Ky Dickens explores the hidden landscapes of consciousness with two leading voices in dream and PSI research. Jungian psychoanalytic psychotherapist Dan Lawrence shares how dreams reveal deep interconnectivity through social dreaming and synchronicity, offering a compelling vision of consciousness as collective and emergent. Then, Michael Raduga, founder of
S1E23: Tom Campbell's Theory of Everything | Talk Tracks
What if consciousness—not matter—is the foundation of reality? In this episode of Talk Tracks, physicist and consciousness researcher Tom Campbell joins Ky Dickens to share his “Big Theory of Everything,” a model that unites quantum physics and spirituality by proposing that we are individual units of consciousness participating in a vast, information-based simulation.Drawing from decades
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