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Emerge: Making Sense of What's Next

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Emerge: Making Sense of What's Next
Tasshin - Fullstack Harmony for Maximum Deep Benefit from 2023-10-05T11:00

Tasshin – which means “to reach or achieve truth” – describes himself as an “online pilgrim wandering this precious world for the benefit of all beings.”

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John Churchill - The Three Strands of Awakening [From the Coach's Rising Podcast] from 2023-08-21T08:54:19

This episode is a 're-Cast' from the Coach's Rising podcast, hosted by Joel Monk. I was so moved and inspired by the conversation I thought I'd share it with you all on my stream...

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Vince Horn - Meditate with AI from 2023-07-23T17:09:38

Vince Horn and Daniel discuss the evolution, benefits, and potential of social meditation. They explore the new meditatewith.ai app created by Vince and Interbeing Inc. co-founder Chris Ewald. T...

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Bonnitta Roy, John Vervaeke, Thomas Steininger - Wisdom & Complexity [RSPND Network] from 2023-06-08T15:40:16

In this conversation, John, Bonnie, and Thomas discuss various frameworks on what wisdom is, how it functions, and the different types and scales of complexity in which wisdom may arise. The con...

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Jill Nephew - Using ChatGPT is Like Eating Plastic for Your Cognition from 2023-05-20T14:56:47

In this conversation I speak with Jill Nephew. Jill, a former AI black box algorithm engineer with extensive experience in developing software architectures, holds a highly heterodox perspective...

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John Vervaeke, Zak Stein, Nora Bateson - What is Transformation? [RSPND Network] from 2023-05-18T11:27:46

John Vervaeke, Zak Stein, and Nora Bateson discuss transformation and its complex, cross-domain dimensionality. This episode addresses topics such as how does transformation take place and in wh...

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Zak Stein - AI Tutor Apocalypse from 2023-04-24T11:00:16

Zak Stein and Daniel Thorson discuss the myriad risks of emerging AI tutoring technologies. AI tutoring is being developed now and will be deployed over the course of the next two to five years,...

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David Sauvage - The Future of Collective Decision-Making from 2022-08-06T18:22:39

A conversation about how emergence can be the foundation a new society. We talk about how societies can create containers for healthy decision making. And how sacred containers can allow for the...

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Gary Sheng - To Actualize Game B, Empower Gen Z from 2022-06-15T12:50:16

Gary Sheng is a US-based technologist and civic entrepreneur dedicated to building tools, systems, and movements that accelerate human and planetary flourishing. He was recognized by Forbes 30 U...

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Steve March - An Integrated Ecology of Practice for the Meta-Crisis from 2022-06-13T12:52:11

Steve March is the creator of an integrated ecology of practice and founder of Aletheia Coaching. In this episode we get into the history of coaching, depth and the fourth generation of coaching...

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Sean Wilkinson - Circling, Meditation & Trauma from 2022-05-23T11:30:36

Circling Europe co-founder Sean Wilkinson and I explore what it's like to practice across paradigms, the limits and transformational potential of circling, and the interplay between mediation, c...

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Circling & Soulmaking with Ellen McSweeney & Daniel Thorson from 2022-04-14T15:00

In this episode fellow Monastic Academy resident Ellen McSweeney and I explore the relationship between Circling and Soulmaking in an attempt to make sense of the experience we shared co-facilit...

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Mark Feenstra - Renormaling: Fractal Harmony in Action from 2021-12-04T21:41:09

In this episode Mark Feenstra guides me through his 'accompanying' process. This process, which Mark has developed after 25 years of experimentation, is something like a systems collapse aware mixt...

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Layman Pascal - Spiritual Practice as Harmonization from 2021-10-12T15:45:35

Layman Pascal is an author, speaker, and body-mind-soul at large in the Integral and Metamodern scenes. 

In this episode we dive into Layman's 'integration surplus' model of spiritua...

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Harmonizing to Emerge with John Vervaeke from 2021-10-12T15:21:47

John Vervaeke speaks with Seishin and myself about the ecology of practices we are exploring in the Listen

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Soryu Forall - Responding to Collapse: Virtue and Possibility at the World's End from 2021-08-12T15:09:14

Is it still possible to create a more beautiful future for life on earth, or are we now merely stewards for the dying process of our world? How do we live with the weight of this uncertainty? So...

