The Telepathy Tapes
Host: Ky Dickens
Episode: S2E14: Talk Tracks S2E3 “AMA with Ky Dickens”
Date: January 28, 2026

Overview

In this AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) episode, host Ky Dickens addresses listener questions on topics ranging from the practical challenges of spelling for non-speaking individuals, government involvement with telepathy research, personal spiritual revelations, the fate of the forthcoming documentary, future season content, and more. The discussion meanders through scientific, personal, and metaphysical territory—a fitting reflection of The Telepathy Tapes’ unique synthesis of empirical inquiry and human wonder.

Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Supporting Minimally Verbal Children in Spelling (02:17)

• Listener Question from Kimberly: How can I help my minimally verbal son practice spelling at home?
• Ky’s Response:
  • Parents often find their children more responsive to coaches/CRPs (Communication Regulation Partners) than to themselves.
  • Likely reason: “Parents care so much... it’s hard to detach ourselves from that process. There takes so much... clearing of the mind and making yourself just open and present and completely accessible…” (03:00)
  • The process requires parental regulation and presence, which can be challenging.
  • Teases upcoming episodes featuring non-speakers and their parents offering practical advice.

2. Government & ESP Research: From CIA to Podcast Guests (06:18)

• Listener Question from Ian: Have any guests mentioned government involvement in psychic or consciousness research?
• Ky’s Response:
  • Some interviewed scientists have advised or consulted for various government agencies.
  • The podcast and team are focused on storytelling, not institutional/operational roles.
  • Non-speakers have sometimes volunteered (mutually, respectfully, and not formally) to assist in missing persons cases.
  • “Most superpowers in the world are exploring it... if you’re not doing it, they might be left behind.” (09:17)

3. Personal Transformation: Spiritual and Emotional Impact (10:24)

• Listener Question from Jamie: How has this journey changed you, internally and spiritually?
• Ky’s Reflections:
  • Exposed to ongoing human rights violations against non-speakers and those with autism; shocked by efforts to invalidate spelling as communication.
  • Witnessing widespread advocacy and growing recognition—especially among the podcast’s Supercast subscribers.
  • “I don’t have a doubt now that the non-physical world is working with all of us, is around us, and engaged with us every day. That used to be something I thought you had to just take on faith. And now... you can take it on... what feels like fact due to so much anecdotal evidence...” (13:45)
  • References the “brain as a filter” theory—consciousness is broader than brain activity.
  • Shares skepticism turned to conviction: “At a certain point, you either choose to believe these individuals... or they’re in some huge great mass conspiracy to trick us. And I think it’s the former.” (18:00)

4. Psychic Phenomena: Spoon Bending and Reality’s Polarity (26:21)

• Listener Question: Have you ever witnessed spoon bending?
• Ky’s Response:
  • Has not witnessed it personally but confirms research and documentation, notably with Uri Geller at Stanford Research Institute in the 1970s (before his magician phase). (27:15)
  • Suggests listeners check out declassified CIA documents referencing these experiments.
• Divine & Evil in Reality:
  • “Everywhere we look in nature, reality seems to organize itself through opposites… I don’t think that automatically proves the existence of, you know, evil or divine forces as beings, but it does strongly suggest that polarity is almost fundamental to our reality.” (28:28)
  • Several non-speakers report sensing “good and bad energy,” seeing angels and their antitheses.

5. Documentary Update: Structure and Progress (33:40)

• Listener Question from Jeff: What’s the status of the new documentary?
• Ky’s Update:
  • Finished initial cut last September; received feedback to include more of herself as a narrative guide.
  • The story evolved from a three-act to a four-act structure: telepathy, spelling, science, and spirit (37:10)
  • Nearly picture-locked, aiming for a summer release and planning to announce festival showings soon.
  • “With a film, it’s like you’re pushing a snowball up a mountain for a long time… then there’s a moment where you get to the top and you’re pushing downhill. We’re finally pushing downhill. And I can’t wait for y’all to see it.” (39:19)

6. Future Seasons: Past Lives, Dolores Cannon, World Religions, and More (41:45)

• Working with Dolores Cannon’s estate to explore her regression and consciousness research in detail for a future season.
• Upcoming trips planned to University of Virginia (UVA) for research on children remembering past lives, and to Scotland for further investigation.
• Plans to deepen exploration into ancient and world religions as these topics “are really important.”

