The Whole Conversation

In this first episode, we explore the powerful invitation to live from unity consciousness. Dr. Robert Atkinson shares insights from The Way of Unity that trace our shared human journey from separation to wholeness—illuminating how myth, meaning, and deep time guide us toward collective awakening. This is the call to remember: Who are we, really, in the larger story of the universe?
Robert Atkinson, Ph.D., author, speaker, and developmental psychologist, is a 2017 Nautilus Book Award winner for The Story of Our Time: From Duality to Interconnectedness to Oneness, and a co-editor of Our Moment of Choice: Evolutionary Visions and Hope for the Future (2020). He is also the founder of One Planet Peace Forum, and StoryCommons, an internationally recognized authority on life story interviewing, a pioneer in the techniques of personal myth making and soul making, and a member of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle, a project of the Source of Synergy Foundation. 
He is the author of nine books, including The Story of Our Time, called “…a must read by the widest of global audiences…” by Michael Bernard Beckwith, and Mystic Journey: Getting to the Heart of Your Soul’s Story (2012), which was called “an exquisite exploration of the spiritual craft of soul-making” by Jean Houston. Of his memoir, Remembering 1969: Searching for the Eternal in Changing Times (2008), Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul, said it was “profound, friendly, inspiring, and nostalgic… I loved it.” He also assisted Babatunde Olatunji with his autobiography, The Beat of My Drum (2005), of which Pete Seeger said, “It is good to have this book, with his words, to tell his story more completely.” 
He received his B.A. in philosophy and American Studies from Southampton College of Long Island University, and an M.A. in American Folk Culture from SUNY, Cooperstown. Then his journeys took him to the Hudson River and a series of adventures, including: sailing on the maiden voyage of the Clearwater with Pete Seeger and his singing crew; attending the Woodstock music festival; living in a cabin in the woods near the Hudson River; visiting Arlo Guthrie at his farm in the Berkshires; having a synchronistic and fateful meeting with Joseph Campbell that became a mentoring relationship; being given a cell in a Franciscan monastery as a guest; and, returning to teach a course at Southampton College, all of which frame his memoir of that period, Remembering 1969.
Following the publication of his first book – Songs of the Open Road: The Poetry of Folk Rock and the Journey of the Hero (1974, out of print, but still around somewhere) – he completed his second master’s at the University of New Hampshire in Counseling, and his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania in cross-cultural human development. He then did a post-doctoral research fellowship in adolescent development at the University of Chicago, which resulted in the publication of The Teenage World (1987), with his mentors.
His books on life storytelling, The Gift of Stories: Practical and Spiritual Applications of Autobiography, Life Stories, and Personal Mythmaking (1995) and The Life Story Interview (1998), have been translated into Japanese, Italian, and Romanian and are widely used in personal growth and life review settings.
He is professor emeritus of cross-cultural human development and religious studies at the University of Southern Maine, and director of Story Commons. At USM, he was the first Diversity Scholar in the College of Education and Human Development (2002-2004) and a co-founding faculty of the Russell Scholars Program and the Religious Studies minor. He has also taught a week long summer course sailing the Maine coast on a traditional schooner. In the fall of 2002, he was a faculty member on the Semester at Sea around the world voyage with 30 other faculty and 600 undergraduates. He has since sailed on Semester at Sea’s Enrichment Voyages a number of times as a workshop leader.
His other interests are photography (his gallery, where he enjoys sharing with others the beauty, mystery, and wonder of the world in which we live, can be seen here), sailing, biking, hiking, and traveling.
The Whole Conversation
A tuning fork for the Unitive Age, The Whole Conversation is where ancient wisdom meets emerging science, and personal awakening ripples into global transformation. Hosted by Dr. Julie Krull—evolutionary leader, spiritual mentor, and soulful disruptor—this show delivers 20-minute microdoses of coherence, resonance, and embodied wholeness for these turbulent times.
From mystics and movement makers to scientists and soul-guides, each episode transmits a pulse from the Field: a sacred remembering that you are not separate—you are part of the Whole.
Rooted in the vision of a conscious, connected future, The Whole Conversation is a proud partner of the Holomovement. Together, we’re not just talking about change—we’re becoming it.

