Podcast appearances and mentions of Nigel Hamilton

What is lucid surrender? Can dreams facilitate psycho-spiritual transformation? Can we be in contact with those who have died and what does this suggest about the afterlife? We speak today with Melinda Powell from the Dream Research Institute in London. Melinda starts by talking about how she has been a lucid dreamer since a child, and she shares a powerful snake dream and how working with that dream in waking life was transformational. We talk about lucid surrender, both dreaming and awake, and how dreams are a kind of angel that is out ahead of us. After the break, we take a question from Max and talk about how our dreams are showing us how to live. We end with a conversation about the luminous void. BIO: Melinda Powell is co-founder of the Dream Research Institute, London, and past Vice-President of the International Association of Dreams. She has authored three books: The Hidden Lives of Dreams, Lucid Surrender: The Alchemy of the Soul in Lucid Dreaming, and her latest: Dreams My Mother Taught Me: Lessons in Lucid Dreaming from Beyond the Grave, which will be available from June 30th, 2025. Find our guest at: MelindaPowellDreams.com, driccpe.org.uk, ccpe.org.uk, and on IG @melindapowelldreams, @dreamresearchinstitute, and @thedreamboatpodcast Melinda co-founded the Dream Research Institute, London, in 2012 with Dr. Nigel Hamilton, and directed the DRI for seven years. The DRI promotes research on dreams and wellbeing and serves as a Dream Studies Centre, offering dream courses both in-person and online as well as educational events. Located in London's Little Venice behind Paddington Station, the DRI is housed in the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education (CCPE) which offers a 5-year accredited training in psychotherapy from a spiritual perspective and a master's degree in Transpersonal Psychotherapy. Melinda would like to send out a thank you to IASD and to the DRI for all their support over the years and to encourage others to join both organizations as a member. This show, episode number 313, was recorded during a live broadcast on May 31, 2025 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz. Intro and outro music by Mood Science. Ambient music new every week by Rick Kleffel. Archived music can be found at Pandemiad.com. Many thanks to Rick for also engineering the show and to Tony Russomano for answering the phones. The Santa Cruz Festival of Dreams is coming October 10-12, 2025! Mark your calendars now. Check our landing page at FestivalofDream.net and FB group page HERE or follow #KeepSantaCruzDreaming on FB and IG. SHARE A DREAM FOR THE SHOW or a question or enquire about being a guest on the podcast by emailing Katherine Bell at katherine@ksqd.org. Follow on FB, IG, LI, & YT @ExperientialDreamwork #thedreamjournal. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams go to ExperientialDreamwork.com. The Dream Journal aims to: Increase awareness of and appreciation for nightly dreams. Inspire dream sharing and other kinds of dream exploration as a way of adding depth and meaningfulness to lives and relationships. Improve society by the increased empathy, emotional balance, and sense of wonder which dream exploration invites. A dream can be meaningful even if you don’t know what it means. The Dream Journal is produced at and airs on KSQD Santa Cruz, 90.7 FM. Catch it streaming LIVE at KSQD.org 10-11am Pacific Time on Saturdays. Call or text with your dreams or questions at 831-900-5773 or email at onair@ksqd.org. Podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/. Closed captioning is available on the YouTube version of this podcast and an automatically generated transcript is available at Apple Podcasts. Thanks for being a Dream Journal listener! Available on all major podcast platforms. Rate it, review it, subscribe, and tell your friends.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Nigel Hamilton, a British-born American biographer, historian, and author, about his new book Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents.

Military historian and presidential biographer Nigel Hamilton talks about the military face-off between two American presidents – Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis – during the Civil War. He discusses the early months of the war, the decision to move the Confederate capitol to Virginia, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, and more. This is part two of a two-part interview with Mr. Hamilton about his book "Lincoln vs. Davis."      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Military historian and presidential biographer Nigel Hamilton talks about the military face-off between two American presidents – Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis – during the Civil War. He discusses the early months of the war, the decision to move the Confederate capitol to Virginia, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, and more. This is part two of a two-part interview with Mr. Hamilton about his book "Lincoln vs. Davis."      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Military historian and presidential biographer Nigel Hamilton talks about the military face-off between two American presidents – Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis – during the Civil War. He discusses the background of both men, their rise to the presidencies of the Union and the Confederacy, respectively, and the events that led up to attack on Fort Sumter by Confederate forces on April 12, 1861, not long after both men were inaugurated. This is part one of a two-part interview with Mr. Hamilton about his book "Lincoln vs. Davis."      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Military historian and presidential biographer Nigel Hamilton talks about the military face-off between two American presidents – Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis – during the Civil War. He discusses the background of both men, their rise to the presidencies of the Union and the Confederacy, respectively, and the events that led up to attack on Fort Sumter by Confederate forces on April 12, 1861, not long after both men were inaugurated. This is part one of a two-part interview with Mr. Hamilton about his book "Lincoln vs. Davis."      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews historian Nigel Hamilton about his latest book: LINCOLN VS. DAVIS: THE WAR OF THE PRESIDENTS. Historian Nigel Hamilton is a New York Times best-selling biographer of General Bernard “Monty” Montgomery, President John F. Kennedy, President Bill Clinton, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, among other subjects. He has won multiple awards, including the Whitbread Prize and the Templer Medal for Military History. 

