What if the body is communicating something we’ve learned to ignore? David and Lauren talk with Marcel Vögeli, legacy voice for Christiane Beerland’s The Key to Self-Liberation, about the mind-body connection, psychosomatics, chronic illness, emotional patterns, and learning to approach symptoms with curiosity rather than blame. Marcel shares his own journey with autoimmune disease and explores how listening more deeply to the body may become a powerful tool for self-awareness, personal growth, and healing, alongside appropriate medical care.

Original Airdate: 9/1/2026

Can artificial intelligence ease loneliness, or could frictionless AI relationships change what it means to connect? David and Lauren explore Victoria Hetherington’s The Friend Machine: On the Trail of AI Companionship, examining AI companions, relationships, therapy, grief, intimacy and the growing tension between technological connection and authentic human experience. As AI becomes increasingly woven into our lives, the question may not be whether we embrace it, but how we use it without losing what makes us human.

Original airdate: 8/28/2026

What if some of the ideas we once dismissed as “woo-woo” deserve a second look? David, Lauren and Jay explore the fascinating intersection of ancient wisdom, psychology and modern science: from auras and the biofield to sound healing, gratitude, intuition, chanting and the psychology of “acting as if.” Along the way, skepticism meets curiosity as they ask a bigger question: What might we discover when we’re willing to look beyond the label?

Original Airdate: 8/27/2026