Podcasts by EarthRise w/ Derek Beres
Derek Beres is a multi-faceted author, media expert, and fitness instructor based in Los Angeles. On the EarthRise Podcast, he discusses movement, neuroscience, psychology, mythology, technology, and music, sometimes alone, sometimes with guests.
http://www.derekberes.com
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93: Medicating Normal (with Angela Peacock&Wendy Ratcliffe) from 2020-07-14T01:02:45
Medicating Normal follows the journeys of a newly married couple, a female combat veteran, a waitress, and a teenager whose doctors prescribed psychiatric drugs for stress, mild depr...
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92: Predicting the Pandemic (with R.P. Eddy) from 2020-06-24T21:54:23
RP Eddy served at the White House National Security Council and as a senior US diplomat. He is the co-author of Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes.
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91: Do antidepressants create more mental illness than they cure? (with Robert Whitaker) from 2020-06-12T22:08:10
Robert Whitaker is an American journalist and author who has won numerous awards as a journalist covering medicine and science, including the George Polk Award for Medical Writing and a National As...
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90: Lack of Grace from 2020-06-10T23:48:10
I came across this article today and had to respond. This melding of “wellness” with right-wing conspiracies is really disturbing. Specifically, I discuss implicit bias and white privil...
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89: An Honest Conversation About Race (with Dax-Devlon Ross) from 2020-06-02T20:27:43
Dax-Devlon Ross has led a career as an educator, non-profit executive, equity consultant, and journalist with a focus on social justice. His recent investigative journalism has appeared in The Wash...
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88: The Kelly Brogan Effect&Red Pills (with Matthew Remski and Julian Walker) from 2020-05-21T22:04:06
Matthew Remski and Julian Walker join me to discuss the many suspect medical claims made by Kelly Brogan and Sayer Ji. We also talk about Julian’s new essay, “The Red Pill Overlap.̶...
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87: Conspiracy Theories&Cult Dynamics (with Matthew Remski and Julian Walker) from 2020-05-14T23:53:37
Matthew Remski and Julian Walker join me for a discussion on conspiracy theories and cult dynamics centered on “Plandemic” and recent videos by comedian JP Sears. Subscribe to my newsle...
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86: Prioritize Where to Focus Your Anxiety from 2020-05-13T21:47:12
This week I discuss anxiety management techniques during the pandemic. I also cover two studies for Big Think: one at UPenn on why Gen X is more stressed than other generations and another from Pen...
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85: The Plandemic from 2020-05-07T19:26:30
My Big Think article discussing a clip from the documentary, “The Plandemic,” has been making the rounds. I recorded this episode to address the points being made in my writing.
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84: An Age of Anxiety from 2020-04-07T19:35:54
I intended to release this brief talk a few weeks ago announcing my anti-anxiety coaching program, EarthRise Wellness. Then the world changed. I had to reassess the entire talk. This podcast is the...
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83: Imagining the Post-Corona Future (with Dax-Devlon Ross) from 2020-03-27T00:34:57
Dax-Devlon Ross has led a career as an educator, non-profit executive, equity consultant, and journalist with a focus on social justice. He is also one of my best friends. We’ve been having i...
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82: The Uncertain Fate of America (with Jordan Hall) from 2020-03-09T23:07:08
Jordan Hall is the co-founder of Neurohacker Collective and one of the most interesting polymaths I’ve ever spoken to. We discuss life during the coronavirus, virtual reality, physiology and ...
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81: The Key to Resilience (with Scott Carney) from 2020-03-03T22:29:08
Investigative journalist and anthropologist Scott Carney is the author of the NY Times bestselling book, What Doesn’t Kill Us, about his time with The Iceman, Wim Hof. His forthcoming book is The W...
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80: Music is a Political Force (with Azam Ali) from 2020-02-01T15:12:05
Born in Iran and raised in India, Azam Ali has one of the most beautiful voices in the world. Through her solo albums and work with Niyaz and her former band, Vas, she has spread the explored, stud...
