WORLDS BEYOND – A Contemporary exploration of more-than-human minds and our place in the cosmos
A Five-Part Series with leading UAP experts curated and hosted by Àlex Gómez-Marín
WORLDS BEYOND is a conversation series bringing together leading experts in Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). This interdisciplinary dialogue spans neuroscience, astronomy, the history of religions, entrepreneurial disruptive technologies, psychical research, anthropology, journalism, and politics.
By bridging these diverse fields, the series seeks to challenge our conventional understanding of perception, mind, and the nature of reality. Through in-depth discussions with top thinkers, WORLDS BEYOND offers a fresh perspective on the profound mysteries surrounding consciousness and non-human intelligence.
At its core, the series confronts some of humanity’s most fundamental questions: Who are we? Are we alone in the universe? Are other minds already present among us? By examining the intersection of scientific inquiry, historical wisdom, and emerging technological advancements, WORLDS BEYOND invites audiences to reconsider their assumptions about sentience and the cosmos.
Join the series to challenge, explore and expand your ways of thinking about our place in the universe.
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Ticket Options:
Bundle for the five-part series
£49.75
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£39.75
Individual tickets
£12.75
Note: All bookings will receive a RECORDING
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Broad Format:
A live online event with five sessions spread over April through to July 2025. Each session will consist of a 60 minute conversation between each guest and the host Àlex Gómez-Marín, followed by 30 minutes of Q&A from the audience. Please note: All series event times are UK, BST and will take place from 7:30 – 9PM.
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About the Host
Àlex Gómez-Marín (Barcelona, 1981) is a Spanish scientist, with PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Barcelona (cum laude by unanimity and Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award in 2009). He currently holds the position of Associate Professor of Neuroscience at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).
He holds a bachelor’s degree in physics, a masters in biophysics, and since his PhD has been a postdoctoral research fellow at the Systems Biology Unit of the EMBL-CRG Center for Genomic Regulation and at the Neuroscience Programme of the Champalimaud Center for the Unknown in Lisbon. Since 2016, he has been the director of the Organism Behavior Laboratory at the Institute of Neuroscience in Alicante, (where he is currently an associate professor at CSIC. Since 2022, Alex is also the director of the Pari Center in Tuscany, Italy, a center for the exploration of the intersection of science, art, and the sacred.
Alex’s research encompasses the origins of the arrow of time (inert matter), neuroethological principles of action and perception across species from flies and worms to mice and humans (living matter), and robotic and artificial intelligence applied to human stupidity (so-called artificial life & mind).
Alex had a near-death experience in March of 2021. He then decided to devote his research efforts to the scientific study of human minds in the real world, concentrating on what he calls the edges of consciousness – a wild, weird, wonderful field where great enigma meets gross stigma. In 2023 he was awarded the first Linda G O’Bryant Noetic Sciences Research Prize. In 2024 Alex was selected as one of the world’s most inspiring people by OOOM 100. He has recently been nominated as one of ten revolutionary scientists by Feed Your Head.
Since 2005, Alex has published about one hundred research articles which have been cited over four thousand times in total. Alex has given countless talks and interviews too. You can find most of his material here: https://behavior-of-organisms.org/
Alex lives in sunny Alicante, Spain, with his wife, two daughters, and a cat.
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About the series speakers:
Session One – April 28 – Julia Mossbridge
THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE – If you buy the bundle you will receive the recording to this event.
Dr Mossbridge is co-founder and Board Chair of the 501c3 nonprofit TILT: The Institute for Love and Time, Senior Distinguished Fellow in Human Potential at Center for the Future Mind (Florida Atlantic University), a member of the Alfred Lee Loomis Innovation Council at the Stimson Center, Human Potential Research Lead for The Telepathy Tapes, and the founder of the boutique consultancy, Mossbridge Institute.
Her focus is on teaching and learning about love and time, and she pursues this focus by speaking about love and time, leading projects, conducting research, coaching technology executives and engineers, and writing books and articles.
