Best Justin Ellick Podcasts (2026)

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The Age of Disclosure: UFOs, Psyops, & Ontological Shock 1:07:06

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We finally discuss the new documentary The Age of Disclosure and what it suggests about UFOs, government secrecy, and the possibility of non-human intelligence. Already convinced of the reality of UFOs, your hosts explore the deeper challenges of disclosure itself: psychological operations, selective truth-telling, and the difficulty of knowing wha…

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Christianity as Mystery School 52:58

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What if Christianity began not as a set of doctrines to believe, but as a mystery school—an initiatory path meant to awaken direct experience of the divine? In this episode, wel trace the ancient roots of the Christian story through the lost mystery traditions of the ancient world. From the Eleusinian rites to the "dying before you die" experience,…

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#3 - Back To Degenerate Ways 58:01

2M ago58:01

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On this episode, Eric and Justin talk about bad beats, decoy injuries, best uniforms, the rise of Jaxson Dart, and rage baiting the Tush Push.

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At the Edge of Collapse and Connection: Victoria Loorz on Wild Spirituality 1:06:11

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Jeff and Michael sit down with Victoria Loorz, author of Church of the Wild, founder of the Center for Wild Spirituality, and co-founder of the Wild Church Network, for a conversation about finding the sacred beyond church walls. They talk about the experience of hearing God beneath an oak tree, encounters with owls and vultures, and why wilderness…

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Beyond the Psychedelic Renaissance: Devotion, Birth, and Spirit with Justin Levy 1:16:18

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Psychedelics are often framed today as medicines for trauma and therapy—but what if they are something more? In this episode, we sit down with Justin Levy, founder of Spirit House in Portland, Oregon, to explore psychedelics as a path of devotion, surrender, and cultural rebirth. Justin shares his journey from early rave experiences to work with ku…

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The Time Travel Episode 1:05:24

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In this episode, Michael finally shares the wild story he's been holding back for decades: the day in 2006 when he slipped from a meditation session in his Queens apartment back through time—waking up in his 15-year-old body in 1990. Was it something like a dream, an out-of-body journey, or actual time travel? Jeff and Michael follow the thread fro…

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The Psychedelic Renaissance with Nicholas Collura 1:08:17

5M ago1:08:17

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In this episode, we speak with Nicholas Collura—a board-certified chaplain, spiritual director, and Enneagram teacher—about the unfolding intersection between psychedelics and contemporary spirituality. We explore what the so-called "psychedelic renaissance" means for spiritual direction, Christian practice, and the broader search for meaning in a …

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#2 - Puppies In The Theater 1:00:39

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On this episode, Eric and Justin go off on the Yankees' bullpen collapse, give their trade deadline grades, debate Volpe’s future, and talk Ryan McMahon. Then it’s Snapple deception, pork roll vs. Taylor ham, Fantastic Four, Pedro Pascal fatigue, Lois Lane vs. Sue Storm and bad movie theater etiquette.…

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The City & the City by China Miéville: Seeing What We've Been Taught to Unsee 1:09:45

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In this episode, we explore The City & the City by China Miéville as a powerful metaphor for cognitive blind spots, social conditioning, and spiritual perception. Drawing on Miéville's layered, dual-city setting—where citizens are trained to "unsee" an overlapping world—we reflect on what it means to overlook not just people and places, but also in…

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Spiritual Direction (in a Shattered World) 1:18:12

6M ago1:18:12

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What is spiritual direction, really? In this episode, Jeff and Michael explore the practice not as a professional technique or spiritual luxury, but as a vital response to living in a fragmented, disenchanted world. Drawing on their own experiences as directors and directees, they talk about the invisible agreements that shape the space, the role o…

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#1 - It's Not Clocking To You 1:03:59

6M ago1:03:59

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On this episode, Eric and Justin get into Justin Biebers valid crash out, the Love Island phenomenon, AI Sasquatch videos, the Yankees, Rafael Devers trade, Stranger Things, and not having original thoughts.

