Brené Brown is an expert researcher in vulnerability, courage and shame. This conversation is one of my all-time favourites. [Originally released in 2019, but still nourishing for anyone seeking spiritual wisdom from one of the best.] For more conversations like this, as well as meditations by Russell Brand, subscribe to the Luminary Channel on Apple podcasts or directly on Luminary at https://luminary.link/russell Brené Brown is the author of multiple #1 New York Times bestseller books, and her TED talk on vulnerability has over 60 million views, making it one of the most viewed ever. She also has inspiring specials on Netflix (i.e. “The Call To Courage”).

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Brené Brown on Vulnerability and Power

[Special free episode] Inspired initially by the art of freediving, James Nestor has since explored the vital role that breath, and breathing correctly, plays in our evolution as human beings and our health right now. Are we breathing wrong and what can we do to change it? How powerful is our breath really? James reveals the incredible feats and control people have acquired by harnessing their breath, something we carry around with us 24/7. Is there some ulterior reason why this free, accessible and innate ability is not widely proliferated? This episode may make you very aware of your breathing while you’re listening, but it might also change your life! More Info: James is the author of "Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves" and "Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art" This best of Under the Skin episode was recorded in the spring of 2021. Subscribe to the Luminary Channel on Apple to hear all episodes of "Under the Skin," as well numerous meditations from Russell Brand, in his series "Above the Noise." Learn more at https://luminary.link/russell

Breathe! with James Nestor

Best Of Under the Skin: In this popular episode Wim Hof, aka "The Ice Man," talks about how his breathing techniques can be used to increase our immunity, our personal respiratory power, our health and our safety as well as, of course, having a huge spiritual dimension. Enjoy!

Wim Hof on Healing Yourself

This week I spoke with Batya Ungar-Sargon, Deputy Opinion Editor of Newsweek (and a past contributor to multiple other major new outlets). Batya is the author of Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy. We talk about the focus of today’s media outlets, and how to reawaken the under-represented population. More Info: Batya Ungar-Sargon’s book Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy is available, here https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/bad-news/   Join me for a meditation over on my other podcast Above the Noise’.   Join my mailing list and find out more about a one-off special with Wim Hof and Vandana Shiva on July 10th, plus how you can be a part of special conversations with Deepak Chopra and Yoga With Adriene https://www.russellbrand.com/join

#244 Is Journalism Dead? (with Batya Ungar-Sargon)

This week we’re taking a significant issue and presenting opposing views on the subject “Is there a God?” The two arguments come from two former Under the Skin episodes / guests: comedian and atheist, Ricky Gervais vs. the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell.  More Info: You can find out more about Ricky Gervais, here www.rickygervais.com and Bishop Stephen Cottrell, here https://www.archbishopofyork.org   Join me for a meditation over on my other podcast Above the Noise.   Join my mailing list and find out more about a one-off special with Wim Hof on July 10th https://www.russellbrand.com/join

#243 Is There A God? (with Ricky Gervais and Bishop Stephen Cottrell)

This week I spoke with Noam Chomsky, one of the most influential intellectuals in the world. He is a Professor Laureate of Linguistics at the University of Arizona, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the author of more than 150 books! During our conversation I asked him whether he thought a decentralization of power and anarchism are important subjects for the future. As you’d expect, there were some striking answers from the 93-year-old philosopher. Join me for a meditation over on my other podcast "Above the Noise"   Join my mailing list and find out more about a one-off special with Wim Hof on July 10th and our upcoming live Zoom conversation on June 17th. https://www.russellbrand.com/join

#242 Anarchy and Ideas for Change (with Noam Chomsky)

This week I spoke with Matt Stoller, Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project. He’s a contributor on the YouTube show "Breaking Points" and author of Goliath: The Hundred Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy. In our conversation I asked Matt about whether it’s time for a revolution--to do something radical? He reveals something very interesting in his response! More Info: Follow Matt Stoller on Twitter https://twitter.com/matthewstoller   Join me for a meditation over on my other podcast "Above the Noise" only on Luminary: http://luminary.link/meditate   Join my mailing list and find out more about a one-off special with Wim Hof on July 10th, our live Zoom conversations and more about a live recording of Gabor Mate for under The Skin https://www.russellbrand.com/join

