Dream Studies

What if dream studies and consciousness research were to make it out of the academic journals and into your life? 

That’s the guiding ethos of the Dream Studies Podcast – to support ways of knowing that integrate the best of 21st century thought with the intuitive skills prized by our ancestors: dreams, visions and the imagination.

Each episode, we explore dreams and related altered states of consciousness – with a focus on how to test these ideas on the ground. We’ll talk with researchers, clinicians, dreamworkers and psychonauts, as well as scholars of religion, anthropology and the high weird.

About the host
I’m Ryan D. Hurd, a dream researcher, author and holistic educator. I'm the author of Sleep Paralysis and co-editor of the reference set Lucid dreaming: New perspectives of consciousness in sleep. Millions of readers have read my dream research blog DreamStudies.org, and tens of thousands have downloaded my ebooks. I'm currently the chief architect of the Dream Portal, a private membership community focused on providing a safe platform for dreamers to learn how to get more rest, remember more dreams, and invite extraordinary experiences. I'm a member of the International Association of the Study of Dreams, and abide by their ethical standards.