Hunger for Wholeness

Ilia Delio

hungerforwholeness@christogenesis.org

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Booking Overview

Hunger for Wholeness brings science-and-religion thinkers into conversations about how spiritual experience, meaning, and embodiment relate to our biology and worldview. It’s a strong fit for PR outreach targeting interdisciplinary scholars with credible public-facing work at the intersection of neuroscience, philosophy, theology, and lived practice.

Metrics

Episodes: 103

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

YouTube: 2.9k subscribers

Instagram: 311 followers

Contact Information

hungerforwholeness@christogenesis.org

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Host

Ilia Delio - Ilia Delio is a leading voice in the intersection of science, religion, and evolution, known for exploring interdisciplinary ways of living and practicing wholeness. As the host of Hunger for Whole...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Interdisciplinary academic and/or ordained religious credentials connecting science and religion (e.g., PhD/ThD), plus demonstrated public-facing frameworks or models (books, peer-reviewed publications, institutes/leadership roles, editorial leadership, or established practice-based expertise).
Required Achievements:  
peer-reviewed research and/or academic publications, author/editor of books in science–religion or big-picture theory, leadership roles at research or educational institutes, editorial leadership at academic journals, model/framework development (e.g., integrative or neuro-theology frameworks)

Recent Guest Discussions

Shaleen Kendrick, Rev. Dr. Shaleen Kendrick - Neurotheology; Neuroscience And Contemplative Practice; Biology Of Spiritual Experience; Trauma, Neuroplasticity, God-language; Contemplative Prayer; Psychedelics And Healing; Spirituality As An Innate Capacity

Nicholas Hedlund - Metatheory/big-picture Thinking; Truth As Participatory Attunement (alethic Resonance); Visionary Realism And Complexity/integration Frameworks; Metacrisis/polycrisis; Worldview Transformation

Nicholas Hedlund - Metatheory And Root Causes Of Crisis; Who We Take Ourselves To Be; Natural World/sacred; Metacrisis As Integration Challenge; Civilizational Transformation Framing

Recent Topics

Neuroscience, Spirituality, Theology, Philosophy, Interdisciplinary

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Hunger for Wholeness
:

Wholeness and Evolution with Shaleen Kendrick

June 08, 2026

In this episode of Hunger for Wholeness, Ilia Delio continues her conversation with neurotheologian Shaleen Kendrick on the practical meaning of Christogenesis, wholeness, and adaptive evolution. Shaleen reflects on what she calls “evolutionary mismatch,” the gap between our rapidly changing world and the neurobiological capacities we need to meet it with wisdom, compassion, and creativity.Together, Ilia and Shaleen explore how spirituality can become a lived practice of integration: not simp...

Neurotheology and the Biology of Spiritual Experience with Shaleen Kendrick

May 25, 2026

In this episode of Hunger for Wholeness, Ilia Delio speaks with neurotheologian Shaleen Kendrick about neuroscience, contemplative practice, and the biology of spiritual experience. Shaleen shares her journey from conservative evangelical ministry through deconstruction, suffering, and contemplative prayer into the emerging field of neurotheology.Together, Ilia and Shaleen explore how religious experience is not separate from the body but mediated through it. They consider how God-language, b...

How to See the Big Picture in a Post-Truth World with Nicholas Hedlund

March 02, 2026

In this 100th episode of Hunger for Wholeness, Sr. Ilia Delio continues her conversation with Nicholas Hedlund, PhD exploring what it means to seek coherence in a world shaped by fragmentation and acceleration.Beginning with Teilhard de Chardin’s sense that the future is not simply ahead of us but mysteriously within the present, Ilia and Nick reflect on evolution as an unfinished process of becoming—one that calls for “unity in diversity,” not a monolithic consensus. Nick develops his concep...

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