The Observable Unknown

Dr. Juan Carlos Rey

The Observable Unknown is a scientific and psychological podcast exploring consciousness, perception, behavior, identity, altered states, symbolism, neuroscience, and the hidden structures shaping human life. Read more

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Episodes

Interlude LXXX: Imitation | How Borrowed Desire, Mimetic Theory, and Story Shape Identity

07/23/2026 00:10:19Mailbag XXXIV: When Every Conversation Becomes a Trial | Difficult Mothers, Eric Berne, Games People Play, Transactional Analysis, Family Conflict, Boundaries, Widowhood, and The Cost of the Move

07/22/2026 00:08:05 Interlude LXXIX: Belonging | John Bowlby, Naomi Eisenberger, Attachment Theory, Social Rejection, Loneliness, Neuroscience, and the Biology of Inclusion

07/21/2026 00:08:24Dr. Judith A. Swack

07/16/2026 00:40:26Interlude LXXVIII: Ritual | Roy Rappaport, Harvey Whitehouse, Cultural Memory, Sacred Action, Grief, Neurosomatic Praxis, and the Psychology of Repetition

07/15/2026 00:07:04 Show all episodes

Our take on The Observable Unknown podcast

The Observable Unknown is a science podcast by Dr. Juan Carlos Rey.

Producer
Dr. Juan Carlos Rey

Host
Dr. Juan Carlos Rey

Country
United States

Episodes count
151

Average duration
5'

Frequency
Weekly

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Julian Kopfmeister - 10/02/2025
What Dr. Rey has built with The Observable Unknown is, to my mind, a genuine contribution to public philosophy. The show does not just cite great thinkers—it inhabits their questions, tests their insights, and brings them into dialogue with lived human concerns. Each interlude reveals how fragile and fascinating our categories of freedom, memory, and belief truly are. The Observable Unknown reminds us that philosophy needs to not remain trapped in books; it can live in voice, in conversation, in the shared experience of listening. This podcast is nothing less than a new agora for the 21st century. — Prof. Julian Kopfmeister, philosopher of culture