MarcoToday NL

MarcoToday

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Sacred patterns, long conversations, Dutch ground.

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MarcoToday NL follows long-form conversations with guests who see meaning beneath familiar surfaces. Recent episodes move from Dutch patterns and the Promised Land to hospital vulnerability, Human Design, Taoist darkness, the Ura Linda, yoga philosophy, and the Parzival story.

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About MarcoToday NL

MarcoToday NL is a Dutch-language interview show centered on spirituality, esoteric traditions, symbolic history, and the search for meaning outside ordinary modern categories. It moves slowly. Episodes usually begin with a clear question, then give the guest room to build a large personal or intellectual case. Some conversations are historical and geographical. Eelco de Boer links Dutch place names, churches, dolmens, old sanctuaries, biblical stories, Greek myth, Germanic myth, and global lines into a claim that the Netherlands may hold sacred significance. That episode captures the show’s appetite for pattern. A map is never just a map. A place name can become evidence, a church can become a marker, and a disputed alignment can open a much larger spiritual argument. Other episodes turn toward the body and the inner life. Sietze Graafsma, described as an internist, speaks about the person behind the diagnosis and the need for vulnerability, courage, trust, and presence in medical care. Sarah Leers presents Human Design as a system for understanding choices, purpose, and personal integration. Mark Linde’s conversation follows a movement from fear to love, with Maria Magdalena, shamanic ceremony, and the journey from head to heart as central images. Michel Dijkstra brings philosophy into the mix through Taoism, darkness, and the idea that the deepest questions of existence may not be solved by more light. Jan Ott discusses the Ura Linda as a disputed manuscript that still provokes fascination. Aris Otzen connects biology, yoga, Raja Yoga, moral evolution, and levels of being. Abe van der Veen’s Parzival episode brings mythic storytelling into the same field of concern, where silence, wounded kings, and renewal become inner symbols. The show’s power is its seriousness. It does not treat these subjects as quirky curiosities. It gives them time, reverence, and argument, even when the claims are unconventional or unresolved. MarcoToday NL is best heard as a long corridor of conversations about hidden continuity: between old texts and modern places, illness and humanity, darkness and insight, fear and love, myth and lived experience.

Made for: For Dutch-speaking listeners interested in esotericism, comparative religion, myth, alternative history, spiritual self-inquiry, and meaning-centered conversations about health and culture. It especially suits people comfortable with long guest monologues and unconventional claims.

What sets it apart: The show stands apart by letting guests build full symbolic systems instead of reducing them to quick debates or skeptical summaries. It connects Dutch geography, disputed manuscripts, Eastern philosophy, medical vulnerability, yoga, Human Design, and Grail myth into one continuous search for meaning.

In their own words

MarcoToday is een podcast voor iedereen die nieuwsgierig is naar ideeën en verhalen buiten het moderne, westerse denken. We duiken in de esoterie — ideeën en praktijken die vaak uit onze geschiedenis zijn verdwenen, maar die juist waardevol zijn door de vragen die ze oproepen en de nieuwe perspectieven die ze bieden. Verwacht prikkelende gesprekken, vergeten verhalen en een reis langs de rafelranden van ons denken. De podcast is hier ook te beluisteren: 👉 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03auVm2dfIsquFCfCt7Q9p 👉 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/marcotoday/id1660773435 👉 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/marcotoday

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Based on 4 episodes we listened to · July 2026

MarcoToday NL brings unconventional spirituality, Christian history, alternative history, and meaning in illness into patient studio conversation.

MarcoToday NL sits in Religion & Spirituality with long studio conversations about unconventional claims, religious history, healing language, and the search for meaning.

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Apeldoorn enters the biblical map, and you get to decide where curiosity turns into conviction.

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  • to look at an island festival through a conversation about Europe's pagan traditions and early Christianity
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  1. 1

    #59 | Is Nederland het Beloofde Land? | Eelco de Boer

    Ilko, a researcher, returns to discuss his findings that the biblical Promised Land might be located in the Netherlands.