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79: Psychedelics and Imagination (with Richard J. Miller) from 2020-01-15T02:14:06
Richard J. Miller is the Alfred Newton Richards Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago and author of Drugged: The Science an...
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78: MDMA and Ayahuasca in Therapy (with Charles Grob) from 2019-12-20T21:51:09
Charles Grob is a professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences and Pediatrics and Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He was the ...
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77: The Future of Psychedelics Research (with Michael Ehlers) from 2019-12-20T21:31:08
Michael Ehlers is the former Executive Vice President for Research and Development at Biogen and former Chief Scientific Officer for Neuroscience at Pfizer. He was recently named as an advisor...
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76: Success Begins with Not Craving Success (with Alla Kovgan) from 2019-12-16T20:06:58
Alla Kovgan is the award-winning filmmaker of “Nora” and many others. Her latest documentary, “Cunningham,” focuses on the work of avant-garde choreographer Merce Cunningham...
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75: Everything You Want to Know About Marijuana (with David Bienenstock) from 2019-12-08T23:00:32
David Bienenstock is the author of How to Smoke Pot (Properly): A Highbrow Guide to Getting High and co-creator of the podcast Great Moments in Weed History. Previously, he served as Head of Conten...
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74: Cautionary Tales (with Tim Harford) from 2019-11-19T00:19:18
Tim Harford has a popular Financial Times column where he writes thought pieces on the economics of the everyday experience. His books, including The Undercover Economist and Messy: The Power of Di...
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73: Preventive Care in Dentistry (with Dr. Shahzrad Fattahi) from 2019-11-13T00:50:19
Dr. Shahrzad Fattahi is a functional and holistic dentist. A graduate of USC Dental School, she has been in private practice in the Los Angeles area since 1994.
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72: The End Is Always Near (with Dan Carlin) from 2019-11-11T00:31:05
Dan Carlin is the host of Hardcore History, the beloved history podcast that’s been downloaded over 100 million times. His first book is The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, From the ...
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71: Sea of Shadows (with Richard Ladkani) from 2019-11-05T02:04:29
Austrian director and cinematographer, Richard Ladkani, is behind many important documentaries, including his latest, Sea of Shadows. The National Geographic film, executive produced by Leonardo Di...
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70: The Emotional Impact of Climate Change (with Glenn Albrecht) from 2019-10-06T22:54:10
Glenn Albrecht is an Australian philosopher. In 2003, he coined the term “solastalgia.” His most recent book is Earth Emotions: New Words for a New World. https://glennaalbrecht.com/htt...
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69: The World’s First Psilocybin Research Center (with Ronan Levy) from 2019-10-02T00:15:40
Ronan Levy is one of the founders of FieldTrip, a venture firm blending operational execution with strategic investing across all aspects of the psychedelics value chain. They are behind the world&...
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68: Surveillance From the Sky (with Arthur Holland Michel) from 2019-08-16T20:47:34
Arthur Holland Michel is the founder and co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College and author of the new book, Eyes In the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It...
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67: The Mystery and Science of Navigation (with Maura O’Connor) from 2019-07-26T13:02:24
M.R. O'Connor is a science journalist and author of Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World.
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66: A Conversation on Foster Youth and Sex Trafficking (with Regan Williams) from 2019-07-23T23:41:11
Regan Williams is the CEO and co-founder of Seen & Heard, a nonprofit that provides foster and disconnected youth with professional and personal development via the performing arts.
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65: The Selling Out of Mindfulness (with Ronald Purser) from 2019-07-22T13:46:43
Ronald Purser is a professor of management at San Francisco State University and author of McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality.
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64: Exploring the Brain-Body Connection Through Exercise (with Dr. John Ratey) from 2019-07-11T20:05:03
John Ratey, MD, is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School and author of Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain.
