# "56" - Energy Healing, Reiki & Canada’s Immigration Crisis | Dr. Neil Theise & Richard Kurland

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Podcast: [No BS with Brad Smith](https://stenobird.com/podcast/no-bs-with-brad-smith-7712062)
Published: 2026-05-16T10:00:00+00:00
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Dr. Neil Theise, physician, scientist, author, and expert on the human interstitium, discusses the science behind energy healing, Reiki, acupuncture, electromagnetic fields, and how modern medicine may be rethinking the connection between stress, consciousness, and healing. Later, Richard Kurland, immigration lawyer and policy analyst with Lawyers for Secure Immigration, breaks down Canada’s international student crisis, border enforcement, refugee claims, housing pressures, and whether Canada’s immigration system has truly been fixed after years of record migration.

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