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Rob McNamara - Adult Development & Ensoulment from 2021-07-24T13:00

Rob McNamara is an author, leadership coach, advisor and consultant with expertise in adult development and human performance. He is a co-founder of the leading consulting firm Delta Development...

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Zak Stein - The Eros of Ethics from 2021-06-28T13:00

In this first conversation after a year sabbatical from the Emerge project I'm speaking with Zak Stein. This is a far ranging conversation about ethics, education, trauma, the erotics of moral u...

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Emerge Returns: Solo Episode from 2021-06-28T13:00

Emerge is back! This is a solo episode where I share a few life updates and thoughts about the evolution of the Emerge podcast.


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Inviting Canadians to a New Kind of Monastery from 2021-03-10T21:44:05

Emerge invites you to a new kind of monastery for a (meta)modern world...


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The End of Emerge (For Now) from 2020-09-18T18:00

I've decided to put this project on hold and dedicate myself more fully my work and training at the Monastic Academy. In this episode I share some of the ...

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Zak Stein - American Culture's Psychotic Break (pt. 2) from 2020-07-09T19:00

In the first episode after my 75 day silent retreat I sat down with Zak Stein to speak about the the current cultural moment and how we can respond to the chaos and uncertainty of the world with...

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Zak Stein - American Culture's Psychotic Break (pt. 1) from 2020-07-01T18:00

In the first episode after my 75 day silent retreat I sit down with Zak Stein to speak about the the current cultural moment and how we can respond to the chaos and uncertainty of the world with...

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Soryu Forall - Manufactured Awakenings from 2020-03-13T11:00

Soryu Forall is the founder and head-teacher of the Monastic Academy

Soryu has a decade of intensive monastic training, a degree in Economics ...

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Andrew J. Taggart - Existential Openings & Psychotechnologies of Self-Transformation from 2020-03-11T21:00

Andrew J Taggart is a practical philosopher, Zen Buddhist, and entrepreneur. Recently Andrew wrote an article called Listen

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Jonathan Reams - Waking Up & Growing Up: How Seeing the Virtuality of Self Supports Adult Development from 2020-03-11T15:24:14

Jonathan Reams works at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), serves as Editor-in Chief of Listen

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Robert Kegan - The Five Stages of Adult Development (And Why You Probably Aren't Stage 5) from 2020-03-06T18:33:28

Robert Kegan is a psychologist who teaches, researches, writes, and consults about adult development, adult learning, and professional development. His work explores the possibility and necessit...

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Mark Feenstra - The Inner Dimension of the Meta-Crisis from 2020-03-01T14:00

In this episode, I'm speaking with Mark Feenstra. Mark is co-founding a consulting and training ecosystem and incubator, called New Mainstream, which focuses on large scale change that star...

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Rob Burbea - Emptiness, Postmodernism, and Sacred Participation from 2019-11-25T15:00

On this episode I'm joined once again by meditation teacher and author Rob Burbea. For this conversation Jamie Bristow and I talk with Rob about his approach to emptiness, and how it can be a route...

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Jamie Bristow - Mindfulness as Metamodern Psychotechnology from 2019-11-18T15:00

Jamie Bristow joins the show to respond to critiques against the mindfulness revolution and to make the case for mindfulness as a key metamodern cultural technology.

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The Future of the Emerge Podcast from 2019-11-04T17:26:18

A solo episode where Daniel shares his vision for the next turn in the inquiry of the Emerge podcast.

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Rebel Wisdom // Future Thinkers // Emerge - Making Sense of the Sensemaking Web from 2019-10-14T17:06:11

David Fuller, Mike Gilliland and I spend time jamming on the conversational space that we have been participating in, and attempt to make sense of where this all might be going...

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Ronan Harrington - Extinction Rebellion: Collective Sacrifice and Metamodern Praxis from 2019-10-03T15:22:36

This week I'm speaking with Ronan Harrington about Extinction Rebellion. We talk about the strategic dilemmas of Extinction Rebellion, and how it functions as a practical exploration of metamode...

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Guy Sengstock - Circling Towards Meaningfulness & Collective Intelligence from 2019-09-23T14:00

In this episode I'm speaking with Guy Sengstock. Guy is the creator/discoverer of Circling, a relational meditation practice that is quickly spreading across the world. 

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Zak Stein - Metapsychology, Soul, and Collapse (Pt. 2) from 2019-09-17T18:16:30

In this episode, I'm speaking with writer, educator and futurist Zak Stein. We discuss 'Metapsychology', Zak's attempt to answer the question 'what is the human?' brought up in our previous conv...

