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In this closing episode of The Great Unlearn, Brian Costello, author of The Primordial Code, joins us for an intimate conversation about the dark night of the soul — the place where we meet our deepest truths and remember who we really are beneath the roles, expectations, and conditioning of the world around us. We explore themes from Brian's novel and the journey of awakening it portrays. This episode is a potent reflection on the very heart of The Great Unlearn: finding our way back to ourselves. Thank you for being here. It's been an honor to share this journey with you, and I'm excited for all that we get to create onward. Watch This Episode on YouTube Connect with Brian: The Primordial Code Instagram Connect with Cal: UNLEARN Book Instagram Facebook YouTube Website Check out all of the amazing discounts from our Sponsors

Lennie Moreno, founder and designer of Place of Elms, speaks to the importance of exercising our critical thought and trusting our own discernment in a world constantly guiding us toward what to think, consume, and believe. Through Place of Elms, Lennie created an embodied expression of “wearing” his values. As both a creative and a seeker of truth, he built this brand as a daily practice of integrity. Watch This Episode on YouTube Connect with Lennie: Place of Elms Instagram Connect with Cal: UNLEARN Book Instagram Facebook YouTube Website Check out all of the amazing discounts from our Sponsors

UNLEARN isn’t about fixing yourself. It’s about freeing yourself. It’s about meeting your life with honesty and realizing that even in the messy, uncertain, uncomfortable seasons, you may not be broken at all; you may simply be remembering who you are. In this conversation, led by my close brother Adam Schell, I share the deeply personal process behind my first book, UNLEARN: Letting Go Of Who You Never Were To Become Everything You Already Are, and the emotional and relational repercussions of placing impossible expectations on myself and chasing external success in order to feel worthy. I share what it looked like to peel back the identities, patterns, and beliefs I didn’t even realize I was carrying — and what happened when the life I had built stopped making sense. Watch This Episode on YouTube Connect with Cal: UNLEARN Book Instagram Facebook YouTube Website Check out all of the amazing discounts from our Sponsors

Michael Trainer, author of Resonance: The Art and Science of Human Connection, illuminates one of the greatest pandemics of our time: loneliness. Michael shares his deeply healing journey with human connection after being jumped by a gang early in life and developing an intense fear of others — a wound that eventually became one of his greatest gifts in learning how to truly relate. In a world filled with technology and endless approximations of connection, we explore why loneliness is actually intensifying. We unpack the quality of online relationships, the importance of long-term connection, and the growing body of research showing that our happiness is deeply tied to the quality of our closest long-term relationships. Watch This Episode on YouTube Resources: Resonance: The Art and Science of Human Connection Alive Inside documentary Connect with Michael: Instagram Website Resonance, The Art and Science of Human Connection Connect with Cal: UNLEARN Book Instagram Facebook YouTube Website Check out all of the amazing discounts from our Sponsors

Chase Hughes returns for another round, joined by Adam Schell, for a wide-ranging conversation on what “awakening” actually points to. We’ve come to realize that maybe it’s less about feeling better and more about seeing clearly once illusions fall away. We explore how much of our suffering comes from taking too seriously what was meant for play, reflect on parenting in an age of conflicting information, question the idea that the news is more theater than truth, and touch on the edges of human potential that science can’t yet fully explain. Watch This Episode on YouTube Referenced: Nephilim Death Squad Podcast Connect with Chase: Website Instagram YouTube Connect with Adam: Website Instagram Podcast YouTube Connect with Cal UNLEARN Book Instagram Facebook YouTube Website Check out all of the amazing discounts from our Sponsors: https://www.thegreatunlearn.com/discountcodes

We’ll always have blind spots. We won’t reach some final state of being healed. But we can continue to see more clearly, relate more honestly, open ourselves to new ways of connecting, and live more fully in our body. David Sutcliffe, emotional and relational mastery guide, speaks to the idea that transformation isn’t about fixing or arriving, but rather about becoming more fully embodied over time. At the heart of this episode is an invitation. To simply inhabit your experience more fully and honestly you. Watch This Episode on YouTube Connect with David Website Instagram YouTube Masterclass: Awaken Your Masculine Authority and Learn to Lead Connect with Cal UNLEARN Book Instagram Facebook YouTube Website Check out all of the amazing discounts from our Sponsors: https://www.thegreatunlearn.com/discountcodes