7. How Listeners Can Help: Volunteering for Non-Speaking People (45:20)

• Listener Question from Todd: How can I best assist non-verbal autistic individuals?
• Ky’s Advice:
  • Consider certification as a spelling coach or CRP. Highlights The Bridge, a new program led by Natalia (from S2E6) and Maria Welch in Chicago, as being open to discussing telepathy.
  • Also recommends existing options like Spelling to Communicate (S2C), Speller’s Method, and Rapid Prompting Method (RPM).

8. Why Fewer Older Non-Speaking Adults Are Featured (47:34)

• The spelling method was not widely available until the 1990s, with significant pushback delaying progress. Most “unlocked” non-speakers are under 40.
• “That’s devastating because you think about all the people who never got their voice, who were never unlocked, who’ve been trapped inside their body…” (48:54)

9. Gifts Among the Autism Spectrum & Religion’s Universality (53:00)

• All individuals, speaking or non-speaking, seem to potentially possess these “gifts” (telepathy, intuition, etc.), but tuning into them is key.
• Book recommendation: Autism and the God Connection (53:57)
• Non-speakers’ responses about religion are almost always universally inclusive: “All religions love God, or God loves everyone, or God is love...” (56:00)
• Cultural upbringing shapes religious expression much more than “one true way.”

10. Aliens, Ancestors, Veganism, and Intuitive Practice (58:00)

• Aliens: The show aims to cover the topic, but only if there’s a genuinely unique, consciousness-focused angle.
• Ancestors and Past Lives: Will be a core feature of Season 3.
• Veganism/Compassion: No definitive answer yet, but Ky sees mindful, grateful eating as important; factory farming is “like a form of slavery.”
• Personal Intuitive Practice: Ky admits she does not have much time to meditate or hone intuitive skills but intends to return to these practices.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

“It takes so much...clearing of the mind and making yourself just open and present and completely accessible. For almost the non speaker to kind of regulate through you. And I think that takes a lot of time and patience.”
— Ky Dickens on supporting non-speaking children with spelling (03:00)

“Some of the scientists that we have interviewed have told me that they’ve advised with or consulted for or worked with at one time or another, a different government agency... But our team personally has not been involved in any work with intelligence or law enforcement or defense or anything like that.”
— Ky Dickens on government involvement in psychic research (08:10)

“I don’t have a doubt now that the non physical world is working with all of us, is around us, and engaged with us every day. That used to be something I thought you had to just take on faith. And now...you can take it on...what feels like fact due to so much anecdotal evidence...”
— Ky Dickens on her personal spiritual transformation (13:45)

“Right. Like if what the non speakers were saying wasn’t truthful, it’d be so easy to poke holes into it and discount. But what’s been happening is people all over the...world are waking up to the reality...”
— Ky Dickens on the spread of evidence of non-speakers' abilities (17:39)

“Everywhere we look in nature, reality seems to organize itself through opposites, right? There’s light and dark, there’s matter and antimatter...it does strongly suggest that polarity is almost fundamental to our reality.”
— Ky Dickens, on duality and the nature of evil/divine (28:31)

“With a film, it’s like you’re pushing a snowball up a mountain for a long time...then there’s a moment where you get to the top...and we’re finally pushing downhill.”
— Ky Dickens, on completing the documentary (39:19)

“All religions love God, or God loves everyone, or God is love. And it makes me think that the way I might be asking that question is naive compared to what’s really important.”
— Ky Dickens, on non-speakers’ perspectives on religion (56:03)

Timestamps for Important Segments

• 02:17 — Advice for parents of minimally verbal children
• 06:18 — Government/Agency involvement with psi and ESP
• 10:24 — How the project has changed Ky Dickens personally and spiritually
• 13:45 — Shift from faith to fact regarding the non-physical world
• 18:00 — Reflection on trusting non-speakers’ accounts
• 26:21 — Discussing spoon bending and scientific research
• 28:31 — On the nature of duality, divine, and evil
• 33:40 — The Telepathy Tapes documentary update
• 41:45 — Sneak peek into future seasons
• 45:20 — How to volunteer/help as a spelling coach or CRP
• 47:34 — Why most non-speakers featured are younger
• 53:00 — Gifts across the autism spectrum, book recommendation
• 56:00 — Inclusive views of religion from non-speakers
• 58:00 — On aliens, ancestors, veganism, and intuitive practice

Final Notes

Ky Dickens maintains a warm, deeply engaged, and candid tone throughout the episode, readily admitting her own knowledge boundaries and always connecting listeners’ questions to broader human issues. The episode is an excellent primer on both the practical realities and the metaphysical mysteries at the heart of The Telepathy Tapes project.

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