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews historian Nigel Hamilton about his latest book LINCOLN VS. DAVIS: THE WAR OF THE PRESIDENTS. Historian Nigel Hamilton is a New York Times best-selling biographer of General Bernard “Monty” Montgomery, President John F. Kennedy, President Bill Clinton, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, among other subjects. He has won multiple awards, including the Whitbread Prize and the Templer Medal for Military History.

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews historian Nigel Hamilton about his latest book LINCOLN VS. DAVIS: THE WAR OF THE PRESIDENTS. Historian Nigel Hamilton is a New York Times best-selling biographer of General Bernard “Monty” Montgomery, President John F. Kennedy, President Bill Clinton, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, among other subjects. He has won multiple awards, including the Whitbread Prize and the Templer Medal for Military History.

The Civil War has often been portrayed as a conflict between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. Nigel Hamilton offers a new perspective: Lincoln vs. Davis. In this episode, Nigel explains this epic clash between two American giants.  Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents https://www.amazon.com/dp/031656463X?ref_=ast_author_ofdp_rw JOIN PREMIUMListen ad-free for only $5/month at www.bit.ly/TAPpremiumFOLLOW USwww.linktr.ee/thisamericanpresidentCREDITSHost: Richard LimProducer: Michael NealArtist: Nip Rogers, www.NipRogers.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Of all the books written on Abraham Lincoln, there has been one surprising gap: the drama of how the “railsplitter” from Illinois grew into his critical role as U.S. commander-in-chief, and managed to outwit his formidable opponent, Jefferson Davis, in what remains history's only military faceoff between rival American presidents. Davis was a trained soldier and war hero; Lincoln a country lawyer who had only briefly served in the militia. Confronted with the most violent and challenging war ever seen on American soil, Lincoln seemed ill-suited to the task: inexperienced, indecisive, and a poor judge of people's motives, he allowed his administration's war policies to be sabotaged by fickle, faithless cabinet officials while entrusting command of his army to a preening young officer named George McClellan – whose defeat in battle left Washington, the nation's capital, at the mercy of General Robert E. Lee, Davis's star performer. The war almost ended there. But in a Shakespearean twist, Lincoln summoned the courage to make, at last, a climactic decision: issuing as a “military necessity” a proclamation freeing the 3.5 million enslaved Americans without whom the South could not feed or fund their armed insurrection. The new war policy doomed the rebellion—which was in dire need of support from Europe, none of whose governments now would dare to recognize rebel “independence” in a war openly fought over slavery. The fate of President Davis was sealed. With a cast of unforgettable characters, from first ladies to fugitive coachmen to treasonous cabinet officials, Lincoln vs. Davis is a spellbinding dual biography from renowned presidential chronicler Nigel Hamilton: a saga that will surprise, touch, and enthrall. About the Author: Historian Nigel Hamilton is a New York Times best-selling biographer of General Bernard “Monty” Montgomery, President John F. Kennedy, President Bill Clinton, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, among other subjects. He has won multiple awards, including the Whitbread Prize and the Templer Medal for Military History. The first volume of his FDR a War trilogy, The Mantle of Command, was longlisted for the National Book Award. He is a senior fellow at the McCormack Graduate School, University of Massachusetts Boston, and splits his time between Boston, Massachusetts, and New Orleans, Louisiana.

Nigel Hamilton, author of "Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents"

Nigel Hamilton, author of Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents

In case you didn't know, Rick is a history buff, especially when it comes to American presidents. In this episode Rick sits down with acclaimed historian and biographer Nigel Hamilton to discuss his upcoming book, Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents. Together, they explore the contrasting leadership styles of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis during the American Civil War, examining how each president's psychology, military background, and decisions shaped the course of the conflict. Hamilton dives into Lincoln's struggles with his generals, the impact of the Emancipation Proclamation, and Davis's strategic mindset. The conversation offers a deeper understanding of two pivotal figures in American history. Nigel's book, Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents, available for pre-order now. Timestamps: (00:01:36) Lincoln vs. Davis (00:14:59) The psychology from chess moves to battles (00:32:51) The Battle of Gettysburg Follow Resolute Square: Instagram Twitter TikTok Find out more at Resolute Square Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk to Nigel Hamilton, who along with his late twin brother Simon, were among 105 people from Northern Ireland affected.

