This is an episode I published in February of 2024, and it is so good that I remastered it to remove background noise and improve sound quality. Even if you listened to it two years ago, it is well worth a second listen.

Dr. Emmett is a retired surgeon, sculptor, and author. He has a vast and unique knowledge of a level of consciousness that most of us don't perceive. We talk about self-image, the subconscious, intuitive knowledge, immortality, consciousness, meditation, telepathy, past lives, working with clairvoyants, the source of knowledge, the creator, history of religion, karma, the purpose of life, UFO's, near-death experiences, other dimensions, the power and importance of forgiveness, the energy field of creation and love (God), why we should be planting more forests, why we shouldn't get angry, how to be more forgiving, hypnosis and autohypnosis, Buddhism, and much more.

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Anthony Horowitz is a British novelist and screenwriter who has written over fifty books. He started with children's books and first found success with the Alex Rider seires, which has sold over 21 million copies and was made in to a TV series on Amazon. As his readers grew up, he began writing mysteries, including Magpie Murders, which initiated a series on BBC Television. He has also written for the Sherlock Holmes and 007 estates. He has written several television series including Foyle's War and Midsomer Murders. He was on this podcast in 2025 talking about his book "Marble Hall Murders." His latest book is "A Deadly Episode."

We talk about reader feedback, reviews, work and time spent working, swimming in the river Thames, blending fiction and reality, solving the crime in the book and how difficult the author wants this to be, scripts and adaptations, other books and authors, elaborate setting descriptions, settings and characters, immersion in the book and characters, writing with a pen vs a computer, fountain pens, writing a mystery within a mystery, word puzzles, keeping the mind active, poetry, social media and phones, keeping up the motivation to write before breaking out, self-publishing vs traditional publishing, mediocre writers and great writers and what separates them, a connection to something greater than us and cultivating it, his favorite of his own books, advice for writers, and more.

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Cornucopia is a short story about a mission to colonize another planet, written and narrated by Paul Trammell.

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