Enter The Portal
Welcome to Enter The Portal, a podcast that unlocks new dimensions of thought, wellness, and community.
Each episode invites you to journey with pioneers, creatives, and innovators shaping the future of social wellness and transformative living. From deep dives into cutting-edge wellness practices to inspiring conversations with founders and thought leaders, our podcast is a space for exploring the intersections of mind, body, and community. Tune in for fresh perspectives, powerful stories, and a look into the future of connected living.
Enter The Portal and discover what's possible together.
List of Episodes
-
A Journey into Social Wellness with Tim Chang
-
Cultivating Systemic Change From Within with Jenny Stefanotti
-
The Modern Renaissance of Religion with Zach Bell
-
A Tuesday Kind of Love with Melissa Laci
-
Real Talk About Money with Mira Megs Lathrop
-
Revive & Restore with Ryan Phelan
-
The Art of Being You with Adam Roa
-
What is (and isn’t) Conscious Kink? with Madeline Pryor & Eamon Armstrong
-
Giants Rising with Lisa Landers
-
Sex + AI with Kaamna Bhojwani
-
Raising AI with De Kai
-
Cultivating Intuition and Evidential Mediumship with Elizabeth Rea
-
Sacred Derangement with Jason Silva
Episode 1
A Journey into Social Wellness
with Tim Chang
We’re excited to share the first episode of 'Enter the Portal' podcast, featuring Tim Chang, cofounder of The Portal. In this episode, Tim reflects on his journey from Silicon Valley venture capital to creating a space centered on wellness, creativity, and authentic connection.
Join us as we explore the transformative power of community, the future of social spaces, and how holistic well-being can shape our lives.
Transcript: Enter The Portal: Tim Chang, CoFounder of The Portal
“We need spaces like this more than ever for that in-person connection; especially in an age of increasing deep fakes and generative AI."
– Tim Chang, Co-Founder of The Portal
Cultivating Systemic Change From Within with Jenny Stefanotti
Episode 3
In this episode of our podcast, we sit down with Jenny Stefanotti, the steward of Denizen, to explore the profound impact of Denizen's community and initiatives.
We delve into the meaning behind the name 'Denizen', the journey from its inception, and Jenny's personal and professional experiences that have shaped this platform.
Join us to learn how Denizen fosters a culture of curiosity and collective action to envision a just, regenerative, and caring society.
Episode 4
The Modern Renaissance of Religion with Zach Bell
In this thought-provoking conversation, co-founder Tim Chang interviews Zach Bell, a founding advisor of The Portal, explores the evolution of community, identity, and spirituality in a rapidly changing world. He discusses the shift from traditional third spaces to new gathering hubs like The Portal, the parallels between historical renaissances and today’s digital era, and the role of technology in reshaping human connection.
Zach also introduces Namuna, a nonprofit structured as a "religion of no religion," designed to support spiritual teachers and wisdom keepers in a world that often undervalues their work. The discussion delves into the balance between science and mysticism, the risks of surface-level spirituality, and the transformative power of surrender.
With deep insights on cultural movements, counterculture history, and the future of collective belonging, this episode is an invitation to rethink how we define and cultivate meaningful community in the modern age.
Transcript: Enter The Portal Podcast: Zach Bell - the Modern Renaissance of Religion - Descript
Episode 5
A Tuesday kind of Love w/Melissa Laci
What if healing begins not in isolation, but in community—and not on the peaks of life, but on an ordinary Tuesday?
In this episode, host Tim Chang sits down with Melissa Laci, a dynamic executive leader and product builder, whose journey from a traumatic brain injury to profound personal transformation offers powerful insights into healing, connection, and emotional safety.
Episode 6
Real Talk About Money w/ Mira Megs Lathrop
What if our relationship with money isn’t just about numbers – but about healing, identity, and how we connect with each other?
In this powerful episode, host Tim Chang sits down with financial empowerment coach Mira Megs Lathrop to focus on one of society’s most avoided topics: money. Together, they dive into the emotional, psychological, and spiritual dimensions of money – from shame and scarcity to empowerment, creativity, and communal healing.
Episode 7
Revive & Restore w/ Ryan Phelan
What if the key to protecting biodiversity lies not only in saving species, but in reimagining what’s possible?
In this episode, host Tim Chang is joined by Ryan Phelan, a pioneer at the intersection of health tech and conservation, who has dedicated her career to bridging science, imagination, and action for wildlife. From cloning endangered species like the black-footed ferret to exploring the promise of biobanking, stem cells, and AI, Ryan reveals how cutting-edge innovation can safeguard life on Earth.
