Love Conquers Fear

Brett Alexander Hurt and guests
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In an era of exponentially evolving AI and robotics, one question looms large: Will humanity make it? Love Conquers Fear is a podcast where leadership meets love, technology serves humanity, and vision becomes action. Host Brett Alexander Hurt—tech entrepreneur and investor—sits down with some of the world’s most influential people to ask: Will we unite to create the Age of Abundance for All? These conversations are calls to action, awakening leaders everywhere to rise and help humanity choose the Light.

  1. 10h ago

    #78: The New Mental Health Frontier: Psychedelics, Policy & The Soul — Mary Olivar + Vance McMurry

    Order the Book! ► ⁠http://loveconquersfear.org/book What you’ll hear in this episode: - Psychedelic therapy for trauma, PTSD, addiction, and mental health - Vance’s journey from combat trauma and survivor’s guilt to healing through psilocybin - Mary’s path from Whole Foods and cannabis advocacy to plant medicine, Indigenous wisdom, and psychedelic policy - Why veterans are helping push psychedelic medicine into the mainstream - Texas’s growing role in psychedelic policy and the push for safe, legal, affordable access - Consciousness, the soul, God, Oneness, and what transcendent experiences may reveal about reality About Mary Olivar: Mary Olivar is Co-Executive Director of Texans for Greater Mental Health, helping lead psychedelic policy, public education, and safe, legal access to emerging treatments. Her career spans nutrition, natural foods, cannabis advocacy, and nonprofit leadership, including Whole Foods Market and the Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange. Mary’s work centers on healing, access, Indigenous wisdom, and the connection between plant medicine and consciousness. About Vance McMurry: Vance McMurry is Co-Executive Director of Texans for Greater Mental Health. A U.S. Army veteran, he served in the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions and at the White House. He later spent decades in business, technology, operations, and social entrepreneurship. Vance’s own experience with resurfacing combat trauma drew him into psychedelic advocacy. Today, he focuses on expanding access to mental health treatments, especially for veterans and others living with trauma. Timestamps: 0:01:00 — Preview 0:01:37 — Intro: Lizzi Cutler, psychedelics 0:05:59 — Welcome Mary Olivar and Vance McMurry 0:09:15 — Psychedelic policy, veteran PTSD, safe legal access, opioids, addiction recovery 0:23:42 — Mission-driven work, healthy eating, cannabis, plant medicine, Indigenous wisdom, consciousness 0:36:08 — Psychedelic approval, state policy, public education, harm reduction, national coordination 0:57:44 — AI consciousness, ultimate reality, soul growth, animism, interconnectedness 1:17:11 — Brain-computer interfaces, embodiment, quantum sentience, intentionality, spiritual humility 1:30:11 — Closing reflections Books mentioned in this episode: - The Disappearance of the Universe — Gary Renard - Mind Magic — James R. Doty - Into the Magic Shop — James R. Doty - The Dawn of Everything — David Graeber, David Wengrow - The Celestine Prophecy — James Redfield - Sand Talk — Tyson Yunkaporta - Journey of Souls — Michael Newton Links: “Love Conquers Fear” a USA TODAY bestseller: https://tinyurl.com/4u9fmwdd LCF episode #76 (Lizzi Cutler): https://youtu.be/GNnkT3kZ_1g Executive order to fast-track psychedelic research: https://tinyurl.com/33by6ynm LCF episode #66 (Decoding Psychedelics): https://youtu.be/Z0TF71mN3MU Foresight Institute: https://foresight.org/ Heroic Hearts Project: https://tinyurl.com/3crt9zvw Texans for Greater Mental Health: https://www.t4gmh.com/ Americans for Ibogaine: https://tinyurl.com/27yhvjcs LCF episode #53 (Bryan Hubbard): https://youtu.be/MNaBF6Ej2UQ LCF episode #30 (John Mackey): https://youtu.be/NUnkEuZwC4I Subscribe to Brett’s newsletter “The Superfecta Signal”: LinkedIn: https://tinyurl.com/2fzwfmtk Substack: https://tinyurl.com/mr8rxsz3 COMP360 psilocybin treatment: https://tinyurl.com/5n84wtsu Xi Jinping calling for global governance of AI: https://tinyurl.com/ycys2t2v Pope Leo’s first encyclical: https://tinyurl.com/3s9u2dwk Encyclical infographics: https://tinyurl.com/42bfchk7 Brett speaking at Do More Good’s conference: https://tinyurl.com/4xazj2yy Texas first state to pass psychedelic research legislation: https://tinyurl.com/2uc29m4k LCF episode #11 (Aneil Mallavarapu): https://youtu.be/dXuLsRyIl9k Anil Seth’s TED Talk on consciousness: https://tinyurl.com/465a9jyt LCF episode #31 (Piraye Beim): https://youtu.be/cgjv-4aAdYA “Inside the Mind of a Dog” documentary: https://tinyurl.com/nh9sb838