Julia’s PhD in communication sciences and disorders is from Northwestern University, her MA in neuroscience is from the University of California at San Francisco, and she received her BA with highest honours in neuroscience from Oberlin College. She also invented and patented Choice Compass, a physiologically based decision-making app. A peer reviewer for Brain Research, Psychological Bulletin, Perception, Cognition, PLoS One, Explore, and Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Dr Mossbridge received funding from the National Institutes of Health in her role as post-doctoral member of the psychology department at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.
She is the author of The Calling as well as the co-author of Transcendent Mind: Re-thinking the Science of Consciousness, and The Premonition Code.
Session Two – May 26 – Anna Brady-Estevez
Anna Brady-Estevez earned her PhD in chemical and environmental engineering at Yale University, where she was President of the student government representing the 13 graduate and professional schools. Anna earned a BS in chemical engineering and a BA in Spanish from The Johns Hopkins University. At Hopkins she was a captain, MVP, and university record holder for the varsity cross country and track teams. Anna enjoys using her knowledge of several languages for both community service and travel.
At the National Science Foundation, Anna directs the Small Business and Innovative Research (SBIR) national portfolio and investments in Chemical, Environmental, and Distributed Ledger (Blockchain, DAGs) innovations. The NSF’s investments are at the earliest stages and are comprised of non-dilutive grants, and also include mentoring and networking; the program deploys ~$200M annually.
Previously, Anna was Director of Corporate Strategy at Cummins Inc, a corporation of complementary business units that design, manufacture, distribute, and service diesel and natural gas engines and related technologies. Prior to Cummins she was a Consultant with the Boston Consulting Group and a venture partner at the international investment firm 4-Innovation. 4-Innovation’s purpose is to seek innovative technology in countries with high industrial scientific output: Israel, Singapore, and the USA.
Anna was Director of Strategy at AES Corporation, one of the world’s largest power companies, which owns and operates a portfolio of generation and distribution businesses, from coal to gas to renewables. Before AES, Anna was a Principal at Signal Lake, a venture capital firm focusing on technically innovative solutions to customer challenges in software, telecom, data storage, advanced materials, and energy.
Before her investing career, Anna was a National Science Foundation Fellow at Yale University. Her work focused on nanotechnology and advanced materials for cleantech applications. Through this research and peer-reviewed publications, Anna developed a carbon nanotube (CNT)-based hybrid filter for a low-cost, low-energy, filtration system which achieves high viral and bacterial pathogen removal from water. This CNT-hybrid filter may also serve as enabling technology for other separations processes spanning foods, fuels, chemicals and biomedicals.
Session Three – June 23 – Diana Pasulka
Dr Diana Pasulka, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW), bridges the gap between religious studies, technological advancements, and the enigmatic realm of UFO phenomena (now called UAP). Her work transcends academic boundaries, captivating audiences through insightful publications, media appearances, and thought-provoking lectures.
Dr Pasulka’s research focuses on religion, technology, and emerging religious movements. She has authored a series of acclaimed books, including: American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, and Technology (2019), which explores the convergence of these themes, receiving critical acclaim from major publications like Vice, Vox, Fox News, and The Los Angeles Review of Books; Heaven Can Wait: Purgatory in Catholic Devotional and Popular Culture (2014), delving into Catholic traditions; Encounters: Experiences with Nonhuman Intelligences (2024), exploring the nature of unexplained experiences.
Beyond these books, which receive exceptional reviews on Amazon, her published articles and book chapters delve into topics ranging from historical examinations of 19th-century Western American children’s literature of the afterlife to contemporary phenomenon of human-technology integration.
Dr Pasulka’s research extends to popular media. She has appeared on popular podcasts like The Joe Rogan Experience, Lex Fridman, Mysterious Universe, and Vox Media’s Ezra Klein Show. She translates complex ideas for diverse audiences; international presentations; including a talk at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. A list of her course offerings is here: https://dwpasulka-courses.teachable.com/p/home .
Dr Pasulka’s knowledge also extends into the world of visual media. She served as a consultant for film and television productions, including The Conjouring (2013), and most recently, as a consulting producer for the Emmy Nominated Netflix Docuseries Encounters (on Netflix). Her insights were also featured in the highly anticipated JJ Abrams-produced docuseries UFO.