#241 Why the Economy Is Screwed (with Matt Stoller)

This week I spoke with Nicolas Glynos, who is Vice President of the Student Association for Psychedelic Studies and Co-founder of Psychedelic Neuroscience and Therapy for the University of Michigan. His latest work is focused on the compound DMT (N, N- Dimethyltryptamine), which exists within our bodies as well as throughout nature. (It's sometimes called "the spirit molecule.") Together we talk about the neurological picture of the brain when DMT has been administered--for instance, the impact DMT has on default brain network functions such as "mental time-travel/mind wandering" and "planning"--as well as all the other ways to measure the brain under psychedelics. Plus, we find out about the plant-based psychedelic ayahuasca. More Info: See Nicolas’ TED Talk, here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFnCwXPjSCk Join me for a 10-minute meditation over on my other podcast Above the Noise. Join my mailing list and find out more about a one-off special with Wim Hof on July 10th and other exclusive news from my weekly bulletins too. https://www.russellbrand.com/join

#240 Psychedelics: Is This Why They’re Investing? (With Nicolas Glynos)

This week I spoke with David Buss, an evolutionary psychologist at the University of Texas at Austin. He is one of the founders of the field of evolutionary psychology, and his current research focuses on sex differences in mate selection, mate attraction, infidelity, and the emotions of jealousy, lust, and love. More Info: Find out more about David Buss, here https://labs.la.utexas.edu/buss/david-buss/   Join me for a 10-minute meditation over on my other podcast ‘Above the Noise’,   Join my mailing list and find out more about a one-off special with Wim Hof on July 10th and other exclusive news from my weekly bulletins too. https://www.russellbrand.com/join

#239 They’re Hijacking Our Future (with David Buss)

This week I spoke with Michael Winterbottom, a multi-award-winning film director behind the likes of "24 Hour Party People," "Greed," and "The Emperor’s New Clothes", a film we made together in 2015. His latest film, "Eleven Days In May," focuses on the 60 children killed in the Gaza conflict last May. More Info: Find out how you can see "Eleven Days In May," here: https://www.picturehouses.com/movie-details/000/HO00011724/eleven-days-in-may   You can also see my film with Michael from 2015, "The Emperor's New Clothes," here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emperors-New-Clothes-Russell-Brand/dp/B00W9CGEZ2  Join me for a 10-minute meditation over on my other podcast "Above the Noise," only on the Luminary channel of Apple Podcasts or directly on Luminary: http://www.luminary.link/meditate  Join my mailing list and find out more about a one-off special event with Wim Hof on July 10th and other exclusive news with weekly bulletins too.  Sign up here: https://www.russellbrand.com/join

#238 Giving People a Voice (with Michael Winterbottom)

This week I spoke to Professor Brian Cox, live from his hotel room in Toronto, a stop on his current tour. We talked about the importance of understanding the cosmos, how science plays out in politics, and Elon Musk buying Twitter. More Info: Prof. Brian Cox is on tour across the world. Find out more here: https://briancoxlive.co.uk/  Have you heard my special breathing meditation with Bob Roth yet? Check out my other podcast ‘Above the Noise’, only on Luminary: http://luminary.link/meditate  Elites are taking over! Our only hope is to form our own. To learn more join my cartel here https://www.russellbrand.com/join and get weekly bulletins too incendiary for anything but your private inbox. (*not a euphemism)

#237 The Science of Life, Power, and Politics (with Prof. Brian Cox)

This week I spoke with the man who taught Tom Hanks, Oprah Winfrey, Hugh Jackman, and me the technique of Transcendental Meditation (TM). Bob Roth has been practicing TM for nearly 50 years; through his work he has has helped more than a million students in underserved schools in 35 countries. MORE INFO Bob Roth’s book is Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Mediation. You can find out more about Bob here: https://meditationbob.com/ Hear a Bob Roth bonus episode of my meditation podcast, Above the Noise on Luminary. SEE ME LIVE! https://www.russellbrand.com/live-dates/ Elites are taking over! Our only hope is to form our own. To learn more join my cartel here https://www.russellbrand.com/join and get weekly bulletins too incendiary for anything but your private inbox. (*not a euphemism) Subscribe to my YouTube channel, I post four videos a week including video clips from these episodes!  https://www.youtube.com/russellbrand Subscribe to my YouTube side-channel for more wellness and spirituality: https://www.youtube.com/c/AwakeningWithRussell Instagram: http://instagram.com/russellbrand/ Twitter:  http://twitter.com/rustyrockets