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Zak Stein - Metapsychology, Soul, and Collapse (Pt. 1) from 2019-09-10T15:53:41

In this episode I'm speaking once again with writer, educator and futurist Zak Stein. We discuss 'Metapsychology', Zak's attempt to answer the question 'what is the human?' brought up in our pre...

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Future Thinkers - Cultivating Human Sovereignty from 2019-09-02T13:00

Today on Emerge I’m speaking with Euvie Ivanova and Mike Gilliland, hosts of the Future Thinkers podcast. In this conversation we explore the concept of...

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Mette Böll - Cultivating Generative Social Fields from 2019-08-26T13:00

This week I'm speaking with Mette Böll (Boell). Mette is a biologist by training, specializing in the evolution of complex social systems, mammalian play behavior and philosophy of nature. Mett...

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Christopher Life - OneNation: An Omni-Win US Political Party from 2019-08-12T16:44:26

This week I'm speaking with Christopher Life. Christopher Life is the founder of OneNation, a new American political party dedicated to installing an all-win pa...

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Daniel Schmachtenberger - Utopia or Bust: Designing a Non Self-Terminating Civilization from 2019-08-05T14:09:04

This week I'm speaking with Daniel Schmachtenberger.

Daniel is a founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue.

The throughline o...

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State of the DAO Panel Discussion from 2019-07-29T13:00

This week I am joined by Danilo Vaz, Stratis Karad, Jocelyn, and Felipe Duarte to explore all things Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs).

We talk about  what DAOs are and w...

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Joe Edelman - Designing Systems for Human Flourishing from 2019-07-22T13:00

Joe Edelman is a philosopher, social scientist, designer, and founder of Human Systems, a global community for those redes...

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Tom Murray - Wisdom Skills from 2019-07-16T13:00

In this conversation Tom Murray and I explore Tom’s model of ‘Wisdom Skills’. In this model Wisdom Skills are made up of both the movement of complexification and development (ascending), and th...

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Bayo Akomolafe - The Insurgency of the Invisible from 2019-07-08T14:01:07

Today I'm speaking with Bayo Akomolafe. Bayo is a an academic, poet and philosopher who dedicates his life to mediating between the spiritual and the scientific. He is the Executive Director and...

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Bonnitta Roy - Six Ways to Go Meta from 2019-07-01T12:00

Today on the show I'm speaking with Bonnitta Roy about her presentation 'Six Ways to Go Meta'.

We cover such topics as what  it mean to ‘go meta’, why the anthropocene is driving hum...

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Zak Stein - The Meta-Crisis is a Human Development Crisis: Education in a Time Between Worlds from 2019-06-24T13:00

Today's conversation is with Zak Stein. Zak is a writer, educator and futurist working to bring a greater sense of sanity and justice to education. This recording was made in person at Zak's hou...

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Intermission with Both/And - Podcasting as a Spiritual Practice from 2019-06-13T14:10:34

An inside baseball podcast about podcasting with Jason Snyder and Jared Janes of the Both/And podcast.


We chat about what we are seeing in the emerging [metamodern/metasystema...

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Dr. Douglas Tataryn - Emotions in Meditation and Human Development from 2019-05-20T13:00

This week I'm speaking with Dr. Douglas Tataryn. Doug has created an elegant and effective system for emotional healing and understanding.  This work makes insights from years of study and ...

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Catherine McGee - Soulmaking in Collapse from 2019-05-13T13:18:11

My guest today is Catherine McGee. Catherine has been teaching Insight Meditation retreats internationally since 1999, and since 2014 has been collaborating with Rob Burbea in shaping and teachi...

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Jeremy Johnson - Jean Gebser & Mutating Consciousness in the Anthropocene from 2019-05-06T12:27:03

Todays guest is Jeremy Johnson. Jeremy is the author of the new book 'Seeing Through the World: Jean Gebser and Integral Consciousness'. Jeremy is also the host of the wonderful Mutations podcas...

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John Vervaeke - The Meaning Crisis from 2019-04-29T13:58:16

Today's guest is John Vervaeke, PhD. John is an award-winning lecturer at the University of Toronto in the departments of psychology, cognitive science and Buddhist psychology. John joins Emerge to...

