The Basement: Jeffrey Mishlove | Your Brain Doesn't Create Consciousness. It Filters It
4/27/20263 hr 3 min
Jeffrey Mishlove has spent 50 years at the intersection of science and the paranormal. He holds the only PhD in parapsychology ever awarded by an accredited American university, earned at UC Berkeley in 1980 — and successfully defended it in court when organized skeptics tried to have it revoked. He hosted the long-running television series Thinking Allowed, conducting over 1,500 interviews with the world's leading researchers in consciousness, mysticism, and the paranormal. He was embedded in the SRI research community during the Stargate era, working alongside Targ, Puthoff, and others operating under CIA funding. In 2021, he won first prize — unanimously — in Robert Bigelow's $500,000 competition for the best scientific case that consciousness survives death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsAJ Gentile· Host0:00
Today, we're sitting down with Jeffrey Mishlove. On Christmas Eve, 1985, Jeffrey got a phone call from a man named Ted Owens. Owens was a former assistant to J.B. Rhine at Duke University. He claimed to control the weather and summon UFOs on command.
Hecklefish· Host0:15
Summon UFOs on command, huh? Must be nice. I'm still waiting for an Uber Eats I ordered last Tuesday.
AJ Gentile· Host0:22
He told Jeffrey to call the US government and warn them not to send up the next space shuttle. His UFOs were gonna bring it down. And a month later, Challenger exploded. Now, that's the kind of story you're gonna hear today. And Jeffrey spent 50 years as the most important interviewer in parapsychology. UC Berkeley gave him the only PhD in parapsychology ever awarded by an accredited American university. In 2021, he won first prize and $500,000 from the Bigelow Institute for the best scientific case that consciousness survives death.
Hecklefish· Host0:56
Ethan Miller, he's gonna find out the IRS also survives death. Taxes are death.
AJ Gentile· Host1:03
This one got emotional. Let's go down to the basement. [upbeat music] Jeffrey, welcome to the basement.
Jeffrey Mishlove· Guest1:15
Thank you.
AJ Gentile· Host1:15
I'm excited to have you here.
Jeffrey Mishlove· Guest1:17
It's a pleasure to be here.
AJ Gentile· Host1:18
It's weird for me because, uh, there's so much research goes into my, uh, episodes on my stupid show, and you constantly come up as, as a primary source.
Jeffrey Mishlove· Guest1:28
Yeah.
AJ Gentile· Host1:29
So thank you