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Know Thyself

André Duqum

218 episodes

Know Thyself is a community supporting you to KNOW the true nature of yourself and the world around you, THRIVE in your health, wealth, and relationships – ultimately empowering you to CREATE and share your true self with the world.

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Each week André Duqum interviews experts in their field; ranging from spiritual educators to cutting edge scientists, heart-led creatives & more on topics such as the true nature of ‘Self’, “what is reality?,” and exploring the fundamental pillars we all need to unlock our fullest potential.

Contributing to birthing a more beautiful world, one episode at a time.

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  1. E218 - Mel Robbins: The Secret to Actually Transforming Your Life

    · 1 h 35 min · S1 E218

    In this episode I sit down with Mel Robbins, host of The Mel Robbins Podcast and author of The Let Them Theory. Mel takes me back to the age of 41, when liens on her house, unemployment, heavy drinking, and constant…

  2. E217 - David Whyte: The Conversational Nature of Reality

    · 2 h 10 min · S1 E217

    David Whyte trained as a marine zoologist, spent two years as a naturalist guide in the Galapagos, and went on to become one of the most beloved poets of our time. In this conversation we begin with words themselves:…

  3. E216 - Janna Levin: An Astrophysicist's Guide to Black Holes, Higher Dimensions & the Nature of Reality

    · 2 h 22 min

    In this episode, I sit down with Janna Levin, a theoretical astrophysicist at Barnard College of Columbia University, Guggenheim fellow, and author of Black Hole Survival Guide, Black Hole Blues, A Madman Dreams of…

  4. E215 - Elizabeth Gilbert: Love Addiction, Telling the Truth & Hearing Your Inner Voice

    · 2 h 14 min · S1 E215

    Elizabeth Gilbert joins me for her first public conversation after a six month sabbatical, a stretch where she stopped writing, producing, and planning so she could simply be available to life. Liz is the author of…

  5. E214 - Tom Bilyeu: Humanity Is Splitting into 4 Futures… Choose Wisely

    · 2 h 39 min · S1 E214

    My guest today is Tom Bilyeu, the entrepreneur behind Quest Nutrition who went on to build Impact Theory into one of the most watched long form interview channels in the world. Tom is now building a procedurally…

  6. E213 - Matthew Hussey: The Patterns Blocking You From Love (& What To Do)

    · 2 h 35 min · S1 E213

    Matthew Hussey is back on the show, and this conversation picks up right where our last one left off, except he's grown a lot since then. Matthew built his early career on a simple idea: create more opportunity and…

  7. E212 - Dr. Shefali: How To Raise Conscious Children (It Starts With You)

    · 1 h 57 min · S1 E212

    I sat down with Dr. Shefali, clinical psychologist trained at Columbia and the voice behind the Conscious Parenting Movement for over two decades, to explore what it really means to parent from awareness instead of…

  8. E211 - John Wineland: Love, Safety & Desire - What Your Wounds Are Deciding for You

    · 1 h 54 min · S1 E211

    John Wineland has spent nearly twenty years teaching people how to love more deeply, and in this conversation he lays out why intimacy has become one of the most demanding spiritual practices available to us. We talk…

  9. E210 - Dr. David Spiegel: #1 Hypnotism Expert, “Wake Up From The Trance of Your Life”

    · 1 h 30 min · S1 E210

    Dr. David Spiegel is the Wilson Professor and Associate Chair of Psychiatry at Stanford, the co-founder of the hypnosis app Reveri, and one of the world's leading clinical researchers on hypnosis. He has worked with…

  10. E209 – Rizwan Virk: Are We Living in a Simulation? (It's Deeper Than You Think)

    · 2 h 35 min · S1 E209

    Rizwan Virk is an MIT-trained computer scientist, video game pioneer, and bestselling author of The Simulation Hypothesis. His work sits at a rare intersection: quantum physics, Eastern mysticism, and the architecture…

  11. E208 - Dr. Robert Lustig: What Modern Food Is Doing to Your Sense of Self

    · 1 h 51 min · S1 E208

    Dr. Robert Lustig is a neuroendocrinologist, pediatrician, and bestselling author who has spent 45 years watching children get sicker despite his best efforts to stop it. His work connects the dots between…