    Apr 6, 2026·1h 26m·5 clips
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    #58 | Sterrenvolken en de kosmische geschiedenis van de mensheid | Annine van der Meer

    Feb 22, 2026·2h 2m
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    #57 | De mens achter de diagnose: zingeving in de medische zorg | Sietze Graafsma

    Internist Sietze Graafsma discusses the limitations of modern medicine's focus on treating diseases like machines.

    Feb 1, 2026·1h 29m·5 clips
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    #56 | Human Design: de energetische blauwdruk van de mens | Sarah Leers

    This episode features an interview with Sarah Leers about Human Design, a system combining esoteric and scientific elements based on planetary alignments at birth to help people understand themselves better and make life decisions.

    Jan 18, 2026·1h 44m
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    #54 | Van angst naar liefde | Mark Linde

    This episode features an interview with Mark Linde about his spiritual journey from fear to love, inspired by his book on Maria Magdalena and experiences with shamanist ceremonies.

    Dec 9, 2025·1h 35m
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    #53 | Sublieme inzichten uit de duisternis | Michel Dijkstra

    This episode explores how Eastern philosophy, particularly Taoism, views darkness not as something to fear but as a source of profound insight and power, contrasting with Western and other traditions that emphasize light.

    Nov 25, 2025·1h 34m
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    #52 | De mysterieuze Oera Linda | Jan Ott

    This episode features an interview with Jan Ott about his English translation of the mysterious Oera Linda manuscript, discussing its controversial history, academic reception, and potential origins.

    Nov 4, 2025·1h 34m
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    #51 | Esoterie en het vergeten verhaal van het Westen | Wouter Hanegraaff

    Oct 1, 2025·2h 14m
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    #50 | Yoga en het pad van bevrijding | Aris Otzen

    This episode features an interview with Aris Otzen, a biologist and yoga teacher, discussing how he combines biology and yoga philosophy to explore human identity and purpose, including concepts like the great chain of being.

    Sep 14, 2025·1h 42m
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    Het verhaal van Parzival – Een innerlijke queeste | Abe van der Veen

    Hidden gem

    MarcoToday NL and Abe van der Veen retell the Parsifal legend as a forest-to-Camelot journey centered on speech, silence, and compassion.

    Jul 20, 2025·25m·1 clip
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    #49 | De alchemie van Harry Potter | Hans Andréa

    May 25, 2025·2h 6m
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    #48 | Een bijna-doodervaring als cadeau | Catja de Rijk

    May 11, 2025·1h 16m
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    #47 | Het geheim van de wind | Maja Kooistra

    Mar 7, 2025·1h 12m
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    #46 | Geesten, spoken en demonen in het boeddhisme | Paul van der Velde

    This episode explores the differences between Western and Eastern perceptions of Buddhism, focusing on practices like meditation and the cultural context of spirits and demons.

    Feb 27, 2025·1h 26m
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    #45 | De wijsheid van bomen | Abe van der Veen

    Feb 9, 2025·1h 40m
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    #44 | Zwangerschap als innerlijke reis | Marjolein Vos

    Feb 2, 2025·1h 9m
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    #43 | Gelukkig zijn kun je leren | Marcel Urgert

    Jan 19, 2025·1h 32m
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    #42 | Tijdlijnen en de Great Awakening | Henk Ganzeboom

    Jan 5, 2025·1h 45m
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    #41 | De vrijmetselarij als weg naar zelfkennis | Henk Masselink

    Dec 15, 2024·1h 22m
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    #40 | Sinterklaas en de duivel | Jan Kooistra

    Nov 28, 2024·1h 37m
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    #39 | Sjamanisme als brug naar de andere wereld | Daan van Kampenhout

    Nov 17, 2024·1h 32m
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    #38 | De magische wereld van bomen | Maja Kooistra

    Oct 20, 2024·1h 46m
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    #37 | De ontnuchterende waarheid over het (westers) boeddhisme | Paul van der Velde

    Sep 22, 2024·1h 46m
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    #36 | Tantra als weg naar liefde en verbinding | Jan den Boer en Caroline van Wijngaarden

    Sep 1, 2024·1h 18m
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    #35 | De ongrijpbare wereld van de moderne natuurkunde | Roel Andringa-Boxum

    Aug 11, 2024·1h 30m
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    #34 | Verslaving en het helen van je innerlijke kind | Daniël Derweduwen

    Hidden gem

    He argues that 'viruses' are not the cause, but the result of a healing process.