Dr Pasulka’s research delves into the vast spectrum from Catholic history to modern-day reports of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs) and UFOs. In cooperation with the Vatican Apostolic Archive, she organised the translation into English of the canonization records for Saint Joseph of Cupertino, a revered 17th-century Italian saint known for his alleged levitation abilities. This work provides valuable insights into Catholic history and underscores Dr Pasulka’s commitment to bridging the gap between the past and present.
Session Four – July 21 – Beatriz Villarroel
Beatriz Villarroel holds a PhD in astronomy from Uppsala University in Sweden and works as an Assistant Professor at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics in Stockholm. She completed her joint international postdoctoral research between NORDITA and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias. She is of Swedish nationality but has Spanish ancestry, as one of her grandparents was among the children evacuated to the Soviet Union during the Spanish Civil War.
Throughout her career, she has received several awards for her work, including the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science award in 2022 in the International Rising Talents category. She has published articles in prestigious scientific journals such as Astronomical Journal, Astrophysical Journal, Nature Physics, and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. She has also been a speaker at one of the popular TEDx Talks, where she captivated the audience with her wit and intelligence in her presentation Why We Should Search for Alien Artifacts.
Recently, she was appointed a member of the Advisory Board of the SOL Foundation, a newly established institute aiming to become a leading research center for UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) studies. The foundation seeks to conduct well-funded, cutting-edge academic research on the phenomenon and its broad implications.
In her inaugural lecture, which took place last November at Stanford University, she gave a talk on two projects she leads, VASCO and EXOPROBE, which have gained her recognition and represent the implementation of innovative and imaginative approaches to studying the phenomenon.
Session Five – August 25 – Chrissy Newton
Chrissy is a TV host, writer and podcaster on Science, Technology and Culture. With an eye on the cosmos, the world beyond our own has always been a fascination for her. From UFOs, and astronomy to ancient civilizations – her curiosity is as limitless as the universe. By day she’s an owner of VOCAB Communications and an award-winning PR professional with a knack for getting people talking and by night she hosts and produces a space, science, futurism and UFO- themed video and audio podcast called Rebelliously Curious with Chrissy Newton for a science and space news website called The Debrief.
Chrissy has appeared on History, eTalk, HGTV, NewsNation, Dash Radio, Newstalk1010, Marketing Magazine, and numerous other media outlets.
While recently becoming a host on Alien Encounters: Fact or Fiction airing on Discovery Plus and HBO/Max.
Additionally, she serves as a Partner, writer, and Director of PR for The Debrief and recent winner of The Canadian Podcast Awards for Best Science Series. You can go to chrissynewton.com to learn more.
TICKETS
Please note: This event is NOT part of the SMN Season Ticket.
All bookings will receive a RECORDING of the sessions they have purchased
Speakers
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Àlex Gómez-MarínPhD in Theoretical Physics and Associate Professor of NeuroscienceÀlex Gómez-Marín (Barcelona, 1981) is a Spanish scientist, a theoretical physicist turned neuroscientist investigating human consciousness.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in physics, a masters in biophysics, and a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Barcelona (cum laude by unanimity and Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award in 2009). He was then a postdoctoral research fellow at the Systems Biology Unit of the EMBL-CRG Center for Genomic Regulation and at the Neuroscience Programme of the Champalimaud Center for the Unknown in Lisbon. Since 2016, he has been the director of the Organism Behavior Laboratory at the Institute of Neuroscience in Alicante, where he is currently an associate professor at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). Since 2022, Alex is also the director of the Pari Center in Tuscany, Italy, a center for the exploration of the intersection of science, art, and the sacred.
Alex’s research encompasses the origins of the arrow of time (inert matter), neuroethological principles of action and perception across species from flies and worms to mice and humans (living matter), and robotic and artificial intelligence applied to human stupidity (so-called artificial life & mind).
