Deja vu happens 5-6 times yearly for Ryan O'Donnell, but Shane Hewitt experienced something stranger: a recurring dream about breathing underwater that repeated for years until one scuba diving lesson made it stop forever. He dreamed it so often he believed drowning would kill him—then the exact moment played out in a pool with scuba gear, and the dream never returned.

Ryan describes deja vu as an overwhelming feeling that hijacks concentration completely. Noah admits he's never experienced one. Shane shares moments of walking into unfamiliar places and knowing exactly what's around corners he's never seen before. The science explanation: your brain's two halves process information independently, creating timing gaps where visual perception arrives before conscious awareness catches up. But there's a conspiracy angle too.

Understand why simulation theorists claim deja vu proves we live in a computer program, how brain processing delays create false familiarity with places you've never been, and why one recurring dream disappeared the moment it became real life.

KEY TOPICS:

- Deja vu frequency and how it overtakes concentration

- Recurring dreams that stop after manifesting in real life

- Brain hemisphere processing delays causing timing gaps

- Simulation theory claims about deja vu as matrix glitches

- Knowing unfamiliar locations through deja vu experiences

Originally aired on 2026-01-07