#328 - NASA Space Psychologist: What Astronauts Really See in Upper Orbit | Iya Whiteley

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Danny Jones

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4.4 • 777 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 184 minutes

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Watch every episode ad-free & uncensored on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones Dr. Iya Whiteley is a space psychologist, training developer for astronauts and innovative baby book designer and illustrator. Iya's baby books attempt to give newborn babies the best possible start on our unique planet Earth. Iya is also a director of the Centre for Space Medicine at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London. SPONSORS https://harrys.com/danny - Get Harry's Trial Set for only $8 + a free gift. https://trueclassic.com/danny - Upgrade your wardrobe and save on True Classic today. https://whiterabbitenergy.com/?ref=DJP - Use code DJP for 20% off EPISODE LINKS https://x.com/iyawhiteley Toolkit for a Space Psychologist: https://a.co/d/1uOkag1 Earth Designs: Cosmic Baby Book: https://a.co/d/ilmOb34 FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/dannyjones https://twitter.com/jonesdanny OUTLINE 00:00 - Space psychology 09:48 - UFOs & Navy pilots 20:19 - Disabled children with telepathic abilities 35:34 - Cognitive engineering with pilots & firefighters 044:11 - Rapid knowledge transfer for surgeons 054:32 - Why airline crashes spiked in 2000 01:04:12 - Why pilots are the most depressed people 01:13:38 - Training astronauts for mars & moon missions 01:23:55 - Astronauts are learning telepathy for space 01:33:02 - We are born with more than 5 senses 01:50:18 - Psychological evaluations on astronauts 02:00:04 - Synesthesia 02:05:40 - #1 predictor of a child's success in life 02:16:30 - Creating a universal Earth language 02:20:11 - Most effective cure for depression 02:29:53 - Iya's involvement with aerospace contractors 02:40:17 - Astronauts with UFO experiences 02:47:24 - Breath work Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is presented by eBay.
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1:16.0	Yeah, Whiteley.
1:16.5	Correct.
1:18.0	Thank you very much for coming today.
1:20.9	I've been really looking forward to chatting with you.
1:23.8	I first learned about you in Diana Posulka's book.
1:28.1	I don't know if she talked about you in American Cosmic, but she definitely talked about you in the Encounters book, her second one.
1:30.9	And I was just fascinated by this whole idea of space psychology and developing this universal
1:39.7	nature language for kids to learn.
1:47.7	It's just there's so much interesting things that I want to talk to you about today. But to start it off, can you just explain to people how you got into this stuff and what exactly is a space psychologist?
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