{"podcast":{"title":"Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing","slug":"phenomena-podcast-the-science-stories-of-energy-healing-7841363","podcast_index_feed_id":7841363,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/DPcObb3q","website_url":"https://phenomena-podcast.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/76addb9e-cade-48bb-a317-da503af7a4f0/8b83acf9-9760-46fa-9679-d00e5d7d4212/3000x3000/phenomena_podcast.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Merraki Media LLC","episode_count":3,"summary":"Researchers at Harvard, MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Columbia are bringing practices like reiki, qigong, and other biofield therapies into the lab like never before, testing and quantifying what has often been considered unmeasurable and unproven. And the results could be showing us the way to the next frontier in healing. Phenomena: The Science and Stories of Energy Healing is a documentary-style podcast hosted by business leader and artist Ivy Ross. Join Ivy as she explores astonishing new science alongside moving human stories of healing from chronic pain, PTSD, and even cancer through ancient practices modern medicine has often dismissed. Produced and mixed by Sounds True","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/phenomena-podcast-the-science-stories-of-energy-healing-7841363"},"episode":{"title":"Reiki versus Fakey | A Clinical Trial on Chronic Pain with Harvard and the University of Utah","slug":"reiki-versus-fakey-a-clinical-trial-on-chronic-pain-with-harvard-and-the-university-of-utah","published_at":"2026-05-26T05:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/phenomena-podcast-the-science-stories-of-energy-healing-7841363/reiki-versus-fakey-a-clinical-trial-on-chronic-pain-with-harvard-and-the-university-of-utah","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/phenomena-podcast-the-science-stories-of-energy-healing-7841363","url":"https://phenomena-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/reiki-versus-fakey-a-clinical-trial-on-chronic-pain-with-harvard-and-the-university-of-utah-pmc1jKLc","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/60a69d01-af70-469e-95b3-72dcd167bc71/15376c3f-b571-4d2c-80b1-a308ece18296/episodes/audio/group/7fc6378b-947e-496b-90ef-62857699063b/group-item/f34bf3ce-f86b-4aa5-a12c-60a6515b0ac7/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=DPcObb3q","summary":"Rick Axelson spent his career teaching research methods at medical colleges. He also spent decades suffering from debilitating migraines that even his team at the Mayo Clinic couldn't resolve. Then he tried one session of Reiki with a practitioner named Natalie Dyer. Forty-five minutes. And his migraines have never come back. That story on its own might be easy for some to dismiss. But new research from the University of Utah and Harvard—the most comprehensive study of its kind ever conducted—sheds new light on the possibilities of Reiki for chronic pain. What they found in patients with chronic knee pain matched the effectiveness of treatments medicine already accepts, like opioids. Lead researcher Dr. Adam Hanley puts it simply: he didn't expect to see anything. Now he's scrambling to understand what happened. And there's one more thing about Natalie Dyer that changes this story in a way that is fascinating. She’s not just a healer, she’s also a neuroscientist. Produced by Sounds True Studios. Music composed by Dan Baboulene.","meta_description":"Rick Axelson spent his career teaching research methods at medical colleges. He also spent decades suffering from debilitating migraines that even his tea…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2386,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/phenomena-podcast-the-science-stories-of-energy-healing-7841363/episodes/reiki-versus-fakey-a-clinical-trial-on-chronic-pain-with-harvard-and-the-university-of-utah/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/phenomena-podcast-the-science-stories-of-energy-healing-7841363/reiki-versus-fakey-a-clinical-trial-on-chronic-pain-with-harvard-and-the-university-of-utah.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}