TM Talks
The Arts
October 20, 2024
An Artist-Traveler-Storyteller Finds Inspiration from Within | 48:15
Surrealist artist Carl Yonder talks about how his TM practice helps him reach new levels in his art. In 2020, he won the Curator’s Choice Award for his work at the Greenpoint Gallery in New York. His most recent shows include the Calvert Marine Museum and the Gallery Blue Door in Maryland.
Personal Growth
October 13, 2024
A Beautiful Life, Free from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | 51:24
Adam Delfiner, Ph.D., describes his journey in overcoming obsessive-compulsive disorder, his passion for research on how developing consciousness can improve mental wellness, and his dedication to helping others overcome mental health challenges. He discusses his development of LikeHearted, an AI-driven holistic mental wellness app.
Helping Others
October 6, 2024
Highlights of the September 12, 2024 Meditate America Gala, Part 2 | 54:27
Bob Roth, David Lynch Foundation CEO, talks about the Meditate America initiative and shows more excerpts from the Gala in New York City. Highlights include co-host and actor Hugh Jackman’s interview with Tony Nader, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.R.R., a Harvard and MIT-trained physician and neuroscientist, and the leader of the global TM organizations.
Helping Others
September 29, 2024
Highlights of the September 12, 2024 Meditate America Gala, Part 1 | 53:11
Bob Roth, David Lynch Foundation CEO, talks about and shows highlights of the Meditate America Gala at New York City’s Jazz at Lincoln Center. Co-hosted by actor Hugh Jackman, the event kicked off the national TM initiative that began on September 15 and is significantly expanding the number of people learning the TM technique throughout the country.
Business
September 22, 2024
Saving Lives and Lands with the Bambi Bucket and Other Inventions | 1:01:41
Don Arney is an inventor and businessman whose unique approach to solving problems has resulted in inventions used around the globe. His most widely adopted invention, the Bambi Bucket, is used in aerial firefighting and has helped save millions of hectares of forest and many lives. He was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame in 2017, in the National Building Museum in Washington.
Helping Others
September 15, 2024
Transforming the Lives of Women and Girls in Uganda and around the World | 47:40
Leslee Goldstein, Ph.D., talks about her passion for working with impoverished women, particularly in developing countries. She discusses her research on mothers and daughters in Kampala, Uganda, and the wonderful changes that occurred when they learned the Transcendental Meditation technique.
TM in the News
September 8, 2024
Dr. Tony Nader Talks about the Goal of Transcendental Meditation—Unity Consciousness | 54:23
Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, discusses video excerpts of Dr. Tony Nader talking about the ultimate goal of TM—Unity Consciousness. Dr. Nader is a medical doctor and neuroscientist trained at Harvard and MIT, as well as a scholar in modern science and Vedic wisdom. He is the head of the international Transcendental Meditation organizations.
Business
September 1, 2024
Enlightening Oneself and Inspiring Others | 50:12
Derrick Ades, Executive Vice President of the commercial real estate company CBRE, discusses his experience with the Transcendental Meditation technique. He also talks about the challenges of his career in a Fortune 500 company and the value of his daily TM practice while working in New York City during and after the intensely stressful COVID-19 pandemic.
The Arts
August 25, 2024
Music and Silence in the Life of a Composer | 54:51
Award-winning composer Joanne Metcalf talks about how the TM and TM-Sidhi programs have impacted her work and enriched her life. Her compositions have been performed and broadcast in more than 30 countries by leading musicians, including the Hilliard Ensemble and three-time Grammy winner The Crossing. She shares two pieces of her choral music, which is acclaimed for its evocative lyricism.
Better Health
August 18, 2024
A Key to Success at Work and at Home I 45:28
Nationally recognized medical researcher and professor of medicine, Patty J. Lee, M.D., discusses her remarkable career and rich family life. She talks about the advantages of having a family of regular meditators and the benefits of her TM practice for her success and well-being. Her career led to discoveries that developed new paradigms in understanding immune signaling, an important component of the immune system.
Helping Others
August 4, 2024
Meditate America: Transforming the Nation from Within | 42:59
Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, shares exciting news about “Meditate America,” the Foundation’s national public health initiative, which has already launched in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. He announces details of the grand celebration to be held on September 12, 2024, hosted by actor Hugh Jackman and live-streamed globally from Lincoln Center in New York City.