It’s not enough to meditate through the collapse. We need soul-powered action rooted in love. This episode dives into the practical, poetic edge where awakening meets activism. Duane shares insights on simplicity, service, and how to ride the evolutionary edge without falling off the map. This is sacred activism for an unraveling world.
ABOUT DUANE:
Duane Elgin is a futurist, author, and social visionary best known for pioneering the voluntary simplicity movement. He’s the author of The Living Universe, Awakening Earth, and Choosing Earth, and co-director of the Choosing Earth Project. Learn more at duaneelgin.com.
The Whole Conversation
A tuning fork for the Unitive Age, The Whole Conversation is where ancient wisdom meets emerging science, and personal awakening ripples into global transformation. Hosted by Dr. Julie Krull—evolutionary leader, spiritual mentor, and soulful disruptor—this show delivers 20-minute microdoses of coherence, resonance, and embodied wholeness for these turbulent times.
From mystics and movement makers to scientists and soul-guides, each episode transmits a pulse from the Field: a sacred remembering that you are not separate—you are part of the Whole.
Rooted in the vision of a conscious, connected future, The Whole Conversation is a proud partner of the Holomovement. Together, we’re not just talking about change—we’re becoming it.

What if the cosmos isn’t cold and empty—but alive, intelligent, and intimate? Duane and Julie explore the radical implications of a living universe, and how upgrading our worldview could shift everything—from economics to empathy. This is not your average spiritual chat—it’s a worldview intervention wrapped in cosmic fire.
ABOUT DUANE:
Duane Elgin is a futurist, author, and social visionary best known for pioneering the voluntary simplicity movement. He’s the author of The Living Universe, Awakening Earth, and Choosing Earth, and co-director of the Choosing Earth Project. Learn more at duaneelgin.com.
The Whole Conversation
A tuning fork for the Unitive Age, The Whole Conversation is where ancient wisdom meets emerging science, and personal awakening ripples into global transformation. Hosted by Dr. Julie Krull—evolutionary leader, spiritual mentor, and soulful disruptor—this show delivers 20-minute microdoses of coherence, resonance, and embodied wholeness for these turbulent times.
From mystics and movement makers to scientists and soul-guides, each episode transmits a pulse from the Field: a sacred remembering that you are not separate—you are part of the Whole.
Rooted in the vision of a conscious, connected future, The Whole Conversation is a proud partner of the Holomovement. Together, we’re not just talking about change—we’re becoming it.

In a world addicted to speed and surface, Duane Elgin invites us to slow down and wake up. This episode reclaims the language of aliveness—what it means to be truly alive in a universe that’s conscious, sacred, and evolving. We talk planetary intelligence, soul maturity, and the difference between surviving and soulwalking. A potent initiation into presence.
ABOUT DUANE:
Duane Elgin is a futurist, author, and social visionary best known for pioneering the voluntary simplicity movement. He’s the author of The Living Universe, Awakening Earth, and Choosing Earth, and co-director of the Choosing Earth Project. Learn more at duaneelgin.com.
The Whole Conversation
A tuning fork for the Unitive Age, The Whole Conversation is where ancient wisdom meets emerging science, and personal awakening ripples into global transformation. Hosted by Dr. Julie Krull—evolutionary leader, spiritual mentor, and soulful disruptor—this show delivers 20-minute microdoses of coherence, resonance, and embodied wholeness for these turbulent times.
From mystics and movement makers to scientists and soul-guides, each episode transmits a pulse from the Field: a sacred remembering that you are not separate—you are part of the Whole.
Rooted in the vision of a conscious, connected future, The Whole Conversation is a proud partner of the Holomovement. Together, we’re not just talking about change—we’re becoming it.

