From her Colorado backyard, nurse-turned-death doula Abby Lutz shares how the Death Dojo transforms our relationship with mortality. “Fear dissolves when we explore with wonder,” she explains, describing a patient who compared dying to “seeing the ocean for the first time.” Through stories of crossing-over experiences and the inadequacy of language around death, Abby reveals how we can practice dying before we die—not as morbid fixation but as radical aliveness. She speaks of trees teaching us transformation, the octopus as a model for distributed consciousness, and how “preparing the others” becomes as vital as tending to the dying. A conversation that turns death from ending into portal, from fear into curiosity.

Dr. Ken Atchity walked away from tenure to chase creative freedom. After becoming the very thing he dreaded—a tenured professor—Ken broke up with academia to write screenplays and produce films, never looking back for over 30 years. From his California home, he shares insights on competition, creativity in isolation, and how he convinced his accountant father to see beauty in insecurity. We explore staring at fire, dying by committee, Dante’s perfection, and the art of seeing the David before carving it.

We welcome Ralph Blumenthal, an award-winning journalist and former New York Times reporter who helped expose the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), a secret U.S. Department of Defense initiative investigating unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs). Ralph shares stories from his long career, his groundbreaking work uncovering classified programs, and his exploration of mysteries—from cultural history to the life of Harvard psychiatrist Dr. John Mack.

Thanks for tuning into Behind Greatness. This is part 6 with Joe, a former U.S. Army intelligence officer and key figure in Project Stargate, the government’s top-secret remote viewing program. In this episode, Joe reflects on his early military career, his role as “Remote Viewer No. 1,” and shares personal stories—from surviving bear attacks to teaching at The Monroe Institute. He also dives into lucid dreams, out-of-body experiences, and the strange overlap between consciousness and intelligence work.

Journalist Nick Cook(UK) and astrophysicist Rudy Schild (Massachusetts) explore plasma phenomena, UAP mimicry, Wilhelm Reich’s theories, astronaut Edgar Mitchell’s consciousness experiments, and Wernher von Braun’s connection to Roswell in their second wide-ranging conversation about unexplained aerial phenomena and consciousness.