Best Of Under the Skin: In this popular episode Wim Hof, aka "The Ice Man," talks about how his breathing techniques can be used to increase our immunity, our personal respiratory power, our health and our safety as well as, of course, having a huge spiritual dimension. Enjoy!

Wim Hof on Healing Yourself

This week I spoke with Batya Ungar-Sargon, Deputy Opinion Editor of Newsweek (and a past contributor to multiple other major new outlets). Batya is the author of Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy. We talk about the focus of today’s media outlets, and how to reawaken the under-represented population.

More Info:
Batya Ungar-Sargon’s book Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy is available, here https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/bad-news/
 
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#244 Is Journalism Dead? (with Batya Ungar-Sargon)

This week we’re taking a significant issue and presenting opposing views on the subject “Is there a God?” The two arguments come from two former Under the Skin episodes / guests: comedian and atheist, Ricky Gervais vs. the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell. 

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You can find out more about Ricky Gervais, here www.rickygervais.com and Bishop Stephen Cottrell, here https://www.archbishopofyork.org
 
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#243 Is There A God? (with Ricky Gervais and Bishop Stephen Cottrell)

This week I spoke with Noam Chomsky, one of the most influential intellectuals in the world. He is a Professor Laureate of Linguistics at the University of Arizona, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the author of more than 150 books!
During our conversation I asked him whether he thought a decentralization of power and anarchism are important subjects for the future. As you’d expect, there were some striking answers from the 93-year-old philosopher.

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#242 Anarchy and Ideas for Change (with Noam Chomsky)

This week I spoke with Matt Stoller, Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project. He’s a contributor on the YouTube show "Breaking Points" and author of Goliath: The Hundred Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy.
In our conversation I asked Matt about whether it’s time for a revolution--to do something radical? He reveals something very interesting in his response!

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#241 Why the Economy Is Screwed (with Matt Stoller)

This week I spoke with Nicolas Glynos, who is Vice President of the Student Association for Psychedelic Studies and Co-founder of Psychedelic Neuroscience and Therapy for the University of Michigan. His latest work is focused on the compound DMT (N, N- Dimethyltryptamine), which exists within our bodies as well as throughout nature. (It's sometimes called "the spirit molecule.") Together we talk about the neurological picture of the brain when DMT has been administered--for instance, the impact DMT has on default brain network functions such as  "mental time-travel/mind wandering" and "planning"--as well as all the other ways to measure the brain under psychedelics. Plus, we find out about the plant-based psychedelic ayahuasca.

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See Nicolas’ TED Talk, here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFnCwXPjSCk

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#240 Psychedelics: Is This Why They’re Investing? (With Nicolas Glynos)

This week I spoke with David Buss, an evolutionary psychologist at the University of Texas at Austin. He is one of the founders of the field of evolutionary psychology, and his current research focuses on sex differences in mate selection, mate attraction, infidelity, and the emotions of jealousy, lust, and love.

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Find out more about David Buss, here https://labs.la.utexas.edu/buss/david-buss/
 
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#239 They’re Hijacking Our Future (with David Buss)

This week I spoke with Michael Winterbottom, a multi-award-winning film director behind the likes of "24 Hour Party People," "Greed," and "The Emperor’s New Clothes", a film we made together in 2015. His latest film, "Eleven Days In May," focuses on the 60 children killed in the Gaza conflict last May.

More Info:
Find out how you can see "Eleven Days In May," here: https://www.picturehouses.com/movie-details/000/HO00011724/eleven-days-in-may  

You can also see my film with Michael from 2015, "The Emperor's New Clothes," here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emperors-New-Clothes-Russell-Brand/dp/B00W9CGEZ2 

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#238 Giving People a Voice (with Michael Winterbottom)

This week I spoke to Professor Brian Cox, live from his hotel room in Toronto, a stop on his current tour. We talked about the importance of understanding the cosmos, how science plays out in politics, and Elon Musk buying Twitter.

More Info:
Prof. Brian Cox is on tour across the world. Find out more here: https://briancoxlive.co.uk/ 

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#237 The Science of Life, Power, and Politics (with Prof. Brian Cox)

This week I spoke with the man who taught Tom Hanks, Oprah Winfrey, Hugh Jackman, and me the technique of Transcendental Meditation (TM). Bob Roth has been practicing TM for nearly 50 years; through his work he has has helped more than a million students in underserved schools in 35 countries.
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Bob Roth’s book is Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Mediation. You can find out more about Bob here: https://meditationbob.com/
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#236 Breathing, Laughing, and Meditating (with Bob Roth)

This week I spoke with Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author. Chris spent nearly two decades as a correspondent reporting from more than 50 countries, including fifteen years as a bureau chief at the New York Times. More recently he has been teaching in the New Jersey prison system. Chris talks about how he became a victim to the rise of censorship, and about: living by your principles, fighting for freedom, and standing up for what you believe in!

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#235 Fighting for Freedom (with Chris Hedges)

This week I’m joined by Paul Kingsnorth, a writer who lives in the West of Ireland. He is a former deputy editor of The Ecologist and co-founder of the Dark Mountain Project. We chat about everything from big tech companies censoring peoples’ views, being "labeled” if you go against the media trend, and how movements and communities thrive. His attitudes and opinions on complex subjects are pretty exciting.