Better Health
July 28, 2024
Creating a Sustainable Fitness Program: Connecting Your Exercise to Your True Nature (Part 2) | 54:43
Suzanne Brue, fitness consultant and best-selling author, is back by popular demand to elaborate on “The 8 Colors of Fitness” for creating an exercise program that we’ll never quit. She also discusses how the expansion of consciousness through the TM program spontaneously leads us to choose evolutionary habits in every area of life. This encore episode originally aired March 5, 2023.
Science & Research
July 23, 2023
Newly Published Health Research on the TM Technique | 50:49
Mark Nestor, M.D., Ph.D., is the lead author of research published in March 2023 showing the rapid effects of regular TM practice on health and well-being. He discusses the study conducted at three hospitals in South Florida, which showed important improvements in health and well-being in as little as two weeks of TM practice.
Helping Others
December 8, 2024
A Musician for Many and for One | 46:35
Professional violist Nina Falk discusses her lifelong, successful career and extensive world travels as a musician. She shares her dedication to the organization she founded, A Musical Heart, which brings live music, one-on-one, to the bedsides of patients in hospice.
Better Health
March 21, 2021
Living from the Heart | 45:13
Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, a leading cardiologist, bestselling author, and women’s health advocate specializing in prevention, discusses the vital role the TM technique plays in a heart‑healthy life, especially given the added challenges that women and men face in today’s world.
The Arts
September 18, 2022
More of Jerry Seinfeld’s Take on TM (Part 2) | 41:29
Jerry Seinfeld delves more deeply into his experience with the TM technique and its impact on his professional and family life. More excerpts from his interview on Sirius XM with Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, include a delightful Q&A with the audience in which Mr. Seinfeld discusses the challenges of performing and how his TM practice ensures he always has the creative energy to be at his best.
Maharishi
December 31, 2023
Maharishi on the Art of Right Decision-Making (Part 1) | 48:46
TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi explains how expansion of awareness during TM practice produces broader comprehension, resulting in spontaneously right decisions. Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, and host Mario Orsatti discuss highlights from this classic 1972 talk, from an MIT symposium on the Science of Creative Intelligence. This encore episode originally aired on February 28, 2021.
Creativity & the Arts
July 27, 2025
The Joy of Writing Children’s Books | 47:35
Arlene Maguire discusses her inspiring life as a writer of children’s books. Many of her lyrical books foster self-esteem, while others are educational and inspirational, or simply written for fun. Ms. Maguire also explains how learning the TM and TM-Sidhi® programs transformed her life, empowered her writing, and continues to provide her with energy and clarity as an author at the remarkable age of 85.
Maharishi
September 5, 2021
Historic Video: Buckminster Fuller and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi | 51:58
R. Buckminster Fuller discusses his perspective on the importance of Maharishi’s teaching of the TM technique for the progress of Western society at their 1971 talk at the University of Massachusetts. Bob Roth, David Lynch Foundation CEO, and TM Talks host Mario Orsatti share video highlights of this significant meeting.
Better Health
February 12, 2023
Solving the Nation’s Mental Health Crisis for Children and Adults | 54:10
William Stixrud, Ph.D., is a clinical therapist, neuropsychologist, and Asst. Prof. of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine. He discusses the causes of our current mental health crisis, and how daily practice of the TM technique can play a key role in reversing this trend by developing the consciousness of students, parents, and teachers.
Business
June 16, 2024
Father and Son Working Together, Bonding as Their Business Grows | 42:59
John Revolinski and his son Donald Revolinski talk with us on Father’s Day about how they grew their small family business in Fairfield, Iowa. Spring Sunrise Natural Foods went from their home basement in the 1990s to their Maharishi Vastu® architecture factory and an explosion of online sales today. They also speak about working together, and how their TM practice has made life more productive and easier for them and their meditating employees.
Better Health
September 27, 2020
What Is Immune Regenerative Medicine, and Can TM Practice Be Useful in Recovery? | 51:24
Dipnarine Maharaj, M.D., a pioneer in Regenerative Medicine, Founder/Medical Director of South Florida Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplant Institute, and widely published in leading medical journals, discusses his pioneering work and the potential of TM practice to strengthen the immune system.
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.
Creativity & the Arts
February 8, 2025
Remembering David Lynch (Part 1) | 50:41
On January 15, 2025, David Lynch—filmmaker, painter, photographer, musician, singer, sound designer, actor, and philanthropist—passed away. An international celebration of his life was streamed live to hundreds of thousands of people around the world. In this talk, we hear personal stories of some of those who worked closely with Mr. Lynch at the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace.