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S2E45: Casey Carter: The Teacher Who Started Hearing Her Student’s Thoughts | Talk Tracks
Ep 45 · Aug 12, 2026 · 49 min
When neurodevelopmental teacher Casey Carter began working with a 12-year-old nonspeaking autistic student named Jed, she quickly realized there was far more happening beneath the surface than others could see. After helping him communicate through typing, Casey says she discovered that Jed could read her thoughts. Soon, she began hearing his thoughts back. In this episode, Casey shares the extraordinary connection that transformed her understanding of communication, consciousness, and reality.…
S2E44: Is Spelling Really “Debunked”? An Advocate Responds | Talk Tracks
Ep 44 · Aug 5, 2026 · 52 min
After The New York Times published an opinion piece arguing that spelling-based communication has been “debunked,” writer and communication-rights advocate David Kaufer joins Ky Dickens to examine the claims, and the evidence they leave out. David shares how spelling transformed the life of his nonspeaking autistic son, Stone, revealing his intelligence, love of learning, and dreams for the future after years of being denied access to age-appropriate education and meaningful communication. Toget…
S2E43: Ibogaine Inquiries Part V: Before the Forest Is Gone
Ep 43 · Jul 31, 2026 · 25 min
As global interest in ibogaine accelerates, the consequences are already being felt in Gabon. Wild Iboga is disappearing, prices are rising, and traditional practitioners are losing access to a plant that has shaped spiritual and communal life for generations. And beyond the forest, inexperienced providers are beginning to offer powerful ceremonies without the training, accountability, or relationships that Bwiti leaders believe the work requires. In the final episode of The Ibogaine Inquiries,…
S2E42: Ibogaine Inquiries Part IV: Who Owns a Sacred Medicine?
Ep 42 · Jul 29, 2026 · 26 min
For centuries, the people of Gabon protected iboga as a sacred medicine. Then a gift intended to help others changed everything. In this episode, we trace Iboga's remarkable journey from colonial France to New York City, where a young man named Howard Lotsof discovered its potential to interrupt addiction and dedicated his life to bringing ibogaine into modern medicine. But as scientific interest grew, so did difficult questions about patents, ownership, and who should benefit from knowledge tha…
S2E41: Ibogaine Inquiries Part III: The Sacred Roots of Iboga
Ep 41 · Jul 27, 2026 · 33 min
Long before ibogaine entered Western clinics and laboratories, the plant it comes from held a sacred place in Gabonese life. In Part III of Ibogaine Inquiries, we travel to Gabon to explore Bwiti, the spiritual tradition in which iboga is understood as a teacher, guide, and living presence. Gabonese practitioners and Bwiti initiates describe the preparation, community, music, mentorship, and lifelong practice that surround the medicine. They explain why Iboga cannot be separated from the larger…
S2E40: Ibogaine Inquiries Part II: The Intelligence of the Medicine
Ep 40 · Jul 24, 2026 · 36 min
People around the world describe remarkably similar experiences with ibogaine: encounters with ancestors, shared dreams, telepathic abilities, and moments that seem to transcend ordinary consciousness. Are these a coincidence, a hallucination, or something science has yet to explain? In this episode, psychologists, neuroscientists, chemists, physicians, and former patients explore why ibogaine appears unlike any other psychedelic they've studied. From blindfolded perception and shared visions to…
S2E39: Ibogaine Inquiries Part I: Remember the Name
Ep 39 · Jul 22, 2026 · 35 min
Why is everyone suddenly talking about ibogaine? After President Trump signed an executive order fast-tracking psychedelic research, a little-known plant medicine from Central Africa found itself at the center of a national conversation. Advocates call it a breakthrough for addiction, PTSD, and traumatic brain injury. Critics urge caution. But how did we get here? In the first episode of The Ibogaine Inquiries, Ky Dickens and Katherine Ellis trace ibogaine's unlikely path from sacred ceremonies…
S2E38: From Skeptic to Advocate: Becca Cramer Returns | Talk Tracks
Ep 38 · Jul 15, 2026 · 55 min