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63: On Not Having Children (with Maxine Trump) from 2019-05-20T23:21:31
Maxine Trump is a documentary filmmaker whose latest project, To Kid Or Not To Kid, explores women who choose not to have children.
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62: The myth of supplements (and white nationalism) from 2019-04-20T00:11:18
The link between the stories: science evolves. A look at white nationalism, male pride, calorie counting, and the myth of supplements.
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61: The nature of suffering from 2019-03-29T21:42:31
This week I look at articles on the nature of suffering; increased rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide in America; and a month of trying out Marie Kondo's method.
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60: Gambling addiction, long documentaries, and problem parents from 2019-03-17T22:27:31
Axel Foley of DVR Podcast Network comes on to discuss issues of the week, including Derek’s article on gambling addiction. For more info visit https://www.patreon.com/DVR.
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59: The Munchies Are Real, but mostly, #antivaxx is Child Abuse from 2019-03-08T23:48:33
New research on food deserts and dollar-store produce; old hotels are being converted for low-income housing in Los Angeles; the munchies are real; and a bit of history on vaccinations (which are a...
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58: Mistakes are human, anxiety relief, and the 40 pushup challenge from 2019-03-01T21:40:09
This week’s look at recent Big Think articles covering owning your mistakes, an ingenious smartphone study to treat anxiety and depression, and pushups for heart health.
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57: MDMA in relationship counselling, Spotify spying, and #metoo blues from 2019-02-25T01:46:24
A look at four recent Big Think articles covering MDMA and relationship counselling, Spotify and Big Data, men telling women to wear makeup, and Jordan Peterson on cleaning up your room.
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56: The Ritual of Change from 2019-01-11T02:57:02
One of the greatest myths is the story we tell ourselves about ourselves. The narrative we believe is the one we live. Fortunately, we can change the narrative any time we choose. Ritual provides u...
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55: Tokenizing Energy (with Evan Caron) from 2018-12-06T23:18:04
Evan Caron is the co-founder and managing director of Swytch, a blockchain-based platform that tracks and verifies the impact of sustainability efforts and actions on the worldwide level of C02 emi...
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54: Escaping Scientology (with Michelle LeClair) from 2018-09-25T02:03:44
Michelle LeClair is a former high-ranking Scientologist and author of the new memoir, Perfectly Clear: Escaping Scientology and Fighting for the Woman I Love.
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53: The Consciousness Instinct (with Michael Gazzaniga) from 2018-05-02T19:48:34
Michael Gazzaniga is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Director of the SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind. His latest book is The Consciousness Instin...
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52: The Science of Depression and the Drugs That Treat It (with Lauren Slater) from 2018-03-14T20:52:37
Lauren Slater is a psychologist and author of Prozac Dreams, Opening Skinner’s Box, and, most recently, Blue Dreams: The Science and the Story of the Drugs That Changed Our Minds. We talk abo...
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51: Self-Obsession in Selfie Culture (with Will Storr) from 2018-03-12T00:20:06
Will Storr is an award-winning journalist and novelist. His work has appeared in Esquire, The New Yorker, The Sunday Times, and The Guardian. His latest book is Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsess...
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50: Black Panther (with Kris Ex) from 2018-02-21T01:23:13
Kris Ex is a writer, thinker, and friend. He’s written many hip-hop articles you’ve read over the last few decades. We talk about what everyone is talking about right now: Marvel’...
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49: Anxiety and Emotions from 2018-02-14T23:12:02
We often call emotions “reactions,” but new research suggests they are actually constructions. This knowledge helps us understand better ways of dealing with anxiety. This is the third ...
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48: Should We Bring Back Extinct Species? (with Britt Wray) from 2018-02-01T23:18:23
Britt Wray is completing a PhD in Science Communication (with a focus on synthetic biology) at the University of Copenhagen in the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, co-host of the B...
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47: Fantasyland (with Kurt Andersen) from 2018-01-08T20:15:13
Kurt Andersen is a best-selling author and co-creator of the Peabody Award winning weekly radio show, Studio 360, which is also available in podcast form. He co-wrote a parody book on Donald Trump ...
