Michael Wallach is a writer, film producer and creator of the Viral Dellusion. Subscribe: Click here for forum Discussion Click here for Michael Wallach’s website On this episode of skeptical. Rabies. Damn rabies. [00:00:08] Clip:A woman shouldn’t have to be hit by a car to learn that she may have rabies, but that is where we are in America. And that does not sit right with me. And that is why I am hosting a fun run race for the cure for rabies to raise awareness of the fact that there is a cure for rabies of disease that has been largely eradicated in the us, but not very many people know.=== === [00:00:36] Michael Wallach: there is simply no proof that there is a virus called rabies that causes the dogs to go nuts. There’s just, there, there is no scientific proof of that. That’s a story. === So of course that first clip was Steve Carell from the office, but the second one was from. Today’s guest Michael Wallach, who joined me to talk about his new documentary series? The viral delusion. Hope you enjoyed the show. [00:01:05] Alex Tsakiris: Welcome to skeptical where we explore controversial science and spirituality with leading researchers, thinkers and their critics. I’m your host, Alex cares. And today we’re joined by documentary filmmaker and creator of the new series. The viral delusion. Mike Ballek and joining us as well is Mike Stone, who is kind of a interesting guy, knowledgeable guy knew about the film. And Mike invited Mike along to kind of add maybe some input on some of the more technical, scientific parts. But I have a feeling that Mr. Wallock will be able to handle a lot of that himself. So to both of you, thanks so much for being. [00:01:50] Michael Wallach: Alex, thanks for having us. , you know, the part of the reason of making of making this documentary series was to be able to have conversations like this. And, uh, so I’m really thrilled to be. [00:02:01] Alex Tsakiris: Great. Well, I, I just couldn’t agree more and, you know, I, I wanted to maybe play a little clip from the documentary, but I also wanted to read this part because I think this is really the, the energy and the spirit that I’m totally in sync with you guys on. And I think we have to always step back and realize just how. Powerful and unique. What you’re saying is here no matter where we go in this discussion, cuz we might not always agree on everything, but here’s from your website, as scary as our times are they’re pregnant with possibility. The possibility for a wider understanding of our health and our politics, the possibility of working together to free ourselves from misguided medical authorities, disastrous health protocols and the corruption in injustice that leads to poor access to healthy food, limited access to fresh, clean water, dwindling opportunities to breathe fresh, and the unstop detoxification of our planet, , the known cause of disease. , well written powerful stuff. It’s maybe even the jumping off point for. Where you guys are coming from any comment on that? [00:03:20] Michael Wallach: no. I mean, I, you know, if there I’m really glad you pointed this out, because if there was any takeaway you know, that people could have, uh, on viewing the doc series, I would want it to be that paragraph. That’s exactly. , what, what we’re trying to focus on. And even though we dive into some, some really technical science, uh, and you know, there’s a learning curve for a lot of people, uh,
Jessa Reed is a comedian, podcaster, with a NDE and contactee experience. Subscribe: Click here for forum Discussion Click here for Jessa Reed’s website [00:00:00] Alex Tsakiris: On this episode of skeptiko. Can NDEs be Funny? Well, I guess that depends on who’s telling the story. [00:00:12] clip: I’m gonna tell the story. The last time I drank piss. Stop me if you’ve heard this one [00:00:19] Alex Tsakiris: That’s comedian, Jessa Reed. She’s our guest today. [00:00:23] Jessa Reed: you know, when I got addicted to meth, it was kind of an accident. And then I was actually relieved. Like when, when my family was like, don’t go down this path. You know, I felt so disillusioned with the reality where I was just like, everyone’s when I got old enough to find out that magic, wasn’t real. I’m like, so life is just working a job that you hate so that you can afford a house. You don’t give a shit about. So you can stay in a relationship. That’s already run its course, like, let m...
Zorananda is an accomplished Yoga teacher and creator of the Yoga Connection podcast. Subscribe: Click here for forum Discussion Click here for Zorananda’s website [00:00:00] Alex Tsakiris: On this episode of skeptiko. A show about what yoga is. [00:00:07] Zoananda: Each and every single person. Is gonna have their own way of, experiencing the kind of deeper realm of yoga. And what I’ve realized is what we’re exploring is not really yoga. It’s our own inner world and consciousness. And it’s just that there’s this permission slip that yoga grants to explore that [00:00:28] Alex Tsakiris: And what yogurt isn’t. [00:00:30] JP: And down into pigeon pretend you’re an animal, even though you’re a vegan and you hate animals, push this knuckle into the ground. That’ll make these muscles feel much weaker. Keep your belly button drawn in and take nice deep breaths, even though you can’t do that. When your belly button’s drawn in, I’m not telling you what to do. I’m just saying m...
Rob and Trish MacGregor have written over a hundred books and created the Mystical Underground podcast. Subscribe: Click here for forum Discussion Click here for Mystical Underground website [00:00:00] Alex Tsakiris: On this episode of skeptiko, A guest appearance that started out great. [00:00:08] Rob MacGregor: welcome back, Alex. [00:00:10] Alex Tsakiris: To see you, Alex, you Rob . Thank you, Trish. Thanks to both of you. And then went totally off the rails. [00:00:18] Rob MacGregor: I mean, you don’t always look at science, uh, Alex, I mean, you believe in Pizzagate for Christ’s sake. I mean, that’s crazy. That’s totally crazy. [00:00:32] Alex Tsakiris: That’s that’s a great one in the time. In the time that we have left, what do you understand Pizzagate to be Rob? I just don’t. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. You brought it up Hal but what do you understand? Pizza? Well, [00:00:38] Trish MacGregor: is it something against Hillary Clinton? [00:00:40] Alex Tsakiris: Right, [0...
