InPresence 0265: New Thinking Allowed and The Epstein Files

Summary

In this episode, Jeffrey Mishlove discusses the connections between his work on New Thinking Allowed and the infamous Epstein files, emphasizing the importance of distinguishing personal conduct from professional insights. Through his background in criminology, he promotes an ethos of intellectual openness and understanding even amidst sensationalism. Mishlove details his editorial philosophy and explores the implications of these associations for guests featured on his platform.

Key takeaways

• 1Jeffrey Mishlove reflects on his channel's role amid the Epstein files.
• 2He promotes intellectual openness while separating guest conduct from their ideas.
• 3Mishlove has the only doctoral diploma in parapsychology from UC Berkeley, awarded in 1980.
• 4He is a Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition on consciousness survival after death.
• 5His books include 'The Roots of Consciousness' and 'The PK Man'.
• 6He serves as Co-Director of Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science.

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Transcript excerpt

New Thinking Allowed is presented by the California Institute for Human Science, a fully accredited university offering distant learning graduate degrees that focus on mind, body, and spirit. The topics that we cover here. We are particularly excited to announce new degrees emphasizing parapsychology and the paranormal. Visit their website at cihs.edu. Book 4 in the new Thinking Allowed Dialogue series is Charles T. Tartt, 70 Years of Exploring Consciousness and Parapsychology. Now available on Amazon. Thinking Allowed. Conversations on the Leading Edge of Knowledge and Discovery with psychologist Jeffrey Mishlove. Hello and welcome. I'm Jeffrey Mishlove. Hello and welcome. I'm Jeffrey Mishlove as well. You could say I'm Jeffrey's conversation partner and alter ego in some sense. The reason I like to have two of me is I find that it's easier for me to flow and provide a narrative. Today we're going to talk about a difficult topic, a potentially difficult topic, which is the fact that New Thinking Allowed and a number of the guests on the New Thinking Allowed series have been mentioned, sometimes prominently, in the Epstein files. Now, to begin with, before I dig into the Epstein files, let me say that this is not a new problem for New Thinking Allowed. Even going back to the original Thinking Allowed television series, which ran from 1987 to 2002, on various occasions we have interviewed psychotherapists or gurus who have subsequently been caught in scandals of one type or another. To be honest, we've interviewed two psychotherapists who had their license revoked for ostensibly ethical reasons. And we've interviewed a couple of gurus who have subsequently been caught in sexual scandals of different types. So, this is not a new problem and it's useful to talk about how we've handled it. ...

Excerpt from New Thinking Allowed, Mar 17, 2026. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.