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What really happens in the afterlife?

Brendan D. Murphy is the author of The Grand Illusion and Reverse Engineering the Afterlife, and he treats consciousness the way an engineer treats a system: layered, mappable, and worth drawing properly.

The conversation opens on reincarnation and the so-called soul trap, and why he doesn’t buy the version circulating online. The Tibetans, Jung, and near-death accounts all point to something more unsettling than a mechanism: your unmetabolized emotional charge becomes the environment you wake up in.

From there, it turns to the evidence: Peak in Darien cases, Ian Stevenson’s birthmark research, and a woman who lived seven years inside a three-week induced coma.

We also sit with a harder question: why do so many spiritually inclined people get stuck in paranoid loops about loosh harvesting and prison planets? Brendan’s answer reframes all of it, and probably your fear of dying with it.

For details and discounts on Brendan's books and offerings, including his Evolve Yourself program and masterclass, visit https://brendandmurphy.com/lifestylist.

You'll learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[7:31] Living in Australia through the COVID era

[15:03] What makes the human psyche so susceptible to propaganda

[22:31] Where the demand to be ruled actually comes from

[28:37] My fear of being duped back into the recycling system

[44:11] Working through your attractions and aversions before you die

[51:21] Phobias as imprints from how you died in a past life

[55:02] Whether past lives are sequential or stacked all at once

[1:13:06] The Voice that told me you already have it all

[1:17:28] Differentiation as the only thing the infinite one can do

[1:33:28] Peak in Darien cases and meeting relatives you never knew existed

[1:40:07] A cacophony of emotion after hunting my first large animal

[1:52:29] Giving a child full autonomy to name itself

[1:58:02] What loosh harvesting actually is and where Monroe landed

[2:04:15] When spiritual seekers get trapped in the darkness

[2:15:44] A sound-based modality born from a decade-long dark night

Resources Mentioned:

Read: The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot |https://link.amazon/B00WDUFCLBook

Eckhart Tolle |https://eckharttolle.comWebsite

Read: The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes |https://link.amazon/B05CM5eWKBook

Read: The Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece by William Walker Atkinson |https://www.amazon.ca/Kybalion-William-Walker-Atkinson/dp/B0CCCQSJ4C/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.MsDiTdg0sr3NF42hbrZHn_mq-3RD9U_Tr_941lGquY2X7fQRD8cpLhtLDkNiPlOQ0KYOCjTwp0tz_3IAIBEdkh1jM7Ot4h-UeosYVcYZsCMYkDWc9veYEisExNJz7vcPFBQ2vSU4-7Gz7YN0WJPaVeaW1ieAGJtVxS10stogg8W7K01T9AzC_dMK4c8vpeIiZe_V9FQmoQYpZYUY7LXmiVENjOTYdowFHYcaXnAiL5A.zXiC5HlHyxND8IWX9tL5c4rjMFxwP5qiw93FHYJZb7EBook

Near-Death Experience | Wikipedia

Edgar Cayce |https://edgarcayce.orgWebsite

Rudolf Steiner |https://rsarchive.orgWebsite

Brian Weiss |https://www.brianweiss.comWebsite

Monroe Institute |https://www.monroeinstitute.orgWebsite

Nick Sambrook |https://nicksambrook.comWebsite

Full show notes at https://lukestorey.com/nde

Find more from Brendan:

Brendan D. Murphy |https://brendandmurphy.comWebsite |https://officialbrendanmurphy.substack.comSubstack |https://instagram.com/brendandmurphyofficialInstagram |https://www.facebook.com/brendandavidmurphyFacebook |https://x.com/BrendanDMurphy1X |https://www.tiktok.com/@brendandmurphyofficialTikTok |https://www.youtube.com/@BrendanDMurphyYouTube

Read: The Grand Illusion: A Synthesis of Science and Spirituality by Brendan D. Murphy | Book

Find more from Luke:

Luke Storey | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedIn

My new book, A Horse Named Lonesome, launches November 17, 2026. Pre-order now at https://ahorsenamedlonesome.com and get bonuses: access to my Inner Circle Book Club, an exclusive Lonesome Conversations six-part miniseries, and an ebook transcript of the series.

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I joined my longtime friend Daniel Vitalis for a deep conversation about my new book, A Horse Named Lonesome, and the experiences that led me from childhood trauma and addiction to recovery and spiritual awakening. We explore the loneliness epidemic, why digital connection can never fully replace human intimacy, and how the pursuit of perfect health can become just another form of self-obsession. We also get into forgiveness, the spiritual cost of resentment, and why learning to love and serve others might be the most important work we ever do.

In this Lonesome Conversation, Oto and I go back to the loneliest stretch of his life — divorced, numbing himself with weed morning to night, “slowly killing himself” despite being a multimillionaire, down to a dog and a backpack after his apartment burned down. He shares how that string of losses felt like God rerouting him with a hard 180, and how meeting his partner a week after the fire met him at his sickest and heaviest. A raw, moving testament to how the ground falling away can be the thing that saves you.

