meredith for real: the curious introvert
By Meredith Hackwith Edwards
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
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Ep. 285 Is Heart Coherence a Chaos Cure-All? Health, Behavior & Intuition
Send us a text 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 interco… -
Ep. 284 Can You Get Fit on Fast Food?! Supersized to Shredded
Send us a text 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 fo… -
Ep. 283 Is Narcissism on the Rise? Internet, Influencers & the Dark Triad
Send us a text 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 Relationshi… -
Ep. 282 Are Technology, Religion & UFOs Connected? [REMASTERED]
Send us a text 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 cult… -
Ep. 281 Family Influencers: Are Kids Content?
Send us a text 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… -
Ep. 280 Is Hawaii Haunted? History, Pele & Pizza [REMASTERED]
Send us a text 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 t… -
Ep. 279 Blurred Boundaries: Deepfake Porn Ethics & Impact
Send us a text 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 documentary … -
Ep. 278 Morbid or Sacred? Let’s Talk about Death (with a Death Doula)
Send us a text 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 de… -
Ep. 277 Divorce Revolution: Living with Your Ex (& his new wife) [REMASTERED]
Send us a text 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 rath… -
Ep. 276 Are Aliens Humans from the Future? REMASTERED
Send us a textDr. 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 a…