The Dream Boat
Episodes
Series 7, Episode 10: Q & A With Laura and Dave – Should We Be Forgetting Our Dreams?
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Laura and Dave team up again to bring Series 7 to a close with their popular Q & A session. They take on three very common questions: Why are dreams c...
Series 7, Episode 9: Dreaming Beyond Death: Near Death Experiences and dreaming
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Laura meets leading researcher into Near Death Experiences (NDE's), Dr Nicole Lindsay, to explore the fascinating relationship between near-death expe...
Series 7, Episode 8: Dreaming like a Lover: The Art of Dream Courtship with Toko Pa
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, Toko-pa, a celebrated dream worker and author, introduces her unique approach to dream analysis through the 'Courtship Method.' ...
Series 7, Episode 7: Strangers In the Night! Visitation Dreams & Soul Guides
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Who shows up in our dream life to help us through the tough times? In this deep and powerful conversation, Laura interviews Linda Mastrangelo, an expe...
Series 7, Episode 6: The Science of Sleep: Sleep First Aid to the Rescue
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Techniques for Better Rest In this conversation, Laura and Rina discuss the fab concept of sleep first aid with guest Florian Divi, a lucid dream guid...
Series 7, Episode 5: Family Dreams: How they help us understand family dynamics
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode US psychologist and author of The Dream Life of Families, Dr. Edward Bruce Bynum, discusses the fascinating world of family dreams, ex...
Series 7, Episode 4: HELP! My Teeth Are Falling Out…What Do Scary Teeth Dreams Mean?
25 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this fun episode Laura is joined by co-host Rina Malin to investigate this age-old dream of our teeth falling out and what it might mean. Laura dis...
Series 7, Episode 3: The Social Dreaming Network: Are we all part of a dreaming matrix?
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Laura meets Franca Fubini, chair of the Social Dreaming International Network, to explore the concept of social dreaming, a methodolo...
Series 7, Episode 2: Dreams from Nazi Germany: The Hidden Voices of Totalitarianism
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Laura and Rina interview documentary film maker, Amanda Rubin, about her forthcoming film The Third Reich of Dreams. The film explores the psychologi...
Series 7, Episode 1: Dream Hacking 101 – Check Out Our Fav Dream Hacks!
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back everyone! In this first episode of the new series, Laura and her co-host, Rina Malin, delve into the fascinating world of dream hacking, ...
Series 6, Episode 10: Your Questions Answered. Series Wrap Up.
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this last episode of series 6 Laura is joined again by DRI Director David Billington who pops on board to tackle some of your questions in the trad...
Series 6, Episode 9: Pre-Cog Dreams, Minority Report and Musician Gary Lachman
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, Laura and Rina delve into the intriguing world of pre-cognitive dreams with Gary Lachman, an author and expert in consciousness ...
Series 6, Episode 8: Charlie Morley & Power of Lucid Dreaming for Trauma & Therapy + Great Lucid Dreaming Tips
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PLUS!! Are you a magic investor interested in helping develop the next level of lucid dreaming and PTSD research? PLEASE LISTEN IN! In this enlight...
Series 6, Episode 7: Treasure Hunting for Love in Our Dreams - Can We Find True love?
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Laura and Rina discuss the significance of dreams as a treasure trove of insights and self-discovery with American dream guide, Dr. Katherine Bell. Dr...
Series 6, Episode 6: Children's Dreams – What should we make of them?
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this enlightening episode, we delve into the fascinating world of children's dreams with child psychotherapist & lecturer, Shaun Goodwin. Discover ...
Series 6, Episode 5: Divine Dreaming – Being With The Dream Gods On A Dream Retreat
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Laura and Maria discuss what happened on the recent DRI Dream retreat to the ancient dream healing site of Epidavros in Greece. We join them while ...
Series 6, Episode 4: Renowned Jungian artist Kim Krans shares her new dream world course
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we delve into the fascinating world of dreams and their profound impact on artistic and personal growth. In this episode, Laura and Maria s...
