📍 Charlottesville, VA - University of Virginia's Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS)

In this episode, J.T. sits down with Dr. Marieta Pehlivanova, a researcher at UVA's Division of Perceptual Studies, where she researches Near Death Experiences (NDEs) and Children's Memories of Purported Past Lives.

We discuss her work, and the path which lead her to it, and I couldn't be more thrilled to share the conversation with you!

UVA - Division of Perceptual Studies

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📍 San Diego, CA - San Diego Transcendence at The Bahia Resort

In this episode, J.T. sits down with Dalia Burgoin, a MindSight practitioner engaged in enabling the blind to actually see, and mother of Lidu, an incredible young woman in her own right.

Join us as we discuss Telepathy, MindSight, her upbringing, and so very much more.

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📍 Eugene, Oregon - The NeuroMeditation Institute

Welcome to Season Two! In this episode, J.T. sits down with Dr. Jeff Tarrant of the NeuroMeditation Institute for a discussion on his work, which includes measuring the brainwaves of participants engaging in Psychic phenomena (Mediums, Channels, Psychics) as well as elements of his work on The Telepathy Tapes.

As always, we talk about who he is, the circuitous path that he took, and the unexpected synchronicities which all seem to have aligned to bring him to where he is today.

Getting to know Dr. Tarrant has been an absolute pleasure, and I feel fortunate to now count him as a friend. As always, I'm very excited to introduce him to you with the hope that by the end of the episode, you will have one less stranger in your life.

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📍 Portland, Oregon

In this episode, I’m sitting down with Peter Grazier.

Peter is a retired engineer and a self-published author, both of which are stories in their own right. We met several months ago through the local Monroe Institute meditation group on a visit to Portland, Oregon.

After the meditation, I introduced myself to him, and asked if he could tell me more about something that he brought up during discussion. Fortunately for all of us, he is a completely open book on the subject of his experiences.

After losing his wife Barbara, Peter’s life started to shift in ways that challenged his entire framework for understanding the world.

Peter isn’t trying to convince anyone of anything. He’s simply sharing what happened—and how it’s changed both his perspective, and his perception of reality itself.

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Peter's Book - Before It's too Late : Employee Involvement... An Idea Whose Time Has Come

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📍Columbus, Ohio -

Today, we’re sitting down with my friend Travis Brown — someone who’s always been actively engaged in his own experience of life. Listen in as he educates me on consent, philosophy, and also? We nerd out on Magic: The Gathering. So if you’ve got gamers in your life, this might be an episode for them. We do get into the weeds, but we tie it all together, I promise.

And a quick note — Season Two is right around the corner. It’ll still be about meeting strangers, but the focus is shifting. You’re going to hear from people exploring the non-physical side of life — think consciousness, the unknown, the kinds of experiences that make us reconsider what’s possible. I’m taking a short break to get episodes booked, recorded, and ready to go, and we’ll be back soon with more amazing stories to tell.

Travis Brown

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📍Faber, Virginia -

For this episode, I'm releasing something a bit more bite-sized, and it features a conversation with Chris Sorensen - a friend that I made during my trip to The Monroe Institute in April of 2025 who had some pretty wild experiences, and was willing to share them with us.

Most people that I talk with about their Out of Body experiences have them occur during sleep, or otherwise altered states of consciousness - be it meditation or medication, or in Peter's case in Episode 18, a stress response..

Chris has had these experiences due to medical reasons, specifically the phenomenon known as Vasovagal Syncope, which I was wholly unfamiliar with prior to this conversation, and it raises some questions which, in spite of spending time researching the phenomenon, I still find myself lacking satisfactory answers, but which point to potential physiological predicates for the experience.

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📍Brentwood, Los Angeles, California -

This week, I’m sharing a conversation with my friend Gerard—a technologist, a thinker, and someone who has deliberately shaped his own path through experience, reflection, and intentional hard work.

In this episode, we talk about self-discovery—what it means to redefine yourself beyond the past, how masculinity is shaped by culture, and how we make peace with the stories we tell ourselves. We explore technology—the way AI and social media influence our perceptions of self, connection, and the future. Finally, if not sequentially, we dig into healing—through mental health work, spirituality, and psychedelics, and how these tools have helped Gerard navigate trauma and rebuild trust.

I found the conversation to be honest, introspective, and deeply human, and I hope it resonates with you as much as it did with me.

I’d love to hear what stood out to you, so drop a comment or send me a message.

As always, I hope you’re walking away with one less stranger in your life.

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📍 Lago Vista, Texas -

In this episode, I'm sitting down with Minja Sretenovic.

Minja is a Serbian ex-pat, a musician, a producer, and a former professor at Austin Community College. I first met him a few months back at the Highball Lounge, in one of their private karaoke rooms in Austin, Texas, and well, here we are.

Maybe you've heard me muse about finding one's purpose in other episodes, and how it can seem when you're trying to figure that out. For Minja, his passion for music has been a consistent element in his life, and once he found it, he never let it go.

Sitting down with him for this discussion was a wonderful experience for me, and I hope that you find his story as beautiful as I do.

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