Scotte Burns
Researcher, TedX Speaker, Author of "A Map of Souls"
Author, speaker, storyteller, teacher, and explorer. Scotte holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction and spent twenty-five years in the classroom, from middle school through university, helping to raise and guide over 3,000 young people. He's a veteran TEDx speaker, a popular podcast guest, and a researcher whose work has been featured on NPR's Morning Edition and PRX.
Check out his Substack: https://scotteburns.substack.com/
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Sept. 23, 2026
What Is Love? It's Not What You Think — Scotte Burns on Love, Consciousness, and the Fabric of Reality
What if everything you have ever been told about love is wrong? Not slightly off. Not oversimplified. Fundamentally, scientifically, philosophically wrong. That is the starting point for today's conversation with Scotte Burns, a writer, speaker, and researcher who spent over a decade and more than 100,000 miles riding across America with his wife Toni, asking one question: What is love? He interviewed quantum physicists, Buddhist monks, Lakota elders, neuroscientists, jazz musicians, and people...
Guest: Scotte Burns