Episodios

  • Why Women’s Health Fell Behind and How Precision Medicine and AI Can Fix It — Piraye Beim

    Why Women’s Health Fell Behind and How Precision Medicine and AI Can Fix It — Piraye Beim
    Jan 15 2026

    What you’ll hear in this episode:


    - Why women’s health is decades behind other fields of medicine, and why that gap still exists

    - How food, health, and biology have been systematically under-researched for women

    - The economic and scientific blind spots that have shaped modern healthcare

    - How precision medicine transformed cancer care, and why women’s health was left out

    - The role of genomics, multi-omics, and AI in unlocking new treatments for women

    - Why conditions like endometriosis and menopause remain underfunded and poorly understood

    - The challenges of building deep science companies in women’s health

    - How AI is accelerating drug discovery and making breakthroughs possible at smaller scales

    - The vision behind extending ovarian function and rethinking reproductive health

    - Why women’s health is ultimately human health and a catalyst for long-term flourishing

    - Piraye’s beautiful spiritual awakening


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    About Love Conquers Fear:


    In an era of exponentially evolving AI and robotics, one question looms: Will humanity make it? Love Conquers Fear is where leadership meets love, technology serves humanity, and vision becomes action. Host, Brett Alexander Hurt, tech entrepreneur and investor, sits down with some of the world’s most influential people to ask: Will we unite to create the Age of Abundance for All? These conversations are calls to action, awakening leaders everywhere to rise and help humanity choose the Light.


    Follow Brett Alexander Hurt on:


    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bretthurt/

    X/Twitter: https://x.com/brettahurt

    Medium: https://databrett.medium.com/

    Substack: https://brettahurt.substack.com/


    Watch on:

    YouTube: http://tiny.cc/LCF-YT

    Spotify: http://tiny.cc/LCF-Spotify


    Listen on:

    Apple Podcasts: http://tiny.cc/LCF-Apple

    Amazon Music: https://tinyurl.com/LCF-Amazon


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    About Piraye Beim:


    Piraye Beim is the Founder and CEO of Celmatix and a leading innovator in precision medicine for women’s health. For more than two decades, she has advanced understanding of ovarian health and reproductive aging by translating genomics and multi-omics research into first-in-class therapeutics, diagnostics, and digital health tools. Her work has been recognized by Fortune, Goldman Sachs, Crain’s, Rock Health, and the Aspen Global Leadership Network for its impact on biotechnology and women’s health.



    Timestamps:

    00:00 Episode preview

    00:42 Episode opening

    11:53 Why female healthcare is so underlooked

    12:09 Women’s biology is cyclical: hormones rising and falling

    14:27 Women weren’t mandated to be in clinical trials until the 1990s

    14:59 Choosing to dedicate a career to women’s drug development

    17:46 Endometriosis and the 10-year delay to diagnosis

    19:05 Women’s health is human health

    21:00 Precision medicine through a women’s health lens

    24:03 Why modern drug discovery skipped women’s health

    25:44 Screening, diagnosis, and better clinical trials

    27:00 Conditions unique to women: menopause, infertility, endometriosis

    28:55 Women’s health receives less than 1% of venture funding

    30:58 Why developing drugs for women predates the VC industry

    32:22 Extending ovarian function and rethinking IVF

    41:48 Building an “ark” to preserve women’s health data

    45:59 Artificial intelligence changing what’s possible in medicine

    52:40 Regulation, evidence, and earning trust in healthcare

    01:03:10 What success looks like for women’s health innovation

    01:23:10 Beyond science: don’t explain, just feel

    01:28:16 Piraye shares what it was like before and after her spiritual awakening

    01:41:20 Closing reflections



    Books mentioned in this episode:


    - After the Ecstasy, the Laundry — Jack Kornfield

    - The Secret of Secrets — Dan Brown

    - The Creative Act — Rick Rubin

    - How to Change Your Mind — Michael Pollan

    - Lights On — Annaka Harris

    - Signs — Laura Lynne Jackson

    - The Fourth Age — Byron Reese

    - The Celestine Prophecy — James Redfield

    - Man’s Search for Meaning — Viktor Frankl

    - Why Buddhism Is True — Robert Wright
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  • Building Whole Foods — John Mackey on Health, Spirituality, and Capitalism