About Oto

Oto Gomes is a crypto investor, mentor, and founder of the Crypto Freedom Academy, an online educational platform helping people learn crypto and increase their wealth.

With over 10 years experience in the crypto industry, and 10-plus years before that as an accountant, Oto has persevered through the bull and bear markets of life to find true freedom. His goal is to help others become the most abundant versions of themselves. Oto is a voice for truth, sovereignty, and a holistic approach to creating a life and world of prosperity.

His mission is to create heart-centered, interdependent, and self-accountable communities to become the bridges to help themselves and others in recreating their relationship to money and re-internalizing their self worth.

Lonesome Conversations Limited Series

Lonesome Conversations is a special series from The Life Stylist, built around my new book, A Horse Named Lonesome (out November 17, 2026). Loneliness is something almost everyone goes through, and almost nobody talks about honestly. So I sat down with psychologists, philosophers, trauma therapists, teachers, and friends to find the truth about loneliness, and how we heal from it. Each episode is its own conversation, but together they walk the same ground the book maps out. (Pre-order your copy athttps://ahorsenamedlonesome.com) You'll find new episodes alongside our regular show over the coming months.

When I was addicted, I thought sobriety would fix all my problems . . . I was wrong.

My beautiful wife Alyson is back for another AMA; this one pulls from listener questions Alyson compiled that I hadn’t seen beforehand.

Sobriety taught me that removing the substance wasn't the fix I thought it was. A listener dealing with chronic illness asks how to find real friendship. Someone else asks how to find their dharma, and Alyson shares the dissolving process she went through to get to hers.

My full mouth restoration with Dr. Kevin Winters, the Shroud of Turin, plus Luke’s Latest discoveries, and a few other things worth your attention are in here too.

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You'll learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[4:21] Why I switched from three strikes to firing fast

[10:46] Blaming the drug instead of facing deeper work

[16:48] How the ego clings to labels and causes separation

[21:09] Why unsolicited advice just bounces off the ego

[27:44] Kaizen instant coffee and staying grounded on caffeine

[40:33] The ChiliPad as the biggest health upgrade of all

[49:42] How to actually find your dharma

[56:44] Dissolving completely into nothingness and being reborn

[1:03:38] Bringing every past part of yourself into the new era

[1:11:37] The intersection of passion and natural aptitude

[1:18:34] My whole mouth restoration after years of grinding and malnourishment

[1:29:58] The Shroud of Turin and an image physics can’t explain

[1:34:15] Making good friendships when you have a chronic illness

[1:38:18] Seeing the soul behind every normie and NPC

Resources Mentioned:

Cognitive Dissonance |https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonanceWikipedia

Kaizen Signature Mushroom Coffee Blend |https://www.livekaizen.com/products/kaizen-coffeeProduct

Kaizen Premium Electrolyte Mix |https://www.livekaizen.com/products/kaizen-hydrationProduct

Dr. Kevin Winters, The Hills Dental Spa |https://www.thehillsdentalspa.comWebsite

Full show notes at https://lukestorey.com/695

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Neuromuscular Dentistry: Solutions for TMJ, Headaches & Breathing Disorders w/ Dr. Kevin Winters |https://www.lukestorey.com/lifestylistpodcast/neuromuscular-dentistry-solutions-for-tmj-headaches-breathing-disorders-w-dr-kevin-winters--509Podcast

Farming and the Fall of Man with Daniel Vitalis |https://www.lukestorey.com/lifestylistpodcast/daniel-vitalis-farming-and-the-fall-of-man-2Podcast

Breaking The Chains Of Human Domestication with Daniel Vitalis, Part One |https://www.lukestorey.com/lifestylistpodcast/daniel-vitalis-breaking-the-chains-of-human-domestication-part-one-52Podcast

Breaking The Chains of Human Domestication with Daniel Vitalis, Part Two |https://www.lukestorey.com/lifestylistpodcast/daniel-vitalis-breaking-the-chains-of-human-domestication-part-two-53Podcast

The Water Wars Trilogy #129: Unlocking The Mysteries of Nature’s Greatest Gift with Daniel Vitalis |https://www.lukestorey.com/lifestylistpodcast/daniel-vitalis-the-water-wars-trilogy-unlocking-the-mysteries-of-natures-greatest-gift-part-one-129Podcast

WildFed: How To Become A Modern Day Hunter-Gatherer *Vegan Trigger Warning |https://www.lukestorey.com/lifestylistpodcast/wild-fed-how-to-become-a-modern-day-hunter-gatherer-vegan-trigger-warning-245Podcast

Fake Food & Modern Medicine: Reclaim Your Health W/ Nature’s Wisdom Feat. Daniel Vitalis |https://www.lukestorey.com/lifestylistpodcast/fake-food-modern-medicine-reclaim-your-health-w-natures-wisdom-feat-daniel-vitalis-292Podcast

Discernment & Deception: Navigating AI, Occult Power, and False Light w/ Daniel Vitalis |https://www.lukestorey.com/lifestylistpodcast/649Podcast

Find more from Alyson:

Alyson Charles Storey | Website | Instagram | X | TikTok | YouTube

Get the Animal Power book and deck, plus a free guided drumming shamanic journey to meet your power animal, at https://alysoncharles.com/animalpower

Find more from Luke:

Luke Storey | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedIn

My new book, A Horse Named Lonesome, launches November 17, 2026. Pre-order now at https://ahorsenamedlonesome.com and get bonuses: access to my Inner Circle Book Club, an exclusive Lonesome Conversations six-part miniseries, and an ebook transcript of the series.

