Pete and Jay journey into the meaning of life with Dr. Neil Theise, a world-renowned pioneer in stem cell research and a diagnostic liver pathologist. Neil's career in science and medicine combined with his long-term practice of Zen Buddhism has opened new doors into thinking about consciousness, complexity theory, panpsychism, complimentarity, and other things Pete and Jay had never heard of before.

In Part 1 of 3 Neil tells us the beginnging of his fascinating life story, describing his career choice as a pathologist all the way up to his first encounter with meditation.