  2. 5d ago

    #77: BookPeople Presents: Brett Hurt In Conversation with Mark Gober — August 23, 2026 in Austin, TX

    Order the Book! ► ⁠http://loveconquersfear.org/book A special conversation with Brett Hurt and Mark Gober — recorded live in collaboration with BookPeople in Austin, TX on August 23, 2026 What you’ll hear in this episode: - The spiritual experiences behind “Love Conquers Fear”, including Brett’s psychedelic journey and studying Vedanta - Moving from fear to hope, and using human agency to shape a more abundant future - Why humanity’s consciousness must evolve alongside increasingly powerful technology - How AI, quantum computing, robotics, and other exponential technologies could transform life at scale - Conscious capitalism and building systems that put people ahead of profit ––– About Love Conquers Fear: In an era of exponentially evolving AI and robotics, one question looms: Will humanity make it? Love Conquers Fear is where leadership meets love, technology serves humanity, and vision becomes action. Host, Brett Alexander Hurt, tech entrepreneur and investor, sits down with some of the world’s most influential people to ask: Will we unite to create the Age of Abundance for All? These conversations are calls to action, awakening leaders everywhere to rise and help humanity choose the Light. Watch on: YouTube: http://tiny.cc/LCF-YT Spotify: http://tiny.cc/LCF-Spotify Listen on: Apple Podcasts: http://tiny.cc/LCF-Apple Amazon Music: https://tinyurl.com/LCF-Amazon ––– About Mark Gober: Mark Gober is an award-winning author, business strategist, and consciousness researcher. He is the author of the seven-book “Upside Down” series, including the IPPY Award-winning “An End to Upside Down Thinking”. Previously, Mark was a partner at Silicon Valley’s Sherpa Technology Group and was named to IAM’s “Strategy 300” list of the world’s leading intellectual property strategists. He also serves on the board of the Institute of Noetic Sciences. Timestamps: 0:01:00 — Preview 0:01:30 — Intro: Interview with Mark Gober at BookPeople 0:03:09 — Brett and Mark's backgrounds, Brett’s soul quest, Vedanta, spiritual awakening 0:12:55 — AI, cultural programming, nuclear risk, fear states, abundance 0:21:43 — Quantum computing, novel science, solar energy, AI jobs, food systems 0:36:44 — Bhutan, spirituality, writing process, punching down, hope, consciousness 0:49:15 — Energy, material breakthroughs, leveraging AI 0:55:04 — Patents, open-source AI, innovation, responsibility Books mentioned in this episode: - An End to Upside Down Thinking — Mark Gober - An End to Upside Down Living — Mark Gober - If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies — Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nate Soares - Why Buddhism Is True — Robert Wright - The Hero’s Journey — Joseph Campbell - Deep Future — Pablos Holman - Abundance — Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas Adams Links: “Love Conquers Fear” a USA TODAY bestseller: https://tinyurl.com/4u9fmwdd LCF episode #2 (Mark Gober): https://youtu.be/p5xCJw_Yo1M BookPeople: https://bookpeople.com/ Institute of Noetic Sciences: https://noetic.org/ Aspen Institute’s Henry Crown Fellowship Program: https://tinyurl.com/3f7awp2e LCF episode #31 (Piraye Beim): https://youtu.be/cgjv-4aAdYA Vedanta: https://tinyurl.com/ydxzyc5c LCF episode #43 (Peter Wang): https://youtu.be/036KjyuudWE Xi Jinping calling for global governance of AI: https://tinyurl.com/ycys2t2v Pope Leo’s first encyclical: https://tinyurl.com/3s9u2dwk Hartmut Neven’s TED Talk: https://tinyurl.com/535w253c Subscribe to Brett’s newsletter “The Superfecta Signal”: LinkedIn: https://tinyurl.com/2fzwfmtk Substack: https://tinyurl.com/mr8rxsz3 Demis Hassabis on “60 Minutes”: https://tinyurl.com/3hu2jdwm Foresight Institute: https://foresight.org/ Peter Diamandis’ “Moonshots” podcast: https://tinyurl.com/43j2rvja Jensen Huang’s first post on X backing open-source models: https://tinyurl.com/48f4pk8r

