Meredith for Real: the curious introvert
Each episode explores a taboo question or cultural blind spot with an expert who is themselves, a paradox -
Like the atheist doctor who studied near death experiences for 50 years (ep 224)
Or the deeply religious man studied by NASA who sees UFOs regularly (ep 261).
The mission is to inspire the kind of curiosity that looks for & celebrates nuance, because we all deserve a more curious future.
So tune in each week (new episodes every Monday) to question things like American individualism (ep 260), trigger warnings (ep 208) & circumcision (ep 178).
Still not sure where to start?
Other listeners loved ep 230 - Can a sexless marriage survive? and ep 237 - Black man who attends KKK rallies: race & friendship
Episodes
288 episodes
Ep. 288 Could AI Make Us MORE Human??!
Nichol R Bradford is the Chairman & co-founder of The Transformative Tech Lab, where she specializes as a futurist focusing on human-centered AI adoption. We not only discussed theoretical scenarios of human betterment due to AI, but practi...
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Episode 288
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Ep. 287 If Aliens are Real, Why Does No One Care?
Michael Glawson, PhD, is a philosopher of science and technology with a background in theology. He’s also the host of the podcast Anomalous Review & the UAP Studies Podcast. In this video, we cover the public’s love affair with crypti...
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Episode 287
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Ep. 286 What is Medically Assisted Sex? [REMASTERED]
Trish St John is the founder of Sensual Solutions in Vancouver, Canada, an intimate care service for adults with disabilities. With everyone trying to be more sex-positive, we ask the question, why then is it so uncomfortable to think about som...
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Episode 286
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Ep. 285 Is Heart Coherence a Chaos Cure-All? Health, Behavior & Intuition
Rollin McCraty, PhD is Psychophysiologist & Director of Research at the HeartMath Institute where his primary areas of focus are the mechanisms by which emotions influence cognitive processes, behavior, health, & global interconnectivit...
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Episode 285
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Ep. 284 Can You Get Fit on Fast Food?! Supersized to Shredded
Matt Lane is a certified personal trainer, behavioral change specialist and practicing registered nurse who gained 50lbs ON PURPOSE, so he could experiment on himself to see IF it was possible to lose weight by only eating fast food for 60 days...
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Episode 284
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Ep. 283 Is Narcissism on the Rise? Internet, Influencers & the Dark Triad
Dr. Stephanie Sarkis is a psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience specializing in ADHD, anxiety, & narcissistic abuse. She’s a contributor to Forbes & Psychology Today & the Author of Healing from Toxic Relationships: 1...
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Episode 283
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Ep. 282 Are Technology, Religion & UFOs Connected? [REMASTERED]
Dr. Diana Walsh Pasulka is a Professor of religious history at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Her research focuses on religion and technology, but it was her research about purgatory specifically that lead her to UFO culture, a jo...
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Episode 282
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Ep. 281 Family Influencers: Are Kids Content?
The world of family influencers is one we all know, but what are the impacts of on the children of these influencers when they come of age? Erin Quinn Kong is a longtime magazine editor, having worked at Allure & UsWeekly. Her most current ...
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Episode 281
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Ep. 280 Is Hawaii Haunted? History, Pele & Pizza [REMASTERED]
Lopaka Kapanui is a native Hawaiian who was adopted by a non-Hawaiian family & raised Catholic. When he was 7, he died during a medical procedure & his near-death experience left him with some unusual gifts & an open door to connect...
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Episode 280
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Ep. 279 Blurred Boundaries: Deepfake Porn Ethics & Impact
Sophie Compton & Reuben Hamlyn are the directors of Another Body, a documentary highlighting an engineering student's experience becoming a victim of nonconsensual intimate imagery or what most call deepfake porn. The documentar...
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Episode 279
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Ep. 278 Morbid or Sacred? Let’s Talk about Death (with a Death Doula)
Dr. Sarah Kerr is the founder of The Centre for Sacred Death Care & has been a practicing death doula since 2012. In this episode, she shares conversational onramps to death conversations (including kids), the difference between death the m...