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46: The State of 2018 (with Dax-Devlon Ross) from 2018-01-05T19:45:16
Dax returns to catch up on what’s happening in 2018. We start with the state of politics, move into technology, AI, social relationships, social media, and the art of being a human being. Sta...
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45: The Last Jedi (with Matt Lombardo) from 2017-12-20T21:48:11
Matt Lombardo joins me to discuss green man milk, mythology, archetypes, and even a little yoga as we contemplate the legacy embodied in The Last Jedi. Stay in touch: http://www.derekberes.com.
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44: Being Indian in America (with Sameer Gadhia) from 2017-12-12T21:39:52
Sameer Gadhia is the singer of California-based band Young the Giant. In this episode we discuss growing up Indian in America, what it was like watching Michigan go “red” in the 2016 el...
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43: The History and Future of Fitness (with Natalia Petrzela) from 2017-11-30T04:55:05
Natalia Petrzela is a scholar, writer, teacher, and activist. An Associate Professor of History at The New School, her first book, Classroom Wars: Language, Sex, and the Making of Modern ...
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42: Clean Meat (with Paul Shapiro) from 2017-11-27T22:01:03
Paul Shapiro is the VP of Policy Engagement for the Humane Society of the United States and the author of Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World. We di...
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41: Why Attention Matters from 2017-11-17T02:25:45
We talk about fitness often, yet the most important aspect is often left undiscussed. Attention matters in physical, cognitive, and emotional health. This is the first half of my keynote lecture at...
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40: Hacking the American Mind (with Robert Lustig) from 2017-11-05T23:15:49
Robert Lustig is an American pediatric endocrinologist and author of Fat Chance: Beating the Odds against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease. A professor of Pediatrics in the Div...
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39: American Dreaming (with Will Lopez) from 2017-10-05T22:30:34
Will Lopez is a 20-year-old Political Science major at UCLA who was born in Mexico. He is also a DACA recipient. We talk about what it’s like hearing the president call Mexicans drug dealers ...
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38: Etiquette in Yoga (and Life) from 2017-09-21T23:24:28
Ground rules for yoga pulled from Derek’s fourteen years of teaching. Stay in touch at http://www.derekberes.com.
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37: The Future of Yoga from 2017-09-11T22:10:41
Yoga Journal recently published an article in which senior teachers speculated about the future of yoga. Derek responds. Stay in touch: http://www.derekberes.com.
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36: The Role of Music in Yoga from 2017-09-05T23:32:07
The intersection of yoga and music has defined much of my movement career. In this episode I discuss the basic foundations of music in a yoga class, playing samples of tracks that work well during ...
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35: Why Buddhism Is True (with Robert Wright) from 2017-08-10T20:48:30
Robert Wright is the author of The Moral Animal, Nonzero, The Evolution of God, and most recently, Why Buddhism Is True, the subject of this episode. We discuss mindfulness meditation, Buddhist phi...
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34: I Love Yoga and Hate Everything About It (with J Brown) from 2017-08-08T23:36:10
The title of this podcast is taken from Brooklyn-based yoga teacher J Brown’s blog, which he runs at jbrownyoga.com. J is the owner of Abhyasa Yoga Center in Brooklyn and is a prolific blogge...
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33: How Emotions Are Made (with Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett) from 2017-07-10T21:35:57
Lisa Feldman Barrett is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University and the author of the new book, How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain. There are ...
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32: Yoga&Capitalism from 2017-06-30T00:50:07
A recent comment on a post about yoga and capitalism spurs on some thoughts about the two—their inseparability, as well as forgoing the notion that a “pure” yoga exists. Stay in touch a...
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31: Tune Up Your Yoga (with Jill Miller) from 2017-05-18T23:17:45
Jill Miller is the co-founder of Tune Up Fitness Worldwide and creator of the corrective exercise format Yoga Tune Up® and The Roll Model Method®. With more than 28 years of study in fitn...
