TM Talks
Personal Growth
October 29, 2023
Be More! | 46:55
Alison Plaut, Ph.D., author, educator, and nonprofit administrator, discusses her new book, Be More: 18 Practical Steps for More Peace, Success, and Happiness in Your Life Beginning Today! She also talks about her experiences helping thousands of people in Brazil, Guyana, New Zealand, and India unfold their full potential through projects for the development of consciousness.
Maharishi
October 22, 2023
The Influence of Group Meditation on the Collective Consciousness of Society | 1:38:44
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi answers questions about how group practice of the TM technique and advanced programs can positively impact world peace. Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, and host Mario Orsatti discuss highlights from this 1984 interview with a Boston Globe reporter. This encore episode first aired on May 16, 2021.
The Arts
October 8, 2023
Going Beyond Real | 52:07
Anthony Brunelli, a leader in Photorealism, creates hyperrealistic panoramic paintings of cities, such as Paris, Florence, Prague, Zurich, and Hanoi, which are exhibited and collected around the world. He discusses his evolution as an artist and the impact of his TM practice on his professional and personal life. This encore episode first aired on November 29, 2020.
Personal Growth
October 1, 2023
The Secret Behind Accomplishing Your Goals | 53:50
Michelle Joy Kramer, global healthy lifestyles coach and accomplished triathlete, discusses her experience helping people find the keys to accomplishing their personal and professional goals. She also talks about how the TM technique has impacted her life, her performance as an athlete and coach, and her clients.
Business
September 24, 2023
From Anxious Overachiever to Purposeful Leader | 54:31
João Belo, Head of Customer Experience Operations for the Americas at Roche, discusses the impact of his TM practice on his career. He also talks about his lifelong interest in philosophy, and the role that understanding consciousness has played in his personal and professional development.
Science
September 17, 2023
How to Enliven Peace and Harmony in the World: A Science-Based Approach | 59:59
Pioneering TM researcher David Orme-Johnson, Ph.D., discusses his scientific studies that helped inspire an international TM course for world peace starting December 2023, when 10,000 people will practice the TM and TM-Sidhi programs together in India. He talks about the predictable impacts that this course may have on trends in global collective consciousness.
Better Health
September 10, 2023
A Guide to Health and Happiness throughout the Year | 46:38
World-renowned psychiatrist and best-selling author Norman Rosenthal, M.D., discusses the importance of TM practice for mental health and other keys to enhancing personal development today. He also discusses his new book Defeating SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder): A Guide to Health and Happiness through All Seasons.
The Arts
September 3, 2023
Sir Paul McCartney on TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the TM Technique | 52:29
David Lynch Foundation CEO Bob Roth and host Mario Orsatti discuss excerpts from an interview with Paul McCartney by filmmaker David Lynch, in which Sir Paul talks about meeting TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and learning the TM technique in 1967. They also reflect on the McCartney family’s extended meeting with Maharishi in 1998.
Maharishi
August 27, 2023
Maharishi on the Characteristic Values of Higher States of Consciousness | 47:51
TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi answers questions from students about the evolution of higher states of consciousness and the characteristics of each state. Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, and host Mario Orsatti discuss highlights from this seminal 1971 talk. This encore episode first aired as part of “Taste of Utopia 2.0: Globally Transcending Together,” on May 15, 2021.
Business Success
August 20, 2023
Finding a Greater Purpose | 51:34
Chandrika Tandon is a globally recognized business leader, Grammy-nominated artist, and humanitarian. She is the founder of Tandon Capital Associates, director of the Krishnamurthy Tandon Foundation, and a Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of New York University, among other leadership roles. She talks about her extraordinary life and the keys to her success. This encore episode originally aired November 22, 2020.
The Arts
August 13, 2023
Making a Difference through Filmmaking | 46:26
Bill Duke is an actor, director, producer, and writer whose credits include Sister Act, Bird on a Wire, and X-Men 3. President Bill Clinton appointed him to the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Directors Guild of America gave him a Lifetime Achievement Tribute. He discusses the impact of his 40+ years of TM practice on his career and personal life. This encore episode first aired on July 29, 2020.
