The Drop the Needle Podcast

Conversations on spirituality, mental health and music with teachers AI summary

Jim Alstott Visit website › Religion & Spirituality · EN · 90 episodes · latest 2026-11-12 · explicit

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The Drop the Needle Podcast is a series of honest, open conversations built around three things that shape how we live: spirituality, mindset, and music. Host Jim Alstott sits down with teachers, healers, doctors, therapists, coaches, and artists to explore the spiritual side of life — and to show that being spiritual isn't "weird," it's human. We get into modalities like meditation, sound healing, and reflective writing, plus traditional and alternative approaches to health and mental health. And because we all carry a soundtrack, every guest shares the songs that shaped them. The goal: take the fear and mystique out of these subjects so you feel free to explore — and show how weaving them into daily life pays off, personally and professionally. New episodes every week. Subscribe and drop the needle with us. Also on YouTube. Guest & business inquiries: jim@dtnpodcast.com

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85: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 85 | Nothing Like We Expected | Joseph Martin E

2026-11-12 · 1 hr 11 min · Episode 85

Joseph Martin coached football and planned his whole life around the NFL. He was the guy with two TVs going on game day. Today he doesn't watch sports at all. Somewhere between the Army, the sidelines and a past life…
84: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 84 | The Tiger of Beijing | Dr. Joy Kong E

2026-11-05 · 1 hr 29 min · Episode 84

Dr. Joy Kong left post-Tiananmen Beijing at 20 with a rejected visa and almost nothing in her pockets. What she did next is something most of us would never try. She opened the Beijing Yellow Pages, found the best…
83: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 83 | His Doctor Said "Hope for the Best." So He Found Another Way | Brad Pitzele E

2026-10-29 · 53 min · Episode 83

Brad Pitzele beat Lyme disease, then autoimmunity, then melanoma. And somewhere in the middle of all that, he stopped just trying to survive and started asking a bigger question: what does the body actually need to…
82: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 82 | He Drowned and Woke Up at the Bottom of the Pool | Thayne Martin E

2026-10-22 · 1 hr 9 min · Episode 82

He drowned in his own pool, woke up on the bottom under a full moon, and came back with an equation for happiness.For years, Thayne Martin looked like a man who had it all figured out: six-time President's Club, top 10%…
81: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 81 | Am I on the Wrong Mountain? | Matt Ludmer

2026-10-15 · 1 hr 16 min · Episode 81

What if you reach the top of your mountain and it turns out to be the wrong one?In 2000, Matt Ludmer and his partner were named the No. 1 producing team at DLJ. He walked up to collect the award, and his very next…
80: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 80 | He Ran for Mayor on Love | Helix Wolfson

2026-10-08 · 1 hr 20 min · Episode 80

What happens when a guy runs for mayor of Los Angeles on a platform of love?Helix Wolfson did exactly that. He legally changed his name to Paul E. Amori, put on a three-piece red suit, and ran for mayor on one question:…
79: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 79 | You're Carrying Energy That Isn't Yours | Connie Smock

2026-10-01 · 1 hr 22 min · Episode 79

How much of what you're carrying is actually yours?Connie Smock, Connie Warrior of Light, is back for her third visit, and this time we get practical. Her book, Shift Your Energy, Change Your Life!, is built around one…
78: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 78 | Joey's Song: He Couldn't Speak. The Music Did. | Mike Gomoll

2026-09-24 · 1 hr 4 min · Episode 78

What does a child who never spoke a word leave behind?Mike Gomoll's son Joey died at five. With Butch Vig, he built Joey's Song: $2 million raised for epilepsy research, zero paid staff. Dravet syndrome, Freezing Man,…
77: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 77 | God Told Me to Make This Record | Drew McManus of Satsang E

2026-09-17 · 1 hr 10 min · Episode 77

Drew McManus learned the word that would become his band's name on a mountain pass in Nepal. It means sitting in the company of truth. He's built ten years and six records on it.The new one is called Elohim, and he…
76: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 76 | Fire, Brimstone and Converse | Rev. Dr. Rob Zahn

2026-09-11 · 1 hr 24 min · Episode 76

What if the sacred and the secular were never two different things to begin with?Rev. Dr. Rob Zahn is a Lutheran pastor, a theologian, a semiotician, and a musician. He wears Converse under his liturgical robes. He also…

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