The Epistemic Alchemy Podcast

Good Theories Require Good Metatheories

What would it take for educational research to serve both truth and welfare? In this episode, Jean-Luc Patry (professor emeritus of educational research, University of Sa

Beyond Journal Prestige: Rebuilding Peer Review and Scholarly Publishing

In this episode of Epistemic Alchemy, Mohammed Raei speaks with neuroscientist Dr. Björn Brembs about the limits of journal prestige, impact factors, and conventional pee

Beyond Fragmentation: Gabriele Bammer on Building Integration and Implementation Sciences

Episode description In this episode of the Epistemic Alchemy Podcast, Dr. Mohammed Raei speaks with Professor Gabriele Bammer, a leading figure in transdisciplinary resea

Meta Studies, Meta Crisis, and the Future of Big-Picture Thinking — A Conversation with Mark Edwards

What is meta — and why might it matter more than ever? In this wide-ranging conversation, I speak with Dr. Mark Edwards, meta-theorist and former Associate Professor at

Rigor with Vigor: Dancing Scholarship into Being with Celeste Snowber

This episode of Epistemic Alchemy features Dr. Celeste Snowber—dancer, poet, scholar, and pioneer in embodied and arts-based inquiry. In conversation with host Dr. Mohamm

Design Thinking as a Way of Being

In this episode, Dr. Mohammed Raei welcomes Dr. Dani Chesson, organizational and behavioral scientist, adjunct professor at the University of Denver, and founder of the D

Making Theory Contributions Clear: Martin Kilduff on Philosophy of Science and Scholarship

This podcast episode features Dr. Martin Kilduff, Professor of Organizations and Innovation at UCL School of Management, in conversation with Dr. Mohammed Raei. The dialo

The Space Between: Relational Cultural Theory and the Art of Connection

In this episode of the Epistemic Alchemy Podcast, host Dr. Mohammed Raei is joined by Dr. Ileya N. Grosman, an artist, scholar, and practitioner whose work bridges leader

Mysticism, Science, and the Mind: A Conversation with Dr. Mike Sosteric

In this provocative and deeply insightful episode of Epistemic Alchemy, host Dr. Mohammed Raei sits down with sociologist and consciousness theorist Dr. Mike Sosteric to

Creativity Doesn’t Happen by Accident: Lessons from Amy Climer

In this engaging episode of the Epistemic Alchemy Podcast, Dr. Mohammed Raei speaks with Dr. Amy Climer, creativity expert, speaker, and author of the bestselling book De

The Ethical Use of AI in Research.

In this thought-provoking episode of the Epistemic Alchemy Podcast, host Dr. Mohammed Raei welcomes Dr. Philip Adu, a leading expert in research methodology and founder o

Feminist Constructivist Grounded Theory

In this profound episode of Epistemic Alchemy, Dr. Mohammed Raei is joined by Dr. Lynn Horan—scholar, coach, and former Protestant clergy—to explore her pioneering resear

Trauma Informed Research

In this powerful episode of the Epistemic Alchemy Podcast, Dr. I interviewed Dr. Kader Gumus, an independent consultant and trauma-informed researcher, about her pioneeri

Metamodern Scholarship

In this episode, I interview Dr. Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm where we discuss metamodernism and metamodern scholarship:   *The different strands of metamodernism and i

Roy Bhaskar's Critical Realism and the crisis of replication in psychology

In this episode, I interview Dr Rob Archer and we talk about Roy Bhaskar’s critical realism and how it deals with the crisis of replication.   *What is critical realism

Editing Academic Anthologies

In this episode, I interview Dr. Stacey Guenther and Dr. Lisa Berkley and we discuss our experience of editing an academic anthology together. *The challenges of editing

Indigenous scholarship, decolonizing, and the authentic dissertation.

In this episode, I interviewed Four Arrows, who was selected by AERO as one of 27 visionaries in education and is recipient of a Martin Springer Institute Moral Courage A

Mastering the Dissertation: Overcoming Literature Review Challenges

In this episode of the Epistemic Alchemy podcast, join Dr. Mohamed Raei as he engages in an enlightening conversation with Dr. Harriet Terber Rasmussen, a seasoned leader

Intersubjectivity, transdiciplairity, and dynamic skills

In this episode: *History of intersubjectivity *What is intersubjectivity and how does it relate to phenomenology and social construction? *How can one use intersubjec

Transdisciplinary -Integralist Scholarship

In this episode I interviewed Dr. Jonathan Reams, PhD. We had a lively discussion about Integralism, transdisciplinary scholarship and his experience as a scholar and edi