  3. Sep 1

    #76: Intuition as Superpower: Unlearning Fear & Listening to Our Innate Intelligence — Lizzi Cutler

    Order the Book! ► ⁠http://loveconquersfear.org/book What you’ll hear in this episode: - Trusting intuition as a form of intelligence and learning how it speaks through the body - Bringing intuition into leadership and business decisions alongside rigorous analysis - Unlearning childhood conditioning around fear, vulnerability, creativity, and self-trust - Self-love as the deeper path beneath growth, while letting go of achievement and approval as measures of worth - Using meditation and embodied awareness to reconnect with the higher self and inner guidance - Exploring past lives, reincarnation, non-duality, and consciousness - Psychedelics as catalysts for insight, healing, and heart-centered awareness About Love Conquers Fear: In an era of exponentially evolving AI and robotics, one question looms: Will humanity make it? Love Conquers Fear is where leadership meets love, technology serves humanity, and vision becomes action. Host, Brett Alexander Hurt, tech entrepreneur and investor, sits down with some of the world’s most influential people to ask: Will we unite to create the Age of Abundance for All? These conversations are calls to action, awakening leaders everywhere to rise and help humanity choose the Light. Follow Brett Alexander Hurt on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bretthurt/ X/Twitter: https://x.com/brettahurt Medium: https://databrett.medium.com/ Substack: https://brettahurt.substack.com/ Watch on: YouTube: http://tiny.cc/LCF-YT Spotify: http://tiny.cc/LCF-Spotify Listen on: Apple Podcasts: http://tiny.cc/LCF-Apple Amazon Music: https://tinyurl.com/LCF-Amazon About Lizzi Cutler: Lizzi Cutler is a transformational coach who works with founders, executives, and individuals navigating personal and professional growth. Her work centers on helping people strengthen their self-awareness, reconnect with their intuition, and identify the patterns that may be keeping them stuck. Drawing on years of coaching and her own exploration of meditation, consciousness, and spirituality, Lizzi helps clients approach decisions and relationships with greater clarity, authenticity, and trust in themselves. Timestamps: 0:01:00 — Preview 0:01:41 — Intro: John Benedict's book 0:09:43 — Welcome Lizzi Cutler 0:13:11 — UAPs, openness to mystery, spiritual vulnerability, childhood programming, embodied wisdom 0:36:23 — Discovering intuitive gifts, intuition in business, Vedanta, human discernment beyond AI 0:57:51 — Human uniqueness, spiritual inquiry, self-love, embodied signals, brain-computer interfaces 1:20:54 — Philanthropic intuition, aligned leadership, Source, non-duality, prayer, psychedelic safety 1:43:01 — Closing reflections Books mentioned in this episode: - The Artist and the Algorithm — John T. Benedict - LSD and the Mind of the Universe — Christopher M. Bache - Governing Business & Relationships — A. Parthasarathy - Love Is Letting Go of Fear — Gerald G. Jampolsky - The Disappearance of the Universe — Gary Renard - A Course in Miracles — Helen Schucman Links: “Love Conquers Fear” a USA TODAY bestseller: https://tinyurl.com/4u9fmwdd LCF episode #67 (Omani Carson): https://youtu.be/abOQ-4GBedY “The Age of Disclosure” doc: https://tinyurl.com/szkpvxvn Executive order to fast-track psychedelic research: https://tinyurl.com/33by6ynm “UNKNOWN: Cosmic Time Machine” doc: https://tinyurl.com/mw58x5vm LCF episode #54 (part 2) with Sol Rashidi at Culturati Summit: https://youtu.be/mScAzD26mq0 Brett on JP Newman’s podcast “Investing on Purpose”: https://tinyurl.com/5y8vsacf LCF episode #44 (JP Newman): https://youtu.be/6c6iDZOjDTM Subscribe to Brett’s newsletter “The Superfecta Signal”: LinkedIn: https://tinyurl.com/2fzwfmtk Substack: https://tinyurl.com/mr8rxsz3 Swamiji Parthasarathy: https://tinyurl.com/4swp946w Lizzi Cutler’s online course on how to increase your intuition: https://tinyurl.com/ycyk855f LCF episode #66 (Decoding Psychedelics): https://youtu.be/Z0TF71mN3MU