In this soul-stirring second conversation, Jude Currivan joins Julie Krull to talk about embodied leadership in the Unitive Age, the courageous creativity of 'rebel scientists,' and how every one of us is a fractal of the Whole. Tune in to explore how trust, wholeness, and coherence are the new revolutionary technologies of our time.
ABOUT JUDE:
Dr. Jude Currivan is a cosmologist, futurist, planetary healer, and author of The Cosmic Hologram and The Story of GAIA. A former senior international businesswoman with a PhD in archaeology and a Master’s in physics from Oxford, she is co-founder of WholeWorld-View, uniting science and spirituality for conscious evolution. Jude is a member of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle and the Club of Rome. Learn more at judecurrivan.com.
The Whole ConversationA tuning fork for the Unitive Age, The Whole Conversation is where ancient wisdom meets emerging science, and personal awakening ripples into global transformation. Hosted by Dr. Julie Krull—evolutionary leader, spiritual mentor, and soulful disruptor—this show delivers 20-minute microdoses of coherence, resonance, and embodied wholeness for these turbulent times.
From mystics and movement makers to scientists and soul-guides, each episode transmits a pulse from the Field: a sacred remembering that you are not separate—you are part of the Whole.
Rooted in the vision of a conscious, connected future, The Whole Conversation is a proud partner of the Holomovement. Together, we’re not just talking about change—we’re becoming it.

Jude Currivan drops into The Whole Conversation to explore how we move from a fragmented worldview to a lived experience of unified reality. With science as her ally and mysticism as her compass, Jude reveals how the cosmos is not just a place we live in—it’s a consciousness we are. This is a radical reframe of reality that may just change the way you see everything.
ABOUT JUDE:
Dr. Jude Currivan is a cosmologist, futurist, planetary healer, and author of The Cosmic Hologram and The Story of GAIA. A former senior international businesswoman with a PhD in archaeology and a Master’s in physics from Oxford, she is co-founder of WholeWorld-View, uniting science and spirituality for conscious evolution. Jude is a member of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle and the Club of Rome. Learn more at judecurrivan.com.
 The Whole ConversationA tuning fork for the Unitive Age, The Whole Conversation is where ancient wisdom meets emerging science, and personal awakening ripples into global transformation. Hosted by Dr. Julie Krull—evolutionary leader, spiritual mentor, and soulful disruptor—this show delivers 20-minute microdoses of coherence, resonance, and embodied wholeness for these turbulent times.
From mystics and movement makers to scientists and soul-guides, each episode transmits a pulse from the Field: a sacred remembering that you are not separate—you are part of the Whole.
Rooted in the vision of a conscious, connected future, The Whole Conversation is a proud partner of the Holomovement. Together, we’re not just talking about change—we’re becoming it.

What if the great divide between intellect and intuition… science and spirit… mind and heart… was never real at all?
In this intimate and revealing episode, Dr. Julie Krull shares a deeply personal storyabout growing up as a mystic in a world that didn’t make sense—and the lifelongjourney to reclaim her wholeness. Using the logo for The Whole Conversation as asymbolic anchor, Julie explores how the illusion of separation shaped her life, her work, and her calling.
This episode is a tender invitation to remember what’s always been true: You werenever broken. You were always whole. The split was never real. Tune inward. Let the resonance begin.

What does it mean to become a living tuning fork for this time on Earth?In this opening episode of The Whole Conversation, Dr. Julie Krull invites us into the deeper resonance of the Unitive Age.
Through a personal story about her grandfather—a piano tuner whose tools now serve as sacred symbols—Julie explores how frequency, coherence, and presence are shaping the future of leadership, culture, and consciousness.
This isn’t just a podcast. It’s a harmonic transmission. Tune inward. Feel the field.Become the resonance.
Learn more at https://juliekrull.com.