Dr. Rob Williams and Brandon Zollino, dive deep into intellectual freedom and unity on Plan V TV. Subscribe: Click here for forum Discussion Click here for Dr. Rob Williams’ Website Click here for Brandon’s Facebook Page [00:00:00] Alex Tsakiris: On this episode of skeptiko, a rebroadcast of an interview I recently did with two brainiac tree huggers from Vermont. Oh, I hope you’ve love these guys as much as I do, because you’re going to hear a lot more of them on skeptiko. We don’t need much. of an introduction on this one, stick around for my chat with Dr. Rob Williams. And Brandon’s Alina. Reno from plan the TV. [00:00:31] Dr. Rob Williams: Welcome to plan V TV, the show about Vermont independence. I’m Dr. Rob Williams, the publisher of Vermont independent.net, and with us today in studio and virtually, this is so exciting. We have Brandon Zino in, in studio and all the way from sunny San Diego. We have Alex Securis, who is the host and founder of the incredibly popular and...
Dr. Gregory Shushan is the world’s leading authority on the study of near-death experiences across culture and time. Subscribe: Click here for forum Discussion Click here for Dr. Shushan’s Book Click here for Dr. Shushan’s Website [00:00:00] Alex Tsakiris: On this episode of skeptiko, a show about finding truth in science. [00:00:08] Gregory Shushan: There actually were a lot of accounts overtly saying, , this particular person, , Died went to the other world and came back and that’s how we know what the afterlife was like. . I found, you know, 40, 50, 60 of them from different parts of the world. , , so that’s not in dispute. , , the idea that. , for all these thousands of years and pretty much every cultural region of the, of the planet, people have just been making things up and let’s instead, , look at the world through our own sort of mechanistic, materialistic, scientific viewpoint, , and say that, , no, it’s all culture and it’s all in the brain. , to me, that’s a pr...
Richard Cox’s new book examines parallels between conspiracy theory analysis and insights gained through spiritual development. Subscribe: Click here for forum Discussion Click here for forum Discussion Click here for Richard’s Book Click here for Richard’s Podcast [00:00:00] Alex Tsakiris: On this episode of skeptiko, a show about discernment. And conspiracy theory. [00:00:10] Richard Cox: A core tenant of spirituality is a kind of discernment okay. To sermon about on a fundamental level of thought, like, cause for a lot of people that is a massive change in their lives to realize that their thoughts aren’t true We really should then be able to carry that sense of discernment out of our minds and into the world and say, well, is what the government is telling me. True. It’s it’s a thought. And in some ways I’ve been indoctrinated into this system from birth. So it’s very compelling for that reason, but I should be able to apply more discernment to that. And a show about dis...
Andy Rouse has created a podcast that doesn’t shy away from tough discussions. Subscribe: Click here for forum Discussion Click here for Andy’s Deep Share Podcast [00:00:00] Alex Tsakiris: This episode of skeptiko A show about making our puzzle pieces fit. [00:00:08] Andy Rouse: It’s almost like a reflection in the external world from an internal experience. I’ve heard many people. And I resonate with this, that when they have psychedelic experiences or near death experiences, , it almost feels like they’re given this internal map or this internal puzzle. And they want to find all the pieces out here that match up with that internal puzzle. [00:00:29] Alex Tsakiris: That’s Andy Rouse from the deep shear podcast. I have a great chat coming up with him. We did kind of a swap cast thing and I thought it was great. So we’re going to do it again. I think we left some really intriguing, loose ends that we’ll might tie up in the future. But in the meantime we rolled right. Into thi...
Nelson Apostata was an ancient history scholar before becoming interested in ETs and NDEs. Subscribe: Click here for forum Discussion [00:00:00] Alex Tsakiris: Um, This episode of skeptical. A show about love and the extended consciousness realm. [00:00:10] Nelson Apostata: We can’t directly establish causation, right? If you look at what Richard Dolan was describing of the tall greys and the reported experiences of these people are overwhelming love, and you compare this to. The near-death experience reports of this overwhelming love. And then you look at, for instance, the new Testament and it’s all about love. Love is all that matters. We also look at the counterculture in the sixties, 1960s with the Beatles. All you need is love. And I just started to get a little bit suspicious of this. Why is it always just love? Why is it only about that? And not about for instance, material accomplishments in this world? Why is it always just life? [00:00:54] Alex Tsakiris: And why we migh...
Dr. Joanna Kujawa is a religious scholar and expert on goddesses and spirituality. Subscribe: Click here for Dr. Joanna Kujawa’s website Click here for: The Other Goddess: Goddess of Eros and Secret Knowledge Click here for forum Discussion Alex Tsakiris: On this episode of Skeptiko. A show about the darkness and light of sexuality. [00:00:09] Dr. Joanna Kujawa: I just decided to focus on sexuality because there is so much darkness around it. So I said, okay, why don’t I address it? Why don’t I bring it into light? Like they wanted to demean, for example, Martin Mandela and on other goddesses. And then the, my question is why there must be some liberating power in it and we have to claim it, but in our own way, not for darkness, but for love. Alex Tsakiris: And why we might want to be suspicious. Of spiritual intermediaries. [00:00:38] Clip: I, as an ordained person with an indelible mark can make. Holy communion is what separates you from me. So for instance, . If you’re gay an...