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There's a better way to protect your health than paying for health insurance.

My guest Andy Schoonover, founder of CrowdHealth, quit insurance after his plan refused to pay for his daughter's $8,000 ear procedure and built a parallel system.

Paying cash shocked him. The same stress echo test that cost another man's insurance plan $5,000 cost him $225, and his pediatrician knocked 40 or 50 percent off the bill once insurance left the room.

Andy explains how nearly 20 percent of claims get denied by design, why doctors see only eight cents of every healthcare dollar, and how 35,000 people are funding each other's medical bills through CrowdHealth.

He also shares why he's willing to go to war with the system, even after death threats and regulatory fights.

If you've ever opened an insurance bill and felt your stomach drop, this one is for you.

Visit https://lukestorey.com/joincrowdhealth and use code LUKESTOREY to join for just $99 per member per month for the first three months.

You'll learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[5:27] A moral obligation to fix a broken system

[9:40] Up to four million would-be entrepreneurs held back by health insurance

[23:54] Routing it through insurance locks you out of cash pricing

[28:48] Andy ghosts a surprise bill he had no moral obligation to pay

[37:16] The cortisol toll of living in medical debt

[47:25] Why identical procedures cost wildly different amounts

[54:25] Live hard and die fast instead of the nursing home

[1:08:07] Members self-select out of broken systems

[1:18:45] The best doctors are going cash-only

[1:25:14] Starving the parasitic industry by taking your money back

[1:31:03] The perceived downside of being responsible for your own bills

[1:39:21] Bitcoiners and CrowdHealth share a similar worldview

[1:48:48] Losing Grace and how it shaped Andy’s mission

Resources Mentioned:

Visceral Fat | Wikipedia

Full show notes at https://lukestorey.com/crowdhealth

Find more from Andy Schoonover:

CrowdHealth |https://www.joincrowdhealth.comWebsite |https://www.instagram.com/joincrowdhealthInstagram |https://www.facebook.com/joincrowdhealthFacebook |https://x.com/joincrowdhealthX |https://www.tiktok.com/@joincrowdhealthTikTok |https://www.youtube.com/@joincrowdhealthYouTube

Find more from Luke:

Luke Storey | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedIn

My new book, A Horse Named Lonesome, launches November 17, 2026. Pre-order now at https://ahorsenamedlonesome.com and get bonuses: access to my Inner Circle Book Club, an exclusive Lonesome Conversations six-part miniseries, and an ebook transcript of the series.

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I joined The Grimerica Show for a conversation about what it really means to be free—not just politically or financially, but emotionally and spiritually. We cover my journey from addiction to recovery, the childhood experiences behind A Horse Named Lonesome, and why I've become increasingly unwilling to compromise my integrity for money, status, or approval. We also explore the loneliness of questioning mainstream narratives, the importance of finding your people, and why freedom means very little if we're still prisoners of our own minds.

In this Lonesome Conversation, Kyle and I explore a hunger most of us don’t know we have — the deep deficit of physical touch in Western culture, where contact gets siloed off into family or romance with nothing in between. He explains how we’re biologically wired for touch as co-regulation, how we convince ourselves we’ve “outgrown” the need, and why you can’t feel the lack until something finally fills it. A reframe of loneliness as, in part, a body starved of the care it was designed to receive.

About Kyle

Kyle Coursey is the creator of THE RESET, a one-of-a-kind experience. He works with high-performing and high-functioning individuals, founders, and executives who have done the work but still feel something is off.

His work focuses on identifying and resolving the underlying distortions in the human system, across nervous system, physiology, psychology, and relational patterns, so clients can return to clarity, performance, and internal stability.

Through his immersive RESET sessions, he compresses years of work into a single, focused experience designed to restore coherence and unlock what’s been inaccessible through conventional approaches.

Lonesome Conversations Limited Series

Lonesome Conversations is a special series from The Life Stylist, built around my new book, A Horse Named Lonesome (out November 17, 2026). Loneliness is something almost everyone goes through, and almost nobody talks about honestly. So I sat down with psychologists, philosophers, trauma therapists, teachers, and friends to find the truth about loneliness, and how we heal from it. Each episode is its own conversation, but together they walk the same ground the book maps out. (Pre-order your copy athttp://ahorsenamedlonesome.comhttp://ahorsenamedlonesome.com) You'll find new episodes alongside our regular show over the coming months.

