Introducing an established podcast that smartly intertwines the spiritual and the scientific. The Observable Unknown is a gripping audio show, within which listeners can truly lose themselves amidst the provocative wonder and mystique of our shared reality.
Dr. Juan Carlos Rey explores the hidden influences of modern reality – a complex and seemingly limitless realm, covering topics ranging from quantum mechanics to cosmic consciousness.
Presenting with an intriguing ambient set-up and a voice born to captivate, The Observable Unknown blends storytelling and factual research, across a series of unique episodes that are both all-consuming and refreshingly educational.
Most recently, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey took on The Unconscious Collective. Just under seven minutes in full, but with a certain informative vastness that feels both impossible and eye-opening in its depth and detail. What appears as a philosophical musing on occasion, ultimately reveals itself to be well-rooted in historical context, science, realism, and the host’s own passion for learning, reading, and exploring the lesser known realities and unsettling intricacies we all share.
No two episodes are the same here, and this is more true than ever before amidst the indie podcast world. However, Dr. Juan’s voice, the Twilight Zone-esque musical atmosphere, and the deep-dive of each subject matter, maintain essential threads throughout.
Most episodes are brief, less than ten minutes, but some are extensive. Davin Stronk, in example, holds attention for almost a full hour, welcoming an interview format for a fresh dynamic, and exploring the topic of an erotic performance artist; discussing how intimacy, performance, and cultural imagination are interconnected. It’s a powerful conversation, impressively candid and also unexpectedly evocative in re-aligning our perhaps otherwise closed-minded perspectives regarding sex-work.
These interviews are often the longer segments of The Observable Unknown, and the variety between these and the entire podcast’s repertoire to date is quite phenomenal. Consider also the interview with Dr. Robin Hager, a clinician, and the one with the renowned Dr. Carla Garapedian, in which journalism, cinema, and memory are united and portrayed as part of the darkness and dystopia of modern conflict, realism, and film-making.
Far from a predictable metaphysical podcast, The Observable Unknown is brilliantly thorough in its explorations of complex and compelling topics. The discussions are pristinely intricate, analytical, and quite beautifully threaded together, with a clearly human sense of soulful curiosity and heart, and these qualities make this one of the most surprising and awakening scientific and spiritual podcasts around.
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