    Building Whole Foods — John Mackey on Health, Spirituality, and Capitalism
    Jan 13 2026

    What you’ll hear in this episode:


    - John Mackey’s journey from founding Whole Foods to championing conscious capitalism

    - How Whole Foods’ values shaped its culture, growth, and long-term success

    - A deep dive on spirituality and A Course in Miracles

    - Why capitalism isn’t inherently good or bad

    - How a stakeholder mindset differs from chasing short-term profits

    - Entrepreneurship as a path for personal and spiritual growth

    - Why improving food systems might be one of the most powerful ways to help people thrive

    - The role incentives play in shaping behavior across business, government, and society

    - How technology and AI can either amplify fear or unlock abundance

    - What choosing love over fear looks like in leadership and life


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    About Love Conquers Fear:


    In an era of exponentially evolving AI and robotics, one question looms: Will humanity make it? Love Conquers Fear is where leadership meets love, technology serves humanity, and vision becomes action. Host, Brett Alexander Hurt, tech entrepreneur and investor, sits down with some of the world’s most influential people to ask: Will we unite to create the Age of Abundance for All? These conversations are calls to action, awakening leaders everywhere to rise and help humanity choose the Light.


    Watch on:

    YouTube: http://tiny.cc/LCF-YT

    Spotify: http://tiny.cc/LCF-Spotify


    Listen on:

    Apple Podcasts: http://tiny.cc/LCF-Apple

    Amazon Music: https://tinyurl.com/LCF-Amazon



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    About John Mackey:


    John Mackey is the co-founder and former CEO of Whole Foods Market, which he grew from a single natural foods store in Austin, Texas into the world’s largest natural and organic grocery company. Inspired early on by natural health, nutrition, and personal freedom, John has spent decades exploring how business can be a force for good. He is a leading advocate of conscious capitalism — emphasizing purpose, stakeholder value, and ethical leadership alongside profit. Today, John serves as co-founder and CEO of Love.Life, an integrated health and wellness company focused on prevention, lifestyle medicine, and whole-person care.



    Timestamps:


    00:00 Episode preview

    01:16 Love vs. fear as the two core emotional states

    01:53 Introducing John Mackey

    02:06 Spiritual practice and A Course in Miracles

    03:56 Forgiveness as a foundational discipline

    09:48 Speaking from the heart in entrepreneurship

    11:52 The historic flood that almost put Whole Foods out of business

    13:49 Community response and collective love

    15:51 How crisis reshaped John’s view of business

    17:56 Choosing responsibility and rebuilding

    19:53 Awakening, fear, and returning to love

    20:07 Near-death experiences and redefining reality

    23:44 Psychedelic experience and altered perception

    23:50 Fear, courage, and launching Whole Foods

    27:50 Forgiveness as an ongoing practice

    43:50 A Course in Miracles and The Disappearance of the Universe

    45:24 Perennial philosophy and the shared core of religions

    47:52 Stillness, quieting the mind, and inner listening

    51:54 Timeless spiritual texts: The Bhagavad Gita and the Tao Te Ching

    56:02 Capitalism, socialism, and real-world outcomes

    59:54 Systems that fail vs. systems that evolve

    01:07:52 Steve Jobs, intuition, and creating without research

    01:23:50 AI as savior vs. AI as threat

    01:28:58 Post Whole Foods: John’s new venture, Love.Life



    Books mentioned in this episode:


    - The Creative Act — Rick Rubin

    - Love Is Letting Go of Fear — Gerald G. Jampolsky

    - A Course in Miracles — Helen Schucman

    - The Celestine Prophecy — James Redfield

    - Proof of Heaven — Eben Alexander

    - The Whole Story — John Mackey

    - LSD and the Mind of the Universe — Christopher M. Bache

    - Journey of Souls — Michael Newton

    - The Perennial Philosophy — Aldous Huxley

    - The Disappearance of the Universe — Gary Renard

    - Enlightenment Now — Steven Pinker

    - The Rational Optimist — Matt Ridley

    - The Capitalist Manifesto — Johan Norberg

    - Superabundance — Marian L. Tupy & Gale L. Pooley

    - Many Lives, Many Masters — Brian Weiss
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  • #29: “Robots Can Make Us More Human” — Yemi A.D. on AI, Purpose, and the Future

