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Ryan D. Hurd talks with Dr. Kim Mascaro, a licensed therapist, professor, and author of Dreaming with the Earth-Mind. They discuss sacred activism: the practice of blending spiritual growth, dreamwork, and social and environmental justice. Kim shares how surviving the 2023 Maui wildfires deepened her commitment to ancestral recovery and dreamwork, and the two explore decolonizing dream practices, ancestral European medicine traditions, and their shared experiences visiting Paleolithic caves in Southern France.
In this episode, the conversation takes us into:
Sacred Activism – how it differs from activism rooted in anger or shadowThe Maui Wildfires – Kim's firsthand account of the 2023 fires on Maui, and how the tragedy reshaped her activism and dreamworkDecolonizing Lucid Dreaming – A critique of Western, individualistic approaches to lucid dreaming, and a call to reconnect dreamwork with spiritual depthRecovering Indigenous European Medicine Ways – Kim's journey reconnecting with her Italian and Irish ancestry, as well as the deep wisdom of the Paleolithic caves in Southern FranceDreams as a Path to Collective Healing – Kim and Ryan swap ancestral dreams, illustrating how dreamwork nourishes both individual and collective wellbeingGuest: Dr. Kim Mascaro | Website: Conscious Chimera | Substack: Conscious Chimera Classroom
Book: Dreaming with the Earth Mind: Paths to Sacred ActivismUpcoming workshop: Connecting with our Ancestors at The Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY, September 13-18 2026, with Linda Yael Schiller.
Worldwide Indigenous Science NetworkTzivia Gover's 350 Dreamers global dream-incubation project
Additional Resources:About the host: Ryan D. Hurd is a dream researcher, author, and holistic educator. The Dream Studies Podcast explores dreams, consciousness, and the imagination, bridging 21st century science with intuitive ways of knowing. More to explore at DreamStudies.org
Original music and art by Eldest Child (c) 2026
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In this episode, Ryan sits down with London-based lucid dreaming artist Dave Green to explore what he calls "inter-dimensional performance art," an extraordinary practice of creating artwork directly inside his lucid dreams, which he then recreates upon waking. Along the way, they discuss the implications of precognitive dreams for the nature of time, fate and reality, and also solve the mystery of the true ending of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous poem Kubla Khan.
In this episode:
How Dave's professional artistic training and interest in lucid dreaming came together to create a new form of inter-dimensional performance art. What happened when Dave channeled anger while interacting in a lucid dream, leading to deeper questions about emotional expression Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge makes an appearance in Dave's dream, and decisively finishes his famous poem. Can lucid dream drawings predict images sent the following day? Dave teams up with neuroscientist and a skeptic with interesting, and statistically significant, results. Competing theories on the nuts and bolts of precognition in dreams. Is it fate or can we influence the future?Guest: Dave Green | Instagram: @davegreen5000 | Website: dave-green.co.uk
Book: Doodles in the Dark: An Artist's Guide to Lucid Dreaming (UK exclusive)
Documentary Short: The Dreaming Pen (World Science Festival)
Featured in: BBC Science Focus, Dreamtime Magazine, Tate Modern
Research: Future dreams of electric sleep: Case study of a possible precognitive lucid dreamer with AI scoring (2025). International Journal of Dream Research 18(2)About the host: Ryan D. Hurd is a dream researcher, author, and holistic educator. The Dream Studies Podcast explores dreams, consciousness, and the imagination, bridging 21st century science with intuitive ways of knowing. More to explore at DreamStudies.org
Original music and art by Eldest Child (c) 2026
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Ryan D. Hurd sits down with medical anthropologist and author Samantha Lee Treasure to explore the fascinating and often misunderstood world of out-of-body experiences (OBEs). Samantha shares how growing up on a reportedly haunted farm in Ontario set her on a lifelong path of researching consciousness beyond the body.
In this episode:
How a veridical cherry cheesecake sparked Samantha's career in anthropologyThe surprising variation in OBE content Haunting narratives and astral projectionHow OBEs differ from lucid dreams and why the line can be blurryThe "astral marketplace" and the wellness world's complicated relationship with OBEsGen Z's reality shifting phenomenon, a new culturally shaped altered state for the streaming generationSamantha's ongoing "Future Tokyo" OBE experiences: a consistent, semi-dystopian world she's been visiting since age threeSamantha's new book: Out-of-Body Experiences: Explorations and Encounters with the Astral Plane
Find Samantha online:
Blog: zombiesinpjs.com
Instagram: @astral_anthropology
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In the inaugural episode of the Dream Studies Podcast, host Ryan D. Hurd sits down with dream research expert Nicoline Douwes Isema for a wide-ranging conversation about where the field of dream studies stands today.. and where it's headed.
Topics covered:
The "democratization of dreaming" — why your dreams belong to you, not an authority figureHow 100+ years of psychiatry and psychology inadvertently took dream ownership away from everyday peopleThe role of AI in dream interpretation: pattern recognition vs. meaning-making, and how to use it wiselyWearables, sleep trackers, and cognitive freedom — empowering people through data about their own sleepHow dream sharing strengthens emotional connection (and yes, sexual intimacy) in relationshipsTeam dreaming and collective dream work — dreaming together as a creative problem-solving toolSynchronicities: why keeping a dream journal puts rare experiences in perspectiveA "tiny revolution" in how we talk about and relate to our dreamsGuest: Nicoline Isema | thinkinginyoursleep.com | Instagram | LinkedIn
Resources mentioned:
International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD) Gail Delaney's dream interview methodThe Dream Portal membership communityAbout the host: Ryan D. Hurd is a dream researcher, author, and holistic educator. The Dream Studies Podcast explores dreams, consciousness, and the imagination, bridging 21st century science with intuitive ways of knowing.
Original music and art by Eldest Child (c) 2026
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