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Ask Us Anything—Live! 1:28:30

7M ago1:28:30

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Welcome to our very first live AMA episode—unscripted and full of spirit. Listeners showed up with real questions about prayer, mystical experience, cryptids, and the strange space where the psychological meets the spiritual. We talked about what it means to pray when God no longer fits, how to trust the knowledge of the heart, why some people enco…

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Jumping on the Bridge of Faith with Emma Mcilroy 59:07

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In this powerful and personal episode, we sit down with Emma Mcilroy—queer feminist, immigrant, entrepreneur, and CEO of Wildfang—for a conversation that dives deep into faith, identity, capitalism, and surviving life's darkest valleys. Emma shares her journey of reconciling her sexuality with her faith, the near-death experience surrounding the bi…

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When You Make the Two One: Gnosis & Healing the Duality 1:04:52

7M ago1:04:52

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What if the path to salvation isn't belief—but integration? Building off our last episode, Jeff and Michael unpack a mysterious saying from the Gospel of Thomas about making "the two one," and explore how ancient Gnostic wisdom speaks to our divided modern selves. Jeff shares a concluding dream that becomes a portal into the deeper meaning of inner…

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When You Know Yourself: Gnostic Revelations from Nag Hammadi 1:12:00

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What if the spiritual texts we grew up with only told part of the story? In this episode, Jeff and Michael explore the discovery of the Nag Hammadi Library—a collection of ancient, long-buried texts that include radically different teachings attributed to Jesus, including the enigmatic Gospel of Thomas. These writings challenge many assumptions of …

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Knowledge Must Bow to Spirit: A Journey with George Inness 47:46

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What if a long-dead painter could reach across time to guide your spiritual awakening? In this episode, Jeff shares the astonishing true story of how George Inness—a 19th-century landscape artist and mystic—emerged as a living spirit guide in his life. From a chance encounter at a museum to a series of visionary dreams filled with barns, handprints…

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Waking Up: Dreams, Enlightenment, and the Space Between 1:07:13

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What if waking up isn't a single breakthrough moment—but a layered, looping journey through insight, fear, wonder, and mystery? In this episode, we explore the complex terrain of spiritual awakening through dreams, false awakenings, mystical encounters, and moments of terrifying clarity. From Michael's lucid Spirit Train dream to Jeff's powerful vi…

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Searching for a God We Will Never Find with John Hamilton 1:12:51

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What happens when the walls of traditional religion crumble, and all that's left is raw, unfiltered awe? In this episode we sit down with John Hamilton—UCC minister, musician, and author of the excellent theological memoir Honest to God. Guided by the book, the three of us dive into the chaos and beauty of spiritual awakening in an era of collapsin…

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The Homa & the Chapel Perilous 1:15:11

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What happens when you call on Jesus in an ancient Vedic fire ritual? Will he show up? How? In this episode, Michael shares his experience with Homa, a Vedic fire ceremony, and what happened when he decided to dedicate it to Jesus. The result was an unfolding series of synchronicities—stretching across years, continents, and eventually even into the…

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Awaken in the Dream with Paul Levy 1:25:08

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What if everything we've been taught to believe about reality is wrong? What if we're not just living in the world, but dreaming it—and the dream is sick? In this episode of the Gospel of Direct Experience, we welcome Paul Levy, a writer, mystic, and self-described "wounded healer," who has spent decades exposing the insidious mind-virus known as W…

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All Aboard the Spirit Train: Dreams, Discernment, and Anxiety 1:01:32

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What if your anxieties weren't obstacles but doorways? What if your dreams aren't nonsense, but portals to deeper wisdom, hidden truths, and paths yet unseen? What if the very fears that keep you up at night are the same forces trying to wake you up? In this episode Michael recounts a dream of cosmic proportions—one that begins in the disorienting …

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Star Wars, Hidden Histories, and the Stories That Shape Us with AJ Musewe 1:04:25

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Why do Star Wars, Harry Potter, and other sci-fi/fantasy stories resonate so deeply with us? What do they reveal about power, identity, and spirituality? In this episode of we sit down with historian and educator AJ Musewe to explore the power of myth, the narratives we inherit, and how reclaiming lost stories shapes our understanding of ourselves …

