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TRUE NORTH PROJECT

Christian Dockstaderwww.truenorthproject.com
This podcast is comprised of equal parts sense-making, soul searching, and storytelling. We explore the mysteries, question the visionaries, and seek the logos in dialogue. True North Project is a prayer for a more beautiful world. Join us in exploring consciousness and expanding culture. http://www.truenorthproject.com

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Episodes

#61 Tim Stewart - Mountain Whispers Podcast

Tim Stewart is an athlete, outdoorsman, back country guide, and leadership coach at the Flow Genome Project. He is also the host of the Mountain Whispers podcast. Join us for an enlightening conversation about flow states, personal growth, and the power of natural rhythms. This episode explores the intersection of modern life and ancient wisdom, diving deep into topics like: * The science of light exposure and its impact on our wellbeing * How to harness flow states for enhanced performance and ...

Jan 28, 20252 hr 41 min

#60 Martina Hoffmann - Visionary Artist

Martina Hoffmann is a visionary artists who plays at the intersection of art, consciousness, and spirituality. Martina has become a central figure in contemporary Visionary Art scene, and in this conversation she shares her fascinating journey and insights into the transformative power of creative expression. In this dialogue, we explore the timeless nature of visionary art, its connection to shamanism, and the role of artists in society. Martina discusses her artistic process, the influence of ...

Dec 26, 20242 hr 27 min0Ep. 60

#59 Tim Adalin - Voicecraft

Tim Adalin is a philosopher and founder of the Voicecraft network and podcast. In this conversation, Christian and Tim delve into the nature of consciousness, the transformative power of float tanks, and the intersection of technology and humanity. They explore the importance of personal transformation, the quest for meaning in a rapidly changing world, and the need for connection and community in navigating life's complexities. Join us for a discussion that highlights the challenges of modern s...

Oct 27, 20241 hr 48 min

#58 Bobby Wade - Stewarding the Sacred Waters of Life

Bobby Wade is a student of plant medicines, ancestral ceremonies, and indigenous ways of life. He is also a sundancer, water protector, veteran, father, and coach. In this conversation we discuss the sacredness of water, re-indigenizing, stewardship of nature, ancestral wisdom, and rites of passage. Connect with Bobby: Substack: The Way of Life Instagram: @bobbywadeofficial Course: Rediscovering Ancestral Wisdom in Modern Times Support this Project: Lumi Gummies - Use code TRUE NORTH to save and...

Oct 20, 20242 hr 26 min

#57 Marc Gafni - Story, Religion, and Mormonism

Marc Gafni is a writer, philosopher, and co-president of the Center for World Philosophy and Religion . His written dozens of books, including: A Return to Eros, Soul Prints, Your Unique Self, and The Erotic and the Holy. This episode is the beginning of a deep conversation into a radically new story for humanity. If you come from a Mormon story, this episode is especially for you. Artdrop - The Democratization of Art True North Project is presented by Artdrop , the Tesla of replica art. Now you...

Sep 14, 20241 hr 36 min

#56 Gemma Danielle - Mahalo Ke Akua

Artdrop: Mahalo Ke Akua - Use code TRUENORTH at checkout. Gemma’s Website Maui Calm Project Gemma Danielle is a self-taught artist and a master instructor of Usui Reiki, a lineage based Japanese healing technique. She has studied and practiced Reiki for over a decade, and uses her fine art as a medium for the Reiki energy to be shared with a wider audience. Pursuing the transcendental through nonobjective form and the ubiquitous languages of mathematics and physics, she studies the ancient medit...

Aug 20, 20241 hr 57 min

#55 Angel Lyn - Yin on Fire Festival

Angel Lyn is the author of: Soul-U-lar Evolution: A Mormon Woman’s Transcendent Journey to Love . Angel is also the founder of Yin on Fire , a sacred space of refuge for the evolution of peace. If you’re going to be in beautiful Southern Utah this September, I highly recommend you get a ticket to this 4 day festival. True North Float will be sponsoring an epic art sanctuary with our friends over at Artdrop ! In this conversation Angel and I explore: * Her Mormon story and spiritual journey * Our...

