CIIS Public Programs

Booking Overview

This university-affiliated interview program focuses on consciousness, psychology, spirituality, wellbeing, culture, and creative approaches to personal and social transformation, typically featuring scholars, authors, practitioners, and other notable thought leaders in live event conversations. Credible pitches include established academics, authors, researchers, cultural or spiritual leaders, and practitioners with substantive expertise or a timely book or body of work; booking is likely high-difficulty because the program presents highly curated experts through institutional public programming.

Metrics

Episodes: 399

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 7.2k subscribers

Instagram: 22.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

publicprograms@ciis.edu

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Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Established scholars, researchers, authors, spiritual or cultural leaders, and practitioners with recognized expertise, a substantial body of work, or a relevant published book or institutional leadership role.

Required Achievements:

Published books, Academic or research leadership, Recognized expertise in a specialized field, Leadership of prominent institutions or traditions

Recent Guest Discussions

Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche - Consciousness, Mind, Embodiment, Awareness, And The Tibetan Bön Tradition.

Carl Lorenz Cervantes - Filipino Indigenous Worldviews, Embodied Wellbeing, Collective Consciousness, And Cultural Authenticity.

Justin Garcia - Love, Sex, Intimacy, Modern Mating, Social Monogamy, Sexual Monogamy, And Relationship Lifecycles.

Recent Topics

Consciousness, Psychology, Spirituality, Indigenous Knowledge, Wellness

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

CIIS Public Programs

Exploring America's Racial Consciousness with Cathy Park Hong

September 10, 2026

Award winning poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong’s work weaves together personal stories, historical context, and cultural criticism to ultimately create an emotional and impactful exploration of Asian American personhood. Her widely praised book of essays Minor Feelings explores her experiences as an Asian American woman and is an essential text for reframing our understanding of race in America. * In this episode Cathy and CIIS Chair of Clinical Psychology, Stephanie Chen discuss what it ...

On Somatics and Creative Leadership with Alfonso Montuori and Nick Walker

August 26, 2026

What is creative leadership? It could mean leadership that’s distributed and collaborative, rather than top-down and authoritarian. It could mean leadership that’s flexible enough to continually reinvent its structures and approaches to meet emerging circumstances. It could mean leadership that views diversity and difference as opportunities for learning, growth, and creative synergy rather than as problems to be managed. It could be leadership that actively works toward envisioning and manif...

On Understanding Luminosity of Consciousness in the Tibetan Bön Tradition with Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

August 13, 2026

Bön is among the oldest indigenous spiritual traditions in the world. It originated in Central Asia thousands of years ago in what is now Tibet and is still being practiced globally today. Rooted in ancient cosmology, visionary practices, and ritual technologies, the tradition of Tibetan Bön offers a distinctive and sophisticated understanding of mind, embodiment, and awareness that speaks directly to contemporary questions in psychology, comparative religion, and consciousness studies. * I...

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