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Consciousness & the Cross (D.B.Y.D. Pt. 2) 53:19

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Is the self an illusion—or something real and necessary? If we must die before we die, what is it that actually dies? In this follow-up to Dying Before You Die, hosts Michael Ellick and Jeff Mansfield wrestle with the paradox of selfhood, consciousness, and crucifixion. Does awakening mean dissolving the ego, or is there something essential about o…

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Dying Before You Die (Part 1) 1:08:02

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Have you ever felt like every path you turn down leads to hell? In this episode, we explore the idea of dying before you die, a concept central to many of the world's religions and mystery traditions. Is it possible to face the terror of our own fragility and emerge transformed? What if the self you cling to is the very thing keeping you from true …

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Rewilding the Soul: Wilderness, Apocalypse, Practice 1:15:57

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What if our deepest spiritual experiences aren't found in churches or meditation halls, but in lonely wilderness and abandoned subway tunnels? In this week's episode, Michael and Jeff explore how their earliest encounters with the divine came through wandering in the woods, which later developed into seeking out the "in-between spaces" of disused u…

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Abducted by Direct Experience 53:03

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Is it possible to encounter something beyond the boundaries of our everyday reality? From mysterious UFO phenomena to encounters with supernatural beings, this episode explores the uncanny, the unexplained, and the power of the paranormal to transform us. What do these experiences mean, and what happens when they disrupt our tidy worldviews and saf…

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The Gospel of Direct Experience 1:12:55

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Episode Summary What happens when orthodoxy meets heresy, when mystery collides with gnosis, and when the physical and psychic worlds intertwine? In this inaugural episode of The Gospel of Direct Experience, we explore the transformative power of direct spiritual encounter. Through stories of our own life-altering moments—both mystical and terrifyi…

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Teaser (What Is This Podcast Like?) 11:48

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By Michael Ellick & Jeff Mansfield

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Straight Outta College - Episode 16 25:08

5+ y ago25:08

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The Straight Outta College boys return from hiatus to discuss the utter chaos the Coronavirus pandemic has caused and the effect it's had on their respective lives. Not everything to come out of the last four months has meant turmoil, though, as through the debris the Black Lives Matter movement aims to rebuild society in its hopeful and unified vi…

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Straight Outta College - Episode 15 49:07

6y ago49:07

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On the 15th installment of the Straight Outta College Podcast, Ellick and Goldberg acknowledge Daylight Saving time, a $28 million trip to the Moon, an essential quality of a Best Friend, the resurgence of Motorcycle Gang violence, and how many consecutive sneezes it takes to have an orgasm. Don't miss this riveting discussion on Episode 15 of the …

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Straight Outta College - Episode 14 42:44

6y ago42:44

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On Episode 14 of the Straight Outta College Podcast, Ellick and Goldberg welcome you to their brand new recording studio where they pay their respects to Trader Joe, quarter-life knee problems, life with Coronavirus, and why you should invest in a shower loofah. All this and more on Episode 14 of the Straight Outta College Podcast, proudly brought …

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Straight Outta College - Episode 13 55:03

6y ago55:03

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On the latest edition of the Straight Outta College Podcast, Goldberg delves into his trip to jail and how it's hardened him, while Ellick has a gripe with Coronavirus for beginning to impede on his personal life. The boys also remember their High School senior year trip to Jamaica in another segment of Lifetime Landmarks. Don't miss one second of …

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Straight Outta College - Episode 12 50:26

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On Monday's Episode 12 of the Straight Outta College Podcast: Looking forward to Valentine's Day, where your Queso comes from, Asian milk, the Prisoner's Dilemma, Truth or Dare's sad truth, and what your dog might be barking at you. Episode 12 of the Straight Outta College Podcast is brought to you by Hand Knob LLC. and Fau-Sit Inc. --- Support thi…

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Straight Outta College - Episode 11 56:39

