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Beyond Words: Listening to a Hidden Community — Ky Dickens and The Telepathy Tapes


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In today’s mind-bending episode, prepare to challenge everything you think you know. Today, we're inviting listeners into a radically inclusive conversation that reimagines ideas about communication, consciousness, and human connection.


Award-winning filmmaker and storyteller Ky Dickens joins us to discuss The Telepathy Tapes, her viral podcast documenting the lived experiences of nonspeaking individuals who communicate in ways long dismissed or misunderstood. Through careful listening, deep respect, and investigative rigor, the series challenges entrenched assumptions about intelligence, language, and who gets to be heard—and believed.


In conversation with hosts Jen and Amy, Ky explores how nonspeakers are expanding our understanding of connection beyond spoken language, giving insight into telepathic communication and shared consciousness. The episode centers the voices of a community historically excluded from public discourse and asks what becomes possible when we widen our definition of communication, dignity, and belonging.


Rather than sensationalizing the unexplained, this conversation treats nonspeakers as authoritative narrators of their own experiences—inviting listeners to confront ableism, reexamine bias, and consider how inclusion begins with attention.


Highlights from this Episode:

  • How nonspeaking individuals are redefining communication and agency

  • Dismissed yet fascinating topics like energy healing, animal communication, mediumship, and near-death experiences

  • “The Hill”: a shared metaphysical space described by nonspeakers as a site of connection

  • What these experiences reveal about consciousness, presence, and the enduring human need to belong

    This episode is a powerful act of listening—one that expands empathy, affirms marginalized voices, and challenges audiences to imagine a more inclusive understanding of what it means to communicate and connect.


    Thought-provoking Quotes:

    • “Maybe instead of fixing the brokenness in society, I should focus on fixing the brokenness in me and in humanity.” – Ky Dickens

    • “I don't think it's binary that people have to be that dogmatic about science, and we don't have to believe in everything. I think most of us are somewhere in the middle. We want to really investigate and understand the truth about the non-physical world, and it's not silly or unscientific or gullible to do so. I think it's a beautiful part of being alive.” – Ky Dickens

      • “One thing I have come to realize deeply is that science and spirituality are not enemies.” – Ky Dickens

      • “I have not met a single non-speaker who doesn't talk about people who've passed and about the very real existence of God in an afterlife.” – Ky Dickens

        Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

        • The Telepathy Tapes – https://thetelepathytapes.com/

        • BT Harman - https://btharman.com/welcome

        • Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell – https://drdianehennacy.com/

        • Elizabeth Gilbert – https://www.elizabethgilbert.com/

        • Rick Rubin - https://x.com/RickRubin

        • Gregory Shushan – https://www.gregoryshushan.com/

        • Jane Goodall – https://janegoodall.org/

          Guest’s Links:

          Website - https://thetelepathytapes.com/

          Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thetelepathytapes/

          Twitter - https://x.com/TelepathyTapes

          Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPA5cHDlwkvTM7akXINZo9w

          TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@telepathytapes

          Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/1zigaPaUWO4G9SiFV0Kf1c


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          Jen’s Website - https://jenhatmaker.com/

          Jen’s Instagram - https://instagram.com/jenhatmaker

          Jen’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/jenHatmaker/

          Jen’s Facebook - https://facebook.com/jenhatmaker

          Jen’s YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/JenHatmaker


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