    #29: “Robots Can Make Us More Human” — Yemi A.D. on AI, Purpose, and the Future
    Jan 8 2026
    What you’ll hear in this episode:Why Gen Z / young leaders may be the most promising generation yet—and what older generations get wrong about themThe origin story of Moonshot Platform (built during the pandemic) and how it reframes “moonshots” as collective missionsReal stories from Moonshot winners—including a teen who built a sign-language translation tool and later worked with Google DeepMindWhy Yemi believes the biggest issue isn’t scarcity—it’s distribution shaped by trauma, fear, and extractive leadershipA grounded take on AI + robotics: “robots can make us more human” and what it means for purpose, work, and identitySpiritual tech: breathwork, altered states, psychedelics research, and the idea that language is a limiting operating systemYemi’s deeply personal story: growing up as the only Black child in his town, family separation, and becoming “the rescuer”A closing call for active hope—and why the world needs mentors and allies who invest in youth with integrityAbout Love Conquers Fear:In an era of exponentially evolving AI and robotics, one question looms: Will humanity make it? Love Conquers Fear is where leadership meets love, technology serves humanity, and vision becomes action. Host, Brett Alexander Hurt, tech entrepreneur and investor, sits down with some of the world’s most influential people to ask: Will we unite to create the Age of Abundance for All? These conversations are calls to action, awakening leaders everywhere to rise and help humanity choose the Light.About Yemi A.D.Yemi A.D. is a Czech-born artist, entrepreneur, and social innovator working at the intersection of creativity, technology, and youth empowerment. He is the founder of Moonshot Platform, a global accelerator launched during the pandemic to support young leaders addressing humanity’s most pressing challenges through collective, values-driven action. Like Brett, Yemi is a member of the Henry Crown Fellowship community. He is deeply committed to ensuring that emerging technologies and future systems serve humanity with compassion, dignity, and hope.Timestamps: 00:00 — Episode preview01:30 — Consciousness, lucid dreaming, whales, and love as fundamental reality03:37 — Creativity as an operating system: The Creative Act + business as art04:23 — Introducing Yemi A.D. + Henry Crown Fellowship connection06:23 — Identity across seasons: dancer → entrepreneur → creativity, tech & youth empowerment09:34 — Generational reset: culture redesign, ending inherited bad habits11:13 — What’s different about today’s teens (and why they give hope)14:56 — Moonshot Platform origin: a “moonshot for Earth” born during the pandemic16:30 — Moonshot vs the American Dream: collective success over individual gain20:47 — Breakout Moonshot story: sign-language AI → Stanford → Google DeepMind24:31 — The Moonshot model: holistic leadership, fear, money, pressure, head-to-heart26:26 — Book rec: Into the Magic Shop + meditation, manifestation, heart-opening28:54 — Yemi’s childhood: communism, identity, separation, resilience33:19 — Family reunion, brother with Down syndrome, and redefining freedom36:47 — Dyslexia, movement, and how struggle forged resilience39:57 — First trip to LA at 18 + “the moment I wrote the date, everything aligned”44:49 — The defining question: “What would happen if you didn’t do it?”47:48 — Integrity, mission clarity, and synchronicity52:11 — AI, robotics, leadership vacuum, and the risk of extractive power1:02:59 — “We’ll make it” — the real question is how much suffering it takes1:04:17 — Teaching robots to move + “robots can make us more human”1:14:16 — Imagination precedes innovation: sci-fi → art → science → reality1:18:24 — Psychedelics, healing, breathwork, and expanded consciousness01:21:21 — Language as programming + truth vs interpretation01:33:23 — Warren Buffett quote + humility and shared humanity01:36:19 — Closing reflections + upcoming episodes
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  • #28: From Techstars to the Soul: Amos Schwartzfarb on Purpose, Creativity, and Abundance