Nigel Hamilton on Clinton's Sexcapades by Alexander Sorondo

When Nigel Hamilton was a student at Cambridge University in Great Britain, he stayed for a brief time with Winston and Lady Churchill at their home at Chartwell in Kent. He also spent hours talking about World War II with Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery. These experiences led to a life as an author about history. Nigel Hamilton first moved to the United States in 1988 and is now a U.S. citizen. He's based in the Boston area and his books include "JFK: Reckless Youth," two volumes on President Bill Clinton, and a trilogy on FDR as Commander in Chief during World War II from 1941 to 1945. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Nigel Hamilton was a student at Cambridge University in Great Britain, he stayed for a brief time with Winston and Lady Churchill at their home at Chartwell in Kent. He also spent hours talking about World War II with Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. These experiences led to a life as an author about history. Nigel Hamilton first moved to the United States in 1988 and is now a U.S. citizen. He's based in the Boston area and his books include "JFK: Reckless Youth," two volumes on President Bill Clinton, and a trilogy on FDR as Commander in Chief during World War II from 1941 to 1945. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three contemplative scholars and practitioners – Rev. Cynthia Carter Perilliat, Dr. Eva Natanya, and Dr. Nigel Hamilton – explore the difficult topic of mortality. They will discuss how we can deal skilfully with the inevitable fact of death, and what can death and dying teach us about life and living.Listen to the full episode here.*****Science & Wisdom LIVE brings meditation practitioners in conversation with scientists to address the problems of contemporary society and come to new possible solutions.Our events touch upon specific themes where science and contemplative traditions intersect, such as the ethics of artificial intelligence, gender equality, climate change, and the benefits of mindfulness and meditation for mental health.We believe that the dialogue between science and contemplative traditions can inspire positive action and inform an ethical response to the challenges of our times, grounded in the human values of cooperation, compassion and equality.Subscribe to our NewsletterFollow us on FacebookFollow us on InstagramFollow us on Twitter

We're taking a little break this week, so here's a recurrance of an episode from April 2023: Series 1, Episode 3 - Symbols in Dreams with Dr Nigel Hamilton. See you in the New Year! ___ The questions we most often get asked usually come down to “What does it mean if I dream about ____?” We all want to know more about what our dreams are saying to us and how to interpret them, and people have been compiling manuals on dream symbolism since the advent of the written word. Even today there are hundreds of books on the subject online. But should we be attached to specific meanings? Does a tooth or cat or a car come with some universal meaning attached that is the same for everyone?  In this episode, Laura and Dave welcome Dr Nigel Hamilton aboard the Dream Boat to talk about personal and universal symbols in dreams and how he works with them as a psychotherapist. Nigel is a highly experienced therapist, teacher, researcher and one of the world's leading pioneers in dream interpretation techniques. He is the founder of one the world's top Transpersonal Psychotherapy colleges, the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education in London, co-founder of the DRI Centre for Dream Studies and the former UK Representative of the Inayatiyya Sufi Order International. He has spent years studying and pioneering techniques for working with dream symbolism and his book Awakening Through Dreams: Journeys Through the Inner Landscape covers some of his fascinating discoveries. He teaches workshops and leads courses on spiritual approaches to psychotherapy at CCPE.  In this episode, Dr Hamilton discusses the symbolism of colours, symbols of transformation in the alchemical model, and how we can discern the personal from the universal.  For our “Dream of the Week” feature, Nigel shares three brief dreams which marked particular steps in his own process.      Let us know what you think, and submit a dream for us to explore on the podcast!  Instagram @thedreamboatpodcast FaceBook @dreamboatpodcast Twitter @dreamboatpod DRI website: driccpe.org.uk/contact  This podcast is a project of the DRI, the centre for dream studies at CCPE, the psychotherapy college overlooking the canals at London's scenic Little Venice. Remember you can join the DRI for just £10 a year currently to access discounted events, courses, newsletters and join in the conversation about dreams. Go to driccpe.org.uk/sign-up to join! Keep dreaming, and keep sharing your dreams!   Credits Recorded by Sophie and Lev at the Boat Pod https://theboatpod.com  Edited by James Ede at Be Heard https://beheard.org.uk  Podcast Artwork Design by Kat Seager Design   Music: Adventures by A Himitsu https://soundcloud.com/a-himitsu  Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/2Pj0MtT Music released by Argofox https://youtu.be/8BXNwnxaVQE  Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/MkNeIUgNPQ8

*Trigger Warning - Suicidal thoughts and childhood abuse are briefly referred to in this episode* You've flown, you've travelled, you've had all the sex you can imagine in your lucid dreams. What now? Dr Nigel Hamilton joins us aboard the Dream Boat again, to talk about the experiments he and Robert Waggoner (heard in Season 1, Episode 1) have been asking lucid dreamers to do in their sleep.  Starting from his observations as a therapist and dream worker that movements in dreams corresponded to changes in the psyche, Dr Hamilton tells Dave and Laura how the research has progressed to the current phase of asking experienced lucid dreamers to ask a series of questions when they are in a lucid dream, and he shares some of the remarkable experiences that followed.  Along the way, they ask: If you are “in control” when you are lucid dreaming, who or what is answering your questions? Dr. Hamilton is co-Founder of the Dream Boat's sponsor, the DRI centre for dream studies, and he is the founder of the world-famous transpersonal psychotherapy training college, CCPE, in London.  Your dreams are fascinating, too. Send a dream to share as the Dream of the Week or for our Dream Lab episodes via the social and website links below. **Enrolment for the DRI's 2024 dreams courses starts in September! Keep an eye on @dreamresearchinstitute social media and driccpe.org.uk/courses to find out how to apply** In this episode: Nigel's book Robert Waggoner Michael Schredl   Let us know what you think, and submit a dream for us to explore on the podcast!  Instagram @thedreamboatpodcast FaceBook @dreamboatpodcast Twitter @dreamboatpod DRI website: driccpe.org.uk/contact  This podcast is a project of the DRI, the centre for dream studies at CCPE, the psychotherapy college overlooking the canals at London's scenic Little Venice. Remember you can join the DRI for just £30 a year currently to access discounted events, courses, newsletters and join in the conversation about dreams. Go to driccpe.org.uk/sign-up to join! Keep dreaming, and keep sharing your dreams!   Credits Recorded by Sophie, Lev and Ella at the Boat Pod https://theboatpod.com  Edited by James Ede at Be Heard https://beheard.org.uk  Podcast Artwork Design by Kat Seager Design   Music: Adventures by A Himitsu https://soundcloud.com/a-himitsu  Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/2Pj0MtT Music released by Argofox https://youtu.be/8BXNwnxaVQE  Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/MkNeIUgNPQ8   #dream #dreams #nightmares #psychology #research #psychotherapy #trauma #treatment #sleep #luciddreaming #transpersonal #science #alchemy #spirituality #jung #lucid #luciddreaming #podcast #psychology