The Arts
August 6, 2023
Ringo Starr on Cultivating Enlightenment and Peace for the Individual and the World | 51:43
In video excerpts from an interview with Ringo Starr, Bob Roth, and interviewer Matt Whyte on the podcast Sing for Science, Sir Richard Starkey MBE, aka Ringo, talks about meeting TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the 1960s and learning the TM technique. He also discusses his upbringing in Liverpool in the 1950s and being saved by music and the gift of meditation.
Maharishi
June 11, 2023
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Complete Knowledge of Consciousness | 48:40
TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi discusses the importance of both the experience of TM and the complete knowledge of consciousness. He talks about the founding of Maharishi International University, and its ability to inspire universities to integrate the study and experience of TM in their curriculum. Host Mario Orsatti comments on the interview, which took place in Arcata, California, in July 1972.
Education
December 7, 2025
TM, AI, and the Future of Cybersecurity | 54:05
Shristi Sharma, a cybersecurity specialist, discusses how her remarkable life has been shaped by her family of TM practitioners, her practice of the TM technique, and her education at Maharishi School in Fairfield, Iowa. Ms. Sharma works for a global company that specializes in cybersecurity. As an AI strategist in the Emerging Leaders Program, she helps design and implement AI initiatives across multiple cybersecurity product teams.
The Arts
June 27, 2021
Consciousness, Creativity, and the Artist | 53:04
David Lynch, Academy Award-winning filmmaker known for The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, and Twin Peaks, discusses the role of the artist’s state of consciousness in the creative process and how his TM practice has influenced his work as a director, artist, and philanthropist. This encore episode originally aired May 3, 2020.
Education
December 20, 2020
Introducing the TM Experience to Youth in High-Risk Communities in South Africa | 52:34
Melanie Brown, Ph.D., and Marcia Abrahams, co-founders of The Communiversity of South Africa, talk about the intense challenges facing underserved youth and the importance of the TM technique at this low-cost, pre-college, community-based program.
Enlightenment
November 7, 2021
We Are All Connected | 51:45
Tony Nader, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.R.R., a medical doctor and neuroscientist trained at Harvard and MIT, discusses how the underlying unity present in life’s diversity is the true nature of life. A renowned expert in the science of consciousness and human development, Dr. Nader is the successor to TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the global leader of the teaching of the TM technique in 120 countries.
The Arts
July 21, 2024
Bringing Spirituality to Filmmaking | 52:28
Colin Denhart is an award-winning independent filmmaker, TV producer, and songwriter from the Midwest who shares the story of his rise in the film and music industry and how his TM and TM-Sidhi® practice has catapulted his creative success. He also discusses how he has incorporated his interest in spirituality into horror films.
The Arts
July 11, 2021
The TM Technique and Creativity | 52:08
Temple St. Clair, one of the world’s leading jewelry designers and winner of the Jewelers of America GEM award, is one of only three American artists (along with Louis Tiffany and Alexander Calder) in the Louvre’s permanent collection of decorative arts in Paris. She discusses her career and the role of her TM practice in enhancing her creativity. This encore episode originally aired July 26, 2020.
Education
March 7, 2021
Hacking Consciousness: Creating the Reality of a Healthy, Blissful World | 48:33
Michael Heinrich, founder and CEO of garten, a Top YC company, discusses “Hacking Consciousness,” his course at Stanford University, and the revolution that’s happening in businesses to help improve the mind/body health and well-being of employees.
Maharishi
July 17, 2022
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Why Group Meditation Is So Valuable | 46:09
TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi answers questions about how the group practice of the TM technique can positively impact the world, in a 1984 interview with the Boston Globe. Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation and author of the New York Times bestseller Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Meditation, joins host Mario Orsatti to discuss a video of the interview.
Personal Growth
April 13, 2025
How to Be Happy for No Reason | 49:11
Marci Shimoff is a number one New York Times best-selling author, world-renowned transformational teacher, and expert on happiness, success, and unconditional love. Ms. Shimoff discusses how she overcame depression through her TM practice and how she continues to develop happiness through research and interviews with happy people.