The Kidd & Friends Podcast | Mindset, Consciousness & the Unexplained

The Kidd & Friends Podcast | Mindset, Consciousness & the Unexplained

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The Kidd & Friends Podcast | Mindset, Consciousness & the Unexplained episodes

  • Born Knowing: Master Thich Dieu Thien’s Journey to Awakening

    What is it like to grow up knowing you’re different, long before the people around you understand why?

    Awakened Zen Master Thich Dieu Thien returns to The Kidd & Friends Podcast for our fourth conversation. This time, we explore the life behind the teachings—from early childhood and feeling disconnected from others to entering the monastery at thirteen, traveling in search of answers, and ultimately experiencing awakening.

    After reading an advance copy of the Master’s life story, I wanted to understand the determination, loneliness, and searching that shaped that journey. We discuss family, life inside the monastery, and what it meant to keep searching for “home.”

    We also explore ego, compassion, changing friendships, finding purpose, and what happens during a meditation retreat at Universal Door Meditation Center.

    I came into this conversation feeling disconnected. Learning more about the Master’s journey gave me plenty to reflect on—and a reset I needed.

    Links

    Universal Door Meditation Center — Sessions, Retreats and Events

    About Awakened Zen Master Thich Dieu Thien

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    1 hr 16 min
  • 9 Days on Another Planet: The Thiaoouba Prophecy | Samuel Chong Returns

    What if an encounter with extraterrestrials carried a message about how we live on Earth?

    Samuel Chong returns to the Kid and Friends Podcast for a deeper conversation about Thiaoouba Prophecy, Michel Desmarquet’s account of a claimed nine-day journey to another planet in 1987.

    After reading the book, Christopher explores its biggest questions with Samuel: Why was Michel chosen? What is the significance of the number nine? What does the book say about reincarnation, Jesus, ancient civilizations, and humanity’s future?

    Samuel also shares his experiences meeting Michel and discusses the information the author said he was instructed to leave out of the book.

    Along the way, we explore spiritual growth, community, technology, media influence, and why Samuel believes the book’s message remains relevant today.

    What part of this conversation stood out to you? Share your thoughts in the comments, and subscribe for more conversations exploring the unexplained.

    BOOK & GUEST LINKS
    📖 Thiaoouba Prophecy — Inner Traditions
    🌐 About Samuel Chong
    ❓ Book FAQs
    📝 Samuel’s article: The Second Coming of Jesus Christ

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    1 hr 5 min
  • Saying Yes to Life: Road Trips, UFOs & a $100 Wake-Up Call

    What do you do when 25 years of work earns you a $100 company-store coupon? Take the vacation—and start saying yes.

    The KiDD reunites with Mike and Phil to share stories from a 2,500-mile motorcycle adventure and an RV trip through the Southwest with his son, including a UFO convention and a strange encounter under the desert sky. Along the way, the conversation turns to disconnecting from work, making memories, and why capes might deserve a comeback.

    Road stories, good friends, and plenty of laughs on The Kid and Friends Podcast.

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    2 hr
  • Do Aliens Speak Physics? CERN, Higgs Boson & the Rules of Reality | Daniel Whiteson

    Particle physicist Daniel Whiteson joins me for a wide-ranging conversation about CERN, the Large Hadron Collider, the Higgs boson, quantum physics, special relativity, aliens and how much of what we call “physics” may actually reflect the way humans think.

    Daniel is a professor of physics and astronomy at UC Irvine and a member of the ATLAS collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. His book Do Aliens Speak Physics? asks a deceptively simple question: if intelligent extraterrestrial life exists, would they understand the universe using anything resembling our science? 

    We get into the search for unexpected discoveries at the LHC, how the Higgs boson was found, and why some of the most exciting moments in science happen when the universe basically tells us, “You thought A — turns out it’s B.” 

    We also talk about whether aliens could arrive at the same physical truths through a completely different scientific history, the difficulty of ever decoding an extraterrestrial message, and the possibility that we could recognize an alien signal without having any idea what it actually says. 

    And yes — we get into the wilder CERN theories too: alternate timelines, portals, demons and the misinformation Daniel constantly hears about the collider versus what scientists there are actually trying to understand about the universe. 