Dave and Laura invite their old teacher Dr Nigel Hamilton back on board to talk about his Waking Dream Process, a therapeutic method for re-imagining a dream and revisiting it as a visualisation. It is used to expand, deepen and embody the experience of the dream and get to its essence.  Nigel is a highly experienced therapist, teacher, researcher and one of the world's leading pioneers in dream interpretation techniques. He is the founder of one the world's top Transpersonal Psychotherapy colleges, the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education in London, co-founder of the DRI Centre for Dream Studies and the former UK Representative of the Inayatiyya Sufi Order International. He has spent years studying and pioneering techniques for working with dream symbolism and his book Awakening Through Dreams: Journeys Through the Inner Landscape covers some of his fascinating discoveries. He teaches workshops and leads courses on spiritual approaches to psychotherapy at CCPE.    In this episode, Nigel talks about dreams as a journey, not just a narrative. He tells us how we can track consciousness travelling through the body during sleep, and why it is important to connect images to sensations and locate them in the body, and how this releases the transformative power of dreams. He shares images of transformation from his work as a therapist using the Waking Dream Process, including decapitation (as a good thing!) and an emerald green scarab beetle that represents the way out of a nightmare. He also talks about some of his own profound dream experiences that shaped his view of dreams and his development of the Waking Dream Process. For "Dream of the Week", Laura brings a client's dream about meeting a childhood friend in a fairground. The crew discuss how they would use the Waking Dream Process with this dream If you have a dream you'd like to share (either calling into the Dream Lab or having us read it out for Dream of the Week), get in touch via the links below.   In this episode: Nigel's book: Awakening Through Dreams: Journeys Through the Inner Landscape  Arnie Mindell: Dreambody: The Body's Role in Healing the Self Iain McGilchrist: The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World   Eugene Gendlin: Focusing: How To Gain Direct Access To Your Body's Knowledge Research on the Waking Dream Process: Client Experience of the Waking Dream Process Gareth Hill: Masculine and Feminine: The Natural Flow of Opposites in the Psyche   Let us know what you think, and submit a dream for us to explore on the podcast!  Instagram @thedreamboatpodcast FaceBook @dreamboatpodcast Twitter @dreamboatpod DRI website: driccpe.org.uk/contact  This podcast is a project of the DRI, the centre for dream studies at CCPE, the psychotherapy college overlooking the canals at London's scenic Little Venice. Remember you can join the DRI for just £10 a year currently to access discounted events, courses, newsletters and join in the conversation about dreams. Go to driccpe.org.uk/sign-up to join! Keep dreaming, and keep sharing your dreams!   Credits Recorded by Sophie and Lev at the Boat Pod https://theboatpod.com  Edited by James Ede at Be Heard https://beheard.org.uk  Podcast Artwork Design by Kat Seager Design   Music: Adventures by A Himitsu https://soundcloud.com/a-himitsu  Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/2Pj0MtT Music released by Argofox https://youtu.be/8BXNwnxaVQE  Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/MkNeIUgNPQ8  

The questions we most often get asked usually come down to “What does it mean if I dream about ____?” We all want to know more about what our dreams are saying to us and how to interpret them, and people have been compiling manuals on dream symbolism since the advent of the written word. Even today there are hundreds of books on the subject online. But should we be attached to specific meanings? Does a tooth or cat or a car come with some universal meaning attached that is the same for everyone?  In this episode, Laura and Dave welcome Dr Nigel Hamilton aboard the Dream Boat to talk about personal and universal symbols in dreams and how he works with them as a psychotherapist. Nigel is a highly experienced therapist, teacher, researcher and one of the world's leading pioneers in dream interpretation techniques. He is the founder of one the world's top Transpersonal Psychotherapy colleges, the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education in London, co-founder of the DRI Centre for Dream Studies and the former UK Representative of the Inayatiyya Sufi Order International. He has spent years studying and pioneering techniques for working with dream symbolism and his book Awakening Through Dreams: Journeys Through the Inner Landscape covers some of his fascinating discoveries. He teaches workshops and leads courses on spiritual approaches to psychotherapy at CCPE.  In this episode, Dr Hamilton discusses the symbolism of colours, symbols of transformation in the alchemical model, and how we can discern the personal from the universal.  For our “Dream of the Week” feature, Nigel shares three brief dreams which marked particular steps in his own process.        Let us know what you think, and submit a dream for us to explore on the podcast!  Instagram @thedreamboatpodcast FaceBook @dreamboatpodcast Twitter @dreamboatpod DRI website: driccpe.org.uk/contact  This podcast is a project of the DRI, the centre for dream studies at CCPE, the psychotherapy college overlooking the canals at London's scenic Little Venice. Remember you can join the DRI for just £10 a year currently to access discounted events, courses, newsletters and join in the conversation about dreams. Go to driccpe.org.uk/sign-up to join! Keep dreaming, and keep sharing your dreams!   Credits Recorded by Sophie and Lev at the Boat Pod https://theboatpod.com  Edited by James Ede at Be Heard https://beheard.org.uk  Podcast Artwork Design by Kat Seager Design   Music: Adventures by A Himitsu https://soundcloud.com/a-himitsu  Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/2Pj0MtT Music released by Argofox https://youtu.be/8BXNwnxaVQE  Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/MkNeIUgNPQ8

