LaPorte is a best selling author who has inspired millions of people around the world, naming her as one of Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul 100 Leaders for ""uniquely connecting the world together with a spiritual energy that matters."" Her newest book, How to Be Loving, is a nuanced perspective on t...

Sara Luria is the founder of Beloved, a home-based experiment in Jewish life in Brooklyn. In her family’s home, she hosts Shabbat meals, creative rituals based on the Jewish calendar, meditation circles, learning for families with young children, and more. Prior to Beloved, Luria’s experiences as...

Lynne Twist has been a recognized global visionary committed to alleviating poverty, ending world hunger, and supporting social justice and sustainability for more than forty years. She is also the cofounder of the Pachamama Alliance and founder of the Soul of Money Institute. Twist has worked wi...

Rita D. Sherma is founding Director and Associate Professor at the Center for Dharma Studies; Core Doctoral Faculty; Department Chair of Theology & Ethics; and Co-Chair of Sustainability 360 Initiative at GTU, Berkeley, CA. Formerly, she was the Swami Vivekananda Visiting Professor in Hindu Studi...

Anna Sun, an Associate Professor at Duke University, holds a Princeton PhD in Sociology and is a prominent scholar in the field of religion and culture. Her research focuses on Confucianism as a world religion, gender and Global Confucianism, comparative studies of prayer and ritual, and methodol...

Adah Parris is a highly sought-after keynote speaker, polymath, anti-disciplinary artist, tech futurist, and activist who is dedicated to inspiring individuals and organizations to embrace new ways of thinking and doing. She has a unique blend of expertise in multiple fields, including living sys...

Louie Schwartzberg, Howard and Michele Hall have a longterm beautiful friendship, the core of which is based in capturing and celebrating nature's wonders. While Louie explores the earth and air, Howard and Michele have magnificently captured the splendors of what lies within beneath our waters.
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Uvinie Lubecki brings compassionate leadership to organizations and is passionate about the role of mindfulness and compassion in leadership and building cultures of connection.

In this episode, Louie and Uvinie discuss the the positive impact wonder and awe can have on large organizations who a...

Brenda Salgado is the author of Real World Mindfulness for Beginners: Navigate Daily Life One Practice at a Time.
She is a mindfulness teacher, motivational and public speaker, a facilitator and consultant, a health and wellness expert, a traditional medicine woman, and a Toltec energy healer. Th...

"Michelle ""Lani"" Shiota is an associate professor of social psychology at Arizona State University. Her studies of positive emotions, emotion regulation, and emotional mechanisms of close relationships use multiple methods including perpheral psychophysiology measures, behavioral coding, cognit...

"Professor Mark Unno's interests lie in Medieval Japanese Buddhism, specifically in the relation between intellectual history and social practices. He also researches and has published in the areas of modern Japanese religious thought, comparative religion, and Buddhism and psychotherpay. He is t...

The Reverend Alicia Roxanne Forde serves with the Unitarian Universalist Association as the Director of the International Office. She is a graduate of The Iliff School of Theology and currently lives in Longmont, Colorado. Alicia was born and spent her formative years in Trinidad and Tobago. She ...

Andrew Weil, M.D., is a world-renowned leader and pioneer in the field of integrative medicine, a healing-oriented approach to health care which encompasses body, mind, and spirit.

Combining a Harvard education and a lifetime of practicing natural and preventive medicine, Dr. Weil is the founder...

Deepa Gulrukh Patel is a Sufi teacher in the Inayati Order, which she also serves in her capacity as International Coordinator and Executive Director for the Zenith Institute, a four-week Sufi meditation camp in the Swiss Alps, where she guides retreats for young adults. She is also the Chair of ...

Brother David Steindl-Rast — 96 year-old author, scholar, and Benedictine monk — is beloved the world over for his enduring message about gratefulness as the true source of lasting happiness. Known to many as the “grandfather of gratitude,” Br. David has been a source of inspiration and spiritual...

Koya Webb is an internationally recognized yoga teacher, celebrity holistic health coach, author, speaker, and vegan activist whose core mission is to promote daily self-care, oneness and eco friendly living to combat some of the world’s biggest challenges including mental health, social injustic...

Singer Snow Raven grew up in a remote tribe in Arctic Siberia. She has performed for SXSW and has appeared on America’s Got Talent, enchanting audiences with her extraordinary talents from her ancestors. Snow Raven hopes to heal people through her music-- combining traditional songs, shamanistic ...

Episode 1 with Paul Stamets (mycologist and author) and Merlin Sheldrake (biologist and author), hosted by filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg.

What we need now more than ever is survival of the kindest, the stories of interconnections of generations of nurturing, a more feminine and less macho view o...

Welcome to the second episode of Wonder & Awe, a podcast exploring the intersection between art and science.

Louie Schwartzberg hosted an inspiring conversation with poet and songwriter IN-Q and hip-hop ambassador and meditation expert Toni Blackman.

Louie Schwartzberg hosts an inspiring conversation with functional medicine founder and author Dr. Jeffrey Bland alongside artist, philanthropist, and activist Ruth Westreich.

Louie Schwartzberg hosts an inspiring conversation with Alex and Allyson Grey. These two artists have spent decades as leaders and mentors in the visionary art movement. They co-founded the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, a sanctuary of visionary art to inspire every pilgrim’s creative path and affirm ...

Louie Schwartzberg hosts Tamara Toles O'Laughlin, the North American Director of 350.org and William Padilla Brown, self-taught mycologist for a deep conversation about mycology, environmental activism, local communities and more.

Louie Schwartzberg hosts Dacher Keltner, founder of the Greater Good Science Center at University of California, Berkley to discuss human psychology, compassion, and contribution.

He’s a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and the best-selling author of The Power P...

Louie Schwartzberg hosts David Bronner, Tom Eckert, Sheri Eckert - the driving forces behind the Oregon Psilocybin Therapy legalization initiative.