Episode 345: Mike Fiorito: "The Innerspace of Outerspace--Exploring Other Worlds Through Music"
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
Release Date: 05/28/2026
Episode 350: Quinn Jacobson: "Glass Bones: Art, Mortality, and the Human Mind"/Ernest Becker
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
Quinn Jacobson is an artist, author, and scholar working where creativity meets the fact of mortality. His practice draws from art, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, theology and history, not to stack disciplines but to probe a single stubborn question: how do humans live with the knowledge that everything they love will one day disappear? Through painting, historical photographic processes, and writing, he examines the subtle strategies--both deliberate and unconscious--that people use to soften, divert, or manage the anxiety that comes with being temporary. He has...
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Episode 349: Lisa Tahir: "The Chiron Effect: Healing our Core Wounds"/Wounded Healer Archetype
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
Lisa Tahir, LCSW, is a clinical social worker, intuitive psychotherapist, glass artist, and author of the book The Chiron Effect: Healing Our Core Wounds, which was endorsed by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and is the subject of this podcast. Practicing in New Orleans and Los Angeles, she blends traditional psychotherapy with spiritual practices like Reiki and Psychoastrology to help clients heal core wounds and end self-sabotage. For more information about Lisa and her many offerings, please see: Her professional website: Her website which includes her glass sculpture...
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Episode 348: Professor Jeremy Engels: "Living Namaste: A Practical Guide to Mindfulness, Yoga, and Building Community"
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
Jeremy David Engels, PhD, is a Liberal Arts Professor of Communications and Ethics at Pennsylvania State University. He is an author and longtime teacher of mindfulness, meditation, and yoga. A former student of Thich Nhat Hahn, he is dedicated to bringing the practice of mindfulness to democracy, and the practice of democracy to mindfulness. He is an award winning scholar, and has published numerous books and articles about democracy, community building, deliberation and peace including Living Namaste (2026, Inner Traditions--which is the subject of this podcast), On Mindful...
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Episode 347: Tobias Churton: "Celestial Realms: A History of Heaven"
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
A world authority on Gnostic spirituality, Tobias Churton is Britian's leading scholar in the field of Western Esotericism. Holding a Masters degree in Theology from Brasenose College, Oxford University, England, he was appointed Honorary Fellow and Faculty Lecturer in Western Esotericism at Exeter University in 2005. Michigan University professor Gabriele Boccaccini's invitation in 2019 to participate in The Enoch Seminar in Florence, was followed by Churton's The Lost Pillars of Enoch, published in 2020 and The Books of Enoch Revealed (2025). Tobias is also a filmmaker,...
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Episode 346: David Linder: "Advanced Rune Magic: The Greater Mysteries of Nordic Spirituality"
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
David Linder is a Swiss author and falconer who has studied the runes and Norse mythology extensively with a focus on practical applications. His new book, Advanced Rune Magic (2026), has been described as: "a valuable addition--with insight into tradition as well as innovative creativity that gives the reader new perspectives on the runes. The book is rooted in historical runology and highlights esoteric aspects of the medieval rune poems, while being at the same time applicable to contemporary practitioners." Edren Thorsson has also described the book as "a mythic...
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Episode 345: Mike Fiorito: "The Innerspace of Outerspace--Exploring Other Worlds Through Music"
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
Mike is an author, journalist, and Adjunct Professor of English at City Tech (CUNY). This podcast will focus on his new book: The Innerspace of Outerspace--Exploring Other Worlds Through Music. His other works include: UFO Symphonic-Journeys Into Sound (2025 Finalist in the Miscellaneous category for the 2025 Indie Excellence Awards); For All We Know (2025 Eric Hoffer Category Finalist Award); Mescalito Riding His White Horse (2024 Independent Press Distinguished Favorite Award in Spirituality); Falling From Trees (2022 Independent Press Distinguished Favorite Award in Short...
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Episode 344: Dr. Joshua Pritikin: "Religion Unburdened By Belief: The Way of Open Inquiry"
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
Joshua Pritikin, Ph.D. is a psychological counselor, author, and researcher whose work explores the intersection of belief, consciouness, and personal transformation. After beginning his career in the software industry, he pivoted toward the study of the mind, earning a Ph.D. in quantitative psychology from the University of Virginia in 2022 and later becoming an Internal Family Systems (IFS) Certified Practitioner. Drawing on a interdisciplinary background that spans science, philosophy, and lived experience, Pritikin brings a distinctive perspective to questions traditionally...
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Episode 343: Prashanthi Amarnath: Embracing Paradox/Tao Te Ching
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
Prashanthi Amarnath is an information technology engineer and author of Embracing Paradox: A Mystical Adventure with the Tao Te Ching Through 81 Enchanting Micro Lessons (2026). The Tao Te Ching is often treated as an ancient hurdle to clear or a complex riddle to solve. In Embracing Paradox, Prashanthi invites you to see it differently; not as a daunting divide of language and ideas, but as a guide steering you through the winding paths of your own existence. Through 81 enchanting micro-lessons, the book transforms ancient wisdom into a modern roadmap for handling...
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Episode 342: Katherine Woodward Thomas: "What's True about You"/Transformational Psychology/Future Forward Therapy
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
In this podcast, we honor the legacy of Katherine Woodward Thomas, MA, MFT, a licensed therapist, recognized pioneer in transformational psychology, and the New York Times bestselling author of acclaimed books that have reached millions across the globe including Calling in the One, and Counscious Uncoupling, and here latest book, What's True about You: 7 Steps to Move Beyond Your Painful Past and Manifest Your Brightest Future, which is the subject of this podcast. What's True about You is a positive guide, centered on "future-forward frameworks,' designed to help the...
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Episode 341: Joseph L. Flatley: "The Occult Timothy Leary: The Tarot, Magical States, and Post-Terrestrial Evolution"
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
Joseph L. Flatley is an investigative journalist, author, and publisher of the Failed State Update newsletter. His short films have been featured at Three Rivers Film Festival (Pittsburgh), NonPlussed Fest (Los Angeles), and Desert Daze (Joshua Tree, CA). He is the author of: The Occult Timothy Leary (2026--the subject of this podcast); New Age Grifter: The True Story of Gabriel of Urantia and His Cosmic Family (2021); Sirhan; or, The Hallucinatory Vanguard (2018); and Satan Goes to the Mind Control Convention (2018). Check him out at his website: Or on social...
info_outlineMike is an author, journalist, and Adjunct Professor of English at City Tech (CUNY). This podcast will focus on his new book: The Innerspace of Outerspace--Exploring Other Worlds Through Music. His other works include: UFO Symphonic-Journeys Into Sound (2025 Finalist in the Miscellaneous category for the 2025 Indie Excellence Awards); For All We Know (2025 Eric Hoffer Category Finalist Award); Mescalito Riding His White Horse (2024 Independent Press Distinguished Favorite Award in Spirituality); Falling From Trees (2022 Independent Press Distinguished Favorite Award in Short Stories).
To reach out and connect with Mike in this space time dimension, please see: https://mikefiorito.com/
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