TM Talks
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.
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.
Helping Others
July 14, 2024
An Enlightened Vision for Indigenous Nations | 44:00
Native American Certified TM Teacher Maggie Waukon-Smith talks about the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska’s experiences when the TM technique was introduced. She discusses changes in herself, the elders who participated in diabetes research, and the students in the Quiet Time program at Winnebago High School.
Personal Growth
July 7, 2024
My 17 Years with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi | 56:00
Veteran TM teacher John Cowhig talks about how he met TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and had the opportunity to join Maharishi’s international staff and become his personal secretary. Mr. Cowhig also shares lovely and profound conversations and experiences he had with Maharishi over the years.
Personal Growth
June 30, 2024
One Woman’s Journey to Better Health and Inner Peace | 48:34
Teacher and coach Debbie DeMarco Bennett discusses improvements in her mental and physical health, overcoming borderline personality disorder, and coping with multiple sclerosis. She describes the many benefits she has found from her TM practice, including her first-ever experience of inner peace and why she recommends the TM technique to her clients worldwide.
The Arts
June 23, 2024
Staying Healthy and Growing Creatively as We Age | 41:26
Writer and teacher Linda Egenes talks about how she began her writing career with a book about the Amish communities in Iowa and has now written six books on a range of subjects. She also discusses how she stays healthy, clear, and creative in her senior years and is currently fulfilling her dream of writing a novel about an Amish family.
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.
The Arts
June 9, 2024
Jerry Seinfeld’s Take on TM (Part 1) | 52:08
Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, discusses video excerpts from an hour-long interview he did on Sirius XM with award-winning comedian Jerry Seinfeld, the actor, writer, and producer best known for his iconic sitcom Seinfeld, the film Bee Movie, and the series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Mr. Seinfeld talks about how his TM practice since 1972 has helped him thrive in work and life. This encore episode originally aired September 11, 2022.
Personal Growth
June 2, 2024
Shaping Change: How to Respond Gracefully to Life’s Disruptions | 49:46
Well-known author and prominent financial advisor Susan Bradley talks about the importance of handling change gracefully. She discusses the challenges of experiencing extreme loss or extreme gain, and the important role the TM practice can play in keeping us on track for personal growth and stability in our lives. This encore episode originally aired July 16, 2023.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
Better Health
October 11, 2020
Fluid Motion and Peak Performance | 51:15
Steven Yellin, developer of the training program The Fluid Motion Factor for professional golfers who have won five Major championships, as well as national and Olympic teams around the world, discusses how the TM technique helps professional and collegiate athletes gain the experience of “frictionless flow.”