Episode 8
The Art of Being You w/ Adam Roa
“All growth happens through discomfort. The more we embrace that, the more magic can unfold.” — Adam Roa
This episode dives into creativity as the act of forming new patterns and taking steps into the unknown. Adam Roa looks at how discomfort and resistance fuel growth, how inner signals point us toward our path, and how embodiment helps us show up with authenticity. It also highlights the importance of real human connection in a tech-heavy world. Perfect for creatives, coaches, and entrepreneurs, it offers practical guidance for expressing your voice, being more present, and building deeper relationships.
Episode 9
What is (and isn’t) Conscious Kink?
with Madeline Pryor & Eamon Armstrong
What if kink isn’t about shock value—or even sex—but about consciousness, agency, and wholeness?
In this intimate, wide-ranging conversation recorded live at The Portal, we sit down with Eamon (lifestyle Dom, writer, and host of You Like It) and Madeline (professional dominatrix, educator, and somatic practitioner) to explore what conscious kink really means—and why it may be one of the most misunderstood yet transformative practices of our time.
Episode 10
Giants Rising with Lisa Landers
What if the medicine we’re most starved for isn’t new—but ancient, and towering quietly just beyond the edge of our screens?
In Episode 10 of Enter the Portal, Tim Chang sits down with award-winning filmmaker Lisa Landers to explore Giants Rising, her breathtaking documentary on America’s redwood forests—and the deeper human story they tell.
Episode 11
Sex + AI with Kaamna Bhojwani
What happens when the most intimate human force—sexuality—collides with the most powerful technology humanity has ever created?
In Episode 11 of Enter the Portal, Tim Chang sits down with Kaamna Bhojwani, psychologist, sexologist, and leading “technosexual” researcher, to explore the rapidly emerging—and deeply underexamined—world of sex, intimacy, and artificial intelligence.
Episode 12
The Telepathy Tapes
Primary Research & Becoming Psychic with Dr Jeff Tarrant
What if “psychic ability” isn’t fantasy or pathology, but a trainable, innate and universal human capacity with measurable signatures in the brain?
In Episode 12 of Enter the Portal, Tim Chang sits down with Dr. Jeff Tarrant—psychologist, neurofeedback pioneer, and one of the primary researchers behind the wildly popular The Telepathy Tapes—for a grounded, high-voltage conversation at the edge of science and the unexplained.
This episode explores what Jeff has found across dozens of brain maps of mediums, psychics, and telepathy practitioners—along with his latest experiments in neurofeedback and neuromodulation aimed at helping “ordinary” people cultivate intuitive access, and helping nonspeaking autistic individuals gain better control and communication.
Episode 13
Rising AI with De Kai
According to De Kai—renowned AI researcher and author of Raising AI—AI isn't just another new technology or the latest productivity tool. it’s something far stranger, intimate, and more consequential.
And whether we know it or not... we’re not just using it; we're forging relationships with it -- and in many regards, we are raising it as our future legacy.
In this episode of Enter the Portal, Tim Chang sits down with De Kai for a conversation that is equal parts philosophical, practical, and urgent. We explore a reframing that flips the entire AI debate on its head: these systems aren’t mechanical machines we can use without consequence—they’re social entities shaping what we see, what we don’t see, what we fear, what we believe... and ultimately how society coheres or fractures.
Episode 14
Cultivating Intuition
and Evidential Mediumship
with Elizabeth Rea
What if powerful intuition isn’t rare, mystical, or reserved for the gifted or mediums — but rather a natural, innate human capability that most of us were simply trained to ignore?
In this episode of Enter the Portal, Tim Chang sits down with Elizabeth Rea, an evidential medium who has worked with law enforcement, private clients, founders, and investors — and who believes something quietly revolutionary: that every one of us has access to intuitive intelligence.
Elizabeth shares her deeply personal origin story, beginning with a near-death experience as a teenager that cracked open a perceptual door she spent years trying to keep closed. What followed wasn’t instant enlightenment — but confusion, overwhelm, humor, humility, and ultimately discernment. Her path weaves through trauma, healing, the Hoffman Process, skepticism, ethics, and a grounded commitment to truth.
Episode 15
Sacred Derangement with Jason Silva
What if the antidote to our era’s dread isn’t denial... but wonder with discipline?
In Episode 15 of Enter the Portal, Tim Chang sits down with renowned TV host, futurist, and self-proclaimed “wonderjunkie” Jason Silva to explore his first book, Sacred Derangement — and the radically hopeful creative renaissance he believes is arriving right on the edge of our collective existential anxiety.
Jason shares what it felt like to finally “speak a book into existence” after years of resisting the traditional publishing machine. With AI as an advanced note-taker, research team, editor, and mirror, the process became less like typing and more like channeling + directing: intention-setting, riffing in ecstatic flow, and then sculpting the output through “meta-prompting” that’s as close to spellcraft as modern technology gets.
But this isn’t at all an AI productivity flex. It’s a philosophy of aliveness.