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Skinner Layne - Embracing Collapse: Transforming Tragedy into Meaningfulness from 2019-04-22T12:00

My guest today is Skinner Layne. Skinner is the founder of Exosphere, a learning & problem-solving community and startup laboratory.

We talk about how col...

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Making Sense of Jem Bendell and Vinay Gupta with Bonnitta Roy from 2019-04-18T12:00

A short making sense episode with frequent guest of the show Bonnitta Roy. We have a chat about the recent episodes with Jem Bendell and Vinay Gupta, and how what new paths forward may lie in th...

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Making Sense of Jem Bendell and Vinay Gupta with Peter Park from 2019-04-15T11:11:49

A short making sense episode with friend and fellow monastic Peter Park. We have a chat about the recent episodes with Jem Bendell and Vinay Gupta, and how the idea of collapse is playing out in...

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Vinay Gupta - Waking Up in the Monster Factory (pt. 2) from 2019-04-08T11:00

This episode's guest is Vinay Gupta (@leashless). Vinay is the founder of Mattereum, the creator of the hexayurt, and part of the team that launched the Ethereum project. Vinay is also a deep spiri...

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Vinay Gupta - Waking Up in the Monster Factory (pt. 1) from 2019-04-01T11:54

This episode's guest is Vinay Gupta (@leashless). Vinay is the founder of Mattereum, the creator of the hexayurt, and part of the team that launched the Ethereum project. Vinay is also a deep spiri...

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Dr. Jem Bendell - The Meaning and Joy of Inevitable Social Collapse from 2019-03-25T10:42:18

Today I'm speaking with Dr. Jem Bendell. Jem exploded onto the internet with the release of his 'Deep Adaptation' paper, which has been downloaded hundreds of thousands of times. The paper makes a ...

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Check-in & Update from 2019-03-18T12:40:48

No guest today, instead a short check-in and update about Emerge and the life of Daniel. 

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David Fuller - Rebel Wisdom, The Intellectual Dark Web & The Future of Media from 2019-03-11T23:00

 Today's guest is David Fuller, founder of Rebel Wisdom. 


We talk about Jordan Peterson, the inspiration (and synchronicities) behind the founding of Rebel Wisdom, D...

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Miki Kasthan - The Inseparability of Psychological and Social Transformation from 2019-03-04T11:00

In this episode I’m speaking with Miki Kashtan. Through her work with Nonviolent Communication, movement building, and organization design, Miki speaks into the intersection of social and psycho...

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Paul Krafel - The World Healing Game of Upward Spirals from 2019-02-25T12:00

My conversation today is with naturalist and author Paul Krafel.


We talk about why you shouldn't go with the flow, how to discover opportunities for generative service in all ...

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Nick Jankel - Post-Identity Tribalism in Culture War 2.0 from 2019-02-18T11:00

Nick Seneca Jankel is an author, professional speaker, leadership futurist, and philosopher. His recent book, Spiritual Atheism, reconciles spiritual and contemplative experience with science in...

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Jeremy Lent - Maps of Meaning for a World in Crisis from 2019-02-04T13:00

In this episode I'm speaking with Jeremy Lent. Jeremy is the author of 'The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning' and the found of the Liology Institute, whic...

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Robert MacNaughton - Learnings from the Life and Death of the Integral Center from 2019-01-28T13:00

In this conversation I’m speaking with Robert McNuaghten. Robert was the founder and executive director of the Integral Center in Boulder Colorado from it’s birth in 2013 until it’s recent closu...

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James Surwillo - Metamodern Leadership and Millennial Heroics from 2019-01-21T12:00

James Surwillo joins me in conversation this week to talk about his book 'Metamodern Leadership: A History of the Seven Values That Will Change the World'.

We discuss the unique role of t...

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Miles Bukiet - Monasteries of the Future from 2019-01-14T13:00

Miles Bukiet joins Emerge this week to talk about his paper ‘Monasteries of the Future’.  

We talk about the role of monasteries in the emerging future, the cultural significanc...

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Ria Baeck - Emergent Collective Practice and Applied Presence from 2018-12-24T13:00

In this episode of Emerge I'm speaking with Ria Baeck. Ria is a visionary practitioner in the domain of group process, facilitation, and collaboration, having spent many decades discovering how ...

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Joachim Stroh - Collective Sensemaking and Presence in Digital Spaces from 2018-12-17T13:00

On this episode of Emerge I'm speaking with Joachim Stroh. Joachim is the co-founder of Change Agents Worldwide and the creator of the Social Ledger -- a meta-protocol for creating cooperative digi...