In this episode of The Talk Tracks, Becca Cramer, a nuclear engineer, writer, and skeptic turned believer, returns to the studio to share what she has learned since her first investigation into The Telepathy Tapes. What began as an attempt to debunk the claims surrounding spelling and telepathy has since evolved into a commitment to advocating for nonspeakers and challenging the assumptions that continue to limit their access to communication. After meeting spellers, families, and communic…
S2E38: PREVIEW: Ask Me Anything with Dr. Christopher Kerr
Ep 38 · Jul 9, 2026 · 9 min
In this special preview of a subscriber-exclusive Ask Me Anything, hospice physician and end-of-life researcher Dr. Christopher Kerr returns to answer listeners’ most burning questions about what happens as we die. Dr. Kerr shares what he has witnessed after decades at the bedside: why dying may be less frightening than we imagine, how end-of-life dreams and visions can bring comfort and healing, whether loved ones can still hear us in their final moments, and why some experiences at the end of…
S2E37: Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor: What a Stroke Revealed About Consciousness | Talk Tracks
Ep 37 · Jul 8, 2026 · 46 min
What happens when three-fourths of a neuroscientist’s brain goes offline, and what remains is not emptiness, but peace, connection, and love? Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained neuroanatomist who spent her life studying the brain, until a massive stroke made her the subject of her own life’s work. As the parts of her brain tied to language, identity, linear time, and the sense of being separate began to shut down, she entered an expansive state that would shape the next chapter of her wo…
S2E36: Soraya's Story Part Two | Talk Tracks
Ep 36 · Jul 1, 2026 · 37 min
In part two of our conversation with Soraya and her parents, Tasha and Safi, the family shares the extraordinary spiritual experiences that emerged as Soraya's health declined. After years of searching for answers about her rare and progressive condition, Soraya began speaking about angels, soul contracts, loved ones on the other side, and what she believes is her life’s mission: to teach her family about love. She describes late-night visits from spirits asking for healing and a profound family…
S2E35: Soraya's Story Part One | Talk Tracks
Ep 35 · Jun 24, 2026 · 43 min
When Soraya was born, her parents knew something wasn’t right. What followed was years of medical uncertainty, countless specialists, and a diagnosis that never came. But alongside Soraya's physical challenges emerged something equally extraordinary: vivid experiences with the non-physical world, messages from loved ones who had passed on, and moments her family still cannot explain. In Part One of this special two-part conversation, Ky sits down with Soraya and her parents, Tasha and Safi, to e…
S2E34: We Are Here to Learn From | Talk Tracks
Ep 34 · Jun 17, 2026 · 32 min
In this episode of The Talk Tracks, Ky sits down with Gavin Schultz and his mother, Cindy, to explore Gavin’s journey as a differently verbal autistic man who began spelling to communicate at age nine through RPM. Before spelling, Cindy knew Gavin was bright, but she had no idea just how rich his inner world truly was. Through spelling, Gavin began sharing profound reflections on faith, intelligence, kindness, purpose, telepathy, and the spiritual gifts he says he experiences, including seeing a…
S2E33: Trapped Inside a Brilliant Mind | Talk Tracks
Ep 33 · Jun 10, 2026 · 40 min
For decades, Dr. Robert Melillo has studied autism, brain development, and human cognition. In this conversation he shares his theories on why some non-speaking individuals may understand far more than they can physically express. Drawing on neuroscience, developmental psychology, and years of clinical experience, Dr. Melillo explores the relationship between body awareness, motor control, communication, and intelligence. He discusses why speech may be inaccessible for some non-speakers despite…
S2E32: "Nice Mind Reading!" | Talk Tracks
Ep 32 · Jun 3, 2026 · 45 min
For years, Betsy Flores searched for ways to better understand her daughter, Cianna. Along the way, she encountered moments that seemed impossible to explain - thoughts shared without words, uncanny knowing, and experiences that hinted at a deeper connection. Joined by autism advocate Manisha Lad, Betsy reflects on the beginning of her daughter’s spelling journey and the hope it has brought to their family. Together they discuss telepathy, communication, presumed competence, and the patience req…
S2E31: Peter and Laura Kane: A nonspeaker answers your questions | Talk Tracks