  4. Aug 25

    #75: Existential Hope: Choosing Possibility Over Panic — Christine L. Peterson + Madeleine Parker

    Order the Book! ► ⁠http://loveconquersfear.org/book What you’ll hear in this episode: - How Foresight has spent 40 years anticipating breakthrough technologies and steering them toward human flourishing - Why AI could accelerate nanotechnology, longevity, molecular engineering, and scientific discovery - What abundance could mean for economics, energy, identity, and human potential - Why “existential hope” offers a more constructive way to think about AI risk and the future - How consciousness, meditation, psychedelics, quantum physics, and spirituality may point to a deeper reality and human Oneness Watch on: YouTube: http://tiny.cc/LCF-YT Spotify: http://tiny.cc/LCF-Spotify Listen on: Apple Podcasts: http://tiny.cc/LCF-Apple Amazon Music: https://tinyurl.com/LCF-Amazon About Christine L. Peterson: Christine L. Peterson is the co-founder and former president of Foresight Institute, which she helped launch with Eric Drexler in 1986 to advance transformative science and technology for the benefit of life. A longtime futurist, she writes and speaks on nanotechnology, AI, longevity, and emerging technologies, and co-authored “Unbounding the Future”. She is also credited with coining the term “open source software” in 1998. About Madeleine Parker: Madeleine Parker is Program Director of Strategy & Development at Foresight Institute, where she leads fundraising, partnerships, global strategy, and prizes. Her work spans frontier AI, decentralized systems, multi-agent networks, and new models for human agency in a rapidly changing technological landscape. She brings an entrepreneurial and interdisciplinary perspective to questions of sovereign AI, consciousness, intentionality, and building more hopeful technological futures. Timestamps: 0:01:15 — Preview 0:01:56 — Intro: Ancient spiritual texts, The Great Divorce, Jamie Metzl and the Aspen Action Forum 0:09:44 — Welcome Christine L. Peterson and Madeleine Parker 0:13:04 — Foresight’s origins, nanotech, molecular machines, repairing the world, cultures of help 0:35:26 — Sovereign AI, Foresight nodes, AI-accelerated science, solar abundance 1:03:57 — Environmental restoration, AI risk, transhumanism, identity, post-scarcity 1:24:31 — Quantum reality, ancient spirituality, open happiness, wealth as energy, global cooperation 1:50:18 — Closing reflections Books mentioned in this episode: - Tao Te Ching — Stephen Mitchell (tr.) - Bhagavad Gita — Stephen Mitchell (tr.) - The Gospel According to Jesus — Stephen Mitchell (tr.) - The Great Divorce — C. S. Lewis - The AI Ten Commandments — Jamie Metzl, GPT-5 - The Diamond Age — Neal Stephenson - Engines of Creation — K. Eric Drexler - The Celestine Prophecy — James Redfield - The Tao of Willie — Willie Nelson, Turk Pipkin - Abundance — Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler - Pure Human — Gregg Braden Links: “Love Conquers Fear” a USA TODAY bestseller: https://tinyurl.com/4u9fmwdd LCF episode #72 (Brett and Jamie Metzl speaking at the Aspen Institute): https://youtu.be/LLSeOdJvcO8 Foresight Institute: https://foresight.org/ Sam Altman’s interview with Chris Anderson at TED: https://tinyurl.com/bd86ztt9 Steve Jobs on calling HP co-founder Bill Hewlett: https://tinyurl.com/dsps5xdz The Nobelity Project: https://www.nobelity.org/ Xi Jinping calling for global governance of AI: https://tinyurl.com/ycys2t2v Pope Leo’s first encyclical: https://tinyurl.com/3s9u2dwk Eliezer Yudkowsky’s TED Talk: https://tinyurl.com/5e5nryth “Love, Fear, and the Connected Cosmos” by Brett Hurt: https://tinyurl.com/3h4at823 Demis Hassabis’ X post about the quest for the nature of our reality: https://tinyurl.com/yc4fcfnw Cosmos Institute: https://tinyurl.com/49yvvhka Subscribe to Brett’s newsletter “The Superfecta Signal”: - LinkedIn: https://tinyurl.com/2fzwfmtk - Substack: https://tinyurl.com/2vpvs8ec