This week we feature a special episode with BIO's 2022 Plutarch Award-winner Frances Wilson. Her latest book, Burning Man: The Trials of D. H. Lawrence, published by Farrar, Straus and […]

"Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude." Nigel Hamilton. Today just a simple request. Just give thanks today in and for everything. Give thanks for being your best self. "Because Monday is Motivating."

“[In death,] so many people experience – whether or not they had a religious conviction – the surrender to a state of consciousness, a state of being, so much greater than what they thought they were during this lifetime.” Three contemplative scholars and practitioners – Rev. Cynthia Carter Perilliat, Dr. Eva Natanya, and Dr. Nigel Hamilton – explore the difficult topic of mortality. In this episode, they will discuss how we can deal skilfully with the inevitable fact of death, and what can death and dying teach us about life and living. Drawing on the teachings of major religious traditions, such as Buddhism, Christianity, and Sufism, they will also talk about the transformations that our consciousness undergoes during the process of dying, and why meditating on death and impermanence can support our personal growth and the development of inner qualities. This dialogue was recorded as part of our event on Death and Rebirth organised in collaboration with Jamyang London Buddhist Centre, and it was moderated by Scott Snibbe, host and producer of the meditation podcast ‘A Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment'.The interview was recorded LIVE during our recent event on ‘Death and Rebirth'. To hear more about upcoming events and courses, please visit our website www.scienceandwisdomlive.com and sign up to our newsletter, YouTube channel, and social media platforms.

I recently sat down with my friend Ike Williams, author of The Shores of Bohemia: A Cape Cod Story 1910-1960. John Taylor “Ike” Williams, a founder of Kneerim & Williams, specializes in biography, history, politics, natural science, and anthropology. He represents Howard Gardner, E.O. Wilson, Tim Berners-Lee, Nigel Hamilton, the Estate of James MacGregor Burns, ... Read more

About the making of a biographer and what keeps him at it.

Nigel Hamilton with James M. Scott Nigel Hamilton’s epic trilogy follows the life of the most influential American President of the 20th Century, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. For an engaging take on Roosevelt’s final years, as well as the path that Nigel Hamilton took to write this story, listen to War and Peace.

This week we’re joined by Natalie’s Mum, Laura Payne, a dream analyst, Psychotherapist and course facilitator at the Dream Research Institute in the UK. A unique Mother/ Daughter conversation episode, with Laura currently on lockdown at home in the UK. This is a special episode about dreams we’re experiencing in the pandemic. On twitter #PANDEMICDREAMS has been trending as people have been having an increase of fear dreams, invasion dreams, alien dreams, dreams of being trapped, being lost and dreaming of people from our past to name a few. In this conversation we talk about the collective themes that have been coming up, what our dreams are here to teach us and how to heal from them during the pandemic. Laura also shares her insight on two submitted pandemic dreams from listeners. If you’ve wanted to know more about dream state, psychic dreams, lucid dreaming and how to work with your dreams this is a must listen to episode!  In this episode we talk about: Collective themes coming up in Pandemic dreams Why many of us are having more vivid dreams than normal right now What our dreams are here to teach us Symbolism in dreams and how to work out what your dreams mean Dream world & the psychic space connection Lucid dreaming Meeting Guides in your dreams The Ancients & dream healing Asclepion dream techniques The Waking Dream Technique & Dream Therapy Collective prophetic dreams Deja Vu & Dreams How to cultivate a dream practice Laura shares her insight on two listeners’ pandemic dreams Podcast Music: “Follow You” by Daniel Gong (Dansonn) Resources mentioned Dream Research Institute  The Hidden Lives of Dreams by Melinda Powell  Awakening Through Dreams by Nigel Hamilton  Dreams by Carl G Jung Man and his Symbols by Carl G Jung  Lucid Dreaming: Gateway To the Inner Self by Robert Waggoner Dream Glove Article Book Natalie’s 1 on 1 sessions or Sacred Guidance Circles for May. Listen to the April Energy Forecast- The Empty Room. Listen to the 2020 Energy Forecast from January 2020 Ways to connect with LAURA Website- http://www.laurapayne.co.uk/ Instagram- @onefulness  Find out More- At Home Dream Retreat mentioned on the show 10% off this dream retreat and all other future DRI events with the Eventbrite code INTUITION at check out Dream Research Institute  Ways to connect with NATALIE Visit - www.natalie-miles.com for all her offerings and services Instagram- Follow Natalie Sign up to the newsletter to receive VIP discounts, offerings and Spirit musings that aren’t shared anywhere else. Take the Free How Do You Receive Your Intuitive Guidance Quiz to discover your gifts.        Send Natalie a Spiritual/Intuitive Question as a voice memo to be answered on the podcast hello@natalie-miles.com (no personal questions will be answered) Episode Sponsors Skillshare- Explore your creativity and get 2 free months of Premium Membership at Skillshare.com/NATALIE Better Help: Get 10% off your first month of therapy- Visit betterhelp.com/NATALIE All content and written show notes: Copyright Natalie Miles 2020