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Jared Janes - Stream Entry, Philosophy and the Terror of Getting What You Want from 2018-12-13T12:00

In this episode I'm speaking with Jared Janes (@jaredjanes). Jared is the host of the Impactful Podcast, as well as a friend and off-air interlocuter. We share many interests in common, from medita...

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Gail Bradbrook - Extinction Rebellion from 2018-12-11T14:57:45

On this episode, I’m speaking with Gail Bradbrook. Gail is a founder of Extinction Rebellion, one of the most exciting political movements on the planet right now (IMO). Extinction Rebellion is a...

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Peter Park - (Meta)Modern Monasticism and Existential Risk from 2018-12-03T11:00

In this episode of Emerge I'm speaking with Peter Park. Peter is a teacher and Assistant Director at the Monastic Academy in Lowell, Vermont. Peter and I talk about what a 'modern monastery is', t...

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Peter Limberg - Memetic Tribes, Culture War 2.0, and the Perils of Grey Pilling from 2018-11-26T12:47:43

In this episode, I'm speaking with Peter Limberg. Peter is the creator of the Intellectual Explorers Club in Toronto, CA as well as co-author of 'Memetic Tribes and Culture War 2.0', a recent mediu...

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Nora Bateson - Awakening Interdependence and Evolving Systems with Warm Data from 2018-11-19T12:00

Nora Bateson is a Filmmaker, writer, educator, lecturer and President of the International Bateson Institute. In this conversation we discuss how systems learn and evolve, the importance of moving...

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John Michael Greer - The Kek Wars: How Chaos Magic Influenced the 2016 US Presidential Election from 2018-11-12T12:00

In this episode John Michael Greer and I discuss his 'Kek Wars' article series on how the Chans used magick to influence the 2016 elections. We talk about political campaigns as magical performanc...

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Zak Stein - A Metaphysics of Love for a Time Between Worlds from 2018-10-29T11:00

On this episode of Emerge I’m speaking with Zak Stein. Zak is a writer, educator, and futurist working to bring a greater sense of sanity and justice to education (and beyond). Zak joins me on th...

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Adam Robbert - Breaking the Binary of Theory & Practice from 2018-10-25T13:50:54

In this conversation Adam Roberts (@knowledgeecology) and I explore the idea of philosophical inquiry as perceptual transformation. We talk about the relationship between conceptuality and percept...

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Terry Patten - Integral Theory & Metamodernism, Irony & Sincerity, and Why Voting Matters from 2018-10-22T11:00

In this conversation, I’m speaking with Terry Patten. Terry is a leading voice in the integral movement as an author, speaker, and teacher focusing on the marriage of personal and political transfo...

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Richard Bartlett - Occupy Wall Street as Bootstrapping Collective Intelligence from 2018-10-18T11:00

In this conversation, I speak with Richard Dennis Bartlett. Richard is an author, organizational consultant, and founder of Loomio and The Hum, as well as a member of Enspiral network. He and I sha...

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Indra Adnan - Catalyzing a Networked Politics with The Alternative UK from 2018-10-15T11:00

On this episode of Emerge I’m speaking with Indra Adnan. Indra is the ‘co-initiator’ of the Alternative UK, a new political platform aiming to transform politics in the United Kingdom. We talk ab...

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Jake Vartanian - Native: A Crypto Platform for Prosperous Communities from 2018-10-11T11:00

On this episode of Emerge I’m speaking with Jake Vartanian. Jake is the founder of Native, a platform for communities to create their own economic architecture using cryptocurrency. This is a proj...

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Jordan Greenhall - Anti-Rivalry, QAnon, and SOCIs (Oh my!) from 2018-10-08T11:00

In this conversation, Jordan Greenhall and I talk about Rivalrous and Anti-Rivalrous dynamics, the rise of self-organizing collective intelligences (SOCIs), and how QAnon might be an early example ...

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Joe Brewer - State of the Collapse from 2018-10-04T11:00

In this episode, I speak with Joe Brewer about the on-going collapse of our planetary system, the emotional and psychological difficulties of reckoning with this reality, and how we can each become...

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Bonnitta Roy - A Source Code Analysis of Collective Action 💞 from 2018-09-10T12:00

In this episode of Emerge, Bonnitta Roy and I explore a Source Code analysis of Collective Action. This is the third and final conversation in our three episode arc together. We cover such topics ...

