Ideas that change things, conversations that matter

Conversations that go where the news cycle cannot. Tecolote Talks is home to two podcasts — one examining the fractures and futures of empire, one exploring the edges of consciousness, science, and what it means to be human. Both are produced in the spirit that runs through everything Tecolote does: rigorous, compassionate, and unwilling to look away.

The End of the American Empire

Hosted by: Patrick Watts and David Owen

What does it mean when the world's dominant power begins to contract? Each month, Patrick Watts — author of The End of the American Empire — and moderator David Owen bring in global thinkers, journalists, and insiders to examine the real mechanics of imperial decline: political dysfunction, media fragmentation, military overreach, and the growing gap between America's stated values and its actions. Searching, non-partisan, and never comfortable.

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Consciousness

Hosted by: Patrick and Dominic Watts

The noumenon, in Kantian philosophy, is the thing as it is in itself — beyond what we can observe or measure. Noumena is a conversation between two brothers — Patrick and Dominic Watts — about the territory that lies past materialism: near-death experience, transpersonal psychology, consciousness science, and the spiritual dimensions of human life. Join them as they speak with philosophers, authors, academics and activists about the liminal spaces that lie beyond where the eyes can see.