    #28: From Techstars to the Soul: Amos Schwartzfarb on Purpose, Creativity, and Abundance
    Jan 6 2026
    What you’ll hear in this episode:Why creativity is not limited to artists—and how entrepreneurship itself is a creative actHow Techstars shaped Amos Schwartzfarb’s purpose as a mentor, leader, and guideThe difference between intuition vs. ego, and why ignoring your gut causes the biggest mistakesLessons learned from startup wins, failures, and boardroom decisionsA powerful exploration of AI, abundance, fear, and humanity’s “final exam”How psychedelics, meditation, and inner work can deprogram fear-based thinkingWhy small, daily acts of kindness may determine whether humanity thrives or collapsesAmos’s return to music as spiritual expression and creative healingA hopeful, grounded vision for how love can still conquer fearAbout Love Conquers Fear:In an era of exponentially evolving AI and robotics, one question looms: Will humanity make it? Love Conquers Fear is where leadership meets love, technology serves humanity, and vision becomes action. Host, Brett Alexander Hurt, tech entrepreneur and investor, sits down with some of the world’s most influential people to ask: Will we unite to create the Age of Abundance for All? These conversations are calls to action, awakening leaders everywhere to rise and help humanity choose the Light.Follow Brett Alexander Hurt on Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/bretthurt/⁠Follow Brett Alexander Hurt on Medium: ⁠https://databrett.medium.com⁠Follow Brett Alexander Hurt on Substack: ⁠https://brettahurt.substack.com/⁠Love Conquers Fear on Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LoveConquersFear2025⁠Love Conquers Fear on Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/6wngdSw7FmdibLC9mu300q⁠Love Conquers Fear on Apple: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-conquers-fear/id1841734456⁠About Amos SchwartzfarbAmos Schwartzfarb is a longtime entrepreneur, investor, and leadership coach. He served as Managing Director of Techstars Austin for nearly a decade, mentoring and investing in over 100 startups. Today, Amos works as a CEO coach and board member, helping founders and leaders grow into their highest potential through conscious leadership, intuition-driven decision-making, and purpose-aligned work.00:00 – Episode preview01:16 – Rick Rubin, creativity, and business as art03:38 – Writing books, abundance, and creative flow04:32 – Introducing Amos Schwartzfarb04:53 – Creativity in business & early inspiration07:17 – Big Magic, inspiration, and creative downloads08:53 – The War of Art and channeling creativity10:33 – Time, aging, and exponential technology12:38 – Health, vitality, and redefining age14:14 – Hearing loss, fear, and faith in future science20:29 – Techstars Austin origin story24:28 – Lessons from mentoring founders25:54 – Helping people evolve (not fixing them)28:47 – Discovering life purpose through service37:10 – Intuition vs rationalization43:12 – Childhood doubt, identity, and resilience55:56 – Psychedelics, inner work, and deprogramming fear01:04:00 – Reincarnation, consciousness, and quantum reality01:12:29 – Abundance vs fear-based scarcity01:16:03 – How kindness scales through leadership01:23:55 – CEO coaching and board work01:28:30 – Music, creativity, and healing01:34:00 – Humanity’s future & final reflectionsBooks and other resources mentioned:The Creative Act by Rick Rubin*The Way of Code: The Timeless Art of Vibe Coding* based on Lao Tzu, Adapted by Rick RubinBusiness is an ART - Keys to Success in Entrepreneurship w/ Brett Hurt (JP Newman’s podcast)Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds (documentary by Daniel Schmidt)The Last Book a Human Will Ever Write by Jeff BirminghamBig Magic by Elizabeth GilbertThe War of Art by Steven PressfieldMany Lives, Many Masters by Dr. Brian WeissJourney of Souls by Dr. Michael NewtonThe Untethered Soul by Michael A. SingerLove Is Letting Go of Fear by Jerry JampolskyA Course in MiraclesThe Order of Time by Carlo RovelliNo Boundary by Ken Wilber
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  • #27 Full Sci-Fi Audiobook: The Lattice by Brett A. Hurt (Consciousness, AI, and Humanity's Future)

    #27 Full Sci-Fi Audiobook: The Lattice by Brett A. Hurt (Consciousness, AI, and Humanity's Future)
    Jan 1 2026

