Sounds of SAND

Booking Overview

This interview-led contemplative podcast explores nonduality, spirituality, psychology, Indigenous wisdom, ecology, and the deeper questions of existence, typically through intimate conversations with authors, spiritual teachers, psychologists, scholars, and community leaders. PR agencies could credibly pitch credentialed thought leaders with substantial books, research, clinical experience, cultural expertise, or established spiritual and social-impact work; booking difficulty is medium to high because guests are highly specialized and the editorial fit is curated.

Metrics

Episodes: 187

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

podcast@scienceandnonduality.com

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Host

Zaya Benazzo - Co-host and creative contributor to Science and Nonduality, supporting conversations that connect contemplative inquiry, culture, and lived experience.

Maurizio Benazzo - Co-founder of Science and Nonduality and a filmmaker and producer focused on consciousness, spirituality, science, and transformative ideas.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Published authors, spiritual teachers, psychologists, scholars, Indigenous leaders and educators, journalists, artists, and social-impact practitioners with substantial subject-matter expertise and a meaningful connection to contemplative, spiritual, psychological, ecological, or cultural questions.

Required Achievements:

Published books, Academic or clinical expertise, Leadership of established spiritual, Indigenous, environmental, or social-impact organizations, Recognized journalism, scholarship, teaching, or community advocacy, Original frameworks or research with practical relevance

Recent Guest Discussions

Pir Zia Inayat Khan - Universal Sufism, Sacred Traditions, Mythology, Spiritual Inheritance, History, Imagination, Grief, And Humanity’s Relationship With Earth And Technology.

Robert Moor - Trees, Ecological Intelligence, Branching Systems, Consciousness, Artificial Intelligence, Rootedness, Relationality, And Indigenous Perspectives On Land.

Ashley Nicole Leitka - Artificial Intelligence, Indigenous Sovereignty, Data Centers On Native Land, Environmental Justice, Technology, And Self-determination.

Kathy Wan Povi Sanchez - Natural Law, Indigenous Wisdom, Environmental Stewardship, Cultural Revitalization, Intergenerational Healing, Artificial Intelligence, And Right Relationship With The Earth.

Lyla June Johnston - Artificial Intelligence, Indigenous Technology Choices, Sufficiency, Land Stewardship, Food Systems, Environmental Justice, And The Effects Of Data Centers On Native Land.

Recent Topics

Nonduality, Spirituality, Buddhism, Indigenous Wisdom, Psychology

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Sounds of SAND

Nuance of Wonder: Joan Tollifson

September 17, 2026

Joan Tollifson returns to the podcast three years after her first conversation. We talk about her June essay Two Inseparable Truths, on the relative and the absolute and the trouble with getting stuck in either one. Along the way: the silence of many nondual teachers in a dark time, what cancer and an aging body insist on that philosophy cannot, and why "I don't know" may be the answer closest to truth. She closes by reading her essay 'Radiant Light in Dark Times' in full. Topics 00:00 Intro...

AI & Colonial Logic: Christian “ZacaTechO” Ortiz & Thema Monroe-White

September 10, 2026

Part of SAND’s The Great AI Unraveling Series Artificial intelligence is often framed as a leap forward, a technical revolution, or an inevitable stage in human progress. But what if AI is also asking us to confront something older: the colonial logic embedded in how we define intelligence, progress, neutrality, knowledge, and the human itself? This conversation brought together voices working across technology, culture, race, power, and society to examine what AI reveals about the systems th...

The Flow of Coherence: Cynthia Li

September 03, 2026

Dr. Cynthia Li joins us to talk about her new book, The Medicine of Flow. Trained as an internist, Cynthia developed an autoimmune condition and then chronic fatigue and dysautonomia, illnesses largely dismissed at the time as being in her head. Her own body pushed her out of the paradigm she was trained in and into functional medicine, qigong, and intuitive healing. A decade later, a second crisis took her back to housebound and taught her what all her effort hadn't: coherence, and what she ...

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