Jun 30, 20241 hr 8 min

#54 Tyson Adams - Healing Porn Addiction

Tyson Adams is a coach and facilitator of mens work, specializing in healing porn addiction. You can connect with Tyson on IG @tysonadams__. Topics We Explore * Porn addiction and the tragedy of our attention commons. * The dystopian threat of AI-generated porn and virtual reality experiences. * Unshaming sexuality and transitioning from porn addiction to sacred sexuality. * Intentional sexual practices and sexual hygiene for men. * Breaking the circumcision cycle and healing the masculine femin...

Jun 17, 20242 hr 13 min

#53 Forrest Landry: Conscious Sustainable Evolution

Forrest Landry is a philosopher, engineer, and polymath. If you are on a quest for wisdom, I highly recommend you check out his book: The Effective Choice. In this conversation we discuss his "holy trinity" of conscious sustainable evolution. "Conscious sustainable evolution is essentially a way of saying: Here is a place where we have clarity about what does it mean to have a healthy world?" If you want to support this project and follow my work, all the links are at www. truenorthproject.com G...

May 06, 20241 hr 23 min

#52 Mark McCormack - Hegelian Dialectic

Mark McCormack is a student of philosophy who is currently on a 28 day hunger strike. Mark is also the founder of a New World Spirit, an initiative to address the meta-crisis by implementing Hegelian universal logic. Mark is a bit out there, but he showed up in good faith and I enjoyed speaking with him. Im still not sure what to make of this conversation. Hope you enjoy. If you do, smash subscribe so I’ll get more serious about this podcast and get more legit guests on the “show”. If you don’t…...

Apr 06, 20242 hr 40 min

#51 Artdrop - Liberate Art & Beautify the World

Nickholas Doty is the founder and CEO of Artdrop, a tech startup that seeks to beautify the world by liberating art, and empowering artists. In this conversation we discuss: The mission and vision of Artdrop Cutting edge 3d scanning and printing technology that Artdrop uses to replicate art The implications and impact of AI generated art Blockchain technology and decentralizing art The influence of art on culture and society I wish to be fully transparent about my incentives with this podcast. E...

Mar 30, 20241 hr 19 min

#50 Zachary Marlow - Moneyless Society

Zachary Marlow is a maverick film maker, regen, and co-founder of Moneyless Society. He is vagabonding around the world to tell a story of a more beautiful world beyond the pale of our extractive economic system. Key Takeaways from this Podcast Money and capitalism can be seen as a religious ideology worshiping the god of Moloch and leading to the coordination failure of humanity. The narrative of progress should be critically examined and reevaluated. The transition from a pre-tragic to a post-...

Mar 24, 20242 hr

#49 Jeremy Akers - Regens Unite!

Jeremy Akers is a regenerative wizard empowering curiosity, care, and courage by using Liberating Structures for organizational game design. He is also the chief vibe officer at Regens Unite . Key Takeaways From this Podcast Liberating structures enable asynchronous participation and the propagation of information across networks. Liberating structures can extend beyond communication to include architecture and other psycho technologies. The principles of liberating structures emphasize empowerm...

Mar 16, 20241 hr 14 min

#48 Josh Paigen - Optimizing Male Fertility

Josh Paigen is a specialist in male fertility and founder of ⁠Mandrake Health.⁠ Josh combines his training as a Nutrition Coach with extensive research in the fields of paternal coding, developmental origins of health and disease, epigenetic inheritance, and biological aging to deliver fertility-boosting, epigenetically-optimized lifestyle programs for men looking to become fathers. The top 5 topics we explore are: The paradigm shift in understanding male fertility and the impact of preconceptio...