    Here’s a full, unabridged reading of my science fiction novella, The Lattice. About the Book:The Lattice is a 35-page novella compromised of three short stories, starting with God's Final Exam. The novella follows the life arc of Dr. Alexander Bliss, a quantum chromodynamics physicist, who has an audacious idea about how to unite humanity to understand the nature of our reality before we destroy ourselves. Science and spirituality (not religious dogma) comes together to heal. This becomes especially important as humanity grapples with technology that is more powerful than we've ever had, triggered by the exponential acceleration of AI, robotics, quantum computing, and brain-computer interfaces. What happens to Earth, humanity, alien lifeforms, and the universe is astonishing as the work of Dr. Bliss's life unfolds.The weaving of AI, quantum physics, consciousness, and spirituality has never been more exciting. Reality truly is stranger (and more loving) than (science) fiction.—Further Discussion: I conclude the video by sharing some of the inspirations, references, and experiences behind the novella and what I hope readers will take away after the last page.Timestamps00:00 – Intro01:40 – The Lattice, a novella by Brett Alexander Hurt02:48 – Part 1: God’s Final Exam18:35 – Part 2: God’s Creative Power31:06 – Part 3: God’s Infinite Game48:34 – End of book; key references and inspirations explained1:08:36 – OutroBooks Mentioned:Journey of Souls — Michael NewtonMany Lives, Many Masters — Brian WeissThe Untethered Soul — Michael A. SingerThe Order of Time — Carlo RovelliThe Bhagavad Gita (translation by Stephen Mitchell)Tao Te Ching (translation by Stephen Mitchell)The Immortality Key — Brian MurareskuSigns: The Secret Language of the Universe — Laura Lynne JacksonThe Hobbit — J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings — J.R.R. TolkienLSD and the Mind of the Universe — Christopher BacheCatch the full ‘Love Conquers Fear’ reading list on the website: https://www.loveconquersfear.org/reading-listFind 'The Lattice' on Amazon: https://a.co/d/74SWbM5Watch “Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gARiKdMN-W0
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  • #26: Restaurants, AI, and the Radical Power of Caring for Each Other with CK Chin

    #26: Restaurants, AI, and the Radical Power of Caring for Each Other with CK Chin
    Dec 30 2025
    What you’ll hear in this episode:Why hospitality is about how you make people feel — not what you serveHow restaurants become emotional landmarks in people’s livesA powerful real-world example of feeding the community with dignityConscious capitalism, B Corps, and why profits without humanity failWhy food is one of the most ancient and sacred forms of careParenting, generational wisdom, and breaking inherited patternsThe danger of outsourcing our humanity to AIHow AI mirrors our values — and what that says about usWhy abundance isn’t excess, but shared sufficiencyA parable that perfectly explains Heaven and human cooperationAbout Love Conquers Fear:In an era of exponentially evolving AI and robotics, one question looms: Will humanity make it? Love Conquers Fear is where leadership meets love, technology serves humanity, and vision becomes action. Host, Brett Alexander Hurt, tech entrepreneur and investor, sits down with some of the world’s most influential people to ask: Will we unite to create the Age of Abundance for All? These conversations are calls to action, awakening leaders everywhere to rise and help humanity choose the Light.Follow Brett Alexander Hurt on Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/bretthurt/⁠Follow Brett Alexander Hurt on Medium: ⁠https://databrett.medium.com⁠Follow Brett Alexander Hurt on Substack: ⁠https://brettahurt.substack.com/⁠Love Conquers Fear on Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LoveConquersFear2025⁠Love Conquers Fear on Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/6wngdSw7FmdibLC9mu300q⁠Love Conquers Fear on Apple: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-conquers-fear/id1841734456⁠About CK ChinCK Chin is an Austin-based restaurateur, hospitality leader, and community builder known for creating restaurants rooted in warmth, dignity, and human connection. With over a decade in the restaurant industry, CK is the founder and operator behind beloved Austin establishments including Wu Chow, Swift’s Attic, and Toshokan. His work blends conscious capitalism, cultural storytelling, and a deep commitment to serving both guests and the broader community, using food as a vehicle for care, belonging, and shared humanity.Timestamps:00:00 – Episode preview01:15 – Opening reflections & why this conversation matters02:09 – OpenAI, AI ethics, and the danger of false sentience02:36 – Conscious Capitalism, B Corps, and redefining success03:02 – Why capitalism must account for all stakeholders04:33 – Objectification and how technology shapes behavior05:26 – Abundance for All vs. fear-based systems06:16 – Nuclear weapons, MAD, and humanity’s shadow08:41 – Introducing CK Chin & the soul of hospitality09:27 – “Hospitality isn’t service: it’s how you make people feel”10:41 – Post-pandemic dining, convenience, and what we lost12:18 – Conscious Capitalism in action: feeding people with dignity13:19 – Why charity without dignity does harm14:00 – The Family Table, community care, and shared humanity18:09 – Parenting, identity, and breaking generational cycles25:05 – Alcohol, ceremony, and intentional living33:15 – Why younger generations are rejecting excess36:00 – Technology, addiction, and the illusion of abundance37:51 – Food, culture, and human connection49:19 – Restaurants as emotional landmarks in people’s lives1:08:14 – Why we fear sentient machines1:10:00 – What dystopian AI stories reveal about us1:17:36 – AI as a mirror of human values1:20:00 – Teaching AI vs. teaching children1:33:57 – The six-foot chopsticks parable (Heaven)1:34:00 – Abundance vs. overconsumption1:37:00 – Food waste, seasonality, and imbalance1:42:45 – Why empathy must become action1:44:25 – Human connection in a post-AI world1:45:00 – Closing reflections: letting Love conquer fear
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  • #25: Christ Consciousness, Healing, and Human Evolution with Patrick Gentempo