  5. Aug 18

    #74: Cowgirl Leadership: Women, Entrepreneurship & The Next Generation of Great Leaders — Gay Gaddis

    Order the Book! ► ⁠http://loveconquersfear.org/book What you’ll hear in this episode: - How childhood adversity and “cowgirl” values shaped Gay’s resilience, independence, and personal agency - Building T3 from scratch during a recession and learning to lead through constant change - Breaking barriers for women through preparation, competence, and confidence - Turning decades of experience into mentorship through leadership programs - Why creativity, intuition, and human connection matter even more in the age of AI - Gay’s near-fatal car accident, her husband’s presence after he crossed over, and discovering a deeper power beyond ourselves About Love Conquers Fear: In an era of exponentially evolving AI and robotics, one question looms: Will humanity make it? Love Conquers Fear is where leadership meets love, technology serves humanity, and vision becomes action. Host, Brett Alexander Hurt, tech entrepreneur and investor, sits down with some of the world’s most influential people to ask: Will we unite to create the Age of Abundance for All? These conversations are calls to action, awakening leaders everywhere to rise and help humanity choose the Light. Follow Brett Alexander Hurt on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bretthurt/ Medium: https://databrett.medium.com/ Substack: https://brettahurt.substack.com/ Watch on: YouTube: http://tiny.cc/LCF-YT Spotify: http://tiny.cc/LCF-Spotify Listen on: Apple Podcasts: http://tiny.cc/LCF-Apple Amazon Music: https://tinyurl.com/LCF-Amazon About Gay Gaddis: Gay Gaddis is an entrepreneur, author, artist, and longtime advocate for women in leadership. She founded T3 (now Material) in 1989 and spent more than three decades building it into the largest independent female-owned advertising agency in the U.S. Today, she focuses on developing the next generation of entrepreneurs and leaders through her work at UT Austin, including programs such as “Women Who Mean Business” and “Texas Trailblazers,” while continuing to write, paint, speak, and explore themes of creativity, resilience, leadership, and personal agency. Timestamps: 0:01:15 — Preview 0:02:03 — Intro: Speaking in Aspen, open-source AI 0:10:12 — Welcome Gay Gaddis 0:13:32 — Losing her father at age 13, WW2 trauma, resilience, money lessons, cowgirl values, founding T3 0:32:24 — Dell, digital marketing, data, women's agency, AI fear, human creativity, love through loss 0:55:53 — UT leadership programs, values, diversity of thought, Austin business, AI medicine, women's health 1:09:42 — AI consciousness, the soul, near-death experiences, divine signs, presence after death, ancient wisdom 1:35:33 — Closing reflections Books mentioned in this episode: - The AI Ten Commandments — Jamie Metzl, GPT-5 - Cowgirl Power — Gay Gaddis - The Power of Myth — Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers - Tao Te Ching — Stephen Mitchell (tr.) - Bhagavad Gita — Stephen Mitchell (tr.) Links: “Love Conquers Fear” a USA TODAY bestseller: https://tinyurl.com/4u9fmwdd LCF episode #72 (Brett + Jamie Metzl speaking at Aspen Institute): https://youtu.be/LLSeOdJvcO8 Bill Gurley’s Washington Post op-ed on open-source AI: https://tinyurl.com/3pbp9ew2 March 2023 letter calling for pause in AI development: https://tinyurl.com/42se6998 Jensen Huang’s first X post backing open-source models: https://tinyurl.com/48f4pk8r Subscribe to Brett’s newsletter “The Superfecta Signal”: LinkedIn: https://tinyurl.com/2fzwfmtk Substack: https://tinyurl.com/mw66fus7 Gay Gaddis on Rachel Hurt’s “Radiant Resilience” podcast: https://tinyurl.com/3epr7h93 Capital Factory: https://capitalfactory.com/ Gay Gaddis’ UT Austin leadership program “Texas Trailblazers”: https://tinyurl.com/z82tthna Michael and Susan Dell giving over $1B to UT Austin: https://tinyurl.com/yd8zcfyz LCF episode #54 (part 2) with Sol Rashidi at Culturati Summit: https://youtu.be/mScAzD26mq0 Michael Collins’ documentary “INTUITION”: https://www.intuitionfilm.com/ Demis Hassabis’ TED Talk: https://tinyurl.com/mmabm42d

