Voices of Esalen

by Esalen Institute

"Voices of Esalen" features provocative, in-depth interviews with the dynamic leaders, teachers, and thinkers who reflect the mission of the Esalen Institute.

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Adam “Smiley” Poswolsky on Belonging, Loneliness, and the Human Advantage

Adam “Smiley” Poswolsky is a workplace belonging expert, internationally recognized keynote speaker, and bestselling author whose work explores friend...

43m

•Aug 18, 2026

How We're Really Using AI, Vol. 3

Artificial intelligence has become deeply embedded in everyday life, and way too nuanced to describe as a single phenomenon. In this third installment...

1h 05m

•Jul 31, 2026

In Trees: Robert Moor on the Ethical Force of Wonder, Kinship, and the Art of Co-Flourishing

In this live conversation recorded at Esalen in the spring of 2026, author Robert Moor joins Andrew Castle, weaver of Esalen’s Treenet, to explore the...

41m

•Jul 17, 2026

Jet Eveleth: Sacred Clowning and the Medicine of Play

In this episode, Sam speaks with Jet Eveleth, a clown teacher, performer, writer, and integrative medicine practitioner who lives at the fertile cross...

44m

•Jul 1, 2026

Whole Self Health: Bill Drummond on Youth Mental Health, AI, Diagnoses, and Healing Through the Body

In this episode, Sam Stern speaks with Bill Drummond, a clinical consultant psychologist based in Wellington, New Zealand, where he serves as Clinical...

37m

•Jun 19, 2026

Steeped in Big Sur: Brita Ostrom on Early Esalen, Her New Memoir, and the Wild Work of Becoming

Brita Ostrom is the author of the new memoir "Steeped: A Bug Sur Elixir of Sulfur and Sage," a vivid, intimate, and often wonderfully unsentimental ac...

52m

•Jun 4, 2026