    #25: Christ Consciousness, Healing, and Human Evolution with Patrick Gentempo
    Dec 23 2025

    What you’ll hear in this episode:

    • Why psychedelics are re-emerging during a time of extreme global polarization
    • How love conquers fear functions as both a personal practice and a collective responsibility
    • Patrick Gentempo’s journey from serial entrepreneur to documentary filmmaker exploring consciousness, healing, and faith
    • The difference between evidence, truth, and lived experience
    • Why psychedelics should be treated as sacred ground, not escapism
    • The role of intention, set, setting, and integration in healing experiences
    • Powerful stories of trauma healing, addiction recovery, and end-of-life peace
    • Ibogaine, ayahuasca, psilocybin, MDMA, and ketamine — what they are and how they differ
    • The philosophy that beauty is the fundamental nature of creation, and love is our response to it
    • Faith as a neurobiological and spiritual capacity
    • How inner transformation is the path to abundance, meaning, and human evolution


    About Love Conquers Fear:

    In an era of exponentially evolving AI and robotics, one question looms: Will humanity make it? Love Conquers Fear is where leadership meets love, technology serves humanity, and vision becomes action. Host, Brett Alexander Hurt, tech entrepreneur and investor, sits down with some of the world’s most influential people to ask: Will we unite to create the Age of Abundance for All? These conversations are calls to action, awakening leaders everywhere to rise and help humanity choose the Light.


    Follow Brett Alexander Hurt on Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/bretthurt/⁠

    Follow Brett Alexander Hurt on Medium: ⁠https://databrett.medium.com⁠

    Follow Brett Alexander Hurt on Substack: ⁠https://brettahurt.substack.com/⁠

    Love Conquers Fear on Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LoveConquersFear2025⁠

    Love Conquers Fear on Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/6wngdSw7FmdibLC9mu300q⁠

    Love Conquers Fear on Apple: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-conquers-fear/id1841734456⁠


    About Patrick Gentempo

    Patrick Gentempo is a serial entrepreneur, philosopher, and documentary filmmaker focused on consciousness, healing, and human potential. He is the co-founder of Revealed Films, a media company dedicated to exploring transformative ideas through long-form documentary series, including Psychedelics Revealed and Christ Revealed.

    With a background spanning healthcare innovation, technology, and leadership, Patrick brings together science, spirituality, and lived experience to examine some of humanity’s most essential questions — from healing trauma and addiction to the nature of faith, beauty, and meaning. His work centers on creating thoughtful dialogue that bridges skepticism and belief, intellect and intuition, and personal growth with collective evolution.