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30: Yoga’s Healing Power (with Ally Hamilton) from 2017-05-17T19:42:39
Ally Hamilton is the co-founder of Yogis Anonymous in Santa Monica and author of Yoga’s Healing Power: Looking Inward for Change, Growth & Peace. We talk about yoga’s shifting ...
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29: Diversity is a Discipline from 2017-05-10T21:55:45
Diversity is essential in both the world and in our movement patterns. In this episode Derek investigates the many layers of diversity, entertaining the idea that moving as broadly as possible—cult...
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28: Cultivating Humility and the Discipline of Focus from 2017-05-03T20:44:57
Derek discusses the role of humility in yoga by investigating an attitude of entitlement that pervades certain segments of American society. By noticing the details of your surroundings larger prob...
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27: The Future of Mind Control (with Guy Garcia) from 2017-03-17T22:35:03
Guy Garcia is the author of The New Mainstream and The Decline of Men, and co-author of the bestselling Self Made alongside Nely Galán. His new book, Swarm, is out now. In this episode we discuss t...
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26: Evolving Your Yoga from 2017-02-22T23:37:34
Derek discusses best practices learned from working for fourteen years as a yoga and movement instructor regarding how to sharpen your role as an instructor and practitioner of this art. Stay in to...
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25: Why Homeopathy&Breitbart Are the Same Thing (with W Axel Foley) from 2017-02-20T23:59:56
Filmmaker W Axel Foley is one of the hosts of The Small Council: A Game of Thrones Pod and Westworld Theory Cast. He’s also an old friend from Rutgers that I love talking to. In this episode ...
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24: Art in the Age of Trump (with Bill Bragin) from 2017-02-14T21:40:07
Bill Bragin is, in his own words, an agitador cultural. He is the Executive Artistic Director at The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi. Before that he worked for Lincoln Center, Joe’s Pu...
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23: Yoga and Memory from 2017-02-10T00:07:24
One of the main benefits of yoga is understanding identity, but what is identity other than a collection of memories? In this episode Derek explores how memory works and why yoga is a powerful tool...
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22: Yoga, Trend-Drive Fitness, and Sustainable Health (with Trina Altman) from 2017-01-11T19:58:04
Trina Altman is the founder of Pilates Deconstructed and leads teacher trainings in Yoga Tune Up, the Roll Method, and Rx Series. In this episode we discuss foot health and the danger of high heels...
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21: Judaism and Photography (with jdx) from 2016-12-29T20:52:55
jdx has been documenting the transformation of Manhattan’s east village through his unique photography for years. As someone that spends a lot of time thinking about politics and social issue...
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20: Movement Matters (with Katy Bowman) from 2016-12-05T22:21:32
Katy Bowman describes herself as a biomechanist by training and a problem-solver at heart. She has spent years advocating that exercise is not movement, or at least not the type of movement we...
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19: Yoga and Trump (with Matthew Lombardo) from 2016-11-29T20:33:14
Matthew Thomas Lombardo has been a yoga and meditation teacher and trainer in NYC since 2003. As a longtime political and social thinker, he had his reasons for voting for Donald Trump in the 2016 ...
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18: Open Mind Fitness (with Marc Coronel) from 2016-11-22T19:51:55
Marc Coronel is a senior master instructor for TRX and Trigger Point Therapy. Trained in numerous modalities, he is the epitome of fitness, inspiring countless clients and social media followers wi...
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17: Cult Indoctrination (with Matthew Remski) from 2016-10-07T23:27:35
Matthew Remski is a Toronto-based yoga therapist and Ayurvedic consultant. He is the author of eight books, including Threads of Yoga: a remix of Patanjali’s Sutras with commentary and reverie...