This time we discuss the look of the new AirPods Pro and installing Catalina on an APFS partition. We also follow up on website accessibility, and illustrated guide to OAuth and OpenID as well as in plain English. The confusion around iOS 13 share sheets continues, and we are front and centre in a group photo from iOS Dev UK. Mark reports on Apple's record breaking earnings. GameHub revives old iOS games. Apple warns iPhone 5 owners to update. Apple reveals new AirPods Pro. Apple also releases iOS and iPadOS 13.2. They also pull and update to 13.2.1 after some Home Pods get bricked. Picks: "Apple, Your Developer Documentation is… Missing", gnostic, TensorBoard.dev, Up & Running on macOS with Catalyst. Special Guest: Mike Vinakmens.

Interview with Nigel Hamilton regarding his new FDR book, War and Peace: FDR’s Final Odyssey: D-Day to Yalta, 1943–1945.

In this week's episode we interview Nigel Hamilton and Hans Renders, authors The ABC of Modern Biography. This interview was recorded during BIO's May 2019 annual conference in New York City.

In Betrouwbare Bronnen aflevering 44:Michael Wolff over president Donald J. TrumpPieter Gerrit Kroeger over president Franklin Delano Roosevelt***Tijdlijn:00:00:00 - Intro met quotes Donald Trump en zang van Lady Gaga00:03:10 - Michael Wolff (part 1)00:39:58 - Michael Wolff (part 2)01:04:22 - PG (deel 1)01:47:39 - PG (deel 2)02:34:32 - Uitro02:35:35 - Einde***“Het presidentschap van Donald Trump draait uit op een politieke kernsmelting. De kans is groot dat Trump zich niet kandidaat stelt voor een tweede termijn.” Dat zegt Michael Wolff, auteur van twee boeken over Trump, in deze aflevering van Betrouwbare Bronnen.''Zijn karakter laat niet toe dat hij een nationale verkiezing verliest. Hij kan dat niet aan. Zijn hele leven heeft hij bij een ramp de complete overwinning uitgeroepen en daarna vertrok hij. Trump heeft op dit moment steun van ongeveer 40 procent van de kiezers en er komt niets meer bij. Als dat over een jaar nog zo is, is het heel goed mogelijk dat hij er vandoor gaat. Hij zal zeggen: ik heb mijn werk gedaan. Dan begint aan een nieuw media-avontuur. Als het maar lijkt of hij de winnaar is.”Trump is zelf-destructief, zegt Wolff. “En overal om hem heen zijn nog onderzoeken gaande. Hij is een oplichter, dat weet iedereen.”Volgens Wolff haat het Republikeinse partij-establishment Donald Trump. “Ze zouden er alles voor doen om van hem af te komen. Maar ze weten ook: als je hem vermoordt, dan moet-ie ook echt dood zijn. En niemand weet echt hoe je dat doet.”Trump verkeert in het Witte Huis in totale eenzaamheid, zet Wolff. Hij heeft nauwelijks medewerkers en kijkt de hele dag tv, ook in het Oval Office. “Een normaal mens zou breken. Maar hij leeft in het moment en op impulsen, blij als een mossel. Het enige succesvolle wat hij ooit heeft gedaan is: tv-persoonlijkheid zijn. Zijn presidentschap is daarvan de voortzetting.”Trump heeft geen plan. “Hij weet niet dat er een populistische agenda is. Daar moet hij altijd aan herinnerd worden. 'China slecht', heeft zijn voormalige strateeg Steve Bannon hem geleerd. En er is ‘De Muur’. Persoonlijk heeft Trump overigens niets tegen migratie.”Hij is een verkoper, zegt Wolff. “Voor een verkoper zijn er geen vijanden. Er zijn alleen kopers en niet-kopers. De enige in zijn omgeving die hij niet misbruikt voor zijn eigenbelang is zijn dochter Ivanka. De Trump Organisation is niet echt een bedrijf. het gaat om het promoten van Donald Trump. Zijn naam op gebouwen waarvan hij niet eens de eigenaar is. Dat hij echt rijk is, is fictie. Het is reality tv. Een show met elke dag een nieuw script.”Saoedi-Arabië zo goed als failliet, zegt wolff in Betrouwbare Bronnen. Trumps schoonzoon Jared Kushner helpt kroonprins Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) met het naar de beurs brengen van de nationale oliemaatschappij Saudi Aramco, zodat het koningshuis de steeds meer geld vragende Saoedische elite kan blijven betalen. Er is alleen één probleem: na 9/11 heeft Amerika een wet die slachtoffers het recht geeft Saoedische bedrijven aansprakelijk te stellen. Kushner zou MBS beloofd hebben die wet te schrappen. Zeker na de moord op Khashoggi - volgens een VN-rapport in opdracht van MBS - zal dat niet gebeuren.Als Amerika ze niet kan helpen, zijn de Saoedis gedwongen om geld aan te nemen van China, meent Wolff. Voor Kushner is steun van Bin Salman onontbeerlijk om zijn vredesplan voor het Midden-Oosten te doen slagen. “De Trumps en de Kushners leven hun leven op deze manier zolang ze ermee weg kunnen komen. Ooit zullen ze gepakt worden.”