# member-only (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover member-only. Page: Feed: --- ## [Roblox CEO: How to Make Better Decisions by Fixing Yourself First](https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast/david-baszucki/) _2026-08-18 · The Knowledge Project_ David Baszucki is the co-founder and CEO of Roblox, a platform built around a simple idea: give people the tools and incentives to create together. In this short conversation we discuss how a health decision saved his son's life and how it changed how he eats, why bureaucracy compounds unless you actively destroy it, monitoring your mind before making decisions, and why the best products often… [Listen](https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/FSMI7975833587.mp3) ## [The Mindset Behind Building a Great Little Business | Brad Jacobs](https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast/brad-jacobs-2/) _2026-08-04 · The Knowledge Project_ This summer, I’m revisiting one of my favorite episodes. If you haven’t heard it, now is the time. If you have, it’s a classic and worth listening to again. Brad Jacobs has built eight billion-dollar companies, completed more than 500 acquisitions, and created extraordinary returns for shareholders over four decades. Few people understand how great businesses are built better than he does. This… [Listen](https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/FSMI3800009036.mp3) ## [4.3 Integrative Medical Taiji and Qigong, with Peter Wayne](https://blackberyl.substack.com/p/43-integrative-medical-taichi-and) _2026-08-01 · Pierce Salguero · Black Beryl Podcast_ In this episode, I sit down with Dr Peter Wayne, Director of the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women’s Hospital. A prolific researcher of the science of body-mind practices, Peter is the author of The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi (2013) and over 200 scientific papers. But he has also been a practitioner and instructor of taiji and qigong for… [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/205355523/ce3a0234b3710eaa9195e1f87ca361f0.mp3) ## [4.3 Bonus Materials for Paid Members](https://blackberyl.substack.com/p/43-bonus-materials-for-paid-members) _2026-08-01 · Pierce Salguero · Black Beryl Podcast_ Subscribe on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including these PDFs of Peter’s publications: Wayne et al., “A Systems Biology Approach to Studying Tai Chi, Physiological Complexity and Healthy Aging” (2013) Wayne et al., “Can Tai Chi and Qigong Postures Shape Our Mood? Toward an Embodied Cognition Framework for Mind-Body Research” (2018) Wayne et al., “Integrative… ## [John D. Rockefeller: The Principles Behind The Greatest Fortune in History](https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast/outliers-john-d-rockefeller/) _2026-07-28 · The Knowledge Project_ John D. Rockefeller became the richest man the world had ever known by thinking differently about business, competition, and family. This episode isn’t just the story of Standard Oil. It’s about the principles that built one of history’s greatest business empires and what they can teach us today. Along the way, you’ll see the rise of Standard Oil, the public backlash that made Rockefeller… [Listen](https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/FSMI9760360570.mp3) ## [Opendoor CEO: Excellence Is the Capacity to Take Pain](https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast/kaz-nejatian/) _2026-07-21 · The Knowledge Project_ No company decides to fail. It drifts there one comfortable lie at a time. Kaz Nejatian took over Opendoor when it was just months away from bankruptcy and set out to rebuild it from the ground up. What happened next shocked everyone. Most turnaround stories are told years later, by the winner, after the ending is already known. That’s why they always sound clean and polished. This one doesn’t… [Listen](https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/FSMI7634016220.mp3) ## [The Mindset That Unlocks Your Full Potential | Dr. Gio Valiante](https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast/performance-psychologist-mindset/) _2026-07-07 · The Knowledge Project_ Steve Cohen and Jack Nicklaus shared the same performance coach. For the next hour, he’s yours too. Dr. Gio Valiante is the world’s leading performance psychologist. We discuss why most people never reach their potential, how confidence and fear shape performance, and what separates those who consistently excel from those who stay stuck. He shares practical strategies for building better