Series 6, Episode 3: How Does Dreaming and Astrology work? An Interview With Dr Laurence Hillman
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Laura and Maria meet with the renown Laurence Hillman to explore how astrology and dream interpretation can work together. They look a...
Series 6, Episode 2: Dream Journals – How To Work With Them
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week Laura and Rina meet up with Dr Lorraine Levy, the international depth psychologist from the IASD - International Association for the Study o...
Series 6, Episode 1: Dream Tips - How To Get The Most Out Of Your Dreams
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with a brand new series and Laura introduces new co-host Rina Malin from the DRI and CCPE - Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Educat...
Series 5, Episode 10 – MORE DREAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Once again we've come to the end of another series and once again we're going to end with our popular Q&A session. Thanks for listening and joining us...
Series 5, Episode 9 - WHO IS THE DREAMER – A DEEP DIVE INTO THE WORLD OF WHO ARE WE?
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens at the intersection of dreams and consciousness? In this conversation, Laura is joined again by Maria to explore the profound notion of o...
Series 5, Episode 8 – Ayahuasca Dreaming & Other Psychedelics
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Laura and Maria delve into the fascinating intersection of psychedelics, dreams, and shamanic practices. They are joined by one of the leading researc...
Series 5, Episode 7 - The Sandman & other sleep time visitors
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean when we say that the Sandman has been when we awake? In this conversation, Laura is joined by a new co-host Maria Nazdravan of the D...
Series 5, Episode 6 – Can We Have Smelly Dreams?
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, Laura meets 'smellologist' Keren Bester to explore the intricate relationship between smell and dreams. They delve into Keren's ...
Series 5, Episode 5 – The Dream Boat and DRI is off to a dream incubation retreat in Greece
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Laura announces the DRI's first retreat in the home of dream incubation – Epidavros in Greece. Twelve lucky people will join her and Sarah Janes f...
Series 5, Episode 4 – This Jungian Life's popular podcast comes on board The Dream Boat.
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dave teams up with Laura again to chat about this episode's guest, the celebrated podcast presenter of This Jungian Life, Lisa Marchiano, and the laun...
Series 5, Episode 3: Dream Healing With Sound: Famous Jungian Dreamer takes us on a sound journey
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Internationally renowned Jungian dreamer Sven Doehner PhD, protégé of James Hillman, comes on board to discuss the healing power of dreams using sou...
Series 5, Episode 2: I'm Dreaming Of A Dickens Christmas - Why did Dickens always sleep facing north?
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this festive conversation, Laura and Melinda are joined by author Lucinda Dickens Hawksley, Dickens' great, great, great granddaughter to explore t...
Series 5, Episode 1: An exciting Celebrity Dream Lab kicks off the new series
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of the new series, Laura welcomes TV presenter and psychotherapist Melinda Messenger on board for the first ever Celebrity Drea...
Series 4, Episode 10: Yet more dream questions answered!
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Your dream questions... answered. It's the end of Series 4, and before we take a little break, we take the opportunity to answer more of the questions...
Series 4, Episode 9 - Dream Lab: Maria's House
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Time for another Dream Lab! We love these opportunities to hear someone's dream and discuss it in real time with them. We hope you love it too! For th...
Series 4 episode 8 – Symbols we love!
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dave and Laura discuss the power of symbols in dreams and explore the ones they have found most meaningful, personally and professionally. Ultimately,...
Series 4 episode 7 – Dreamapalooza! Impressions of the 2024 IASD conference
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dave and Laura are joined by Maria to talk about recent conference of the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD). They share their i...
Series 4. Episode 6 – Can you recognise an artificial dream? With Dr Deirdre Barrett
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Deirdre Barrett is a pioneer on the frontier of dreams and technology. This week, we bring you Laura's interview with this Harvard psychologist, dr...
Season 4, Episode 5 - Dream groups: whats the point?
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Talk about your dreams?? 😱😬😧 …But what if there was a place where you could explore your dreams with like-minded people? Lots of people fi...