“Trump is president dankzij Steve Bannon. Het maakte ook van Steve een belangrijke stem in de wereld. Hij is nu geen marginale speler meer. De prijs daarvoor was omgaan met Donald Trump. Uiteindelijk kan Trump niet zonder hem, want in het hele Trump-universum is er maar één slimmerik en dat is Bannon. Hij is de enige met een coherente visie. En hij begrijpt Trump.”Vice-president Mike Pence is volgens Trump een 'religieuze gek', schrijft Wolff in zijn boek. “Pence maakt weinig indruk. Maar zijn vrouw Karen - die door Pence 'Moeder' genoemd wordt en dus door het hele Witte Huis - is een sterke persoonlijkheid die weet hoe ze het politieke spel moet spelen. Trump wilde de Witte Huis-dokter minister van Veteranenzaken maken. Iedereen vond die dokter een aardige vent, maar hij roddelde over een gynaecologische kwestie waarvoor hij Moeder over de vloer had gehad. Zij hoorde dat en voorkwam vervolgens dat hij minister werd. Zij is een bijzondere vrouw in het Witte Huis. Trump ziet vrouwen voornamelijk als seksueel attractief gezelschap.”“De president geeft je aandacht als je hem vleit. Doe je dat, dan zal hij jou ook loven. De reden dat hij zo'n hekel heeft aan Angela Merkel is dat zij hem niet vleit.”Leestip:Onlangs verscheen bij Prometheus Michael Wolffs boek ‘Staat van Beleg. Trump onder vuur’. Het is de opvolger van Wolffs eerste boek over Trump: ‘Vuur en Woede’.***Op Independence Day is het natuurlijk gepast in de historische rubriek eer te betonen aan de grootste president van de USA van de twintigste eeuw. Wie dat is, staat buiten kijf: Franklin Delano Roosevelt. En dat is temeer gepast nu wij de maand juni een van zijn grootste prestaties herdachten: de gewaagde en succesvolle grootste amfibische operatie in de wereldgeschiedenis, D Day. PG Kroeger zet aan de hand van een trilogie die de historicus Nigel Hamilton recent publiceerde uiteen wat FDR's strategie was toen de Verenigde Staten overvallen werden door Japan en Hitler Amerika de oorlog verklaarde in december 1941.Zijn grootse visie en weidse blik op de rol als 'Commander in Chief' leidde ertoe dat binnen vier jaar de beide militaire grootmachten gedwongen waren tot onvoorwaardelijke overgave. En de VS was de grootste macht op aarde geworden.Het was FDR en niet zijn generaals - en ook niet Churchill of Stalin - die deze strategie ontwierp en bijna zonder enige aarzeling doorzette, volhield en tot zo'n grote overwinning voerde. PG leest daarom de toast voor van Stalin bij het diner voor Churchills 69e verjaardag, waarin de Sovjet-dictator die zonder omhaal van woorden erkende.Ook vertelt hij over zijn gesprek met Lincoln Gordon, een jonge adviseur en ambtenaar van de staf van het Witte Huis, die nauw heeft samengewerkt met de president. "A brilliant man, our greatest President. But dévious, mister Kroeger....Dévious!"

Inside the Trump administration's deal with Mexico - will it solve the troubles at the border? Fareed and a panel discuss. And, can Kushner's plan deliver peace in the Middle East? Or is it dead on arrival? Guests: Shannon O'Neil, Jorge Castañeda, Dan Senor, Hanan Ashrawi, Dina Esfandiary, Nigel Hamilton

On May 14, 2019, author Nigel Hamilton delivered the George C. Marshall Foundation Lecture. In honor of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, it is fitting we remember the men who ensured the great invasion took place: the U.S. commander in chief, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and his chief of staff of the U.S. Army, General George C. Marshall. Based on his new book, War and Peace, Nigel Hamilton tells how the two leaders overcame bitter British reluctance to bring an end to Europe's long nightmare. Nigel Hamilton is a best-selling and award-winning biographer of President John F. Kennedy, General Bernard "Monty" Montgomery, and President Bill Clinton, among other subjects. He is a senior fellow at the McCormack Graduate School, University of Massachusetts, Boston. Hamilton's most recent book, War and Peace: FDR's Final Odyssey: D-Day to Yalta, 1943-1945, is the final volume of his trilogy on how Franklin Roosevelt won World War II as U.S. commander in chief.