    Jul 8, 2024·1h 58m·2 clips
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    #33 | Magie, tovenaars en geesten van allerlei slag | Sándor Chardonnens

    Jun 30, 2024·1h 43m
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    #32 | Een verdwenen wereld onder de Noordzee | Luc Amkreutz

    Jun 16, 2024·1h 15m
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    #31 | Symbolen als wegwijzers naar je innerlijke wereld | Abe van der Veen

    Jun 4, 2024·1h 35m
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    #30 | Maria Magdalena en de universele wijsheidstraditie | Annine van der Meer

    May 18, 2024·1h 50m
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    #29 | De verborgen godsdienstgeschiedenis van Israël | Karel van der Toorn

    May 12, 2024·1h 34m
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    #28 | De UFO’s van Soesterberg | Bram Roza

    Apr 21, 2024·1h 35m
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    #27 | Maria Magdalena en het goddelijk vrouwelijke | Geert Kimpen

    Host Marco interviews author Geert Kimpen about his book on Maria Magdalena, exploring her role in the Bible and the wisdom of the feminine divine.

    Apr 11, 2024·1h 27m
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    #26 | Het leven van Joodse ballingen in Babylonië | Caroline Waerzeggers

    Apr 1, 2024·1h 26m
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    #25 | Een leven zonder eten en drinken | Brahman Menor

    Mar 19, 2024·1h 50m
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    #24 | Oude Indo-Europese mythen en verhalen | Arjan Sterken

    Feb 27, 2024·1h 37m
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    #23 | Spirituele plekken in Nederland | Henk Ganzeboom

    Jan 31, 2024·1h 28m
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    #22 | Satanisme in Zambia | Johanneke Kroesbergen-Kamps

    Jan 15, 2024·1h 10m
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    #21 | Het heidense gezicht van het christendom | Francesco Pepe

    Hidden gem

    Francesco Pepe links MarcoToday NL’s conversation about Ameland’s Sinterklaas customs to the book he co-authored on the history of St.

    Dec 20, 2023·1h 57m·2 clips
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    #20 | Germaanse geneeskunde | Daniël Derweduwen

    Dec 8, 2023·1h 50m
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    #19 | De verborgen geschiedenis van Sinterklaas | Michiel de Jong

    Nov 13, 2023·1h 57m
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    #18 | Paulus en de eerste christenen | Marijke de Lang

    Nov 7, 2023·1h 9m
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    #17 | Geheimzinnige patronen op de grond in Nederland | Eelco de Boer

    Oct 31, 2023·1h 25m
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    #16 | Neopaganisme in Nederland | Hanneke Minkjan

    Aug 23, 2023·1h 56m
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    #15 | Oogheling | Karin Hogenboom

    Aug 8, 2023·1h 16m
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    #14 | Sirius en de Maltese tempels | Lenie Reedijk

    Aug 2, 2023·1h 47m
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    #13 | De oorsprong van het Indo-Europees | Alwin Kloekhorst

    This episode explores the origins of the Indo-European language family, including its reconstruction, the Proto-Indo-European mother tongue, and related archaeological and linguistic research.

    May 23, 2023·1h 9m
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    #12 | Genesis en de Babylonische ballingschap | Theo Krispijn

    This episode explores how examining ancient texts like Genesis from their original historical and cultural contexts, similar to approaches used with hermetic literature, can reveal deeper meanings beyond traditional Western interpretations.

    May 9, 2023·1h 20m
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    #11 | De Trojaanse oorlog | Willemijn Waal & Jorrit Kelder

    Apr 25, 2023·1h 21m
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    #10 | De vloeibare religiositeit van ayahuasca | André van der Braak

    This episode explores ayahuasca's role in spirituality and philosophy, challenging Western narratives through a comparative religious perspective with author André van der Braak.

    Mar 28, 2023·1h 18m