Thirty minutes after the biggest relief of his life, Dylan Gemelli found out his apartment was being ransacked, with half a kilo of cocaine in the safe.

A leading voice in fitness and biohacking, Dylan has over 1.5 million Instagram followers and a podcast that hit #1 in Health and Fitness in October 2025.

He shares how he got caught, what prison did to his character, and the moment his Mom asked him a question on a collect call that broke him open.

Then the conversation turns to hormones. Anabolic steroids versus TRT, why free testosterone can matter more than total, the sperm count issue many men on testosterone don't see coming, and the oral testosterone option that changes the math.

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You'll learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[0:52] Dylan’s apartment ransacked 30 minutes after the biggest relief ever

[9:13] What prison is actually like versus what the movies sell

[21:05] Prison as the biggest investment Dylan ever made

[32:54] Verbal abuse in prison fuels the revolving door

[36:02] Teaching safer steroid use to a million YouTube subscribers

[46:06] COVID in bed and the lightbulb moment that birthed Dylan’s podcast

[49:50] SARMs were built to fight muscle wasting before bodybuilders found them

[54:27] Bringing testosterone to normal levels is not cheating

[1:05:56] My emasculating sperm count and the testosterone connection

[1:17:04] How much credence your blood work actually deserves

[1:23:29] Mind and spirit come before diet and training

[1:36:17] Environmental orthorexia and feeling the world is trying to kill you

[1:42:46] The peptide Wild West and the Ozempic skeleton aesthetic

[1:54:44] Building the biggest wellness conglomerate ever

Resources mentioned:

NASM | Website

STEMREGEN | Website

Boundless Life | Podcast

CAROL Bike | Website

EWOT | Website

Dr. Daniel Amen | Website

Dave Asprey | Website

Kevin Trudeau | Website

Ben Azadi | Website

ZYN | Website

Full show notes at https://lukestorey.com/gemelli

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Find more from Dylan:

Dylan Gemelli | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | TikTok | YouTube

Find more from Luke:

Luke Storey | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedIn

My new book, A Horse Named Lonesome, launches November 17, 2026. Pre-order now at https://ahorsenamedlonesome.com and get bonuses: access to my Inner Circle Book Club, an exclusive Lonesome Conversations six-part miniseries, and an ebook transcript of the series.

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I join my brother Kyle Kingsbury for a raw conversation about the life experiences behind my new book, A Horse Named Lonesome. We trace my journey from childhood abuse and addiction to recovery and spiritual awakening, exploring how shame, trauma, and the illusion of separation can keep us disconnected from ourselves and others. We also get into forgiveness, ego death, 5-MeO-DMT, and the hard-earned lessons that ultimately inspired me to share this book with the world.

In this Lonesome Conversation, Dr. Lipton and I explore his striking claim that loneliness runs against a law of biology—that no organism, from an ant to a bee to a human, survives outside its community. He walks through why we've been programmed to feel separate by religion, politics, nationality, and sex, and who actually benefits when we're isolated and disempowered. A bracing reframe of the loneliness epidemic as a spiritual and biological crisis rather than a personal failing.

About Dr. Lipton

Bruce H. Lipton, PhD, former medical school professor and epigenetic science pioneer, is the bestselling author of The Biology of Belief, Spontaneous Evolution, and The Honeymoon Effect. Bruce received the prestigious Goi Peace Award (Japan) in honor of his scientific contribution to world harmony.

For over 10 years, Bruce has been listed in the top 100 of “the world’s most spiritually influential living people” by United Kingdom’s Watkins Journal. He will be releasing his new book, Beyond Darwin: How Epigenetics, Quantum Science, and Cooperation Shape Humanity’s Future in 2026.

Lonesome Conversations Limited Series

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Can a natural drug get you off drugs?

Co-founder of Ambio Life Sciences and one of the leading voices on ibogaine, Jonathan has spent over 15 years inside the clinical, traditional, and research sides of this medicine.

Being handed a Zoloft prescription after a nine-item questionnaire became his first real entry into altered states, a lens on the world that also left him feeling trapped. Harm reduction research in Vancouver and the NAOMI heroin trial pulled him into drug policy, where ibogaine became the bridge between that world and psychedelics.

My own history with opiate withdrawal and Effexor comes in, along with the paradox at the center of this field: a psychoactive substance that helps people put down other substances. You'll hear about Jonathan's first Bwiti initiation in Gabon, the Stanford research on Navy SEALs, and why the real work happens in the weeks after the ceremony.