Alex Sachon is an esoteric philosopher who is deeply attuned to the rhythms shaping geopolitics. In this conversation, we explore the core ideas behind his book The Coming World Nation: Why Global Government is Inevitable. We’re living through a period of global transition. As systems shift, so does our understanding of reality itself. From the emergence of UFO phenomena to a broader reorientation toward spiritual law, Alex invites a deeper question: are we being guided out of purely material frameworks and into something far more expansive and supportive? Watch This Episode on YouTube Connect with Alex The Coming World Nation The Wisdom Tradition podcast The Wisdom Tradition substack Connect with Adam BRAINSUPREME Episode 127 on The Great Unlearn Episode 197 on The Great Unlearn Connect with Cal Instagram Facebook YouTube Website Check out all of the amazing discounts from our Sponsors: https://www.thegreatunlearn.com/discountcodes

Alec Zeck, host of The Way Forward, joins for a deep dive exploring the nature of viruses and the body’s innate intelligence to adapt and heal in relation to our state of wellbeing, something that is ultimately our responsibility and can be deeply empowering. We unpack what it actually means to “catch” a virus in light of current research, and why understanding the body’s self-regulating, self-healing capacity is essential to true vitality. Watch This Episode on YouTube Confluence, use code UNLEARN Alec’s Instagram The Way Forward Podcast Website The Way Forward Instagram YouTube Connect with Cal Instagram Facebook YouTube Website Check out all of the amazing discounts from our Sponsors: https://www.thegreatunlearn.com/discountcodes

Hapa Lomi is a high-touch bodywork experience designed by Kyle Coursey to help the body process pain and restore coherence between mind and body. Rooted in the belief that we are the architects of both our suffering, and our healing, Kyle’s work focuses on feeding integrity over distortion through extended sessions with consistent touch lasting up to 10 hours. In this episode, Luke Storey and I share our personal experiences and transformations from this deeply immersive work. Watch This Episode on YouTube Connect with Kyle Hapa Lomi Instagram The Reset Instagram Connect with Luke The Life Stylist Podcast Instagram YouTube Website Connect with Cal Instagram Facebook YouTube Website Check out all of the amazing discounts from our Sponsors: https://www.thegreatunlearn.com/discountcodes

Bo Staloch is a 20-year-old singer-songwriter exploring the highs and lows of being alive. From failing a songwriting course to seeing that same song reach over 4 million listens, he shares how trusting his inner pull matters more than external opinion. In a raw conversation about coming down from touring and success, Bo reflects on the quieter, in-between moments — and how music becomes a way to heal, process emotion, and stay connected to what’s real. By staying true to himself within the industry, he lets the rhythm of real life guide both his art and the work he offers the world. Watch This Episode on YouTube Referenced: Bo on Audiotree Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvWAogCnqVE Connect with Bo: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bostaloch/ Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/bo-staloch/1698048247 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EtiCherSxAKu7mnbU8Poh?autoplay=true Website: https://www.bostaloch.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bostaloch Connect with Cal: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cal.callahan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegreatunlearn YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/thegreatunlearn/ Website: https://www.thegreatunlearn.com

As we step into a new year, I wanted to pause and pay gratitude to the incredible guests who joined me on The Great Unlearn in 2025. Each conversation carried depth from lived experience, from truth-telling and vulnerability to curiosity and courage, each guests showed up fully to share their unlearning moments. I also want to thank you, our Unlearn community, the ones who return week after week, who sit with these conversations and reflect just as deeply. Thank you for walking this path with me. Excited to see what we create in 2026! Watch This Episode on YouTube [1:28] 181. One Month Alone in the Dark: A Journey into Presence with Andrew Holecek [14:04] 184. The Upside Down Paradigm: Turning Science Inside Out with Mark Gober [27:26] 185. Story as Reality: Reclaiming Your Inner Authority with Filmmaker Ben Stewart [38:04] 188. The Ammortal Chamber: Science and Spirit of Healing with Co-Founder Brian Le Gette [51:31] 189. Moving Beyond Your Blocks: Emma Dunwoody on Transformational Human Design [59:16] 190. HRV: The Key to Slow Aging and Increase Vitality with Salim Najjar [01:07:43] 192. Quest Nutrition Co-Founder Tom Bilyeu on Living in Growth Mindset and The Only Belief That Matters [01:16:21] 193. Awakening to the Dream: Toltec Teachings for Life in Flow with Joel Schafer [01:29:33] 195. Why Are We Here? A Roundtable on Consciousness, Choice, and The Human Experiment with Alec Zeck, Joel Schafer, and Mark Gober [01:39:00] 197. Brainwashing & Influence: What Breaks the Human Will, What Restores It & The Future of Ethical Persuasion with Chase Hughes and Adam Schell Connect with Cal: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cal.callahan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegreatunlearn YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/thegreatunlearn/ Website: https://www.thegreatunlearn.com