#236 Breathing, Laughing, and Meditating (with Bob Roth)

This week I spoke with Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author. Chris spent nearly two decades as a correspondent reporting from more than 50 countries, including fifteen years as a bureau chief at the New York Times. More recently he has been teaching in the New Jersey prison system. Chris talks about how he became a victim to the rise of censorship, and about: living by your principles, fighting for freedom, and standing up for what you believe in! More Info: Subscribe to Chris Hedges' Substack: https://chrishedges.substack.com/ My meditation podcast, Above the Noise, is out now, only on Luminary. I release guided meditations every Wednesday. Please check it out: http://luminary.link/meditate Elites are taking over! Our only hope is to form our own. To learn more join my cartel here https://www.russellbrand.com/join and get weekly bulletins too incendiary for anything but your private inbox. (*not a euphemism) Subscribe to my YouTube channel, I post four videos a week including video clips from these episodes!  https://www.youtube.com/russellbrand Subscribe to my YouTube side-channel for more wellness and spirituality: https://www.youtube.com/c/AwakeningWithRussell Instagram: http://instagram.com/russellbrand/ Twitter:  http://twitter.com/rustyrockets

#235 Fighting for Freedom (with Chris Hedges)

This week I’m joined by Paul Kingsnorth, a writer who lives in the West of Ireland. He is a former deputy editor of The Ecologist and co-founder of the Dark Mountain Project. We chat about everything from big tech companies censoring peoples’ views, being "labeled” if you go against the media trend, and how movements and communities thrive. His attitudes and opinions on complex subjects are pretty exciting. More Info: Subscribe to Paul Kingsnorth’s Substack: https://paulkingsnorth.substack.com/ My meditation podcast, Above the Noise, is out now, only on Luminary. I release guided meditations every Wednesday. Please check it out: http://luminary.link/meditate Elites are taking over! Our only hope is to form our own. To learn more join my cartel here https://www.russellbrand.com/join and get weekly bulletins too incendiary for anything but your private inbox. (*not a euphemism) Subscribe to my YouTube channel, I post four videos a week including video clips from these episodes!  https://www.youtube.com/russellbrand Subscribe to my YouTube side-channel for more wellness and spirituality: https://www.youtube.com/c/AwakeningWithRussell Instagram: http://instagram.com/russellbrand/ Twitter:  http://twitter.com/rustyrockets

#234 Civilisation and Censorship (with Paul Kingsnorth)

I am very happy to announce the return of Michael Singer to Under the Skin. Michael Singer is author of “Untethered Soul” and the forthcoming book “Living Untethered.” This conversation with Michael is excellent. He is an incredibly wise soul who communicates the trials and tribulations of life in a way that all us can relate to. Anyone who has ever felt any kind of pain, trauma or emotional upheaval will benefit greatly from listening to this episode. More Info: Michael Singer’s New Book (available May 10. 2022): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Living-Untethered-Beyond-Human-Predicament-ebook/dp/B09LLTRR3Z My meditation podcast, Above the Noise, is out now, only on Luminary. I release guided meditations every Wednesday. Please check it out: http://luminary.link/meditate Elites are taking over! Our only hope is to form our own. To learn more join my cartel here https://www.russellbrand.com/join and get weekly bulletins too incendiary for anything but your private inbox. (*not a euphemism) Subscribe to my YouTube channel, I post four videos a week including video clips from these episodes!  https://www.youtube.com/russellbrand Subscribe to my YouTube side-channel for more wellness and spirituality: https://www.youtube.com/c/AwakeningWithRussell Instagram: http://instagram.com/russellbrand/ Twitter:  http://twitter.com/rustyrockets

#233 Living Untethered (with Michael Singer)

My new podcast 'Under The Skin' asks: what's beneath the surface - of people we admire, of the ideas that define our time, of the history we are told. Speaking with guests from the world of academia, popular culture and the arts, they'll help us to see the ulterior truth behind our constructed reality. And have a laugh.

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