Mar 09, 20243 hr 17 min

#47 Lee Adams - Exploring Consciousness

Lee Adams is the host of Cosmic Echo - a lucid dreaming podcast, and creator of taileaters.com - an online community of lucid dreamers and psychonauts. Check out his blog Taileaters and his digital community DMT World. Join Christian and Lee in this thought-provoking episode as they explore: Community in the online age The impact of AI and technology Fatherhood Designing a second brain and architecting your life Collective intelligence Ethical tech design and liberating structures AI as a tool f...

Mar 02, 20241 hr 54 min

#46 Jonathan Roug - The Next Generation of Wellness Centers

Jonathan Roug is the President of the [Float Tank Association]( https://www.floatation.org/ ), and the Founder and CEO of [Float Light]( https://www.youtube.com/@FloatLight/featured ) - a wellness business specializing in floatation therapy. He is also the Founder and CEO of Wellspring Visionary, a marketing agency helping to scale conscious businesses. Tune in for a deep dive into topics such as: 1. Philosophy, curiosity, and their connection to science 2. The nature of education and consciousn...

Feb 25, 20241 hr 27 min

#45 Simon Q - Weaving Collective Wisdom

Simon Q is a philosopher, regen, and close friend. This is his 4th time on this podcast. You can connect with Simon on X here. In this episode, we delve into the intersection of technology and society, including themes such as: Enhancing Human Intellect and Memory: We discuss how technology, like the concept of a "second brain," can augment human cognition and memory, with reference to Tiago Forte's work. Human-Technology Interaction: We explore how humans interact with technology, its integrati...

Feb 17, 20242 hr 8 min

#44 Kodah Pipitone - A Journey Through Gender

Kodah Pipitone is an experienced executive and founder within consumer health technology, impact investment, and public health systems. Kodah is a rational futurist at the intersection of technology and design, and has woven a unique journey that integrates Purpose, Profit, Planet, and People. Kodah is also a detransitioned trans woman… AKA dude gone chick gone dude again. In this dialogos we navigate through a wide range of topics including: Clean energy and decarbonization technologies. The ex...

Feb 11, 20241 hr 54 min

#43 Jonny Miller - Curious Humans

Johnny Miller is the host of the Curious Humans podcast, the creator of the Nervous System Mastery course, and a fellow explorer. https://www.curioushumans.com/ https://www.jonnymiller.co/ In this episode we delve into topics such as: How our educational system may be stifling curiosity The concept of 'live playership' and the importance of recognizing our uniqueness Psychedelics becoming mainstream and how to create the right cultural container for these potent molecules The need for ethical cu...

Feb 03, 20242 hr 24 min

#42 Simon Q - Unique Self Symphony of Sovereign Souls

Simon Q is a world traveler, digital nomad, philosopher, regen, and one of my closest friends. You can follow Simon on X @QBFrank . This conversation is from March 2023, and is one of my favorite conversations I’ve had on this podcast to date. We dive into topics such as: Our collaboration at True North Float, and what True North means to us. Dialogos and our collective exploration of the unique self symphony of sovereign souls The coordination failure of mankind and the meme of Moloch My Cannab...

Jan 28, 20243 hr 6 min

#41 Ashkahn Jahromi - Float Wizard

Ashkahn Jahromi is the Co-Founder of Float On , Float Tank Solutions , and the Float Conference . He is a float industry pioneer and float wizard of the most high order. In this episode we talk a lot about floating, from our personal journeys, to the various ways to use the float tank. We also dive deep into a philosophical conversation about human society, alternative social structures, and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truenorthproject/message ...

Jan 20, 20242 hr 6 min

#40 Sanaz Abravani - Digital Sovereignty

Sanaz Abravani is a passionate advocate for Data Sovereignty and the ethical implementation of exponential technologies in the field of AI, Biotech and Blockchain. Check out the documentary she produced: “Cost of Convenience.” This episode was recorded in May of 2022. In this episode, Sanaz and Christian explore the concept of digital sovereignty and its implications for our collective future. They delve into topics such as the metaverse, ethical tech, and the transformation of our species throu...