Ep 31 · May 27, 2026 · 39 min
In this episode of Talk Tracks, Ky Dickens sits down with Peter, a nonspeaker who communicates through spelling, and his mother, Laura, to ask Peter questions submitted by our Backstage Pass listeners and hear the story of how spelling transformed their family. As Peter became an open speller, he began describing telepathy, “mind merging,” reading through his mother’s eyes, communication with other nonspeakers, spiritual encounters, and the mysterious plane many nonspeakers refer to as “the Hill…
S2E30: The Story That Chose Her | Talk Tracks
Ep 30 · May 20, 2026 · 40 min
Animation producer and first-time director Pilar Flynn shares the extraordinary story of a creative download that arrived during a meditation retreat beneath ancient redwoods. The experience was so specific, that it told her to adapt a beloved story by literary icon Isabel Allende, assemble a Latino creative team, and pursue an Oscar campaign. Pilar had never directed before, had no funding, and no obvious path forward. Yet one by one, impossible doors opened. In this conversation, Pilar and Ky…
S2E29: Unraveling Time Travel | Talk Tracks
Ep 29 · May 13, 2026 · 30 min
Is time really linear or is consciousness capable of accessing information beyond the present moment? In this episode of The Talk Tracks, Ky Dickens explores the growing scientific and experiential evidence surrounding precognition, remote viewing, and altered states of consciousness. After hearing remarkable accounts from non-speakers who claim to “remote view through time,” Ky speaks with neuroscientist Julia Mossbridge and psychologist Mike Sapiro about presentiment research, psi phenomena, t…
S2E28: Dr. Mayim Bialik: Science, Skepticism and the Boundaries of Proof | Talk Tracks
Ep 28 · May 6, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min
In this episode of Talk Tracks, Ky Dickens sits down with neuroscientist, actor, and podcast host Dr. Mayim Bialik to explore the tension between science and skepticism. With a PhD in neuroscience and a career shaped by both scientific rigor and cultural storytelling, Mayim has explored the questions on the edge of scientific understanding and that which can’t be quantified. From near-death experiences and spontaneous healing to telepathy, savant abilities, and the limits of measurement, she ref…
S2E27: Unlearning Our Fear of Death
Ep 27 · Apr 29, 2026 · 31 min
In this episode of Talk Tracks, Ky Dickens sits down with Emmy Award–winning filmmaker Lynette Wallworth, whose near-death experience at age nine reshaped her understanding of reality, belonging, and what it means to die. That experience set her on a lifelong journey that led her to Indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon, Mexico, and Australia, where death is not feared, but understood as part of an ongoing cycle of existence. Through these relationships, she began to question a core ass…
S2E26: Rewired through Neuroplasticity: The Brain's Ability to Heal | Talk Tracks
Ep 26 · Apr 22, 2026 · 35 min
In this episode of Talk Tracks, Ky Dickens sits down with Mo Pritzker, whose life was upended by chronic illness, leaving her bedridden for years without answers from conventional medicine. After being told there were no more options, Mo turned to neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to rewire itself. What followed was a profound shift: not just in her health, but in how she understood the relationship between the brain, the body, and healing. Drawing from her personal recovery and her work toda…
S2E25: What We See Before We Die | Talk Tracks
Ep 25 · Apr 15, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min
In this episode of Talk Tracks, Ky Dickens sits down with hospice physician and researcher Dr. Christopher Kerr, whose groundbreaking work has documented the vivid, often life-affirming dreams and visions reported by patients in their final days. Drawing from studies involving over 1,500 patients, Dr. Kerr reveals a striking pattern: as death approaches, many individuals begin to experience deeply immersive encounters, often with loved ones who have passed. He explains that these are not fragmen…
S2E24: The Inventor of the Microprocessor Questions Reality | Talk Tracks
Ep 24 · Apr 8, 2026 · 33 min