  12. E207 - Jim George: Stillness Expert: “How To Not Miss Your Life”

    · 2 h 11 min · S1 E207

    Jim George is a stillness coach, former animator, and one of the first guests ever to appear on this podcast. He has spent nearly 50 years developing what he calls practical spirituality, a way of working with the mind…

  13. E206 - Jahnavi Harrison: Living a Life of Devotion & Embracing Your Voice

    · 1 h 54 min · S1 E206

    Jahnavi Harrison is a Grammy-nominated artist, musician, and practitioner of Bhakti Yoga who has spent her life exploring sound as a path to the divine. Raised at Bhaktivedanta Manor in England, she grew up inside one…

  14. E205 - Anil Seth: Your Perception of Reality & Self Is a Hallucination

    · 2 h 12 min · S1 E205

    Anil Seth is a professor of cognitive and computational neuroscience at the University of Sussex and one of the world's leading researchers on consciousness. His central claim is both unsettling and liberating: we do…

  15. E204 – Dr. William Li: The Body's 5 Health Defense Systems, Cancer, Microplastics & Healing From the Inside Out

    · 2 h 03 min · S1 E204

    Dr. William Li is a Harvard-trained physician, co-founder of the Angiogenesis Foundation, and New York Times bestselling author whose work centers on one quietly radical premise: the power to stay healthy lives inside…

  16. E203 - Dr. Justin Sledge: The Occult, Witch Trials & the Forbidden Teachings of Gnosticism

    · 3 h 23 min · S1 E203

    Dr. Justin Sledge is a scholar of philosophy and Western esotericism, and the voice behind the YouTube channel Esoterica, which has grown to over a million subscribers. He has spent his career studying the traditions…

  17. E202 - Donald Robertson: 2,400-Year-Old Stoic Wisdom To Conquer Your Ego & Live a Virtuous Life

    · 4 h 22 min · S1 E202

    Donald Robertson is a cognitive behavioral psychotherapist, author of over nine books, and one of the founding voices in the modern Stoicism movement. He has spent over 30 years studying how ancient Greek and Roman…

  18. E201 - Dandapani: A Monk's Warning "Distraction Is Costing You Your Life"

    · 2 h 24 min · S1 E201

    Dandapani is a Hindu priest who spent over ten years as a celibate monk before devoting his life to teaching the world how to master focus. His central claim is simple but unsettling: most of us are not distracted by…

  19. E200 - Ido Portal: The Body Knows What the Mind Can't

    · 3 h 06 min · S1 E200

    Ido Portal is one of the most original movement thinkers alive. He has spent decades studying the body across martial arts, acrobatics, yoga, dance, and ancient movement traditions, not to master any one of them, but…

  20. E199 - Dr. Caroline Leaf: How to Stop Your Brain From Holding You Back

    · 1 h 30 min · S1 E199

    Dr. Caroline Leaf is a cognitive neuroscientist and bestselling author who has spent over 40 years studying the relationship between the mind and the brain. At a time when neuroplasticity was still emerging as a field,…

  21. E198 - Dr. Todd Rose: Why Your Desires Aren't Actually Yours (Here's Who Planted Them)

    · 1 h 57 min · S1 E198

    Join our online community ↓ https://www.knowthyselfcollective.com Todd Rose is a Harvard-trained social scientist, former high school dropout with a 0.9 GPA, and co-founder of the think tank Populace. His research…

  22. E197 - 9 Great Thinkers on the Inner Work That Frees You

    · 1 h 22 min · S1 E197

    Join our online community ↓ https://www.knowthyselfcollective.com This is a compilation episode, and it draws from some of the most honest and clarifying moments across recent conversations on the show. Nine…

  23. E196 - Dr. Vasant Lad: The Doctor From India: The Forgotten 5,000-Year-Old Science of the Human Body (Ayurveda

    · 1 h 31 min · S1 E196

    Dr. Vasant Lad is the founder of the Ayurvedic Institute and the man most responsible for bringing Ayurveda to the West. He has spent over 40 years teaching this 5,000-year-old science of life to practitioners across…

  24. E195 - Dr. Mei Rui: The Science of Sound & Music as Medicine

    · 1 h 35 min · S1 E195

    Dr. Mei Rui is a Yale-trained molecular biophysicist, concert pianist, and clinical researcher at MD Anderson Cancer Center, where she runs trials on the measurable effects of music on the human body. In this…