Lewis H. Lapham talks with Nigel Hamilton, author of War and Peace: FDR's Final Odyssey: D-Day to Yalta, 1943–1945.

In this Podcast Noel Bell chats to Paul Magrie who discusses his understanding of integrative transpersonal psychotherapeutic practice as well as his involvement with CCPE, the largest transpersonal training institute in Europe, based in West London. CCPE recently celebrated 30 years as a training institute and in the interview Paul refers to his initial contact with Nigel Hamilton, director of CCPE. Paul is a transpersonal psychotherapist and member of management committee of the CCPE. In the interview Paul discusses the Planes of Consciousness, the Elements Model and transpersonal transformation.

We mark the the 70th anniversary of D Day.  Not only one of the most significant events of the 20th Century, but one of the most significant decisions ever made by a President to send men into harms way. In a world in which decision making has become an expertise on to itself, when Presidential leadership is reexamined almost every day, it serves us well from both a historical and a contemporary perspective, to understand what really went into making that fateful decision, 70 years ago.  How it changed the war, how it changed our history and what it might teach us about navigating a dangerous world today.Nigel Hamilton examines all of this as he looks at FDR in The Mantle of Command: FDR at War, 1941-1942.My conversation with Nigel Hamilton:  

Hi my name is Noel Bell and today I am chatting to Nigel Hamilton director of the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education (or CCPE) about the Dream Research Institute (or DRI). Launched in September 2012, the DRI is provided by the CCPE to promote research into the connection between dreams and well being from a spiritual perspective. The Institute supports and archives a synergy of research to advance our understanding of dreams. I recently met Nigel at the CCPE in London. Since its establishment in 1984, CCPE have grown to be the largest training centre for transpersonal psychotherapy in the UK, occupying a five storey Regency building on the banks of the Grand Union Canal in Little Venice. Noel Bell is available for both short and long term psychotherapy or counselling in London. I can see clients in Sydenham, SE26, serving Crystal Palace, Penge and Dulwich, (see here for more details: http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/counsellors/noel-bell?uqs=759514 ) or Paddington, West London, serving St Johns Wood, Marylebone and Bayswater, (see here for more details: http://noelbell.net/counselling-london/counselling-paddington/ ). Call me on 07852 407140 to discuss how we could work together.

Noel chats to Rev Donald Reeves, CCPE Director Nigel Hamilton, ex Caravan Co-ordinator Alan Pimentel and UPS HR Director Frank Becker at the 30th anniversery garden party of the Caravan Counselling drop-in centre in St James's Piccadilly.

http://goo.gl/eH7A7 ;Historians labeled "The Kennedys" miniseries as fiction yet actor Greg Kinnear, who plays JFK in the production, defended its accuracy. Contact Greg Kinnear's Publicist Liz Mahoney at lmahoney@id-pr.com and tell her that political smears are not something to be proud of. Be polite in your correspondence but make your concerns known.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss biography which sells more books now than ever before; last year people in this country spent 115 million pounds on 12 and a half million copies of biographies. And it's not just in Britain that life stories are popular; the United States Library of Congress found recently that in the previous six months more people had read a biography than any other kind of book. But what drives this fascination in the lives of others; lives which have often long since passed. Why do the literary studies of often long dead characters make such popular books? And what is the role of the biographer who provides that account? Truthful chronicler, or inevitably biased re-inventor?With Richard Holmes, writer, biographer and the author of Sidetracks:Explorations of a Romantic Biographer; Nigel Hamilton, biographer, Director of the British Institute of Biography and Professor of Biography, De Montfort University, Leicester; Amanda Foreman, biographer of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss biography which sells more books now than ever before; last year people in this country spent 115 million pounds on 12 and a half million copies of biographies. And it’s not just in Britain that life stories are popular; the United States Library of Congress found recently that in the previous six months more people had read a biography than any other kind of book. But what drives this fascination in the lives of others; lives which have often long since passed. Why do the literary studies of often long dead characters make such popular books? And what is the role of the biographer who provides that account? Truthful chronicler, or inevitably biased re-inventor?With Richard Holmes, writer, biographer and the author of Sidetracks:Explorations of a Romantic Biographer; Nigel Hamilton, biographer, Director of the British Institute of Biography and Professor of Biography, De Montfort University, Leicester; Amanda Foreman, biographer of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss biography which sells more books now than ever before; last year people in this country spent 115 million pounds on 12 and a half million copies of biographies. And it’s not just in Britain that life stories are popular; the United States Library of Congress found recently that in the previous six months more people had read a biography than any other kind of book. But what drives this fascination in the lives of others; lives which have often long since passed. Why do the literary studies of often long dead characters make such popular books? And what is the role of the biographer who provides that account? Truthful chronicler, or inevitably biased re-inventor?With Richard Holmes, writer, biographer and the author of Sidetracks:Explorations of a Romantic Biographer; Nigel Hamilton, biographer, Director of the British Institute of Biography and Professor of Biography, De Montfort University, Leicester; Amanda Foreman, biographer of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.