  6. Aug 11

    #73: Reinventing Construction: Robotics, 3D Printing & Building a More Human World — Jason Ballard

    Order the Book! ► ⁠http://loveconquersfear.org/book What you’ll hear in this episode: - Jason’s path from conservation biology and sustainable building to founding ICON - How ICON is reinventing construction with robotics, software, advanced materials, and 3D printing - Building for everyone — from people experiencing homelessness to future communities on the Moon - Trusting intuition, holding the vision, and putting people where they can thrive - Why technology should expand human potential, restore beauty, and stay in service to humanity - Grief, prayer, and Jason’s profound spiritual experience after his wife crossed over - Jason’s belief in the Divine and an enduring soul, and the role of humility, gratitude, and love in human flourishing About Love Conquers Fear: In an era of exponentially evolving AI and robotics, one question looms: Will humanity make it? Love Conquers Fear is where leadership meets love, technology serves humanity, and vision becomes action. Host, Brett Alexander Hurt, tech entrepreneur and investor, sits down with some of the world’s most influential people to ask: Will we unite to create the Age of Abundance for All? These conversations are calls to action, awakening leaders everywhere to rise and help humanity choose the Light. Follow Brett Alexander Hurt on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bretthurt/ Medium: https://databrett.medium.com/ Substack: https://brettahurt.substack.com/ Watch on: YouTube: http://tiny.cc/LCF-YT Spotify: http://tiny.cc/LCF-Spotify Listen on: Apple Podcasts: http://tiny.cc/LCF-Apple Amazon Music: https://tinyurl.com/LCF-Amazon About Jason Ballard: Jason Ballard is the co-founder and CEO of ICON, an Austin-based construction technology company using robotics, materials, software, and 3D printing to transform how we build. ICON’s work spans homes, neighborhoods, military and commercial structures, hospitality, and technologies for building on the Moon. Before ICON, Jason founded sustainable home-improvement company TreeHouse and worked in green building and homelessness services. Today, he is focused on making construction faster, more affordable, resilient, and beautiful while expanding access to better housing and building a more abundant future. Timestamps: 0:00:00 — Preview 0:00:50 — Intro: Pure Human, transhumanism, consciousness 0:05:30 — Welcome Jason Ballard 0:08:57 — Josh Baer's legacy, Austin's tech ecosystem, spirit of helping 0:26:53 — Trusting intuition, leading ICON, making hard decisions, grit, robotics, beauty, abundance 0:42:37 — AI optimism, human potential, 3D printing, nanotech, social media, tech responsibility, zero-sum thinking 0:59:28 — Nature of reality, the Divine, consciousness, ancient wisdom, selfless service, grief, the enduring soul 1:21:20 — Closing reflections Books mentioned in this episode: - Pure Human — Gregg Braden - The Diamond Age — Neal Stephenson - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas Adams - Tao Te Ching — Stephen Mitchell and David Bentley Hart’s translations - Bhagavad Gita — Stephen Mitchell (tr.) Links: ICON: https://www.iconbuild.com/ Capital Factory: https://capitalfactory.com/ Community First! Village: https://tinyurl.com/mryc8xbk World’s first 3D-printed community in Georgetown, TX: https://tinyurl.com/mtty6xf3 ICON’s contract with NASA for lunar construction system: https://tinyurl.com/3mj69kft LCF episode #54 (part 2) with Sol Rashidi at Culturati Summit: https://youtu.be/mScAzD26mq0 “Love Conquers Fear” a USA TODAY bestseller: https://tinyurl.com/4u9fmwdd Dario Amodei’s essay “The Adolescence of Technology”: https://tinyurl.com/235a2n3t Demis Hassabis' call for US-led body to oversee frontier AI models: https://tinyurl.com/3434b4mp Pope Leo’s first encyclical: https://tinyurl.com/3s9u2dwk Demis Hassabis on the quest for the nature of our reality: TED Talk: https://tinyurl.com/mmabm42d X post: https://tinyurl.com/yc4fcfnw “UNKNOWN: Cosmic Time Machine” documentary: https://tinyurl.com/mw58x5vm

  7. Aug 6

    #72: AI and the Future We Choose: Brett Hurt & Jamie Metzl at the Aspen Institute — July 24, 2026

