The Drop the Needle Podcast
Hosted by Jim Alstott
About this Show
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.
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Latest Episodes
82: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 82 | He Drowned and Woke Up at the Bottom of the Pool | Thayne Martin
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% nationwide, a career built on breaking sales records. Underneath it he was c...
81: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 81 | Am I on the Wrong Mountain? | Matt Ludmer
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 thought was, "Where do I go from here?" Earlier that year he had wandered into a m...
80: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 80 | He Ran for Mayor on Love | Helix Wolfson
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: what would love do? He came in last. He also walked off a debate stage with ...
79: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 79 | You're Carrying Energy That Isn't Yours | Connie Smock
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 word: fear. After 35 years of readings and energy healings, she says fear is ...
78: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 78 | Joey's Song: He Couldn't Speak. The Music Did. | Mike Gomoll
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, 35 artists playing free.Joey couldn't speak. When the music came on, he'd find...
77: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 77 | God Told Me to Make This Record | Drew McManus of Satsang
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 didn't pick the title. He was told to.We talk about the revelatory experience tha...
76: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 76 | Fire, Brimstone and Converse | Rev. Dr. Rob Zahn
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 wrote a book about LSD, a drug smuggling ring, and the birth of contemporary...
75: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 75 | She Quit God. God Stayed. | Sunshine Witchski, The Sober Witch
What if walking away from the religion you were raised in isn't losing your faith — it's the first honest thing you ever did with it?Sunshine Witchski was eleven years old when she noticed the contradictions in what she was being taught in Catholic school. She asked. Nobody had an answer she cou...
74: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 74 | Your Loved Ones Never Stop Sending Signs | Gina Versace the Inked Medium
What if the signs you've been asking for are already happening... but you're overlooking them?Psychic medium Gina Versace, better known as The Inked Medium, believes our loved ones and even our pets, never truly leave us.From repeating numbers and feathers to dreams and unexpected encounters, Sp...
73: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 73 | Are Your Dreams Trying to Tell You Something? | Cheryl Bradley
Have you ever wondered if that "gut feeling" was actually Spirit trying to guide you?In this enlightening episode of The Drop the Needle Podcast, Jim Alstott welcomes intuitive medium Cheryl Bradley for a heartfelt conversation about mediumship, dreams, spirit guides, intuition, and learning to ...
72: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 72 | Motivation Dies on Day 3 — What You Do Next Changes Everything | Dre Baldwin
What do you do when the excitement is gone, nobody is watching, and you no longer feel motivated?Dre Baldwin calls that moment “The Third Day.”It's the point where most people stop and where professionals decide to keep going.From riding the bench in high school to playing professional basketbal...
71: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 71 | What You Run From Will Chase You | Jennifer Rose's Spiritual Awakening
What if the very thing you've been avoiding is the reason you came here?In this powerful episode of Drop the Needle Podcast, Jim Alstott sits down with psychic medium and healer Jennifer Rose to explore what happens when we stop running from our authentic selves.Jennifer shares her remarkable jo...
70: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 70 | One Room. Six Practitioners. A Life-Changing Energy Shift.
Have you ever walked into a room and immediately felt the energy change?In this special panel episode of The Drop the Needle Podcast, Jim Alstott brings together the practitioners behind The Listening Field Retreat for an open conversation about spiritual awakening, group energy, intuitive devel...
69: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 69 | Can Love Continue After Death? with Carolyn Sidgwick
What if grief wasn't the end of your story... but the beginning of your greatest transformation?After losing her soulmate just months after their dream wedding, Carolyn Sidgwick found herself navigating unimaginable pain. Instead of allowing grief to define her, she transformed it into a mission...
68: DTN Podcast | Jim Alstott Ep. 68 | The Hidden Science of Energy Healing with Dr. Lotte Valentin
What if healing isn't just about medicine... but about frequency?In this fascinating conversation, physician, evidential medium, and ancestral healer Dr. Lotte Valentin explores how sound, energy, intuition, and frequencies may influence our emotional, physical, and spiritual wellbeing.From Hemi...