habits,… [Listen](https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/FSMI4597284601.mp3) ## [4.2 Bonus Materials for Paid Members](https://blackberyl.substack.com/p/42-bonus-materials-for-paid-members) _2026-07-01 · Pierce Salguero · Black Beryl Podcast_ Subscribe on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including these PDFs of Linda’s work: Metamodern Mysticisms (2018) “Toward a metamodern reading of Spiritual but Not Religious mysticisms” (2018) “The Metamodern Bend: Theorizations for Religious Studies” (2022) Read more ## [4.2 Metamodern Mysticism, with Linda Ceriello](https://blackberyl.substack.com/p/42-metamodern-mysticism-with-linda) _2026-07-01 · Pierce Salguero · Black Beryl Podcast_ In this episode, I sit down with my friend Linda C. Ceriello, a scholar of mysticism and popular culture from Kennesaw State University in Georgia. Linda is one of the foremost scholars of metamodernism, with particular focus on contemporary spirituality and mystical experiences. She talks with me about what this concept of metamodernism means, and how it can open up new kinds of more capacious… [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/203992814/c27c9183b07b90814c5543e4e60dcbfe.mp3) ## [4.1 Bonus Materials for Paid Members](https://blackberyl.substack.com/p/41-bonus-materials-for-paid-members) _2026-06-27 · Pierce Salguero · Black Beryl Podcast_ Become a paid subscriber on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including: PDF of the introduction to Pierce’s new book: Meditation Sickness: A Sourcebook on the Dangers of Buddhist Practice, just published by University of Hawaii Press. Read more ## [Your 24/7 AI Media Buyer (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/iQAb23LCte2l) _2026-06-27 · **Sponsored**_ Finds placement, geo, and funnel leaks and proposes fixes you approve ## [How to Repair and Nourish Your Gut | Dr. Giulia Enders](https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast/dr-giulia-enders/) _2026-06-23 · The Knowledge Project_ Dr. Giulia Enders has changed the way millions of people think about the human body. As a physician, microbiome researcher, and bestselling author, she has spent years studying the surprising role the gut plays in everything from digestion and immunity to mood, sleep, metabolism, and long-term health. In this conversation, Giulia explains how your gut shapes your health, how stress quietly damages… [Listen](https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/FSMI7040614110.mp3) ## [Mental Models That Change How You Think | Bill Gurley](https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast/bill-gurley/) _2026-06-09 · The Knowledge Project_ Bill Gurley spent years on Wall Street, built his career as a partner at Benchmark, worked through Uber’s hypergrowth era, and now serves on the board of the Santa Fe Institute, where he studies complexity and systems thinking. In this episode, Bill shares the mental models he returns to most, including systems thinking, second- and third-order effects, and the importance of understanding both the… [Listen](https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/FSMI4812792839.mp3) ## [You Don’t Need To Innovate To Be Successful | FarmVille Creator](https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast/mark-pincus/) _2026-06-02 · The Knowledge Project_ Mark Pincus is the creator behind Farmville and Words with Friends. He built Zynga into one of the biggest gaming companies in the world and helped shape the early era of social products on the internet. In this conversation, he breaks down how great founders spot winning ideas early, why most startups build the wrong thing, and how products become part of people’s daily lives. He shares lessons… [Listen](https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/FSMI6813755892.mp3) ## [4.1 Introducing "The Epistemological Carnaval," with Pierce Salguero and Lan A. Li](https://blackberyl.substack.com/p/41-metamodern-asian-medicine) _2026-06-02 · Pierce Salguero · Black Beryl Podcast_ Listen now [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200221618/feea0213b41d18d7f8d6b3c77c3ff4db.mp3) ## [The Hyundai Founder Who Put a Country on His Back](https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast/outliers-chung-ju-yung/) _2026-05-19 · The Knowledge Project_ Chung Ju-yung built Hyundai because he refused to be stopped. He is known for turning Hyundai into an industrial force that helped transform South Korea. The company built highways, ships, cars, and entire industries. At its peak, Hyundai accounted for 16% of South Korea’s economic output. This episode explores how Chung built Hyundai, how he helped