    Order the Book! ► ⁠http://loveconquersfear.org/book A special conversation with Brett Hurt and Jamie Metzl, moderated by Chadia El Meouchi — recorded live in collaboration with the Aspen Institute in Aspen, CO on July 24, 2026 What you’ll hear in this episode: - How AI and other converging technologies could create unprecedented abundance or profound harm - Why humanity needs a moral compass for technologies that carry no values of their own - Moving beyond fear, scarcity, and separation by upgrading human consciousness - Drawing on spiritual, ethical, and philosophical traditions to guide the AI age - Why inner transformation must be matched by governance, regulation, and accountability - The potential for AI to expand access to healthcare, education, energy, food, and opportunity - What consciousness, creativity, agency, and connection reveal about being human About Love Conquers Fear: In an era of exponentially evolving AI and robotics, one question looms: Will humanity make it? Love Conquers Fear is where leadership meets love, technology serves humanity, and vision becomes action. Host, Brett Alexander Hurt, tech entrepreneur and investor, sits down with some of the world’s most influential people to ask: Will we unite to create the Age of Abundance for All? These conversations are calls to action, awakening leaders everywhere to rise and help humanity choose the Light. Follow Brett Alexander Hurt on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bretthurt/ X/Twitter: https://x.com/brettahurt Medium: https://databrett.medium.com/ Substack: https://brettahurt.substack.com/ Watch on: YouTube: http://tiny.cc/LCF-YT Spotify: http://tiny.cc/LCF-Spotify Listen on: Apple Podcasts: http://tiny.cc/LCF-Apple Amazon Music: https://tinyurl.com/LCF-Amazon About Jamie Metzl: Jamie Metzl is a technology and healthcare futurist, geopolitical expert, and bestselling author focused on how AI, genetics, and biotechnology will reshape humanity. A Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, he has served on the U.S. National Security Council and at the State Department, worked as a United Nations human rights officer in Cambodia, and advised the World Health Organization on human genome editing. His books include “Hacking Darwin”, “Superconvergence”, and “The AI Ten Commandments”. Timestamps: 0:01:16 — Intro: Speaking at Aspen Institute with Jamie Metzl 0:02:38 — Brett + Jamie's backgrounds, AI as omnipresent force, moral stakes 0:12:03 — Destruction v. abundance, old biology, upgrading consciousness, human wisdom 0:23:14 — Brett's early start in tech, responsibility, social media, unlimited energy, one humanity 0:37:53 — Governance, open-source AI, AGI, cosmic purpose, consciousness, human values 0:51:40 — What it means to be human, embodiment, agency, demanding better future 1:08:05 — Bad actors, data centers, critical thinking, task-level work, education 1:24:25 — Guardrails, misinformation, liability, AI-assisted art Books mentioned in this episode: - The AI Ten Commandments — Jamie Metzl - Hacking Darwin — Jamie Metzl - Superconvergence — Jamie Metzl - Tao Te Ching — Stephen Mitchell (tr.) - Bhagavad Gita — Stephen Mitchell (tr.) - Signs — Laura Lynne Jackson - If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies — Eliezer Yudkowsky - The Alchemist — Paulo Coelho - Radical Softness — Janet Echelman - Virtuosa (coming) — Jamie Metzl Links: LCF episode #18: https://youtu.be/0DNiYm2fQWU Aspen Institute: - Henry Crown Fellowship Program: https://tinyurl.com/3f7awp2e - Aspen Global Leadership Network: https://tinyurl.com/4f84tk7d Pope Leo’s first encyclical “Magnifica Humanitas”: https://tinyurl.com/3s9u2dwk Bill Gurley’s WaPo op-ed on open-source AI: https://tinyurl.com/3pbp9ew2 Eliezer Yudkowsky’s TED Talk: https://tinyurl.com/5e5nryth Demis Hassabis calling for US-led body to oversee frontier AI models: https://tinyurl.com/3434b4mp Sam Altman’s FT op-ed on AI governance: https://tinyurl.com/yshh2zrr Stanford’s 2026 AI Index Report: https://tinyurl.com/bdh9v96z

  8. Aug 4

    #71: Decoding Leadership (Part 1): Courage, Conscious Capitalism, and Leading With Heart