Alex had a near-death experience in March of 2021. He then decided to devote his research efforts to the scientific study of human minds in the real world, concentrating on what he calls “the edges” of consciousness – a wild, weird, wonderful field where great enigma meets gross stigma. In 2023 he was awarded the first Linda G O’Bryant Noetic Sciences Research Prize. In 2024 Alex was selected as one of the world’s most inspiring people by OOOM 100. He has recently been nominated as one of ten revolutionary scientists by Feed Your Head.
Since 2005, Alex has published about one hundred research articles which have been cited over four thousand times in total. Alex has given countless talks and interviews too. You can find most of his material here: https://behavior-of-organisms.org/
Alex lives in sunny Alicante, Spain, with his wife, two daughters, and a cat.
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Beatriz VillarroelAstrophysics, Astronomy ProfessorBeatriz Villarroel holds a PhD in astronomy from Uppsala University in Sweden and works as an Assistant Professor at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics in Stockholm. She completed her joint international postdoctoral research between NORDITA and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias. She is of Swedish nationality but has Spanish ancestry, as one of her grandparents was among the children evacuated to the Soviet Union during the Spanish Civil War.
Throughout her career, she has received several awards for her work, including the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science award in 2022 in the International Rising Talents category. She has published articles in prestigious scientific journals such as Astronomical Journal, Astrophysical Journal, Nature Physics, and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. She has also been a speaker at one of the popular TEDx Talks, where she captivated the audience with her wit and intelligence in her presentation Why We Should Search for Alien Artifacts.
Recently, she was appointed a member of the Advisory Board of the SOL Foundation, a newly established institute aiming to become a leading research center for UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) studies. The foundation seeks to conduct well-funded, cutting-edge academic research on the phenomenon and its broad implications.
In her inaugural lecture, which took place last November at Stanford University, she gave a talk on two projects she leads, VASCO and EXOPROBE, which have gained her recognition and represent the implementation of innovative and imaginative approaches to studying the phenomenon.
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Diana PasulkaReligious Studies Scholar, Writer, ProfessorDr Diana Pasulka, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW), bridges the gap between religious studies, technological advancements, and the enigmatic realm of UFO phenomena (now called UAP). Her work transcends academic boundaries, captivating audiences through insightful publications, media appearances, and thought-provoking lectures.
Dr Pasulka’s research focuses on religion, technology, and emerging religious movements. She has authored a series of acclaimed books, including: American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, and Technology (2019), which explores the convergence of these themes, receiving critical acclaim from major publications like Vice, Vox, Fox News, and The Los Angeles Review of Books; Heaven Can Wait: Purgatory in Catholic Devotional and Popular Culture (2014), delving into Catholic traditions; Encounters: Experiences with Nonhuman Intelligences (2024), exploring the nature of unexplained experiences.
Beyond these books, which receive exceptional reviews on Amazon, her published articles and book chapters delve into topics ranging from historical examinations of 19th-century Western American children’s literature of the afterlife to contemporary phenomenon of human-technology integration.
Dr Pasulka’s research extends to popular media. She has appeared on popular podcasts like The Joe Rogan Experience, Lex Fridman, Mysterious Universe, and Vox Media’s Ezra Klein Show. She translates complex ideas for diverse audiences; international presentations; including a talk at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. A list of her course offerings is here: https://dwpasulka-courses.teachable.com/p/home .
Dr Pasulka’s knowledge also extends into the world of visual media. She served as a consultant for film and television productions, including The Conjouring (2013), and most recently, as a consulting producer for the Emmy Nominated Netflix Docuseries Encounters (on Netflix). Her insights were also featured in the highly anticipated JJ Abrams-produced docuseries UFO.
Dr Pasulka’s research delves into the vast spectrum from Catholic history to modern-day reports of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs) and UFOs. In cooperation with the Vatican Apostolic Archive, she organised the translation into English of the canonization records for Saint Joseph of Cupertino, a revered 17th-century Italian saint known for his alleged levitation abilities. This work provides valuable insights into Catholic history and underscores Dr Pasulka’s commitment to bridging the gap between the past and present.