power South Korea’s rise, and how hunger, guilt,… [Listen](https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/FSMI8329692030.mp3) ## [Speed, Stress, and Better Decisions | Winston Weinberg](https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast/winston-weinberg/) _2026-05-12 · The Knowledge Project_ Winston Weinberg is the CEO and co-founder of Harvey, the AI platform built for the legal industry. In this episode, Winston explains how AI is reshaping legal work, why judgment becomes more valuable as routine work gets automated, and how to build the prioritization muscle required to move faster, stay focused, and make better decisions when everything is changing. He also shares the operating… [Listen](https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/FSMI1836811628.mp3?updated=1778587764) ## [3.18 Bonus material for paid members](https://blackberyl.substack.com/p/extraordinary-mysterious-and-impossible) _2026-05-05 · Pierce Salguero · Black Beryl Podcast_ Become a paid subscriber on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including: PDF of the introduction of Jeff’s book, How to Think Impossibly: About Souls, UFOs, Time, Belief, and Everything Else (2024) Read more ## [3.18 Extraordinary, Mysterious, and Impossible Experiences, with Jeffrey Kriple](https://blackberyl.substack.com/p/extraordinary-mysterious-and-impossible-43f) _2026-05-05 · Pierce Salguero · Black Beryl Podcast_ Today I sit down with Prof. Jeff Kripal, noted scholar of religion at Rice University, to talk about extraordinary, mysterious, and “impossible” experiences. This is a conversation I’ve been waiting a few years to have. Together we explore what you can or can’t talk about in the humanities — and what we risk when we break the rules. Along the way, we touch on paranormal phenomena, epistemological… [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200151099/1ce17b14f79fbfc0ca59a730330abc81.mp3) ## [BONUS: Meditation Sickness, with Pierce Salguero (Rebroadcast from the Buddhist Yoga Podcast)](https://blackberyl.substack.com/p/bonus-meditation-sickness-with-pierce-3df) _2026-04-18 · Pierce Salguero · Black Beryl Podcast_ I'm happy to share this rebroadcast of an interview I did with James Bae, the host of the "Buddhist Yoga" Youtube channel. In this deep-dive, we discuss my new book, Meditation Sickness, just out from University of Hawaii Press. This edited collection of translations by expert scholars lays out a range of Buddhist viewpoints about the potential side-effects of contemplative practice, and what… [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200151100/2a6c137cc19eee8f3c28494a15a3589c.mp3) ## [3.17 Bonus material for paid members](https://blackberyl.substack.com/p/awakening-and-integration) _2026-04-03 · Pierce Salguero · Black Beryl Podcast_ Become a paid subscriber on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including a $500 discount on the Neuromatrix Headset: Read more ## [Know before it drops (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/F8lDNthUrB96) _2026-04-03 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a show, artist, genre or rocket and get notified before release ## [3.17 Awakening & Integration, with Sanjay Manchanda](https://blackberyl.substack.com/p/awakening-and-integration-with-sanjay-314) _2026-04-03 · Pierce Salguero · Black Beryl Podcast_ Today I sit down with Sanjay Manchanda, who is an Adjunct Professor at California Institute of Human Science and also teaches at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Sanjay is an awakening facilitator, a practicing psychotherapist, and an inventor and technologist with a PhD in computer science. In this conversation, we talk about the importance of integration after awakening,… [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200151101/8103d03b414f2e3e3ad6248f30ad89a1.mp3) ## [3.16 Bonus material for paid members](https://blackberyl.substack.com/p/317-tibetan-medicine-for-meditators) _2026-03-04 · Pierce Salguero · Black Beryl Podcast_ Become a paid subscriber on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including downloading: Tawni Tidwell et al. “Chasing dön spirits in Tibetan medical encounters: Transcultural affordances and embodied psychiatry in Amdo, Qinghai” 2022. Read more ## [3.16 Tibetan Medicine for Meditators, with Tawni Tidwell](https://blackberyl.substack.com/p/tibetan-medicine-for-meditators-with-b26) _2026-03-04 · Pierce Salguero · Black Beryl Podcast_ Today I sit down with Dr. Tawni Tidwell, a biocultural anthropologist and Tibetan medicine doctor at the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Together we