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Derek BeresWriter | Editor | Podcaster | Speaker
Derek Beres is an Emmy-nominated journalist, speaker, and podcaster based in Portland, Oregon. He has served in senior editorial positions at a number of tech companies and has years of experience in health, science, and music writing. He regularly speaks on science and media literacy. His reporting for the NY Times is nominated for a 2026 Emmy in "Outstanding Health or Medical Coverage." Derek is the co-host of the Conspirituality podcast.
📢 Social Media: Substack | Bluesky | Threads | Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube |
📚 Books: Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat | Global Beat Fusion: The History of the Future of Music | Hero's Dose: The Case for Psychedelics in Ritual and Therapy
✒️ Writing: 40+ publications, including NY Times, The Guardian, Mother Jones, Playboy, Time, Rolling Stone, The Boston Globe, Teen Vogue, Salon | Full catalog of 1,000+ Big Think articles here
🎤 Speaker: Oregon Library Association's 2023 Keynote Speaker | World Health Organization | Eudemonia Summit | OMSI's Science Pub | IDEA World Fitness Convention | Shape Michigan 2017 Keynote Speaker | Harvard University | NYU | University of Arizona | University of Alabama | Powell's Books | Creative Mornings
🏋🏻 Fitness: Group Fitness instructor, Equinox Fitness, 2004-2020. Taught yoga, studio cycling, kettlebells, & main studio formats. Online library @ Yogis Anonymous. ACE, AFAA, Schwinn, & Kettlebell Athletics certified. Currently a road & gravel cycling enthusiast: Strava
🎧 Music: Co-founder, EarthRise SoundSystem. Produced records for Six Degrees Records & Vieux Farka Toure. Toured with Globesonic. Former Kollektiv w/Karsh Kale & Turntables on the Hudson. DJ’d w/Jamiroquai, Ojos De Brujo, Sidestepper, Brazilian Girls, Yerba Buena, Antibalas, Cheb i Sabbah. Music supervisor for DMT: The Spirit Molecule. Mixes: Spotify
📸 Photography: National Geographic, Urb, Remix, Relix, XLR8R
🎯 Fun Facts: Former crossword puzzle magazine & international music magazine editor. Co-founded Flow Play @ Equinox, a music/yoga/neuroscience training program & group fitness class. Served as the Creative Director of the Tadasana Festival of Yoga & Music. Cut his teeth as a religion reporter at Rutgers in 1993, and as a news and entertainment reporter at a variety of New Jersey-based newspapers.
📰 Press: CNN | Good Morning America | NY Times | LA Times | NY Mag | NY Review of Books | NBC News | GQ | Time | Wired | Fast Company | VICE | Guardian | Harper’s Bazaar | Yahoo | KCRW | CBC | Inc | Rolling Stone | Associated Press | The Cut | The Daily Beast | Cosmopolitan | NPR | BBC
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✒️ Writing: 40+ publications, including NY Times, The Guardian, Mother Jones, Playboy, Time, Rolling Stone, The Boston Globe, Teen Vogue, Salon | Full catalog of 1,000+ Big Think articles here
🎤 Speaker: Oregon Library Association's 2023 Keynote Speaker | World Health Organization | Eudemonia Summit | OMSI's Science Pub | IDEA World Fitness Convention | Shape Michigan 2017 Keynote Speaker | Harvard University | NYU | University of Arizona | University of Alabama | Powell's Books | Creative Mornings
🏋🏻 Fitness: Group Fitness instructor, Equinox Fitness, 2004-2020. Taught yoga, studio cycling, kettlebells, & main studio formats. Online library @ Yogis Anonymous. ACE, AFAA, Schwinn, & Kettlebell Athletics certified. Currently a road & gravel cycling enthusiast: Strava
🎧 Music: Co-founder, EarthRise SoundSystem. Produced records for Six Degrees Records & Vieux Farka Toure. Toured with Globesonic. Former Kollektiv w/Karsh Kale & Turntables on the Hudson. DJ’d w/Jamiroquai, Ojos De Brujo, Sidestepper, Brazilian Girls, Yerba Buena, Antibalas, Cheb i Sabbah. Music supervisor for DMT: The Spirit Molecule. Mixes: Spotify
📸 Photography: National Geographic, Urb, Remix, Relix, XLR8R
🎯 Fun Facts: Former crossword puzzle magazine & international music magazine editor. Co-founded Flow Play @ Equinox, a music/yoga/neuroscience training program & group fitness class. Served as the Creative Director of the Tadasana Festival of Yoga & Music. Cut his teeth as a religion reporter at Rutgers in 1993, and as a news and entertainment reporter at a variety of New Jersey-based newspapers.
📰 Press: CNN | Good Morning America | NY Times | LA Times | NY Mag | NY Review of Books | NBC News | GQ | Time | Wired | Fast Company | VICE | Guardian | Harper’s Bazaar | Yahoo | KCRW | CBC | Inc | Rolling Stone | Associated Press | The Cut | The Daily Beast | Cosmopolitan | NPR | BBC
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