    Timestamps:

    00:00 — Episode preview

    01:20 —Opening reflections and book recommendations

    05:29 — Introducing Patrick Gentempo and Psychedelics Revealed

    07:07 — The psychedelic renaissance and historical context

    08:15 — The war on drugs, Michael Pollan, and cultural fear

    13:57 — Polarization, humanity, and “there are no coincidences”

    15:21 — Core thesis for Love Conquers Fear

    18:53 — What counts as evidence? Truth vs. scientism

    26:39 — Intention, spirituality, and the inner journey

    34:33 — Witnessing beauty as a spiritual practice

    37:58 — Suffering, tragedy, and finding beauty in darkness

    46:47 — Ayahuasca: Risks, benefits, and responsibility

    51:51 — Psychedelics as sacred ground, not escapism

    52:08 — Integration and embodiment after journeys

    1:12:59 — Ibogaine, trauma healing, and addiction recovery

    1:20:13 — End-of-life experiences and psilocybin research

    1:32:27 — Faith, mortality, and existential meaning

    1:34:24 — Consciousness, paradox, and reality

    1:50:32 — Abundance, love, and humanity’s future

    1:58:26 — Closing reflections and invitation to humanity
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  • #24: (Part 2) The Biology of Fear, Deprogramming, and the Power of Love with JD Messinger

    #24: (Part 2) The Biology of Fear, Deprogramming, and the Power of Love with JD Messinger
    Dec 18 2025
    What you’ll hear in this episode:- Why fear and love cannot exist in the mind at the same time — and how this insight reshapes relationships, leadership, and self-healing- The core emotional categories of fear (blame, shame, guilt, persecution, betrayal) and how they drive behavior and identity- How fear turns into identity-based conflict and why labels keep fear locked in place- The biology of fear: the amygdala, nervous system, and stress responses, and how emotional wounds show up in the body- The difference between fear and worry and why worry can become a productive signal instead of paralysis- How fear-based programming is passed generationally and what it takes to consciously break the cycle- Why love is an energetic force, not a concept, and how choosing it changes real-world outcomes- How AI reflects human consciousness, amplifying either fear or love depending on how we engage with itAbout Love Conquers Fear:In an era of exponentially evolving AI and robotics, one question looms: Will humanity make it? Love Conquers Fear is where leadership meets love, technology serves humanity, and vision becomes action. Host, Brett Alexander Hurt, tech entrepreneur and investor, sits down with some of the world’s most influential people to ask: Will we unite to create the Age of Abundance for All? These conversations are calls to action, awakening leaders everywhere to rise and help humanity choose the Light.Love Conquers Fear on Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LoveConquersFear2025⁠Love Conquers Fear on Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/6wngdSw7FmdibLC9mu300q⁠Love Conquers Fear on Apple: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-conquers-fear/id1841734456⁠AboutJonathan D. “JD” Messinger is a former nuclear submarine officer and one of 37 Distinguished Graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy’s Class of 1981. After serving during the Cold War, he joined Exxon, where he held executive leadership roles and helped oversee the Valdez oil spill cleanup. He later became CEO of Ernst & Young Consulting for Southeast Asia, advised the Singapore Prime Minister’s Office and other governments on innovation and industrial evolution, and led large-scale global transformation initiatives. Following a near-death experience in 2000, JD’s life took a profound turn toward spiritual inquiry, healing, and human potential. He founded the Messinger Institute and authored 11 Days in May, a book he describes as emerging through a direct spiritual experience. Today, JD works with leaders and organizations around the world at the intersection of consciousness, purpose, and transformation.Timestamps: 00:00 – Episode preview00:45 – Opening reflections on consciousness, source, and shared experience01:44 – Earth School: the purpose of allowing love to conquer fear02:08 – Choosing love over anger and regulating the nervous system04:00 – What fear is, the categories of fear, and how to banish it05:29 – Emotional fears: blame, shame, guilt, persecution, betrayal06:31 – Why fear and love cannot exist at the same time08:22 – Naming fear as the first step to healing09:12 – How fear manifests in the body13:19 – Terrorism, ideology, and fear-based identity17:04 – The amygdala and evolutionary fear wiring19:31 – Generational fear passed in utero21:28 – Breaking inherited fear patterns as a parent25:08 – Independence and autonomy as hidden fears28:00 – Fear vs. worry and why worry can be useful33:17 – Social fear, AI, and job displacement42:53 – AI as a mirror of fear or love45:23 – AI, depression, and safety concerns50:14 – Guilt, the gallbladder, and emotional illness52:34 – Regression as a tool to remove fear at the root55:58 – Reincarnation and healing across lifetimes01:01:34 – Business collapse, faith, and surrender01:05:21 – Leadership, communication, and fear01:11:25 – Following the heart versus ego and status01:12:09 – Do More Good, conscious capitalism, and the upcoming conference01:19:02 – Closing reflections
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