discuss how Tibetan medicine approaches the challenges that arise in the course of meditation. Along the way, we talk about reconnecting with indigenous knowledge, establishing a more intimate relationship with the… [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200151102/8a8fdef2a94fbf397581e9f489fc3bcf.mp3) ## [3.15 Bonus material for paid members](https://blackberyl.substack.com/p/316-the-modern-remaking-of-kundalini) _2026-02-02 · Pierce Salguero · Black Beryl Podcast_ Become a paid subscriber on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including downloading: Full English translation of the Hathayoga Pradipika, which includes description of kundalini coiled at the base of the spine and structured practices to direct her energy toward enlightenment: Read more ## [3.15 The Modern Remaking of Kundalini, with Marleen Thaler](https://blackberyl.substack.com/p/the-modern-remaking-of-kundalini-3cb) _2026-02-02 · Pierce Salguero · Black Beryl Podcast_ Today I sit down with Marleen Thaler, a researcher at the University of Vienna and University of Graz. Together, we investigate the history of the transformation of Kundalini from a Hindu goddess resting at the base of the spine to her modern manifestation as a psychiatric syndrome. Along the way, we discuss the central importance of the Theosophical society, the anti-psychiatry movement of the… [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200151103/bb3576128f93bd765f704f02d3c82114.mp3) ## [3.14 Bonus material for paid members](https://blackberyl.substack.com/p/315-spirit-possession-and-chinese) _2026-01-01 · Pierce Salguero · Black Beryl Podcast_ Become a paid subscriber on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including downloading: Brandt Stickley, “Approaching the Origin: The Diaphanous Body and Classical Chinese Medicine” (preprint of article published in 2024). Read more ## [3.14 Spirit Possession and Chinese Medicine Anti-Psychiatry, with Brandt Stickley](https://blackberyl.substack.com/p/spirit-possession-and-chinese-medicine-021) _2026-01-01 · Pierce Salguero · Black Beryl Podcast_ Today, I catch up with Brandt Stickley, Associate Professor at the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland. We discuss his practice of “Chinese medicine anti-psychiatry,” which involves exorcising spirits using acupuncture needles. Along the way, we talk about mass possession, spiritual shark bites, and how to properly unwind a wayward ghost. If you want to hear scholars and… [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200151104/db6654ca6c14b2e1987a1cf81eca7a49.mp3) ## [BONUS: Buddhist Ritual Magic, with Zachary Lui (Rebroadcast from 2023)](https://blackberyl.substack.com/p/bonus-buddhist-ritual-magic-with-47f) _2025-12-20 · Pierce Salguero · Black Beryl Podcast_ In celebration of the holiday season, here's a bonus episode from the archives. In May of 2023, I sat down with Zachary Lui who is a practitioner of Chinese medicine, magic, and shamanism in the Toronto area. We started by talking about his early work with Chinese martial arts, traditional medicine, and qigong. We then got into Zac’s practice of chaos magic, diverse ritual practices, reiki, and… [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200151105/edd75438c6eb3e06a729b4fc9ed91277.mp3) ## [3.13 Bonus material for paid members](https://blackberyl.substack.com/p/313-self-and-nonself) _2025-12-05 · Pierce Salguero · Black Beryl Podcast_ Become a paid subscriber on blackberyl.substack.com to unlock our members-only benefits, including downloading: Article summarizing Nick’s dissertation research on “loss of self” experiences 50% off “ Varieties of Ego-Dissolution ” online course (research overview of the types of self-boundary dissolution and their impacts) Read more ## [International money transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/g6qOWEF6y8gt) _2025-12-05 · **Sponsored**_ Send money to other countries and manage multi‑currency balances online. ## [3.13 Self and Nonself, with Nick Canby](https://blackberyl.substack.com/p/self-and-nonself-with-nick-canby-2a8) _2025-12-05 · Pierce Salguero · Black Beryl Podcast_ Today I sit down with Nick Canby, visiting assistant professor at Brown University and a clinical psychologist specializing in meditation and psychedelics. Together, we dive into Nick’s research on the self — what is it and what it’s like to lose it. Along the way, we mention some of the downsides of experiencing oneness and the complications of defining a mental health disorder. If you want to… [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200151106/a93e96accb77bde513b14451294c8679.mp3)