This week’s guest, Federico Faggin, helped invent the microprocessor - the technology that powers the modern world. By every measure, he had achieved success. And yet he felt something was missing. After a spontaneous and profound experience of consciousness, Federico began questioning everything he thought he knew about the nature of reality. What followed was a decades-long investigation into one of the biggest mysteries in science: not how the brain creates consciousness, but whether consciou…
S2E23: It’s Never Too Late | Talk Tracks
Ep 23 · Apr 1, 2026 · 53 min
What if communication can open at any age? In this episode of the Talk Tracks, Ky Dickens sits down with Betsy Hicks Russ and her son Joe, who began spelling in adulthood after decades of being underestimated. As communication opens, so does a new understanding of Joe’s inner life, his humor, his insight, his spirituality, and the depth of what he has long been aware of. Together, they explore presuming competence, the emotional transformation that comes when someone is finally able to express t…
S2E22: Signs from the Other Side | Talk Tracks
Ep 22 · Mar 25, 2026 · 50 min
In this deeply moving episode, Ky sits down with writer Carla Kaufman Sloan, whose life changed forever after the sudden loss of her seven-year-old son, Calder. With no prior belief in an afterlife, Carla found herself pulled into a world she never expected through an evidential medium, unmistakable signs, and moments of connection that challenged everything she thought she knew about death. Together, they explore what “signs” from loved ones may look like, whether anyone can ask for them, the r…
S2E21: Elizabeth Gilbert on Letters from Love: Is love conscious and what does it want us to know? | Talk Tracks
Ep 21 · Mar 18, 2026 · 42 min
What if love is not just something we feel, but a force that is actively working with us? Previously, in Season 2 Episode 3 of The Telepathy Tapes, we explored the consciousness of creativity and asked whether ideas are alive and if they choose us. In this episode of the Talk Tracks, we explore the possibility that love may be more than an emotion, but an unseen intelligence, a living force that seeks to engage with us, responds to us, and perhaps even guides us. Bestselling author Elizabe…
S2E20: Unlocking Ryan | Talk Tracks
Ep 20 · Mar 11, 2026 · 40 min
For most of his life, Ryan was treated as if he couldn’t understand the world around him. Unable to speak reliably due to apraxia, he spent years in special education classrooms where his intelligence was not honored. But his mother Mary always believed there was more inside. At age 23, Ryan began communicating through spelling and everything changed. Finally the thoughts and insights that had been trapped inside him began to emerge: his deep spirituality, his love of music, and even experiences…
S2E19: A Non-Speaker and A Family Secret | Talk Tracks
Ep 19 · Mar 4, 2026 · 35 min
In this episode of Talk Tracks, we travel to Rockville, Maryland, to meet the Statter family and their 24-year-old son, Ethan - a nonspeaker who began spelling his thoughts at age 18. What started as a breakthrough in communication quickly became something much bigger. Through letterboard spelling, Ethan revealed himself to be a poet and a deeply observant presence within his family. But he also began sharing experiences that challenged everything they thought they knew. He described telepathic…
S2E18: When a Near-Death Experience Unlocks Hidden Genius Part Two | Talk Tracks
Ep 18 · Feb 25, 2026 · 27 min
In part two of this two-part episode series of the Talk Tracks, we continue the exploration of near-death experiences with Tony Cicoria, an orthopedic surgeon whose life changed after surviving a lightning strike in 1994. Tony describes leaving his physical body, witnessing his own resuscitation, and entering a realm of profound peace, unity, and unconditional love that felt more real than ordinary waking life. When he returned, he began experiencing an unexpected and overwhelming connection to…
S2E17: When a Near-Death Experience Unlocks Hidden Genius Part One |Talk Tracks
Ep 17 · Feb 18, 2026 · 37 min
In part one of this two part episode series of Talk Tracks, we hear the extraordinary near-death experience of David Ditchfield, who survived a devastating train accident that should have been fatal. David describes leaving his injured body behind and entering a realm of healing light, guiding beings, and overwhelming unconditional love that felt more real than physical life. When he returned, he discovered he had become an accidental savant, awakening an innate ability to paint complex, detaile…
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