  25. E194 - Arthur Brooks: How To Find The Meaning of Your Life

    · 1 h 59 min · S1 E194

    Arthur Brooks is a Harvard professor, social scientist, and three-time New York Times bestselling author whose life's work centers on a single, urgent question: what actually makes a human life feel meaningful? In this…

  26. E193 - Dr. Paul Conti: A Psychiatrist's Guide to Understanding Your Mind

    · 1 h 45 min · S1 E193

    Dr. Paul Conti is a psychiatrist, trauma specialist, and author whose work centers on one deceptively simple idea: that understanding yourself is the most powerful thing you can do for your mental health. In this…

  27. E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

    · 1 h 48 min · S1 E192

    Emily McDonald holds two degrees in neuroscience and has become one of the fastest-growing science communicators on social media. In this conversation, we explore how the brain constructs reality from the inside out —…

  28. E191 - Roman Yampolskiy: The Man Who Proved We Can't Control AI (And What That Means for Humanity)

    · 1 h 49 min · S1 E191

    Dr. Roman Yampolskiy joins me to explore one of the most urgent and uncomfortable questions of our time: what happens when we create intelligence that surpasses our own? We unpack the difference between the AI tools we…

  29. E190 - Joe Hudson: Why The Emotions You Avoid Are Running Your Life (How To Break Free)

    · 2 h 04 min · S1 E190

    Joe Hudson returns to explore a deeper layer of the inner work, and why peace alone is not the full picture of being human. We unpack the distinction between awakening in the mind and awakening in the heart, and how…

  30. E189 - Wim Hof: Why Your Body Was Built to Heal Itself (And What Stopped It)

    · 1 h 39 min · S1 E189

    Wim Hof joins me to explore the deeper story behind his work, from profound personal loss to discovering a direct path back into the body through breath and cold exposure. We unpack how modern life pulls us out of…

  31. E188 - Emad Mostaque: AI Expert: “We Have 800 Days Left”

    · 2 h 27 min · S1 E188

    Emad Mostaque joins me to explore one of the most confronting questions of our time: what happens when human intelligence is no longer economically valuable? We unpack how rapidly advancing AI is moving toward a world…

  32. E187 - Shi Heng Yi: Shaolin Master’s Guide to Self-Mastery & Inner Stability

    · 2 h 18 min · S1 E187

    Shi Heng Yi joins me to explore the path of self-mastery through the lens of the Shaolin tradition, and why, despite having more comfort and convenience than ever before, so many people still feel a deep sense of inner…

  33. E186 - Nicole LePera: What Your Childhood Home Did to Your Nervous System

    · 1 h 55 min · S1 E186

    Dr. Nicole LePera joins me to explore how our childhood experiences shape the nervous system, emotional patterns, and identities we carry into adulthood. We unpack how many of the reactions, habits, and relationship…

  34. E185 - Henry Shukman: A Zen Master With 40 Years of Practice on Who You Really Are

    · 2 h 06 min · S1 E185

    Zen teacher and author Henry Shukman offers a clear and grounded introduction to the heart of Zen practice. We explore how awakening is not an escape from life, but a deeper participation in it — a realization that…

  35. E184 - Dr. Sue Morter: What Actually Causes Energetic Blocks (And How to Release Them)

    · 2 h 31 min · S1 E184

    Dr. Sue Morter returns to explore what it truly means to awaken — not as a concept, but as a lived, embodied experience. Beneath our protective personality and performance-driven identity lies a deeper intelligence —…

  36. E183 - Nir Eyal: How Your Beliefs Shape What You See (And Hold You Back)

    · 1 h 40 min · S1 E183

    Nir Eyal joins the podcast to explore one of the most foundational forces shaping our lives: belief. What if the way you see reality isn’t reality itself, but a simulation filtered through prior assumptions,…

  37. E182 - Swami Sarvapriyananda: The Advaita Vedanta Explanation of Reality, the Self & Suffering

    · 2 h 53 min · S1 E182

    Swami Sarvapriyananda unpacks the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta and its central claim: you are not the body, not the mind, not even your thoughts — you are pure consciousness itself. Through rigorous reasoning rather…

