{"podcast":{"title":"The Why Files: Operation Podcast","slug":"the-why-files-operation-podcast-5570241","podcast_index_feed_id":5570241,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/QCD2348265349","website_url":"https://thewhyfiles.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a942bed8-29ec-11f1-9dce-dffd9eaf67d0/image/0d52db4cef1bfa19140677129642854a.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Why Files","episode_count":285,"summary":"The Why Files covers mysteries, myths and legends. We tell stories and seek the truth in a fun and lighthearted way. Our content is heavily researched; we don't release an episode unless we're sure we can bring something new to a topic.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T10:18:59.559381+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-why-files-operation-podcast-5570241"},"episode":{"title":"The Basement: Jeffrey Mishlove | Your Brain Doesn't Create Consciousness. It Filters It","slug":"the-basement-jeffrey-mishlove-your-brain-doesn-t-create-consciousness-it-filters-it","published_at":"2026-04-27T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-why-files-operation-podcast-5570241/the-basement-jeffrey-mishlove-your-brain-doesn-t-create-consciousness-it-filters-it","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-why-files-operation-podcast-5570241","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/433/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/QCD9992187045.mp3?updated=1777076947","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/433/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/QCD9992187045.mp3?updated=1777076947","summary":"Jeffrey Mishlove has spent 50 years at the intersection of science and the paranormal. He holds the only PhD in parapsychology ever awarded by an accredited American university, earned at UC Berkeley in 1980 — and successfully defended it in court when organized skeptics tried to have it revoked. He hosted the long-running television series Thinking Allowed, conducting over 1,500 interviews with the world's leading researchers in consciousness, mysticism, and the paranormal. He was embedded in the SRI research community during the Stargate era, working alongside Targ, Puthoff, and others operating under CIA funding. In 2021, he won first prize — unanimously — in Robert Bigelow's $500,000 competition for the best scientific case that consciousness survives death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Jeffrey Mishlove has spent 50 years at the intersection of science and the paranormal. He holds the only PhD in parapsychology ever awarded by an accredit…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":10952,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-why-files-operation-podcast-5570241/episodes/the-basement-jeffrey-mishlove-your-brain-doesn-t-create-consciousness-it-filters-it/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-why-files-operation-podcast-5570241/the-basement-jeffrey-mishlove-your-brain-doesn-t-create-consciousness-it-filters-it.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}