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Anna Brady-EstevezEngineer, Science and Technology Funder, Frontier Science PodcasterAnna Brady-Estevez earned her PhD in chemical and environmental engineering at Yale University, where she was President of the student government representing the 13 graduate and professional schools. Anna earned a BS in chemical engineering and a BA in Spanish from The Johns Hopkins University. At Hopkins she was a captain, MVP, and university record holder for the varsity cross country and track teams. Anna enjoys using her knowledge of several languages for both community service and travel.
At the National Science Foundation, Anna directs the Small Business and Innovative Research (SBIR) national portfolio and investments in Chemical, Environmental, and Distributed Ledger (Blockchain, DAGs) innovations. The NSF’s investments are at the earliest stages and are comprised of non-dilutive grants, and also include mentoring and networking; the program deploys ~$200M annually.
Previously, Anna was Director of Corporate Strategy at Cummins Inc, a corporation of complementary business units that design, manufacture, distribute, and service diesel and natural gas engines and related technologies. Prior to Cummins she was a Consultant with the Boston Consulting Group and a venture partner at the international investment firm 4-Innovation. 4-Innovation’s purpose is to seek innovative technology in countries with high industrial scientific output: Israel, Singapore, and the USA.
Anna was Director of Strategy at AES Corporation, one of the world’s largest power companies, which owns and operates a portfolio of generation and distribution businesses, from coal to gas to renewables. Before AES, Anna was a Principal at Signal Lake, a venture capital firm focusing on technically innovative solutions to customer challenges in software, telecom, data storage, advanced materials, and energy.
Before her investing career, Anna was a National Science Foundation Fellow at Yale University. Her work focused on nanotechnology and advanced materials for cleantech applications. Through this research and peer-reviewed publications, Anna developed a carbon nanotube (CNT)-based hybrid filter for a low-cost, low-energy, filtration system which achieves high viral and bacterial pathogen removal from water. This CNT-hybrid filter may also serve as enabling technology for other separations processes spanning foods, fuels, chemicals and biomedicals.
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Julia MossbridgeExperimental Psychologist, Cognitive NeuroscientistDr Mossbridge is co-founder and Board Chair of the 501c3 nonprofit TILT: The Institute for Love and Time, Senior Distinguished Fellow in Human Potential at Center for the Future Mind (Florida Atlantic University), a member of the Alfred Lee Loomis Innovation Council at the Stimson Center, Human Potential Research Lead for The Telepathy Tapes, and the founder of the boutique consultancy, Mossbridge Institute.
Her focus is on teaching and learning about love and time, and she pursues this focus by speaking about love and time, leading projects, conducting research, coaching technology executives and engineers, and writing books and articles.
Julia’s PhD in communication sciences and disorders is from Northwestern University, her MA in neuroscience is from the University of California at San Francisco, and she received her BA with highest honours in neuroscience from Oberlin College. She also invented and patented Choice Compass, a physiologically based decision-making app. A peer reviewer for Brain Research, Psychological Bulletin, Perception, Cognition, PLoS One, Explore, and Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Dr Mossbridge received funding from the National Institutes of Health in her role as post-doctoral member of the psychology department at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.
She is the author of The Calling as well as the co-author of Transcendent Mind: Re-thinking the Science of Consciousness, and The Premonition Code.
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Chrissy NewtonTV Host, Writer and Podcaster on Science, Technology and CultureWith an eye on the cosmos, the world beyond our own has always been a fascination for Chrissy. From UFOs, and astronomy to ancient civilizations – her curiosity is as limitless as the universe. By day she’s an owner of VOCAB Communications and an award-winning PR professional with a knack for getting people talking and by night she hosts and produces a space, science, futurism and UFO-themed video and audio podcast called Rebelliously Curious with Chrissy Newton for a science and space news website called The Debrief.
Chrissy has appeared on History, eTalk, HGTV, NewsNation, Dash Radio, Newstalk1010, Marketing Magazine, and numerous other media outlets. While recently becoming a host on Alien Encounters: Fact or Fiction airing on Discovery Plus and HBO/Max.
Additionally, she serves as a Partner, writer, and Director of PR for The Debrief and recent winner of The Canadian Podcast Awards for Best Science Series. You can go to chrissynewton.com to learn more.