  38. E181 - Joscha Bach: A Cognitive Scientist’s Guide to Consciousness & The Illusion of Reality

    · 1 h 27 min · S1 E181

    Joscha Bach explores the nature of consciousness, free will, and reality through the lens of computation, cognitive science, and philosophy. Rather than treating the mind as a mystical entity, Joscha frames…

  39. E180 - David Ghiyam: The Universal Laws of Creating Prosperity & Wholeness in Life

    · 1 h 35 min · S1 E180

    In this conversation, David Ghiyam shares the spiritual framework that has guided his life for over 25 years—one rooted in the idea that reality operates according to universal spiritual laws, just as it does physical…

  40. E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

    · 1 h 33 min · S1 E179

    In this conversation, Reggie Watts explores creativity not as a skill reserved for a few, but as the fundamental way human beings relate to reality itself. From comedy and music to improvisation, paradox, and play,…

  41. E178 - Jesse Michels: What UFO Sightings Reveal About Power, Technology, and the Unknown

    · 2 h 59 min · S1 E178

    In this conversation, Jesse Michels joins me to explore a question that’s becoming harder to dismiss: what if the phenomenon we call UFOs points to something real—and we don’t yet know what it is? Rather than arguing…

  42. E177 - Key Insights to Enter 2026 With Clarity, Focus, and Direction

    · 1 h 32 min · S1 E177

    This final episode of the year is a special compilation reflecting on the lessons, reminders, and moments that shaped 2025. It’s a curated journey through insights from across the year—designed to help you slow down,…

  43. E176 - Dr. Mindy Pelz: Why Midlife Feels So Disorienting (And What It’s Trying to Teach You)

    · 1 h 56 min · S1 E176

    Dr. Mindy Pelz returns to explore the deeper meaning of aging, menopause, and the profound psychological and neurological transformations women undergo as they grow older. Drawing from neuroscience, anthropology,…

  44. E175 - Dr. Will Bulsiewicz: How Stress, Trauma, and Modern Life Break Your Gut & How To Restore Balance

    · 1 h 33 min · S1 E175

    In this episode, Dr. Will Bulsiewicz walks us through unseen forces shaping our health, energy, and emotional lives. From the chemicals in our food system to the hidden drivers of inflammation and burnout, we dive into…

  45. E174 - Lucy Hale: Sobriety, Self-Worth & Rebuilding From the Inside Out

    · 1 h 39 min · S1 E174

    Lucy Hale joins me for a deeply honest conversation about sobriety, identity, childhood wounds, fame, intuition, and learning to finally feel at home within yourself. Known globally as a singer and actress, Lucy opens…

  46. E173 - Birthday Q&A: What I’m Unlearning About Spirituality and Who I’m Becoming

    · 1 h 10 min · S1 E173

    In this solo Q&A episode, I’m answering the questions so many of you have asked me over the past few days—about ego, identity, relationships, breakups, shadow work, discipline, grounding, and what the spiritual path…

  47. E172 - Dr. Alan Goldhammer: The Science of Fasting: How to Heal the Body and Rewire the Mind

    · 1 h 27 min · S1 E172

    Dr. Alan Goldhammer, co-founder of TrueNorth Health Center, joins us to reveal the science and psychology of water fasting, detoxification, and healing the body through nature’s intelligence. Drawing from 40 years of…

  48. E171 - 18 Insights to Awaken Your Mind, Heal Your Heart, and Remember Your Soul (Compilation)

    · 1 h 45 min · S1 E171

    In this special compilation episode, we explore the deeper dimensions of human consciousness. Featuring insights from Deepak Chopra, Tim Ferriss, Sadghuru, Dr. Lisa Miller, and others, this episode is a journey inward…

  49. E170 - Dr. John Churchill: The 7 Stages of Awakening (and How Consciousness Evolves)

    · 2 h 21 min · S1 E170

    Transpersonal psychologist and dharma teacher Dr. John Churchill joins us to explore how ancient wisdom and modern psychology unite in the path of conscious evolution. Drawing on decades of training in Tibetan Buddhism…

  50. E169 - Lisa Miller: The Science of Spiritual Awakening: How to Reconnect with Your Soul

    · 1 h 47 min · S1 E169

    Clinical psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Lisa Miller joins us to reveal the groundbreaking neuroscience that connects spirituality with mental health, purpose, and human flourishing. Drawing from decades of…

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