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Episode 278
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Ep. 277 Divorce Revolution: Living with Your Ex (& his new wife) [REMASTERED]
Ep. 277 Divorce Revolution: Living with Your Ex (& his new wife) [REMASTERED]Living together while divorced sounds crazy, but it’s the story of Suzanne Vickberg, PhD, an author & psychologist who chose a divorce by design ...
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Episode 277
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Ep. 276 Are Aliens Humans from the Future? [REMASTERED]
Dr. Michael P Masters is a professor of biological anthropology at Montana Tech University. Part of his research draws on anthropology, astronomy, physics & astrobiology to investigate UFO phenomenon, specifically the premise that aliens ma...
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Episode 276
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Ep. 275 Is Ambition Anti-Happiness? Reasonable Happiness & Fetishizing Wealth
Paul Ollinger was one of Facebook’s first 250 employees. At age 42, he walked out with a pocket full of cash in what most would consider an ideal situation, but what he found instead left him wondering what’s next while he explored the relation...
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Episode 275
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Ep. 274 What’s Up with Foot Fetishes?
Three guests. One fantastic conversation! Dr. Carol Queen from Good Vibes, a sex educator, a woman whose partner has a foot fetish (she doesn’t) & Ramon, a man who has a foot fetish along with his wife and who are the hosts of the Foot Feti...
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Episode 274
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Ep. 273 Autism Up 241% Since the Year 2000: Why & What Now?
According to the CDC, 1 in 36 children in the US are on the spectrum. Beth Lambert is the founder & Exec Dir of Documenting hope, a non-profit research org that over the last 15 years has collaborated with physicians, parents, scientists, &...
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Episode 273
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Ep. 272 Breaking Free: Death Threats & Deprogramming Victimhood
Dima Ghawi grew up in a small Christian community in Amman, Jordan, the daughter of a man with an unpredictable temper & a mother who felt a decent marriage proposal for her daughter would be an opportunity out. In this episode, she shares ...
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Episode 272
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Ep. 271 Tripping to Success: Psychedelics and Career Growth?
Paul F. Austin is the founder of Third Wave, research-based psychedelics education and community platform. In this episode, we explore the intersection of psychedelics, personal transformation, and professional success. You’ll hear macro vs mic...
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Episode 271
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Ep. 270 Accidental Swingers [REMASTERED]
A couple in their 50s happily married for over 20 years shares the hilarious story of how they accidentally became swingers, how it has improved their marriage & their tips for more open, vulnerable communication with your partner. You’ll a...
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Episode 270
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Ep. 269 Exercise & Cancer: Chemo Bells, Business & Google MD
Tom Incledon, PhD is the Founder & Chief Scientific Officer of Causenta Cancer Treatment Center. He not only has a number of published researches & serves as a reviewer for peer-reviewed journals, he’s also the guy that the heads of big...
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Episode 269
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Ep. 268 Science & the Psychic: the Utility of a Sixth Sense
Stephen Ng Qui Sang is a mechanical engineer who worked for the Ford Motor company & was looking for a way to be more efficient. This was the unlikely launching point down a path that led him to become the interim Executive Dir. Of the Monr...
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Episode 268
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Ep. 267 Grieving During the Holidays: Sneaky Symptoms & Finding Joy [REMASTERED]
Dr. Alexys Hillman is a medical doctor specializing in grief advocacy. In this episode, we explore how to make room for grief in moments of joy, what unresolved grief looks like in physical symptoms & how to move through less recognized sou...
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Episode 267
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Ep. 266 | What’s the REAL Reason Housing is So Expensive?
Dr. Bryan Caplan is an Economics Professor at George Mason University and a New York Times Bestselling author who often questions social norms. He’s the author of Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation & in this ep...
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Episode 266
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Ep. 265 | How Do You Know If You’re an Alcoholic? [REMASTERED]
Gill Tietz is a former pharmaceutical biochemist who uses science to approach the subject of sobriety in her podcast, Sober Powered. In this episode, she explains the difference between a pastime & a problem, why WHY we drink m...
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Episode 265
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Ep. 264 | Cryonics: Frozen Heads & Ending the Organ Waiting List Dilemma
James Arrowood is the CEO & President of Alcor Life Extension Foundation, a non-profit that has been advocating for, researching, and performing cryonics to bodies & brains since 1972. Cryonics is the practice of preserving life by paus...
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Episode 264
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