In this solo episode, I share some things that are on my mind right now, including: An experience I had revisiting my 22-year-old self. A powerful takeaway from a workshop on wanting and desire. And how I’m thinking about personal stories, memoir, and bridges to bigger collective stories. I also answer some listener questions (thank you, and please keep them coming).

See more about this episode on my Substack.



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In this solo episode, I share some things that are on my mind right now, including: An experience I had revisiting my 22-year-old self. A powerful takeaway from a workshop on wanting and desire. And how I’m thinking about personal stories, memoir, and bridges to bigger collective stories. I also answer some listener questions (thank you, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eliseloehnen/">please keep them coming</a>).See more about this episode on <a href="https://eliseloehnen.substack.com/p/the-podcast">my Substack</a>. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Writer Elise Loehnen explores life’s big questions with today’s leading thinkers, experts, and luminaries: Why do we do what we do? How can we understand and love ourselves better? What would it look like to come together and build a more meaningful world?

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Writer Elise Loehnen explores life&rsquo;s big questions with today&rsquo;s leading thinkers, experts, and luminaries: Why do we do what we do? How can we understand and love ourselves better? What would it look like to come together and build a more meaningful world?
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Marieta Pehlivanova, PhD, is a research scientist at the University of Virginia’s Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS), which is a highly unique research group that investigates the mind’s relationship to the body, and the possibility of consciousness surviving physical death. They study children who report past-life memories, people who have near-death experiences, and more. Their work is fascinating, and it has the potential to change and shape our understanding of…well, why we’re here in the first place, and what the meaning of our lives really is.

 

If you want to go deeper on related topics (consciousness, mediums, other psychic phenomena, etc.)—see the show notes on my Substack.

Marieta Pehlivanova, PhD, is a research scientist at the University of Virginia&rsquo;s Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS), which is a highly unique research group that investigates the mind&rsquo;s relationship to the body, and the possibility of consciousness surviving physical death. They study children who report past-life memories, people who have near-death experiences, and more. Their work is fascinating, and it has the potential to change and shape our understanding of&hellip;well, why we&rsquo;re here in the first place, and what the meaning of our lives really is.
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If you want to go deeper on related topics (consciousness, mediums, other psychic phenomena, etc.)&mdash;see the show notes on&nbsp;<a href="https://eliseloehnen.substack.com/p/the-podcast">my Substack</a>.

Past-Life Memories, Near-Death Experiences, and More (Marieta Pehlivanova, PhD)

“I think that we are most likely to benefit from such an encounter than to suffer from it,” says physicist Avi Loeb, PhD, who describes himself as an optimist in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Today, Loeb shares: What astronomy and dating have in common. His theories on the three interstellar objects that have been observed (including 3I/ATLAS). Why it’s likely that other intelligent civilizations exist. And why he thinks it would be wonderful to meet them—and  imperative for the future of human beings that we do so.

 

For the show notes, head to my Substack.

 

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&ldquo;I think that we are most likely to benefit from such an encounter than to suffer from it,&rdquo; says physicist Avi Loeb, PhD, who describes himself as an optimist in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Today, Loeb shares: What astronomy and dating have in common. His theories on the three interstellar objects that have been observed (including&nbsp;3I/ATLAS).&nbsp;Why it&rsquo;s likely that other intelligent civilizations exist. And why he thinks it would be wonderful to meet them&mdash;and&nbsp; imperative for the future of human beings that we do so.
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For the show notes, head to&nbsp;<a href="https://eliseloehnen.substack.com/p/the-podcast">my Substack</a>.
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Get 50% off Monarch, the all-in-one financial tool, at&nbsp;<a href="http://monarch.com/thread">monarch.com/thread</a>.

Who Else Is in Our Cosmic Neighborhood? (Avi Loeb, PhD)

Lucy Kalanithi, MD, continues to instill hope in me. Today, she shares lessons from her life and her work as a primary care physician (she’s also Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University)—along with reflections on the legacy of her husband Paul Kalanithi, MD, who wrote the now canonical memoir When Breath Becomes Air before his death in 2015. 

 

For the show notes, head to my Substack.

Lucy Kalanithi, MD, continues to instill hope in me. Today, she shares lessons from her life and her work as a primary care physician (she&rsquo;s also Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University)&mdash;along with reflections on the legacy of her husband Paul Kalanithi, MD, who wrote the now canonical memoir&nbsp;When Breath Becomes Air&nbsp;before his death in 2015.&nbsp;
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For the show notes, head to&nbsp;<a href="https://eliseloehnen.substack.com/p/the-podcast">my Substack</a>.

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