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Podcast Episodes

9
March 3, 2026

Awakening - transforming adversity and poverty into purpose - Guest Jan Allen Ackley

Awakening - transforming adversity and poverty into purpose - Guest Jan Allen Ackley
6
Feb. 17, 2026

Artist’s Awakening to battle the Smithsonian over his First Amendment rights - With Juilan Raven

Artist fights for his First Amendment rights when the Smithsonian refuses to display his painting of President Trump.
7
Feb. 3, 2026

Awakening from trauma - Guest Koya Bakare

Awakening from trauma - Guest Koya Bakare
5
Jan. 20, 2026

Awakening after working with adults with disabilities - Guest Glenn Nicholson

Glenn Nicholson has had the pleasure of working with adults with disabilities for 12 years and from them, he has learned gratitude and immeasurable resilience and what it means to be authentically happy despite personal challenges, both mental and physical. This has opened his eyes in an awakening of understanding of the gifts he has been given and an immense desire to share them with the world. Each of us is on a hero’s journey. Glenn’s current book, Mindful Illumination explores stillness, min...
1
Jan. 13, 2026

Awakening from Dementia

Podcast Host Dan Cohen and his brother Dr. Ken Cohen discuss their Dad Herbie’s Awakening from late stage Dementia to closely resemble the man he was. He went from barely recognizing his family to being lucid and sharing the love he had for his wife, children and grandchildren. Remarkably, he remembered things that happened during his dementia when he had little awareness. He also shared a profound message that he still appreciates and wants to love life, giving hope to caregivers and family mem...
3
Jan. 13, 2026

Awakening after being bullied

Bryan Lee, known worldwide as Bullseye The Clown, has transformed his personal trauma of being bullied into a global mission of compassion. At age 47, he saw the movie Patch Adams and decided to join the real Patch Adams on a 14 day mission to Russia to hospitals, orphanages and more. There Bullseye had two other awakenings when he made an old lady be seen and brought laughter to a woman in hospice. He went from trying to be invisible when he was bullied to being as visible as possible as a clow...
4
Jan. 13, 2026

Awakening to find evidence of an afterlife - With Liz Entin

After the passing of her father in 2015, Liz Entin delved in to see if there was science based evidence of an afterlife, something as an atheist she never thought possible. She was stunned to discover there is a large amount of valid scientific evidence of an afterlife that does not require faith or belief. It was a long process that combined delving into the science and meeting the people behind the research, but she ended believing that consciousness continues after death. She has two books -B...
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Dec. 4, 2025

Holocaust survivor awakens to educate about the holocaust

Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann's awakening to educate about the holocaust. Sami Steigmann awakened later in life, after being inspired by a 6th grader, to make his life’s mission to educate children and society about the horrors of the holocaust and the dangers of Jew hatred today. Sami's life story is remarkable. From 1941 -1944, he and his parents were in Ukraine at Mogilev-Podolsky, a labor camp in Transnistria. Being too young to work, per his parents, Sami was subjected to Nazi medical experimentation but has no recollection of it. However, he still feels the side effects every day. He believes knowledge about the holocaust without action and bringing in the media can accomplish very little to stop jew hatred.