Mike Hull is the video producer in the election unit at the network Fusion. He is also a longtime filmmaker, cinematographer, and keen political thinker. As he attended both the Republican and Democratic conventions this year, I chat with him about what that experience was like, and what shape he sees American politics taking in the future. Stay in touch: http://www.derekberes.com.

Freedom is individual and shared; it can’t be any other way. Just as consciousness is bound to the biochemical processes of our brain interacting with the physical reality of our body, freedom in society must in some ways respect the boundaries of that society—a vast, empty space with no clear lines is impossible to define as culture. We have to work together on these definitions—work... Read More

Sometimes death, even of a pet, can remind you of what is immediate and dear. I explore this notion after losing a cat, Anula, of eleven years. Stay in touch: http://www.derekberes.com.

Poet Vincent Toro’s new book, Stereo.Island.Mosaic., is the winner of the 2015 Sawtooth Poetry Prize. The collection ranges from the personal to the political, featuring Toro’s longtime activism in raising awareness about socio-political issues in his ancestral homeland, Puerto Rico. I’ve known the man for twenty-two years. We’re former roommates and collaborators, as well as longtime friends. I caught up with Vincent while he was... Read More

Dr. Mark Hyman received some flack for coining the term ‘pegan’ a combination of paleo and vegan. After nearly twenty years of vegetarianism, including two as a vegan, in this podcast I discuss my recent dietary changes to a paleo-based diet and all the implications this has had in my life—including strength/flexibility, inflammation, energy levels, ethics, and more. Joseph Campbell snippet from his lecture, ‘The... Read More

We’re constantly telling stories with our bodies. How we move defines a sizable portion of our identity. In this podcast I briefly discuss why storytelling is such a crucial component of modern yoga , as well as why contentment is one of the most cherished and important qualities of this discipline. Being constantly distracted is not going to develop those higher-order emotions that are the... Read More

I chat with the Sex At Dawn author about how pornography, relationships and modern sexuality.

This is an outtake from my new online course, Yoga For Anxiety. Having dealt with general anxiety disorder and panic attacks for 24 years, here I talk briefly about what anxiety is and discuss some techniques for dealing with it.

Mitch Schultz is the producer and director of DMT: The Spirit Molecule and co-founder of Mythaphi. In this episode of EarthRise we discuss the emergence of psychedelics in American culture, the origins of the DMT documentary, and new paradigms to explore global consciousness with. We also laugh a lot. Stay in touch: http://www.derekberes.com.

Evan Thompson is professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia. He writes about cognitive science, phenomenology, the philosophy of mind, and cross-cultural philosophy, especially Buddhist philosophy in dialogue with Western philosophy of mind and cognitive science. On this episode we discuss the concepts behind Evan’s latest book, Waking, Dreaming Being: Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation and Philosophy, including the role of the self,... Read More