Visual artist Louie Schwartzberg is an award-winning producer, director and cinematographer whose notable career spans more than four decades. His prolific and breathtaking imagery from over 54 countries is featured in films, television shows, documentaries and commercials. Louie most recently released Fantastic Fungi, a descriptive time-lapse journey about the magical, mysterious and medicinal world of fungi and their power to heal, sustain and contribute to the regeneration of life on Earth...

Reverend Briana Cavion from the Earth Temple is a modern day, medicine woman. She has years of experience living with tribes serving ayahuasca in South America, and she carries a Masters degree in Peace Education from The United Nations University for Peace. Briana is also an NLP practitioner and a coach. In this podcast, Briana preaches and teaches about the power of nature, our bodies as part of the wild divine and how making peace with ourselves is the only way to make peace on the planet....

Rick Doblin, Ph.D., is the founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). His commitment to psychedelic medicine, psychedelic assisted therapy, research and decriminalization spans several decades, making him one of the pioneering leaders in the psychedelic renaissance. In this conversation, Rick speaks about his experience, his perspective, his family and his why.    What you will learn:    Learn about MAPS Founder and Executive...

Rick Doblin, Ph.D., is the founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). His commitment to psychedelic medicine, psychedelic assisted therapy, research and decriminalization spans several decades, making him one of the pioneering leaders in the psychedelic renaissance. In this conversation, Rick speaks about his experience, his perspective, his family and his why.    What you will learn:    Learn about MAPS Founder and Executive...

Rachel Yehuda PhD is a pioneer in the field of intergenerational trauma, epigenetics and PTSD treatment. We speak together about her career working with Vietnam War veterans, Holocaust survivors and their offspring, as well as pregnant mothers who survived the attacks of 9/11 and their children. Rachel continues to pave powerful pathways for progress with psychedelic treatments in the VA.    In this conversation, we also speak about the impact of the Corona Virus as a form of trauma,...

Journalist turned peace activist, Rami Aman started the Gaza Youth Committee in 2010. The organization consists of over 200 men and women between the ages of 16 and 40. The intention is to empower a new generation of leadership with the courage, willingness, skills and the vision to create a peaceful world in partnership with Israel, the United States, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and more. Rami is a real life hero, living and breathing his vision into the world no matter the cost.  ...

Khaled is among the foremost figures in the Palestinian community working toward peace and reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis. He co-founded three groundbreaking organizations and he’s received a number of international prizes for his work, including the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize for the promotion of nonviolence and tolerance.   Khaled’s understanding of the conflict is based in deep personal knowledge of what it means to experience loss. He, his mother and many of his...

Meet Wassim Razzouk. His family came from Egypt and introduced the art of tattoos to Palestine almost 1000 years ago. They've since marked countless individuals. We met in his shop in the Old City of Jerusalem where we spoke about his ancestry, what it's like living in Israel as a Coptic Christian and why riding a motorcycle in the Holy Land is so badass.    What you will Learn:    1. Discover the meaning of a Jerusalem cross  2. Learn about the significance of tattoos for Christian...

Hebron, which means friend, is a 4500 year old, hotbed in the Southern West Bank. In this conversation, we meet Yishai Fleisher, the international spokesperson for the Jewish community there. Yishai is also an Israeli broadcaster and a frequent columnist for major news websites. We speak about who is living in Hebron and why while we dive into the complexity of the city that he represents.    What You Will Learn:    1. Why peace isn't the right conversation to have about the Middle East ...

Noam Shuster was raised in Wahat al Salam/Neve Shalom, the only intentional community in Israel where Palestinians and Jews live together as equals. There, she was educated in a bi-national, bi-lingual and bi-cultural school where she learned to speak fluent Arabic as a little girl. Noam was recruited to use this skill for Intelligence gathering in the army, but she declined the invitation because Noam always knew she would use it to communicate - not to spy on her neighbors.    Noam worked...

Sulaiman Khatib spent 10 brutal years as a young man in an Israeli prison for stabbing a soldier as an act of resistance. He was 14 years old when he started his sentence. While most might develop more rage in the conditions that he survived, this man became a committed peace maker. He cofounded Combatants for Peace, a bi-national, grassroots nonviolence movement in Israel and Palestine, and he has been compared in the press to a modern-day Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr or Nelson Mandela.   ...

Meet Dr. Shaiya Rothberg. Living in Jerusalem, he is a conservative rabbi and teacher of theology, Kabbalah, and written and oral torah from the Midrash to the Middle Ages. In this conversation, we discuss democracy and human rights from a Jewish perspective. Here, he explains the difference between Judaism and Torah, which he defines as Truth. Unlike many observant Jews, however, he understands multiple pathways to access the capital T Truth, and he explores what it would mean for Israelis...

The Ten Principles of Burning Man create a healing field for individuals to be who they are without concern for what they do in the world. For one week in the desert, life is whimsical and designed for authentic, imaginative expression.    Sharon Avraham co-founded the Israeli Burning Man, and led many of its events for years. In one week, he with a tribe of Middle Eastern activists return to Black Rock City with a unique mission: The Kosmic Kamels.    Located at 8:45 and A, this camp...