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#234 Civilisation and Censorship (with Paul Kingsnorth)

I am very happy to announce the return of Michael Singer to Under the Skin. Michael Singer is author of “Untethered Soul” and the forthcoming book “Living Untethered.” This conversation with Michael is excellent. He is an incredibly wise soul who communicates the trials and tribulations of life in a way that all us can relate to. Anyone who has ever felt any kind of pain, trauma or emotional upheaval will benefit greatly from listening to this episode.

More Info:
Michael Singer’s New Book (available May 10. 2022): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Living-Untethered-Beyond-Human-Predicament-ebook/dp/B09LLTRR3Z

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#233 Living Untethered (with Michael Singer)

This week I’m joined by a fantastic writer and researcher, Richard Hanania. Richard specialises in defense, war, and the military industrial complex; he is also the president of The Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology.

In this conversation we discuss the current conflict in Ukraine, past wars, the role of sanctions, and who benefits from American foreign policy. We also dig into what the military industrial complex is and how it really works. 

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#232 The Military Industrial Complex, Explained (with Richard Hanania)

This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Thomas Frank. Thomas is a political analyst, historian, and journalist. I wanted him to join me on Under The Skin as I’m currently reading his book The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism—in which he examines the origin of the term “populism” in the United States, and discusses historical examples of populism, its adherents, and its detractors. Populism has gotten a bad wrap, and most people think it is something it is not. In this episode Thomas gives us a history lesson in Populism. You may be surprised by what you learn.

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Thomas's book and website:  https://tcfrank.com

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#231 What You Know About Populism is Probably Wrong

This week I spoke with Nick Corbishley, writer, journalist, teacher, and translator. He is author of Scanned: Why Vaccine Passports and Digital IDs Will Mean the End of Privacy and Personal Freedom; he also writes for the online blog “Naked Capitalism.” In this episode Nick enlightens us about the long-standing plans to introduce Digital IDs to every citizen in the world by 2030 (plans that pre-dated the pandemic). We discuss the push towards biometric control of populations, the power of the World Economic Forum, and the ties our global leaders have with this entity. Are we sleepwalking into a tech-enabled tyranny? Who is in control? What does this mean for the ordinary citizen?

More Info:
Naked Capitalism: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/author/nick-corbishley
Nick’s Book “Scanned:"  https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/scanned/

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#230 Are We Sleepwalking Into a Tech-Enabled Tyranny? (With Nick Corbishley)

This week I’m honoured to be joined again by economist and politician Yanis Varoufakis. Yanis served as the Greek Minister of Finance for the first half of 2015, and in February of the following year launched the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025  (DiEM25). He is an incredible voice on The Left who fights with passion for a better and more fair world. I wished to speak with Yanis in light of the current conflict in Ukraine. I wanted to know what insight Yanis might have on the types of resolutions that could be proposed, his opinion on what is happening, and why it’s happening, and what we need to do going forward. It’s a very important and moving conversation and I would like to hear your thoughts on it, too.
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Yanis Varoufakis’s Work: https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu

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#229 Resolution, Russia, and Ukraine (with Yanis Varoufakis)

This week I’m joined by Jimmy Dore. Jimmy is a comedian, political commentator, and host of The Jimmy Dore Show! He is a popular progressive political pundit on YouTube, and he has some very important insights on how politics should be challenged and revolutionised. In this episode, we speak candidly about what is necessary in order for political change to occur: Can we do it from within the system, or do we need to revolt and create change from the outside? Why are people still voting for candidates and political parties that don’t represent their views? What is it like being a stand-up comedian with such outspoken views? And how do we create new politics?

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Please check out Jimmy Dore’s YouTube Channel Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/thejimmydoreshow

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#228 The Truth About Politics Today (with Jimmy Dore)

This week I’m joined by Dr. John Campbell! Dr. John is a retired nurse educator who holds a Master of Science in health science and Ph.D. in nursing. He has come to prominence lately due to his YouTube channel that gained popularity during the pandemic. Audiences enjoy his content as he endeavours to present medical data that is often unaddressed in mainstream media in an objective and educational manner. He has an incredible insight into what has been going on over the last few years. We talk in depth about the subjects he covers on his YouTube channel: natural immunity, double-blind testing, the power of placebo, science and consciousness, and whether it is possible to discuss a topic like Covid in a truly objective way.

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Please check out Dr John’s YouTube Channel Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/Campbellteaching

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#227 Is It Possible To Be Truly Objective? (With Dr. John Campbell)

This week I’m joined once again by Tony Robbins. Tony is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, philanthropist, and business strategist. Over the past four decades, he has empowered more than 50 million people worldwide through his business and personal development coaching programs and events. His new book Life Force: How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life & Those You Love is out now.

This conversation is fascinating, and will ignite your curiosity for the myriad of emerging treatments and technologies in the world of health and wellbeing. We talk about the miraculous power of stem cells, healing the body in ways we couldn’t have possibly imagined before, the patterns and cycles of human nature, and the power of grit and determination. Enjoy!

More Info:
Get Tony's new book here: https://www.tonyrobbins.com/tony-robbins-books/ 

My meditation podcast, Above the Noise, is out now, only on Luminary. I release guided meditations every Wednesday. Please check it out: http://luminary.link/meditate

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