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Rob Burbea - Meditation Fantasies & The Soulmaking Dharma from 2018-09-03T11:00

In this conversation with meditation teacher and author Rob Burbea we discuss the role of fantasy in meditation, the purpose of what Rob calls the 'Soulmaking Dharma' and some common traps that can...

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Bonnitta Roy - A Source Code Analysis of Trust 🤝 from 2018-08-31T11:00

In this conversation, Bonnitta Roy and I explore what trust means within the context of complex and unpredictable systems. What is trust? How do we act in ways that amplify trust? And what does a...

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Bonnitta Roy - A Source Code Analysis of Power 💪 from 2018-08-27T11:00

In this first in a set of three conversations, Bonnitta Roy and I talk about a Source Code Analysis of the concept of Power. We explore how to speak and think about power in a way that releases com...

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Vincent Horn - What Wants to Emerge Now? from 2018-08-20T13:43:56

In this episode Vincent Horn and I speak on behalf of what wants to emerge now. We discuss the battle for our attention, the relationship between the psychological and the political, the magic of T...

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Max Borders - The Coming Social Singularity from 2018-08-13T11:00

This conversation is with Max Borders, author of 'The Social Singularity: How decentralization will allow us to transcend politics, create global prosperity, and avoid the robot apocalypse'. We ex...

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Rob Burbea Responds from 2018-08-08T11:00

In this episode, Rob Burbea and I have a conversation responding to questions, concerns, and feedback arising our of our first conversation (released last week). The feedback was taken from the /r/...

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Moritz Bierling - Metamodern Politics + Holochain = 🔥💞🌎🤸 from 2018-08-06T11:00

What do you get when you combine an emerging vision of politics with new expressive capacities in human coordination? Humanity may be about to find out... In this episode of Emerge I’m speaking wi...

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Stephen Reid - Psychedelic Renaissance from 2018-07-30T12:00

Stephen Reid and his co-conspirators at The UK Psychedelic Society are pioneering a contemporary re-imagining of the ancient art of facilitating transformational experiences using entheogenic subst...

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Jordan Greenhall & Bonnitta Roy - After Jordan Peterson from 2018-07-26T23:11:48

In this particularly liminal episode of Emerge Bonnitta Roy, Jordan Greenhall, and I attempt to generate some actionable clarity in response to a recent video critiquing Jordan Peterson. You'll ge...

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Rob Burbea - A Spiritual Paradigm for The Infinite Game from 2018-07-23T12:00

In this episode of Emerge, I speak with Rob Burbea about a new spiritual paradigm that he calls the 'Imaginal' and the 'Soulmaking Dharma'. Rob shares his creative process of journeying to the fu...

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Ronan Harrington - The Praxis of Metamodern Political Change from 2018-07-16T11:00

A conversation with Ronan Harington about the nitty gritty praxis of systems change, the realities of the emerging metamodern subculture, and some of the real-life joys and sorrows of trying to do ...

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Making Sense of Holochain from 2018-07-15T22:20:41

Ethan and Daniel attempt to make sense of the Holochain episode with Ferananda Ibarra. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emerg...

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Ferananda Ibarra - WTF is Holochain?! from 2018-07-09T13:00

This week my guest is Ferananda Ibarra. Ferananda is internationally recognized in the fields of collective intelligence and the next economy. The center of her work is consciousness evolution of...

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Hanzi Freinacht - The Six Metamodern Political Strategies (pt. 2) from 2018-06-29T23:50:22

Part 2 of my conversation with Hanzi Freinacht on the six strategic forms of a metamodern politics. Sign up for the Infinite Clues Newsletter https://www.getrevue.co/profile/emerge Second Brain ...

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Making Sense of Hanzi (pt. 1) from 2018-06-26T14:22:51

Ethan and Daniel have a conversation about part one of the episode with Hanzi Freinacht. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eme...

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Hanzi Freinacht - Towards a Metamodern Politics (pt. 1) from 2018-06-26T00:14:15

A conversation with Hanzi Freinacht, the author of 'The Listening Society: A Metamodern Guide to Politics'. This episode is part one of a two part series. For more about metamodernism and Hanzi'...