Jan 13, 20242 hr 30 min

#39 James Sirls - Float State

James Sirls is a float enthusiast and the founder of Float State , a wellness center in Corona, CA. In this episode we discuss the benefits of floating, how floating has changed our lives, and what its like to run a float center. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truenorthproject/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truenorthproject/support Get full access to TRUE NORTH PROJECT at www.truenorthproject.com/subscribe...

Jan 05, 20241 hr 18 min

#38 Amanda Sage & Joe Bob Merritt - The Regenaissance

Amanda Sage and Joe Bob Merritt are visionary artists catalyzing a transformative wave of regenerative art and culture. You can check out their visionary art, courses, and online art community below. Vision Train: https://www.visiontrain.org/ Amanda Sage: https://www.amandasage.com/links.html Joe Bob Merritt: http://josephrobertmerritt.com/ IG for Amanda: https://www.instagram.com/amandasageart/ IG for Joe Bob: https://www.instagram.com/josephrobertmerritt/ CALL FOR ART Calling all Artists! We w...

Jul 11, 20233 hr 13 min

#37 Alexander Beiner - Psychedelic Sensemaking

Alexander Beiner is a writer, podcaster, and thinker. His new book, "The Bigger Picture: How Psychedelics Can Help Us Make Sense of the World," is now available . Alexander also co-founded the Youtube channel Rebel Wisdom . This platform is an excellent source of wisdom and sensemaking. You can connect with Alexander at https://www.alexanderbeiner.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truenorthproject/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.co...

Jun 29, 20231 hr 8 min

#36 Forrest Landry- Part 3: Our North Star

This is part 3 of 3. You can find part 1 here , and part 2 here. Forrest Landry is a polymath, engineer, and philosopher. In this episode, we discuss his vision of the future and where we might go from here. To go deeper with this theme, read "My Vision of the Future" by Forrest Landry. You can reach out to podcast@truenorthproject.com to connect or engage with this project. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truenorthproject/message Support this podcast: https:...

May 15, 20231 hr 20 min

#35 Forrest Landry - Part 2: AI X-Risk

This is part 2 of 3. You can listen to part 1 here. Forrest Landry is a polymath, engineer, and philosopher. In this episode, we discuss the existential risk of artificial intelligence, including Forrest's "substrate needs convergence theorem," - stating the impossibility of AI alignment. To go deeper with this theme, you can find the full proof here: https://mflb.com/ You can reach out to podcast@truenorthproject.com to connect or engage with this project. --- Send in a voice message: https://p...

May 14, 20231 hr 26 min

#34 Forrest Landry - Part 1: Moloch

This is part 1 of 3. You can find part 2 here. Forrest Landry is a polymath, engineer, and philosopher. In this episode, we discuss Moloch - the name Allen Ginsberg gave to our collective coordination failure as a species. To go deeper with this theme, read Meditations on Moloch, by Steven Alexander. You can find Forrest's work at https://mflb.com/ You can reach out to podcast@truenorthproject.com to connect or engage with this project. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com...

May 12, 20231 hr 18 min

#33 David Dewane - The Eudaemonia Machine

David Dewane is an architect, entrepreneur, and partner at Geniant , as well as the founder of Mouse Bookclub. Eudaemonia wiki Epic Podcast with Jamie Wheel and Daniel Smachtenberger Deep Work by Cal Newport Black Friday sale happening at True North Float through 11/28. Reach out if you have any sincere feedback or insight into this topic of the eudaemonia machine (as architecture for human transformation) - podcast@truenorthproject.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com...

Nov 23, 20221 hr 48 min

#32 Smoking Weeds and Planting Seeds with Simon

This episode is a non-sober exploration into the potential evolution of True North Project with mi amigo, Simon. This conversation only happened because of a missed flight to Egypt. Don't take us too seriously, as this idea is in sketch mode. The story of creation through geometry: https://youtu.be/utMx48aGndI --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truenorthproject/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truenorthproject/support Get ful...

Oct 26, 20223 hr 32 min
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