You'll learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[4:18] The literature that pulled Jonathan toward altered states

[11:10] Effexor samples my Century City psychiatrist left in the bushes

[19:41] Harm reduction and prescribing heroin to stabilize addicts

[24:13] A spiritual experience as the seed of Alcoholics Anonymous

[34:56] Reconciling the paradox of using drugs to get off drugs

[43:48] Agency and reconnection ibogaine gives beyond withdrawal

[51:05] Years of low ibogaine doses and a helicopter sound on the beach

[1:01:30] Bwiti initiation in Gabon with 72 grams of iboga

[1:16:13] Initiation as a door rather than a qualification

[1:22:27] What iboga is and where it grows in Gabon

[1:36:02] Semi-synthetic ibogaine and the voacangine supply chain

[1:41:49] A Fang Nganga told in a vision to plant iboga trees

[1:51:25] How substances keep us attached by enabling flow states

[2:10:26] The Stanford study that shook the regulatory world

[2:20:27] Whether the executive order opens the floodgates for other psychedelics

Resources Mentioned:

Read: Writing on Drugs by Sadie Plant | Book

Ibogaine | Wikipedia

Iboga | Wikipedia

The North American Opiate Medication Initiative (NAOMI): Profile of Participants in North America’s First Trial of Heroin-Assisted Treatment by Oviedo-Joekes et al. | Article

Blessings of the Forest | Website

Bufo Toad | Wikipedia

Paul F. Austin | Website

Dock Phillip Ellis Jr., LSD No Hitter | Wikipedia

Read: Tryptamine Palace: 5-MeO-DMT and the Sonoran Desert Toad by James Oroc | Book

In Waves and War | IMDb

Full show notes at https://lukestorey.com/ibogaine

Find more from Jonathan:

Jonathan Dickinson | Website | Instagram

Ambio Life Sciences | Website | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube

Read: Ibogaine and the Bicameral Mind: The Transformational Potential of the World's Most Complex Psychedelic Medicine by Jonathan Dickinson | Book

Find more from Luke:

Luke Storey | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedIn

My new book, A Horse Named Lonesome, launches November 17, 2026. Pre-order now at https://ahorsenamedlonesome.com and get bonuses: access to my Inner Circle Book Club, an exclusive Lonesome Conversations six-part miniseries, and an ebook transcript of the series.

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In this Lonesome Conversation, Joel and I explore his reframe that "aloneness can become all oneness" — that you can learn to connect with the earth and sun so deeply you're never truly alone, even in solitude. He shares the story of a teacher who spent 18 years alone doing shamanic practice, and makes the case that intentional solitude, far from something to fear, can be an actual lifeline. A grounding look at why most of us lack the tools to be alone well, and how they can be learned.

About Joel

Joel Schafer is a personal empowerment mentor and shamanic dreaming arts teacher. Through online courses, one-on-one mentoring, and in-person workshops, Joel trains people in a highly effective way to reclaim vital energy and attention utilizing the Toltec knowledge base. These are powerful, non-linear redistribution techniques that guide and support students in discovering clear purpose, increasing awareness, getting grounded, reclaiming focus, & accessing strong intent. Joel is also an excellent listener and mirror, offering practical but magical solutions to life's challenges.

Lonesome Conversations Limited Series

Lonesome Conversations is a special series from The Life Stylist, built around my new book, A Horse Named Lonesome (out November 17, 2026). Loneliness is something almost everyone goes through, and almost nobody talks about honestly. So I sat down with psychologists, philosophers, trauma therapists, teachers, and friends to find the truth about loneliness, and how we heal from it. Each episode is its own conversation, but together they walk the same ground the book maps out. (Pre-order your copy athttp://ahorsenamedlonesome.comhttp://ahorsenamedlonesome.com) You'll find new episodes alongside our regular show over the coming months.

This conversation with Ross Rosenberg goes straight into the heart of my recovery story—from childhood trauma, shame, addiction, and compulsive behavior to the lifelong process of learning how to genuinely love and accept myself.

We explore loneliness as an underlying driver of addiction, why our attempts to fill that void often create even more separation, and how healing can transform suffering into empathy, purpose, and service. I also get into the deeper story behind A Horse Named Lonesome and the roadmap back to connection woven throughout the book.

We’ve been ingesting microplastics, and no one is talking about it.

That result is what first got David Roberts, co-founder and managing partner of Mara Labs, interested in microplastics.

Most broccoli supplements don't contain what their labels claim. One doctor even teared up in front of him at a conference when they realized what they'd been recommending for years. The GLP-1 side effect story is even uglier than the headlines suggest, with nearly 4,000 lawsuits and up to 40% of lost weight coming from muscle.

Where do microplastics accumulate? Why is your dryer lint a warning sign? What do fenugreek and beta-glucan do in the gut? And what’s the two-step pathway that mobilizes plastic out of your cells and into your stool?

If you've ever wondered whether the supplements you're taking are actually reaching your cells, this one will change how you shop.

