Warning: contains hypnotic material - listening while driving or operating heavy machinery may be dangerous! Albert Nerenberg is a Canadian independent filmmaker, actor, journalist, hypnotist, and laughologist. Our conversation explores the murky science of hypnotism, the role of fantasy in action, dreaming, and all things subconscious. Additionally, we bring in a hypnotic subject and watch as Albert guides him on an out of body experience. Tell us your thoughts in the comments below! 00:00:00 Go! 00:00:20 Hypnotism gets a bad rep 00:06:04 Standard hypnosis induction script 00:07:35 Who is Albert Nerenburg 00:13:59 Trauma healing hypnosis 00:25:25 Self hypnosis? 00:30:44 Useful models of animal behavior 00:38:24 Violent thoughts 00:44:32 Willing participants 00:49:27 Evolutionary roles for hypnotism 00:53:55 Dreams, sleep & hypnosis 00:57:14 Why turn people into chickens? 01:13:30 Introducing our hypnosis subject 01:20:23 Hypnotherapy v. conventional therapy 01:28:11 Silva method 01:45:01 Eyes and hypnosis 01:51:44 Laughter 02:02:37 Debrief post hypnosis 02:18:18 Imagination defines humanity 02:29:52 Mass hypnosis 02:39:54 Bringing hypnosis into medicine 02:47:37 Leadership v. followership 02:49:42 Closing thoughts Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #hypnosis #science #socialscience #psychology #consciousness #hypnotist #hypnotism Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671