meredith for real: the curious introvert
By Meredith Hackwith Edwards
A weekly podcast covering societal taboos & cultural blind spots. Join host Meredith Hackwith Edwards as she deep dives with curiosity & nuance into philosophy, society & culture with expert guests.
Episodes frequently feature philosophers, researchers, historians & journalists.
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Ep. 346: Could bad breath be a sign of bad health? Testing & Warning Signs with an Oral Microbiome Expert!
Could your mouthwash be causing high blood pressure? Can your spit predict cancer? Dr. Staci Whitman is a Functional Dentist board-certified in pediatrics with additional certifications in functional medicine, integrative and naturopathic dentistry… -
Ep. 345: Is Premarital Sex Bad? [REMASTERED]
What is it like to change your mind on something you wrote a best seller on? Joshua Harris is the author of I Kissed Dating Goodbye, a best-selling book in the late ’90s touting courtship as the superior way to find God’s perfect match for you &… -
Ep. 344: Lucid Dreams & OBEs: One Researches. The Other Explores it First Hand.
Do dreams happen in our minds? What can lucid dreaming tell us about the nature of consciousness? Dave Green is a London-based artist who creates drawings not FROM his dreams, but IN his dreams, which he re-creates upon waking. He’s the author of … -
Ep. 343: Developing Psychic Abilities in a World on Fire (is this really that important?)
Would you go to a psychic Olympics? Does psi have real-world benefits or is it just a way to make people feel like their special? Hakim Isler served 4 years in the Army as a psi op specialist in special operations forces, is a 6th degree blackbelt … -
Ep. 342: The Cult That Sold Orgasms
What is orgasmic meditation? Where is the line between cutting-edge wellness & cult behavior? Is the word “cult” too divisive to be helpful? Ellen Huet is an award-winning investigative journalist who writes for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Bus… -
Ep. 341: Lost at Sea at 16: Killer Whales & Courage [REMASTERED]
"We made an agreement with each other that we would not eat each other no matter how hungry we got." Douglas Robertson is the author of The Last Voyage of the Lucette. He was just a teenager when his family was lost at sea for 38 days. In this e… -
Ep. 340: Funerals in America: Status FOR SALE?
What made the American funeral industry what it is today? Why do we embalm? How do societal status & funeral styles overlap? Gary Laderman, PhD, is the Goodrich C. White Prof of Amer Religious History & Cultures at Emory University in Georg… -
Ep. 339: Cannibalism – Communion to Placenta – Where Do We Draw the Line? [REMASTERED]
Is the “ick” factor of cannibalism nature or nurture? What does history tell us (& how much of it is a lie)? Bill Schutt, a PhD zoologist & author of Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History, answers these questions by sharing the history o… -
Ep. 338: COMMON GROUND: AI Grief Bots - Solving Grief or Distorting it?
This is the first of a series of episodes that feature opposing sides of a hot topic. Today it’s the a tech entrepreneur who founded a grief bot service vs a cyberpsychologist specializing in the ethics of death & the digital. We ask, is this h… -
Ep. 337: Can a Sexless Marriage Survive? [REMASTERED]
What exactly is considered "sexless"? What are we counting as sex? What would cause someone to not want to have sex all of a sudden? These are all questions I unpacked with Xanet Pailet. She was a successful healthcare lawyer married to an attorney…