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Hosted by Ryan Olexson · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 50 episodes
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Beyond 80 Percent is a podcast that delves into critical thinking, shifting perspectives, and deeper discussions around self-growth and societal narratives. Join us as we interview interesting, everyday people who share their personal journeys, the experiences that shaped them, and the missions that drive them today. We invite you to awaken your consciousness and explore the world with a deeper perspective. Each episode encourages you to think critically, push beyond the surface, and engage with the ideas that shape our consciousness. Ready to awaken your mind? Let’s evolve together.
Ryan Olexson hosts Beyond 80%, a society show with 50 episodes published.
In the finale of the Waking Up season, Ryan sits down solo to connect the dots across four very different conversations: Scott & Heidi, Marc Defant, D. Paul, and Chris Baron and finds the same thread running under all of
Food has become something we rush through, outsource, and barely think about. But what if food isn't just nutrition? What if it's one of the deepest expressions of being human? In this episode, Ryan sits down with chef,
What happens when someone's spiritual experiences don't fit neatly inside a single belief system? In this episode of Beyond 80%, Ryan sits down with D. Paul—a Navy veteran, Native American holy man, author, and spiritual
What happens when evolutionary biology collides with modern cultural narratives? In this episode of Beyond 80%, Ryan sits down with geologist, researcher, and author Marc Defant to explore one of today's most controversi
What happens when curiosity becomes your way of moving through the world? In this episode of Beyond 80%, Ryan sits down with filmmaker, science communicator, and adventurer Chris Baron. From living inside a cave for a we
As the Waking Up season enters its final chapter, this short episode introduces the themes that connect the last four conversations: love, meaning, and the search for a bigger picture. Throughout this season, we've explo
What happens when the story society tells no longer matches the reality people are living? In this solo episode, Ryan reflects on three recent conversations with Damon Cassidy, Doug Cardell, and Diana Colleen, exploring
In this episode of Beyond 80%, Ryan sits down with psychologist and creator of the Divine Intelligence Process, Dr. Jayne Gardner, to explore how childhood experiences, attachment patterns, and emotional memories shape t
In this episode of Beyond 80%, host Ryan Olexson sits down with author Diana Colleen to explore the ideas behind her debut novel They Could Be Saviors — a near-future speculative fiction that asks: what if the only way t
In this episode of Beyond 80%, host Ryan Olexson sits down with economist and author Doug Cardell to break down one of the most misunderstood and emotionally charged topics in modern political conversation: socialism. Do
In this episode of Beyond 80%, host Ryan Olexson sits down with 26-year-old content creator and YouTuber Damon Cassidy to explore one of the most overlooked forces shaping modern life: how work became the primary source
This season of Beyond 80% is about what it feels like to start waking up, slowly realizing who you are, questioning the systems you were handed, and noticing the quiet tension that something about the way we’re living do
We have more access to information, tools, and frameworks than ever before. More ways to improve, fix, optimize, and understand ourselves. And yet—most people still feel stuck. In this first stretch of the season, the co
Most people move through life assuming their reality is something happening to them. Something outside of them. Something to react to, manage, or control. But what if your inner world plays a much bigger role than you’ve
Most of us were never taught how to understand what we feel. Instead, we learned to push emotions down, ignore them, or try to get rid of them as quickly as possible. But what if that entire approach is backwards? In thi
Most of us are living inside a voice we didn’t choose. It’s the one that tells you you’re not ready, not good enough, or that something isn’t going to work—and for most people, it’s been running for so long they don’t ev
This season of Beyond 80% is about what it feels like to start waking up—slowly realizing who you are, questioning the systems you were handed, and noticing the quiet tension that something about the way we’re living doe
We’ll be back with regular Beyond 80% episodes in April. In the meantime, this final episode of the Beyond the Brain series steps back to reflect on the journey we’ve taken together. Across eight episodes, we explored ne
In this episode of Beyond 80%, host Ryan Olexson is joined by Gretchen Jones, a death doula who supports individuals and families through the final stages of life, and someone who has personally experienced profound shar
In this episode of Beyond 80%, host Ryan Olexson explores the profound nature of consciousness with Dr. Susan Blackmore, a psychologist and philosopher renowned for her work on out-of-body experiences and the nature of t
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Dr. Leah Kaylor
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