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Making Sense of the Bonnitta Roy Episode from 2018-05-30T01:40:15

Ethan and Daniel make sense of the Bonnitta Roy episode, which you can find here: https://anchor.fm/emerge/episodes/Where-Jordan-Peterson--Sam-Harris--and-Ezra-Klein-Go-Wrong-e1hh9i/a-a3m7uh --- ...

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Where Jordan Peterson, Sam Harris, and Ezra Klein Go Wrong from 2018-05-25T21:00

In this episode of Emerge I speak with Bonnitta Roy. Bonnitta is the founding principle of Alderlore Insight Center, a non-profit adult learning center focused on practices that support emerging wi...

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Making Sense of the Darren Silver Episode from 2018-05-17T23:13:32

Ethan and Daniel talk about the most recent episode of Emerge with Darren Silver. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emerge/supp...

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Darren Silver - Storying Our Way to a Sacred World from 2018-05-17T23:02:20

How do we speak in a way that re-enchants the world? That invites a more beautiful experience of life? This conversation speaks to those questions, and more. Darren Silver is a rite of passage gui...

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Making Sense of the Jordan Greenhall Episode from 2018-04-18T16:40:43

Ethan and Daniel have a sense-making conversation about the Jordan Greenhall episode of Emerge. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor....

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Jordan Greenhall - Sovereignty, Resonance, and Liminality from 2018-04-17T20:04:15

In order to enjoy this episode of Emerge you will need to be familiar with Jordan Greenhall's model of Sovereignty. Do not venture into this episode without checking out some or all of the resour...

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Experiments in Sense-Making #1: Beyond Expertise from 2018-04-04T21:30:31

Ethan and Daniel attempt to make sense of some of the topics discussed on recent episodes of Emerge. This episode will make most sense if you listen first to the recent episode with Melissa Micha...

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Emerge 010: "A More Beautiful Question" Warren Berger from 2018-03-15T13:06:09

On this episode of Emerge my guest is Warren Berger. Warren is the author of the book ‘A More Beautiful Question’. In this conversation we talk about the nature and importance of questioning, what...

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Emerge 009: "Bridging Technology And Consciousness" Adam Curry from 2018-03-15T13:06:07

In this episode of Emerge I speak with Adam Curry. Adam is an inventor and tech entrepreneur in San Francisco. His most recent work is an application called Entangled, which he refers to as the SET...

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Emerge 008: "Emergent Creativity" Tiago Forte from 2018-03-15T13:06:03

On this episode of Emerge, I speak with Tiago Forte. Tiago is the founder of Forte Labs, a productivity training and consulting firm in the bay area. He specializes in helping organizations and ind...

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Emerge 007: "The Smog Of Racism" Alison Cohen from 2018-03-15T13:05:56

On this Episode of Emerge I speak with Alison Cohen. Alison works as an instructional coach for public high school teachers and as a mindfulness educator for schools and social service organization...

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Emerge 005: "Trust And Self-Organizing Systems" Christina Bowen from 2018-03-15T13:05:44

In this episode of emerge I speak with Christina Bowen. Christina is a knowledge ecologist working on such topics as collective intelligence, global warming, and systems theory. In this conversatio...

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Emerge 004: Taylor Pearson "The End of Jobs" from 2018-03-15T13:05:41

Taylor Pearson joins me for this episode of Emerge. Taylor is an entrepreneur and author of the book ‘The End of Jobs’, an account of the changing nature of our economy and how to re-imagine your r...

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Emerge 003: Scott Santen "Basic Income" from 2018-03-15T13:05:38

Today we have on the show Scott Santens. Scott is a writer and advocate of what’s known as a basic guaranteed income. In this episode we go over the basics of basic income as well as some of the ph...

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Emerge 002: Chris Dancy "Smartphone Loneliness" from 2018-03-15T13:05:36

This episode's guest is Chris Dancy. Chris has been called “the most connected human on earth” and has been featured on Fox News, NPR, BBC, TechCrunch, Mashable, and Wired, among others. He is a co...

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Emerge 001: David Loy "A World Between Stories" from 2018-03-15T13:05:33

The first guest on Emerge is author, philosopher and activist David Loy. David and I first met at the Occupy Boulder General Assembly and our relationship grew from there. David work sits at the in...

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Emerge 006: "Planetary Transformation through Culture Design" Joe Brewer from 2018-03-15T13:05:11

In this episode of Emerge I speak with Joe Brewer. Joe is the creator of a new field he calls Culture Design. He has a unique background in physics, math, philosophy, atmospheric science, complexit...

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