    • Daniel Whiteson: Official Website
    • Do Aliens Speak Physics?: Official Book Site
    • UC Irvine: Daniel Whiteson Faculty Profile
    • X: @DanielWhiteson

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    1 hr 22 min
  • Project Blue Beam, UFOs & Why We Believe Conspiracies | Dr. Barna Donovan

    Barna is a professor of Communication and Media Studies at Saint Peter’s University, an author, and a researcher whose work explores conspiracy theory culture, film, media, audiences, and persuasion.

    We dig heavily into Project Blue Beam and its alleged four-stage plan, including fake archaeological discoveries, projected events in the sky, electronic messaging, and a simulated global crisis. We also get into the very real question underneath the theory: How difficult would it be to manipulate what millions of people believe in the age of AI and social media?

    We also talk about Project Blue Book, Roswell, UFO crash stories, UAP whistleblowers, AI-generated misinformation, War of the Worlds, the moon-landing conspiracy, JFK, Hollywood conspiracy films, government secrecy, media distrust, Disclosure Day, The X-Files, and why people desperately want to feel like they know something everyone else doesn’t.

    Barna also explains how he teaches students to recognize cherry-picked information, false connections and other techniques used to make weak evidence feel convincing.

    The takeaway isn’t “believe everything” or “trust the government.” It’s much simpler: be skeptical of everybody—including the people telling you they have the secret truth.

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    👽 DR. BARNA DONOVAN

    Official Website: BarnaDonovan.com

    Saint Peter’s University: SaintPeters.edu

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    1 hr 36 min
  • Food Scientist to Medium: Dr. Bryan Quoc Le on Consciousness, Psychedelics & the Afterlife

    Dr. Bryan Quoc Le is a food scientist, chemist, consultant, lecturer, and author with a PhD in food science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and degrees in chemistry from UC Irvine.

    But this conversation goes far beyond food.

    Bryan shares how the deaths of his father and later his mother changed the direction of his life and challenged his scientific worldview. After his mother was killed when a car struck her while she was riding her bicycle, Bryan says he began experiencing what felt like communication with her — including automatic writing and a remarkable experience involving money hidden inside her chair that nearly matched the cost of her funeral.

    We also get into his early fascination with psychedelic research, meditation, Burning Man, the emotional experience of burning his father's belongings at the Temple, mediumship, consciousness, spirituality, and the difficult question of how someone trained to rely on evidence makes sense of experiences that don't fit neatly inside conventional scientific models.

    It’s a conversation about science meeting the unexplained — and what happens when the two can no longer be kept in separate boxes.

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    1 hr 28 min
  • Expanded Intelligence: Psychic Ability, Cold Cases & the Unseen | Elizabeth Rea

    Elizabeth Rea, founder of Insightful and an evidential clairvoyant psychic medium, joins me for a deep conversation about Expanded Intelligence—what she describes as the ability to access information beyond ordinary intuition, logic and data.

    Elizabeth shares the near-death experience she had at 16, how her psychic abilities developed, and the difference she sees between everyday intuition and accessing information on demand.

    We also get into her work assisting U.S. federal special agents with cold murder investigations, how investigators tested her abilities—including a double-sealed evidence box—and the unusual information she says she was able to provide during investigations.

    Later, we explore consciousness, skepticism, AI, intuition and how Elizabeth now applies Expanded Intelligence to high-stakes decisions involving founders, CEOs and investors.

    It’s a fascinating conversation about what we know, what we think we know—and what may exist beyond the information available to our ordinary senses.

    Elizabeth Rea / Insightful: Insightful — Official Website
    Her official bio says she previously worked discreetly with U.S. federal special agents on cold murder cases and now works with founders, CEOs and investors. 