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On this week's edition of the Straight Outta College Podcast: What it's like being 24 years old, where the last year went, traveling abroad, adventures of an amateur gambler, and why cruises should cease to exist. Grandma Barbara Ellick joins the show. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/justin-david-ellick/support…

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Straight Outta College - Episode 10 54:58

6y ago54:58

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On the tenth installment of the Straight Outta College Podcast; 2020 is off to a seriously shaky start, holocaust education is dwindling, Super Bowl LIV is this weekend, what it's like being born in February, the perfect eggplant parmesan, and why smiling in photos ever became a trend. All of this and more on Episode 10 of the Straight Outta Colleg…

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Straight Outta College - Episode 9 1:02:38

6y ago1:02:38

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On Episode 9 of the Straight Outta College Podcast, Ellick and Goldberg complain about their current state of affairs, offer an invitation to their birthday party, reveal the secrets to a banging Bar/Bat Mitzvah, illustrate the distinction between a Baconator and a bacon-hater, and provide an update on their stand-up comedy exercises. All of this a…

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Straight Outta College - Episode 8 55:18

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In this edition of the Straight Outta College Podcast, Ellick and Goldberg discuss the endless struggle of picking a movie, provide listeners with a quirky news update, and delve into the psyche of a bacon hater whilst discussing love-hate relationships. Everything you didn't think you needed on Episode 8 of the Straight Outta College Podcast. --- …

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Straight Outta College - Episode 7 35:55

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Your two favorite voices are back with Episode 7 of the Straight Outta College Podcast. This week, Ellick and Goldberg start by discussing the rarity of life-long memories, one of which is a wedding they both recently attended. Other topics include: Coping with rejection, being stranded in an elevator, and life as an influencer. This episode is bro…

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Straight Outta College - Episode 6 32:32

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The boys are back in town with Episode 6 of the Straight Outta College Podcast. In this edition, Ellick and Goldberg touch on their New Year's resolutions, share their thoughts one a few hypothetical scenarios, and provide a useful alternative to toilet paper. You don't want to miss Episode 6 of the Straight Outta College Podcast. --- Support this …

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Straight Outta College - Episode 5 37:43

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On Episode 5 of the Straight Outta College Podcast: Childhood holiday celebrations, the truth about Santa Claus, life in 2030, and an alternative to toothpaste that you just can't refuse. Ellick and Goldberg have you covered on the fifth installment of the Straight Outta College Podcast. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/…

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Straight Outta College - Episode 4 40:30

6y ago40:30

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Ellick and Goldberg bring you Episode 4 of the Straight Outta College Podcast, where they discuss their Thanksgiving breaks, Goldberg's new tattoo, and the art of living with yourself. A candid conversation that you can only find HERE on the Straight Outta College Podcast. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/justin-dav…

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Straight Outta College - Episode 3 45:54

6y ago45:54

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On this Thanksgiving edition of the Straight Outta College Podcast, your hosts Ellick and Goldberg delve into what the holiday means to them, while they introduce two new segments in Time Travel Roleplay and Lifetime Landmarks. Find out what your dog really thinks of you on this NEW episode of the Straight Outta College Podcast.--- Support this pod…

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Straight Outta College - Episode 2 48:30

6y ago48:30

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Join Ellick and Goldberg as they discuss dealing with failure and bad decisions, who might've paid for Jeffrey Epstein's door, and why pizza boxes are square. Episode 2 of the Straight Outta College Podcast is at your fingertips. Literally.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/justin-david-ellick/support…

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Straight Outta College - Episode 1 42:23

6y ago42:23

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Two post-college roommates are just trying to navigate through life. We are untrained, unprepared and understandably scared out of our minds. We are here to discuss our lives as "adults" and to seek an answer to the overwhelming question on all of our minds: What next?Help us, help you, help us.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.c…

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Spitballing with PG&J - Episode 2 - 8.22.18 35:35

7+ y ago35:35

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"Spitballing w/ PG&J" Episode 2. Mayonnaise, Dan Bilzerian, peanut allergies, and emotionally unstable intercourse.By Justin Ellick, Pierce Greenleaf