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You'll learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[5:34] The companies selling sugar also promote the weight-loss solution

[19:36] Glucoraphanin grew breast cancer cells while sulforaphane killed them

[31:39] A patent-pending carrier molecule that smuggles compounds through the gut barrier

[38:47] Zeroing in on microplastics after an independent researcher's sulforaphane study

[54:22] Three biggest bang-for-your-buck steps to reduce microplastic exposure

[1:09:00] Microplastics accumulating in the brain and testes

[1:13:20] Hidden microplastic sources from black takeout containers to pyramid tea bags

[1:29:48] Fillers and flow agents can make up more than half of a capsule

[1:38:04] The two-step detox strategy behind MicroPlastX

[1:49:24] Mobilizing microplastics differs from detox protocols that trigger the detox flu

[1:56:49] Inflammation markers dropping about 30% in 24 hours and acne clearing in two weeks

Resources Mentioned:

Luv & Yum Pancakes | Website

Solea Bakes Pancakes | Website

Berberine | Wikipedia

Berberine treats atherosclerosis via a vitamin-like effect down-regulating Choline-TMA-TMAO production pathway in gut microbiota by Ma et al. | Article

Glucoraphanin | Wikipedia

NRF2 | Wikipedia

The Sprouting Company | Website

Resveratrol | Wikipedia

Fenugreek | Wikipedia

Beta-Glucan | Wikipedia

Full show notes at https://lukestorey.com/mara3

Find more from David:

David Roberts - Mara Labs | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | TikTok | YouTube

Find more from Luke:

Luke Storey | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedIn

My new book, A Horse Named Lonesome, launches November 17, 2026. Pre-order now at https://ahorsenamedlonesome.com and get bonuses: access to my Inner Circle Book Club, an exclusive Lonesome Conversations six-part miniseries, and an ebook transcript of the series.

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In this Lonesome Conversation, Cal and I discuss a kind of loneliness that has nothing to do with being alone — the "island in your own home" feeling that comes from not sharing what you're struggling with, even with a partner who'd drop everything for you. Cal is disarmingly honest about how pride and shame, usually around money, keep him from letting his wife in, and how every time he finally does, he's met with a grace that shocks him. A tender look at how the wall we feel between us and the people we love is one we quietly build ourselves.

About Cal

Cal is a former trader turned seeker of truth and human potential and the host of The Great Unlearn—a podcast inviting listeners to question old narratives and reconnect with what’s real.

After leaving behind a successful career in finance, Cal stepped into a more intentional life—one centered around curiosity, self-inquiry, and personal freedom. Through The Great Unlearn, he holds space for meaningful conversations with entrepreneurs, rebels, and mystics who challenge the status quo and offer new ways of seeing the world.

He’s also the founder of Unlearn Ventures—an incubator, fund, and venture studio supporting bold, conscious projects that expand possibility and prioritize people over profit.

Lonesome Conversations Limited Series

Lonesome Conversations is a special series from The Life Stylist, built around my new book, A Horse Named Lonesome (out November 17, 2026). Loneliness is something almost everyone goes through, and almost nobody talks about honestly. So I sat down with psychologists, philosophers, trauma therapists, teachers, and friends to find the truth about loneliness, and how we heal from it. Each episode is its own conversation, but together they walk the same ground the book maps out. (Pre-order your copy athttp://ahorsenamedlonesome.com) You'll find new episodes alongside our regular show over the coming months.

What if mental illness is actually a spiritual battle?

My guest today is Skai Delacroix, a healer and teacher who spent three years in near-total silence and now works with people through his ZeroPoint method.

What happened to him after that first year of samadhi is the part nobody talks about: the long collapse into psychiatric diagnoses, suicidal planning, and a body he could barely move.

At one point in his story, paramedics couldn’t lift him off the sidewalk because the gravitational pull was too strong. In another, he received a directive to walk himself into destruction on purpose. The through-line is the question: how do you tell the difference between guidance and psychosis when the voices sound identical?

We also do a live ZeroPoint practice that shifted something in my chest I wasn't expecting.

You'll learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[6:50] Witnessing a miracle even an atheist couldn’t deny

[14:54] Becoming susceptible to dark forces

[21:12] Bipolar reframed as an imbalance between two selves

[26:18] Turning back toward the light before the voice demanded he give up everything

[39:59] Paramedics could not lift Skai's body off the ground

[55:45] Learning to discern the true force from the adversary

[1:02:02] The motivation behind the years of walking and extreme running

[1:12:22] Paradise is right here, and removing the word fighting from the equation

[1:32:49] Refining transgression from heroin to ice cream, and why the guru-disciple model is obsolete

[1:46:50] The ZeroPoint vortex technique and a live practice to find the root of my cold

[2:08:22] The contagious field and the dormant healing power we all carry

Resources Mentioned:

Ecstasy | Wikipedia

Bipolar Disorder | Wikipedia

Schizophrenia | Wikipedia

Reiki | Wikipedia

Lao Tzu | Wikipedia

Zero-Point Energy | Wikipedia

Double Vortex | Website

Sri Aurobindo | Wikipedia

Full show notes at http://lukestorey.com/skai

Find more from Skai:

Skai Delacroix - Zero Point Earth | Website | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube

Read: Three Years in Silence: One Soul’s Fated Odyssey: From Human Indulgence to Divine Force by Skai Delacroix | Book

Find more from Luke:

Luke Storey | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedIn

My new book, A Horse Named Lonesome, launches November 17, 2026. Pre-order now at https://ahorsenamedlonesome.com and get bonuses: access to my Inner Circle Book Club, an exclusive Lonesome Conversations six-part miniseries, and an ebook transcript of the series.

