André Duqum, who goes by Dre, hosts the Know Thyself Podcast, a platform devoted to philosophy, self-discovery, and the dismantling of psychological illusion. His work is built on two reciprocal commitments: the love of wisdom and what he calls the wisdom of love. Where many contemporary podcasters focus on performance optimization or therapeutic technique, Duqum frames his inquiry around a single organizing question—where are we not free, and how do we liberate ourselves from the stories and identities that keep us bound.
The Know Thyself Podcast is structured as a series of long-form conversations with teachers, philosophers, psychologists, and practitioners across traditions. Guests have ranged from meditation instructors and somatic therapists to scholars of perennial philosophy and explorers of non-dual awareness. Duqum's interview style is patient and probing, more Socratic dialogue than promotional Q&A. He returns frequently to themes of self-inquiry, the nature of identity, and the relationship between suffering and attachment.
Duqum describes the purpose of his work not as the transmission of a single teaching but as the curation of people, ideas, and tools that support others in their own process of awakening. The podcast does not align with a single lineage or system. Instead, it draws on Western philosophy, Eastern contemplative traditions, depth psychology, and contemporary wisdom culture. Episodes often run ninety minutes to two hours, giving space for ideas to unfold without the compression typical of media interviews.
Before launching the podcast, Duqum spent years engaged in his own studies of philosophy and spirituality, though he does not position himself as a guru or formal teacher. He speaks openly about his work as an ongoing inquiry rather than a finished system. That stance—host as fellow traveler rather than authority—has shaped the tone of the show and its community.
The Know Thyself Podcast has built a dedicated audience within the broader landscape of spirituality and personal development podcasting. Listeners tend to be seekers themselves, people dissatisfied with surface-level self-help and interested in deeper questions about consciousness, meaning, and the mechanics of human suffering. The show functions as both an archive of contemporary wisdom teachers and a map for navigating the often fragmented world of modern spiritual inquiry.
Duqum continues to release new episodes regularly, maintaining the podcast as his primary vehicle for public work. For those encountering his work for the first time, the Know Thyself Podcast offers a grounded, philosophically serious entry point into the perennial question of how to live with greater clarity and freedom.