    Order the Book! ► ⁠http://loveconquersfear.org/book What you’ll hear in this episode: - The role of spirituality in shaping how leaders think about infinity, mortality, and the value of their limited time - Moving beyond comparison, competition, and self-doubt through gratitude and unconditional love - The concept of “World Positive Capitalism” and investing in companies that create meaningful value for society - Why bringing your whole self to leadership helps attract others who share your purpose and values - “Love Quotient” as a distinctly human capability that can’t be replicated by AI, automation, or robotics - Conscious capitalism as a model built around interconnected relationships among stakeholders - How synchronicity, transparency, service, and trust can help leaders move from fear to love About Love Conquers Fear: In an era of exponentially evolving AI and robotics, one question looms: Will humanity make it? Love Conquers Fear is where leadership meets love, technology serves humanity, and vision becomes action. Host, Brett Alexander Hurt, tech entrepreneur and investor, sits down with some of the world’s most influential people to ask: Will we unite to create the Age of Abundance for All? These conversations are calls to action, awakening leaders everywhere to rise and help humanity choose the Light. Follow Brett Alexander Hurt on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bretthurt/ X/Twitter: https://x.com/brettahurt Medium: https://databrett.medium.com/ Substack: https://brettahurt.substack.com/ Watch on: YouTube: http://tiny.cc/LCF-YT Spotify: http://tiny.cc/LCF-Spotify Listen on: Apple Podcasts: http://tiny.cc/LCF-Apple Amazon Music: https://tinyurl.com/LCF-Amazon Timestamps: 0:01:19 — Intro: "Decoding" series, leading with love, optimism, USA TODAY bestseller 0:04:18 — Mike Maples Jr., spiritual openness, authentic leadership, trust, and fear 0:08:56 — Jesus, human rights, infinity, René Girard, AI, the soul, mimetic rivalry, gratitude, service, inner growth 0:23:23 — Vishal Vasishth, World Positive Capitalism, Obvious Ventures, Warren Buffett, values 0:26:51 — Companies that matter, planet/human/economic health, authenticity, manifesting love, Celestine Prophecy 0:37:32 — Michael Zeisser, Jack Ma, Love Quotient (LQ), love in business, consciousness awakening 0:41:18 — LQ, robots, consciousness shift, Eckhart Tolle, human evolution 0:46:22 — Carla Piñeyro Sublett, Warren Buffett, Goldman Sachs, financial crisis, conviction 0:50:08 — John Mackey, Whole Foods, the 1981 Austin flood and love, stakeholders, capitalism, resilience 1:02:19 — Closing reflections Watch the full episodes: - Episode 20 (Mike Maples Jr.): https://youtu.be/3yTyAyweLe8 - Episode 15 (Vishal Vasishth): https://youtu.be/SnyMeBqisy4 - Episode 14 (Michael Zeisser): https://youtu.be/PZ3NxSp8HBY - Episode 7 (Brett Hurt with Carla Piñeyro Sublett): https://youtu.be/rm64TvSYouc - Episode 30 (John Mackey): https://youtu.be/NUnkEuZwC4I Books mentioned in this episode: - The Celestine Prophecy — James Redfield - Jonathan Livingston Seagull — Richard Bach - Tao Te Ching — Stephen Mitchell (tr.) - Bhagavad Gita — Stephen Mitchell (tr.) - The Celestine Prophecy — James Redfield - The Seat of the Soul — Gary Zukav - A New Earth — Eckhart Tolle - Conscious Capitalism — John Mackey, Raj Sisodia Links: “Love Conquers Fear” on USA TODAY’s Best-selling Booklist: https://tinyurl.com/4u9fmwdd Pope Leo’s first encyclical “Magnifica Humanitas”: https://tinyurl.com/3s9u2dwk Follow Vishal Vasishth on LinkedIn: https://tinyurl.com/4hu3sfkt Henry Crown Fellowship Program: https://tinyurl.com/3f7awp2e Culturati Summit: https://tinyurl.com/385fjvyu Carla Piñeyro Sublett’s “let’s go there” podcast: https://tinyurl.com/3cjf8cbh Conscious Capitalism: https://tinyurl.com/27bmytmp

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In an era of exponentially evolving AI and robotics, one question looms large: Will humanity make it? Love Conquers Fear is a podcast where leadership meets love, technology serves humanity, and vision becomes action. Host Brett Alexander Hurt—tech entrepreneur and investor—sits down with some of the world’s most influential people to ask: Will we unite to create the Age of Abundance for All? These conversations are calls to action, awakening leaders everywhere to rise and help humanity choose the Light.

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  • Creator
    Brett Alexander Hurt and guests
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    82
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