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16: Utopia is Creepy (with Nicholas Carr) from 2016-09-28T23:09:36
Nicholas Carr is the author of the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize finalist, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains, as well as The Glass Cage: How Our Computers Are Changing Us. ...
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15: Addiction Recovery (with Tommy Rosen) from 2016-09-11T15:00
Tommy Rosen is the founder of the Recovery Online 2.0 Conference, as well as the book and podcast of the same name. Twenty-seven years sober, Rosen has dedicated much of his life helping people suf...
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14: Failing Intentionally (with Andrew McPherson) from 2016-08-17T19:42:21
Andrew McPherson is a singer/songwriter based in Guelph, a tiny city with a big musical reputation located an hour outside of Toronto. Most prominently known as the founder of Eccodek, Andrew has l...
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13: Re-Sensitizing to Politics (with Mike Hull) from 2016-08-14T22:00:14
Mike Hull is the video producer in the election unit at the network Fusion. He is also a longtime filmmaker, cinematographer, and keen political thinker. As he attended both the Republican and Demo...
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12: The Quest for Freedom from 2016-07-05T18:54:38
Freedom is individual and shared; it can’t be any other way. Just as consciousness is bound to the biochemical processes of our brain interacting with the physical reality of our body, freedom in s...
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11: On Death&Gratitude from 2016-06-24T23:09
Sometimes death, even of a pet, can remind you of what is immediate and dear. I explore this notion after losing a cat, Anula, of eleven years. Stay in touch: http://www.derekberes.com.
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10: Poetry&Puerto Rico (with Vincent Toro) from 2016-04-04T23:48:08
Poet Vincent Toro’s new book, Stereo.Island.Mosaic., is the winner of the 2015 Sawtooth Poetry Prize. The collection ranges from the personal to the political, featuring Toro’s longtime...
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09: Paleo Veganism? from 2016-03-08T00:18:20
Dr. Mark Hyman received some flack for coining the term ‘pegan’ a combination of paleo and vegan. After nearly twenty years of vegetarianism, including two as a vegan, in this podcast I...
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08: Storytelling in Yoga and the Search for Contentment from 2016-01-17T23:24:18
We’re constantly telling stories with our bodies. How we move defines a sizable portion of our identity. In this podcast I briefly discuss why storytelling is such a crucial component of mode...
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07: Pornography and the Imagination (with Christopher Ryan) from 2016-01-10T16:33:03
I chat with the Sex At Dawn author about how pornography, relationships and modern sexuality.
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06: How To Deal With Anxiety from 2015-11-02T21:23:57
This is an outtake from my new online course, Yoga For Anxiety. Having dealt with general anxiety disorder and panic attacks for 24 years, here I talk briefly about what anxiety is and discuss some...
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05: DMT: The Spirit Molecule (with Mitch Schultz) from 2015-07-14T23:10:49
Mitch Schultz is the producer and director of DMT: The Spirit Molecule and co-founder of Mythaphi. In this episode of EarthRise we discuss the emergence of psychedelics in American culture, the ori...
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04: Buddhism and the Brain (with Evan Thompson) from 2015-07-08T03:02:17
Evan Thompson is professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia. He writes about cognitive science, phenomenology, the philosophy of mind, and cross-cultural philosophy, especia...
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03: Modern Music (with Adam Dorn) from 2015-07-02T22:10:48
My guest is bass player and producer extraordinaire Adam Dorn, aka Mocean Worker, who joins me live in Palms, Los Angeles to discuss streaming music, the art of production, making a living in music...
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02: Race in America (with Dax-Devlon Ross) from 2015-06-24T03:07:23
Dax-Devlon Ross is the Executive Director of the NY/Newark chapters of After School All-Stars. He is also a prolific writer, covering issues concerning race and the prison system for the NY Times, ...
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01: Music, Movement, Mythology from 2015-06-22T03:57:39
In this first podcast I explore the three most meaningful aspects of my life: music, movement, mythology. I take a look at the intersection of the three and how that results in the international-fl...
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