Season 4, Episode 4 - Would you let AI interpret your dreams? With Kelly Bulkeley and Sheldon Juncker
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Laura and Dave go head-to-head with an AI trained to interpret dreams. Who (or what) comes up with the most meaningful interpretations? You decide! El...
Series 4, Episode 3 - How to Sleep to Dream
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dave and Laura explore techniques and practices to improve sleep and enhance dream recall. The conversation covers sleep tracking devices, the differe...
Series 4, Episode 2 - "We are all potentially, latently, big dreamers" - Kelly Bulkeley on The Spirituality of Dreaming
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Dreamers, big dreamers in particular really need to step forward today. It's more important than ever, I think, to bring dreaming into the world." Da...
Series 4, Episode 1 (Recurring Dream Boat): Lucid Dreaming Expert Robert Waggoner
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate World Lucid Dreaming Day (12 April), we're replaying our interview with Robert Waggoner, a leading expert on lucid dreaming. One of the w...
Series 3, Episode 9 – Your questions, answered (or at least thoroughly discussed!)
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Laura and Dave answer more of your questions. Questions like, why do certain things enter our dreams but not others? Or, what do shoe...
Series 3, Episode 8 – Laurel & Hardy and a piano on the stairs – Dream Lab (B) with Damien Moore
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dream Answers to Dream Questions! A 14-year-old boy who was curious about his dreams asked two questions before going to sleep: "Can you dream in colo...
Series 3, Episode 7 – A mother's recurring anxiety dream in the Dream Lab
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Yas Floyer is a journalist and mother, and like any mother she worries about her kids (maybe with more reason that some people). So Yas brings the lat...
Series 3, Episode 6: Death is But a Dream with Dr Christopher Kerr
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Who will you see as you approach the final exit? Dreams and visions at the end of life are significant and unique, according to research done at Hospi...
Series 3, Episode 5: Befriend Your Nightmares, Befriend your Dreams - with Dr. Leslie Ellis
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can your nightmare be your friend? Dr Leslie Ellis explains why nightmares might be shouting for your attention, showing what is unmetabolised in ...
Series 3, Episode 4 – Jungian Dreamwork with Roderick Peters
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"We are engines with millions of feedback loops… And dreams are a balancing process" We are joined by well-known U.K. Jungian analyst Dr Roderick Pe...
Series 3, Episode 3: Am I dreaming or am I awake? The Lucid Talisman with Ryan Hurd
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Am I dreaming?" is the question you need to answer to become lucid in your dreams, and that question will also make you question what it really means...
Dream Boat Recurring - S1 E3, Symbols in Dreams with Dr Nigel Hamilton
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're taking a little break this week, so here's a recurrance of an episode from April 2023: Series 1, Episode 3 - Symbols in Dreams with Dr Nigel Ham...
Series 3, Episode 2: Melinda Powell - Living Creatively Through Lucid Dreaming
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Beyond lucidity: For experienced lucid dreamers, at least some of them, the ability to live out endless fantasies gets tired pretty quickly, and the...
Series 3, Episode 1: Turning Nightmares into Post-Traumatic Spiritual Growth with Linda Yael Schiller
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What can you do when you wake up screaming, having revisited the harrowing scenes of a trauma which still haunts your nightmares? Linda Yael Schiller...
Series 2, Episode 10: More of your dream questions answered!
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
**TRIGGER WARNING** This episode contains references to sexual assault and sexual abuse. It's the end of the second series already! It's our twentieth...
Series 2, Episode 9: Dream Lab is back!
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
...By popular demand! As Dave and Laura come towards the end of the second series, they consider two listeners' dreams through the lenses of different...
Series 2, Episode 8 – Exploring the menagerie within – Animal Dreams with Christian Gerike
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pets or predators, spirit guides or instinctual drives: there are many ways to interpret and relate to the images and experiences of animals we may en...