Scarlett Lewis, the founder of the Choose Love Foundation lost her 6 year old son, Jesse, in the massacre at Sandy Hook. Jesse was granted a Commander in Chief Funeral, the type reserved for heads of state and returning war heroes, because he courageously saved the lives of 9 of his classmates before losing his own. Jesse was considered a war hero because his first grade classroom in the United States was considered a literal war zone. We have a huge problem in our country, and Scarlett has...

Any language that has to silence others is a weak language, just like any story that has to silence other stories is weak.” Meet Neta Weiner from the musical band System Ali. Neta was born in a secular kibbutz, educated in a boarding school in India, and he currently lives in a diverse community in Jaffa.    In this conversation, we explore the meaning of his music - a combination of hip hop and klezmer - the incredible diversity of his bandmates, and the imagination that exists in their...

Shuki Yashuv is the founder and winemaker at Agur Winery in the Judean Hills. While he is a proud atheist, he is an anti-wine snob who keeps his winery kosher in order to include everyone around him, even the ducks or the Haredim (as he calls them)!   Shuki participated as a paratrooper in a number of wars, and he suffers from prolonged traumatic exposure during these times. In this conversation, we discuss why war is totally avoidable, why blessings should be intended, and why learning to...

Meet Jerusalemite-Armenian musician and writer, Apo Sahagian of Apo and the Apostles. Apo lives in the Armenian quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem and he's an most unassuming hipster making waves in the music scene.    In this conversation, we explore the complex and textured realities of identity, nationalism, religion, trauma versus healing informed policy, and groups of people exiled from their homeland. Apo considers himself an "imaginist," and boasts to have his own version of...

What would you do if one of your family members was killed in a terrorist attack? How would you manage your rage and your grief? What would you do?   Meet graphic designer Rami Elhanan. Born in Israel to a 7th generation Jerusalemite and a Holocaust survivor from Hungary, Rami’s personal life changed forever when his 14 year old daughter was blown up with 5 others in a Palestinian suicide attack on Ben Yehuda Street. Rami and his family have since become activists, researchers, and...

What do you know about Jerusalem? Discover the wonder of this holy city through the eyes and words of author-journalist Sarah Tuttle-Singer. Born in Los Angeles, the blond and beautiful Sarah moved to Jerusalem ten years ago with her two young children. Here, she blogs for The Times of Israel, Kveller, Scary Mommy, Ladies Home Journal and Time.com. Her writing includes a range of personal topics ranging from parenting, divorce, death, living under rocket fire and her holy hometown.    In...

Do you want to party for a purpose? DJ Ramzy, self identified as an Arab, Israeli Jew, crosses cultural boundaries by spinning Arabic music to mixed audiences in Jerusalem. Quoted in the New York Times for saying, “Dialogue isn’t fun.” He found a way to make peace in the Middle East through music and nightlife.    In this conversation, Ramzy speaks to Jerusalem as the best city on earth, describes the impact of surviving terrorist attacks, and explains the power of human contact to dissolve...

Meet Nablus born, self-made billionaire Bashar Masri and his brainchild Rawabi, a public city that is uniquely initiated, designed, financed and constructed by the private sector. Rawabi, a strategic partnership between Massar International and the State of Qatar, is built on a series of breathtaking hilltops north of Jerusalem and Ramallah. The city overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the west and the landscape of Palestine to the north and east. An innovative approach to urban development,...

Can you imagine a story that’s big enough to encompass seemingly rival narratives? Can you imagine a peace in the Holy Land that doesn’t require anyone to compromise?   Meet activist and critic, Yehuda HaKohen. He is an outspoken opponent of the two-state solution, Israel’s West Bank barrier, and Jewish cooperation with America’s Christian right. Yehuda lives in an “outpost” in the West Bank, but doesn’t identify as a settler. He’s indigenous, and he’s looking to reach the radicals on the...

Meet Achiya Schatz. Achiya works in the Communications Department of the Israeli NGO, Breaking the Silence. Established in 2004 by veterans of the Israel Defense Forces, this organization gives serving and discharged Israeli personnel and reservists a means to confidentially recount their experiences in the Occupied Territories, the West Bank.    Achiya was once a soldier in the elite counter terrorist unit, Duvdevan. The word Duvdevan means cherry in Hebrew, and ex-soldiers from this unit...

Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, Fleur Hassan-Nahoum speaks to the importance of diversity, exploring the influence of her family on her work and her specific goals for her time in office.   She is working for an overall expansion of economic prosperity through job creation, an improvement in the educational system and an overall upgrade on the way that the rest of the world views the capital city of Israel.   She also explores what it means to be an orthodox feminist and why we need to...

If you haven’t yet found your no, you don’t yet have your YES.   Do you want to unlock the power, magic and secrets that dwell in your sexuality? Lead Tantra teacher Shachar Caspi shares his own personal journey from Israeli sniper to sexual shaman and a few of the meaningful stops along his way. Shachar believes in the explosive power of sexual healing and supports each individual in his or her most authentic expression of love.   In this podcast, we explore the importance of...