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    1 hr 32 min
  • Spirit Medium Dominic Sattele: Ghosts, Past Lives & the Other Side

    Spirit medium and paranormal investigator Dominic Sattele joins me for a deep conversation about ghosts, consciousness, past lives, spirit guides, negative entities, reincarnation and what he believes happens after we die.Dominic says his experiences with the spirit world began when he was just 3 years old, when he began seeing and speaking with a Native American spirit near his childhood home. His grandmother—who Dominic says had similar abilities—recognized what was happening and taught him how to understand, control and eventually turn his abilities on and off.We get into what Dominic says spirits actually look like, why some appear at different ages, communicating with deceased loved ones, whether cemeteries are actually haunted, guardian angels, past-life memories and the difference between positive and negative entities.Dominic also tells the story of reconnecting with longtime friend Eric Mintel nearly 30 years after high school, revealing his abilities to Eric for the first time and eventually becoming part of Eric Mintel Investigates.We also talk about their paranormal investigations throughout Pennsylvania and the Poconos, their work with Pocono Television Network, and the upcoming Pocono Para-Con at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.🎙️ THE KIDD & FRIENDS PODCASTOfficial WebsiteYouTube — The Kidd & Friends PodcastSpotify — The Kidd & Friends PodcastApple Podcasts — The Kidd & Friends Podcast👻 DOMINIC SATTELE / ERIC MINTEL INVESTIGATESDominic Sattele — Spirit Medium & Paranormal InvestigatorEmail: [email protected] Mintel Investigates — Official Website📺 POCONO TELEVISION NETWORKEric Mintel Investigates airs on Pocono Television Network, featuring investigations throughout the Pocono Mountains.Eric Mintel Investigates on Pocono Television Network👽 POCONO PARA-CON — OCTOBER 4, 2026Dominic Sattele and Eric Mintel will appear at the First Annual Pocono Para-Con at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, featuring discussions on ghosts, UFOs, Bigfoot and other unexplained phenomena.Pocono Para-Con / Sherman Theater🔗 Stay connected & join the journey:
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    1 hr 51 min
  • Pat Croce: From Philly Success to Spiritual Awakening | Enjoy Your Self Now!

    Philadelphia icon Pat Croce has lived a life defined by achievement — sports medicine pioneer, motivational speaker, New York Times bestselling author, entrepreneur, martial artist, and former president and co-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers.

    But after decades of external success, Pat began looking in a completely different direction.

    In this episode, we talk about the voice in the head, ego, meditation, awareness, success, suffering, letting go, and the spiritual journey that eventually led him to create Meditation Hill Sangha and write his new book, Enjoy Your Self Now!

    The book is built around 66 Sacred Shifts designed to help people move from the limited self toward greater peace, presence, and awareness.

    We also get into the question at the center of Pat’s journey:

    If you are not your thoughts, then who are you?

    Pat Croce:
    https://www.patcroce.com/

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    1 hr 22 min
  • Raised in Trinidad. Lost in Canada. Found Himself through the art / Antonio Michael Downing

    In this episode of The Kidd & Friends Podcast, Christopher "Kidd" Perry sits down with award-winning author, musician, broadcaster, and host of CBC Radio's The Next Chapter, Antonio Michael Downing.

    From his childhood in Trinidad and Tobago, being raised by his deeply influential grandmother, to navigating life after immigrating to rural Canada, Antonio shares an honest and powerful story of identity, race, family, creativity, and resilience.

    Together, they explore:

    • Growing up in Trinidad and the lessons his grandmother instilled in him
    • The culture shock of moving to rural Canada
    • Finding purpose through music, writing, and storytelling
    • Why belonging is something we create—not something we're given
    • The inspiration behind Saga Boy, Black Cherokee, and Stars in My Crown
    • What he's learned from interviewing some of the world's greatest writers as host of CBC Radio's The Next Chapter
    • How our past shapes us without defining our future

    This is a conversation about becoming comfortable in your own skin, embracing your story, and discovering that every chapter—even the difficult ones—has a purpose.

    🎙️ Listen, subscribe, and share if this conversation resonates with you.

    Antonio Michael Downing

    🌐 Website: https://www.antoniomichaeldowning.com

    📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AntonioMichaelDowning

    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antoniomichaeldowning

    🎵 Music (John Orpheus): https://www.johnorpheus.com

    📚 CBC – The Next Chapter:
    https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thenextchapter


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    1 hr 27 min

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