Series 2, Episode 7 - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Prof Katja Valli talks organic consciousness
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In our world of rapidly advancing AI, we are being forced to ask ourselves, "What is consciousness?" Science fiction author Philip K Dick's book "Do A...
Series 2, Episode 6 – Dream Incubation: Learn how to dream up healing like the ancient Greeks
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week co-host Laura Payne swaps chair and becomes Dave's guest to discuss the fascinating ancient technique of dream incubation. They take a jou...
Series 2, Episode 5 – Lucid Dream Experiments with Dr Nigel Hamilton
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
*Trigger Warning - Suicidal thoughts and childhood abuse are briefly referred to in this episode* You've flown, you've travelled, you've had all the...
Series 2, Episode 4: Drumming in the dream space - How a shaman works with dreams
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Let the dream roll begin! Dave and Laura welcome UK based shaman Evelyn McDonald on board the Dream Boat with her drum, rattle and incense, and drift ...
Series 2, Episode 3: Nightmares are normal (and treatable) with Prof Michael Schredl
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Waking in a cold sweat, waking yourself up as you cry out in fear to find yourself in your own bed but still filled with feelings of horror or dread f...
Series 2, Episode 2: The Melting Pot of the Mind - Alchemical symbology in dreams
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Fire, floods, sex and death. Flying and falling. Coming apart and putting the pieces back together to be more of yourself than you ever were before. F...
Series 2, Episode 1: Psychic dreams, premonition dreams – do we really know what's going on?
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Did you see this one coming? It's the first episode of our second season, and Dave and Laura welcome on board acclaimed channel, psychic medium, and ...
Series 1, Episode 10: Your dream questions answered!
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's the final episode of the first series! But don't worry, we'll be back in 2 weeks. In this episode, Laura and Dave look back on the journey so far...
Series 1, Episode 9: Revisiting your dream - The Waking Dream Process with Dr Nigel Hamilton
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dave and Laura invite their old teacher Dr Nigel Hamilton back on board to talk about his Waking Dream Process, a therapeutic method for re-imagining ...
Series 1, Episode 8: Dream Lab! The Rat Daughter and Sleeping in the Sea
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Series 1, Episode 8: Dream Lab! The Rat Daughter and Sleeping in the Sea It's straight into the dream material in this episode! We've heard from...
Series 1, Episode 7: Why do we dream? The Science and Art of Dreaming with Mark Blagrove and Julia Lockheart
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why do we dream? It's one of the biggest questions about dreaming. One theory is that dream sharing is essential to the social development of our spe...
Series 1, Episode 6: Eureka! Famous Dreams That Shaped and Changed Our World
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are dreams and the sleep state random? Are dreams just brain junk or does a deeper wisdom lie in the unconscious world of dreams? The notion of the E...
Series 1, Episode 5: Symbols in dreams with Dr Nigel Hamilton
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The questions we most often get asked usually come down to "What does it mean if I dream about ____?" We all want to know more about what our dreams a...
Series 1, Episode 4: A brief history of dreams
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Take a flight through dreams from the dawn of recorded history to the present day! Dave and Laura guide you from ancient Sumer, India, China and Tib...
Series 1, Episode 3: Alice Vernon - Night Terrors, the Strange World of Scary Sleep
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dave and Laura enter the strange and frightening world of night terrors as they are joined by Dr Alice Vernon, Lecturer in Creative Writing at Aberys...
Series 1, Episode 2: How to Work with Your Dreams
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's the single biggest question we get: "How can I work with my dreams?" Lots of people want to know how to understand their dreams, what they mean...
Series 1, Episode 1: Robert Waggoner, Lucid Dreaming Expert
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A world-leading expert on lucid dreaming joins the Dream Boat crew to talk about lucid dreaming. One of the world's top lucid dreamers, Robert Waggone...
The Dream Boat - The Voyage Begins: Series 1 Trailer
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Dream Boat! Join us as we embark on a voyage through all there is to know and wonder about in the world of dreams! Therapists Dave Bi...