As we step into a new year, I wanted to pause and pay gratitude to the incredible guests who joined me on The Great Unlearn in 2025. Each conversation carried depth from lived experience, from truth-telling and vulnerability to curiosity and courage, each guests showed up fully to share their unlearning moments. I also want to thank you, our Unlearn community, the ones who return week after week, who sit with these conversations and reflect just as deeply. Thank you for walking this path with me. Excited to see what we create in 2026! Watch This Episode on YouTube [1:28] 166. Training for Life with Opscotch Founder & RBC GranFondo Runner Matt Christopherson [12:42] 167. Behavioral Expert Chase Hughes on The Art of Influence: From Military Intelligence to Mind Mastery [25:12] 169. The 90-Day Alcohol-Free Blueprint: James Swanwick on 15 Years of Clarity & Health [39:47] 170. Marianne Williamson on The Mystic Jesus and Unlocking More Miracles Through Free Will and Prayer [52:16] 171. Christ Over Doctrine: Alex Wolfe on Reclaiming a Heart-Led Path [1:07:02] 172. The Midlife Male MAP: Mastering the Middle Years with Greg Scheinman [1:17:10] 173. Unraveling the Victim, Villain, Hero Loop: Tah and Kole Whitty of The Condor Approach [1:27:53] 175. "I Don’t Believe in Astrology": Debra Silverman on The High Road of Astrology, The Soul’s Agreement, and Human Acceptance [1:36:33] 179. 110 Days Through Antarctica: Akshay Nanavati on Fearvana & the Sacred Path of Suffering Connect with Cal: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cal.callahan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegreatunlearn YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/thegreatunlearn/ Website: https://www.thegreatunlearn.com

I recently joined Preston Douglas Boyer on his Liquid Life podcast for a wide-open, deep dive into my experience of waking up to what truly matters in my life. It gave me the chance to share my unfiltered truth in a big way. We explore my evolution and lessons as a father, my path through psychedelics, and how all of it weaves together to support a new way of being in the world. So if you’re unlearning the roles you once held and feeling the pull toward a new identity, I hope you’ll listen in. Resources Watch This Episode on YouTube Connect with Douglas: Douglas' Instagram Liquid Life Instagram Liquid Life Podcast Liquid Life YouTube Preston Douglas Boyer Art Connect with Cal: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cal.callahan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegreatunlearn YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/thegreatunlearn/ Website: https://www.thegreatunlearn.com Sponsors: BERSKI: Use code UNLEARN for the best holistic, nutrient-dense meat sticks in the game Check out all of the amazing discounts from our Sponsors

Chase Hughes has spent decades studying human behavior, influence, profiling, and covert mind-control tactics — working at the intersection of psychology, military intelligence, and persuasion science. We explore what makes someone easy to influence, manipulate, or control, and how can we flip that script. Because the same blueprint used to break down a person’s will can also be used to rebuild sovereignty and create healing instead of harm. Watch This Episode on YouTube Resources: Unrestricted Warfare: China's Master Plan to Destroy America Every PSYOP Will Become Obvious Connect with Chase: Website Instagram YouTube Connect with Adam: Website Instagram Podcast YouTube Connect with Cal: Instagram TikTok Facebook YouTube Website Subscribe to the newsletter Sponsors: BERSKI: Use code UNLEARN for the best holistic, nutrient-dense meat sticks in the game Check out all of the amazing discounts from our Sponsors

Mike Cardamone is a former corporate comedic writer who worked with major household brands, known for bringing unconventional thinking into traditional marketing spaces. Ultimately, his misalignment with the health-propaganda ecosystem and his growing curiosity about alternative healing led him to leave the corporate world in pursuit of deeper truth and personal sovereignty. In this episode, Mike opens up about his journey of radical self-experimentation and what he’s learned by stepping outside conventional frameworks of health and wellness. Watch This Episode on YouTube Connect with Mike: Don’t Slap Snooze YouTube Instagram Connect with Cal: Instagram TikTok Facebook YouTube Website