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In the first Lonesome Conversation I ever recorded, I speak with Jeffrey and Clayten, the two men behind Focused Life-Force Energy, to open on a paradox: how can we be more digitally connected than any humans in history, yet lonelier than ever? Clayten remembers pandemic Zoom dinners and the front porch he misses, while Jeffrey names the "field effect" between two people in a room — an intimate, silent exchange between our energetic fields that a video call simply can't carry, and that most of us don't even know we're missing. A quietly unsettling look at what disappears when presence goes virtual.

About Jeffrey

Jeffrey Stegman’s focus has been on creating a high-consciousness culture in his businesses, which parallels his own personal spiritual path. Jeffrey was the co-owner of two manufacturing businesses, including one in business since 1835. FLFE is a confluence of Jeffrey’s manufacturing, engineering, business, and spiritual evolution.

Focused Life-Force Energy began in 2008 when two men with an interest in high-consciousness fields met through a mutual friend. After coming across the beginnings of an invention that would become part of the FLFE system, Jeffrey Stegman and Clayten Stedmann worked together to develop it further. Eventually, they would broadcast high-consciousness fields to specific locations around the world. They poured thousands of hours into research and development to enhance this technology.

Beginning with service projects and targeting trauma-hit areas like refugee camps, FLFE grew into a private company and is now invited into the lives of thousands of people in over 85 countries. The company still donates over 90 percent of the energy created by the technology to service projects around the globe. FLFE is a thriving international organization that continues with its mission to “support the optimal conditions for the evolution of consciousness in an economized society” through the exploration of what is in the highest and best interest of all creation.

About Clayten

Clayten Stedmann has worked in the education, training, and coaching business since 1995. From 1995 to 2020, he focused on business as a spiritual path in his coaching practice. He discovered Consciousness Kinesiology in 2004, and as of December 2024, he has done over 14 million CK calibrations and created 10 consciousness assessments and two unique energetic medicine protocols. From 2013 to the present, Clayten has transitioned from using his coaching and research skills in his private practice to using those skills in a company he co-founded. Focused Life-Force Energy continues his purposeful intention to create the conditions for humanity to have a higher level of consciousness.

Lonesome Conversations Limited Series

Lonesome Conversations is a special series from The Life Stylist, built around my new book, A Horse Named Lonesome (out November 17, 2026). Loneliness is something almost everyone goes through, and almost nobody talks about honestly. So I sat down with psychologists, philosophers, trauma therapists, teachers, and friends to find the truth about loneliness, and how we heal from it. Each episode is its own conversation, but together they walk the same ground the book maps out. (Pre-order your copy athttp://ahorsenamedlonesome.com) You'll find new episodes alongside our regular show over the coming months.

Forty years into a nicotine habit, I tried to quit cold turkey, and it nearly broke me.

Alyson was on the beach communing with grasshoppers and golden orb weavers while I was under the covers in a dark hole, trying to white-knuckle my way off nicotine, mambé, and Ambil after finishing my book.

Same place, drastically different trips.

We get into what happens when a habit doesn't wreck your life but still runs it, and why "biohacker-friendly" substances can be harder to walk away from than anyone tells you. Alyson shares how she attunes to a land before arriving, the message she received before Costa Rica, and the animal encounters that shaped her three weeks there.

I open up about the emotional hangover of writing A Horse Named Lonesome, why microdosing iboga didn't help me the way I hoped, and the conversation with Ian Mitchell that changed my plan.

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You'll learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[2:36] Tuning into the land before arriving and hearing "come here as the new you"

[15:53] Why I tried to quit nicotine and coca leaf in Costa Rica

[22:43] The shock of going cold turkey off nicotine

[30:42] Habit-forming alkaloids that made overuse easy to justify

[36:34] Forty years addicted and Ian Mitchell's honest verdict

[47:54] The night Alyson’s stern clarity broke through my nicotine fog

[1:02:34] The golden orb weaver spider and shifting from fear to love

[1:10:14] A Horse Named Lonesome and what writing it without a ghostwriter demanded

[1:24:15] Lonesome Conversations and the root of most human suffering

[1:36:17] My latest picks from Melalight to QOVA

[1:46:17] This month's Field Reveal Energy Forecast

Resources Mentioned:

Coca Leaf | Wikipedia

Iboga | Wikipedia

Ketamine | Wikipedia

Kratom | Wikipedia

Nicotine | Wikipedia

Ayahuasca | Wikipedia

Primeadine | Website

NuCalm | Website

NeuroVIZR | Website

Full show notes at https://lukestorey.com/689

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Quantum Biology: The Consciousness Connection of Science & Spirit | Podcast

Find more from Alyson:

Alyson Charles Storey | Website | Instagram | X | TikTok | YouTube

Get the Animal Power book and deck, plus a free guided drumming shamanic journey to meet your power animal, at https://alysoncharles.com/animalpower

Find more from Luke:

Luke Storey | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedIn

My new book, A Horse Named Lonesome, launches November 17, 2026. Pre-order now at https://ahorsenamedlonesome.com and get bonuses: access to my Inner Circle Book Club, an exclusive Lonesome Conversations six-part miniseries, and an ebook transcript of the series.

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Mark Sisson ran for decades in cushioned shoes and paid for it with a hip replacement he believes was preventable.

Seven Gs of force hit your hip with every step in cushioned shoes, versus one or two when your feet can feel the ground. That number reframed everything I thought I knew about footwear.

Mark is the forefather of the primal movement, founder of Primal Kitchen and Peluva, and he’s spent decades studying what keeps a body moving into its 70s and beyond.

Wide-toebox shoes alone will not undo a lifetime of damage. Mark explains why toe articulation is the piece almost everyone misses, and why the big toe, the most important joint in the foot, shows its lost function in your knees, hips, and glutes.

Also covered: Failure Magazine, a $1.5M TV flop, the pivot that became Mark’s Daily Apple, cold plunges, keto, TRT, biohacking, and why chasing a top-2% VO2 max might cost you your life.

If your feet hurt, your knees hurt, or you want to still be walking at 90, this one’s worth listening to.

Visit https://peluva.com/lukestorey and use code LUKESTOREY for 10% off.

You'll learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[8:25] How years of entrepreneurial setbacks led Mark to Mark's Daily Apple

[20:43] Why minimalist runners kept getting horribly injured

[26:53] Foot health as the lowest-hanging fruit in longevity

[32:07] Toe spacers versus individual toe slots

[38:56] Feeling every airport step through minimal footwear

[46:00] How breaking a hip triggers a fatal domino effect, and managing risk with age

[57:31] Why pointy shoes fight your natural foot shape, and the fashion barrier to five-toe shoes

[1:05:21] Mark's cold plunge story and when it negates your workout gains

[1:13:18] Training to stay uninjured in your seventies, and how diet builds metabolic flexibility

[1:22:24] Mark's take on supplements and TRT, and why chasing a top VO2 max isn't the goal

[1:27:26] Biohacking as the day trading of health

[1:35:55] Three teachers who shaped Mark's path

Resources Mentioned:

Primal Kitchen | Website

Know the Cause | Website

Mark's Daily Apple | Website

Read: Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall | Book

Bunions | Wikipedia

Plantar Fasciitis | Wikipedia

Metabolic Flexibility | Wikipedia

Qitone Powder Peptides | Shop

TRT | Wikipedia

VO2 Max | Wikipedia

Full show notes at https://lukestorey.com/barefoot

Find more from Mark:

Mark Sisson | Instagram | Facebook | X | TikTok

Peluva | Website | Instagram

The Primal Kitchen | YouTube

Read: Born to Walk: The Broken Promises of the Running Boom, and How to Slow Down and Get Healthy―One Step at a Time by Mark Sisson and Brad Kearns | Book

Read: The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health, and Boundless Energy by Mark Sisson | Book

Find more from Luke:

Luke Storey | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedIn

My new book, A Horse Named Lonesome, launches November 17, 2026. Pre-order now at https://ahorsenamedlonesome.com and get bonuses: access to my Inner Circle Book Club, an exclusive Lonesome Conversations six-part miniseries, and an ebook transcript of the series.

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In this Lonesome Conversation, Alex and I sit down to name a paradox a lot of seekers know intimately — that the closer you draw to God or consciousness, the fewer people tend to be standing there beside you. Drawing on his favorite philosopher, Manly P. Hall, Alex explains why real spiritual growth doesn't make life easier but instead "quickens the wheel of karma," ushering in a season of trial rather than comfort. We sit with the strange irony that becoming connected to something vast can leave you more alone in your own living room.

About Alex

Alex Sachon is a philosopher with a background in the social sciences. He uses the wisdom of ancient philosophy to understand the fast-changing social, cultural, and geopolitical environment we live in.

He recently wrote a book called The Coming World Nation that lays out his model of the various tiers of the social hierarchy and offers a revisionist account of the past 200 years of American history. He's also a specialist in the field of Esoteric Philosophy and is one of the world's top scholars on the work of Manly P. Hall.

Lonesome Conversations Limited Series

Lonesome Conversations is a special series from The Life Stylist, built around my new book, A Horse Named Lonesome (out November 17, 2026). Loneliness is something almost everyone goes through, and almost nobody talks about honestly. So I sat down with psychologists, philosophers, trauma therapists, teachers, and friends to find the truth about loneliness, and how we heal from it. Each episode is its own conversation, but together they walk the same ground the book maps out. (Pre-order your copy athttp://ahorsenamedlonesome.comhttp://ahorsenamedlonesome.com) You'll find new episodes alongside our regular show over the coming months.